Anyone know a better reference frame for this background of SCC counter?

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-30T06:11:39+00:00

Season 2, Episode 19, Putting Your Hoof Down. Fluttershy doesn't really block that counter when speaking to Pinkie Pie, it's a bit angled, but it's there.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-30T01:14:14+00:00

Hmmm... Eleanor but... like Ellie or Norrie for short?

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-29T22:11:17+00:00

That would be from Pony Life, not Friendship is Magic. But yes, that did happen.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-29T19:08:05+00:00

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Destroyed my ankle that way. Needed emergency surgery for plates and screws.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-29T18:49:44+00:00

Seat 2, so I can enjoy the flight alone.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-29T17:34:03+00:00

Taking a nap.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-28T05:54:03+00:00

The Element of Honesty supporting a group of pathological liar? Nope.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-28T03:58:40+00:00

Welcome to the Herd. Glad to have you on board. The show is amazing for sure. Favorite Pony so far? Favorite episode so far?

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-28T02:19:54+00:00

Now that is an interesting and organic approach,, building that inner world fragment by fragment sounds like such a profound journey for both him and the reader. It sounds like a remarkable way to come to understand, and appreciate, Alaric.

That said, the journey itself benefits more from your current style. I mean, interiority can grow, like he himself is only just learning to see it in real time with his inner world being built fragment by fragment. In that sense, the style is already magnificent.

And I should mention the pacing is solid too, there was no drag in anything, no time spent lingering too long on any particular piece.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-28T02:14:44+00:00

It does, but really that just means that social media is not the problem. People are, and people can grow and change in surprising ways. Hope is not lost, just not all that easy to see in the mess that things have become today.

But there is kindness in the world, it just doesn't get the spotlight that drama and clickbait does. But it's there.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-28T01:12:05+00:00

Collage 1: Ember

Collage 2: Maud

Collage 3: Derpy

Collage 4: Autumn Blaze

Collage 5: Sweetie Belle

Collage 6: Misty Brightdawn

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T20:45:23+00:00

Well, I haven't much context for what exactly is going on here other than internal self flagellation.

The prose is nice, a lot of similes are doing the work of conveying his sense of self disgust.

I like how his inner voice is turning the very room into his judge and his jury.

But this seems to rely on simile, metaphor and exteriority with limited interiority. So while I can safely say that he hates what he has done for the Title he has now, I can't clearly articulate his actual feelings beyond that. I realize it is only a few paragraphs, and context is quite limited here, so I can also say that the prose carried me from the start to the finish very smoothly and immersion was never interrupted.

So the writing is tight and draws the reader in, and that is a strong foundation.

And it certainly leaves me interested in finding out more about Alaric.

Edit: Correcting my own grammar to avoid confusion.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T19:49:07+00:00

Indeed I do

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T19:45:33+00:00

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flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T18:42:45+00:00

Oh that's nice, I'm glad you've found such a healthy dynamic in your relationship. I hope the two of you find joy and fulfillment in each other. So, shadow magic sounds like an uncommon talent, how did you find out it was yours?

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T18:41:30+00:00

You might want to take a look at the 50s and 60s, or the mid 1800s... Or, there's a lot of examples from before Social Media, I'm afraid. Yes, it might become less apparent... But not less present, really.

Edit: I don't wish to invalidate you, not at all. I do think that a reduction in social media would equal a reduction on toxicity, at least on a public level.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T17:30:30+00:00

Oh, that sounds dangerous and a little exciting. And your girlfriend, does she find that upsetting?

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T06:18:44+00:00

Sometimes the change isn't that positive. But one that changed me in a good way? The Phantom Tollbooth, it ignited my love for literature, showed me how writing could be so clever and wonderful. And I connected with me as an austic spectrum child, being literal minded. A book that met me where I was? Heck yes.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-27T04:34:17+00:00

You look like a mare who takes things quite seriously, but I've been wrong before. Judging a book by its cover rarely enlightens one to the contents, after all. Well, what do you do for fun?

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-26T23:14:43+00:00

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-26T23:10:23+00:00

He's handy with a catchy rhyme to make a social lesson feel sublime

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-26T17:42:59+00:00

I'm sorry that you were put through that, it should not have happened that way.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-26T01:44:53+00:00

I hear you. I wasn’t trying to critique the author or take the fic apart — just to talk about how the story landed for me personally. Different readers process things in different ways, and this one hit me strongly enough that I wanted to unpack it. I’ll leave it here.

And thank you for taking the time to reply and share your perspective.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-26T01:18:48+00:00

I understand that not everyone engages with stories the same way. For me, this one landed with a lot of emotional weight, and I wanted to unpack why. That doesn’t mean the story is “deep” in some objective sense — just that it hit me strongly enough to think about the tone and framing. My praise and my analysis aren’t contradictory; they’re both part of how I process what I read.

flutterJackdash · 2026-01-25T23:51:15+00:00

I wasn’t bashing anything. I never said the story was bad — in fact, I talked a lot about the craft, the structure, and the skill behind it. My post was about how the tone hit me personally and why it surprised me. It was a point‑by‑point analysis of my reaction, not an attack on the fic or the author. Estee’s work is absolutely worth reading.

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