tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post8807799058637059849..comments2024-03-28T00:34:40.797+00:00Comments on Louder Yay: Ponyfic Roundup 89: And Next Year's Words Await Another VoiceLoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-15695817340983331522016-01-08T03:31:48.681+00:002016-01-08T03:31:48.681+00:00@PresentPerfect:
N...no-o! >:0
@Logan:
Very sh...@PresentPerfect:<br />N...no-o! >:0<br /><br />@Logan:<br />Very sharp. I now imagine that you look and sound like Sherlock Holmes. ^^Horse Voicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11812330250407673528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-49749929751691834102016-01-08T02:38:10.473+00:002016-01-08T02:38:10.473+00:00Aha! It's this bit, I think:
...I peripherall...Aha! It's this bit, I think:<br /><br /><i>...I peripherally glimpsed the blinking points of the seven-kilometer and ten-kilometer beacons in the distance.</i><br /><br />I suspect the metric units were what suggested to me that Canada, rather than the US, was the setting.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-36701874428703522802016-01-07T23:54:30.106+00:002016-01-07T23:54:30.106+00:00I saw Scribbler simply understood that your story ...I saw Scribbler simply understood that your story was meant to be English. It was your mistake all along! :VPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-91339028817190897112016-01-07T21:42:39.226+00:002016-01-07T21:42:39.226+00:00Funny thing--you're actually the first to noti...Funny thing--you're actually the first to notice that so soon. Obabscribbler's audiobook gave the humans Cockney and Welsh accents, respectively, and she didn't notice her mistake until it was too late. PresentPerfect only got it by looking up "Zeballos"--the only place name I didn't change.<br /><br />"Achievement Unlocked," I suppose. ^^Horse Voicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-23013159561838476372016-01-07T14:25:25.044+00:002016-01-07T14:25:25.044+00:00It was a pleasure. (Okay, poor choice of word, but...It was a pleasure. (Okay, poor choice of word, but you know what I mean!) I couldn't really say why the setting felt Canadian rather than being in (say) Maine, but I had that feeling from quite early on.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-511559606843302392016-01-07T00:35:39.856+00:002016-01-07T00:35:39.856+00:00You guessed right about the setting of "Monst...You guessed right about the setting of "Monsters." For some reason, Canadian stories in any medium often follow a similar structure: long, subdued sequences of dramatic buildup, punctuated by very brief, shocking scenes that dramatically recontextualize the story.<br /><br />Thanks for reading. : )Horse Voicenoreply@blogger.com