Friday, August 5, 2011

Story: The Elements of History (Update Part 4!)

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Author: Ryak
Description: Twilight discovers a strange and mysterious book with unknown capabilities. Can Twilight and her friends use it to uncover the true history of the Elements of Harmony and Equestria's past?
The Elements of History Chapter 1
The Elements of History Chapter 2
The Elements of History Chapter 3
The Elements of History Chapter 4 (New!)

Additional Tags: History, long, Equestria, Elements of Harmony, book

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grimdark and Normal? wut.

Anonymous said...

"She tossed the astrology book distastefully aside..."

"...it pained her to see a book mistreated as such. She sighed in disapproval at the former owners..."

Oh, I'm sorry, but that just made me lol. Was that bit on purpose? XDD (Haven't finished the chapter, though)

Anonymous said...

What a twist!

Anonymous said...

I think you meant "consciousness" in that last sentence.

Anonymous said...

I don't understand how a story can be both normal and grimdark. And this isn't the first time I've seen something labeled this.

Kjh242 said...

A ne? Like the knights who say ni, only ne?
JK, I know it's probs necromancer.

lainofthewired said...

Good, solid beginning. I'm looking forward to more :D

Pandarsenic said...

Hmmm. Awaiting further chapters for now.

Sunset Rose said...

Is this ever going to update?

Anonymous said...

I definitely want to be defiant in reading this be with the definite spelling errors defiantly staring me in the face, I definitely won't be able to be defiant much longer.

Get it?

GET IT? Good, thank you.

Ryak said...

@Anonymous
Thanks for pointing that out for me! I currently don't have anyone to proof read my work, so I have to do it myself. Also, this is my first take on a fanfiction, so any tips from anyone would be great.

Anonymous said...

Long chapter is long but that's a good thing. It has renewed my interest in this story.

Roxor said...

Not only is this damn good, the chapters are some of the longest I've encountered, making for a good source when you have a long reading session planned (minimal page loads).

If these chapter take up less than 50KB as plain text, I'd be quite surprised.

Nova25 said...

I saw the word ''gentile'' a couple of time in Part 2... I think you meant ''gentle''.

Gentile : http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentile%5B2%5D
(surely not the word you wanted)

Nova25 said...

@Nova25
Also :
>Twilight might have a slight concession from the wound
-''concussion'', I think ?

...I must say I appreciate how the author actively 'justify' the emotional reaction of the character, instead of leaving them hanging like some authors do.
(like when Twilight feels guilty for RD staying those 3days and Rarity reassure her that it was because RD WANTED to stay, so it's not her fault.)

Ryak said...

@Nova25
Thank you for pointing those out for me, I really appreciate everyone's feedback along with any spelling corrections. I'm glad you enjoyed the story, or at least that part!

Dave Mustang, the cynical Brony said...

MLP fanfic cliche #24, make up a story about the elements of harmony because you can't except that it was a deus ex machina

Anonymous said...

I'm only on the first chapter. I've giggled a few times (in a good way) at some of the moments of characterization, like pinkie pie 'somehow getting even closer'. The pacing feels really good, too.

I noticed one part where a sentence felt out of place in a paragraph (the part where you say that Twilight enjoys the night because it's peaceful; that sentence just feels out of place). If I were to be pickier, I'd point out instances of unnecessary characterization, such as saying near the beginning that Twilight spends a lot of time reading... we already know that from watching the show. Also, you've employed some strange usages, like capitalizing "Ah" just because it's standing in for "I"; also, there was a place where you suddenly changed from third-person to first-person in the middle of a paragraph to show Twilight's thoughts, but you didn't use quotation marks.

Overall, though, those things haven't detracted too much from the readability.

Avogadro said...

This is a very good story, far less cliche than most of the other ones I've read. Keep up the good work!

StarGater93 said...

Cliffhangers, why you hurt me so?!!!!

I NEED more of this...

That's all I can say.

Lord Xaos said...

HOLY FUCK ITS BACK!

Oh man, I've been waiting for this

Anonymous said...

So, Twilight was being harassed by a caption... Was it hanging around under her telling people she wanted a cheezburger?
Remember that spellchecks aren't perfect. ;)

Anonymous said...

I'm really glad nopony got raped. I was started to get worried that the author might actually go there...

Ryak said...

@Anonymous*Facepalm* How could I manage to mess that up? Thanks for pointing that out for me. I don't have anyone to proofread my stories so I have to do it myself.

Blacklight Shining said...

I OBJECT TO THE GENERAL ASSUMPTION THAT ALL MALE PEGASI IN POSITIONS OF POWER ARE…like…that…

…um…

Gimme a second, I'll think of something.…

Anonymous said...

Reeealy like it so far. Was worried things were going to get a bit rapey, but things worked out just fine.

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