• Story Updates January 3rd (Morning)



    And a Fluttershy is a Fluttershy.

    Have some story updates!


    Story: Upheaval: Breaking Point (Update Part 40!) 

    5 Star


    [Grimdark] [Adventure]

    Author: Visiden Visidane
    Description: A coincidence and a magical accident leads Twilight Sparkle to a grim world hidden by Equestria's peaceful existence.
    Upheaval: The Breaking Point



    Story: She Will Be Loved (Update Part 4!) 

    4 Star


    [Sad]

    Author: Strange Phantasm
    Description: A chain of events leads the Cutie Mark Crusaders to discover a terrible secret locked away beneath Canterlot Castle. A secret that will change the history of Equestria, forever.
    She Will Be Loved



    Story: Human (Update Part 3!) 

    4 Star

    [Adventure][Comedy][Light Grimdark][Sad]

    Author: DannyJ
    Description: A thousand years ago, when the royal sisters were at the height of their power and the Elements of Harmony were still alive, two legendary beings emerged to take their place among them, and though through trial and hardship the ponies eventually defeated these two so called 'Humans' that they had named the First and the Second, to this day nopony knows who they were, where they came from, and what their motivation was.

    Flash forward to the present day. The First is long dead and the Second is now a decoration in Celestia's sculpture garden. The land has been at peace for years, but now things are stirring again. A break in at the royal archives results in the theft of the ancient Reaper's Horn, an entity is released which seeks out the surviving human, a young colt learns of the legends of humanity and becomes enraptured with them, and a brotherhood of thirteen ponies of varying ages and backgrounds all come together with the sole intention of releasing the human of legend from his stone prison. And all throughout, one of the few surviving ponies who was there when this first began is left to ask herself, "Just what were they anyway?"
    Human




    Story: By the Unfaltering Light of the Sky (Update Chapter 11!) 

    4 Star

    [Sad]

    Author: CandleEyes
    Description: As night falls over Equestria, our gloomy cast reflects on their troubled lives and find happiness may not be so unreachable an outcome as they had previously thought.
    By the Unfaltering Light of the Sky




    Story: Rain without Rainbows (Update Part 6!) 

    5 Star


    [Normal][Grimdark]

    Author: Leoshi
    Description: Driven by her dreams of fame, Rainbow Dash makes a wish that earns her the skill she needs. But the price she pays for that wish is more than what she, or her friends, can bear.
    Rain without Rainbows




    Story: A Rose is a Rose (Update Part 8!) 

    5 Star



    [Normal][Sad][Semi-Dark]

    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



    31 comments:

    1. Sadly nothing I am reading.

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    2. Hmmm, nothing I'm reading. I was wondering, is Upheaval: Breaking Point good? I was staying away for it for quite some time due to the grimdark tag. It seems to update in almost every update post

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    3. Is that true. Can you really put a rose in a rose. Like having something exploded twice?

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    4. I'm almost scared to check Upheaval because Hory Shet! 40 Parts! O_O (and unfinished)

      And I just come from finishing FO:E... I don't think my body is ready for so much fanfic.

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    5. Wah! Still a major lack of "Through the Eyes of Another Pony"! Why doesn't it update? Why!?!

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    6. To everyone that's on the fence about reading Upheavel, have you seen anything bad about?

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    7. @ThunderIce
      i was just about to ask that myself! :)

      40 chapters... goodness thats one big story. I bet they're pretty short though.

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    8. As an addendum to my previous comment, do not include the bitching about Twilight.... "getting hurt" on the story's EQD page.

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    9. Upheaval AGAIN?! Dear God, does someone have that man chained to a desk grinding out chapters or something?

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    10. @Thunderice it's not that grimdark on a scale of 1-5, where 5 is cupcakes, it's a 2, it's grimdark in the same way that Lord of the Rings is grimdark (e.g. fantasy fighting)

      @gato the updates aren't that long, I think they're 2-3 pages long (not like FO:E, where the updates were 10+ pages long) it's not in google docs so I can't tell how long they are

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    11. oh yeah a rose is a rose was the first story i started reading whenever i discovered this fandom guess i should catch up.

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    12. Well Fluttershy is best Fluttershy I suppose

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    13. A Rose is A Rose,
      But You my Sweet Petunia,
      Is a Rose that My Nose only Knows,

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    14. Huh - I'd have thought It Takes a Village would be here, since it updated last night

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    15. @Aust Kyzor

      I thought that update was "update complete"

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    16. Nothing here I would enjoy reading. All grimdark and sad. I thought My Little Pony was a happy show, too.

      I hate updates like these.

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    17. Wow, I just have to say Upheaval is an example of a condition known as Power Updating. Symptoms include making authors like me jealous at your self-discipline.

      Anyways...

      *continues to sit patiently in the lobby waiting for The Power of Carrot Compels You to update*

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    18. A Rose is a Rose is an awesome story everyone should read. If the show was exactly the same but with a more mature rating this is what it would be like.

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    19. Rain without Rainbows! Grimdark w/ Faustian themes, HUZZAH!

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    20. I want to give more fics a shot. So many update that look good to me, yet I'm already awash with fics on my to-read list.

      Cursed ponies, why must I have a life?!

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    21. @Jimperator who needs a life when you have ponies?

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    22. Rain without Rainbows finally updated?
      I was thinking it never would 0_o

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    23. I'm beginning to think Upheaval was a major reason for these types of posts...

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    24. @ThunderIce

      I'd call it more dark than grimdark, though there's certainly room for that to change. So far, though, there hasn't been all that much gore. If you have any interest at all in warfics, I'd put it at the top of your list; it's the most believable war scenario I've read, and it also reminds me of Jim Butcher's Codex Alera, which can in no way be a bad thing.

      Bottom line: if you like badass ponies, this fic is for you.

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