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Jeric

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  1. He only got extreme when the writers truly had a reason to be bashed.

     

    Then you have to admit he is at the very least a poor writer with his YT scripts to have to leverage such 'eloquent' colloquialisms as he did. To me, it doesn't matter if he gets back up or not, but considering how poorly he conducted himself, I he earned this battle. 

     

    Remember YouTube folks ... when your face gets out there ... you become a brand. 

     

    Act accordingly :)

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  2. Happy Forumversary! A lot can happen in two years. Two years ago was (as you mentioned) Hurricane Sandy, and my grandmother lived in Manahawkin ... so I had taken time off from work to help with the aftermath.

     

    I actually pull up the threads from two and three years ago and it's like finding treasure when I run into some of you old timers :D

     

    Now imma hunt down your first post.

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  3. Thank you for mentioning Lauren's comments regarding Spike's crush. It was obvious that Lauren wanted to at first set Rarity up attractive, but as the Mane Six all have the same body style this was the best way to go about it. It is also a great way to set up the dichotomy we have with Rarity - a method to destroy the concept that 'the pretty girl' can't have a great heart and be strong willed. 

     

    And you win the 'my mind is blown' prize for today. I honestly overlooked the idea of 'appealing to authority' in Green Isn't Your Color. 

     

    Also, Rarihick ... :please:

     

    O.o

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  4. Not bad at all. I continued to be amazed that English is not your native language. I have a soft spot for the old fashioned pulp adventure series and serials, and this feels like it may head in that direction. I am absolutely looking forward to this continuing. Positive notes are characterization of Governour Rarity, verb tense, and point of view/perspective selection. There is one or two times to switch POV to a 3rd person tight POV to a 3rd person omniscient within the span of a paragraph reverting again to 3rd person tight  - which can be a very difficult switch to pull off. The use of dialog tags, while not necessary, still have that familiarity that the reader has been conditioned to expect. I would suggest starting to employ them, and fight back the urge to use adverbs with dialog tags. Let me know if you want a quick copy edit (I promise I will not change one iota of the story). :P

     

    The important thing is interest, characterization of Jewell Butt, pacing, and story are all decent. That means some tweaks to the craft will make your style and voice sing. I've always said that you have great potential especially as a romance writer (I prefer that term over shipfic). I still hold out hope in the future that we will collaborate on a serial of some sort. 

     

    Keep freaking writing man. Oh, and the tease at the end. :please: 

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  5. Just finished and my Top Ten nailed it. The rest are weird due to my penchant of looking at some related episodes and unofficial arcs. I couldn't do that as easily with this.

     

    FYI EQG actually wound up in the middle. Which is accurate now. O.o.

     

    I haven't been very vocal about my hated eps ... 'cept one. Now some are gonna see what I really think. :D

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