>>4721
This looks interesting. I will say that my experience with animation is rather... mixed. I do have an interest. May actually look into this opentoonz program.

So after almost 6 months since this fic has been published/posted over here, I think that I should review or give my personal comments towards this piece of fiction.

Review of: The Mare in the Mountain (Bridgefag, April 2019)

So, in this fic, unlike the original Cadencebat fic in which she had to hide her entity and falling into corruption as something appealing to her, Cadence here is shown as a more "mystical" creature than usual.

The Revolution fic went to some confusing and extraordinary settings that were highly related to political movements/strategies that despite its proper context into this world, it needs a few tries and a little bit more of effort from the reader in order to see how it follows a cohesive logic and progression.

However, The Mare in the Mountain doesn´t rely on real life elements except for justifying a plot device and a motif for moving the plot forward >>3856 (hipster/anti/poor art that kind of points out the sense of art from society´s standards, even though the editing thread could be a reason to bring this topic on the table).

So by leaving reality aside, this fanfic is much more straight forward than the Revolution fic and it introduces (with more additions to her transformation) the Mare in the Mountain with a clearer idea of how she is than the original Cadencbat fic.

It´s as certainly confusing for the reader why she is called like that at first as as one gets to know that the actual Princess Cadence has earned a second life of fame.

I am not going to say that this fanfic would work as complete canon because there are aspects from it that obviously prevent from having this dark direction.

Nonetheless, the funny dialogue between the CMC before meeting Cadence, the fact that this story advances through a dream, the attempts at justifying its context (Luna could be the one manipulating the dream for Apple Bloom, the inspiration that Apple Bloom had that could have come from Cherilee´s lectures in the school), the recurrent drawings that become relevant in order to transmit a message through the story, etc; all of that could have perfectly fit for a standard story of MLP.

Backing up what I say about feeling like FiM, it´s that the fic offers room to breathe within its development and let lines like these:
>"Are ya sure ya can't tell me what this Mare on the Mountain is?"
>"Mare in the Mountain, Apple Bloom," Sweetie Belle corrected.
>Apple Bloom rolled her eyes.

I personally see where this is coming and I can tell that this actually criticizes the constant spelling mistakes written in this board. Not only the sense of comedy is there but the CMC really show their characteristic tropes until the climax, meaning that the author actually acknowledges their personalities even if the story is going through muddy waters that could feel off if it was shown so directly to the reader.

So for the most part, this fanfic will sound familiar to the average fan but where the questions will begin from the start and the climax (not to mention the strange actions from Scootaloo and SB while walking to the place where Cadence appears). The philosophical questions aimed at Apple Bloom, the grim imagery constantly present in her mind and how Cadence goes even further by twisting an intimidating technique: reading the minds of other creatures. She doesn´t only change to a more questionable side of actions, she doesn´t only become a guide for Apple Bloom but she also displays a really creepy yet powerful weapon that she could have exploited in the past:

>Cadence let a light hearted chuckle that contrasted with the fearsome atmosphere.
>"Of course I can. How else do you think I fix, manipulate and twist ponies love lifes?"

Mind f*yay*king blown by reading this. As much as she sounds certainly out of place with those questions, she proves that her true potential and lack of fears towards the wrong things actually drive her to take a step forward, like she knows way more than in theory she should have in the first place.

The concept of her being a bat isn´t something that one would have explored al that much. This fic doesn´t jump right away to the center of her new feature like the original Cadencebat green did, but instead she receives almost a mystical presentation, wondering who she is and when one gets to her, there are far more questions than answers. There is always a haunting feeling that pays off with a mysterious climax (yet with dark imagery) and one could define it as mental edginess. Not a single moment of violence was brought onto the table yet those tense feelings manage to happen while reading this piece, like a horror movie that is slowly building up before murdering harshly the characters.

>>4640
I've been lurking this website for a good few years now. It's only when /pone/ (8ch) went offline that I decided to go be more active in other places. /mlp/ is basically a chaotic toxic wastebin, not to mention the spoilers, and /mlpol/ is nice but a lot of the time they seem more focused on politics than pastel horses (which makes sense, they're part pol). A lot of the other decent alternatives either seem like Ponychan ripoffs or are really good but extremely inactive. Coming here and staying for a little while seemed like a good decision.

>>4640
>Truth be told I'm not going to judge until I see it.
this

>>4650
>I've been lurking this website for a good few years now.
big plot twist here. Did you post on this imageboard around 2016 when 8chan migrated over here for a little while?

>/mlp/ is basically a chaotic toxic wastebin, not to mention the spoilers
this is why we are judging the episodes slowly and without rushing the thoughts about them. Even if someone brought the spoilers onto the table, I would need to experience completely for myself in order to make it justice.

>/mlpol/ is nice but a lot of the time they seem more focused on politics than pastel horses (which makes sense, they're part pol).
I am not saying that this board is a huge exception towards that.
Let me explain this,/endpone/ has had periods of pure political topics through the generals (the show discussion ones are safe from that) and they weren´t really easy to deal with and analyze. The difference here is that politics should be a topic not only about spamming preprogammed propaganda but more like didactic material and use it as an exercise to think and try to learn, watching closely what motifs behind drive that discussion (especially the context behind the events).

This board has had a more laid back mentality because there are fewer users and as you say, /mlpol/ is more the proper target to do it. That doesn´t mean this board is free of it all the time from those topics even though we agreed to leave them aside (or at least, take a break) for a while after getting oversaturated of them during a certain month (September 2018).

>>4652
Nope, found it mid 2017. I think I posted maybe once or twice on here? I don't remember. I do remember posting on /b/ like once

>>4650
>Coming here and staying for a little while seemed like a good decision.
Though I know some of the threads probably seem a bit intimidating with the long sometimes bloggy conversations, but feel free to drop in!

>A lot of the other decent alternatives either seem like Ponychan ripoffs or are really good but extremely inactive.
(cough cough mlpg.co and poni.fun cough cough)

>>4668
sounds about like I would've been if I hadn't run into the other two pillars first and true BO and L23

>>4668
Alright. Then you had posted in the initial era of 270 posts or so. The two/three main users came right at the end of December of 2017 so definitely I haven´t seen you in action.

>>4673
>some of the threads probably seem a bit intimidating with the long sometimes bloggy conversations
and those kinds of conversations don´t appear too often in the chan culture because oh boy, they go through let´s say ""sensible private"" content (I don´t know how to describe it in a general sense) that goes from direct blogs to original content and long discussions.

>poni.fun
wasn´t that site supposed to replace /mlp/ and offer a greater level of kindness/tolerance than them? It´s quite inactive and honestly, I´d rather stick to the "no promises from my part, don´t expect them" that I have always said. Otherwise, you lead to newfags to a huge diisappointment after a while. I´d rather say: it is what you see. Imitating /mlp/ can be done at any moment but offering the same product doesn´t seem to be a good business practice either.

>I would've been if I hadn't run into the other two pillars
thanks but honestly, I think that for me at least, I was supposed to shitpost simply my favorite pictures, get bored and leave after a while....

the results shown over here definitely weren´t what I was expecting from this place...

Sleepy trips?

>>3111
sleepy trips. I am checking them inside your dreams.

>>3111
Have a CARROT

>>4014
>I thought the BO did. It seemed to be a reply to you wondering if the BO was the one who shitposted at >>798
>See the lyrics?
I see. Now that I think about it, he´s only one that has cared and spent a bit of time of his life dedicating a few posts and discussions over here. Nobody else would care that much in comparison.

>Not as much as me.
hold my beer...

>>4016
>A fun one.
erm Twilight? Why are you so happy? It´s like you are reflecting a mix of...


oh, oh dear...

>>4017
>Nobody else would care that much in comparison.
True. Though it seems we have a handful of post that don't fit us three. Though the BO is mysterious in his ways, that doesn't seem like him.

>hold my beer...
Can I drink it?

> Why are you so happy? It´s like you are reflecting a mix of...
Awesomeness. That is the word you put there.

>>4027
>Though the BO is mysterious in his ways, that doesn't seem like him.
yeah,oh well, unless someone guesses the IP, you wouldn´t have a clue

>Can I drink it?
go ahead. I prefer wine and...the good cider

>Awesomeness.
then you are not Twilight. You are the mascot from Horse News.

Test. I'm testering the test test testy test for Test.

>>4344
the big test is that there are infinite tests.One never stops at doing them.

Also,PoLS before replying to anything that has happened lately.

>>4139
>this couple has finally been confirmed
>mfw I see the priceless reactions on /mlp/

oh boy,this is going to be good. I will need a good amount of popcorn this time.

>>4139
Cool, we finally get to see Scootaloo's biological parents. going from the synopsis, my bet they are going to offer to take Scootaloo with them.

>>4141
Oh boy, another implied lesbian relationship that will never be shown formally. I truly don't get this reaction when we already crossed this threshold with Lyra and Bon Bon. I'll get the butter.

>>798
How do you feel about Scootaloo's parents? Lost son of /endpone/

I think /endpone/ position is pic related.

>>4142
>I truly don't get this reaction when we already crossed this threshold with Lyra and Bon Bon.
they would show fear of having a lesbian couple because I guess that the Legend of Korra did it, so MLP could be the next on the list......and it happens. Lyrabon was like a petition from the fandom so it´s like it doesn´t count for the drama (?) and they summarized it the "Just friends" phrase.

>I'll get the butter.
Here comes the sun do do do
I mean, the drama ---->>>4145

I had already seen that thread but I didn´t know that it would get reported so soon on /endpone/

>>4146
>I think /endpone/ position is pic related.
no season/year is free of drama from this fanbase. It´s an unwritten tradition to overreact quickly over certain things. The latest fresh material gets the hate while other previous dramas (Changedlings for example and they have stayed pretty silent towards them as a way to show the dislike towards them) get overshadowed by this years´ happenings.

Lastly, the shipping tag has over 150k pictures, a half of them (almost 75k) have the lesbian tag as well (pic related has received over 2100 upvotes by the way). I suppose that the seed planted has grown by now.

I don´t know what they were expecting....

>>3904
>I am feeling a bit of apathy these last two days. Yes, even if I should be hyped for season 9, I have no expectations for it and it has come as simply more content to speak rather than the main material to be circlejerking about for now.
I had that feel during season 7 premiere actually, I just felt like I was going through the motions. It was busy around that time and it just felt like another stressful thing I had to keep track with, so I think I can get that.

>I will have to reinvent myself and recover the right attitude
>(maybe the efforts of trying to be original and interesting all the time have made their effects as well)
I'd say especially on the second, anon. You have talked before of your pressure on your posts, though not recently. Remember, don't let it be a burden. Even if it means you fully can't reply or just shitpost. If there is any advice I can give is to simply not sweat it. Take a few days, just chill and get through the day to day and reevaluate from there how ya feel. Don't worry about posting, don't worry about being a negative or trying to force positivity. If ya don't feel like watching right away thats fine too
On top of that, don't think "the first thing I gotta do when I get back is review the fic and the show" that'll just make it a stress on your mind, you'll review it when ya feel like it and besides that was a prototype anyway.
Besides, with what I know about your schooling that is a pain itself.

>>3912
>It was busy around that time and it just felt like another stressful thing I had to keep track with, so I think I can get that.
until you get to watch an opener like season 9´s one and you feel the magic all over again. Every prejudice is gone after giving the show another try.

>I'd say especially on the second, anon. You have talked before of your pressure on your posts, though not recently. with what I know about your schooling that is a pain itself.
yeah, you mentioned that I made an effort for the image editing thread and it´s true that I have wanted to express way more than I usually offer. I fear a little bit of getting too repetitive so I try to go a little bit further. I suppose that ambition has a price for what it´s worth.
>Remember, don't let it be a burden. Even if it means you fully can't reply or just shitpost. If there is any advice I can give is to simply not sweat it. Take a few days, just chill and get through the day to day and reevaluate from there how ya feel.
[/spoiler] Yeah, I read these lines back on Sunday and I decided to take a break save for posting a few nice images on Tuesday I think. I have been active for these two days so the things stay a little bit fresh and alive. The stressful period of the lab sessions is gone. I will say I still don´t promise anything and that´s why it feels like I am box full of surprises. But I am fine, thanks for thinking about me. [/spoiler]

Don't worry about posting, don't worry about being a negative or trying to force positivity. If ya don't feel like watching right away thats fine too
>that'll just make it a stress on your mind, you'll review it when ya feel like it and besides that was a prototype anyway.Besides, with what I know about your schooling that is a pain itself.
I have watched it, twice in fact. My problem is not with the show, the show will stay, it has made its memories. That will never change. About your fic, I don´t know when I will make it justice but I will say that I had a good experience while reading it, the concept of Cadencebat is much more defined, it was a more plausible story for this franchise, much more straightforward and less chaotic than the revolution fic. There it is, taken with a general perspective. There are a few questions but for a prototype, it seems that the main sketches have already been made. Congratulations for defining her so clearly. If the review doesn´t come, at least, these words are posted for you to see.

>>3954
>until you get to watch an opener like season 9´s one and you feel the magic all over again. Every prejudice is gone after giving the show another try.
For me that was Discord that really made it feel magical...

> I have wanted to express way more than I usually offer. I fear a little bit of getting too repetitive so I try to go a little bit further.
Again, my only advise here is what I have already spoken.
> I will say I still don´t promise anything and that´s why it feels like I am box full of surprises.
And that is wise. Because if ya promise ya only have pressure to deliver and the pressure prevents you from being spontaneous with random things you may just want to do over the course of the day and random post for fun.
**

>Congratulations for defining her so clearly. If the review doesn´t come, at least, these words are posted for you to see.
You can say the review for whenever the core project arrives...

>>3955
Forward to the 9th season!
May the final be worth it!
Even if it's total chaos that could still be fun tbh
CHARGE!

>>3771
>So you like that picture of RD for the OP. If you see it valid for the OP, just tell me and I will put the colored edit on the front.
Your call, I mean there is a lot if ya doing a greatest hits format that could work. Like:
>>2655
bluelestia/icelestia if you what something else with that theme that I consider of a higher level edit.

>>2481
This one I loved and got a kick outta the trick you pulled.


>>2496
If you want me to suggest one of mine, then this one.

>>1833
This flutters too. These are your transformational/destructive art ones.

>>3722

testing something mischievous.

>>5678
: )