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re: 'Letters from "Derpy"' Thanks. If the first oneshot hadn't made me feel so bad for her then the story never would have come this far. Sadly, I just posted 15th and final letter (plus a tiny postscript). It should have been done a lot sooner, but I got tied up organizing all of the story links for the Equestria Daily blog, plus I've been distracted for other reasons. I do have a complete Pinkie Pie story that's nearly ready to post, but it starts at about the same level of angst as this one and then only gets much, much darker.

re: "The Great Bale Out" (reviews). I'm very pleasantly surprised that you liked it, and getting some laughs is a big score in my book. I thought an "homage" to Phineas and Ferb would be fun for the ponies. Maybe I should have promoted it after all, but I think other forum regulars are concerned that I've been a bit too pony crazy. (It's true, yes, but fortunately it seems to have pretty much run its course.) I went back and forth on whether or not to mention the PaF aspect in the description. On dA I commissioned a picture of Dr. Hinds Hoofenshmirtz to use as the story preview icon, hopefully giving readers enough of a hint. Thanks for checking it out and letting me know you enjoyed it.

re: 'Letters from "Derpy"' Thanks. It felt good to take her from such a bad place and make things work out in the end, even if Princess Luna had to jerk her around a little in the process. (Goddesses don't think like mortals and have wisdom so immense they can't just speak it... I rationalize. ) There's only one more letter to write and finish the project. Now the Equestria Daily "sortable" story listing is on-line and I just caught up on all of my dA work, so maybe I'll even get started today.

re: "Moonstruck Down" Let's hope the ponies know their own strength when it comes to things like that. Even if she barely touched her forehead just to rub her temples I'm sure she'd have a major headache after that meeting. Thanks for giving it a look... and for leaving a comment.

re: 'Letters from "Derpy"' As long as you do, I'm happy. Maybe the fun I had writing them is getting through. Thanks for the comment on Shoujo Kakumei Lisa Simpson too.

Doing even regular request stories for people has twisted me up inside, even for complete fiction. I can't imagine later finding out that it led to such a horrible situation. Sadly(?), it's easy to imagine that the sister could have had different feelings than we assume, even though it would be impossible to not at least show great shock and disgust. On second thought, that could make for a great meta-story where the sister finds his written fantasies and then acts it out with him, though never admitting that she found the stories. The real-life author would have to use names that absolutely don't exist! Also, could be actually be written as a comedy too? (Shadowknight? ) The creepiest thing I've ever heard was about a friend who does "more than risqué" cartoon fan-art (along with clean stuff too): he received e-mail from a father asking that he draw his young daughter in cartoon style, but nothing ecchi in the request. He wrote back that he wouldn't do it for the requestor's own good, since if anyone who saw it found out what else the artists draws then the father could get screwed. Of course, my friend was also worried that it could eventually bite him in the butt too. Potential disaster avoided. I think you have the right attitude going forward, and I'm glad it isn't going to change what kinds of things you'll write about.

re: 'Letters from "Derpy"' Thanks. I'm happy the twist went over all right even after "her" language tried to straddle the line between ambiguous and implying some bad stuff happening. For the names it took a while of going through the basic (opposite) traits and then digging through synonyms or others which were closer or even better. She just needs to write one more letter and then, phew! the series will be finished. It was never supposed to be more than the first letter itself, but after posting it on 4chan I felt like the character deserved something better. Besides, without "Derpy" all of the Bronies wouldn't be bouncing with glee today after she was cross-eyed and clumsy in the new episode (for all of 1½ seconds).

That's really cool and will save a lot of time and energy. Heck, now I can drop my old board-formatted stories in a dummy post and then copy & paste from the preview. Thanks you two for making it better all the time.

re: 'Letters from "Derpy"' The smallest things can get us into weird situations we never imagined. Maybe her coltfriend breaking up with her was a big shock, but she's better off without someone like that. Anyway, her new "friends" may not be great, but it must beat being lonely. At least Princess Luna is forcing her to get out of the house and socialize. The forcing part is probably the biggest issue. Thanks for checking out this silly tale. Three more letters and it's all done — yay!

These are my replies to reviews for 'Letters from "Derpy"' (reviews). Again, thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad you're enjoying it. Bubbly seems to be doing better for herself, no matter how much she's hating it. The equine cussing / puns are tough sometimes, so I'll try harder. There are only a few more to go and all will be revealed! I think she's a survivor, no matter what thoughts her weakest moment brought. Thanks for commenting.

re: "Moonstruck Down" I'm glad you got a laugh out of it. Thanks. Princess Celestia is a bit formal, but I may have overdone it; Luna doesn't say much once she's restored, but she was a bit stuck up in her "Nightmare Moon" phase. If just wants to go out and acting like a teenager that's much better than before. Someone else had used the term "alicorn" so I poked around until I found a decent unicorn site to back up Wikipedia's definition: a unicorn's horn primarily but and equine with "all the options" in contemporary writing. At the very beginning of the series they refer to Celestia using "her unicorn powers," so I probably should have used "winged unicorn" too. Some of the stuff in the three earlier series is downright disturbing, at least from screencaps that have been posted. And don't worry about the facehoof because it's just a pony putting her "palm" on her forehead in a "D'OH!" moment, and maybe shaking her head too.

*blinks* Were you reading a fic by JayDee...? Then it would make sense! Oh, you just cracked me up so hard that I'll be laughing about this all day.

These are my replies to reviews for "Moonstruck Down" (reviews), which was written for the week 16 challenge Moon. How did I know that parents of teenagers would be the first to reply? (It's even in the disclaimer.) It's good to know that people are still looking at these stories. By now I'd avoid the series, but being able to work in all of the background easily made it irresistible to write. Besides, don't we all wish we could just go have fun while someone else takes care of everything? (I get the impression that you arethat someone else most of the time.) They never facehoof hard, plus it seems like they don't wear horseshoes on a regular basis. Then again, for the right amount of oats and carrots they may stop by the farrier's on the way to "talk to" anyone who's giving you grief. Most of all, I'm glad it gave you a smile. Thanks. Again, I'm glad that it has some general appeal at the very least. Hanging out with a goddess and co-ruler who just wants to have fun would be great. Celestia is too caring (and guilt-ridden) to get too worked up, but she's also patient enough to let Luna recover at her own pace and in her own way. Actually, I imagine Luna going into Celestia's bedroom to "borrow" one of her saddles (which she'll need to stuff ) and finding her secret diary. After reading "A Prayer for My Sister" she'd run back to Celestia in tears and gladly resume her duties. (Millenniumagers and their mood swings...) Thanks for the comments, ladies. Those are what make writing so much more gratifying. :hug:

Pen Name: Fairy Slayer Story link: Moonstruck Down Review replies link: in Cartoons > General Type of story: short Flashfic Rating: Adult? Fandom: Cartoon >> My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Pairing: n/a Warnings: Challenge, Complete, Language, No Sex

If I could do it, I'd write stuff out on paper first, in pen. That way I couldn't keep going back and editing myself so much when the words should be streaming out of my brain. Of course I'd scratch words or sections, but in single space it's hard to add a lot. The biggest problem is that even at my fastest writing my hands can't keep up with my brain. To make it worse, my handwriting is horrible, so slowing down enough so that I could read it later would frustrate me to death. In the end, things go a bit faster with the keyboard even if I get distracted by tweaking as I go. (However, with my luck if I used a notebook I'd lose it and whoever found it would be able to decipher it...) Still, will use real paper for pre-writing and little notes when ideas pop into my head. When arranging story point on index cards I use different color Sharpies, but that's mostly for writing comics. (Nothing helps you trim a story like counting the page cards and multiplying by $50.) (BTW, Pentel R.S.V.P. Fine or Medium are among the few that work for the way I hold pens.)

Mostly it was meant to be silly, though as I wrote above it could be only something rare in the moon dust... if I wanted it to be technical. Nah. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by how few people know about the show. It still has a loyal following, but it was pretty much "Sunday afternoon filler" and was messed with a lot. (One example was that the networks showed them in whatever order they felt like.) At least I'm glad you got a laugh out of it.

Yes, that's what I wrote. I just wanted to make sure you were aware of it, and apparently you already are.

Thanks for saying, and for being a bit jealous. I really wanted to do only a drabble, but the first cleaned up version came out to exactly two hundred words, so what the heck? The idea itself was just floating around in my head from years of trying to think up better "Saturday Night Live" skits than they usually have. Now I feel really old and geeky, but that's okay. The show was pretty good for the characters and special effects (one of the two highest-budget shows of the 1970s) but a lot of the plots were overburdened trying to tell some "higher message" that was supposed to lift humanity or something. It was much better when a glowing octopus creature was trying to eat them or something. Yes, they should spend their last few months writing journals to both leave on the base and beam into space. Better yet, throw in some fanfiction while they're at it. Once in a while I get The Drew Carey Show theme song stuck in my head, "Moon over ..." something. It's an upbeat piece and humorous. It's so common in lyrics that it seemed like a good start to a working title. In my mind, I read it as a song starting then a shrug, a shaking of the head: "Just over." I always make at least a working title because a sucky one inspires me to work harder for a good one. So thanks. Jackhammers would make sense, or perhaps the tunnel boring machines lying around from when the base was made. Maybe we could use technobabble to explain that they can only use the 3He (Helium-3, which is a potential fusion fuel) trapped in the moon dust, but this wasn't meant to be serious. (Me, serious? Seriously?) However, as above, there's probably some hyper deistic intelligence which will decide to help them out — but only at the last minute.

It appears that if a moderator or administrator creates an "invisible" post and then I "Mark Board As Read" before the post is made visible then that post is already marked as read. The first time it happened I thought that I'd used MBAR at exactly the wrong instant, but it keeps happening. (So this is speculation. ) It probably doesn't affect most users, but I MBAR about once a day so I can easily see what's new. Now that I know I'll just make sure to check the DDADT subforum regularly. I'd just hate to miss any important announcement, etc. It's not a big deal and I certainly don't expect you to change your procedures, but I wanted you to know that this appears to be the case. (It's not like I've never been wrong. )

This started as a lark on 4chan's /co/ board with just her "suicide note" but then it blossomed into something more intriguing. 4chan has a two-thousand character limit per post, which keeps each letter fairly short. Title: Letter's from "Derpy" Author: Fairy Slayer Rating: Adult Pairings: n/a Summary: Through her letters, Bubbly Shines deals with the pain caused by one unfortunate photo. Feedback: I want it, so pony up! (My replies will be in the Cartoon > General subforum.) Fandom: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic URL: http://cartoon.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600092923 Hay, thanks for being neighborly enough to read this plug, Fairy Slayer