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What do you think of grimdark fan fiction?


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What do you think of grimdark fan fiction?  

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  1. 1. What do you think of grimdark fan fiction?

    • I like them.
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    • I have no strong feelings one way or the other.
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    • I dislike them.
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What do you think of grimdark fan fiction?

 

I like them, because I like to read stories where Equestria had fallen into darkness and evil blah blah blah.

 

Sometimes, I get sick of sunshine and rainbows, sometimes I want to read a fan fiction based in alternate universes, where Equestria is a cruel inhospitable world, filled with misery, death and cruelty. Yet, it always wasn't like this, the Ponies remember the old days, before the 'dark times'.

 

For example of an alternate universe, King Sombra had won. With all the world ruled by him under an iron fist (hoof), which I think is a rather cool what if scenario.

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I'm fine with grimdark stuff. But I absolutely hate the trend of "One of the mane six is really a serial killer, and they eat foals!" It's just really annoying and overdone, and I admit I prefer happy endings. One of my favorites was the silent ponyville series. Good stuff right there.

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Grimdark stories are rather interesting, I had read a few there and there. Most of them were rather interesting and reflect an outlook on life with all the bleakness and all that is associated with horror. However… there are certain grim dark stories I'd rather not read or even notice.

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I don't read a lot of fan fiction, but it's definitely interesting to get a different perspective on things.

 

Although, one thing I could never enjoy is Cupcake style stories. I'm not trying to tell you what you can and can't like, but personally, I could never get any enjoyment out of stories like that.

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No no no no no no no do not want.

 

Lemme be brief with you; I like these ponies a lot. I fuckin' love Rarity :wub:

 

I DON'T like seeing what I love getting ripped apart -_- Call me Shirley, but I fail to see the appeal in those types of stories. Kinda makes me think of something an anti-brony would write, to be honest.

Also, it doesn't help that Rarity always ends up getting brutally murdered  >_>

 

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Eh, I think it's natural for there to be a group of fans in every fandom who want to explore the things that would never occur canonically. I don't really care one way or the other for the dark stuff, mainly because most of it is so terribly written and focuses too much on the actual violence. I'd be more interested if they delved deeper into the emotional motivations of the characters committing the violence, and maybe if they focused a bit less on describing what each shattering bone sounds like or whatever. 

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Not a fan. I'm all for putting ponies into settings and situations of a more serious nature than what we see in the show - which is why I really like the IDW comics - but I've always hated bleakness just for bleakness's sake. There are plenty of ways to tell a dark story without having to resort to the typical (and tasteless, IMO) grimdark tropes, which usually focus on how much violence and suffering can be crammed into a single scene. It's basically just "torture porn" in my eyes, and if that's what you're into, more power to you. But to be perfectly frank, I'd sooner give my support to clop artists than grimdark artists.

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No no no no no no NO goddamn way in hell will ever read grimdark fanfics

 

They're bad and everyone who makes them should feel bad

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