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Anonymous
#590540
9 months ago
...why? :<
AdrianBrony
#590586
9 months ago
I think the horror was kind of blunted at times by how sometimes things didn't exactly make sense and isn't explained.

the premise is you've run afoul a societal construct that has been going on for so long that you become an un-person to everyone if you don't pass the test. the horror comes from understanding the extent of which the horror goes, and why exactly it has to be the way it is.

it's a unique setup where understanding things makes it even scarier. portraying it as cruel madness not being as scary as portraying it as heartless efficiency.

so that sort of blunts things when they don't explain things like "why not just use animals or plants?" or "exactly why does cracking the ribs make it work better?" or "why aren't they allowed to retake the test/appeal?" "why do they need to be conscious while it happens?" Sure it sounds like nitpicking and whining about pointless details, but without those details, it makes the system look like a poorly planned out system run by madness. WITH those details, it paints the picture of a system of cold efficiency that doesn't hate you any more than the machine hates you.
ChickNeighney
#590767
9 months ago
And, "How in the hell did those wankers find this out and why in the hell were they not executed for that shizer?"
MyLittleJosieph
#590799
9 months ago
That's why I personally preferred the song the story was based on. It simply told of a place where rainbows were made, a place of fear and horror and no soul makes it through. A simple device that sucks out the souls of pegasus ponies so the "spectrum" contained within can be extracted. The soulless ponies are then reintegrated into society as automated automatons. As the only pony allowed out in public Rainbow Dash gets the benefit of using the rainbow based products as a sort of walking advertisement. That's why she can make rainbow streaks in the sky.

Who gets picked for soul extraction is a complicated process involving much observation of many Pegasus ponies keeping in mind their public face, their "spectrum", and even their reintegration possibilities. Since Rainbow Dash is the only one allowed out of the facility she carries a HUGE load on her shoulders of being the one to pick out ponies for the process but her loyalty to Cloudsdale's weather responsibilities has kept her going throughout the years. Many times she has found herself being forced to keep ponies silent by any means necessary, up to and including murder.

...

Alright, the song didn't get THAT specific. I made most of that stuff up (specifically everything after the first two sentences is of my own creation). But I like to think that's how it goes down.
Martingale
#591040
9 months ago
I liked that song mostly because it was so unspecific.

I didn't even bother reading the fic -- nothing will ever be as disturbing and scary (but fun) as your own imagination running only off some vague implications.

It doesn't even mention killing -- a fact that poster directly above (unless ninja out of nowhere) used to weave his own version.
tom10320
#591568
9 months ago
The song is possibly my favourite dark song that's ever come out of this series, and the fact that I can say that shows how many there are. The fic, well, I enjoyed it from a linguistic standpoint. It was reasonably well-written and I did want to finish it, which is rare for me.

I don't know where this picture's going though.
Dark_Horst
#591860
9 months ago
...what's the rainbow factory?
Anonymous
#591936
9 months ago
@AdrianBrony

Basically, Rule of Scary. (Don't know what it is? Go to TvTropes!)
MyLittleJosieph
#592476
9 months ago
@Dark_Host - A place where you horrors and fears come true...and where not a single soul gets true. All in the name of making rainbows.
DPV111
#626356
8 months ago
^^^ A retarded fanfic based on a creepy song where Rainbows are made from Pegasi, Rainbow Dash is insane, and Scootaloo gets fucked over ONCE AGAIN.
geacu
#703414
8 months ago
can someone PLEASE upload rainbow factory to FiMfiction?

cus googledocx dosnt load anymore for me
Anonymous
#919511
5 months ago
@Adrian: It's magic, I don't have to explain shit.

Seriously. This is the same universe where wearing a bunny costume while tending to apples makes them tastier. Clearly the use of certain... tricks also makes the rainbows as bright and shiny as can be.
Anonymous
#1029123
5 months ago
I prefer the song. It's vague, and if you change few words it could be about any factory after the Industrial Revolution, but before the Pure Food and Drug Act. My head-canon has it be pretty much Lowell Mills meets that meat factory from "The Jungle". I.e. if you fall into the Pegasus Device, your fault, not ours, then the rainbows are used pony or not. Also, if you got sick or injured without being killed by the Pegasus Device or any other machine, you were sent back home, and could never get work ever again.
potatotomato
#1039938
4 months ago
Holy wall of text.
Anonymous
#1226773
3 months ago
D-Derpy?