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Comments about Bestar 2 Drawer Lateral Wood File Cabinet in Charcoal:
pros: This was the only small lateral file cabinet we could find in a modern style, so it fits the bill for looks. It is sturdy enough for home office use. The price compares to an office supply store, but it was delivered free.cons: It takes some time to put together, so be prepared. There are no drawer pulls, so you have to open the drawers from the side. The bottom drawer does not open easily on carpet.
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MOUNT PLEASANT – Three Iowa Wesleyan College women and two IWC men received recognition when the Midwest Collegiate Conference released its women's and men's soccer all-conference teams on Monday.
Senior defender Karly York (Waukee, Iowa), junior forward Fanny Koloko-Green (Fremont, Calif.) and sophomore midfielder Jillian Sulcer (Mechanicsburg, Ill.) were all named to the MCC Honorable Mention All-Conference women's soccer team. Forward Michael Roberts (Sr.-St. Johns, Antigua) and goalkeeper Troy Osborne (So.-Sydney, Australia) were named honorable mention all-conference for the Tigers on the men's side.
York finished her career at IWC as a four-time honorable mention all-conference selection. She anchored the Tiger defense the past three years after tying for the team lead in goals her freshman year. York finished her career starting all 71 of Wesleyan's matches over her four years with the team.
Koloko-Green set a new school record this season for goals in a single season with 11 goals. She led the Tigers in goals and tied for fourth in the MCC in goals scored this season. She also topped IWC in points scored with 22 and tied for ninth in the MCC in that category.
Sulcer was named honorable mention all-conference for the second straight season. A leader on offense and in the midfield, she finished second on the team in points with 12 and tied for second on the squad with five goals scored this year. She also had three game-winning goals to lead the team in that category and tie for third in the MCC.
Roberts was one of the top scoring forces in the MCC all season, leading the Tigers and tying for the conference lead with 14 goals scored. His 30 points on the season also led the Tigers and was the fifth-best total in the conference. Roberts also tied for second in the league with four game-winning goals.
Osborne started every match in goal for Wesleyan this year and had a pair of shutouts. He finished third in the MCC in saves with 93 and faced the most shots of any keeper in the league (137). Osborne also was seventh in the conference with a 2.31 goals against average.
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I purchased the micro-suede quick dry towels for friends last year. Those towels are very soft and dried very quickly. I haven't had a chance to use these micro terry towels, but they aren't very soft in comparison. I washed them in a high-efficiency machine, and they were nearly dry upon removal.
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I have used this towel after a couple of local drives and it really does the job! Taking to Cancun for a week of diving next week, been trying to load everything into my dive bag as a practice before the trip...the mess bag that comes with the towel seems to be rather sturdy, but with the tab at the top it makes it difficult to roll the towel and bag up to fit in those little spaces. But if that is my only problem I am more than happy. One of my better add-on buys in a while.
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to the king will assure the success of the meetings. All singers of the town are urges to join the chorus, where a place is waiting for them. Subjects for Remainder of Week The subjects Dr. Cooper will speak from the remainder of the week is as follows: Thursday night - "The Great Salvation." Friday night - "The Victory and the Crown." Saturday night - "The Value of Christian Worship." Sunday - 10;30 a.m., "Sons of God;"2:30 p. m., "God's Man," Men only; 7:30 p. m., "The Card party and the dance." If you want a good seat, go early. _____________________ BOOST FOR THE LIBERTY TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOLS A Community representing the Sunday schools of Liberty Township met at the home of Fred Hegner last Sunday afternoon for the purpose of arranging a program for the observance of "Children's Week," which is the last week of April. Two evening programs are being arranged for, the first on Saturday night, April 30th, and the second on Sunday evening, May 1st. Every Sunday school in the township is urged to take the part assigned to them in this work and thus assist in advancing the splendid cause of the Sunday school. Superintendents, please take it upon yourselves to become an ardent booster for this movement, and urge upon all who are interested in this work to roll up their sleeves and go into it to win. You will help your own school when you lend your services to the large circle in this good cause. Throw away your hammer, and get a good stiff pry-pole and lift with all your might. Let us go into it, that our strength might be known to all the whole township and surrounding country. A full announcement of the program with the line of parade will likely be given next week. "Every member of every Sunday school" is our slogan, and let us work to that plan. _____________________ THE RESEARCH CLUB The April meeting of the Research Club will be held with Mrs. George Locke at 2:00 o'clock Thursday afternoon, April 14th. This is the annual election of officers and for that reason all members are requested to be present on time so that the work may all be taken care of. Attention is also called to the fact that the meeting will be at Mrs. Locke's residence instead of Mrs. Scott's, as announced in the program booklets. Following is the program: Roll Call - Child Quotations. Health - Mrs. Elsie Gipe. Current Events - Mrs. Lulu Hunt. Music - Mrs. Hammer. Mrs. Mast, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Dragoo. Who's Who - Mrs. Susie Woods. Book Review - Miss Minnie Parson. Prose Writers - Mrs. Julia Davis. Voice - Miss Merle Manring. _______________________ DIED OF LOCKJAW James M. Kirkendall, aged 41byears, 11 months and 10 days, died early Sunday morning of lockjaw, following an injury to his fingers during the fore part of the week. He was attempting to drive through a gate and in some manner his hand was caught between the post and the vehicle in which he was riding, mashing his fingers almost off. He apparently was getting along fine and nothing was expected to result from the injury other that the loss of a finger or so. Friday evening he was attacked with lockjaw and on Sunday morning answered the call to the great beyond. He leaves, besides his widow, four daughters and two sons besides a host of other relatives and friends who will mourn their loss. The funeral was held at Center Tuesday afternoon, followed by burial in the Albright cemetery. ______________ ATTEND THE "STRAND" FREE Through an arrangement between the management of the Strand Theater of Kokomo and the Greentown Gem, the subscribers of the Greentown Gem will be admitted to the above theater [missing text] __________________ **Local Doings** Miss Zella McClain spent Saturday night with Mrs. Glen Johnson. Misses Fern Hawkins and Mary Coffman spent Sunday in Kokomo. "Pat" Marshall of Swayzee was the Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Marshall and family. Gene Griffin of Indianapolis is spending a few days with relatives and friends in Greentown. Miss Dess McCan and Ronald Freeman spent Sunday in Sharpsville the guests of Miss Geneva Cage. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hiatt and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lew Stewart. Mrs. Glen Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Scherer and daughter Charlene spent Sunday in Kokomo. James Dudley and two daughters of Gas City spent Sunday with Walter and Mrs. Cahill and son Rex. Mrs. O. M. Harvey and daughter Esta were shopping in Kokomo Saturday. Misses Daisy McCoy and Mary Coffman spent Monday with Miss Mable Clark of Jerome. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shoemaker took Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sullivan of Peru. Miss Mary Coffman left Tuesday for a weeks visit with her aunt, Mrs. Jess Porter of Elwood. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCan and son were Saturday night guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Cohee. J. E. Jester and Margaret Quigley spent Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Renbarger. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Harrell and son called on Mr. and Mrs. Russell Zirkle and children Sunday evening.. Mrs. Isaacs is suffering from a stroke of paralysis, of which she was a victim the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gilson moved to the Mary Hostetler property Monday. Miss Nellie Landrum of Kokomo spent Friday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Landrum. Robert Van Sickle and Julius Steffen spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Abell and family. Miss Mercedith Kelley entertained Sunday, Mrs. Francis Tompsom and Mrs. Gladys Newlin. Mr. and Mrs. Boss Davis entertained Sunday Mrs. Martha Mitchell and Miss Martha Sleeth. Mrs. Lige Gallion and daughter Dorothy spent Sunday with Mrs. Hollowell of Van Buren. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Weisenauer Saturday morning, a fine baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Overman were the Thursday night guests of Mrs. Jane Freeman. Mrs. Glenn Kelley and son Wilbur and Mrs. Claud Caster and daughter Helen spent wednesday the guests of Mrs. Earl Myers of Fairfield. Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Courtney and family were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Woods and daughter Madaline. Little Margaret Smith, who has been suffering with rheumatism for some time, is able to be around some now. Miss Annabelle Manring spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Al Burger and daughter Mary Rosmond of Kokomo. Mrs. Anna DeVore, who is making her home with Mr. and Mrs. George Gallion on east Main street, is on the sick list. Mrs. Frank Seegar and daughter Miriam spent the week-end in Ft. Wayne visiting her daughter, Dorothy. Mrs. Fred Richer and children are spending a few days in Kokomo the guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morton Lamb and family. Mr. and Mrs. James Pence of near Converse were the Sunday guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Landrum. Mrs. J. E. Fulwider, Mrs. A. S. Wooton and daughter Margaret and Miss Edith Singer were Kokomo shoppers Saturday afternoon. Miss Marjorie Dawson will spend the latter part of the week in Indianapolis attending the state musical [text missing] Mrs. Herman Wagner called on Mrs. A. L. Erwin Sunday afternoon. Miss Reba Stone is very ill with the mumps at this writing. Laura Jarvis, who has been spending several weeks in Chicago, returned home Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Caster and daughter Helen spent Sunday with Mrs. Max Zehring of Bennets Switch. Mrs. Bruce Haycock and son Robert spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Wales of Converse. Mr. and Mrs. John Hancock, south-east of town are spending a few days in Kokomo. Mr. and Mrs. Elihu Courtney and family left Sunday evening for Culver, where they have purchased a bakery. Mr. and Mrs. George Gallion were Sunday guests of James Gallion and family of Van Buren. Frank Larowe was taken seriously ill Friday night, but is some what improved at this writing. Walter Conway, wife and daughter Luemma were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Waggaman. Sam Edwards and family of Windfall spent Sunday evening at the home of Wm. Kelley. Mrs. Harvey Street and Mrs. Robert Ettinger were shopping at Kokomo Tuesday. Oscar Davis of Kokomo was the Saturday night guest of Harvey Street and family. Mrs. J. F. Powell and son John Franklin were shopping in Kokomo Monday. Mrs. Florence Hughes came Sunday to spend a few days with her mother, Mrs. Sabilla Powell. Roy Doster is caring for Mr. Hemper, who is in a serious condition with diseases incident to old age. William and Pearl Evans attended the Fred Snow meeting at Kokomo Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller and daughter Esther called on Mrs. Jane Freeman Monday evening. Truman Pierce of Kokomo visited with relatives here over the weekend. Mrs. Wm. Lucas of Point Isabel is at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. [missing text] who is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. John Miller and family of Union township were the Sunday guests of Mrs. Jane Freeman. Donald Dragoo of Muncie spent the week-end with his brother, W. W. Dragoo and wife. Miss Luella David entertained Sunday evening, Misses Mabel and Flossie Moorman. Mr. and Mrs. Poole of Kokomo were callers at the home of Rev. C. E. Disbro and family Sunday. Roy Turner, wife and daughter Wilma of Kokomo spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kenton Maddock and two sons Max and Paul. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lawrence and daughter Wanda and Mr. and Mrs. Leo Seagraves spent Sunday in Logansport. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Evans have moved to the Werking property on north Green street, recently vacated by Herschel Land and wife. Will Little and wife of Russiaville spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Little and family northwest of town. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Wright and son Junior and Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Wright were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gentry of Sycamore. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wright and children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wilson and daughter Mary Ellen of near Marion. The Aid Society of the Meridian Street church met at the home of Mrs. Marion Shockley Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. James Conkle and Mrs. Esther Conkle and children spent Sunday with Mrs. Rhetta Woodmansee southwest of town. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Slaughter and Mrs. T. C. Romack were Sunday guests of Mrs. Jennie Murphy of near Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Boatman of Logansport were Saturday night and Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. [test missing] [transcribed by Lisa A. Stout 2007 December 30]
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Title | The Greentown Gem - Clippings 1921 |
Subject | Clippings |
Subject, Local | Greentown, Howard County (Ind.) |
Item Type | Newspaper |
Technical Metadata | Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL 600 ppi TIF image archived |
Item ID | im-kokomo-news_GEMclippings |
Local Item ID | Clippings from the personal collection of Bonnie Petro Bonebrake |
Usage Statement | There are no known heirs who would hold the rights to the accessioned Greentown Gem newspapers. Newspapers published before 1923 are in public domain. Permission granted by the Greentown Historical Society to view and print items from this digital collection for personal use, study, research, or classroom teaching. |
Date Original | 1921 |
Date Digital | 2008 |
Publisher | Gem Printing Company |
Description | Local news and deaths; Liberty Township; Jerome; Plevena; Phlox; Road War [State Road 22] |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |


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Author: Vermillon
Description: A story set several years after the show , whereFriendship is Tragic
Twilight tries to reunite her friends , with not so pleasent results
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Description: A story set several years after the show , whereFriendship is Tragic
Twilight tries to reunite her friends , with not so pleasent results
This isn't Youtube.
On a related note, this fic is heart crushing at the end.
Did anyone, count the commas in, the first few paragraphs? It really made, it hard to read, it was, like reading a, transcript of a story, read by, William, Shatner. Actually, that'd be pretty cool. This is just a slog.
WHY EqD WHYYY???
Too good and TOo sad.
I actually had to put on Giggle at the Ghosties at the end there, just to remind myself its a happy song.
This one's a little overbaked, frankly. It tries really hard to be dark and sad, and as a result ends up a little ridiculous. I don't see the characters making that many wrong turns in life.
The part with Giggle at the Ghosties was truly heartfelt and sad. Most of Pinkie's scene actually was, including the dressing down Twilight gave Applejack right before it happened.
Everything else, if you allow me to be frank, went quite a bit too far in the "bad shit happening" category, to the extent that I didn't find it believable enough to feel anything but indifference towards it.
Particularly the Epilogue, which was overdone to such an extent that I chuckled at some of the implications (what happened to Applejack in particular) when I was supposed to be feeling sad.
I mean, the concept was interesting, and I really liked how optimistic Dash was portrayed as compared to how she is normally treated in these kinds of stories.
But there is executing the concepts of a tragedy in a meaningful way and there is trying so hard to write a tragic story that it becomes ham-fisted. This swings fairly strongly into the latter category, and dives off the scale when the Epilogue begins.
There goes my heart into a million pieces, there.
You know, I got through Bubbles, Nightfall, and Helix Aspersa with no more than a lump in my throat, but never more than that. Here's a nice milestone for Patch, the first Ponyfic to make her cry.
And cry out of nowhere, too. The way this story was going, I was expecting the grimmest of grim endings, or some sort of awful twist, but instead what I got was the most logical ending for Pinkie Pie in this story and... man, that makes it so much worse. When "Giggle at the Ghostie" came in, I just lost it.
Sweet Celestia, I was not even prepared.
had to kill my emotions before reading this.
it didnt work.
Pretty much what he said.
The idea itself of committing suicide seems like a silly cop-out, to me. This fic had a kind of darkness and despair, but the ending just sorta fell flat on its face, almost like the author didn't know what to do and just waffled it. Suicide is almost impossible to work into a narrative without completely crushing everything else beneath it.
It's the same reason that fic where Spike tells Twilight she's not his mother was silly... sure she would have been upset, but attempting to kill herself? Come on.
Also, you made a point of mentioning that Fluttershy was the slaver's 'favorite'. A loaf of bread without two brain cells to bang together could work out what you meant (and it quite rightly stands out, as Fluttershy's own personal hell), but absolutely none of the characters ever make note of it, which makes that particular facet of the story rather superfluous, despite its enormity.
Again, brilliant concept. But your execution wasn't good enough.
When Grimdark becomes so grim it morphs to comedy, that's when you know you've gone too far. This, this kinda shot over that point and then some.
Mechanically, some 'your's when 'you're' was required and other word-confusion, too many commas (by your powers combined, I am Captain Good Sentence!) but overall, a good story mechanically. A good A.
Plotwise, yeah. It was too much heaping pile of darkness. When there is no light, no good to compare it to, it becomes a satire of itself. My heart was intact at the end just because I was sure 'rocks fall, everyone dies' was going to be the ending. And pretty much, that was the ending. Rather large fic though. Surprised me how big it was.
I really don't buy the idea that without Twilight around, the other five would so completely and utterly go to pieces. They all managed to function well enough before she showed up, so while they would assuredly have a hole in their hearts in Twilight's absence and miss her bookish wisdom and organizational skills, I don't think they would go off the rails that badly.
But even so, the way this all worked out, with horrors piling upon horrors and the magic of friendship being powerless against the unforgiving ice cleats of cynicism and pointless, tragic brutality, it kinda feels like the only reason this story was written was to torture some ponies.
Then again, I probably should've seen that coming, since it was telegraphed pretty clearly. But all I felt while reading it was a sense of morbid curiosity to see how the story would outdo itself in thinking up horrific fates for the Elements of Harmony.
This was the first pony-fic to bring me to near-tears, but then again I haven't read that many pony fanfictions.
Well, this is the first fanfic to make me cry. I'm a bit shaken down, but otherwise, great story. You should write more.
I have to agree with the others. It was a bit too over the top, particularly the epilogue. However, the scene with Pinkie Pie was heartbreaking.
I teared up the entire story but the end with pinkie... I couldn't finish it... Its far to horrible :( My weak little heart cant take such a sad story!
It really does fit the [Grimdark] tag well.
skimmed over most of it. Agree with the assessment that it tries little to hard at times to be all dark and serious to the point of becoming comical.
A little over the top? Cheezus H. Rice, it was crazy.
Pathos has to be earned, you can't just have random bad things happen and expect it to materialize.
I like to think of it like this:
Everypony in the mane 6 was fine before they met Twilight Sparkle,
They all made up the elements of harmony, Rainbow Dash being the embodiment of loyalty, Rarity being generosity, and etc, but Twilight Sparkle was the embodiment of the spirit of magic, (whatever signifigance that has to friendship and harmony is beyond me).
So during the conflict, when T.S. broke her horn or whatever, disabling her magic, I would like to believe that all of the elements of harmony were damaged in some way, resulting in the events of this story. I am not the author, so this is purely guess work as to why things went the way they did.
Sad story overall, it's a shame what happened to, well, everypony...
my heart slammed into my throat...this was aliitle bit too dark for my taste, my day is shot...fuck...
That makes men cry... This was wonderful and terrible... Terribly sad.
It was a good read. I have to say that. But other then trying TO hard to make it dark. It was actually pretty damn good. It made me shed a tiny bit of man tears when it reached the part with pinkie.
Cause we know that pinkie would be the one to go down that road.
Overall, I will give this a 5/5!
Insert comparison to Cupcakes
Grimdark as hay.
I need SOMETHING to get this out of my head.
And I read all of the shipping fics already, that doesn't help much...
It's actually a little ridiculous in how FUBAR everypony is. Almost every one of the mane cast's stories could have been excellent stories on their own if they had more development or depth to them, but they're instead glossed over and lose their impact. The characters seem to be a bit oversimplified in their characterizations, as well.
The best part of this was easily Pinkie's section; many other sections, I felt, were a bit overdone or just outrageous. Rarity's outright sociopathy in particular just felt... incongruous. The line between self-centered and psychotic got crossed about three times.
What a horrible story. Did Vermilion get beaten and molested every single day as a child? It's the only explanation for the type of mind that writes stuff like this that makes sense. He/She took a happy, fun show and crushed every single scrap of joy in it to death, skullfucked it's corpse, and then shit on it's grave. The words don't exist that adequately convey the depths of revulsion Im feeling in regards to it. Good God, what the Hell is wrong with you?
This is a horrible story and Vermillion should feel horrible for writing it. If the diseased idea ever gets into your head to write something else this depressing, I hope you have a stroke before you reach the keyboard.
This could have been really amazing, but it wasn't. Sorry.
Here's a tip, brony. Never read Bittersweet. If this story hit you hard, that one will ensure that you never smile again.
Manly tears have been-
Aww screw that, I cried more than twice, it's the saddest story I've ever read, it was good though. I almost forgot it doesn't actually happen in the series.
Decent story overall, and I will admit it moved me quite a bit, but hardly perfect.
My biggest complaint is the preface: It's pretty much just "some bad things happened then Celestia and Spike died somehow and now Twilight can't magic for some reason". I know it's not supposed to be the main focus of the story, but I would have liked to know a little more about those events. Who were they fighting? How did Celly and Spike die exactly? Why did Twilight lose her magic? etc.
The epilogue is just plain silly. In my honest opinion, the story should have ended after Twilight's suicide, leaving the fate of the rest of them up to our imaginations. The idea of Rarity roaming around with her own personal hit-squad is just too ridiculous to mesh with the rest of the story.
Otherwise, it's a good, if a bit depressing, read.
Pinkie Pie's role has to be the most depressing thing I've ever read, but the epilogue felt tacked-on and unnecessary.
Oh, I don't think "Bittersweet" is so harsh compared to this one. "Bittersweet" had a, well, bittersweet ending. This one was just bitter.
That was... awful. Not in the bad writing kind of way. In the sort of "I hope this never happens ever" kind of way. God damn.
Holy shit.... that was awesome and horrible at the same time. Counfound you Vermillon! You drive me to cry!
I read the tail end of it after reading the comments. Nope. Not even gonna try.
Bittersweet is nothing like this story. Bittersweet is about the remaining members of the Mane Six attempting to come to terms with the death of Pinkie in their own way.
It is a well-written and believable (outside of the reason Pinkie died) character piece about moving on in your life from the loss of a loved one. And it ends on a bittersweet note (hence the title), leaning towards sweet.
This story is about torturing the Mane Six in the most over the top and (with the exception of Pinkie Pie and Twilight) out of character way possible while attempting to be sincere about it all.
It ends with four of the Mane Six dead (two of the deaths caused by members of the Mane Six, though Dash's death was more indirect); one of them being so destroyed emotionally from the trauma of her life (that her friends make no attempt to even acknowledge at all during the story) that she becomes a permanent recluse, and the other one traveling around with a personal murder squad at her beck and call (which she is directly implied to have used to kill one of her friends).
They are night and day.
Oh God. Let me just say that this hit me about a hundred times worse than cupcakes did. Cupcakes was gory for sure but I can handle that in a morbid sort of way. But this.. Jeez I just feel like shit now. Most deserving 'GrimDark' tag I've ever read that's for sure.
The only really positive note this story strikes is that at least Pinkie gets to see the real Twilight again and get all that off her chest and dies with a smile on her face. And I guess there's a positive spin on Fluttershy's ending, in that she's back with her beloved animals and nobody can harm her anymore. And I suppose there's the mystical implied promise that Twilight will be with some of her friends in heaven or whatever.
But still, the positive notes in this fanfic amount to euthanizing terminally suffering animals. If that's as bright a light as you can offer, you've probably taken the grimdark thing too far.
Fan fic used heart crush!
It is highly effective!
Jesus, this fic just has a giant crescendo of sadness boiling up to the final scene with Pinkie. I mean...GOD!!! Very well-written but soooooo sad!
Probably one of the best Grimdark stories i've read so far. the cruel reality of the story just captivates. Bravo to the author!
^^^^^^^^same poster^^^^^^^
the intro and epilogue kinda sucked though. The intro felt rushed and the epi was completely unnecessary. ALSO, don't listen to and sad song during this you will cry like a little baby. The song Minerva came on when Pinkie started dying and I wanted to kill myself.
It's a very touching story. Sometimes it seems to be over the top, but it works for me.
Surprisingly it wasn't that Grimdark. Yes four members of the mane cast died and lots of bad stuff happened to everybody but in the end Pinkie Pie died happily, Dash died as a hero and Fluttershy is back together with the animals she loves so much. Sad but not sooo dark. The only part that was truly Grimdark was the end of chapter 7. Really staggering.
I've only one point of criticism and that's "Don" Rarity. I've no problem with the fact that she became a could-hearted person who cares more about her mansion than about Fluttershy. Even the idea that she sends a kill squad after her former friends, isn't bad problem for me. It's just that it's a bit too easy to make Rarity the evil one. All you have to do is writing her like Cruella de Vil. An evil AJ, Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash would've been far more interesting and refreshing.
Still, I love this story and in my humble opinion it's worthy of 5 stars.
Agree about the prologue.
The whole story is deviating from the show so incredibly far that it would have really needed a proper setup that makes everything at least somewhat believable.
But basically, all we get is "some sort of bad stuff happened, and now everything's fucked up".
Makes it really hard to take the events in the story seriously, even ignoring the fact that most of it is waaaayy over the top.
As someone else already said:
"When there is no light, no good to compare it to, it becomes a satire of itself."
Wholeheartedly agreed.
For example, it felt like at any given point in the story, there was at least one pony crying. You know how when you listen to one word or phrase repeated again and again, it seems to completely loose its meaning and just becomes noise? That's what happened.
I really liked it up untill the suicide ending + the epilogue.
Yeah it was a bit overdramatic but enjoyable imo. The conclusion was just a smack in the face to me.
still gave it a 3/5
DAGNABBIT, That was almost sadder than NightThatNeverEnded and PonyRain put together
help me im going to kill myself because of these ponies....
I need a good dose of " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rb1ShW3NUME "
Oh god, I thought I would cry, but it is just a complete tragedy. But nothing like the story who's name begins with the letter C.
The stories that have the greatest emotional impact do so by creating a contrast between the good, beautiful things and life and the utterly horrible tragedy of it all, like the oh-so-popular Bittersweet or Circle of Friends fanfics on the site. They utilize themes familiar to the reader and, coupled with well-paced writing styles, believable characterization, and beautiful finales, they shape up to be fairly effective works of fiction.
This story, however, sadly lacks most of this. The narratives plopped on both ends of the story seem awkward and fit the overall tone and pacing like a round peg in a square hole. Important or interesting details are simply tossed in without much afterthought and quickly forgotten as the story progresses. The fates of the mane six are so unbelievably tragic and out-of-character that they become laughable. The ending is unexplainable, abrupt, and undeserved. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong.
In short, in trying so hard to write the ultimate tragic story, the author fell flat on his feet.
And yet, the absurdity of it all makes it an enjoyable read. It had a handful of sincere moments, and the extraordinary circumstances that make up the "tragedy" make for a bit of good, surreal humor. If you were looking for a baww story of any kind, please save yourself the 7 chapters of confusion and look elsewhere. Anyone who respects good writing will be left in stitches after reading this stark, twisted abuse of the English language.
It's sooo sad. I can understand Twilight Sparkle why she wanted to die so mutch.
First she needed to lefr her friends to go on a misson with Princess Celestia and Spike which soon escalated and she found in the hell which was good reason why she didn't write to her friends. She was too buisy to tacticing but I'm sure her friends were in her hard and at last she was fighting for her, to protect them. Twilight Sparkle lost not just lost her teacher and beloved priness and her friend and helperb Sipeke but she fell to coma for a log period of time and she lost even her own power.
Second I belive that she wanted to end that "war" end as soon as possible and when it did and when she was able she started to search for her friends but when she did and she met with them she disappointed because the life hit hardly her friends hardly and on the top two of her friends were fighting together and at the end the party pony Pinkie Pie died in her hooves.
Twilight sparkle was desperately disappointed and she felt that she failed to protect her friends.
Just too darn overdramatic for each character's stories... and suicide? Really? The epilogue as well made this story fall flat at the end. Sad because the initial buildup was good.
Oh, and if it was meant to tear up the reader, it really tried too hard to evoke pathos; not a single tear when I read it.
I had tears in my eyes reading this. But yeah, there are some problems with this story. Besides the already mentioned problems in characterization, the laughable exposition in the prologue and the tacked-on epilogue I have one complaint that is rather small, but still...
Slave traders?
I mean, yeah, Celestia is dead and Luna isn't the best ruler...but slavery? In just six years, slavery has become a business common enough for Rarity to know where to find them? Yeah...no.
I could complain on and on (that RD/AJ-Subplot also felt very exaggerated) but still, I "liked" the story in a way it made me want to read and, like I said, I cried. When a story touches me, it's at least somewhere good.
That "somewhere" was of course the Pinkie-Part. After that build-up I was expecting something in the ways of the fic that is named after a muffin-like sweet, but in a way, this was even worse...
I LITERALLY cried out every tear my tear duct s could offer at the ending.
I mean, I cried in the middle, whenever the author explained the burning down of Sweet Apple Acres and the death of Big Macintosh, and at RD's story, but when I heard Pinkie's story, the last of the duct tape holding my heart together (from other sad stories) was DISINTEGRATED. Then when Pinkie died, it was like Big Macintosh and Angryjack took turns jumping on top of my glass heart. Then when Twilight killed herself, and she heard the others' voices, my body literally fell out of my chair, and I cried the most I've EVER cried. Like Angryjack, I cried out every tear there was to cry. My chest started to ache (for REAL) and I passed out. Then when I woke up, I started typing this, STILL at a loss for words.
Beautiful story
Heart-wrenching ending
And someone killing themselves
^The three Elements of a good sob-story.
Killing Celestia off-panel... Here's a couple of slaps... Removing from Twilight what make an Unicorn a ''unicorn'', off-panel again... additional slaps ...Killing Spike off-OH FOR GOODNESS SAKE !! ...You know, all this off-panelling of important events and actions is making hard to enjoy the rest of the story properly, and it's BARELY Ch.1. ...vague and short semi off-panel death for Big Mac... Cutting/losing Rainbow Dash wings off-panel, with a weak reason...... It's getting annoying a bit now... Mute Fluttershy... why, I don't know, or care anymore. It got quite boring at this point, or at this pointless point. ...dragging what happened to Pinky Pie for over FOUR pages... words, words, vaguely crazy words from Pinky Pie, more skipping words... FINALLY a death NOT off-panel, but hardly enjoyable considering the time it took..... aaaaannnd Suicide of Twilight. -I should have listen to that Anonymous, I wasted my time for real there. Damn ?
The beginning made me expect a terribly written "telling-not-showing" story... which I pretty much got until Fluttershy's entrance. From that point on, the dynamics of the story skyrocketed beyond that of the (horrendous) Epilogue. It felt like the writer was too anxious to reach the parts that (s)he had already fleshed out. (S)he probably thought of Pinkie Pie's story long before Applejack's or Rainbow Dash's.
Pinkie Pie's story had me on the verge of tears until she started singing... but after that, the story returned to mediocrity with the suicide.
It had serious potential if the author had put as much effort in to the other Ponies' stories.
This is done in a sort of torn apart mish-mashy way, but the overall story is nice. Yeah, the off panel stuff is kind of disheartening, but still, this is Twilight's story. Also, I kind of laughed when I thought of rarity as a slave trader, made me think of that South Park episode,"Crack Baby Basketball. I liked it, but it felt disjointed and lost in some parts. Yes, the ending is sad, but still kind of unpredictable, which is great. C+ overall.
And now that rants out the way, i will break it down a little better.
Yes , a lot of comments here are completely correct , there are many parts i could have easily improved apon. For one the Epilogue really needs to go , that is a given , the only reason i tacked it on at the end was because i didnt want the story to end abruptly on Twilights death, but that would have been the better choice really. The prologue however, i had intended to write a second story explaining Celestia's death and Spikes, i just never got round to it , and as such yes it does come off as rushed , but its stoo late now.
I also agree with the fact i could have fleshed out the character segments a bit more, i did think the story was beggining to become too long as it was , but in hindshight , i think it would have been for the best, some more scenic detail would also not have gone amiss. As for the pre planned stuff ? Actually, in all honesty , i made most of it up as i went along , silly as that may seem. Pinkies death (The main part that actually did what it was supposed to , to the reader) i did plan from the start however. All in all, i would actually rate it as 2 stars really. I never really set out to create a masterpiece , in fact my actual reasons were a little more pathetic but i wont say why. Still im happy that some people were emotionally touched by it. I will try better in the future, thankyou for your input all however
I'm gonna do my best to love and tolerate you, but that was a really nasty comment.
This was simply heartbreaking. My MAn card is now 100 points more in debt. My eyes swelled up and i made a mess on my keyboard. You actually made me depressed for a few days after reading it. It was a very powerful story. I am both glad i found something great to read and regretful that you made sadness swell up in me that i havent felt since i lost my grandfather a year or two back. Lotsa Tears Were shed Man... LOTSA teards :)
Yep, this one was pretty slap-dash, but just about believable until we get to Rarity.
What. The. Hay.
Seriously, I don't care what happened in those six years, Rarity would not just trade in her generosity and compassion for success as a designer, or was it a case of 'derp, she's a fashionista, ergo, a ruthless sociopath'. And using materials from animals at all, never mind while keeping Fluttershy around and having the first thing to do with slavers?! Bad form, brony.
By the time it got to the epilogue, well, I just can't take her having her own murder squad seriously, you lost me at that point.
BUT all was not lost; emerging out of the flames and twisted metal of that narrative trainwreck was Pinkie Pie's scene which, while short, dug the knife in and twisted it.
I love these ponies, and I could picture Pinkie fading away in Twilight's arms, her weak, dry voice, her joyless singing.
When Pinkie's heart breaks. Yes, I wept, and I am doing so again as I type and think back to that, so well done in that respect.
Rarity's character assassination is still unforgivable though.
Not too bad, but it has the potential to be a lot better.
The intro reads like an outline for a much longer story. It probably has the potential for a story 100k words in length, at least.
Applejack's situation is, I guess, possible.
Rainbow Dash? Yeah, I can buy that. Sounds like the sort of half-baked thing she'd do.
Fluttershy? Nope. I'm not buying the slavers thing. It's way too out of place for the setting.
Rarity was interesting (and probably not as honest as the author would like us to believe). I actually had some darker expectations about her. Like Fluttershy's larynx damage being her fault, and the material for the clothing coming from skinning ponies.
Pinkie Pie, however, oh, that was by far the best part of the story. It's one of the few times a work of fiction has genuinely made me feel sad. Sorry, but as sad as the scene was, no tears from me.
Twilight's suicide? Not buying it. I don't care how much crap you throw at her, I just can't see her being psychologically fragile enough to resort to killing herself. Sacrificing herself to save others, sure, but not suicide.
I think it seems like the author just ran out of ideas after Pinkie's death. The epilogue seems similarly idea-exhausted, and frankly, completely unnecessary.
Overall, I'm giving this 3/5 stars.
I loved the story. I tried to cry, but I somehow suppressed my emotions to the point where I have become cold, and heartless. I felt sad while I read this story, which was great btw, but i couldnt convince myself that it was sadness I was feeling. I wish I could feel the sadness you all felt while reading the story. But I loved the story, and will never forget it
Someponys think that twiligt killing herself in the end is dumb. It actually kinda makes sense. Twilight did become attached to her friends very much, but it wasn't enough time for her to learn to deal with the fact they were going to change. She was in a coma for 6 years. She never saw the small changes, leading up to the big changes, so when she woke up, there was a huge time gap she missed. She wasn't used to the newer ways her friends were, so she didn't know how to cope with it. So she wanted to forget it all, and killed herself.
The concepts of the continuation are much more believable than those of original, but the story itself isn't written as well on a technical level.
No need to comment on the first story. It's been done by enough people.
Second story, by different author...hoo boy.
The grammar, spelling, and syntax really dragged me out of the story. Could not for an instant get into it, because I was always wondering why that sentence was a run on, or why that word was capitalized. The gaps it was supposedly trying to fill...well, I don't think they did a very good job. I like the idea of where the author was going, of trying to make this a happier story, but that personally feels like its trying to slap the original author and the audience. We're grown up people. We can handle dark stuff. And if we want, we can come up with our own reasons as to why stuff happened, and what happened afterwords. If we want our own happy ending, we make it.
But it doesn't mean we have to share it with others.
Sorry for being blunt, but I'm afraid I didn't like this story very much. I hope you can forgive me for that.
P.S. It sucks that I can't rate these stories separately.
P.P.S. It sucks that I can't edit my previous comment to include this.
The first story, while I enjoyed it somewhat (Yes the ending was a bit cheap) I could handle
The second unofficial ending? Oh god it's a car crash in slow motion. I can't even bring myself to actually READ this, I'm constantly skimming it because it's not very grimdark, it's random BEYOND belief (Not the good type of random) and it's just not comedic. Comedy is doing something funny, or cracking a joke, or a funny situation. Not throwing catchphrases in one after the other.
And don't get me started on the actual grammar and whatnot. While I can't critique, I know when something is wrong.
And this is.
Considering that these are by two different authors, I'd like to rate the fics separately. The first needed polish, but wasn't bad for what it was. the unofficial ending, though- the grammatical errors, poor characterization, and horrible sense of 'comedy' just make it poorly-done and a boring read.
The first one actually made me shed a tear.
Need to reed some happy Stories now or i might have a emotional collapse. Nice Story
Wow... this left a tear in my eye... 5 stars, its very well writen and, even though sad, a good story.
that was......absolutely......beautiful, pinkie's part brought on many tears and when she started singing i totally lost it :'(
Why... Why did I read this... Its too well written to put down... and I read it to the end...TT.=.TT
Already in the first paragraph there's a factual error.
At least Rainbow and Flutter have been confirmed to have met before then, and they all seemed to know each other in the pilot.
This is for the first story, and I'm just saying.
It would have been something great, but there were way too many grammatical errors that it completely dulled out the gravity of the situation for me.
The only good scene was Pinkie Pie's events. I think that actually managed to skip out on the grammar issues; or at least a good part of it. Even then, her singing could've been expanded upon. So close to making me cry, but oh well~
The unofficial continuation was even worse. It was just...random. And not Pinkie Pie random.
It's just plain disappointing that people are talking about how this makes them cry as though presentation has nothing to do with the effect. It just encourages bad writing, imo *monocle*
/end critipony
Oh, and this delightful anonypony threw me a silly bone of a joke. It involved the humerus! What a card!
First story to ever make me cry. I LOST IT when I read about Pinkie Pie.
The first story was great. I'm not very picky about stuff being well written as long as it's not terrible. And I must say I enjoyed the first part, it may have some flaws when it comes to character design matching up canon, but it was still partly believe able.
The second part? (Which was not made by the same person even.) Oh god, get the fuck out?
I can understand wanting to add more to this story and suppliment what was missing. (The original could heavily be expanded upon.) But trying to say that everything just works out? Not buying it, it just ruins everything the original stod for.
>Spoiler below:
Twilight surviving? I can buy it, after all, she got the element of magic.
Her horn growing back and she suddenly get over all the shock and depression she experienced? Not so much.
I can buy some things working out, like rarity having a change of heart for example. But fluttershy getting her voice back? (Granted her losing it was not really an example of good story design, but whatever.) That's just comical funny, in a way that you laugh at how terribly hard you try to make everything good again.
But fuck saving twilight and making every pony decently happy, as an ending we can throw in a time warp back to the past again and everypony can be happy!
oh, wait. :/
I enjoyed reading it, and I do think you should write more fictions, but you just ruined some pony else work, and I really don't think that's the way to go! :/
I love how the ending in the 1st fic makes you think alot about how bad things can get when you make a mistake that can change alot of things....
it bugs me a bit.
Why, just -why- does that story has a sequel ?
Seriously... it has ''that'' smell to it...
Not exactly like, but simillar in a way to ''that one story''...
Wow, this is the first fic I've ever read that brought me to tears.
I'm getting a "Need Permission" page for the second story. Is this happening to anyone else?
It's not just you -- I got a "need permission" page, too.
derp. the second fic is locked for the author only again. Not sure what happened here, but it may have been the emailderp.
Let's see if we can get it unlocked and available. Sorry folks!
well, i play cod without caring about killing every single thing, and LOVE kicking heads off in Gears of War, also i completed GTAs from III to IV
But... I can't stand this in this fanfic...
gotta get the mane cast figures, and hug'em
After reading the 1st one, i need a damn tissue..a box of em more likely
Wow, i'm surprised i held back the tears, well, I kinda had to as my family was in the room right over.
****ING FIX YOUR **** PLEASE. Can you not take a hint from the hundreds of people spamming your with requests to view the doc?
You're a hack, Vermillion. If the capacity to write shit like this exists in your soul, you must be a terrible human being.
Im just kidding. I know you can't possibly have a soul. This fanfic proves it. If happiness and fun were matter, your fanfic would be ANTI-MATTER. It annihilates any joy and hope and leaves behind a pure vacuum of bleak desolation and misery.
I hope you get cancer for this story, you sick twisted freak. There's something horribly wrong with you as a person.
Don't let the weirdos and the trolls get to you. It's inevitable that as the fandom grows, it'll attract more negativity in the form of trolls who will feel just as compelled to spam these comments with hate as they are spamming their beloved /b/ with the same hate.
I hate to see bad things depicted as happening to the mane cast, yet those can be some of the greatest stories. As sad as it was, I liked it for being sorrowful and nihilistic (OMG O_o I spelled that correctly!), and as such, I couldn't care less if things in the story aren't 120% perfect. Let the grammar nazi's whine, let the haters of grimdark (but who still read them anyway and get all butt hurt over it) trolls whine. These people feed off of pain. Let's not forget that we are better than that.
Let's ignore the losers, and fire back with some friendship. Worst that happens, is they continue to be douchy. Best is they start to get bored, or even play nice.
Don't let them get to you. I certainly didn't know that the second story wasn't yours. I was hoping to read it, simply because I assumed it was yours.
Sad as your story was, that's OK. If you've truly had enough, that's fine. I hope season 2 is as awesome as season 1 was, and I hope you are able to enjoy it. It takes skill to throw together a fan fiction. I do hope you don't let that skill go to waste. Even if there were some errors or mistakes, whatever! Who cares. We all grow from out past experiences, and it makes us better people.
Trolls are simply people who stagnate without learning. They are to be ignored, as nothing good comes of such lowly beings.
Let yourself grow, and don't be afraid of a little douchbaggery or of putting up the bullshit shields now and then.
Good luck Vermillion
Ok, I give it to some people how all hell breaking loose for the mane cast can be considered a little extreme. I didn't notice it at first, but the more I look back on it, the more I can see it. Really, the only thing that bothers me is Rarity TOTALLY not giving two shits about her old friends. Not how she cares less, but seemingly doesn't care at all anymore. And I know she acted like she cared, but I felt that as more of an act. Otherwise, eh, it's Grimdark, it's what I read it for.
But, Pinkie's dying and so forth, hell I cried. Hard. Her dying scene was already making me feel sad, but honestly the fountain's didn't really start until Twilight's suicide. Not her death itself, but her thoughts during her fall. I could picture it all in my head, the thoughts of all th good times, her thoughts of her dead loved ones, her final farewell. I wanted to vomit I felt so sad. I just pictured it all, and damn I'm glad everyone else in my house was asleep. I don't know why the whole "someone dies and reunites with old friends in heaven and waits for the rest" gets to me so much. To me, it's bittersweet to me. While some think "Oh she dies, the end, nothing but sadness," I see "She's gone from this world, but is waiting in Paradise with Friend's she's been missing and is waiting on everyone else." So I have touble tears, those of sadness and joy. So, yeah, I really enjoyed the ending.
Now this entire thing is based on the first story, because according to the comments, the second story was locked and it wasn't even by the same guy. And it was apparently awful. So personally, I'm glad I can't see it now so it doesn't ruin the first for me. But I would like to see it in the future, just because of curiosity.
Overall, I greatly enjoyed the story. Most of it was sad but it didn't affect me to much emotional wise. I still enjoyed it though. The lase part was what made me go hysterical. Yes, there are a few gramatical errors, and some things seem a little much, but that happens in most fanfics, and to me this was one of the better ones. Only thing I kind of wish I could of seen was everyone else's reactions to the death of Twilight and Pinkie. And I mean from the ACTUAL AUTHOR. Nontheless, overall a very heartwrenching and enjoyable story.
P.S. For all those bitching about how he could come up with something so sad and dark, it's Grimdark people. It's SUPPOSED to be that way. Not everything is happy go lucky in real life, and I can't imagine them putting anything dark in the real show, considering some of the viewers actually are small girls.
What now? Couldn't even read 2nd part, trolls are trolling, haters hate and many didn't even got a chance of reading.
I've enjoyed this story a lot. (then again, i enjoyed Cupcakes a lot)
It was emotionally gripping at times. prhaps over the top, but it trumps a bunch of other fanfics I've read.
I liked how the characteristics of the ponies, although they did change drastically in their unfortune. Heck, I even felt that Rarity did have good intentions for her friends, to the point I felt bad that they caused her to lose everything she owned. I mean, you just set everything of a friend on fire and then you turn away from her, not even trying to extinguish it. that's kind of hard.
I also like the fact that Pinkie for once didn't turn into a ponycidal maniac confronting Twilight, which is a nice change to the classic. I didn't really think the suicide, albeit dramatic, was that much of an issue.
The only part of the suicide I would like to see changed with these fics (or dieing for that matter) is the memories of the deceased the doomed ones are having. Rather overly dramatic. Don't know if this is a consequence of Christian values sneaking in there. Basically: wam boom dead, the end. Cruel and efficient.
I would love to see other parts of Vermilion's work on Ponies, though...
Hello Vermillon? I would like to ask you if I could create a multi para. sequel to this story, FiT.
Anyone that reads the comments of months-old fanfic for some reason:
The author blocked access to part 2 as he didn't like how it turned out, he completely randomly gave permission to view it to a large number of people, and to edit to a few people, including me.
My friend and I are working on improving the writing without losing what the author was originally saying, so yeah.
Erm, I'll post a link when we're done.
Id much rather you didnt tbh ._.
But then what do i care, its not like i wrote the original and everything
Ponyfanfiction archive is where you can find my other story(s) and a slightly better edited version of this one , no tthat it makes this one remotely better , just less spelling and commas etc
It is almost impossible for me to publish anything else as i dont have access to the right means or documenting and editing my stories , that needs to be done by someone else , which is why i never went back and edited this atrocity better , as i cant , i dont have a PC , only a ps3 , well anyway if you really want to read my other stories its on that site , theres a link on ponychans /fic/ too in the sticky
Well, that's certainly an ending. Fantastic work, though honestly, the ending seems to be a little sudden. I don't know if suicide was the best possible ending. Seems a bit out of character. Otherwise, great job.
I don't know how to make an account but I'll just say what I feel. I'm a brony as many people who go to this website are (99.9%). I found that this entire story pulled my heartstrings. When Pinkie Pie met her fate, I lost it, I'm still currently crying. I'm really sad right now.......I know this isn't canon but what I do know is that I feel a little depressed. I could call this a piece of crap, but I would be lying. Even if it was depressing I can safely say that Pinkie Pie wouldn't want us to be so cold-hearted. So go ahead, breakdown in tears, it shows that you have a heart.
I'm not sure what the hay I was thinking. I don't know what it would take for somepony to enjoy this, but apparently some do and I'm gonna try not to judge but damn... Sorry.
As soon as pinkie started singing Giggle at the ghostie, I was in tears ;_; my heart was shattered.
@Gregorygeez,can't find second fic.but good story.it's20%cooler than cupcakes
Wow....by the time i finished reading this i was in tears...this story right here is a worse case scenario of things that could go horribly wrong...
This is the first fic that i ever read. I love it. Generally, im coldhearted mofo, but... this story is heartcrushing. This deserve at least 5 stars!
I can't find the second part at all... if anypony finds it please e-mail me the link at firstname.lastname@example.com
first Fan Fic ive read. I loved history, last chapter was heartbreaking.
PS: Almost broke my laptop with my tear flood
Oh man. I fucking LOVE this. Apparently there was some crappy epilogue, and I'll be honest, I tried to skim through the whole thing because I had so much fanfics to read. Then by the end, I couldn't do that and I was reading every single word and good god...Pinkie...Twilight...Holyshit.
So... how's the 2nd part going?
...This fic gave me insanity. I am seriously...laughing. this fic was just...heh...
Wait, are there TWO fanfics with that title? O_o
One posted here and other posted on fimfiction http://www.fimfiction.net/story/2879/MLP%3A-Friendship-is-Tragic
This is my saddest fanfic ever! I cried like right when pinkie pie died, my heart broke after reading all of it, I was about to kill myself when Pinkie Pie and Twilight died, I didn't go to sleep, I was depressed and I still am I think it ruined my life. If you cried when reading this story that means you're a true Pony/Brony.
Man, that was so sad I feel something stuck in my throat, its not sadness or anything, its the kind of feeling I had when I was told my dog was in her last days. That was some awesome story, thouh the first fanfic I've ever heard I dont think I will be reading something so damn deep. The story is actually familiar to me, not sure how, but if you had inspiration in any book or movie just tell me, so I can read it to the end. Whatever the case may be, good writing/adaptation, mail the answer here: firstname.lastname@example.com
I liked this story, although the ending was forced. I just wanted to point out one small mistake. Pinkie said Twilight had no siblings, but Twilight has a brother, Shining Armor. Although this was posted last summer, so that might not have been known back when you were writing it. Other than that and a few grammatical errors, I really enjoyed the story.
I liked this story, although the ending was forced. I just wanted to point out one small mistake. Pinkie said Twilight had no siblings, but Twilight has a brother, Shining Armor. Although this was posted last summer, so that might not have been known back when you were writing it. Other than that and a few grammatical errors, I really enjoyed the story.
I feel that whilst the plot of the story was good, it lacked detail at certain points.
The main thing that threw me off was how grammatically poorly it's set out; the spacing, the capitalisation, the paragraphs, the speaking and non-speaking.
It really makes it difficult to read and enjoy. Therefore, I couldn't enjoy this story.
This story was OK at best. Tries to be to sad, but ends up becoming wonky until the end.
Rainbow dash loses he wings: she wouldn't be like "oh yeah, i lost my wings!" She would be wracked with depression, and with no friends to fall back on, she would be alot sadder than she is as depicted in the story.
Applejack's story is problematic too. Infact, it's funny.
Fluttershy is my favorite pony, and she loses her voice. Atleast she doesnt wallow in her past.
Pinkie pie hit me at home. This almost made me shed a tear, but after reading some sad fics (decay, bittersweet) im a bit dried up.
The ending was ridiculous, and pretty much ruined the pinkie scene.
All in all, its an ok read. It tries to be too grimdark and ends up being funny. Especially the scene with Rarity (who turns into a stone cold bitch, what a suprise).
Well I think you did a great job with the part you actually wanted to share. After having the ending spoiled I was suprised when a lump actually started forming in my throat. I still cried. It breaks my heart that Pinkie was the one that kept trying the longest. Tragic that she was alone with her memories for so long...aaaagh!!! There I go again!!! If ever a rewrite were done it has the potential to be something profoundly moving. Nutts to the so sad it's funny comments or the it needs light to balance the dark.... sometimes you want a sad story to just break you down. Makes me appreciate all the super-special some-ponies in my life, my friends. :3


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Court documents filed recently in the case of accused Chardon High School shooter Thomas Lane III contain an interview from the day of the shooting.
On Thursday, the Geauga County Prosecutor's Office, through Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Nicholas A. Burling, asked the court to deny the defendant's motion to suppress statements.
The prosecution argued that Lane, who also is known as T.J., was fully informed of his Miranda rights by police before answering any questions.
In the transcription of the police dashcam video when Geauga County Sheriff's Deputy Jon Bilicic found Lane on Woodin Road shortly after the shooting, Bilicic first asked Lane if he was the only one involved.
"There's no one else. It's just me," Lane replied.
Bilicic then read Lane his rights, telling Lane he did not have to answer questions and could "stop answering at any time."
"What happened?" Bilicic then asked.
"I shot people," Lane said.
"Why?" Bilicic said.
"I don't know," Lane replied. Continued...
Later that day at the Geauga County Sheriff's Office, Lane met for further questioning with detectives and officers, who reminded Lane of the voluntary nature of the conversation, including Detective Juanita Vetter.
After asking Lane if Bilicic read him his rights, Vetter confirmed he understood the rights still applied.
"Even though you're out of his (Bilicic's) car and you're in here now?" Vetter asked.
"Yes," Lane replied.
Before giving a written statement, Chardon Police Officer Matt DeLisa reiterated Lane's rights.
"If you want to give me a statement, great. We're not forcing you to. It's strictly voluntary on your part. If you want to give me a statement, go ahead and write it. You don't have to," DeLisa said.
The interview also reveals some details about Lane's actions during the alleged shooting.
According to the transcript:
He was asked if he had any interactions with one of the victims.
"No. He was just in my class. Didn't really talk too much," Lane said. Continued...
Vetter also asked Lane if he thought he killed anyone.
"I hope not. I just fired so fast and random. I have no idea if anyone even fell or said anything," Lane said. "I wish there was something I could say to take it back, go back in time."
"You've changed that school forever," Vetter said.
"I know," Lane answered.
The last page of the interview contains an oddly ordinary exchange, considering the circumstances.
"I'm going to step out and give him a chance to eat his lunch," said Detective Aaron Graley.
"You guys can do whatever. I, really, the lunch can wait," Lane said.
In other documents filed Thursday, the court ordered the Portage-Geauga Juvenile Detention Center to produce records dating to Lane's initial detention in February instead of just those records dating to May 24, which it had already produced.
Additionally, on Friday, the prosecution requested the court deny the defendant's motion to exclude or suppress unlawfully intercepted communication, stating interviews with Lane's family members were conducted in accordance with the law.
Lane, 18, was charged with three counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder, one count of felonious assault and six firearm specifications. Continued...
He is being held at the Geauga County Safety Center in Munson Township, and his trial is set to begin on Jan. 14 in the Geauga County Common Pleas Court.
He is accused of entering the cafeteria of Chardon High School and shooting six students. Three of the victims were killed and two others were hospitalized, with one still paralyzed from the mid-chest down. A sixth victim was grazed in the ear by a bullet.
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As of Friday, area residents are going to begin to notice a higher concentration of Portsmouth police officers activity, and in a more proactive, rather than reactive mode.
When the current recession began, the federal government responded with the Recovery Act to attempt to pump more money into communities to jump-start the economy.
"As a part of that Recovery Act we received a $480,000 grant to hire three officers, the stipulation being that we had to be at our full table of organization to take advantage of these grants," Portsmouth Police Chief Robert Ware said. "Essentially, three years into that, we were going to lose the money if we didn't hire the officers."
Because of the city's financial woes, hiring more officers did not fit within the dwindling budget. The current City Charter calls for a full compliment of 44 police officers, but the current stafffing level is at about 38. This would be a problem when it came to going after the grant which had seven objectives required to qualify for the money, one of which was to bring more officers onto the force.
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"What this grant rewrite will allow us to do is get out there and target the problems," Ware said. "Put directed patrols and go after the problems before they become crimes and not reacting to them after someone has been victimized."
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Ware said, in addition to the overtime money the grant provides, there will also be additional training available to officers, as well as public service announcements to help educate the public.
"We also were awarded the money to purchase and train our next canine, as opposed to waiting until this canine retires, and not having a canine waiting and available while we wait for the training for the replacement," Ware said. "Now we're going to be proactive and be ahead of the ballgame and have that second dog ready, so that when this one retires or gets injured in the line of duty and can no longer continue because of its age, the dog is already on the street, ready to go."
The activity the department will focus on include, "drug enforcement activities," focused motor vehicle traffic enforcement and focused community outreach activities.
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You can save more than $150 per person with this travel deal that includes four nights at a luxury hotel right on the beach.
Barcelona & Ibiza, Air, 6 Nights
From $1,019
Experience Barcelona's stunning architecture and the beaches of Ibiza with this Spain package deal.