Reviews for The Ties That Bind |
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![]() ![]() ![]() Hrm, does this backstory of the three kinds replace that of Hearth's Warming? As well as Celestia being a princess already back then. |
![]() ![]() ![]() awesome story i actually became angry with you when you made me think trixie was gone for good and i actually thought that she would have come back with the princesses but when she didnt manefest immedietly i thought she died but i am happy that she lived in any case. trixie is by far my favorite side story pony i hope she comes back in the third season as a better mare then she was before. |
![]() ![]() ![]() This was an excellently written story that moved me in ways I had long thought impossible for a story to accomplish. Even though your story was all around awesomely well written, there was one particular thing you did with your story that I enjoyed above all others. The villain. In my personal experience a well written bad guy can transform a mediocre story into a top notch story. Here you have managed to make a villain that was neither too complex nor too simple. Striking the correct balance between these two as have done with Morningstar show's your talent as a writer. I was most impressed with how your villain held to his convictions even when it was clear that he had lost. I am sick of encountering villain after villain in both professional works and otherwise who seems to perform a 180 about face merely because they have been defeated. If I had to offer any sort of complaints they exist only on the technical side of writing. While your story narrative and word choice were all excellent and above reproach, I did manage to find a handful of typos and minor grammatical errors. While these in no way detract from the awesomeness of your story and I do perfectly understand the difficulties in catching 100% of them, they are for me at least, annoying. |
![]() ![]() ![]() You worked magic with this. THis story is so beautiful! I litarly cried at the end. Thank you for writing this. You ought to become an author. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Found this story over on deviantart and read it all in one go but I'm glad it's here as it's easier for me to make comments. Very good, exciting story. The beginning took a little while for things to get going, but the buildup paid off. Creepy, secret organizations definitely need slower pacing to live up to their villainous ends. I saw some of the major plot points coming fairly soon but they were handled well regardless and hit all the right notes. The final confrontation was also pretty epic, feeling like something out of a Final Fantasy cutscene with how things played out. Characters were also quite fun to read but Trixie displays that she really is a show topper. Interesting backstory to show her motives and why she is the way she is in the series. Also nice to see that she grows past her obsessions and is able to choose the side that works for her in the end. I'd never would have given Trixie more than a second thought if it weren't for stories like these fleshing her out and making her out to be so awesome. Great job! Thanks for writing and sharing your tale with us! Till next time! |
![]() ![]() ![]() 51 chapters of awesome. Excellent job on this, and I hope that it gets an award or something... This story deserves it. Again, great job. I was kinda hoping you'd have an ewok style celebration, but, hey, making me think of the Battle of Endor was enough. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Awesome :3 |
![]() ![]() ![]() Brilliant! |
![]() ![]() ![]() This is freaking AWESOME! It's like the perfect mix between epic fantasy and ponies! |
![]() ![]() ![]() A chapter late... Actually, 43 chapters late... This is an awesome story, and the build up to the climatic battle, revealing of characters and their flaws, development of characters, then the unification of all types of ponies to defend what means most. This is awesome. Oh, as I'm reading the chapters about the actual battle between the ponies of Ponyville and the New Dawn, the first thing coming to my mind is the Battle of Endor from Star Wars. It has no relation, but I keep seeing this enacted in a BoE style. Keep it up! |
![]() ![]() ![]() I FUCKING LOVE IT. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Interesting way to introduce Ditzy/Derpy; leaving her name and the significance of her cutie mark a bit of a secret. I sometimes think that they represent another sort of water droplet: dew. As a matter of fact, for all we know, her name might end up being Dixie Dew and simply have gotten distorted by the same process that results in such outbursts of creativity as Rainbow Crash and Klutzershy. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Will they save Equestria, The Princesses, and their friend Twilight Sparkle before its too late? The countdown continues next time. |
![]() ![]() ![]() This is one of my favorite MLP fanfictions. For the most part, it's grammatically correct, and has a nice plot. My Little Pony is srs bsns u guis |
![]() ![]() ![]() Trixie refuses to become the prisoner/tool of a mad dictator, against whom she constitutes quite probably the single most powerful remaining opposition, and thus further who-knows-what goals in order to let a town possibly continue to exist for a few hours longer if said mad dictator keeps his word, a thing he has no particular reason to do? CLEARLY that means that she is arrogant and selfish! I'm somewhat none of them thought to suggest a false surrender, though it's probably for the best since he'd undoubtedly be prepared for that. |