How do fanfics affect your veiw of equestria?

[JhonHipster 124]

yow do fan fics change your veiw of equestria and the ponys? does our true colours actully make you think scotaloo is an orphan? did rainbow factory make you consider how rainbows are actully made? did cupcakes cuase you to belive that pinkie is a serial killer?

Edited March 19, 2012 by jarrod989

[Nah 3,182]

I look at Equestria in a different light............

[Squeaker 89]

It depends... I try very hard to stay away from stories that could be conflicted with canon without obviously being so alternate that they CAN'T be canon, so I don't get confused. So, Human in Equestria or My Little One Piece/ My Little Pirates are okay for me to read, but I get too nervous to read one about Equestrian history or something like that. My brain has difficulty distinguishing fanon and canon, otherwise.

 

And I straight up knew that I don't wanna read Cupcakes or any scary cheeze like that. oxo

[SrFrog 927]

Not that much really, maybe whatever the show doesn't completely explain. The exception being Derpy, obviously can't have her without much of the fan lore.

[Doctor XFizzle 8,669]

Fanfics don't do anything for me because 1. I know when to separate canon from fanon and I do it quite easily. 2. I don't read fanfics. *trollface*

[Emerald Flame 381]

I love fanfics, but they don't affect my view of the show at all. I can separate canon and fanon easily.

[Key Gear 6,663]

I have only read two fanfics and they were both pretty close to canon, so they didn't really affect my view of Equestria at all.

 

I tend to stay away from fanfics as a rule of thumb. I understand why some people like them, but personally, I'm mostly interested in the more narrow canon universe.

[Squeaker 89]

Used to hate the idea of fanfics, pony or otherwise, but...

Confound these ponies. They drive me to rethink EVERYTHING. XD

[Gizmo 206]

They're not much of a difference for me

 

THOUGH!

 

I will admit that before I read My Little Dashie I didn't care much for RainbowDash, but now

I really like her because I associate her with it now.

[ShinyRibbonsAndSparkles 164]

I've read so many violent fanfics, and I tend to fear the characters for a short time after reading them. For example, after reading Cheerilee's Garden, I couldn't even stand staring at her in any of the episodes for a few months. Rainbow Factory didn't change my view at all. I just enjoyed how well written it was. Also, after reading Sweet Apple Massacre, I had a fear of Big Mac for the few following months. Eeyup.

 

Except for Cupcakes. Cupcakes didn't scare me at all, and I'm not being sarcastic here.

Edited March 20, 2012 by ShinyRibbonsAndSparkles

[Slendermane 477]

I'm usually able to tell the difference between canon and fanon, but there are times when stories change my opinion.

 

Silent Ponyville and Psychology series: Just because it is all rainbows and butterflies on the outside doesn't mean Equestria is perfect. They still have darness, monsters, nightmares, horrors, and possibly crime. Yet each character has had to overcome hardships of their own. This makes them stronger, more relatable characters.

 

Fallout Equestria: Ponies aren't perfect. Just because we haven't seen a war doesn't mean they haven't happened (besides Nightmare Moon). They have the same failings we do.

 

Conversion Bureau stories: Although ponies have their faults, they try harder to make the world(s) a better place, and the honestly respect and care about others.

 

Derpy: I don't see her as a pony who drops pianos and breaks town hall. I see her as a kind, honest, hardworking pony, possibly a single mother. She has many hardships in her life, yet she won't let her handicaps or the opinions of others defeat her. Some of my favorite versions are

Today, Tomorrow, Forever: Single mother struggling to raise her daughter. Gives her up to give her a better life.

Words are Louder and Blood is Thicker: Genius with a handicap. Adopts a poor orphaned filly. Some are prejudiced against her and take Dinky away. Does everything she can to get her back and prove herself worthy.

Ditzy Doo: Muffins: She has a fierce, dark side that she keeps hidden. She will do anything to protect those she loves. She has a forgotten past that returns, revealing where she came from, how she came to raise Dinky, and what her cutie mark really means.

 

These are just a few examples. I still prefer fanon Luna to canon Luna.

Edited March 20, 2012 by Slendermane

[Twi Rubix 726]

I don't read fancifcs, really. But if I did, I'm sure it wouldn't effect my thoughts on anything for the show.

[Daring Do 195]

Well, how much they affect one's view depends on how much he or she knows, or how strong his or her beliefs are. Like your example, having Scootaloo being an orphan: One cannot explain where her parents are, since she is NEVER seen with them, therefore might take up this belief. Suppose another case, one already believes in the latter, but then somepony has a good reason to object to it, that person may not take the new belief because of how strong they think she is an orphan.

[Inky Milk 78]

They don't. But then, I don't really read fanfics. When I do on the very rare occasion however, I simply read them in my favor. If I absolutely hate the pic I just chalk it up to being a crappy story and know that it has no affect on the 'real' characters whatsoever. If I love the fic then I like to pretend in some alternate universe maybe this has happened. But so many fanfics are so poorly written or don't completely follow the rules of the fictional world that it's difficult for me to really change my views-I like to read stories that simply solidify and agree with my own beliefs

[Nothing392 61]

Only the creepy fanfics affect me, but I tend to stay away from them, not liking scary stories anyways (im pretty wimpy). But as to regular fan-fics they pretty much always seem to build off the canon, at least the ones Ive read have, so they dont change too much in my opinion. Anything added I can easily dissociate from the canon.

[Jokuc 8,174]

Nothing. I don't read that many fanfics though.

[Starshine 16,335]

I've spent most of my time in this fandom reading countless fanfics. So I guess they changed my view on Equestria a little bit

 

I can no longer see any background ponies without recalling any silly fanfics about them ._.

[Akemi Homura 7,680]

The whole fanfic thing with MLP turned out to be a very dynamic aspect of the series. Because there's a ton of potential for Equestria to be whatever you imagine it to be, based on aspects of the show itself, it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between fanon and canon. Remember the word "potential". You can make the characters to be slightly different based on other aspects of their personalities, which obviously tie in with a plot within a fanfic, potentially putting MLP in a "darker" light, if you will.

[Strafe 594]

It's not that hard to separate fannon and cannon.

[Squeaker 89]

Well, how much they affect one's view depends on how much he or she knows, or how strong his or her beliefs are. Like your example, having Scootaloo being an orphan: One cannot explain where her parents are, since she is NEVER seen with them, therefore might take up this belief. Suppose another case, one already believes in the latter, but then somepony has a good reason to object to it, that person may not take the new belief because of how strong they think she is an orphan.

 

This is a good example here of the kind of fic I wouldn't read, because if anything ever is decided in the show afterwards my brain would reject it. LOL

[Shankveld 4,950]

It was not very effective...

[cuteycindyhoney 13,316]

I've only read one full fanfic. "cupcakes" which as a veteran author of several well received (original, not fanfics) vore-gore stories, I found to be poorly written drivel. I read part of the Dashie one (forget the title). Everyone raves about how touching it is. I stopped reading it because I couldn't help thinking that the human guy that found her was actually psychotic, and only imagined/pretended she was there with him. To sum up, Fanfics have no bearing on my outlook on Equestria, because what I mentioned is all I've read. I actually started a My Little Pony/Kim Possible fanfic, of all things, (trans-dimensional travel and pony transformations) but haven't worked much on it. I got involved in writing a rather extensive original erotic vore-gore story and set the crossover aside for the time being.

 

 

 

Back with a quick edit. Someday I'll actually finish my epic Doctor Who, Sailor Moon, Dirty Pair science fiction crossover. I started that thing almost ten years ago, and dust it off every once and a while. Since I began long before the BBC restarted the series, my Doctor is based on Tom Baker's portrayal. At the time he was the Doctor most American fans knew best.

Edited March 20, 2012 by cuteycindyhoney

[WildCard 1,037]

Since 90% of the fanfics I read are romance, humor or stories about their life and the other 10% are cross-overs it doesn't affect my view of equestria at all. Except that I often think about who would make a cute ship

Edited March 20, 2012 by Wildcard

[RainbowDashie 767]

cupcakes was horrible but it didnt change the way i thougt of pinkie

 

rainbow factory, sweet apple massacre, twi and me, the plague, my little dashie, airshipping is magic, equestrian tales and rocket to insanity. did not change my thoughts at all. well, for 5 minutes but then it was just as normal.

[THE WILD HUNT 213]

I usually try to avoid things that would ruin my view of the show, though I occasionally read some every once in a while just to see what they're about (then just distract myself immediately after I finish to forget what I just read if it's too abstract).

There was this one thing I read called, "How Equestria was Made"... I still sometimes see the ponies living in the houses of the humans they killed...