Fanfic Review - Equestrian Human Spirit Chapter 2 - Part 2
8 years ago
One thing to remember, out of all the things in life
Continuing from Part 1 obviously http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/8356507/
We switch to Twilight's POV, get ready to get many POV switches BTW.
They watched the unknown creature, Daniel, run back into the fotest, Twilight thinking that said unknown creature was intelligent and knew how to fight, because apparently noone was able to last so long with Rainbow Dash.
They run up to her to see if Rainbow was OK, which she was, only a bit bloody in the nose, wiping it off and just rubbing her head
Rarity points the attention towards the broken pendant, which was made of gold and had a diamond encrusted in the middle. Pinkie pie asks what is it and Rarity isn't sure herself, saying it's a pendant... Yea, apparently they can't tell what a bomb is, totally not something other than a pendant. Apparently even the great fashionista herself can really tell what a pendant is.
They open it up and it reveals a young male creature with another who looked female, care to guess who it is? Yea, the mother is as generic as she is said to be, long blond haired with blue eyes and a dress. The younger creature is obviously Daniel.
Apparently they can't tell what a mother and son is like, since they are like "Who is this female, Does this boy know her?" And all that. The creatures and ponies have similar body shapes, how can they NOT tell what this is, god dammit. They feel so stupid in this.
Anyways, Fluttershy suggests they bring Pipsqueak to the hospital, who was still sleeping somehow, actually, they say he was unconsious. So while they bring the sleeping kid to the hospital, Twilight can't take her mind off the creature they shooed off.
They soon bring the kid to the Ponyville hospital, all waiting in the waiting room. The doctor comes in and explains that Pipsqueak is just shaken up, only having a few scratches and bruises. The 6 of them walk into the room and he has a few IVs in his arm... He wasn't seriously injured, don't make him out to be, it's just cuts and bruises, as far as I know, those shouldn't garner fluids to be put in him.
The little pony wakes up and sees the 6 girls around him wanting to bang-I mean being worried about him. He asks where Daniel is, only for Rainbow to say that all they know is that they drove away a creature that carried Pipsqueak into town.
Pipsqueak exlaimed what they were thinking, Applejack states that they were saving him, but he retorts by saying that the creature, Daniel, was saving him. I can't stress enough by how stupid that was, Daniel carried a hurt kid into a town bridal style, showing no real threat, and he gets attacked by Rainbow Dash.
Anywho, Pipsqueak explains that Daniel saved him from being attacked by Timberwolves after accidentally losing his ball in the forest while playing outside.
Twilight, after realizing what they did, felt guilty. Applejack only recalled that it was Rainbow who attacked the creature first. Twilight demands why, and Rainbow responds "I...I didn't know. I thought he was gonna hurt him."
That part made me out a hand on my head and just shake my head. I already said so like 3 times, but when you see some creature like Daniel, wearing clothes, holding the boy in a non threatening manor, and with a body structure similar to yours, you shouldn't straight up attack him, I would understand something else, but for a creature like Daniel... Come on, that doesn't sound believable in the slightest.
Pipsqueak is pretty angry and says they need to find and apologize to him. The way he says it makes him sound older than he is said to be, but whatever. If a small child like him can tell girls their age to do something, they know they fucked up. They immediately go and try to find him in the forest, hoping they would forgive them for beating the shit out of them.
POV switch back to Daniel, who feels terrible after what happened, I mean, I would be too in the situation he's in. He tried to help someone yet he ended up getting kicked and beaten like some wild animal. And with his mom's momento gone, he feels like a part of him now gone, understandably.
Anyways, he's on his own and doesn't know how to get home, understandable again. He ends up in the place where he found Pipsqueak. He decides to listen to music to calm himself down, and it's... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNHOEIDOSM Kingdom Hearts Dearly Beloved. I wouldn't listen to this casually to calm down, I would listen to ambient music or something, thats really how to de-stress, but hey, music tastes, what do I know?
He ends up in a valley and finds a big ass heart shaped Ruby, guess what it if if you've seen the show, and he keeps it with him because he believes that it would be best to return it to its rightful owner. He decided to take a seat on the ground with a rock to lay on. Dwaine Johnson was uncomfortable so he decides to lay down on the grass, when he did, he sees some lizard creature, promptly hiding behind a rock after he screamed.
The creature, sounding young, says he won't hurt Daniel, which made Daniel cautiously look around the corner, seeing the Lizard was someone we all know, Spike the Dragon.
They introduce each other, Daniel still bitter about being attacked on his first day here. Spike remarks that Daniel looks like a furless pony, which the human states that he is, in fact, a human, surprising Spike since in this world, Humans are nothing more than a myth, a made up creature. Daniel explains that where he is from, anthropomorphic ponies and lizards don't exist. Spike then explains that he is a dragon and not a lizard, surprising Daniel even more now.
Anyways, Daniel explains to Spike what happened, being engulfed by some light and ending up here, saving Pipsqueak by Timberwolves, surprising Spike, and going to Ponyville. Spike sounded excited to see if he meets Twilight, prompting Daniel to explain how he was attacked over there by 3 ponies, Rainbow 'Skittles' Dash, Applejack Cereal and Twilight 'Vampire' Sparkle. Spike was surprised and pretty mad that his friends hurt Daniel for no reason, even apologizing for what happened. Daniel stated that he didnt want to fight because he suffered enough, like the true edge lord he is. Spike asks what he means, but Daniel just pushes that topic asside, good, he isn't explaining his super tragic past.
Daniel suddenly feels a lot of pain before coughing up blood, making Spike worry. Daniel says that the wounds from the battle are finally catching up to him now that adrenaline died down... This I have a problem with because adrenaline doesn't do that, because if I had internal bleeding like Daniel, I would have felt it a fuck ton sooner, and if that's the case, why didn't it catch up to him earlier when he was listening to music or something? He was calm and adrenaline died down then.
Spike was going to bring him to Ponyville, which Daniel refuses because he was still mad. I mean, despite me being mad about what happened there, I won't turn down something to save my life, what Daniel here is doing is greatly illogical. Despite Daniel protesting, Spike says he won't let a friend die on him, and this next line just killed me
"I looked at him wide eyed. Did...he just call me...a friend? I felt an urge of warmth growing in my heart, my soul, and my very mind. All I could do was just look at him."
Dude, this isn't the second coming of Jesus or superman saving your ass. Also, friend, Spike, you only just met this guy recently, he isn't a friend, just an acquaintance, come on dude. That's Pinkie Pie logic right there.
These next lines are just funny to me with how edgy and "feel bad for me"ish they are
He smiled at me, seeming to catch onto my surprise, and said, "You're my friend Daniel, and I'll never leave you behind."
This feeling...having friends...it felt...so warm...welcoming. This was probably what I was missing within myself...having friends.
Goddamnit dude, calm your mind, you aren't friends yet. Obviously this is a way to show these two are gonna be close, but the friend part feels super forces and poorly executed, you could have at least said that Spike won't let anyone die on his watch, that would at least establish trust between him and Spike, not being insta friends.
Anyways, the 6 girls catch up to them and see Daniel injured. They try to convince him to come back, but he simply drew his sword and spat venomous remarks at them for doing what they did, mainly the 3 who attacked him. They're apologizing to him yet, he can see how sorry they are, but he's having none of that. He went so far as to say this. "You had no fucking right to attack me! I did nothing, except saved a young colts life, and this is how you and the rest of you thank me!? If so, then you and your pathetic race are heartless savages!"
Okay, fucking hell, this is where I need to step in, because fuck, this is 100% racist, I mean, yea, three of them attacked him because they assumed the worst, but when they're now trying to help him and try and make amends, he goes and splits in their face and shout downright terrible stuff. I mean, I understand being angry, but generalizing their species just after than and with them in front of you begging to be forgiven and offering to help with your injuries, you should act rationally and just go with them. I mean, stay mad all you want, but forgive them later on if you want, do what you need to survive.
Rarity walks up and says "How dare you call us heartless savages! You sir, are the most disrespectful, most-" before she was interrupted by him. I mean, she isn't wrong about him right now.
He coughs up blood again, which I'm surprised he's still standing instead of passing out. They run up to him but he still has enough to make them back off. Spike tried to talk sense into Daniel, but apparently Daniel can't think like a normal person, being a super edgelord by saying "I can't trust them. I can never trust anyone ever again."
Goddamnit how stupid can this guy be, my god.
Anywho, he goes to turn around and Rainbow Dash, being just as smart as she is, stops him. They exchange some words before Daniel gives the big Fuck you, making Rainbow elbow him in the gut, knocking him out... Oh wait no, he didn't pass out, usually that's what happens.
POV switch to Twilight, who watches Daniel fight back against Rainbow, surprised with how he can fight back against them with how injured he is.
She tried to grab him with magic, levitating him towards them, bit to their surprise, and mine, he broke free by roaring and throwing his arms out. How he do that? Anyways, he goes to attack Twilight, only to get kicked by Applejack.
She tried to convince him to come quietly or they won't go rough, but he, again, acts illogical, cutting her lasso as she tried to tie him again. Spike tried to convince logic again, but Daniel just runs off after saying that if they try again, he won't go so easy, especially to Rainbow Dash.
After Daniel runs off, Spike pretty much bashes on the girls, saying that he thought they were better than this before he leaves, leaving them alone.
So, this part right here is just full bullshit, I mean, this is after Season 4, at least after the Sombra attack on the Crystal Empire, and by the looks of it, they are far from being the representation of friendship. Did they not remember slash learn about trying to accept and help others? What happened to that? Rainbow acted out of line this whole part too, acting completely illogically as well, as well as Twilight, zero communication. Daniel also acted completely edgy and absolutely stupidly, thinking it would be better to run into the unknown instead of being helped, I mean, Yea they attacked you, but again, now they're trying to help you. God this part of the chapter hurt me to read, it was so mean spirited.
I'll split this into a third part, this is getting long.
We switch to Twilight's POV, get ready to get many POV switches BTW.
They watched the unknown creature, Daniel, run back into the fotest, Twilight thinking that said unknown creature was intelligent and knew how to fight, because apparently noone was able to last so long with Rainbow Dash.
They run up to her to see if Rainbow was OK, which she was, only a bit bloody in the nose, wiping it off and just rubbing her head
Rarity points the attention towards the broken pendant, which was made of gold and had a diamond encrusted in the middle. Pinkie pie asks what is it and Rarity isn't sure herself, saying it's a pendant... Yea, apparently they can't tell what a bomb is, totally not something other than a pendant. Apparently even the great fashionista herself can really tell what a pendant is.
They open it up and it reveals a young male creature with another who looked female, care to guess who it is? Yea, the mother is as generic as she is said to be, long blond haired with blue eyes and a dress. The younger creature is obviously Daniel.
Apparently they can't tell what a mother and son is like, since they are like "Who is this female, Does this boy know her?" And all that. The creatures and ponies have similar body shapes, how can they NOT tell what this is, god dammit. They feel so stupid in this.
Anyways, Fluttershy suggests they bring Pipsqueak to the hospital, who was still sleeping somehow, actually, they say he was unconsious. So while they bring the sleeping kid to the hospital, Twilight can't take her mind off the creature they shooed off.
They soon bring the kid to the Ponyville hospital, all waiting in the waiting room. The doctor comes in and explains that Pipsqueak is just shaken up, only having a few scratches and bruises. The 6 of them walk into the room and he has a few IVs in his arm... He wasn't seriously injured, don't make him out to be, it's just cuts and bruises, as far as I know, those shouldn't garner fluids to be put in him.
The little pony wakes up and sees the 6 girls around him wanting to bang-I mean being worried about him. He asks where Daniel is, only for Rainbow to say that all they know is that they drove away a creature that carried Pipsqueak into town.
Pipsqueak exlaimed what they were thinking, Applejack states that they were saving him, but he retorts by saying that the creature, Daniel, was saving him. I can't stress enough by how stupid that was, Daniel carried a hurt kid into a town bridal style, showing no real threat, and he gets attacked by Rainbow Dash.
Anywho, Pipsqueak explains that Daniel saved him from being attacked by Timberwolves after accidentally losing his ball in the forest while playing outside.
Twilight, after realizing what they did, felt guilty. Applejack only recalled that it was Rainbow who attacked the creature first. Twilight demands why, and Rainbow responds "I...I didn't know. I thought he was gonna hurt him."
That part made me out a hand on my head and just shake my head. I already said so like 3 times, but when you see some creature like Daniel, wearing clothes, holding the boy in a non threatening manor, and with a body structure similar to yours, you shouldn't straight up attack him, I would understand something else, but for a creature like Daniel... Come on, that doesn't sound believable in the slightest.
Pipsqueak is pretty angry and says they need to find and apologize to him. The way he says it makes him sound older than he is said to be, but whatever. If a small child like him can tell girls their age to do something, they know they fucked up. They immediately go and try to find him in the forest, hoping they would forgive them for beating the shit out of them.
POV switch back to Daniel, who feels terrible after what happened, I mean, I would be too in the situation he's in. He tried to help someone yet he ended up getting kicked and beaten like some wild animal. And with his mom's momento gone, he feels like a part of him now gone, understandably.
Anyways, he's on his own and doesn't know how to get home, understandable again. He ends up in the place where he found Pipsqueak. He decides to listen to music to calm himself down, and it's... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNHOEIDOSM Kingdom Hearts Dearly Beloved. I wouldn't listen to this casually to calm down, I would listen to ambient music or something, thats really how to de-stress, but hey, music tastes, what do I know?
He ends up in a valley and finds a big ass heart shaped Ruby, guess what it if if you've seen the show, and he keeps it with him because he believes that it would be best to return it to its rightful owner. He decided to take a seat on the ground with a rock to lay on. Dwaine Johnson was uncomfortable so he decides to lay down on the grass, when he did, he sees some lizard creature, promptly hiding behind a rock after he screamed.
The creature, sounding young, says he won't hurt Daniel, which made Daniel cautiously look around the corner, seeing the Lizard was someone we all know, Spike the Dragon.
They introduce each other, Daniel still bitter about being attacked on his first day here. Spike remarks that Daniel looks like a furless pony, which the human states that he is, in fact, a human, surprising Spike since in this world, Humans are nothing more than a myth, a made up creature. Daniel explains that where he is from, anthropomorphic ponies and lizards don't exist. Spike then explains that he is a dragon and not a lizard, surprising Daniel even more now.
Anyways, Daniel explains to Spike what happened, being engulfed by some light and ending up here, saving Pipsqueak by Timberwolves, surprising Spike, and going to Ponyville. Spike sounded excited to see if he meets Twilight, prompting Daniel to explain how he was attacked over there by 3 ponies, Rainbow 'Skittles' Dash, Applejack Cereal and Twilight 'Vampire' Sparkle. Spike was surprised and pretty mad that his friends hurt Daniel for no reason, even apologizing for what happened. Daniel stated that he didnt want to fight because he suffered enough, like the true edge lord he is. Spike asks what he means, but Daniel just pushes that topic asside, good, he isn't explaining his super tragic past.
Daniel suddenly feels a lot of pain before coughing up blood, making Spike worry. Daniel says that the wounds from the battle are finally catching up to him now that adrenaline died down... This I have a problem with because adrenaline doesn't do that, because if I had internal bleeding like Daniel, I would have felt it a fuck ton sooner, and if that's the case, why didn't it catch up to him earlier when he was listening to music or something? He was calm and adrenaline died down then.
Spike was going to bring him to Ponyville, which Daniel refuses because he was still mad. I mean, despite me being mad about what happened there, I won't turn down something to save my life, what Daniel here is doing is greatly illogical. Despite Daniel protesting, Spike says he won't let a friend die on him, and this next line just killed me
"I looked at him wide eyed. Did...he just call me...a friend? I felt an urge of warmth growing in my heart, my soul, and my very mind. All I could do was just look at him."
Dude, this isn't the second coming of Jesus or superman saving your ass. Also, friend, Spike, you only just met this guy recently, he isn't a friend, just an acquaintance, come on dude. That's Pinkie Pie logic right there.
These next lines are just funny to me with how edgy and "feel bad for me"ish they are
He smiled at me, seeming to catch onto my surprise, and said, "You're my friend Daniel, and I'll never leave you behind."
This feeling...having friends...it felt...so warm...welcoming. This was probably what I was missing within myself...having friends.
Goddamnit dude, calm your mind, you aren't friends yet. Obviously this is a way to show these two are gonna be close, but the friend part feels super forces and poorly executed, you could have at least said that Spike won't let anyone die on his watch, that would at least establish trust between him and Spike, not being insta friends.
Anyways, the 6 girls catch up to them and see Daniel injured. They try to convince him to come back, but he simply drew his sword and spat venomous remarks at them for doing what they did, mainly the 3 who attacked him. They're apologizing to him yet, he can see how sorry they are, but he's having none of that. He went so far as to say this. "You had no fucking right to attack me! I did nothing, except saved a young colts life, and this is how you and the rest of you thank me!? If so, then you and your pathetic race are heartless savages!"
Okay, fucking hell, this is where I need to step in, because fuck, this is 100% racist, I mean, yea, three of them attacked him because they assumed the worst, but when they're now trying to help him and try and make amends, he goes and splits in their face and shout downright terrible stuff. I mean, I understand being angry, but generalizing their species just after than and with them in front of you begging to be forgiven and offering to help with your injuries, you should act rationally and just go with them. I mean, stay mad all you want, but forgive them later on if you want, do what you need to survive.
Rarity walks up and says "How dare you call us heartless savages! You sir, are the most disrespectful, most-" before she was interrupted by him. I mean, she isn't wrong about him right now.
He coughs up blood again, which I'm surprised he's still standing instead of passing out. They run up to him but he still has enough to make them back off. Spike tried to talk sense into Daniel, but apparently Daniel can't think like a normal person, being a super edgelord by saying "I can't trust them. I can never trust anyone ever again."
Goddamnit how stupid can this guy be, my god.
Anywho, he goes to turn around and Rainbow Dash, being just as smart as she is, stops him. They exchange some words before Daniel gives the big Fuck you, making Rainbow elbow him in the gut, knocking him out... Oh wait no, he didn't pass out, usually that's what happens.
POV switch to Twilight, who watches Daniel fight back against Rainbow, surprised with how he can fight back against them with how injured he is.
She tried to grab him with magic, levitating him towards them, bit to their surprise, and mine, he broke free by roaring and throwing his arms out. How he do that? Anyways, he goes to attack Twilight, only to get kicked by Applejack.
She tried to convince him to come quietly or they won't go rough, but he, again, acts illogical, cutting her lasso as she tried to tie him again. Spike tried to convince logic again, but Daniel just runs off after saying that if they try again, he won't go so easy, especially to Rainbow Dash.
After Daniel runs off, Spike pretty much bashes on the girls, saying that he thought they were better than this before he leaves, leaving them alone.
So, this part right here is just full bullshit, I mean, this is after Season 4, at least after the Sombra attack on the Crystal Empire, and by the looks of it, they are far from being the representation of friendship. Did they not remember slash learn about trying to accept and help others? What happened to that? Rainbow acted out of line this whole part too, acting completely illogically as well, as well as Twilight, zero communication. Daniel also acted completely edgy and absolutely stupidly, thinking it would be better to run into the unknown instead of being helped, I mean, Yea they attacked you, but again, now they're trying to help you. God this part of the chapter hurt me to read, it was so mean spirited.
I'll split this into a third part, this is getting long.

RobotMasterPony
~robotmasterpony
I just love how every character acts stupid. Also POV switching shouldn't be a thing. Just use one perspective and stick to it.

Nocom
~nocom
OP
Exactly, and trust me, reading through all of the fanfic up to the most recent one was painful due to all the POV switches, and the stupidity rises... Oh just wait until part3 and possibly part 4 of this single chapter