So I lied. It's up on Sunday. You guys are gonna have to forgive me pretty hard for this one, though.
I can't read all these fics. It's just not possible. You ponies are full of words. I wasn't expecting the length per story, nor the sheer number of them. Good ones, even. I love reading these as much as you guys love writing them, but this would literally take me days to really go over. I did the math. So, I'm going to have to forgo Cereal's Favorites this time in lieu of actually getting these submissions compiled for Sunday.
Another thing to apologize for- I went pretty simple on these. Half of them didn't have titles and/or author names attached to them (because I never asked for either), so I did my best and tried to give everypony at least a name. Next time I'll ask for a simple title and author tag. I wasn't organized enough for this because I wasn't expecting the explosion of material I got.
At the time of writing this particular paragraph, there are 144 full-length submissions about Rainbow Dash trying to cook. From what I did manage to get through, you guys sure did include Fluttershy a lot! I was expecting more Pinkie Pie, to be honest. Maybe I just didn't get to those. Also, a few of you need to get back to me about Docs permissions and stuff.
I'm still contemplating making this a bi-weekly thing. You'll know for sure by next week, depending on how much work it is to make these posts. I wouldn't expect them to work much differently from this one, if I do more of them.
Anyway, all entries are after the page break!
If there's broken links anywhere, let me know with the specific number of the submission and the correct link.
Alright, enough babbling. Here we go:
1) Andre Hiroshima's entry
2) Inkwell's entry
3) GreatSnapper's entry
4) Nicolette's entry
5) Viridian's entry
6) Omega Master's entry
7) Prentice Osborne's entry
8) Makototakino's entry
9) Eheroflareneos' entry
10) Wanderer D's entry
11) Avery Strange's entry
12) Nanaki119's entry
13) Geldon's entry
14) Jon's entry
15) Aquaman52's entry
16) Sunshine&Khan's entry
17) Northern's entry
18) Sagebrush's entry
19) Chopper's Top Hat's entry
20) Crystalcabbit's entry
21) Sparklepeep's entry
22) Fight_or_die21's entry
23) MITiRamzor's entry
24) The Dread Pirate Roberts' entry
25) 7hesama's entry
26) Arcel's entry
27) Roack 16's entry
28) Ctoonfan1's entry
29) Dr. J. Orbital Death-Ray's entry
30) Streak.cosby's entry
31) Jbraveboy's entry
32) R1NGmasterJ5's entry
33) Benmanbrony's entry
34) Ihatenietzsche's entry
35) Pillowmint's entry
36) Kitonin's entry
37) Projectelijah's entry
38) Arbiter.vs.obiwan's entry
39) Helio Pause's entry
40) Adrian Brony's entry
41) Nuki_mouse's entry
42) Peppermint Jam's entry
43) Mr. B's entry
44) Raz_Fox's entry
45) Lisamariefan's entry
46) An Inebrated DJ's entry
47) ProBrono's entry
48) AZ_mad_scientist's entry
49) NickNack's entry
50) Olivercooper3's entry
51) Zaquanimus's entry
52) Shoobiedoodoopdoobiedoo's entry
53) Colklas' entry
54) Nat.fry's entry
55) Paulo_barutti's entry
56) James.hanna's entry
57) Yellowfireyoshi's entry
58) Chad Rocco's entry
59) Garnot's entry
60) Macon Mixx's entry
61) Theelinker's entry
62) Captain Gamer's entry
63) Sohumb's entry
64) Daffodil's entry
65) SirLeandrea's entry
66) Hanan123x's entry
67) Yomandude's entry
68) Ambaloh's entry
69) Vintage VCR's entry
70) Malachite's entry
71) Foohba's entry
72) Rex Ivan's entry
73) Spanito's entry
74) Hookshot.umbreon's entry
75) Celebratory Flamethrower's entry
76) Fiddler 2134's entry
77) Akrizak's entry
78) Present Perfect's entry
79) Scootawho's entry
80) Yappy's entry
81) toonboy92484's entry
82) Rad Lass' entry
83) The Linker's entry
84) Sunset Rose's entry
85) Fooby_kamikaze's entry
86) Strobe's entry
87) MehPlusRawr's entry
88) Commissar Pinkie's entry
89) C Groebler's entry
90) Kosh's entry
91) Grif's entry
92) A Terrible Person's entry
93) D. Shadows' entry
94) Saddlesoap Opera's entry
95) Northland Pony's entry
96) Nekoneko918's entry
97) Fluffy's entry
98) Dashukta's entry
99) David13ushey's entry
100) Dancinninja's entry
101) RPmasterweaver6's entry
102) Dalex11235's entry
103) C. Beran's entry
104) Wehpudicabok's entry
105) Chicken Vortex's entry
106) Laurence Na- Brown's entry
107) ThatOneBrony's entry
108) Chris's entry
109) Manny Baker's entry
110) Narwhals' Bend's entry
111) Dashaliciouss entry
112) Robotech_Master's entry
113) Pony Express Hotel's entry
114) Greki's entry
115) Several Alpacas' entry
116) Chromadancer's entry
117) Magicalponyrangers' entry
118) Gamerlord's entry
119) H.P. Lovecolt's entry
120) Conner Cogwork's entry
121) Lurkingear's entry
122) FRiNKEL's entry
123) Davey's entry
124) Melionos' entry
125) Horizon Bound's entry
126) D. Mayo's entry
127) Gali1of1the1sea's entry
128) AEG's entry
129) Hellfish's entry
130) Bmbgosh's entry
131) StarmanTheta's entry
132) Fire Esper's entry
133) Blinky's entry
134) Fenix's entry
135) Sire Moof's entry
136) Shadow Scrub's entry
137) Cap'n Ninja's entry
138) Rainbow Dashing's entry
139) Xtra Limey's entry
140) Mwolek Zenith's entry
141) Blacky Love123's entry
142) PD's entry
143) Zogger568's entry
144) Derpybrony's entry
145) Surogunner's entry
146) Lord Fortune's entry
147) B. McNatt's entry
227 comments:
@Cereal Velocity
ReplyDeleteMan, I turn in for the night and Cereal comes over to shower me with praise! Thanks, and I'm sorry--I didn't mean to make you feel bad about not having time to read all the stories!
And again, I'm glad that many of you seem to have found some pleasure in my reviews. I can see from the comments that some of you are already planning to read every story posted yourselves--it's absolutely worth it! There are a lot of quality writers in this fandom, and I dare say they turned out in force for this competition. Good luck with the next writing challenge, Cereal! I know I'm not the only one looking forward to it.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I'm sort of glad I'm not the only one who has problems with those self check outs too. that whole bit with them came from my experience trying to check out marble pop (Ramune/Japanese pop)
#65 here. I'm so glad that some people liked it enough to comment on it.
ReplyDelete@Macon
i really thought the ending was rushed as well but thats what it takes to get a 2 hour time limit.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteHey brony, #42 here. I wanna say thanks for the mini-review. Looking back, I realize you're right. There is not plot to speak of. Heh....plot. Sweet, sweet plot. Anywho, thanks again.
Major kudos to Chris for being insane enough to read and review every single one of those stories in one day!
ReplyDeleteChris is boss pony
ReplyDeletein any case, Cereal, if I may make a suggestion for the next similar event, perhaps the topics to vote on (in the 'vote for A, B, or C format) would be a story about Lyra, Rarity, or Trixie.
Or all three.
At once.
Locked in a room and bored.
You know you want too... ;)
anyhoof, onwards! To reading! man, these are a lot of fics...
wow #65 here. Amazing work some of the other authors did. I don't want to start critiquing otherwise i am likely to critique all of them and i don't want to choose favorites. All the ones iv'e read so far are SO GOOD.
ReplyDelete@ChrisIs that a good what the fuck did I just read, or a bad what the fuck did I just read?
ReplyDeleteBecause I was aiming for the former.
Author of #60 here! Dash flashes Fluttershy. That is all I'm going to say. ;)
ReplyDeleteI accidentally reviewed #72 and said it was #71! Sorry everypony! Not going to review #71, because the author him/herself said "There is no story! There is no plot!". Maybe that is fun to someone else, but I will pass in favor of the ones Chris starred.
@Chris
Thanks for the star! I'm glad you thought #60 was funny. :)
As for the "time management", I wasn't able to get to a computer and see the prompt till there were less than 40 minutes left in the challenge. So I did what I could in those 40 and submitted it, and then took the next hour and 20 minutes to add more to the end. If you just want to read what was written by the deadline, that's why I marked it. It makes sense as a story all on its own. But if you want to read the two hour version (which is what the challenge was really about) then that is posted, too, for your reading pleasure.
@Ponyabridged (#117)
I'm sorry. It wasn't fair of me to call your piece junk. If your goal is collection of mind-boggling randomness, you have succeeded. But if you realy want a story, it's going to need a lot more work. The plot, the dialogue, and the characterizations were all very, very lacking.
11) was really good. I dare them to actually have Bonbon and Lyra live in the same house next season.
ReplyDeleteAlright I can safely say that there is no longer a need for a Red Alpha Rising/MLP crossover. 117 covered that for us all.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if it's good or bad, because that depends on if the author intended for it to be bad. But I laughed, so at the very least the author gets the same reward as the CMC's musical.
@Chris
ReplyDeleteSir, I commend you for taking the time to read all these, and thank you for your kind words on my story (#111)
@Chris
ReplyDeleteThank you for reviewing my speedfic. When people don't comment, you begin to wonder if people read your work at all.
#70 here. Thanks, Chris, for your review! Your story was hilarious and really well-written. The ending was like the cherry on top of the cake.
ReplyDeleteBad analogy. I hate cherry. It's... uh... more cake. On top of the cake.
@ story 53
ReplyDeletewhy fluttershy!?! Why did her number come up!
I don't know if anyone will ever read these comments again, but I'm finally doing it. I'm reading them all. And, not only that, I'll steal Chris' idea and do mini-reviews of my own, because I have nothing better to do. I'm working backwards, though. Wish me luck.
ReplyDeleteOkay, they’re more mini-critiques than mini-reviews. I’m not a kind, gentle person, but my standards for editing are perhaps less high (and more inconsistent) than Chris’.
ReplyDelete*+147) Blues Brothers! Love it! Well-written, too.
-146) Humorous, but spelling issues throughout.
-145) Significant spelling and grammar issues. Story was passable.
-144) Grammar and capitalization issues abound and need paragraphs between speakers. Flat, off-seeming characters.
-143) A few mistakes, but not awful. I guess this is the first competition one going backwards. Ending seemed rushed.
+142) Very short, but not bad considering.
-141) Not too many mistakes. Passable, albeit bland, story.
Aside: Learning not to expect well-developed plots for speedfics by now. Don’t be disheartened, if you ever actually read these.
+140) Short, only caught one spelling mistake. A little awkward wording. Not bad.
+139) Editing pretty good. The story: What is this I don’t even.
-138) Not awful. A bit awkward in places, a couple mistakes.
+137) A bit awkward and rushed (maybe I should stop saying that, it happens to every speedfic I think), but otherwise pretty good.
+136) Nothing exceptional, but I didn’t find too many errors. Pretty good, happy ending(?)
+135) But where’s the ending? Other than that, decent enough.
+134) This one was actually pretty good. Maybe a couple mistakes, but nothing major.
Aside: I really hope that, if this event happens again in the future, it has a choice of prompts to choose from. This is already getting kinda repetitive.
+133) First person, no glaring mistakes. Narrative felt off.
+132) Well-written dose of WTF. That was… odd.
*+131) Short and sweet. And a friendship lesson to boot! I actually liked this one.
+130) Pretty basic story, but all around good.
+129) Success? A change of pace, at least. Feels like it wants more to the story, but with a speedfic I’ll take what I can get, and apart from that it’s good.
*+128) Daww. A little bit of Scootalove. This has been an unusually good run of quality fics.
+127) What a tweest! Nice little bit of comedy, well-written.
Aside: I’m beginning to worry if I’m going insane. This is too many good things in a row.
+126) Not bad, but Pinkie should know better than to bake with “flower”.
*+125) Bwahaha! I love it. Magnificent, if short.
+124) That one was nice, and rather good, though I guess baking for Soarin’ is going to be a Thing in these.
-123) Looks like you took Chris’ advice and explained a bit more after he read it… still really confusing to read, though. New speaker, new line, endless rhetoric. Basic premise wasn’t bad, though.
-122) Interesting. A pretty decent story. A little rough at times, but no strong complaints. Other than the speaker/paragraph shpeal.
-121) Decent, but a really, really odd punctuation style.
And that’s all for tonight, I have no idea how Chris read these all so fast. I get the feeling that I’m going to regret attempting this by the end, but dangit, I made a promise. I may have waited way too long to fulfill that promise, and these comments are probably never going to be read by another living soul, but I’ll make them anyway!
More! Yay.
ReplyDelete-120) Not too bad. A couple mistakes here and there, fairly standard otherwise.
+119) How anticlimactic, no one got to see the results. Pretty decent.
-118) Speaker/paragraph, a few generic other oddities, ohgodcolors. Pretty random.
-117) What the hell did I just read. Also, capitalization. It’s your friend.
+116) That was a nice ending. Overall decent.
+115) More cooking for Soarin’. Amusingly madcap, pretty good.
*+114) That was probably far more amusing than it should have been, but I liked it.
*+113) That was wonderful precisely because it made absolutely no sense. Am I going insane?
*+112) I don’t really have anything to say. It was good.
*+111) This was really amusing. I didn’t know what was going on half the time, but amusing.
Aside: I’d probably feel bad about giving out this many stars if I thought anyone would actually take my recommendations seriously. Whatever. I’ll star what I want to! Which is probably going to be anything with an interesting, new plot twist. Or just anything, really.
*+110) That… wait… WHAT?!? Crazy, bizarre, and awesome.
-109) Ow. My brain hurts from trying to make sense of that. The wall of indecipherable text, not the simplistic plot.
*+108) Even if this weren’t hilarious and well-written, everyone should have read this out of respect for that crazy man who read all those fics so quickly. If you have to read only one, read his (not that most people haven’t read everything they were ever planning already, but shush!). Also, I want to use that recipe now.
+107) Oh. Um. Cupcakes. Yeah. Not bad, but… moving on!
+106) Not bad at all. Actually, good. Nothing exceptional, but then, what is with this many fics?
*+105) Another success. I feel bad for Fluttershy, though. Well-written and amusing.
+104) Another short-sweet-with-a-lesson. And no disasters, either! All around very nice.
+103) Huh. Very short, not much going on, random shipping thrown in at the end. Not bad, just not feeling it.
+102) Cooking for the Wonderbolts again. At least the failure wasn’t spectacular. Pretty decent, overall.
+101) Creepy Pinkie, I’m feeling. Regardless, well-written and different.
And that’s enough for now. Leaving this project off for a couple weeks was really not the best plan (not my fault, it’s when I had enough free time! Kinda. That’s totally not just an excuse.), since these reviews will probably be lost to the depths of time, but at least I don’t have to feel rushed to do them all quickly.
And still more. This is more work than I anticipated, but dangit, I will follow this through!
ReplyDelete+100) Kinda short and more than a little random, but pretty good.
+99) This one was very well done. I can easily see this scenario actually taking place.
+98) I don’t even know how half these scenarios would be possible, but it was funny anyway.
+97) That ending kinda came out of nowhere. Not bad, though.
-96) Some grammar and word choice weirdness, and a really bizarre plot… twist?... as a whole.
+95) Entertaining, but a bit lacking in resolution.
*+94) Well-written, a nice plot, and a good, sweet ending.
-93) Grammar, punctuation, and spelling mistakes abound. The actual story was… unusual, to put it gently. Less gently, it was extremely confusing and most of it made no sense. It could maybe be an interesting story, but trying to cram it into a cooking theme was not the right choice.
*+92) This one is mine. You should read it, I guess? It’s probably nothing spectacular, but still.
+91) Yay fires. Decent story, nothing that especially sticks out.
*+90) Okay, so maybe I’m a sucker for sad stories, but this is probably the best story I read to this point.
+89) Probably not as terrible as you think. A little cliché, but as I’ve said before, there were almost a hundred and fifty entries on the same topic. How could you not be? Nothing unique or wonderful, but decent all the same.
-88) A little awkward in places (I had a hard time getting past “punctuation” instead of “punctuality”), but nothing terrible.
+87) A few little editing foibles, but for some reason I found the story more funny than I probably should have. Pretty good.
*+86) I read this one already, didn’t I? Oh, that’s why, it was actually featured on the main page already (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/06/my-pie.html). I read that version, it was good, but I’m sure this one is too! Or at least it would have been, you seem to have edited over it!
Whatever, this is enough for now. If anyone, by some miracle, reads this before I finish and actually cares, don’t worry. I’m still working.
Jus tposting to say, I actually care! And I should be following your example. (And you're almost at my entry, don't stop!)
ReplyDeleteI will never stop!
ReplyDeleteWell, I will, actually. But only once I get to the end. Luckily, I have the luxury of going slowly, because Chris already did the required speed reviews.
+85) I like both how you turned Twilight into the main character and how you managed to turn a towering inferno into something that had an almost reasonable explanation.
-84) Gilda! A little confusing in places, but not a bad story.
*+83) I like this one for the madcap destruction (which is really funny to visualize) and the ending. Totally something they would do.
-82) Not too many editing problems, but noticeable. Story was pretty decent.
-81) Awkward grammar throughout made this hard to read. Fairly standard story.
+80) Not much in the way of misadventures, but it was a nice little story. I like it.
-79) Grammar errors, made the Doctor Who fan in me cringe (hand-waving and non-information would be a better idea than saying you don’t know what’s happening), the story went into author-mode too much, and there was no ending. Has potential, but not as a speedfic.
*+78) A little shippy for my tastes, but it was well-written, and not at all bad for what it was. If nothing else, it was a welcome break from all those “normal” cooking stories.
+77) I have no idea what Iron Chef is, but I guess people like it! This is the first one coming from the other direction, though. I must admit, I’m not a fan of the “write part 1 of a story as your whole speedfic” plan, but what there was of the story was done very well.
+76) I feel like it’s missing something, but I’m not sure what. Maybe some development? I don’t know why I suddenly care about that. It was passable.
-75) A couple mistakes, and really needed some breaks between scenes. A few confusing parts (where exactly did Luna fit into this), but not too bad. Pinkies thing, however, was awesome.
+74) …Did you just give a plausible reason for how Rainbow could actually light a salad on fire? Decent.
+73) Once again, lacking any kind of a real ending. Story had potential, but failed to recognize it.
*+72) Aww, sad. The cliffhanger ending was actually appropriate for this story, though.
+71) I have to agree with Chris here, emoticons make me :( Trixie was interesting, even if she did feel out of character (but then again, I don’t think any Twixie story really fits within her character, so it’s an understandable loss).
*+70) Very nice, and with an excellently touching “twist” to it.
+69) Between carnivorous ponies, a completely random vision sequence in the middle, and the major dues ex machine at the end… I just don’t know what to think.
-68) Riddled with spelling and grammar errors. A lot of build-up for a very short and unsatisfying resolution.
+67) Wow. That was… really something. An impressive amount of writing, certainly. It was also, however, extremely disjointed. The… whatever writers do that is equivalent to breaking the fourth wall… was extremely distracting. I think you really have to be writing a certain style to make that kind of thing work, and you just didn’t pull it off. The actual story was hard to follow as a result, and it really didn’t flow well, but it seemed… passable, I suppose. Maybe this style of writing just isn’t my thing.
+66) A nice, normal fic. Not the best I’ve ever read, but far from the worst. Just satisfyingly average.
Hokay, and that is MORE than enough for tonight. To be continued… later!
All right, let’s knock out a few more.
ReplyDelete-65) Some grammar errors, and… was that three separate stories in one entry? Not that they were bad, but was there any connection between them?
+64) Gotta admit, I don’t know the difference between the Iron Chef things. Didn’t seem too bad to me.
+63) More fire and explosions, and I guess you were keeping the ending in the dark deliberately, but it was still kind of abrupt.
+62) Accidental competence and a Portal 2 reference… that was pretty amusing.
61) See 83.
*+60) That was actually very amusing and well-done (even if you did cheat the system to finish it).
+59) Dash’s impatience sure causes a lot of trouble. This one was amusing.
*-58) Quite a number of typos, but the story itself was short, enjoyable, and funny.
-57) Okay, that plot didn’t really make much sense. The end just really felt like “and-then-everything-was-happy-forever-the-end”. Other than that, it was pretty decent.
-56) The quality really degenerated after the editing mark. It got really confusing and hard to follow.
-55) Little shippy, quite a few mistakes. Not a big fan, sorry.
-54) Quite a few errors, and Applejack’s accent was a little too thick at times. Understandability is more important than accurately emulating the sound.
+53) Uh-oh, Dash’s big mouth got her in trouble again. Pretty good.
*+52) Nice and simple, but for whatever reason I liked this one more than most.
+51) Another one that already got its own story post that I read (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-gotta-put-smile-on-your-face.html). Not sure if this is the original version or not, but it was pretty good.
-50) That was pretty amusing, but nothing special after reading this many.
-49) That was actually fairly good, apart from the editing mistakes. And a simple enough problem on Dash’s part, too, instead of fire and explosions.
+48) That was pretty amusing, although I would have liked to see how the food turned out with those… unconventional ingredients had Dash succeeded in cooking them.
+47) Well, that was… kinda random. Apart from being nonsense, I liked it.
-46) Um. Well, yes, that was inebriated writing, all right. And a lot more heavily shippy than I liked at the end. Not a fan.
Wow. On one hand, I’m over 2/3 done, but on the other hand… only 2/3? I am increasingly amazed at Chrism for reading all of these as quickly as he did. That was an astounding job. As for me, it’ll have to wait a few more days. To be continued!
More fics! This is absurd! How did we write this much?
ReplyDelete+45) Pretty good. I really like Derpy as being a fairly normal pony instead of her usual fanon portrayal.
*+44) White Sprint. Love it. Story wasn’t exactly unique, but the style was great.
-43) That had a lot of mistakes in it, and if I’m honest, didn’t really have anything spectacular to make up for it.
-42) In desperate need of editing. Bad commas, some messed up wording, and separate your speakers on different lines! The story was fairly simplistic, but then I suspect I’ll be getting fewer and fewer unique ones as I get to the ones that were submitted earlier (and thus presumably written in less time).
-41) I don’t think that was complete, and it was the most poorly edited story I have read thus far. I have nothing good to say about this piece at all.
+40) Not at all bad for how rushed it was, even if it was a little metahumorous.
+39) Well, that was interesting. And by “interesting”, I mean that was absurdly trippy at the end.
+38) Apart from one completely wrong word (no one normal gets “ecstatic” about their stuff being broken) that was fairly good, if lacking in the conclusion.
+37) Pretty decent. Not much context for what’s going on, though.
+36) Spontaneous combustion just pushes the limits of “bad cooking”, and unfortunately it’s only a funny gag so many times. I’m sure it would have been hilarious if I weren’t so jaded right now.
+35) Not much cooking, but I’ll admit it was a unique take on the prompt. Not bad.
*+34) Aww, that one was nice. I like it.
+33) There really needs to be a rimshot at the end of this story. Good, though short. Also: Scootalovabuse?
+32) This one ramped my suspension of disbelief up to whole new levels, but at least the third paragraph kind of prepared me for it. Let’s give this one an “interesting”.
*+31) That was really amusing. It figures that Dash would be immune to her own cooking.
*-30) A number of editing misses, but for some reason I can’t put my finger on I really enjoyed this story.
*+29) Dash really does have a big mouth and a penchant for explosive failure, doesn’t she?
+28) Dash keeps making the same old mistakes time after time. Not bad, just blends in too much with the crowd.
-27) …My brain hurts.
-26) Yeah, definitely incomplete. Looks like it could have been going somewhere interesting, but just didn’t make it in time.
And that’s enough for now. To be not-so-thrillingly concluded sometime soon when I have the time!
All right, the final leg. Let’s do this.
ReplyDelete+25) That was mind-boggling and broke the fourth wall to a painful degree.
+24) This one was pretty nice and enjoyable, actually.
23) This one is still locked out. Everyone else seems to have fixed theirs, but this one shall remain an enigma.
-22) Other than being a massive, unintelligible block of text, this was fairly normal, I guess.
+21) Um. That was interesting. And kinda bizarre. I don’t really know what to think.
-20) It’s missing something. Like a plot or a conclusion. Or anything but an intro, actually.
*+19) Another one that got its own post (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/story-most-dangerous-dish.html), and for good reason! Truly a unique and incredible fic.
+18) I have nothing in particular to say here. It was pretty good, I guess.
-17) Editing errors, but the story was nice, I guess. The addition of Spitfire felt kinda random and rushed, but I guess that’s to be expected. Plot development in 2 hours is bound to be a little rushed.
16) Looks like this one was made in a temporary document. Looks like I missed my chance to read it. Foooreveeeer.
+15) Gratuitous explosions aside, pretty good.
-14) I don’t even know where those paragraph breaks came from, but they were certainly not correct. Also a little confusing as to what exactly happened.
-13) Read the unedited version, and it showed. Still a serviceable story, though.
-12) The ending was a rather abrupt turn… but I really want to try some crispy cookie cupcakes now.
*+11) This is an absurdly long story, and very well done. I can hardly believe this was done in 2 hours. That’s incredible.
Also, funny story. Your document got removed for terms of service violations as I was in the middle of reading it. I hope you have a backup of it somewhere, author. Otherwise, I copy-pasted the whole thing into a word document. If you want to read it or whatever, person who is reading this, try and contact me and maybe we can work something out. Especially the author, if you need a copy to repost someplace.
+10) And the moral of the story is you should not do things that you once read someplace might help. Pretty good!
+9) A nice, extremely simple error for Dash to make, and at least everyone seems happy. A little surprised to not see any vandalism, though…
+8) I have no idea what happened in that last chapter. That ending was completely out of place, and there was no explanation as to why it happened.
-7) Wait, cupcakes are an ingredient now? That was kind of strange. Also, speakers and paragraphs.
+6) So that’s where all the used-up side characters and poisoners end up. Seems a bit harsh, though.
-5) Okay, that really trailed off at the end. I assume you ran out of time, because that was a really weak ending.
-4) That was pretty hard to follow. Still, Cutie Mark Crusaders YAY!
*+3) You just can’t leave well enough alone, can you, Rainbow Dash? This is why we can’t have nice things! Pretty well-done.
+2) I have no idea what Dash managed to invent there. Ending was a little silly, but in a good way.
+1) The rest of the story was decent, but the ending was adorably sweet. A good way to finish off this endeavor.
Phew. All done. I have to say, good work everyone involved. The average quality of these stories was astoundingly high compared to what I was expecting, but even so that was a slog. I have nearly infinite respect for Chris. I had a hard enough time reading all of these over… Wow. More than a week. Still, an amazing job to everyone involved. Keep up the good work if you want to write some more. Meanwhile, I can finally get around to doing important things in my own life… like reading fanfics that don’t involve cooking.
I idly wonder how many others went through this insane journey. It was worth it, though. Now, onward to other things!
I came back to this page on a lark today, and imagine my surprise when I found that A Terrible Person had gone ahead and reviewed every story as well! Even without all the praise for me and my reviews (The trick to reading them all so fast is lots of caffeine, nowhere to be the next morning, and a heaping dose of masochism, by the way), it was a pleasure to read someone else's thoughts on all the stories posted here. Good work.
ReplyDeleteI came back to this page because I have no shame. I was betting that someone else would have tried to review them all by now, and I wanted more feedback on my story (#34).
ReplyDelete"*+34) Aww, that one was nice. I like it."
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Well, I'm glad at least some people got to see and enjoy my reviews, late as they came.
ReplyDeleteI came back here today because I was reading To Trot a Mile in Another's Hooves, and Rainbow Dash starts cooking with Pinkie. I kid you not, I kinda started having flashbacks to reading these fics. It was kind of surreal. I didn't realize that reading fanfics, however many, was the kind of thing that would stick with you like that.