How do people feel about Human-in-Equestria fan fiction?

[Starflower 323]

I *had* an idea for a Human-in-Equestria story, but I thought it wouldn't have the same magic as ponies at all. So I stayed with ponies.

 

But in my opinion in general, as long as it's well written and acclaimed, I'd enjoy them. But like others said, I still want the same spark in Equestria as a pony rather than a human myself.

[Circadian 1,273]

This is the best example of a human in Equestria, imo

 

 

The Dan vs FiM tumblr is great, you should all check it out when you get the chance.

[Megas 27,063]

Not a fan of those, I didn't mind it back when the series in the 1980s, but it was probably because "a group of 8yearold+ children" sounds more appropriote than "27+old soldier" "22+old college dropout".

 

Maybe I'm just generalizing too much, but I just find them to outlandish to be taken seriously, even if most aren't meant to

Edited February 22, 2013 by Megas75

[Paleopony 690]

I don't mind them. All that matters to me is that they're well written.

[Monsoon 1,648]

I enjoy them for the most part. Although when It's clear that it's just following the same tedious steps such as: pulled from earth via portal or magic, Immediately setting up a friendship with the mane 6, Gets told they can't go home, Protagonist acts frustrated or sad, the pity party begins etc. It just has to at least seem like it Isn't just the writer's fantasy. 

 

Self inserts don't bother as it does with others as I get why some want to write one, they just has to provide an interesting and reasonable story. For example a story where the human feels like they have little to no choice but to become a villain to achieve their goal whatever that may be, and aren't scared to stab the ponies in the back rather then following the usual pattern.    

[EpicEnergy 22,074]

I don't like the idea of it, I prefer just ponies in Equestria.

[dead account 2,703]

I don't read fanfiction in general, but I like the idea. I think most of us would love to meet the ponies. I definitely do and it would make me...a human in Equestria.

[Tom Gallagher 33,521]

I wish that was really possible. 

[ExplosionMare 18,007]

I'm not a big fan of it but I liked this fanfic about ponies coming to the human world to act as therapy pets.

[Sparklefan1234 161,850]

I don't read fan fiction, TBCH. 

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Joke answer: Isn't that "Equestria Girls: Spring Breakdown"? 

[yey_17 15]

I think it concerns to the topic and the theme of the story. Having a love story with some filly is often boring to watch for me.

Go to watch this comics:

https://www.deviantart.com/bigsnusnu/gallery/44896141/a-rare-rarity-day

It's about a human turned into Rarity, but the story is really interesting and the mind transformation of the human is SUPER unique. I almost cried at the end.

[Pentium100 2,056]

I like HiE stories, some of my favorite MLP:FIM stories are HiE. Not that I would want to be in the position of any of the protagonists of those stories, but its nice to read a story where the protagonist does not consider such a trip to be one of the worst things that could happen.

PoE can also be interesting, but usually less believable - I'm pretty sure a human in Equestria would have a slightly easier time than a pony on Earth, even if it is just because ponies would believe an explanation of "I am from a different planet, somehow got teleported here". Such stories, therefore have to either revolve around the protagonist keeping ponies a secret, the protagonist has to live in some very isolated area or the pony turns into a human upon arrival (or later). Anyway, these stories have many opportunities for "fish out of water" comedy, which I like.

 

[Courageous Thunder Dash 7,809]

It's gotta be well written for me. The huge issue with HiE stories is that some have these awfully generic characters. Even Anon counts...which he's mostly portrayed as snarky, sarcastic...and it takes a lot of time for ponies to get through to him...if I'm correct...

[Splashee 28,537]

Since I don't read fanfiction, I shouldn't really have an opinion about it.

 

For the show, I think it would be very odd to have humans in Equestria. Equestria Girls kinda agreed with me.

[Theautisticrebel 290]

People can write what they want, as long as it isn't harmful.

[Twitchy-Tremor 281]

Well I don’t think they work well but then again megan was there and stuff. 
the ponies size next to humans. If one or the other look to big or small.

[Iforgotmybrain 3,505]

I'm not a huge fan of them myself. They certainly can be done well, but a lot of the time the human just ends up being either a complete Gary Stu with no real personality or character flaws, or the typical blank slate "Anon". The former being boring to read, and the latter just isn't my cup of tea.