[Adventure]
Author: Space Brony
Description: It all begins when Fluttershy discovers a family heirloom is more than a simple antique. With it, she and her friends must restore balance to Equestria... and defeat the powers that threaten it.A Rose is a Rose
Additional Tags: Normal, Semi-Sad, Heavy, Adventure, Semi-Dark
[Adventure]
Description: After an incredible celestial event, Twilight realizes there may be somepony who needs help. The search for this pony evolves into a much greater journey of forgotten metropolises, a dangerous unbalance of magic, and, most importantly, memory.A Rose is a Rose: Nova (New Part 6!)
119 kommentaari:
Fechirdourth!
VastaKustutaI like the more detailed tags in use now, helps me decide whether or not im going to read things much than just grimdark for example.
VastaKustutaWhere's Fluttershy's wings?
VastaKustuta@pmcollectorboy she never had wings, whered you get that from
VastaKustuta@Gypsy Yeah, she does. http://www.cosplayisland.co.uk/files/costumes/4914/48875/350px-Char-fluttershy.jpg
VastaKustuta@antsprobablyapony nah man i dont believe you, it looks photoshopped
VastaKustutaYay!
VastaKustutaI hope you all like it. It was SO much fun to write. Part 2 is basically done (but not proof read) and Part 3 has already begun.
And I can assure you that Fluttershy has wings in this fic :P
VastaKustuta@space brony: Naw, I agree with Gypsy. Fluttershy's "wings" were just something the fanon made up.
VastaKustutaAaah darn, guess I'll have to rewrite the whole thing...
VastaKustuta@space brony you dont haaaaave to, i guess you can mix it up a bit with fluttershy with wings, ridiculous, but i guess it can work
VastaKustutaWings are a myth. Like horns. And speech. And benches. And chairs. And hands.
VastaKustutaWait... I thought hands were canon?
VastaKustuta@Wierdplatformer
VastaKustutaNice try, Lyra.
i can see Lyra's pet neing The Cat With Hands....
VastaKustuta+cringe+
I'm actually enjoying this fic. It's not often I try star-needed stuff, but this is quite good. Just be sure to provide a good explanation for how the hay somepony was able ponynap what I can only assume was Celestia.
VastaKustuta@Ignofibininious
VastaKustutaYou'll have to wait for Part 3 for that :P
But don't worry, Part 2 may help a bit.
What wings? There's never been any wings! Wings are just a myth!
VastaKustutaPonies with wings?
VastaKustutaAre you crazy?
Next you'll be trying to tell me grown men watch a little girl's cartoon show or something...
Ooo gettin interesting
VastaKustutaFluttershy with wings is going surprising smooth good work!
Eagerly awaiting part three
VastaKustutaWhite SlenderMane Fluttershy is best Fluttershy
VastaKustutapart 3 just made this story 10 TIMES CRAZY STUPID AEESOME!!!!1111 keep it up
VastaKustutaoops it seems i got so eggs-cited i mispelled awesome! :0
VastaKustuta@Gypsy
VastaKustutayay I'm glad people like it!!!
Just wait till the opening to Part 4. If I can pull it off well enough, I think it'll be really cool.
the thing is...Season 2 just started! I might have to wait for everything to cool down a bit before I finish Part 4 and 5 and submit them, cause there's SO MUCH PONY TO BE DONE
This story is very awesome so far, can't wait o read more.
VastaKustutaAhhhhhhh Part 4 was really good.
VastaKustutaPart 4 was good. Got chills down my back.
VastaKustutaO.o Trevor is assuming that AJ means the pillars, and that there are only six still intact/standing... NOT GOOD!
VastaKustuta~ Magical Trevor, Minstrel of Equestria
the conversation between Celestia & Thade was very well done loved it
VastaKustutacan i have some more please?
more is coming as fast as I can type it :)
VastaKustutaI'm REALLY getting into this now! The scene with Celestia and Thade was completely believable! Keep up the awesome work!
VastaKustuta..but don't rush too much! Quality first! =]
Just so everypony knows, Part 5 is done, and just needs to be edited a bit. It's my longest part so far :D. I think we're looking at a release of somewhere between tomorrow at the earliest and the end of the weekend at the latest. Hopefully :P
VastaKustutaBut then again, I doubt many people will read this comment, anyway, so... guess it doesn't really matter.
^ I check the comments of all the incomplete fics I love several times a week, I'll have you know...
VastaKustutaSorry this one's taking so long, you guys. My proofreader has a HUGE queue and hasn't been responding (not that I blame him... proofreading is hard, grueling work that's done for free).
VastaKustutaBut I can assure you that I am already hard at work on Part 6, to make up for lost time.
And I can't really promise this, but perhaps I will anyway: I think you'll like Part 5 when it comes out. Or should I say "Part Five: Sonselo"?
That's another thing: I think I'm going to title chapters. Including all the old ones.
This was very cute and interesting, and what a cliff hanger you evil man! Five starred and on watch list.
VastaKustutaWow, I am loving this story. Excellent job dude.
VastaKustutaI love how you're making us feel for this character of Thade. I want Laska to be ok goshdarnit! You can't just have her die immediately after finding true love! It needs to build more!
update? UDATE!!! read read read read....
VastaKustutadayum Thade and Laska, i cant believe you Actually made me feel the connection between the two the whole sea of roses thing set the perfect foundation and the dialoge pulled it off, it was certainly badass sir great freaking job
VastaKustutaYES! I got the fiftieth rati...wait what?
VastaKustutaOn the main page I rated it five stars when I saw I hadn't rated it yet, then I went to this page and there were five more, which is to be expected, but the average rating was 4.7 where it had been 4.9.
Trolls? If three people rated it one star at once it could have that effect.
Seriously, for a moment it was six stars!
How has nopony said this yet? It's in the freakin' title!
VastaKustuta*ahem*
ROSECEPTION!!
- Zero
@banannagram
VastaKustutaHaha, you're right, I actually noticed that, too. I guess five people read it very fast and decided they didn't like it, haha.
I've heard tell of star griefers who happen to have multiple google accounts (I know I have like four) and they give low votes to other stories for some reason. That's probably not what happened, but it's still sad that it does happen. Oh well :)
Chapter Six is on its way, hopefully faster than Chapter Five took.
Just so ya'll know, Part Six is on its way, and it's the longest one so far.
VastaKustutaAwesome, thanks for keeping us in the loop space brony, and think about uploading this to fimfiction.net sometime please! It helps me keep track of updates and such.
VastaKustutaAnother update: Part Six was completed almost a week ago, but my reviewer is Occupying Seattle right now, so I found another reviewer, but he hasn't responded to me in three days. So Part Six is just kinda sitting there, unreviewed, but 'm starting Part 7 to make up for lost time.
VastaKustutaAlso, I tried fimfiction.net, but the problem with that is that I have to manually reformat EVERYTHING... italics, bolds, indentations, spacing, and more. Cause google docs is rich text, but fimfiction uses bbcode, which is what you'd see in forums. It's not as versatile. And I didn't want to put the fic on there if I couldn't format it right.
Looks more like phoe than fluttershy.
VastaKustuta@space brony your name... it makes me want to say space, space I'm in space!
VastaKustuta@space brony
VastaKustutaEeeeh, FimFiction.net's okay... not great for reading. Better than Fanfiction.net though...
I would recommend the PonyFictionArchive.net personally. Seems like the classiest joint to me.
I gotta say, I like the title. :p
VastaKustutawhy you give thade clouded judgement? i had high hopes he wasnt going to be a cliché but i suppose all those years of lonliness and remorse would degrade anyones way of thinking rational, meh thade is still cool
VastaKustuta@DPV111
VastaKustutaclassiest? lul i go there to read all the smut they have, best anywhere on the net :3
@Gypsy
VastaKustutaWell I was mostly referring to the easy to read text format and multiple background and size choices rather than the content.
I would say that my prefered reading formats are in order from fave to least:
1: Pony Fiction Archive
2: Deviant Art
3: Google Docs
4: Fan Fiction .net
5: FiM Fiction
6: Screencap Image Post
HURY UP AND FINISH IT! this is one of my favorites D:
VastaKustutamy only beef with this story is the delay for the ending......the rest is perfect. when will the next chapters come out?
VastaKustutaI'm so sorry :(
VastaKustutaThis one will take longer. It won't be the last one (unless that changes... still deciding some things) but I've had college applications to do, as well as a school musical and countless other stuff. I've literally been at school every day from 7:15 am to 9:30 pm for the past two weeks.
To make up for it, I will make the upcoming chapter as awesome as I can, and as long as it deserves to be. I think my two-week break is coming to an end, and after college apps go in tonight, this should be my priority (besides, you know, school).
Thanks for sticking with it, by the way! I would have stopped after Part One if people didn't read it and leave comments and stuff. Nothing makes me happier than some kind of feedback, even if it's constructive criticism.
WELL HUSH MAN AND FINISH THIS MASTERPIECE!
VastaKustutaThis weekend it is my primary goal. By the end of next week, it's coming.
VastaKustutayay
VastaKustutaI'm doing my best to make this possible, but things have begun... happening, and it's going to be close... so please don't get your hopes up too high...
VastaKustutaJust know that I'm doing my best to make it really work. I actually wrote about a thousand words, scrapped it, and started over, because it wasn't really working. So at least know that I'm determined :P
If it's any good is up for you to decide, though, haha.
I love your writing :D
VastaKustutaI was bawling my eyes out for most of part 6. You did such a great job at making the spiliting up of the group so emotional. >,<
@Naly: thanks for the comment! I'm glad it was actually emotional instead of just cheesy (I was afraid it was cheesy at first)
VastaKustutaI'm trying to get this next part to you guys as fast as I can :( I keep saying it's coming, but I've run into a lot of stuff lately... but it IS coming.
I'm sorry :(
Ok, it's finally on its way. Give it time... it's coming.
VastaKustutaI wish I could have said a month ago that I would have been taking a busy break for about a month. But everything's in full swing again. Or so I say right now. No promises (tm).
But yeah, it's coming :P
Update: it's at 6000 words right now, and there's plenty left to go. This'll probably be the longest chapter yet. It's coming. I'm sorry.
VastaKustutaIt's done! And it's the longest chapter so far!
VastaKustutaSo sorry for the wait. Hope I haven't lost all my readers because of it :(
Anyway, it's off to the prereaders, so hopefully you should all be seeing it at the beginning of next week or sooner!
Thanks everyone!
OH BOY finally i CANT WAIT to read it im going to catch up on all the other chapters :D
VastaKustutaHaha, Seth (or whoever) somehow managed to get a typo in just about every single chapter title. Oh well, it doesn't bother me so much :P
VastaKustutaDO MY EYES DECIEVE ME?! Space Brony thank you for making my night! I will now not write chapter 15 of my fanfic so I can read this instead.
VastaKustuta@DPV111 (lulz for the ultra late reply) Pony Archives does have the best reading format! I have to rethink my life now.
VastaKustuta@Gypsy
VastaKustutaWell then, in that case...
http://www.ponyfictionarchive.net/viewstory.php?sid=560
Ok.
VastaKustutaI admit I kinda laughed in Chapter 4, with the thing about Space?
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has an entry on space, and those words are how it starts out.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but I appreciate it.
@megamansora
VastaKustutaHmmm... if only we had an Infinite Improbability Drive that could tell us what are the odds of that being a coincidence...
:P
*is so buried in reading* *thinks THis CHAPTER IS AMAZING I CANT WAIT-.... *chapter ends* o4o NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
VastaKustutawhen will the new chapter come out I CANT WAIT ANOTHER MONTH!!! *pant* *pant*
So good. I love this story.
VastaKustutaHe killed the owl? HE KILLED THE OWL!
VastaKustutaAnother fantastic chapter, thank you!
VastaKustutaThanks for the comments, you guys. Honestly, these comments are why I write this, and you guys weren't this awesome, I probably would have stopped writing this a long time ago.
VastaKustutaAnyway, I'm hoping the next part won't take a whole month. Most of my college apps are now in, there will be winter break, and I should have a lower workload, so I should get this out faster.
*Hopefully*.
I am greatly enjoying this fic! The scenes where they split up were very powerful, though simply written. But sometimes simple is better.
VastaKustutaKeep up the good work!
:O
VastaKustutaBeatleBrony! *The* BeatleBrony? If that's you, I'm listening to "Happy Winter" right now! Awesome job!
I love this story, i have been reading it ever since it came out. Im following every time. You should have seen my face, for I was jumping for joy when i was scanning the fluttershy category and saw "A Rose Is A Rose part 7" I was like YEAH!!!!!!!
VastaKustutaAugh why must all the best stories be incomplete! I eagerly await the next chapters of this fic. I would love to break down into an explanation of why I love it, but right now it's 1:00 in the morning and I'm tired, but I just couldn't stop reading.
VastaKustutaUpdate, in case people are interested:
VastaKustutaPart Eight is complete, but it still needs some revisions. It was a very tough part to write, so I have to step away from it for a day or two, then go back to it and fix the wrinkles. I can't give an eta, but it's coming soon. Thanks for sticking with me :P
ugh... just...so...good...Such a page-turner. Very well done. I don't see how it's sad though.
VastaKustuta@3p1c_d3m0n
VastaKustutaIt's sad. Sad doesn't have to mean soul crushingly depressing like some authors think.
fucking finally, also They posted your fic in the headline saying "and a Fluttershy is a flutteryshy"
VastaKustutaI raged because it was stupid for them to do that to your beautiful fic!
@Gypsy
VastaKustutaCalm. Down.
It wasn't an insult or a slight. In fact the word "Fluttershy" cannot be used negatively I believe...
Oh.. I get it know. Only took me six chapters.
VastaKustutaThe rose, the pillars. This is inspred by Stephen Kings Dark Tower series isn't it?
Anyway, great read so far! I'll make sure to check out the rest.
Sebbaa, I will admit I might have accidentally been influenced by The Dark Tower, haha. It wasn't until chapter 5 that I realized..."Holy crap...field of roses...pillars...wow..."
VastaKustutaOther than that, though, I hope the similarities end.
@space brony
VastaKustutaThe imagery is reminiscent of aspects of The Dark Tower, but the story is NOTHING like it so I wouldn't worry.
I, for one, have never been against borrowing aspects. After all, you need good parts to make a great whole.
Heh, The Dark Tower affects us all. And the Ka is a wheel.
VastaKustutaBut you are right, that is pritty much all of the similarities.
MLP: The Dark Tower. Now that would be an intresting crossover. ^^
Propably impossible to write though.
The mare in black fled across the Equestrian desert, and the unicorn followed.
VastaKustuta:D
VastaKustutaYou sir, just made my day!
So just so you know, Part Nine is in the works. Guess what? It *might* just be the last part! Only time will tell.
VastaKustutaIt's done. Chapter Nine is all written up, and it's been through the amazingly talented proofreaders, Seattle and Kurbz. I'm just gonna step back from it for a day, then read it over and fix anything weird I find, then it'll be out. Hopefully I still have readers by this point :P
VastaKustutaThanks everyone!
Huh. Bit odd. What was the point of all that if Fluttershy ends up doing stuff on her own? Emotional support? Also, it ends very abruptly, with a lot of questions unanswered. Will there be an epilogue?
VastaKustuta...yes. an epilogue is coming :P
VastaKustutaYay! An epilogue is coming! I love this fanfic.
VastaKustutathe book is well written and it is a touching story. I just couldn't stop reading it. and Thade's story was deep sad filled with love and probably my favorite part of the book. Space Brony you are amazing.
VastaKustutathe book is well written and it is a touching story. I just couldn't stop reading it. and Thade's story was deep sad filled with love and probably my favorite part of the book. Space Brony you are amazing.
VastaKustutaCOMPELTE!
VastaKustutaAutor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.
VastaKustuta@Dubs Rewatcher
VastaKustutaDubs Rewatcher, I SWEAR whoever is in charge of my fic does that on purpose. Look at some of the chapter titles. He/she managed to put a typo in almost *every single one*. He/she changed one or two of them when I asked, but the rest remain. That has to be on purpose :P
I ain't even mad. I think it's funny. Haha, actually, I'm starting to think it's hilarious. "COMPELTE!"
Well, that was a fun ride. :D
VastaKustutaThank god there's an epilogue. I might have been disappointed otherwise. It was an AWESOME ending, but I love your portrayal of the closeness of their bond so much and there was a lot left to address, although most of it could be inferred.
VastaKustutaAnyway. I love this story and I love the characterizations.
This was dark with out being gratuitous, sad without being depressing, had love without being sappy and had friendship with true magic.
Really need to catch up on reading, this is after all the first fanfic I ever started reading when I discovered this community.
VastaKustuta[spoiler]
VastaKustutaBeautiful ending. And I really liked the poem on Rose's tombstone.
Here lies Rose, named so because she
Rose beyond herself,
Oh that two lines alone are fantastic!
I kind of didn't get why the rest of the main 6 was on the Journey if it was Fluttershy on her own in the end.
[/spoiler]
So, with that title image, with the pink hair and the rose (and sorta with the grimdark tag.. moreso just dark)... I thought 'A Utena/FiM fusion/crossover? What an idea!'
VastaKustutaThen I read some of the comments and it seemed even more Utena-ish than that superficial impression.
But it wasn't.
I'll check it out anyway though :)
@tilkau
VastaKustutaThere actually is an Utena inspired fic.
It's not super good but it's there:
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/08/story-revalatory-filly-skydance-act-one.html
Wow. Absolutely amazing!
VastaKustutaI`m definitely going to recommend this to all my friends.
I have just one question.
SPOILERS ALERT
When they first learn about the spring, it is said to have a finite amount of magic. This brings on the fear that theoretically it could all be used up. However, the third law of Magic also states magic cannot be destroyed. If it cannot be destroyed, only used, than doesn't this make that fear false? It seems magic, like energy, is just reused and recycled in different forms. Just a small contradiction that caught my eye.
SPOILERS FINISHED
Other than that, Amazing job!!! Looking forward to the epilogue!
@Orfearus
VastaKustutaHmm, interesting question. I will address it here because I haven't addressed it in the story and it doesn't seem like it's something that I'll have in the epilogue (though maybe I'll slip it in).
The way I imagine it is that magic is like any other energy: it cannot be created or destroyed. However, like all energy, it can be *used*. Energy is used when it is converted from one form to another (eg, the potential energy of a rock on a hill becomes kinetic energy when it rolls down the hill). Magic works the same way. It can't be *destroyed*, but once it is used, it takes a long time before nature recycles it again.
So, in a way, magic can be *spent*, but by spending it it isn't destroyed. Just like money: when you spend it, it doesn't disappear. It just goes to someone else.
The way I see it is that the Spring is constantly being drained of energy by unicorns using magic. However, the Spring has a TON of energy (think of it like the sun: one day it'll burn out, but it'll still be there for billions of years).
One more thing: this doesn't really matter for the story at all, but in the universe I think that the Spring replenishes its own magic by taking "spent" magic and reconverting it to usable magic. So it'd be like if the sun could take the heat it already used and then use it again. Except the process would take a LONG, LONG time.
tl;dr: magic can be spent. Spring has TONS of energy (like the sun). Unlike the sun, however, Spring can replenish its energy over long periods of time.
This story was amazing I loved every minute of it all the references, the characters and most of all the impact it leave with you. Thank You SpaceBrony for making this truly wonderful story
VastaKustuta"I gotta explain this shit" Joe Quesada can learn a LOT from you.
VastaKustutaJust re-read your thank-you to the readers only to find I misquoted. Still, this a good story that put some logic into using magic. So kudos.
VastaKustuta@darkartsfart
VastaKustutaHaha. I tried to do a mixture of "I gotta explain this shit" and "I AIN'T gotta explain shit." I tried to set rules for the world to add substance.
To everyone else: here's an update as to what's going on. The too-long-didn't-read version is: epilogue is coming.
http://www.fimfiction.net/blog/11418
I fucking b'awed my mouth off, I believe my phallus cried as well.
VastaKustutaThis story was great
well done bro, well done.
VastaKustuta@Gypsy
VastaKustutaI've always told myself that if I can get one phallus to cry, just one, then my mission is complete.
I'm glad my mission has become completed on this day.
Thanks for reading. I've been staring at a blank gdocs word document for the past half hour, trying to think what to do next. I've been thinking of doing a one-part ~3000-8000 word story, something short I can work on without needing to spend nine months like I did with this story.
It's hard, thinking of what to do. So much has been done. And I don't wanna write another story that's exactly the same as A Rose is a Rose. Not good enough. I need to do something more... I might have to go totally OC or non-Mane6 ponies, just because so much has been done. We'll see what the future has in store.
I've also considered a continuation of this story, but that seems like the easy way out, instead of something new. Also, while it's fun to write, it sucks a lot of life out of me.
Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.
VastaKustutaHey, everyone! No one here will read this, I'm sure. But I'll put it here anyway.
VastaKustutaI have a new fic coming! A direct sequel to this one (though reading this one is optional). And I'm really excited, because the first two chapters are really cool (in my own subjective opinion)! I think you'll all like it, especially if you enjoyed this. I tried to beef up my writing skills and make it seem less... choppy. And I worked out the entire story AHEAD of time instead of as I'm going along.
I hope it gets past the pre-readers... I'd hate for it to be rejected.
Anyway, thank you all for reading! Glad that I can be bringing you more again!
(if you find my fimfiction page, I actually have the first chapter of yet ANOTHER fic out right now, but that's sort of a mini-side-project. You might still like it, though, so find my fimfic page if you want)
Sequel! Whee!
VastaKustuta