We keep on discussing a lot of stuff about the show itself, the backbone, but what about the rest of the body? MLP:FiM wouldn't be MLP:FiM without the Fandom. I just know that without the fandom, this thread wouldn't be here and we would all be oblivious to this treasured show. Why don't we discuss some of the content that the Fandom has spewed out, from FanFiction to FanArt, and even FanMerch. Plus, with us in a hiatus between Season 1 and Season 2, there is not very much that can be discussed besides seeing a person here be converted to Bronies or not. I guess I will start it here with one of my all time favorite FanFics out there (Second being Past Sins).
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Fallout: Equestria[Grimdark][Crossover][Adventure]
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Fallout: Equestria is a FanFic...
no...it's more than a FanFic...it's an
EPIC, like Homer's Odyssey. No, seriously! Currently, it has
986 5-Star Ratings, 1909 Comments, and 32 Chapters to boot, and it is still going strong. Please note that I did NOT include the (abundant) FanArt and Side Stories created by the fans, along with the animated comic and YouTube Live readings. Yes, this, in my opinion, literally has EPIC written all over it. I really, REALLY suggest you give it a read when you have the time.
Are you deterred from reading? Is it because it's a crossover? Is it because of the Grimdark tag and the extreme blood, gore, and violence? Is is it because you don't like reading FanFictions based on video games? Is it because the length is a bit daunting? Is it because you don't like FanFictions in general, or even ponies?
Well, just imagine this: This is like watching MLP:FiM for the first time. You are very hesitant and want to back away, but you press forward. And pretty soon, you are emerged in pure awesomeness.
I can understand that it may not be your cup of tea, but I really do suggest that you at least make up up to Chapter 5. I don't want to spoil much, but I will guarantee you that a new, and very interesting character, will come along if you are patient enough to read all the way through Chapter 5.
If you are too hesitant to read, let me at least give you the introduction. From there on end, I will let you decide.
Once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria...
…there came an era when the ideals of friendship gave way to greed, selfishness, paranoia and a jealous reaping of dwindling space and natural resources. Lands took up arms against their neighbors. The end of the world occurred much as we had predicted -- the world was plunged into an abyss of balefire and dark magic. The details are trivial and pointless. The reasons, as always, purely our own. The world was nearly wiped clean of life. A great cleansing; a magical spark struck by pony hooves quickly raged out of control. Megaspells rained from the skies. Entire lands were swallowed in flames and fell beneath the boiling oceans. Ponykind was almost extinguished, their spirits becoming part of the ambient radiation that blanketed the lands. A quiet darkness fell across the world...
…But it was not, as some had predicted, the end of the world. Instead, the apocalypse was simply the prologue for another bloody chapter in pony history. In the early days, thousands were spared the horrors of the holocaust by taking refuge in enormous underground shelters known as Stables. But when they emerged, they had only the hell of the wastes to greet them. All except those in Stable Two. For on that fateful day when spellfire rained from the sky, the giant steel door of Stable Two swung closed, and never re-opened.
Fallout: Equestria
If you DO choose to read the FanFiction, I will be here, ready to have an in depth conversation with you, right here! Hope to talk with you soon, whoever you may be!
