R4 (Reactions, Reviews, Reference, Redirection) #0133

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Here are five slightly edited old reviews:
Princess Twilight Sparkle flips a table... and then some. by Flint Sparks
The Golden Armor by Comet Burst
The Carousel Boutique Expansion Project by A Fistful of Apples
Swayback Mountain by butterscotchsundae
Shame at the Checkout by gmen15

Princess Twilight Sparkle flips a table... and then some. by Flint Sparks
[story link] [my original review]

I believe this should be classified as a crackfic, though a somewhat tame one by most measurements of that sort of thing. It was amusing, if a little too long for the joke.

The Golden Armor by Comet Burst
[story link] [my original review]

I didn’t finish this one. Was just too bland, cliche, and full of fanfiction mistakes. I got up to the point where the main character, a idealist introvert who joined the royal guard, is having a bad day. He gets bullied, is saved by Shining Armor who then takes him to see Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. All of which happens on his very first day of royal guard training. Given the name of the main character is the same as the author’s fimfiction name, I’d have to say it looks like the story is a by-the-numbers self-insert wish fulfillment. Not the worst I’ve seen, but still not very good.

The Carousel Boutique Expansion Project by A Fistful of Apples
[story is tagged mature] [my original review]

Huh. That was dark. Not sure why, but going into this I was under the impression this was a light comedy. Whoops. Very well written. Some nitpicks, but the general high quality makes it worth reading. It even feels like MLP to a certain extent. Like the story itself isn’t, but this seems like a possible off-screen series of events if the characters ever escaped the child-friendly rails the show is trapped on.

Swayback Mountain by butterscotchsundae
[story link] [my original review]

This isn’t very good. It’s no crime against literature, but it is filled with plenty of bad writing. I wouldn’t recommend this even for big Applejack and Rarity shipping fans.

Shame at the Checkout by gmen15
[story link] [my original review]

Huh. Not really a story for entertainment. Very much a targeted for the fandom (or at least for certain fans) type of deal. Not bad for what it is, the writing seems solid enough. I’ve certainly felt this way at times, so the emotion in the story is realistic enough. Just never really felt that way about buying stuff, even MLP (or just non-standard for my age/gender) items. Still, this is worth a read if you do have those moments of hesitation about letting your fandom show in public.

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