Submissions for Comment Exchange III are now open, and will be closed on 2024 Mar 20 20:00 ET. The reading period is planned to be 2024 Mar 24 - Apr 07.
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Description: This wonderful story contains one of the most compelling characterizations of Strawberry Sunrise I have ever read. It's outstanding in what it accomplishes and the depth of every character involved.
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Description: Don't Stop Believing is a sequel to The Silent Wind, there's more details on the order in the description. This is a great and chilling story, and Seer is very proud of it.
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Description: A fantastical and mysterious experimental piece. Salmon Run is an amazing meditative experience, I also wrote a sequel to it :P (any comments are fine for mine)
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Description: 1- It's dark with heavy subject matter and it's a great adaptation of Miss Saigon, which won three Tony awards in 1991. Despite the darkness, it has humor and heart, especially in its pony casting and its amusing juxtaposition of the ponies' pleasant world against the background of a terrible war, focusing on people caught in a swirling typhoon of tragedy.
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Description: 2- It's a tragedy that this story hasn't reached ten votes. This adaptation of a documentary on a historical event ends a bit differently than expected. A spare struggle. If you're claustrophobic, avoid. But if you're not, and you're in for Igneous Rock Pie confronting an immovable obstacle, I suspect you might enjoy!
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Tone: Positive Comments Only
Entry 6: Detective Rarity and The Missing Pincushion
Doctor Caballeron is down on his luck, and just as he's finally found something without Daring Do getting in the way, a mysterious pony calling himself "Doctor Whooves" appears.
Description: A very enjoyable romantic romp featuring the unlikely pairing of Dr. Whooves and Dr. Caballeron that perfectly captures an adventure flick pastiche. (And was also one of the winners of the M/M Shipping Contest III!)
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Description: A challenging psychological horror from an author whose work I really admire. This story explores a developing relationship between Fluttershy and an unnamed stallion who, despite never speaking, seems to embody all the traits of her ideal romantic partner. However, the closer they become, the more her friends begin to worry. This is a complex piece that multiple meanings can be drawn from. (Content warning for death and a scene of violence involving head trauma).
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
When Strawberry Sunrise was eight years old, she watched as the sun blinked. It vanished for exactly four seconds, and Strawberry knew she had just seen the end of the world.
Description: 2nd place winner of the Science Fiction Contest II. An *Interstellar*-esque tale of a dying Equestria told backwards, and a tale of an alien species trying to find a new home planet, intertwined tragically. Hauntingly beautiful, I cannot recommend it enough
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Description: I adore the structure of this piece, with each chapter starting with Flash Magnus going on about the origin of a phrase in his centuries-dead argot, inevitably applying in some way to the present-day story of him and Flash Sentry competing to win Twilight Sparkle's affections until they end up both winning each other's. The fun character dynamics and the inventiveness of the cultural worldbuilding are some of the best I have ever seen.
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
Description: Really glad this ended up getting Bronze in the Thousand Words Contest II. There's so much potential for pathos and the examination of the human condition that comes from a world where humans and ponies can actually interact, and this one captures a beautiful slice of it in just a thousand words.
The Author: Neither approved nor disapproved this submission
oof, this one was gutwrenching. very glad nothing was spoiled for me going in, so i won't spoil anything here, so all i'll say is that the beautiful prose really did serve the story in its final sections
just love how living and breathing each and every one of the characters were in this! their dynamics and character growth just felt so real throughout. and the Strawberry sass was so good!
oh, this one was just haunting! the worldbuilding behind its alicorn lore really was just something else, as sickening to take in as it was worthy of its own epic scope. i do not want to come up with and execute its ideas, but i sure wish i had the ability
Submissions for Comment Exchange III are now open, and will be closed on 2024 Mar 20 20:00 ET. The reading period is planned to be 2024 Mar 24 - Apr 07.
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Entries to the round are now closed. Here are the submissions:
Entry 1: Wishberry
- MLP: FiM
- Slice of Life
Strawberry Sunrise makes some bold claims about her home-grown strawberries. The good citizens of Ponyville take these claims a tad too seriously.Entry 2: The Silent Wind; Don't Stop Believing
- MLP: FiM
- Horror
One cold winter morning, Twilight wakes up alone.- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Dark
- Drama
Heavy is the head that wears the crownEntry 3: Salmon Run; Phantom Limb
- MLP: FiM
- Adventure
When the leaves turn golden and crisp, fried by the Summer Sun to a tender perfection, the salmon come home to die.- MLP: FiM
- Drama
- Sad
When the sky turns from clear to ash, and the sun fades to a distant memory, will the birds appear in the morning?Entry 4: Saigonshy
- MLP: FiM
- Dark
Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy adapt the first half of Miss Saigon/Madame Butterfly.Miss Saigon, which won three Tony awards in 1991. Despite the darkness,
it has humor and heart, especially in its pony casting and its amusing
juxtaposition of the ponies' pleasant world against the background of a
terrible war, focusing on people caught in a swirling typhoon of
tragedy.
Entry 5: Igneous Rock Slide
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Drama
- Thriller
Igneous Rock Pie has found a cave on his property. Will it prove to be worth going in? Or will it prove to be more trouble than it's worth?adaptation of a documentary on a historical event ends a bit differently
than expected. A spare struggle. If you're claustrophobic, avoid. But
if you're not, and you're in for Igneous Rock Pie confronting an
immovable obstacle, I suspect you might enjoy!
Entry 6: Detective Rarity and The Missing Pincushion
- MLP: FiM
- Comedy
- Random
- Slice of Life
Detective Rarity returns, this time to find her missing pincushion.Entry 7: The Two Doctors
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Adventure
Doctor Caballeron is down on his luck, and just as he's finally found something without Daring Do getting in the way, a mysterious pony calling himself "Doctor Whooves" appears.Entry 8: Mr Perfect
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Horror
But for whom, if not for them?Entry 9: Speak Not Of The End Of The World
- MLP: FiM
- Dark
- Sci-Fi
When Strawberry Sunrise was eight years old, she watched as the sun blinked. It vanished for exactly four seconds, and Strawberry knew she had just seen the end of the world.Entry 10: Flashbang
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Comedy
Flash Magnus and Flash Sentry compete against each other to win Twilight Sparkle's affections.Entry 11: I Can't Ask Fluttershy Out
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Drama
- Sad
Fluttershy's human counterpart wants a date with the kind mare but success is elusive.Preferences have been received! Assignments have been sent! Happy reading all!
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Entry 9: Speak Not Of The End Of The World
- Done!
It was pretty good!
- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Horror
But for whom, if not for them?oof, this one was gutwrenching. very glad nothing was spoiled for me going in, so i won't spoil anything here, so all i'll say is that the beautiful prose really did serve the story in its final sections
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Saigonshy completed
Two Doctors completed
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Great!
Entry 1: Wishberry
- MLP: FiM
- Slice of Life
Strawberry Sunrise makes some bold claims about her home-grown strawberries. The good citizens of Ponyville take these claims a tad too seriously.just love how living and breathing each and every one of the characters were in this! their dynamics and character growth just felt so real throughout. and the Strawberry sass was so good!
Entry 2: The Silent Wind; Don't Stop Believing
- MLP: FiM
- Horror
One cold winter morning, Twilight wakes up alone.- MLP: FiM
- Romance
- Dark
- Drama
Heavy is the head that wears the crownoh, this one was just haunting! the worldbuilding behind its alicorn lore really was just something else, as sickening to take in as it was worthy of its own epic scope. i do not want to come up with and execute its ideas, but i sure wish i had the ability