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Category name: Gravity Falls
Section category to be in: Cartoon > G through L
Do you have any stories for it?: Yes. One finished and one in progress. Many lemons for it have been appearing on FFN, so hopefully we'll get the (adult) refugees to post their GF stories here too.
Thank you.
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This is just a little thread I'm making to reply to any reviews my various stories receive. I thought about going back and replying to the older reviews, but I think that's probably a little impractical. So for the time being at least, this is for replies to the reviews I will receive from this point on. (Not that I don't immensely appreciate the reviews I've already gotten, of course!)
Geez, if I'd known that I would've kept my reviews under wraps until you started this thread.
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Heh, I reviewed the list and even read that one before posting. I don't even remember the last time I had to log into the archive because it's been so long IIRC. (No center login box showed up today.)
Thanks for knocking out the non-login review.
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I don't know if this was related to the outage or not, and I can't find a support topic for it already. However maybe it'd be a good idea to have everyone log out of The Archive then log back in again, even if it states that they're already logged in:
I was trying to post a review for "Strawberry's Berry Special Summer" and The Archive demanded that I enter a Name and Email.
I was in a story screen and selected "Login" from "MEMBER TOOLS" – it brought me to my profile page and already said "Welcome back Fairy-Slayer." I could get into my control panel, etc. However when I went to review the story again, same issue. I decided to post it anyway because I'd been waiting so long to do it.
Of course only then did I think to log out of The Archive and back in again. DUH-ME. This time it showed my name and e-mail from before so I dropped the same review in again, wondering if it really remembered me or not. It showed the same information I'd put in before, but this time it worked.
BTW, could someone please delete the first (non-linked) copy of my review? Obviously I'd prefer the one attached to my account to be the one left there.
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"Delicate Blue" The up and down (collapse and expand) arrows appear just about instantly when the mouse cursor is over them; same with the Xs and ...s on the side bar. I'm surprised I never had the mouse resting on one of those bars while reading the side panel because then it would be within inches of where I was looking. But again, I kind of fell off the face of the forum before it was upgraded, so maybe not so surprising. I keep my browser (and most other) windows narrower than the screen, but tunnel vision sets in quickly when I'm trying to use the verbal part of my brain. Then the thing to eliminate the side bar appears at the top (very translucent until the mouse is right on it) to completely close the side bar. (It leaves a small translucent tab next to the bar for the top section ["Please Read"] to restore it).
(This is two screencaps spliced together. The arrow is visible only when the mouse cursor is on the bar, showing for a split second even if just moving across it.)
I think it's all working fine - the forum software is working as designed. My brain is still just off. I'll just try to play with hovering the mouse over different things on the different kinds of forum pages (main, forum, subforum, topic, profile, dot dot dot dot dot...)
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Yeah, I should have posted in rants instead, especially since I barely use the forums anymore. It wasn't supposed to be confrontational (late night brain sigh) but yes the title is poorly worded ("Something I've Always Disliked" is what I meant, even if it's not that much better). I am sorry that it did come across that way. Ideally I would have just asked about it in Shoutbox when you ladies were around.
I don't have a '-' with each section but if the mouse cursor hovers over on then an arrow appears (up to close, down to re-open - probably to do with skin???). They do pop up when I'm scrolling (usually wheel mouse) but if I'm looking at the left (titles) my mind misses them. More of a me problem when I'm focusing. (Otherwise peripheral vision is pretty good.)
Thanks.
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I'm not angry and will accept that there will likely be no change, but this has bugged me since I signed up on the forums.
It's always annoyed me that a forum dedicated to fanfic would have the actual forms for fanfiction at the very bottom of the main page instead of at the top. That's the main reason for being here, right? Why do we bury the lede, and so very, very deep? Again, the very bottom! I suspect that when some newbies come to the forums and start scrolling down several screenfuls about the archive maintenance and cleanup (then even games and roleplay get higher billing than Fan Fiction) – well, they give up and go away.
Heck, the barely-used Art Room is given more importance than the fanfiction "meat." And even Aimless Babble ranks higher?
I have no evidence and there's no way to poll, but I'm sure it's turned a lot of potential forum members off.
Now, just a little extra: The User bar, banner, toolbar, and especially "Important Things To Read" probably take up more than half a screenful for most people too. (More than two-thirds of my 1080p with small fonts.) Seriously, the ITTR really needs to be consolidated big-time, perhaps multiple columns and less lines spacing... but actually, it really does all fall under site announcements anyway. Regardless, it could easily be on one line. Not sure how much we can do with the wasted space on the logo bar, but if Search can go there then can we also put the user-bar (Messenger, Notifications, etc.) in there too?
Oh! And that's with the "Shoutbox shows on every page" option disabled. (I think it's on by default.)
To me it seems that the forums are arranged to be mostly about The Archive and the Forums themselves than discussing Fan Fiction. It'd be great to see a compact top with "Please Read!" (as rules and instructions really do need to take top billing) and then the Fan Fiction section immediately after that.
So there's my opinion. I can already imagine at least fifty of the responses, reasons why it should or even needs to be this way. I probably won't read them because I don't want to get stuck in a bunch of arguments, and I'm sure some replies will just make me needlessly irritated anyway.
But if it comes to mind the next time you reorganized the categories, then that's a start.
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In Firefox 3.0 and 8.0 at least, no matter which click I use it does the whole animated thing to show the image; then I can right or wheel click on the viewer's "save" button to open it in a new window. It's been that way for a long time now but until recently there was no real need for me to view images on the forums.
So for getting the images into a new tab it just takes to much time to get to where I can do that, IMO. Getting out of the image viewer has never been a problem: I just never want to get into it in the first place.
I'm pretty sure that IPboard, in its infinite wisdom, did all this intentionally (trapping all clicks instead of just the left/primary), but I was hoping there was an admin option to give users the option to not use the image viewer. At all. Ever.If not then no worries. The forum works well (actually much better) with JS blocked, and I can always temporarily enable it if I want to use the Shoutbox.
It's not like I've been particularly active here either. ...
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The thing drives me nuts. I was reading one thread with five or six pictures in a row, and no matter how I clicked on them (right, to try "open in new tab") or middle/wheel (open in new tab) instead it takes its time animating drawing a box on the screen; then it takes a few seconds to darken everything around it and show the image.. then another second or two for the animation that finally displays the save and close options. So it takes me a minimum of five seconds before I can actually open the image in a new tab (in full size too, if the pop-up viewer resized it).
Every other forum I use, whether or not it has an inline viewer for left clicks, will let users bypass with right or middle click. The way it is now keeps stopping me dead in my tracks every time I need to see these images. I should be able to click them into new tabs while continuing to read. So far the only workaround is to disable JavaScript for the forums, but then I'll have to specifically allow every subdomain on The Archive.
I know IPboard unilaterally removed the non-RTE interface options, so if this is yet another one of their arrogant decisions, then oh well. If anyone can recommend a Firefox addon that forbids sites from intercepting right-clicks then I'd be happy to install that.
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re: "Candy, Little Girl"
Wow, this is just wow at times. Especially with how messed up this is, I love how Perry is trying his very best to save Candace. I hope to read more.
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Perry's a great pet.
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re: "My Absolute Mostest Horriblest Day EVER!," as told by Pinkie Pie
A bit dark, but it was good with Luna showing her true colors in her bid to take over Equestria through Pinkie Pie's eyes. You got her randomness perfectly. And it's great seeing Spike become the hero here. Good work!
There's nothing Spike wouldn't do to protect his mother figure (even if they act like siblings sometimes). gRiMdark through Pinkie Pie's words seemed like too good an idea to ignore.
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re: "Confound Those Cutie Marks"
Who would've knew that Cutie Marks are erotic to ponies? Great seeing Rarity having a little fun with Twilight and I like the surprise ending to this nice story. Keep it up!
The idea of erogenous cutie marks came up during one of TwilightFlopple's discussions and I ran with it. Twilight Sparkle is better off learning the facts of life from a good friend and experienced mare.
Sweetie Belle was there because, well, there always needs to be a tweest!
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re: "Diamond Takes it Rough"
Very interesting tale of revenge, lust and self discovery. Scootaloo would take matters into her own hooves to set things right as part of the CmC. It is also fun to see the deeper desires of certain fillies to come on out unexpectantly. A nice little CmC themed story altogether. I'd like to see what if Sweetie Belle would've done in a situation like this. Anyway, great work!
Thanks. Revenge was my main focus, so tough little Scootaloo doing the abuse seemed like the right way to go. But now somepony will have to help Diamond Tiara with her PTSD. Still, it could have been much worse for her...
Sweetie Belle: Now I think you have to stand still so I can hit you. Now, do I use my forehooves first or should I try a rear kick? Well, when I tried to help apple-buck I didn't do so good, and Rarity will kill me if I mess up my pedicure... (*She thrusts her horn into Diamond Tiara's chest!*) Okay, now don't do it again, okay? ... Okay? Why aren't you answering me!
I have read quite a few clop fics, but this one is certainly the best! Do you have any plans on writing anything involving DT again? I would like to see one with Diamond Tiara and Apple Bloom, or a sequel with Scoot and Diamond in better terms, doing something mutually consensual.
I've been hoping to write a follow-up, pretty much along what you're saying, but my muse must have fallen off a cliff or something back in June. I've been dead in the water for months now, but I do keep notes when stuff comes to mind.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Thank you.
Yesterday I realized there's a J2S story I forgot (
) to post last year... but it's actually going in crossovers anyway. -
I was just paging though my old stuff and saw that Jimmy Two-Shoes stories are under Jimmy Two-Shares. Actually, that would make an interesting title for a three-way story.
(I tried to find the thread where the category was requested, but no luck so that's why I made this new thread.) No big, but when you get a chance...
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re: "Fairly FlawedParents" (reviews), which was written a looooong time ago.
Well, this is easily the best FOP story I have ever read and really puts my lame attempts to shame. The story and characters all feel like something right out of the show and you had me hooked from chapter one all the way through. Since it was recommended to me several times, I'm sorry I didn't get a chance to read this earlier, but I am happy that I have finally gotten to it. I really enjoyed it and can only think to say - Thanks and great job!
You're too kind: I can't imagine that this story is anywhere as good as yours considering the number of hits, votes and especially comments your work gets in very short time compared to this.
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much, and the thanks are much appreciated.
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re: "Candy, Little Girl"
Seeing four reviews suddenly pop up together in just over a week was a more than pleasant surprise. Is there renewed interest because of the movie? Because the PaF section was added? Either way:
Sorry for the late replies, but the last six days have been a bit off for me. Oddly enough, I've been thinking more and more about this story in the past several weeks, wondering if I can avoid jumping the shark in the next part
Okay, I'll give it a shot soon.
hmmm this is geting good, will candance be heinz second chance at being a proper daddy? i am glad perry got into it, reading all those chapters i had one thoughton my mind "Perry would never let something like this happen, he has to have a plot to save her!" so i'm glad you wrote this chapter, cant wait for more!
Thanks, and neither can I. ^_^'
Oh my god...please, PLEASE continue this! It's just...auugh I have no words...freakin' AWESOME, is what! You write the characters so well, I could see (and hear) it all in my head....and now I can't even watch Lawrence on the show anymore without thinking of him as a TOTAL CREEPER, haha. Something about that mellow voice...idk man. I gotta know what happens next, and can't be the only one! Oh, the part with Heinz misinterpreting the "rape kit"...I literally guffawed...Perry's role throughout is so heartbreakingly sweet and desperate..when Linda picks him up and says "he missed you too" and there's a tear in his eye you can just feel his helplessness with the whole situation...Stacy being so loving and selfless with Candace really got to me...and ugh, I want to murder Suzy. And then there was Ferb coming on to Candace, and the way you wrote him he was so in-character....I wanna see where that goes. Hell, they're ALL incredibly in-character, even with the bizarre subject matter...it takes a very skilled writer to do that.
/end semi-coherent babble
tl;dr YOU MUST FINISH THIS STORY. PLEASE.
Thanks for that lift (and my ego especially thanks you). Yeah, Lawrence seems like he lives in another world sometimes. I'm glad you got a laugh at the "Rape Kit" because no one else mentioned it: it's a real Doof thing to do, and keeping them in-character (despite the few changes) makes it more enjoyable for me too.
Okay, how exhiliratingly inappropriate!
But I couldn't stop reading.
The way the author made all this sick disgusting stuff so believable, I wonder what the author has been up to.
I am surprised you didn't work The Fireside Girls into your depraved tale. Or will that be Chapter 7?
Some of the pairings were pretty obvious. Some were really unexpected, such as Lawrence using Suzy as a remote control to do stuff to Candace.
Can't wait for Chapter 7!
Glad to hear the story is captivating, to say the least.
Besides being on the pony bandwagon for a few months (or more?) I've been putting off chapter 7 because there was a big bump, but as above the story has been calling out to me recently. I need a remote-controlled Suzy to type it up five different ways for me, but Lawrence snatched her up already.By the way, if you want a little Fireside Girl femslash moresome check out "A Slick Tradition" (one of the weekly challenges). Hmm, that reminds me that I need to put up the extended version too. (The limit was a thousand words, but the fifteen-hundred word version is a bit better.)
Hope you can get back to the that story. There are pairings you didn't get to, that I would like to see.
Well, the next chapter's pairing is a bit ... odd, but it should be quite delicious.
Now why didn't the forum notify me of your post? Haf'ta check the Follow settings.
Everyone, thanks again for the encouragement!
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re: "Candy, Little Girl"
UPDATE ALREADY!!!! I've been waiting!!
patiently I might add......
I know, I feel pretty awful about it myself. A few weeks ago I decided to put aside my most-recent fascination and move on, and this was the first story that came to mind. Maybe once I straighten out a few things I can get back on it. Let's hope!
UPDATE: Yes, I feel even awfuller as I update this consolidated thread now...
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re: "It's the Wrought That Counts"
This story is wonderfully in character and the dialogue is perfect. I could actually see this playing out in my mind! If you added a letter to Princess Celestia at the end I would have thought it was an actual episode of the series. Your portrayal of Spike, as wise beyond his years, is very poignant. Apple Jack actually finding the book "interestin" and Pinkie Pie's line were brilliant!
Thanks. It was one of the most fun challenge stories to write, especially since I'd seen only a few episodes and didn't have to worry quite so much about keeping them in character. Luckily I didn't need to expand on them either, so that was good. The ponies are almost too easy to work with, but I guess that's why there are floods of new people drawing and writing for them.
And of course she'd pick out books that they'd actually like.
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re: 'Letters from "Derpy"'
I sincerely enjoyed your take on "Derpy" hooves. Making her seem like a victim of bullying never occurred to me. Her embarrassment and depression and even her attempted suicide were all portrayed in a humorous way, but her pain still felt very real. I liked how you made all the characters with negative emotions band together to express themselves in a positive way that was still true to their genuine personalities. Suddenly having them all turn to goodness and light would have felt very "fake" (and this is a story about talking, flying, magical horses etc., mind you.) I particularly liked that you used Spike, very effectively, as Betrayal. He's my favorite character because he's snarky, not afraid to call 'em as he sees 'em, and often seems very wise in his observations. I think you've really caught the "flavor" of the series and have done it great justice. I hope you have the time and inspiration to keep writing stories like this. Everypony who likes the series would appreciate this!
Thanks. This was just one thought someone had mentioned in the early days and it seemed like a good idea to explore. Then, why not get all of the misfits in on the action? It was also fun to keep each section short and to the point (usually). As for writing "like this" I think that's probably not a bad idea: clean and pithy. The series is more fun that way.
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re: "Diamond Takes it Rough"
Hey man I liked Scootaloo's willingness to help her friends in this way. Good job making it seem like she really wanted to get revenge on Diamond, but it almost seemed like Scootaloo stopped doing it for Applebloom and just did it because she hated Diamond. I thought the story flowed well and I didn't get lost as to who did what which happens often with the stories around here. If you were interested, my friend and I did a reading of it and put it on Youtube. If you want me to take it down or if you thought it was funny send me a message. (link)
Good point about Scootaloo doing more for herself and her hatred of DT once she started. Scootaloo probably welcomed the excuse. As for the reading...
Well, it's hard to know what to think. It's flattering that you'd give up twenty-eight minutes of your life to do that, but at the same time it did seriously point out the flaws here and there. I jumped around because, uh, 28 minutes? Damn, even with the extra stuff that's way too long for a short story. I need to write less. (Take that any way you want.)
When I try to explain to folks that lemons are ridiculous, ribaldry, they don't get it. Fortunately your video makes the point much more effectively. Also, if I did sit through the whole thing and cringe at my own writing, plus your commentary, I'd probably be better for it. Just not yet.
As for the "judging" go right ahead: I've done much worse. Much much worse.
Now, regarding your work: I'd actually expected more of a dramatic reading, with a snooty accent and all, or some serious riffing. If clip-on mics are out of the question (or budget) then work on range a bit because I missed a lot as you two leaned back or moved away. With a little planning I bet you could have much more fun with this form of critique.
I probably would have had an easier time sitting through it, even after you got to "prancing," plus "clitoral hood" was pretty awful. (What was I thinking!) -
re: "Fall Weather Friends - Alternate Alternate Ending"
I loved it.
"Ponykebabsayswhat?" made me laugh so hard XD
I love Trollestia.
Thanks for letting me know how much you liked it, and more so that there was enough Trollestia there to make it work. I have to admit that the pony-kebab line was my favorite joke in the whole story, so it's great to know that at least one other person got a laugh from it.
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I wrote a story where a former politician, who is never mentioned by name, has a sexual encounter with a pony from Friendship is Magic. (For what it's worth, it's consensual.) At the end his wife, referred to only as "Madame Secretary," turns out to have a stallion-friend of her own, but there's no love scene. The events take place in the human world.
Which category does it belong in?
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Celeb > Celebrities-Misc > Crossovers
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Cartoon > -Misc-Cartoons > Crossovers
- Some other section
- Nowhere on The Archive at all!
If you must place blame, then blame National Public Radio.
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Celeb > Celebrities-Misc > Crossovers
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re: "The Dark Side of the Bright Side"
Thanks. And while there were a few cameos hidden in there, that wasn't one of them. Oops, I should have just said 'yes' but that wouldn't be fair. Oh well.
However there was one Nickelodeon character, one Disney, and a nod to my editor (who doesn't have a funny-shaped head).