tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post6493370980740098492..comments2024-03-28T17:00:27.057+00:00Comments on Louder Yay: Ponyfic Roundup 73: The Lonely C and the SkyLoganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-56427277895705802622015-09-12T23:15:36.059+01:002015-09-12T23:15:36.059+01:00I had rather noticed. :PI had rather noticed. :PLoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-2630425083455555442015-09-12T23:10:28.019+01:002015-09-12T23:10:28.019+01:00I have good news, season 5 is back :DI have good news, season 5 is back :DSailor Sednahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654833878523093026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-52639945001104888382015-09-11T23:27:42.295+01:002015-09-11T23:27:42.295+01:00I have simply never read Beowulf.
So there.I have simply never read Beowulf.<br /><br />So there.InquisitorMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10209346997929773686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-7455480267768713052015-09-11T22:41:04.497+01:002015-09-11T22:41:04.497+01:00The most likely place to have heard "eorcanst...The most likely place to have heard "eorcanstan" (besides in some place-names or in a museum, anyway) is in the modern-Anglicized form Tolkien used in <i>The Hobbit</i>: Arkenstone.<br /><br />...What, you didn't seriously think I would pass any chance to work in a Middle-Earth reference, did you?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-72111170674854073332015-09-11T17:01:16.697+01:002015-09-11T17:01:16.697+01:00You're welcome! I remember reading Beowulf at ...You're welcome! I remember reading <i>Beowulf</i> at school when I was about 13, but that was just English (Rosemary Sutcliff's version) and I got no further. Oddly enough, though, I think I've seen the word(-ending?) "eorcanstan" somewhere before. Possibly on a label at the Staffordshire Hoard exhibition at Birmingham Museum (as that's only about 20 miles from me), but I wouldn't swear to it.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-50803025417075006472015-09-10T15:15:29.721+01:002015-09-10T15:15:29.721+01:00I agree, and once again I think it's an exampl...I agree, and once again I think it's an example of how people look too deep sometimes and end up ruining things for themselves. The fanbase just baffles me sometimes...<br /><br />I dunno if you were able to read or respond to what I posted earlier somewhere else, so I'll post it again my thoughts on the fanbase sometimes.<br /><br /><br />I will also say (though this is kinda unrealted) sometimes I've seen fans review epsiodes and it's like they praise and/or criticize every episode (where characters are introduced, funny phrases and such), and it kinda sometimes makes me question if the show is as good as anyone says it is (ever heard of what happened with Canterlot Wedding? I did my own thoughts here, and if you look at the comments of the pictures, that's where I found ideas of Twilight "renouncing her friends fics" that I don't think would work, and how I think fans think too deeply sometimes; I'll post them in the second link here:<br />http://comments.deviantart.com/1/311418243/3830764816<br />http://comments.deviantart.com/1/311418243/3145464538)<br /><br />See what I'm talking about?Sailor Sednahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654833878523093026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-73606677767020026832015-09-10T02:13:02.635+01:002015-09-10T02:13:02.635+01:00Hey, thanks for the review of Wyrmysan! I never r...Hey, thanks for the review of Wyrmysan! I never read Beowulf in the original for fun, but my first copy of it had the original and the English translation printed on opposite pages along with a pronunciation guide and copious footnotes, so that you could compare the texts directly. I had a lot of fun sounding out the original, and seeing what connections I could make between the Old English words and their contemporary equivalents, if any. I was a strange tween, to say the least.<br /><br />Anyway, you're far from the first person to tell me that I went overboard with the titles and "Equuo-Saxon" (what a great, silly word for it, by the way!), and while it's clear to me with the benefit of hindsight that my editor was right and they're collectively too much, I'm rather fond of them, personally. I think I remember PP (or maybe someone else, it was a while ago) specifically mentioning that I didn't need to have included <i>fægeorcanstan</i> because I used the English "fate stone" later in the same scene, and in my head I was screaming, "but <i>-eorcanstan</i> conveys a totally different sense of the nature of the object than 'stone' alone does!"<br /><br />...Which probably three people would even have picked up on. So, yeah, distracting is probably the right word for it. Regardless, thanks again for the review!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581572699330155065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-5487256863958108732015-09-10T01:01:45.450+01:002015-09-10T01:01:45.450+01:00Lauren Faust isn't really relevant any more to...Lauren Faust isn't really relevant any more to new <i>Pony</i> -- she never intended for there to be more than two alicorns, but it still happened. Meghan McCarthy's comment is probably more significant, though I doubt it matters much anyway as <i>MLP</i> is never going to feature the death of one of the main characters. It's just not that type of show.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-11293375768822017892015-09-10T00:15:56.283+01:002015-09-10T00:15:56.283+01:00Why can't people realize Twilight's not go...Why can't people realize Twilight's not gonna outlive her friends....? -____-<br /><br />Megan McCarthy and Lauren Faust confirmed that, and the fact that people still do stuff like that irks me.Sailor Sednahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654833878523093026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-84236652369702241662015-09-09T18:54:54.353+01:002015-09-09T18:54:54.353+01:00Also, it'd need to be more than 25: what about...Also, it'd need to be more than 25: what about authors whose usernames don't start with letters?Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-30467161621743406652015-09-09T18:54:02.515+01:002015-09-09T18:54:02.515+01:00I started with C. That doesn't mean the next l...I started with C. That doesn't mean the next letter won't be X! (Although, let's face it, it probably won't.)<br /><br />Yes, I can see why people <i>would</i> love it. I just don't have the right sort of brain, I think.Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-74409777497502829982015-09-09T18:52:58.753+01:002015-09-09T18:52:58.753+01:00Actually, I may well do this again. It just won...Actually, I may well do this again. It just won't be next week. No hopping. :PLoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03769758118827489093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-60350129193071624892015-09-09T15:57:45.714+01:002015-09-09T15:57:45.714+01:00Hold up. You're doing alphabetical reviews no...Hold up. You're doing alphabetical reviews now?<br /><br />*checks name*<br /><br />NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!<br /><br />Also, Wyrmlysan is one of my very favorite pony fics. I loved that one.xjuggernaughtxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286896058684660654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8301854188587462574.post-35034021511346870512015-09-09T13:36:15.297+01:002015-09-09T13:36:15.297+01:00I demand you do 25 more posts like this, for each ...I demand you do 25 more posts like this, for each letter of the alphabet.<br /><br />Since you started with C, you may pursue them in any order you wish. Hop to it, now! :VPresent Perfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16195959811544391904noreply@blogger.com