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  1. RealityPublishing
    So for the half-person who waited for my livestream, it was cancelled (whoops ). Reason? Technical errors with the sound. (Not to mention two copyright strikes for a video that wasn't up for a minute)
     
    Beside that, I've got another computer-related blog (it's the last one, probably) on the way cause . . . I GOT A NEW LAPTOP! Finally after a good 8 or so months, I finally have a computer to call my own and respect (I'm looking at you, chromebook). I'll get into the specs later.
     
    What do I do with that computer? Counter-Strike, that's it. Skin Insanity Stage 4, gotta get more skins. On the contrary, I grew sick of the Steam Guard thing so I decided to download BlueStacks, a Windows Application enabling Android Emulation. I downloaded Steam and finally finished that silly security setup (it's really dumb; who needs it?). On my way out, however, I remembered an Equestria Daily entry about a My Little Pony Gameloft game. So, instinctively, I checked it out and downloaded it.
     
    First thing you'll probably see (if you ever decide to check out Bluestacks) is that everything lags pretty bad. Even on a brand new laptop, it still lags (no surprise there). So I got to enjoy the "alternate intro" to the game. (It's Episode 1's intro, but with Twilight in it for some reason. [Also: Celestia sounds weird]) It chopped every half second, so that was enjoyable. Loading takes forever on first boot. My first boot I was greeted to a lovely loading screen that took a good 4 minutes to complete. After that, I experienced that splendid Hasbro Logo accompanied by a second loading screen for updates that took another 12 minutes. Finally, when all was good and done, I got to experience the entirety of the game. Whatever that is.
     
    The tutorial is pretty simple, give Bon Bon a home and play with Twilight a bit. I kinda wish they had an Amie game to play with the ponies you buy . . . but there's not time for that; we need to get straight to business! (And I thought the Monopoly game was bad). My Little Pony: The Game is an in-game purchase hell. Everything you do is for more money. Play a game with balls? BOOM! Gimme your 200 bits. Want Rainbow Dash to bake cupcakes? BOOM! 2000 for Dash, another 800 for the bakery! Want that super special pony that's limited only to the weekend? BOOM! GOTTA BUY A 50 DOLLAR BONUS PACKAGE INCLUDING NOTHING BUT TREES!!! At least I get the experience of Hasbro's CEO. All I'm missing is a stamp titled, "DMCA".
     
    There's really not much to say about this game. Buy the souls of your favorite characters, then buy some other characters that've never been in the show and force them to work in your mediocre bathhouses. It's pretty much the game of "Life: Brony Edition".
     


    BUY OUR TOYS; YOU CANNOT RESIST


     

    -RealityPublishing
     

    Edit: The animations are still kinda cute, though. A little awkward at times (recycled animations for every single pony), but still very, very cute.
  2. RealityPublishing
    Welp, I've decided to write another thing. As I believe I mentioned a while back (it's been a long time, hasn't it?), I would be writing reviews and the like for a few weeks because of all the new games and media that deserves to be bestowed the greatest honor, "My opinion". Now, I'm not exactly sure, but I doubt I've written anything in about two months. Why? I was on vacation and, if memory serves, I was too busy playing the new instant-classic, "Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild" on my brother's Nintendo Switch (I'm too poor to afford my own). Now, I'm not sure how regular I can post these entries, so bear with me; it's actually surprising I've even kept this blog up for so long (1 - 2 years?). Oh, and Legends of Equestria entry is coming next time so stay tuned for that
    The new Zelda, is not a new Zelda. It is a conglomerate of everything done RIGHT in the video game industry and shoved into a 60 dollar piece of plastic. It really is amazing how open-world companies like Bethesda have spent decades trying to master whatever it is that makes an open-world game significant; and here comes Nintendo, nailing it on the first try.
    I'm a crazy, suicidal person when it comes to video games. I've noticed this more and more as the years have gone by, mainly depicted by the number of times I've pushed through smokes in CS:GO and the pure and raw desire to destroy everything with the earliest items in any game (for BoTW, that would be Soup Ladle, which, in fact, I did deal the finishing blow on Ganon with). So when I discovered obtaining heart containers were completely optional after the release of "Ocarina of Time", I jumped on the chance to beat every Zelda game I could with minimal stats and, iconically, three hearts. It's a tedious task, but when you're as experienced as me, it quickly becomes a pleasurable obligation. 
    With three hearts, I managed to beat the game in a week with all of the map uncovered, all the divine beasts, all the memories, and no Master Sword (I discovered the devil statue a week later). After the credits, I discovered the game was still only 12% complete. It's a huge game with few flaws, all of which are excusable for the sake of the game being "too cool" for measly imperfection. The divine beasts were easy, but that was only after I discovered I had done the last one first. Regardless, at face value, it's clear Breath of the Wild, was never about beating the dungeons and defeating a final boss, but it just so happens the only way to progress in the game is to clear dungeons and defeat a giant boar, so that's a thing.
    During my vacation in the Carolinas, a news article went out that a player had created a multiplayer mod for BoTW on an emulated copy. I hadn't been in the emulation scene for quite some time and last I heard of it, 3DS emulation was still in the works, I had no idea Wii U emulation was actually functional. So yesterday, after a month (or two, you tell me), I decided to download a copy of BoTW for PC and see if my gutsy little machine could take the next-gen title running on old hardware. The download took an hour or two, installation even longer; and what did I get for my troubles? 2.72 FPS during gameplay, 15 in menus. Time well spent; I'll be archiving it for when the time comes.
     
    In the meantime, I've gotta get back to Legends of Equestria, I've got to write an entry about it.  
    -RealityPublishing
    P.s. Anyone in the Amareicas looking to form a party?
  3. RealityPublishing
    [Spoilers]
     
    Hello and welcome to Edgelord Academy™ where we talk about condiluted backstories, overly emotional ideals, psychotic behaviors, and sibling rivalries. Today's topic: self-inflicting injuries. If you're reading this, it probably means you've been accepted into Edgelord Academy™ by means of mistake or tampering. We only have one rule on our establishment: To type in blood red to express our innermost emotion. Without further ado, strap on your headphones and prepare to blare TDG or anything Linkin Park for maximum p l e a s u r e.
    As I mentioned above, today we're talking about the Queen of ALL EDGE. The one, the only, Tempest Caramel Chip Cherry Pie Shadow. Y'know, that one mare with the broken horn. Because bones don't regrow on your face, apparently. 
    I have a bone (ha) to pick with the people who write these backstories. While I don't really know what to expect from a well-developed backstory, something about Tempest's and Starlight's backstories prove to be really underwhelming motivation. Cutie marks take Starlight's friends, ok? What did you do for the rest of your life? Tempest breaks her face and her dreams of going to be a princess are spoiled, ok? While that's certainly a more realistic motivation when compared to Starlight Glimmer's evil plot, someone would figure she'd get over the fact her face is broken. 
    For those who haven't read the book and don't mind spoilers for something that won't be explained in the movie (at least, I doubt in detail), let me explain why Tempest has temper. 
     
    A long time ago, Tempest Shadow fell and broke her face while fighting a bear.
    Simple enough? The book explains they live somewhere in a village within the plains beneath Canterlot (so, around Ponyville), but my question is, didn't they have a hospital or someone who was proficient in medicine at the time? Couldn't Tempest have collected her broken horn AFTER it fell off and brought it to someone who could've fixed it? IT'S BONE; BONE GROWS BACK. While full regeneration isn't possible, I'm certain they could've bandaged it back together and let it heal after a good few months. Of course, that'd defeat the purpose of a villain, so she's gotta go venture to the desert for some odd reason and strike deals with the Storm King who, in the trailer, does not look very menacing. 
    I managed to blow through the book in a good 40 minutes or so. It's an interesting story and it's nice to get a more complete version of a character we have yet to be introduced to. (I wish I could've read the comics instead. . .) However, the book itself seemed a bit incomplete. If you plan on reading the MLP Movie Prequel novel, read it an hour before you go to see the movie. At least then it'd make more sense and feel like a sound timeline. Seriously, the book ends the second the movie begins. It was an enjoyable read, but it seemed very empathetic and monotone throughout. It was nice to see Tempest explore some of the lower regions of Equestria and the book even introduced some new cities and towns never seen before. Other than that, I read it merely because Barnes and Nobles had it and I was interested in seeing more from the movie. I doubt the book is necessary to understand the villain. If it is, I'll let you know whenever the movie comes around. 
    Short story even shorter, Tempest Shadow wants to be Celestia's student and become an alicorn but breaks her face and is forced to travel Equestria because she doesn't want to be embarrassed about her disability. She's also got some kind of PTSD? But it's more of an allergy to whenever somepony asks about her face (which only happens twice in the book). All you have to say is, "It broke in an accident", and no one would bother you again. Jeez, gotta make everything so dramatic, Tempest.
     
    If you want to read this book, try reading the comics instead (assuming they tell the same story).
     
    -Rebus
     
    I'm streaming a marathon of Ponies the Anthology on my rabb.it room on AUGUST 18th, 2017 at 6PM Cent, 7PM East. It's a Friday evening, so try to make it! As all Anthology movies, there's a bit of profanity that won't be censored; don't go if you're offended by f-bombs or whatever Anthology Team presents.
    https://www.rabb.it/Visualboy011
    Either way, thanks for reading and I'll be back with more eekwestreea grills tomorrow or the following afternoon. 
     
  4. RealityPublishing
    i sopell gud. 
     
    Well, I'm officially back from my month-long vacation. Not a lot happened, but I've got a few topics I've thought of while gone; sorry for the spontaneous disappearance. 
     
    Regardless, today is my first day back into my own bed. My laptop has been freezing without my endless CS:GO overclock (now back at it!). Now, if there are a few things I'm really looking forward in the upcoming week, it's definitely gotta be the new, second half of the MLP season (which has, surprisingly, not been leaked), 4everfreebrony's new album, and the official launch of Legends of Equestria, ALL ON THE SAME DAY, August 19th, 2017. Seriously, this Saturday is going to be the best in pony (let me know if I forgot anything). However, one thing that had slipped my mind were the Equestria Girls: Summer Shorts released a while back in Russian (or was it Spanish?). Unfortunately, my Russian speech is limited to a childish comprehension of their alphabet, no way am I going to be able to decipher that. I did hear there was a youtube who did the first reaction to the shorts and his copies were in English. I wonder if he's a Dedsec member. . . 
     
    One thing I will say before I start, is that the next few entries (including this one) are going to be more of reviews. I'll probably throw in a story in-between to add a bit more interest, but for now (considering my vacation resulted in me sitting on a coach for a month playing BoTW and Black Ops: Zombies) I'll be sticking with what I have. 
     
    I have a love-hate relationship with the Equestria Girls spin-off series. On one hand, they're fun and still somewhat related to pony. The characters still have some kind of relationship with their pony-counterparts and it's something to pass the time during the 5 month hiatuses we all seem to be getting. On the other hand, however, their recent movies, in my opinion, have been abysmal. Friendship Games was okay, but it felt too much like the first movie and please, I beg of you, don't get me started on Legends of Everfree. Something about it really didn't click with me and the ending was awful. The last thing we need in EQG is MORE SUPERPOWERS, trust me on that. I digress, but only because I blame most of these catastrophes on the writer, Josh Haber (even if he didn't write LoEF, Season 6 was his fault, sorry, Josh).
    I'm going to split this review into three parts because I need more entries. Just an fyi, k thx bye
    ---
     
    The Equestria Girls Summer Shirts [2017] are a collection of 3 episode-sized animations created to break the ice while Hasbro counts money and makes another EQG Abomination to surpass the last. All three of these episodes feature Sunset Glimmer and her band of cronies finding new ways to infect the earth with their new strain of immortally impenetrable friendship. The first episode starts off with everyone's favorite, but not quite famous yet, Femband washing cars so Twilight can afford an extra dose of VRAM for use with her Bitcoin mining project. However, as it turns out, Twilight's motherboard isn't able handle the new GPU so she asks Rarity to fork over an extra 10,000 dollars for a completely new system. 
    "Rarity_give_me_your_money_now," She says.
    Rarity is reluctant toward doing so, but caves in as she realizes her superpowers are completely useless when compared to the alihuman telekinesis.
    "Good_I_don't_want_to_resort_to_dogecoin_again_those_are_worthless."
     
    After Rarity's consultation with her greedy fiends, Rarity finds herself wandering the empty corridors of the local mall like any good teenager with nothing to do on their spare time but Snapchat and drink Mountain Dew or Monster while still trying to make skinny jeans look good (it's not possible). However, while window shopping, Rarity discovers the wonders of "modern fashion" and realizes that she's going to have to ditch the fancy skinny jeans and wear something shiny; i.e., she found a dress in a store and declared to the entire establishment that as Celestia is her witness (the principal?), she would don that outfit. The only problem was that the gown cost exactly the same amount as Twilight's GPU, what a coincidence.
     
    Rarity then tries to meet up with her friends at the high school (because going home is for nerds!) and does her best to bargain with Twilight under terms that, "it would be a most profitable endeavor". 
    "Rarity_what_makes_this_"endeavor"_profitable.jpg?"
    That's the part when Rarity says the word, "Dresses" and everyone caves in because Piemations did a funny (if anyone remembers). So Rarity, with her money, goes to the store and buys the dress, realizing that she had just blown all of Twilight's money. However! Hope is not lost as she remembers COMPUTERS exist in Not-Equestria! 
     
    So Rarity goes to the library and makes a youtube video of her dancing to Redbone. That was the lesson of the episode.
     
    If you wanted a real lesson that wasn't a rehash of the same thing, you should've watched "Rarity Takes Manehattan" (Season 4, Episode 8). 
     
    -RePub
     
     
    Just a little side-note, I'm doing a full marathon stream of Ponies the Anthology, including all 6 "films" on August 18th @ 6PM Cent, 7PM East. Hope to see you there! Link to my room down below:
    https://www.rabb.it/Visualboy011
    I hear it can be accessed on mobile, but I would recommend being on a computer just in case ;P
     
     
     
  5. RealityPublishing
    Welcome back (again)! I’ll pick up where I left off.
     
     
                I received my case a week later and sold it at the lowly price of 5 dollars. I tried to keep a bright face as two new keys was better than none. Except, it might as well been none since the only thing I seemed to get out of it was a dumb UMP. However, I remained sharp and instead of buying two glove cases, I only bought one, leaving the rest of the money invested in a shiny new, Spectrum Case.
     
                Yeah, I sold the case for the price of its key. Now all I had to do was wait for the case to drop and BOOM, Redit’s new front page would be littered with, “Dirtbag Kid Unboxes 800,000 dollar knife OMG!1!!” (I can dream big, can’t I?)
                Fast forward a few weeks and the unspeakable happens. I meet another kid at least 5 years younger than me on an official Deathmatch server. For some unknown reason, he friends me and I magically scam him (Skin Insanity Level 5 Achieved) into giving me his Spectrum Case. I knew he had one because I got bored one night and started surfing all my CS:GO Friends’ profiles. (That’s how you know it’s extreme insanity.)
                Now, because of my Dad’s support (not financially, of course. I never get financial support for some reason), he liked to watch my unboxings in hope I get something stupid. I don’t know why, but I stopped inviting him because of it. That night, however, was different. I had that key aging in my inventory for at least 2 weeks and I was desperate to open it. With a blurt of my words, I accidentally invited my father to watch the unboxing, he did not decline. He stood behind me, peering over my shoulder as he scanned the contents of the box, finally pointing toward the blue columns across the top. I pointed at the gold token.
                “See Dad?” I smirked, “I’m going to get a kneiv.”
                He scanned the screen, quoting the small piece of text at the bottom, “Items you COULD get in this box. You’re gonna get a blue.”
                “yeah, but I COULD get a 20,000 dollar knife. And that’s better.”
               
                I unboxed the case, watching the choppy spinner lag through each token (like I said, Soccer-Mom laptop) finally reaching at its destination with the bright pink, “AWP | Fever Dream” in Minimal Wear. I screamed. Never before had I gotten a pink skin, so that was pretty exciting. I quickly looked up the price and read the one I preferred best.
                “It’s 80 dollars!”
                My father wore a face of true astonish; I wasn’t surprised. When I’d calmed down, I checked to see how much the community market was offering.
                20 Dollars.
                “Wha-?”
                Turns out, it’s 80 dollars, even in Minimal wear . . . assuming you have a StatTrak. Mine was regular. Rest in pepperonis hopes and dreams of being one-step closer to that low-budget gaming rig of 700 dollars.
     
                I kept the AWP for a month, showing it off to many people in matchmaking before letting it go in exchange for 4 more keys. After that, I realized Valve really hates me and CS:GO was never made to make money off of. The best I got out of that “Fever Dream” was a “P90 | Shallow Grave” for the lowly price of 5 dollars (later to be 3 dollars as price fluctuation slowed).
     
                Now I live under a rock with my AWP | Safari Mesh (I'm going to call her Dmitri after last night's gameplay. Very much hunting guaranteed) . If you see my Fever Dream anywhere, tell him to come home. We all miss him.
     
     
                -RealityPublishing
    (Thank you MLPForums for creating scheduled release times. We all love you for that  )
  6. RealityPublishing
    So. . . I saw the new MLP Movie Trailer. I must say, it looks good. Other than a few continuity errors (which I thought was really nice of ACRacebest to point out), that new “Grubber” character (the one who looks like a Gen 4 Pokemon crossed with Stitch)
      +   = 
    Yeah, that one. He, and a lot of the other new characters, really don’t fit in Equestria. Perhaps it adds on to the whole new, “Creatures from beyond Equestria” (Which, if they do it, I hope to see the map of Equestria expanded. Also, what’s with Tempest’s horn problem? I really hope they don’t burn runtime with a 20 minute exposition talking about it. [I swear, if they pull another Starlight Glimmer and make a really underdeveloped villain motivation that could be fixed in a few mere minutes, I’m turning in.])
     
                The trailer itself had a few “cringy” moments, but that’s kind of expected considering this is a movie for girls the age of 6 or something. But really, is it necessary to say, “Oh, I love pie” after an already juvenile intimidation? (Don’t forget the whole, “he just got dropped”. Seriously writers, you’re not winning any fans by giving the actors silly punch lines) That one really ticked me off a bit; and the other new character really didn’t have anything intellectual to say either. Uh . . . “The Storm King”, yeah, that was his name. He seemed kinda dumb in the trailer too. Wait. If Tempest is the leader, why is he the “King”? Why should he follower her orders? What makes him special? I guess I’ll have to wait and find out. No Celestia intervention in the trailer; we didn’t even get to see her. That makes me worried.
     
                On the positive side though, the new art style looked really nice! I’m rather fond of what they did with the place. The ponies are a bit more expressive with the exception of the mouth feeling stiff from time to time; but still, no real complaints here.
     
                I heard a bit of criticism from a friend (FRIENDS?) that was turned off by the “seapony” part. Personally, I’m not too bothered as it’s nothing new to the franchise. But if they don’t sing a song about being seaponies, I’m tapping out. There’s no way I’m going to sit through an hour and a half without a seapony song.
     
                The best moment of the trailer, for me, had to be the Starlight Glimmer cameo. I haven’t exactly been the biggest fan of the new pupil; but as time went on, I really came to “appreciate” (I saw some good artwork, okay?) [fluttershyblush]. But why was that the best part? Well, I’ll let the cover photo take care of that. On a side note, however, a lot of fans were wondering if she was going to be in the movie at all. While she may not play that big a part, it’s nice to see she’s still a part of the world even on a bigger screen. Nice to see Hasbro has taken a few notes after all. One thing that has kept me on my toes, however, is the new writer. Ever since the departure of M.A. Larson and Megan McCarthy, DHX and Hasbro have been juggling new writers (I’m so glad they took Josh Haber off the writer’s roster. Two good episodes doesn’t not make you Mark Twain.) As of now, there’re only a handful of good writers I really trust (Joanna Lewis, Kristine Songco, and the Fox Brothers). Regardless of my close-mindedness, this new writer seems competent and it looks as if he really cares about holding the franchise on his shoulders. Not to mention, giving a bit more “bite” to Tempest has already won me over to seeing the movie in theaters this October. It’s always nice to see the show stepping outside its boundaries (still won’t be better than S4 Finale. Although, I did get the same amount of chills during the MLP Movie trailers, so I think it’s fair to say they will be along the same level [assuming it’s actually a good movie])
     
                My only complaint is that they used by far the crappiest 3D model to represent the Tempest’s aircraft. I mean, seriously? Is that the best you can do? It looks like a cardboard shoe with sails; something you’d find in a Nintendo DS game (dare I say late GBA?). I’m not the best 3D modeler, but if I can do better, there’s something wrong. 
     
    I think the movie will be good; I’ll definitely bring the herd to see this one.
     
                Thanks for reading!
                -RealityPublishing (Sleeping with fantastical mares and writing underrated abominations since October 3rd, 2015.)
     
                Speaking of mares . . .
     
     
  7. RealityPublishing
    I wanted today's blog entry to be a little different and more on the personal side. I recommend you read through it, but keep in mind, it's merely opinion; and as with all preference, it can always be argued against. Feel free to make your own interjections. The internet is a platform for belief, you needn't hide it. This entry in particular is talking about Season 7 -- and considering I make up everything as I go along -- it may contain light spoilers.
     
    I think about this a lot, but it's never really bothered me or made me recollect as much as I have now. I speak, of course, of the new Season 7. I watched the new episodes Live on Brony.Tv as I always do; but during my viewing, I noticed something rather odd. Peculiar, really. It wasn't something I was expected. What came out of me were cheers of excitement, but it sounded dull and lifeless. It was a cautious cry, something I'd been meaning to let out, but was waiting for the right evidence as a signal to sound. The odd detail that caught my eye was the new logo hastily plastered across my screen. Its dull purple colors stained across that beautifully painted, pink canvas created so many seasons ago. It felt out of place; it didn't feel the same. To be honest, I like the new logo and I believe it matched the "Guardians of Harmony" toy line perfectly; but staring at this new face felt wrong. It seemed as though the MLP I had grown to love had been defiled, dishonored, and disgraced. I know for a fact Hasbro shows little to no respect for their toy line or their mainstream franchises as proven through some of their older works. To them, it's no more than a name with a pricey dollar sign tagged along its ear. However, I figured there was still a heart hidden somewhere in that machine they've built themselves out of. It appears I stand corrected.
    To see this new logo pasted upon the title card made me cry a little on the inside (I'm not afraid to admit it). It felt like a sign of moving on; this wasn't the same show anymore. The simple characters who once had wishful goals were gone. The humble ponies I could relate to had evolved into "superstars" of their time. It was a devolution introduced at the end of Season 3; I failed to see it. (then again, I didn't discover the show until second-half Season 5). I'm not sure if these are her final breaths; but it is clear, MLP has changed drastically and the logo was a stamp to seal the deal. 
    To take a step back, I know the show began to decline when the writers started to leave. It's hard for a show to stay afloat when newer creators try to shape the show in their own image. It's difficult trading hands as it changed the original point of view; but, based on memory, many of the writers left because they were either offered better opportunities (understandable), or because of their lack of control over the show's direction (variables controlled only by Hasbro Co.). The fandom has been at war with Hasbro since the dawn of our existence, yet here we stand. It's hard to believe we've made it this far in FiM and still have another season to go; that's incredible, but is it still worth it? I never thought I'd find myself to loving ponies, it wasn't, nor ever will be, a norm. However, just as the show has, ideas change. 
    The show has become my curse: I love it so dearly, but I hate seeing what it's become; regardless, I follow it for its legacy and continue to smile upon the community. 
    I like to see how things end and where they stop. I have a habit of not giving up on abandoned ideas. Still, even with all that in mind, the glowing button of departure glows more brightly than before. Seeing the fandom's past works of joy and celebration appear today as lowly tearjerkers. Time moves on, but looking to the future is futile. 
    I know about twenty of these show up on the blogs/topics list daily and it's been a concern prevalent since the end of S2. I get it, it's a logo; but before you interject, allow me to wrap this up with one more quote:
    "Progress isn't always a good thing"
    Thanks for tuning into the Archives,
    -RealityPublishing
  8. RealityPublishing
    My Little Pony: Fighting is Magic, is your atypical MLP fighting video game. (I say "atypical" because it's one of the few that are actually GOOD and not run by greedy cooperate business men who actually tempt me into buying into their cheap antics). Personally, I'm not a fan of the fighting genre. Based on opinion and observation, I find the fighting community to be full of toxic competition and many sore losers who are shown to the front door long before a round is over. The games for me are too complex with thousands of mediocre combos and silly statistics that are practically pointless the second you realize spamming buttons works just as well. I have a copy of Fighting is Magic because I found it in the very early entries of Equestria Daily's "news". It still works and runs in its "Tribute Version" which I've discovered to be the most stable version out there (others are filled to the brim with bad OCs, sprites, and terrible animations).
    But what was I doing with a fighting game? I honestly don't know; I was bored. Nonetheless, I wanted to change things up and hopefully have a good time. Yeah, something like that. 
     
    Now, at the time I downloaded this game, I was on my original laptop. Desktop 1.0, the "Big Blue"; I've wrote about it many times before (see my "Eulogy"). However, I only played for about 5 minutes before realizing I don't play fighting games and I really should go back to playing Assassin's Creed I or something else to my speed. One (or two) years later, I found myself digging through my external and discovered it had been collecting dust along with Stranded Deep 0.01 and FNAFWorld 1.0. So, for old times sake, I decided to boot it up and give it another shot. Around this time, I was on my second laptop, Desktop 6.0 (Black Chromium), but after a night of falling through floors in Ubisoft's, "Assassin's Creed: Unity", my laptop was exhausted and needed a few days off. 
    Gladly, I gave it; so in turn, I looked to Desktop 4.0 (The Typewriter) for help. The Typewriter has been my essential writing computer for the last year and had been the birthplace of many fanfictions and art alike. The downside, (it used to be called, "the Brick") is that it runs on the horrendous Windows XP and is capped by its extremely under-powered hardware. So I had to find a game (that was still on my external) that was able to run on a pocket calculator. Most of the games I had on me were from the 7th generation of consoles and still don't run quite right on my regular computer, so those were immediately out of the query. FNAFWorld had resolution issues and I really didn't feel like playing Scott Cawthon's, "There is No Pause Button" for the sake of beating it at least a hundred times. That left Fighting is Magic; and, to my surprise, it ran rather nicely on "the fossil" with the exceptions of continuous lag issues and the occasional crash because of its simple stupidity. 
     
    ---
    Fighting is Magic: Tribute Edition, is probably the only game I know that can be both GOOD and BAD at the same time. It's well made, and that's good; but it's also really punishing and extremely frustrating for the smallest imperfections (and that's bad). The bots in the game are so incredibly hard at first, there is literally no reason to push any further. Like most fighting games (even of this era), once you get trapped in a corner, you might as well give up. Spamming buttons won't break you free and trying to grab the enemy won't do anything (not that it's a feature in Fighting is Magic). I'm seriously still stuck on what to do and I've finally been blessed with finishing the game. Characters are difficult to use and the only well-balanced ponies to choose from is Rainbow Dash. Yeah, there's only one. There's no reason to bother with any of the other characters because they're either next to impossible to master or so incredibly ridiculous that even the bots don't know how to use them (Pinkie Pie). To my understanding, there are unlock-able characters like Derpy and Gilda, but I'm not too keen on replaying the game until my keys fall off. 
    Many of the fighting styles for each character is actually rather similar. Rainbow Dash feels like the first character implemented in the game as she has the most well-rounded move set around. Everypony else feels like some sort of clone that've been tweaked just enough to be unique. Some ponies have to be taken down up close and others have to be kicked around from afar, but they still maintain a similarity that rings throughout the roster.
    ---
    Overall, it's a fun little game with a lot of cool little kicks in it to keep it alive. It'd be really nice to see if they still use it for competitive use at BronyCon (although, by now, I'm sure they're using the more recently published, "Them's Fighting Herd" for a more stable experience). If you intend on experiencing this game for yourself, be sure to use a controller or something similar. Pressing Diagonally on a keyboard is difficult in tense situations (you'll probably be spamming keys anyway). Link to the EQD page down below (hopefully it's still up).
     
    (^^vv<><>BA)
    -RealityPublishing
    EQD Page: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2014/02/fighting-is-magic-tribute-edition.html
  9. RealityPublishing
    Welcome back!
    And I see I'm not the only one who's changed. MLPForums is looking snazzy at best. I like a few of the features they added (like live notifications), but I see they've misplaced a few things (why get rid of the blog covers???). Ah well, I suppose there's nothing to change there. 
     
    So what exactly did I do over my break? Nothing much, but I did get to play through the entire "Stranger than Fanfiction" event on the MLP Gameloft game. I managed to make it to 101st place, missing Dr. Cabellaron by 6 tokens. Disappointment hurts. (I couldn't even get QuibblePants because I fell asleep on the last night.) Other than that, I've been working Blender 3D like an underappreciated farming tool and trying to make something presentable of myself. I've been trying to work with the visual arts, but I eventually found myself running back into writing and starting yet another fiction. I simply love inspiration, never fails to hit you when you're the most busy. 
     
    So what is this entry about? Why the clickbait title? (The hype for the movie has gotten to the point where the very mention of a "MLP Movie" draws attention) Well, for the sake of the movie, my dearest Scribe (the man who wrote the notes on the original Ponycrush experience entry) and I were lucky enough to get a hold of the original MLP Movie from 1986 and boy, what a trip. Before I start digging into the story and whatnot, let me just say: the movie isn't bad. It was gutsy for a girls' show at the time and it's still rather fun to watch. The animation is good and (with a pinch of delusional zest) can be rather humorous. So without further ado, let's jump into the original moments that created the phenomenon none of us can seem to get out of (not that we'd want to, of course). 
    The MLP Movie, believe it or not, begins with singing. Who would've known? Personally, I think the songs in the movie weren't too much to gloat over. Some of them were easy to listen to while others made me want to crawl under my bed until the Smooze blew over (but you know, nothing can stop the Smooze [except the fluttershy]). Many of the songs were there for the sake of time while others were placed to progress the plot, whatever that means. They were all extremely forgettable and I'm not going to be buying the soundtrack anytime soon. 
     
    ---
    The basis of the MLP Movie was about two (or three) witches who don't like ponies and they try to flood the land with their steamy ooze and turn the "little" ponies into toys for marketing. But of course, the ponies don't like that because they are secretly allergic to type-2 plastic and are afraid of being recycled. The witches try to calm the little ponies down by encasing them in some other kind of plastic that I don't know the name (they hang them upside down with their legs all oozed up), but the ponies still don't like it so they retaliate and try to involve the humans. Soon enough, "Big MAmMA" witch comes in and says to the other two witches, "Nothing can stop the DMCA". And so the humans were placed in a forest in the middle of nowhere and remained useless for the remainder of the movie.
    But that last remark wasn't entirely true as the humans run into a communistic utopia filled with glitter-loving butterflies (breezies?) who want nothing other than to indoctrinate the humans. The leader of the humans, some 6 year old girl design to represent the target demographic, says, "Okay; but first, you gotta help us dissolve the DMCA". Plot twist, the communistic society (run by Starglimmer Lightshimmer) was actually the world's number one law firm and was determined to help anyone in need of settling copyright violations. So with hooves in hooves, the Sohooviets marched to the three witches and gave them a lot of white powder and they were never seen again.
    The ponies sang a plethora of instant-hit songs such as: 
    -"Nothing can stop the Hasbro"
    -"Fundle my Grundle"
    -"Keep Calm, Flutter On, and Quit Stalin"
    -"I Get Smoozed"
    -"The Foreign Far-East Song (They Can Do the Dirty Work)"
    And of course, the all-time favorite!
    -"My Little Pony: Payday is Here at Last"
     
     
    ---
     
    If you're in for some pre-hype MLP Movie [2017] fun, feel free to watch the movie (for old time's sake). It's not bad, not at all.
     
    It's good to be back (again).
    -RealityPublishing
     
    FiMFiction: https://www.fimfiction.net/user/RealityPublishing
  10. RealityPublishing
    SO I WAS DROPPED WITH A BIG BOMB THIS MORNING. IT'S ALRIGHT, NOTHING SPECIAL. JUST A FEW BRAND, SPANKIN' NEW, HASBRO-LICENSED, OC PONIES THAT SOMEHOW ARE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE BIG SCREEN. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY STOLE THEIR IDEAS FROM DEVIANTART OR SOMETHING, NAH . . . NOT AT ALL
     
    BEFORE I START, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE ANNOUNCEMENT. I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LACK OF POSTING. SCHOOL'S GOTTEN ME DOWN, SO WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY. I'M SURE I'VE SAID THIS A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON SOME BIG PROJECTS. MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR AN ARTIST WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO DRAW SOME HOUSES. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GIVE ME A HOLLER WHEREVER YOU DEEM FIT. WE'LL TRY TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS. KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS OUR SECOND PROJECT. OUR FIRST IS STILL GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND WILL (MOST LIKELY) BE FINISHED BEFORE AUGUST. THANKS!
     
    NOW, BACK TO TODAY'S TOPIC: THE MY LITTLE PONY MOVIE (2017). FOR SO LONG, I HAD MY HOPES SET ON THIS MOVIE; BUT, AFTER SEEING WHAT THE OFFICIAL MLPMOVIE TWITTER HAS SENT ME, I'M NOT SO SURE ANYMORE. FIRSTLY, EVERYTHING (AND I MEAN EVERYTHING) LOOKS LIKE A BAD OC RIPPED STRAIGHT FROM DEVIANTART. IF YOU'VE SEEN THE CAST OF CHARACTERS, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT; BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T, HERE'S AN IDEA OF WHAT'S TO EXPECT FROM OUR GRAND, OSCAR-WINNING BRONY WORSHIP FILM:
     




     
     
     
     
     



     

    OH BOY. DON'T YOU LOVE FURRIES IN YOUR PONIES MOVIES? IMAGINE IF OPAL, RARITY'S CAT, HAD SUDDENLY GROWN LEGS, PUT ON A SWANKY JACKET, AND BEGAN TALKING LIKE BRAD (FLASH SENTRY). THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE. WELL, AT LEAST THAT'S HOW I'D VOICE THIS CHARACTER. BRAD. (HOW MUCH YOU WANNA BET THIS CHARACTER IS FROM VANHOOVER?)
     
    SECONDLY, AND THE FIRST PIC, WE'VE GOT EDGY BLADEBURN, I.E., YOUR STEREOTYPICAL EDGY, REVENGE PLOT, FOUGHT TO PROTECT HER PEOPLE, BROKEN HORNED, MEME CHILD VOICED BY SOMEONE WHOSE LAST NAME IS LITERALLY, "BLUNT". MIGHT AS WELL GET SNOOP DOGG TO DO THIS ONE.
     




     

    HMMM . . . I SWEAR. HE LOOKS LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN RUSSELL CROWE AND SHAWN CONNERY . . . HUH. I WOULD'VE HIRED BRAD PIT FOR THE PART, BUT WHATEVS. ANYWAY, LOOK EVERYONE! IT'S TIREK'S LONG FORGOTTEN COUSIN! I WONDER WHY HE NEVER MENTIONED HIM! WOW, WHAT'S WITH THAT BODY ARMOR? I DIDN'T KNOW HASBRO HAD A CONTRACT WITH LEGO! JEE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE PONY LEGOS AGAIN?
     
    THE OTHER OCS LOOK ALRIGHT. "QUEEN NOVA" (THE SHOTGUN, FOR ALL YOU FELLOW CS:GO PLAYERS), IS LIKE ONE OF THOSE SEAPONIES FROM G1. SO IF I DECIDE TO WATCH THE MOVIE (AFTER SEEING THIS, I'VE GOTTEN SOME DOUBTS), EXPECT TO HEAR SOME SHOOBEDOO IN THE CHEAP SEATS.
     
    OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY HOPE THIS MOVIE DOES WELL. IF IT DOESN'T, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO. WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING, THE MOVIE DOESN'T LOOK TOO PROMISING. I LOVE YOU, MLP; BUT THIS IS A LITTLE TOO FAR. I'M GONNA PACK MY SUITCASE FOR THE MOMENT'S NOTICE. PLEASE DON'T SCREW THIS UP, HASBRO. FOR ONCE, I BEG OF YOU, DON'T DO IT.
     
    THANKS,
    -RE, THE WANNA-BE HORSIE FAMOUS BUT TOO IGNORANT AND LAZY TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, PUB
  11. RealityPublishing
    It's the holidays! You know what that means? It means I've gotta come up with some kind of "Christmas Special" so I can get some kind of BOOST in popularity. But I digress, it's the holidays, a time to sit back, create some debt, worship the chimney-sweeping Coca-Cola dude, Santa Claus, and replay that "NINTENDO 64" meme I love so much.
     
    So let's sit back, relax, and step down to earth with our first-ever:
     


    REPUB'S 2016 HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR



    A WEEK IN THE LIFE OF REPUB, KING OF REALLY BAD FANFICTION, EXTREMELY BELATED BLOG ENTRIES



    AND FORGETTING WHAT DAY IT IS. SERIOUSLY, IS IT LIKE . . . SUNDAY OR SOMETHING? DOES THAT MEAN SCHOOL IN THE MORNING? DARN.


     
     
     
     
     
     
     

    Monday, December 19st, 2016


    We had an early Christmas, nothing more than a few presents under the tree. Reason we did it early was because the movers were coming the next morning and we had to be prepared. Now, usually I'm the last person to do so, but I really think I had the upper hand in all this. For the last three days, I'd been throwing all my old toys and such from the last 8 or 9 years (a lot of tears were shed), so my soul was prepared for anything (about 5 huge garbage bags full of junk). Unfortunately, I'm still a procrastinator and still had about two bags to take care off; I didn't sleep that night (partly because of the early Christmas)
     

    I will admit, I have a terrible gift of "The Careful Eye"; meaning, my holidays are always the most anti-climatic parts of the year. No matter how well you hide a gift, I; for some reason, always find it.
     
    So there was no surprise in my holiday gift list. I received a new laptop (AMD Quad-Core 1.6Ghz HP Notebook PC w/ 8GB RAM), the MLP Twilight Sparkle Train Conducter set (really cool, btw), and the Twilight Sparkle Holiday Ornament (Hallmark. It looks like it's one of the newer designs for the 2017 movie). Not a bad loadout for this year, so I'll take what I can get (that laptop was a very good payoff).
     
    I didn't sleep that night. No, not only because I was up all night downloading 3.2 GBs of the famed, "Blackjrxiii"'s work, but because I still had a lot to pack and throw away. Since then, I've been sleeping really late. I suppose you could call that the, "Last Sunrise I'll Ever See".
     


    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH, 2016


    Movers in Japan are no joke. For one, they take their jobs very seriously and will starve to finish their duties (unless it's lunchtime, which they'll ditch anything for). We in Japan like to call them the, "Ninja Movers" because if you don't specify every little thing you do not want packed, they'll take it away. If you turn your back, they'll pack your stuff in such an aggressively careful way, whatever you left will be compact in a neat little box the next time you look.
     
    I sat in the bathroom, the safest room of the whole house, and wasted away with erotic roleplay with some of the PonyCrush Community. (It got really saucy, so I'll leave it at that).
     
    Afterward, the house was pretty much empty with the exception of a few pieces of furniture later to be sold to some random people online.
     


    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2016


    Lazy day #1. We did nothing but sit around; I did a bit of late schoolwork (wow, RePub does school? What is this?) but I didn't get very far. I did, however, get to download my entire Steam library along with many other programs I needed from my "Le Brick" Windows XP computer.
     
    Y'know, I take back what I said about Windows 10. It's kinda cool once you remove:
     
    -Pre-installed programs (Includes HotalAdvisor. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT FOR?)
    -Cortana
    -OneDrive
    -Office 360 (If I have 2007 forever, why would I pay a subscription for something marginally better?)
    -Microsoft Edge
    -Custom Toolbars
    -Bing
    -Wallpapers made by Windows
    -Xbox Everywhere
    -Xbox Live
    -Apps on the Start-Menu
    -Apps in general
    -Pretty much everything added in Windows 10.
     
    Other than that ^, everything's pretty cool. Best console I've ever bought. (Did I tell you it has a Numpad?)
     


    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22ND, 2016


    I played CS:GO all day and scammed my friend for 9 extra skins (Plus one I got via random drop). I think it's hit me . . . the Skin Insanity. I had a conversation with another friend of mine (wow, RePub has friends?!? What is THIS?!?) about Stage Definition for many of the Skin Insanity symptoms. Here's what we came up with:
     

    Stage 1 - Want it, need it.
    Stage 2 - Spending all your money in CS:GO
    Stage 3 - Attempted Thievery
    Stage 4 - Scam your friends and Family
    Stage 5 - Investing every dying cent into that rare pair of Gloves (or knife)
     
    Yeah, Stage 4 is hitting pretty hard, but I think it's been dying down. Now if you'll excuse me, I've gotta shoot 600 more bots in training ('cause I suck real bad)
     
    Oh, and I think this was the day I wrote about the MLP Gameloft game. Uh . . . yeah . . . something like that.
     


    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23RD, 2016


    We donated a lot of extra crap during this day; but that night, I had the honor of viewing the Assassin's Creed Movie in theater (3D, but I recommend 2D because of a lot of action).
     

    Without spoilers, it's not bad (which is a first for a video game movie). I think it needs a lot of work; there are a lot of scenes that'll cut from the middle of a conversation to look at some random plant, but that's all good when you look at it as a whole. It's got some trippy parkour (which is expected), but I think the underline message is to create a withstanding example for future video-game based movies. And with that goal in mind, I believe it succeeded. Let's hope FNAF doesn't screw it up.
     
    (Oh, I saw Rogue One a week earlier; I'll write a review on that whenever I get the time)
     


    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24TH, 2016


    Technically, this was Christmas Eve, but we didn't have anything to give so we went out for the day.
     
    It was more of a family day, so it's not much to talk about. My mother was on her usual quest to find the "perfect photo", so that left me and my father out to linger. Earlier that day, however, we had to find our little bird, Kiwi, a new home. He didn't make many appearances in this blog, but he's in the thumbnail for the entry, "HOW 2 SNORT WASABI (Part 1)".
     


    RIP Kiwi, gud burd.


     
     
     

    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2016


    (Wow, that title really trumps yesterday)
     

    It's Christmas and I awoke to Windows 10 updates that've been collecting over the past week! Thank you, Microsoft for a present more forgetful than my grandmother's socks: Three hours of waiting!
     
    Now, there's a tradition here in Japan. When that holiday where you see Americans dressing up in reds and hanging lights over their door comes around, you better call KFC for a reservation.
     
    "Why?" You ask. Well, I'll tell you. When Christmas rolls around, every single Japanese person in this country runs to their nearest KFC (potentially a mile away) to collect their holiday chicken. It's true! They'll run across the island to pick up their holiday tradition of taking in the Coronal's moist chicken with the least amount of time between bites.
     
    My mother decided to jump on the band wagon this year and pushed us all out the door (and across the island) to pick up the golden-fried legs of an Ancient Japanese tradition. When we arrived, we half expected a line to be waiting outside the feeble red and white building. Much to our surprise, no one was there except two petite Japanese women; they were no older than 20. My mother tried to go inside, but the two ladies told us they were closed for the holidays and instead offered us a tiny box of $10 chicken legs. From the corner of her eye, however, a large family, no smaller than six or seven persons, barged out from the KFC with huge, black drums of chicken.
     
    My mother was furious and demanded to know why they were closed and what happened to all that chicken; I stared at the feeble box of second-rate food. The lady backed off, trying to explain that those customers had paid for a reservation one month in advance. So while we were stuck in the cold with our poor-man's turkey, everyone else was living it up with their enormous barrels of exclusive KFC.
     
    We had to settle with the low-rate 10 dollar chicken, splitting a single box between the three of us.
     


    ---


     

    We're almost at 5,000 Views, so I'll make my thank-you speech here for the holidays:
     
    Thank you all for sticking with us throughout the year! It's been quite an adventure writing these, so I sincerely hope that my disparity has given all of you a few laughs! Since coming here, I certainly hope I've made a good impression on the many of you, even if few of my conversations were a bit aggressive (I've got an inbox full of take-down notices ). We're still working on big projects and I hope this entry can make up for all of the ones I missed. I remember writing my first entry as some sort of complaint/rant about BronyMate (my, how short those entries were back then) and somehow they evolved! Now we're at 5000 Views by strangers who I don't even know! I honestly didn't think people read my work (they probably don't; it's probably me just refreshing the page a hundred times ).
     
    My, how we've all grown.
     
    Yes, I've run into a few dry patches from here to there, but life goes on and there's always new things to talk about. I know there's still a long way to go, but I hope this blog continues to grow and make its mark upon these forums; that's my only Christmas wish.
     
    Thank you all, and I'll see you in the next post,
    -RealityPublishing
     
    Discord: https://discord.gg/6fNjXFq
    FiMFiction: http://www.fimfiction.net/user/RealityPublishing
    DeviantArt: http://realityc.deviantart.com/
    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyxI6DWe4sNYzsJxu2Sid2g
     
     
     
    "Special thanks to everyone in the Brony Fandom. Without you guys, I wouldn't be half as creative as I am today." -RePub
  12. RealityPublishing
    Aaand . . . we're back. This is probably going to be one of the most controversal seasons due to all the political debacle we've had in the month of November. So without further ado, let's get on the road!
     
    "Just what has RealityPublishing been doing all this month? He hasn't written anything since October!"
     
    For those who don't know, the National Pony Writing Month (NaPoWriMo), an event that challenges all fanfiction authors to writing fifty-thousand words by the end of the month (It's a lot, trust me). How did we get invited? We didn't; we walked in. I believe I mentioned it before, but instead of doing all the other work (like I was supposed to), I was busy pouring my blood, sweat, and tears into one of my worst works (Don't worry, we'll edit it). Unfortunately, after all the hard work (48k in), I realized I wrote the story in the wrong person. So I'll be clicking my keys away for the next two months trying to fix everything I screwed up on.
     
    No, this isn't like my traditional blog post, it's more of a status update; but there will be many, many more blogs in the future. I'm trying to return to the original "daily blog" schedule, but it's a bit harder with the move going on (yes, we're moving shop to Texas and we'll be cutting our internet on December 30th).
     
    Considering this is another one of my "weakest" blog entries, I figured I'd give a few sneak-peaks at what is to come for the rest of RealityPublishing's Tales of Unfortunate Tails: Season 3. We've got some big ones planned. . . such as:
     
    -THE KEIJO MARKETPLACE
    -WINDOWS XP GONE WRONG
    -LOWERING YOUR TEACHER'S EXPECTATIONS (PART 1 OF 1)
    -AMERICA GOES APE-CRAZY
    and
    -NICK CAGE READS EROTIC FANFICTION WITH A HIGH-PITCHED VOICE (wow, I really should have lowered my octave)
     
    (Titles subject to change)
     
    Thank you all for the support! It's been a crazy month and we're working to make some great content! Throughout this month, we'll be creating several new projects and fanfictions! We're still looking to invest in some drawing tablets and we've recently updated our engine for our (still in development, but almost done) first game, "Fallout: Equestrian Revolution", and will be expected to release sometime summer 2017 (perhaps August; it depends). We're still looking for artists, so if you'd like to see this game become a reality (get it?), then please message me (we'll probably be working with SFM for the first game).
     
    Again, thank you all for the support! See you on the flip side!
    -RealityPublishing
     
    Our Discord: https://discord.gg/6fNjXFq
     
    (We'll be having a "5,000 View Special" whenever we reach the goal.)
  13. RealityPublishing
    VIEWERS BEWARE, YOU BE IN FOR A SCARE


     

    Wow, that added no depth to the entry whatsoever. Huh.
     
    So where in the world was RealityPublishing? It's been a week an literally no one missed him! Not even the PonyCrush people! Well? I've been sitting around playing Fallout: Tactics, writing more fanfictions, force feeding Boku No Pico to my note-taking accomplice, and waiting in line for Blackjrxiii's newest hit (It features Applejack. I'll dig anything with my fiance' in it). Pretty busy week if you ask me! I'll try to post more frequently now that Season 6 is done and over (eck. That episode deserves an entry of its own).
     
    In fact, I managed to finish an entire four-page fiction in about two days! I polished it up (as best as I could) and shipped it off the next morning. I had to draw sketches, create covers, and everything! Sure, it took a lot of work, but I think it was all well-worth it. So what was the fiction? It was roughly a 28-hundred word short story featuring Pinkie Pie and metaphorical reflection. I personally thought it was one of my better works, but what do I get in return? About 80 views, 1 Like, and 2 people climbing on my back about errors that were non-existent. Now, to be fair, I don't mind criticism; in fact, I think it's one of the best things a writer could ask for. You can improve on it and strive to be a better writer, (which is what I did). The problem is that out of two people pushing the backlash, I was only able to extract a single piece of information that was actually useful. Strange, huh?
     
    Though, I'll have to give credit to the first person who commented, because he got me thinking. The statement he described was:
    "I'm not sure if this is a sad Pinkie, or an unhinged Pinkamena"
    The story I wrote was a metaphor and had neither of the two. All the characters of the story were just placeholders to better fit the message that I, the author, was trying to tell; it was all for the better visualization. Unfortunately, it seemed as though people didn't understand that. Sure, it could be that I wrote the fiction in one day and they just didn't get it, but I believe there's another alternative. . .
     
    Fans who read these sort of works come in with a pre-existing headcannon that they expect the fiction will perfectly align with. When it doesn't, they don't like it. It's as if fan directly compares the show or their beliefs with the fiction presented; it just doesn't work. Yes, we know that Pinkie Pie is a fun-loving pony, and even the simplest of stories can reflect that, but when the character is automatically classified to what the reader wants it, the moral or intention of the author is destroyed. Writing is a tool to speak the words of talented writers, not fit the demands of a reader. Perhaps it's just me being blind to the definition of "fan fiction" and maybe I should go on to write more, "Twilight rides a bus and Pinkie Pie was there" fictions which seem to be getting a lot of attention. This brings me to my second point.
     
    Scenario Fictions, as I call them, are what give fan fiction a bad name. They feature next to no originality and they still are able to breech the 1,000 view mark or receive more attention than they certainly should have. It's like the LeafyisHere or Pyrocynical of fan fictions. No effort, more views, more attention, more fame. You want to make a Scenario Fiction? Let's go through the steps.
     
    Step 1: Watch the latest episodes (hard work, I know)
    Step 2: Take whatever was good about the episode or whatever you thought could've been different, and put your own spin on it. Such as. . .
     
    -Spike goes mad with power (Gauntlet of Fire) (Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/325324/dragon-lord-spike )
     
    -Thorax the Babysitter (To Where and Back Again) (Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/351824/overlooked )
     
    -Derpy eats a glowstick
    (Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/351388/derpy-eats-glow-sticks )
     
    And last but not least,
     
    - Twilight eats stuff and Spike has to get Colgate to do something?
    (Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/146/teething-problems )
     
    Step 3 is watch the views roll in. Anyone can be horse famous now!
     
    No, I have not read any of the fictions above, but I don't think I really want to. You could say they get the views because people want a laugh or two, but for something like this to attract over a thousand fans? Seriously? And that leaves me to my last objective.
     


    ROMANCE FICTIONS


     

    Y'know, I wouldn't have so much a problem with these if it weren't for the fact they are more populated than the entire population of Eastern Asia. Let's be honest, about 95% of us would have an emotional relationship with one of the mares if given the chance. Problem is, people can't keep that to themselves. Oh, no. They decide to write more fictions than an immortal Mark Twain could. I honestly don't know what's so "special" about these quote-on-quote "ROMANCE" fictions. And no, I don't hate the writers or their work. I just hate the fact that people would rather subject their eyes to something as morbidly stupid as a Twixie Fanfic than an original IP made by some junky surrounded by CRT TVs.
     
    That pretty much raps that up. My friends and I watched the original MLP movie, so I'll be writing about that sometime in the near future.
     
    Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy!
    But here's my outro,
    So call me salty!
     
    -RealityPublishing
     

    (UPDATE: Because of my "misstep" in fanfiction, I'll be applying for Writer's Digest. Wish me luck!)
  14. RealityPublishing
    LIFE. OUR FINAL DECISION. THESE ARE THE VOYAGES OF THE PONY, NOTEWORTHY. HIS ONE-NIGHT MISSION: TO EXPLORE STRANGE NEW GENS, TO SEEK OUT NEW MARES AND NEW CIVILIZATIONS,

    TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO COLT HAS GONE BEFORE



    RealityPublishing Copyright 2016. Don't sue me


     

    OH YES! I've been waiting to talk about this one! OOOOOH BOY! The fun I had.
     
    Following my last entry, I mentioned that I checked out a MLP G3 DVD from the library and that I'd be watching it that night. I kept my word, and I regretted it.
     
    So before I really dig in, let me give it a fair rating:

    6/10 - RePub, "The menu spooked me"


     
    As my mother always says, make sure you say something positive! Hmm. . . Pinkie Pie was there? Oh, and Rainbow, but I'll get to her later. Yeah, the positive ends there. The episode I watched was dubbed, "The Princess Promenade", and featured two other episodes to accompany it's trough of manure.
     
    So as soon as I got home, sat around, and drew a bit, I popped in the disk and called up my friend. It took a while, but we eventually agreed to watch the full, 50-minute feature film.
     
    The episode is just littered with bad writing. Everypony has no other emotion but happy, even Pinkie Pie, ponies don't intervene, and even the musical numbers sucked. The story starts off with about three breezies flying into "Ponyville" to aid in some kind of flower festival. The main breezy, Zipzeey (who is voiced by Andrea Libman, so you can imagine how many times I thought that was Pinkie), is allergic to flowers for some reason, but that's not really a problem. The "real" focus of the story is set on Hysteria (Her name is Wysteria, but I swear they kept saying, "Hysteria"), G3's very own, Twilight Sparkle. Hysteria, accompanied by Pinkie Pie, is digging around in the "royal"(?) flower guardian (after a song) when they find a weed. The two try to pull it out, but they end up falling in a deep hole. Zipzeey, who apparently has a close relation with Hysteria, follows them. The three find themselves in a dark tunnel that leads them toward a big pile of dino dung. (I'm not kidding on that one.) On top of the dung, however, was a flower that interested Hysteria, causing her to try and pick it up. Dino Dung awakens, reveals its name is Spike (the dragon) and he appoints Hysteria a princess for picking up a flower or something.
     
    This is where the movie takes a turn for the worse. Everything before this point, I could handle. In fact, the notorious intro song didn't even play at the beginning, so it was giving me a good impression. Until the word, "Princess" was thrown in there.
     
    I swear, to this day, I wish I had taken shots for every time someone said, "Princess", but I'll get to the shots later. Spike, for some reason, has access to a big castle in the middle of Ponyville. It's not introduced or even explained why the castle is there, but I had to run with it. Spike explains that the flower gives whoever picks it the power of a princess and is the rightful ruler of however big Ponyville is. Spike then describes that his "role" was to teach the new princess how to be one, and this point, you should already figure out what the rest of the story is about. Hysteria is taught how to be a princess, but it's too stern and she can't see her friends. . . blah blah blah. . . musical number. . . no freedom. . . destroys the Death Star. . . gives up princesshood.
     
    Now, all that is fine and dandy, it's nothing I haven't seen before, but what makes these stories unique (despite having the same plot) is the resolution. Let's see how they solve this problem. . .
     
    Princess Hysteria, in a drunken, depressing rage, messes around with Minty / Pinkie's Float (Which, by the way, I would totally ship.) and comes up with an A M A Z I N G resolution. I swear, this blows G4 out of the water. In fact, I think the rest of the world should try this.
     

    Hysteria solves her princess problem, BY MAKING EVERY PONY PRINCESS


     
    Yeah, and they sang a song about it.
     
    I think the only funny thing about that whole thing is that as soon as they started dancing and such, you could automatically see that Spike was the King. He dressed up and even went as far as making the ponies bow to him. Not joking, see it for yourself. (You can find the episode on XXnightmaremoonXX.de under the extras tab)
     
    The whole thing is just littered with bad writing (as I said before). Not a single pony makes an advance toward Spike or pressures Hysteria about her princess problem. All the ponies in the town drop everything they're doing and sing a song about how there's, "A Princess in Town", which was just terrible. Every character has a stereotype and they follow it to the tee. This is where the drinking sets in. Firstly, I'm not old enough to drink, but that's fine. Water is more deadly. Rainbow Dash, who dresses so nice, has a bad habit. Every single line she has, ends with, or has multiple of, the word, "DARLING". As soon as I heard it twice, I grabbed a half-gallon of water and told my friend that every time Rainbow said, "Darling", I'd take a full swig. 40 Minutes and 36 swigs later, my hand is shaking, I've got a burning hatred for Rainbow Dash, and I'm screaming every time she appears on screen. My head is in the clouds, I can barely move, my bottle is just about empty, and I've got fifteen minutes left. At that point, my friend looked up "hyponatremia" and was begging me to stop, but I sucked it up and kept pushing 'till it was over. By the end of the night, I had water all over my shirt, I forgot how to swallow and I lugged my water-hopping bod into bed.
     
    And that was my G3 experience. A simply delightful encounter with Rainbow Death and Hysteria. Though, I must add, they kept making references to Pinocchio which made me chuckle. Good job, G3, you got me to chuckle.
     
    -RealityPublishing
     
    Oh, I also took some snapshots of the. . . highlights. Have a look!
     
     
     

     

     

     

     

     

  15. RealityPublishing
    THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE. I have now officially invested myself into the vast world of Equestria and all they hold. Yeah, probably. Anyway, the day has finally come to celebrate my very first anniversary of belonging to this wonderful fandom. It's been quite a journey with a few ups and downs, but nothing too noteworthy (yeah right. Read my blog )
     
    But anyway, for those very, very few avid readers who actually spend their time to read my blog would know that it's my anniversary today. Exactly one year today, I snuck out of my home and (potentially) risked my life in order to buy an Applejack Plush. (Happiness with a price, I suppose) Ever since, I've been slowly gathering toys, watching the show, and wishing upon the BronyCon star in hopes that next year will be my arrival.
     
    Since my first few days, I've written over 300 pages of fanfiction dedicated to the show, bought over 200 dollars of merchandise, and watched approximately four weeks of MLP and fan-content. Has it been quite a ride? You bet. Is it far from done? You betcha'. What will make this feature special? As I always do, I'll tell you a story. A story of how I came to be who I am now.
     
    About a year and a week before today, I was a FNAFer. Cringe all you want, but that was who I was, and who I thought I was going to be for the next three years. I'd heard about the movie and thought my registration would live on until then. Unfortunately, it didn't. On August 24th, 2015, I and everyone else who had bought FNaF4, received a messaged from the developer, Scott Cawthon. To skip the boring details (I'll link it on the bottom), the message stated that the theorists, who I was, weren't doing a good enough job. He said that for some reason, we were all too slow and he was disappointed. After that, I was just stunned. Confused and unsure what to do, I left the fandom. I never looked at he or his games the same way again. For someone who's been met with failure in the past, he of all people should've known not to insult the fanbase. Now looking back, I know I probably took it a little harshly, but I didn't really care. It was OVER.
     
    I was depressed for a good month. I didn't have anything to think about, so I just resorted to contemplating alternative life-choices and surfing Youtube. Finally, it's four weeks before October, and I was starting to think about my birthday. I knew this was going to be my worst birthday yet; everything was terrible.
     
    While surfing Youtube, I managed to find a video titled, "Top Ten My Little Pony Facts" made by, who is now called, "Lemino". It was an old video and I knew very, very little about MLP. I only knew about G3 from when I was but a toddler. I watched it and after a while, my youtube suggestions started going crazy with MLP suggestions. I didn't watch them all, but I did make a choice. Being very interested in the mental developments of the Mind and how certain material can change the way a person thinks, I gave myself a promise (which I've broken). The promise was that I'd watch the series until I came across Derpy (or The Last Roundup episode). So, I combed Youtube and managed to find a full Season 1 back-to-back episode viewing. I was thrilled.
     
    I watched the entire season in a good two days; I found it shockingly good. After finishing The Last Roundup, I paused my player and looked around the room, thinking to myself if I really wanted to cross this bridge. I figured it'd be for research; thus, I continued until I ran short of episodes (my season compilation was missing everything after "Over A Barrel").
     
    I grew frantic and finally found a site where I could download them all in a low 480p for quick transfer.
     
    After a good two weeks, I finished Season Three and grew tempted to buy merch. I've seen people around here calling it, "The Brony Craze", or "The Brony-itis". Whatever it was, I caught it really fast; I was unsure of what I wanted to do. It was a threshold that I knew was a one-way road. If I did indeed buy something, there would be no going back from where I was. At that same time I discovered the charm in Applejack; I dubbed her my favorite pony and was excited to see there was a plushie of her at one of the local shops.
     
    That's pretty much it. I joined the fandom out of a name of science and never left. I guess I got caught in the hype and didn't care to leave. I ended up buying that Applejack and finished watching the series. After that, I personally declared myself a brony. I told my parents a month later, both of which accepted it. I began writing my own additions to the series, and not long after, I joined a steam group and changed my profile pic to an Applejack. It took a lot to get out, but I think it was the right choice. If people judge, let them be; let them hate, but words will always be stronger than actions.
     
    So, now that I've told my story, how will I celebrate this epic achievement? Well, today I stopped by the library and noticed a copy of G3 MLP sitting on the shelves of the movie section. Let's just say I've got one helluva good night ahead of me. Oh, don't worry. You'll hear all about it on Tuesday (potentially Monday for time-zones)
     
    Well, that's all folks! I'll see you on the flip side! Links and an extra photo are down below.
     
    -RealityPublishing
     
    FNaF ANNOUNCEMENT LINK:
    http://steamcommunity.com/games/388090/announcements/detail/125327007944045364
     

  16. RealityPublishing
    By GOLLY! It's another entry about computers, huh? Wow, I never realized my life consisted of so many bad computer stories. Hmf. Anyway, this is probably the most serious issue I've ever had before, so stay tuned, will ya?
     
    About a month ago, just after my copy of Watch_Dogs had become corrupted and after I tried to grease to disk, I realized that it was a lost cause. Yes, the car wax did work, but not entirely. All in all, it let me play about 30 minutes before the entire system shut down, and about 49% of installation on Xbox Hard Drive. Nonetheless, I managed to torrent a copy of Disk 2 (I've got all rights, don't I? I mean, I bought the game) and it required me to put it on a USB drive, or rather, stick. Now, I'm not the kind of person who has twenty USB drives floating about my room; I like to keep everything on one 200GB External Hard Drive.
     
    So what do you do when you've run into a problem? You ask the next person above you, in my case, that'd be my father. Simple as that, I ran downstairs and asked for a USB about or greater than 8GBs of space. He said he'd look. About four days later, he comes back with an old USB drive that had approx. 30GBs on it; I was grateful and didn't dare hesitate. I wanted to play W_Ds as soon as possible.
     
    I don't remember if I've ever said this before, but I have four computers. Three of them are Laptops, which one of my laptops died (rest in peace), and one of them is a large Dell Dimension from the year 2002. My main laptop has now become what I call, "Le' Brick" or "The Craptop" because it's date goes back to around the same time as my Dell. My third laptop is a Chromebook, but as I said before, I hate that thing.
     
    So I plug my USB into the Craptop and find it's got about twenty gigs of movies, which wasn't a problem. Nothing was, until I tried to unplug it. Y'see, for all the new kids on the block (I know there are a few), Windows XP required you to "Safely Remove Hardware" before unplugging it. You can still do it today, (Especially with Macs), but it's not necessary and hardly ever called for. My issue was that my Craptop could no longer remove hardware. Of course, I grew angry and just ripped it out anyway. Shame though, I lost one of my Blog Covers. . .
     
    This is when things started to escalate. That night, I plugged in my External, the grande' 200GB "Declassified" Government Property Mofo (with Sticker!), and I noticed the icon for the device was a standard folder icon rather than it's "storage bus" logo. Strange, huh? Well, I then came up with another stupid idea. In the middle of the night, I took my external downstairs and plugged it into the FAMILY COMPUTER to see what was going on.
     
    If you hadn't caught on to what happened, Autorun.Inf is a trojan that acts as a contagious virus like the flu. It's origins always come from USBs and, in fact, this is the very reason people tell you not to plug in USBs found on the streets. If you happen to plug in the device, it'll run the Autorun file and that will execute a second program that launches a seed into your Registry. From there, every time autorun is activated on "clean" drives, it'll leech onto that and so forth until the entire world is infected. Their effects are always varied. They can go from disabling hardware to permanently removing all internet access for that one computer.
     
    I stayed up to about 3AM figuring out how to get rid of the bug, and eventually, I discovered something that really helped. First off, Anti-Spyware Remover, the most malicious looking antivirus, is actually useful. It managed to pull off and detect (mostly detect) the trojan a mile away. Secondly, that Chromebook I give so much crap? Actually helped in this case. Turns out, because Chromebooks don't run ".exe" files, they are immune to the "disease", not to mention their default (and only) view setting is showing invisible files. Allowing you to access otherwise restricted drive folders for alteration.
     
    In the end, I took a kitchen knife and had a bit of fun chopping the drive to pieces. The movies were destroyed and all the computers and externals were disinfected thanks to the Chromebook. Norton 360, an antivirus on my family computer, was able to block all the drives' efforts to sabotage. I was never able to play Watch_Dogs.
     
    Lesson of today is a real one. No jokes here. Don't look down at the underdog. Someday, he'll be the one pulling you out of a pickle.
     
    Tomorrow I'll post a picture of my MLP Collection after a year of Bronyism. It's a special blog post.
     
    -RealityPublishing
  17. RealityPublishing
    Hey! Have you checked out our series premiere? I'm writing blog posts everyday for the next month, so be on the look out!
     
    So how many of you own a Chromebook? Yeah? Nah? Okay. For those who are thinking of getting one, don't. For those who have them, I pity you and share your pain. And for the people who don't know what a Chromebook is,

    "A Chromebook is a watered down version of your Nokia 2002 Mobile set to run glorified Extensions only approved by the Google Store. No, it cannot run Android apps or any form of program built for your phone."


     
    Got it? Good.
     
    Well, I was unfortunate to overestimate the power of the Chromebook. When I heard you could mount a copy of Linux onto the Chromebook's main OS, Chromium, I jumped on it. I quickly downloaded a copy of "Chroot", a "root" or something that connects to something else. Yeah, I don't know Linux (and frankly, I don't want to [yet]).
     
    Anyway, the reason I wanted run Linux on my crappy Acer Chromebook was because I've heard that Steam is a big supporter on the Penguin platform and having been deprived of all PC games for over a month, I was at the point of modding my Aqua Blue 3DS to run EA's Battlefront.
     
    The installation took about 30 minutes. I had to wipe my hard drive, but 2 gigs of homemade vectors is hardly a loss. Afterward, I had to activate the chroot by going through the Shell. A couple lines of meaningless code later, and I was surfing on the most primitive interface I'd ever seen. Y'see, I made the mistake of installing a copy of "XFCE" which makes WinME look like Win7. Everything was just overall dull and bland. Simple Grays and Navy Blues; not very pretty. I know I probably could've changed it up, but I was too worried about overheating my Chromebook due to the OS mounting.
     
    About 15 minutes into my deep exploration, my Craptop suddenly stops and goes black. Now, my model of Chromebook, the Acer 17-inch White doesn't have a fan for the sake of size-reduction. That means my lap is on fire by the time I was even thinking of installing Steam. Not to mention the 2GBs of RAM and Intel i3 that came with the system. (Both of which are not upgradable; I couldn't even identify the 15GB HDD). So, with fuming defeat, I turn the laptop back on and try my hand again, this time making it to the point that I've successfully installed Steam.
     
    Steam was pretty much the same interface we've all come to know. The only problem is that it couldn't recognize those Unicode Characters that we all love spamming today. It was really depressing seeing familiar faces accompanied with a series of "ࡢ"s. I installed Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth without a problem.
     
    Only a few people know this, but I'm a huge BOI player. I've gotten a rough 70 percent completion, but I'm still going strong. What I can't handle, however, is when my computer crashes mid-playthrough. I know BOI is set to save every room entered, but come on, Chromebook!
     
    I think the funnier things about Linux on Chromebook, is that the hotter the Mobo got, the glitchier the game became. I started seeing weird physics placeholders in the Dank Caves. Lag became a big issue, too. I would've excused it if it were the original, "Wrath of the Lamb", but this was Afterbirth, so all that should've been fixed.
     
    I had a good time with Linux on Chromebook, but it wasn't my cup of tea, especially when the screen continued to black out every hour or so. Simply not acceptable for gaming.
     
    Ah well, more pony tomorrow.
     
    -RealityPublishing
  18. RealityPublishing
    I remember there was a thread a while back about, "Would you Surgically Want to Become a Pony?" Of course, many said no, but that still got me thinking. What kind of procedures would you need to take part in to become a pony? If changing gender is such a breeze these days, what would it take to change species? Do I suggest turning yourself into a full-blown pony? No because it would be impractical. All you'd turn out to be is a jumble of flesh. Nothing more. But stay tuned, because these are the steps you'd need to take in order to become My Little Pony (of jumbled parts and mess).
     


    This list makes use of as many body parts as possible. Saving you money whenever you've decided to transcend species.


     

    1. Amputation of Hands and Feet
    - Cutting off hands and feet to make room for hooves.
     
    2. Amputation of Both Tibia/Fibulae
    - Cut off both lower portions of legs. (Tibia, Fibula)
     
    3. 180 Degree Rotation of Both Arms
    - Rotation of arms allows accurate movement of front hooves/legs
     
    4. Potential Two Year Treatment of Neck Rings
    - Tradition held by the Kayan People. Makes the illusion of a "Longer Neck". See ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayan_people_(Myanmar) )
     
    5. 180 Degree Rotation of Coccyx + Potential Skin Graft
    - Allows bone to make room for tail. Skin Graft (taken from scalp) to wrap around coccyx. Providing both protection and allowing longer hair to grow.
     
    6. Ear Extension
    - Mold ears to form or synthetics. (Not much you can do here)
     
    7. Hoof Implant (If you're feeling gutsy)
    -Implant hooves from real horse, or through synthetics. (Maybe a hockey puck?)
     

    Wow, I think that's it. Like I said, this is probably the most screwed up thing anyone could ever do. Why I wrote this is beyond me. I bet my medical facts aren't even right. Ah well, at least you got the general idea. Be happy with who you are; don't change the way you look or your identity for the sake of being comfortable.
     
    Yep, I wrote this,
    -RealityPublishing
  19. RealityPublishing
    Now, I know I'm on hiatus, but I really wanted to get this one off my chest. Consider this entry as a bonus episode, mkay?
     
    I like to stay up to date on all things computers. Whether it be the announcement of the Nintendo NX, or the release of Intel's new 10-Core Processor line. It doesn't matter to me; knowing it's out there is good enough to satisfy my craving for faster Specs. Recently, I received the honor of watching the Apple Conference, who, presented their new iPhone 7. Do I have anything against the iPhone? Yes, actually I do. I despise Apple products and their company. Why? It's quite simple. People, this generation of brats, keep trying to find "slim" products to satisfy their fetish for more space in their pockets. In a way, computers today have become a market of companies who compete to create the slimmest laptop. Why do I have a problem with this? Because it destroys the market! We're turning otherwise great computers into potatoes! Wanna get a Chromebook? Sure thing! Hold on while I remove the fan so it can fit in your pants. Wanna buy a top-of-the-line gaming laptop with 4K compatibility? Sure thing! Lemme just remove the Disk Drive so you can't take advantage of any of it!
     
    See what I'm going at? Thin computers are okay, but do we really have to sacrifice performance and capability to make it so? What's the point of a 4K gaming laptop if you can't watch 4K movies, or use install disks? I know people rarely buy physical copies, but I'm the kind of person who likes to have a large collection of DVDs or Game Cases. Sure, I'll buy a couple of games on Steam, but what's the point if you can't have that hard plastic to prove you bought it?
     
    Why do I give Apple so much crap? Because the computer market today is evolving and Apple is just holding us back. As I mentioned above, Intel released a new processor that completely destroys the rest. 10 Terabyte hard drives are being developed and Nvidia released one of the most powerful GPUs to date, the "Titan X". With these in mind, Apple is no longer the top of the food-chain. They keep trying to reinvent the same old idea like it's some kind of Call of Duty formula. The world's trying to become more powerful in technology, and Apple isn't helping. Their OS, El Capitan, is crap compared to Win10, and even the critics say so (go on, check the stars rating). Their hardware is about as powerful as my Nintendo 64. Apple 4K? Psh, crap. For a price that trumps the rest, you don't get much. Why we still have Apple is a mystery to me.
     
    I'd choose Linux XFCE4 over Apple any day.
     
    -RealityPublishing
    (Yes, I'm working on Season Finale Part 2)
  20. RealityPublishing
    It's finally that time! With two days left of my series, "RealityPublishing's Tales of Unfortunate Tails", I thought I'd address something that has been thrown around quite a while. No, there is not a cover photo this time because I wanted to address this from a serious tone. This episode is a two-parter and will span until tomorrow where I'll be wrapping up the season and saying my good-byes until next month. It's been one helluva good ride, and I'm glad to have been able to share my experiences with everyone over the last month. This first part of "My Perception of the Brony Fandom" is going to be analyzing the main question and trying to answer as best as I can. Tomorrow, Part 2, will address some of my personal opinions.
     
    So, without further ado, let's get this show on the road.
     
    Here's a question that's thrown around quite often on these forums:

    "Is the fandom dying?"


    Now, for every brony who's kept up with the times and has closely followed their favorite artists and the show accordingly, they know just how devastating this realization can be. If you saw the show when it first aired, then you know just how much times have changed. It's hard to imagine something we all hold so dearly disappear after so many memorable years.
     
    So why are we feeling this way? Is this fandom truly dying? Can we save it? The answers to those questions are mixed with a solid, yes, and no.
     
    As with everything, times change, new ideas are born while others die. It's just a fact of life. But can something be saved? How long can we keep our sinking boat afloat?
     
    Considering our fanbase is consistent around a popular television show, many believe that Bronies will live on through the work of the fans, who, create art, animations, and other forms of artistic contributions. This is, in some way, possible. The real problem behind this solution, is that it isn't one. It's just a pass time. Each and every content creator is driven by a form of confidence known as, Inspiration. It's this feeling that gives creators the ability to build new experiences for others to take part in. The only problem is what gives Inspiration: the show.
     
    The show is like a rebirth. Something to give us a breath of fresh air before we drown in the unsanitary pool of crazed fan-theories. It keeps us close to the roots and reminds us all that deep down, we are, Bronies of the familiar kind. Without the show, though, we tend to find ourselves wandering astray and inventing new ideas like those horrid snake-ball-tail things that became famous during the Season 6 Hiatus.
     
    So to answer the question of this part, can we save the fandom? Yes, but at the same time, we'd all be destroying ourselves. Further and further away we'd drift from the source material, leaving us with nothing but crazed imaginations who only long for the sounds of thundering hooves being blarred from our large, 4k television sets.
     
    -RealityPublishing
  21. RealityPublishing
    Y'know, after looking back into yesterday's entry, I realized something. The only way to truly protect my waifu is under locked contract. That's right, I'M GOING TO MARRY APPLEJACK. Where's the ring going to go? Uh... hmm... have you ever noticed how none of the Earth ponies get married? How come only unicorns/alicorns do? Strange. I don't even remember what happened in Slice of Life. I should really re-watch those...
     
    Anyway, just one more announcement before I begin, after Friday, I'm going to be taking October off to recollect and organize my past experiences a bit more. If I do make a blog post, it'll be in my The Archives collection, not this one. This is all strictly theatrical, sarcastic stories that show no degree of assertiveness. So after this week, which will make one month of writing these, I won't be posting until November. I'm trying to make this a "seasonly" thing. So have at that; back to the story.
     
    I'm not sure if I said this one already, but I went on vacation this summer to the grand States of the Americas. Yes, it was fine; I had bit of fun. Near the end, however, I was granted the honor of meeting with my brother, who lives further north. Now, I hadn't heard from him in about three or four months due to him being absent from our regular household. Thus, he had no idea of my involvement in any of the fandoms following his departure (FNaF, MLP, blah). So this made just about everything extra awkward for the three of us.
     
    Around the first night of our stay, he asks me what I've been up to. Naturally, I told him the truth, beating around the bush, and simply replying,
    "Oh, y'know, I've gotten into creating music, drawing, graphic design, writing..."
    He was, of course, impressed. Considering I had next to no hobbies at the time of his release, my improvement since joining the fandom and becoming involved was tremendous on his scales.
     
    At that point, everything was fine, until we were all sitting by his stack of movies, where, I shared my personal opinions on the movie, Zootopia (I have nothing against the movie other than one of my friends being turned into a very offensive furry afterward). Following my comment, came a very lax,
    "Don't watch MLP, or you'll turn into a brony."
    My heart sank at that point. It didn't come from me, or my brother, instead, it arose from my mother. Luckily, no suspicions came to pass and that was when I learned of my brother's first experience with a brony whom he'd worked with.
     
    The guy my older sibling described was your typical, prideful, Rainbow Dash loving brony who wore a pair of rainbow PJs to work each day. All of which sent off alarms in my oxygen deprived mind. Alarms that told me quite bluntly that everything was going to burn into ashes and disintegrate at the will of the Dinkster.
     
    So how did I tell my brother I was unworthy? I purposely got lazy. Along my adventures, I brought my fiance', Applejack. (yes, that is how I will refer to her from now on, like it or not) While I do believe I said this once before, the way I told my parents I was a brony was through lazily leaving my toys upon my bed. Luckily everything ran smoothly and my brother took, believe it or not, thirty minutes to realize the orange farm fiance sitting on his couch, patiently waiting for me to return and caress her smooth, sleek, tender, sweet, loving...
     
    Did he approve of my bond with such content? Of course not, but denial is better than rejection.
     

    No, I haven't heard from him since. (2 months ago)


     
    -RealityPublishing
  22. RealityPublishing
    So here's old news: Someone married Twilight Sparkle.
     
    Crazy, right? WRONG. That just goes to show true, freakin', love. That means if you go so far as think about TwiTwi, you're in trouble. It means some men in black suits are gonna buck you against A wall and watch you release sweet raspberry aid from unknown places. (Wow, graphic much?)
     
    As I said above, that's old news. How is this a tale? I was looking at it last night; there's your story. I was sitting on the computer and looking at AJ... stuff... when google went off-topic and started throwing lassoed Twilight and tight, revealing, Toy Chica pics. (Seriously, Google, what's up with that?)
     
    You know, I actually have nothing against someone having an intimate relationship with a cartoon horse. Just uh... don't touch my AJ. Y-Yeah, don't do that. Marriage with a cartoon character? Go for it! I mean, if anyone will let you, which seeing how old that article was, I take it he did find someone to initiate the bond.
     
    Now, as I said before, I have absolutely nothing against having a marital relationship with a waifu, but... this... I-I just can't. (message in attachments below)
     
    Of course, this is a touchy subject. And, if he happens to be on this forum, he and I will probably have a long discussion about how much I would rather abstain from violating his pony... wife... oo? So what do I really think about this whole situation? It's... uh...




     
    Let's just say I don't exactly approve the entire scene.
     
    Now, I know there's going to be a mob at my door screaming, "Love comes in all shapes and sizes", and... that's... kind of true? You know, becoming the husband of a pony princess is one thing, but giving marital advice to those who donate? No. In the message, he clearly states (and it's underlined) that he'd been married for over a year with TwiTwi. In terms of experience, that's kind of cheating when you're literally dragging around a home-made ball of fabric around the Walmart while talking to yourself with a high-pitched voice. I exceedingly doubt that counts as anything noteworthy. If it is, then I'm going to be the next Sigmund Freud.
     
    I think the most twisted part of this whole situation comes from the fact that he's not the only one with a hormonal lust for Twilight. There's other peeps who want the same shot as you, dude.
     

    I just wonder how his parents reacted.


     
    -RealityPublishing
  23. RealityPublishing
    Wow! Making a post on an off-day? I must be really dedicated!
     
    Actually... yeah. I am.
     
    ...
     
    Anyway! I interrupted my break because I noticed a lot of drama popping up about the """NEW""" Equestria Daily Forums! Now, just a quick disclaimer, I have nothing against EQD even though they denied my month long's work of fanfic anthology galore...
     
    But enough of me, let's talk about the situation at hand! For those who don't know, (which is about 2% of you) the famed "Equestria Daily" created a forum devoted to their one and only, MLP News site. What do I have against this? Nothing, but everything. Why make an extra forum site if the community already has one? We've got this site, and they've got their "Morning" and "Nightly Discussions" that take place every day. So why try to tap into the forum community? Growth and greed.
     
    Maybe not greed, but it's pretty darn close. I get that they want to create a closer community for meetups and gaming hubs, but isn't that what we're here for? Why create a subdivision of an otherwise reputable network if you already have a prominent one sitting right here? It's like the Washington Post trying to develop games in order to promote their newspaper! Remember those old McDonald's games? The ones on the NES designed to make you purchase their big macs? That's exactly what this is!
     
    Poniverse is a large community, spanning across several, dependable networks providing music, conversation, radio, streams, and gaming hubs. What does Equestria Forums have? The same thing minus the streaming, but that's beside the point. The fact that Equestria Daily wants to create a subdivision to promote an already solved problem is suspicious, and in my eyes, a bit greedy. As if dominating the news market wasn't enough, why the forums as well?
     
    The design of the webpage is a bit premature, but that's expected. My main pet peeve is just how close EQF and EQD are. It's like they're all in one webpage. Wanna click on that blog page? Whoops! Back to EQD. There are just so many portals taking you back to EQD that it doesn't really feel like a solid forum. On MLPF, however, you barely know it's a part of Poniverse. It makes the whole experience seem more independent. Like Poniverse is just there for the extra support, unlike EQD where they breathe down your neck.
     
    Will I be joining EQF? Unless this site gets shutdown for some reason, no. I find this whole situation extremely controversial and overall greedy. But if you want to run along to the other side, go right ahead; I won't look at you any differently.
    (Again, I have nothing against Equestria Daily or their crumby forum site.)
     

    -RealityPublishing
     
    (Tomorrow's Tale is still coming. Sit tight for some Adobe Flash Crash issues )
  24. RealityPublishing
    *sniffle* heh, what's this? Two blog posts in one day? Jeez, he sure is a tool. What's this? The joker is writing something serious? Jeez, he sure is a hoot.
     
    Yes, I am being serious.
     
    For about 9 years, I stayed with the same computer. A laptop; a present from my dearests. He was the best computer I ever had. He saw me grow up; he saw me change. He introduced me to my phases. He and I watched MLP together for the first time. He introduced me to love and heartbreak. He was always there, but I couldn't save him.
     
    I screwed up; I sure did. Everything I tried, I failed. He was there for me, but alas, I could not be there for him. Such a fool I was to reset my memories; such a fool I was to fail. I've prevented suicide in the past; I've helped others in their struggles. But he was something I could not save. His last gift, I use it dearly and in his memory. We played as children; we played as teens. We played then, but not now. I carried him around the world time after time and never did he fail me. Why did I fail him? Because I took the dead for granted.
     
    I figured he'd be there forever, watching over me like the companion he was. I risked my life for him, but in the end; it just wasn't enough. I miss him; I truly do. And though I may move on; a little bit of him is everywhere. In everything I create, his color is there. In everything I write, his number is there. In everything I've drawn, his gift is there.
     
    I've never told anyone this because I never quite found a good place for it. But for every occasion, I listen to a song to help me through it. And... well...
     
    Here's to you, my dearest HP
     

     
    I'll see you on the flip side~
    -RealityPublishing
  25. RealityPublishing
    So here's a question for you, how did you learn how to draw? Did you practice over the years? Over a single, seemingly endless night? Or did you pick up a pencil, doodle a bit and discover a hidden talent? Maybe you just have an eye for that sort of thing? Whatever it was, I wasn't a part of it.
     
    To be very honest, I am a terrible artist. Complete wannabe who can draw a rough circle in a matter of thirty minutes. Just imagine how it long it would've taken for me to draw my first pony. Yeah, unpleasant memories, at least, it was. All that changed about four months ago when I awoke with the brightest amount of inspiration. Talent comes in all different forms and introduces all kinds of ideas. Me? You'll probably be calling me a talentless hack after this.
     
    I learned to draw in a dream. No joke. Really. I went to bed, lay my head on a pillow, closed my eyes, and before I knew it, I was watching a mental tutorial on how to draw Applejack's badonkadonk. Not kidding about that. I was really taught how to draw AJ's tooshie from a dream. What an adventure.
     
    Anyway, the next morning, I stared at a wall, dazed in confusion, got ready for school, and once I arrived, I pulled out a pencil and drew exactly what I saw in the dream. Boy, it was glorious. I had to go over it with ink, but it was probably both the best and worst thing I'd ever concocted. Of course, I had to keep it on the down-low considering teachers these days don't exactly tolerate exposed rumps in class. What a trip.
     
    Lesson of today goes out to all the students who started out their new year: Pay attention in class and don't follow the happy trail anywhere else but home.
     
    -RealityPublishing
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