What is the longest MLP fanfic?

[SixShooterOutlaw 237]

I'm curious just what is the longest MLP Fanfiction?

 

[Snake 516]

I am also curious. The longest I can think of is Fallout: Equestria, but I don't think its the longest.

[SixShooterOutlaw 237]

I am also curious. The longest I can think of is Fallout: Equestria, but I don't think its the longest.

I think there is one  that is longer, I think I read somewhere that there is one that is longer than the Lord of the Rings trilogy combined! 

[Snake 516]

I think there is one  that is longer, I think I read somewhere that there is one that is longer than the Lord of the Rings trilogy combined! 

Holy moly! I'm even more curious now. I wonder what its about?

[SixShooterOutlaw 237]

Holy moly! I'm even more curious now. I wonder what its about?

I really wish I remember what it was called 

[Streiben Bones 228]

Was it "My second life?" from Coal Bucket? ö.ö That was VERY long.

[Alleviate 342]

I'm thinking 'The Chase' by kudzuhaiku on Fimfiction, it's currently topping in at 1,950,126 words and 783 chapters, with constant near-daily updates. It's a fair mile longer than anything else I've ever seen. I was thinking FoE: Project Horizons, but that's only 1.5M words or so. Interested to see what else comes up.

[RattPitt 172]

The longest on FiMFiction is Saphroneth's MLP Time Loops with 1,612,801 words as of today. It looks like it's still being updated, too. There's two others on there with 1,806,493 words and 1,950,126 words, but both of them are rated M. There's currently six stories on FiMFiction with over a million words.

 

Edit: I got ninja'd.

Edited September 1, 2015 by RattPitt

[Steve Piranha 29,428]

Fallout Equestria: Project Horizonts is longer than the original FE, and is the longest pony fic that I know off 

[Xeltor23 704]

I know "Diaries of a Madman", with 1,806,493 words total

 

Then, there is the "Pony Pov's", which are a series of fanfictions with different separated seasons with more than 2 Million words, I don't know if that counts 

[JonasDarkmane 19,787]

The longest fanfic that I know about would be Fallout: Equestria (Project Horizons)

[PoisonClaw 8,164]

To my knowledge, The Chase is the currently the longest ongoing fic on Fimfiction. How someone could write nearly two million words almost daily for over a year is beyond me. Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons clocked in at around 1.5 Million, but that was over a dozen chapters ago so I wouldn't be surprised if it's surpassed 1.8 Million by now.

[Empty Room 512]

I was going to say Cheerilee's Garden (24,694), but after seeing some of the responses, it's definitely not the longest out there.

[GuyNamedEarl 1,332]

The longest I've read is the Fallout one.

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,824]

The End of Ponies was aiming to be the longest one...but I believe that fic was abandoned a while ago. 

[Red Cedar 1,408]

I stopped looking for the longest on when I discovered that Fallout: Equestria was longer than War and Peace.

[deathpioupiou 103]

If you speak about the longest fanfic I don't know but I know that if we regroup all the Fallout Equestria stories it's the longest series

[Koori 156]

In FimFiction, the longest story seems to be "The Chase" with 1,953,646 words in 784 chapters as of this moment and is still incomplete.

 

The longest story I think I've read is "Spiders & Magic: Rise of Spider-Mane" with 367,232 words in 61 chapters.

Edited September 2, 2015 by Koori

[szalhi 1]

It's clearly Austraeoh series. 2,182,726 words

[SquipyCheetah 449]

I would say the The Chase. That is pretty freaking long.

[sweetolebob18 728]

If you are going to include all in the series, got to be Fallout: Equestria.  The 1st one had 695,000 words & many of the sequels & side stories are as long or longer.  IDK, but I'd make a small bet it's longer than Harry Potter.

[Silver Letter 1,832]

Who would read anything that long unless it's a legitimate series of novels by a professional writer?

 

Writing fan fiction that long is a waste of time and effort. Besides, a real writer knows that writing is about quality, not quantity.

[Koori 156]

Who would read anything that long unless it's a legitimate series of novels by a professional writer?

 

Writing fan fiction that long is a waste of time and effort. Besides, a real writer knows that writing is about quality, not quantity.

 

I disagree partially.

 

It is true that even a short fanfiction with about 2,000 words can be a great one. So great that everyone likes it.

 

But a long fanfiction with hundreds of thousands of words and dozens of chapters can also be a great one as long as it's enjoyable and interesting to read. The risk of the story getting boring and repetitive is a risk, though. 

 

When you look at Fimfiction, though, you notice that EVERY SINGLE fanfiction has at least 1 dislike, especially those which some deed a great fanfic (I myself don't really trust what that meter shows). When browsing on Rating order, you do notice that stories with one single chapter are on top but there are also stories with multiple chapters like Winter Bells which is 12 chapters long with 95,683 words.

 

So yeah, quality IS important, not quantity, but if quality can be maintained in long stories that's great IMO and that is NEVER a waste of time.

 

Edit: I know I went off topic on this. Sorry.

Edited September 16, 2015 by Koori

[Silver Letter 1,832]

 

 

So yeah, quality IS important, not quantity, but if quality can be maintained in long stories that's great IMO and that is NEVER a waste of time.

That's true but as I said, fan fictions are no match for professional authors. What would be your pitch to readers that something that's as long as 500 pages about a world they didn't even create can capture one's attention for that long? Since fan fictions typically focus on dialogue, it can actually feel long. Such long stories feel like they are overcompensating. For what? Perhaps a lack of skill.