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Anonymous
#552624
9 months ago
soo... it's over?
The_Baron
#552631
9 months ago
It seems like more and more of these "ask" blogs are based more on the imaginations of the artist than the actual fandom.
Anonymous
#552642
9 months ago
^ I noticed that as well
Rectifier
#552662
9 months ago
Creativity be a cruel mistress to our ponies sometimes.
ZziAPACHEizZ
#552696
9 months ago
this isnt right miss twilight is the real one?
hernycwo
#552732
9 months ago
Artists: askpinkaminadianepie already exists, you can stop drawing fucking grimdark tumblrs. All possible cleverness and emotional resonance has been sapped from that setting.
magicmemo
#552790
9 months ago
@Anon 552624: Nerp. She just is done answering questions, Sorry if that was unclear.

@Baron/Anon/Rectifier: Agreed! And that's the fun of it, just like fanfiction the possibilities are limitless. You take the base character, strip them down to the core and see what you can make of them by building them up from there. Great fun, I'll tell you.

@Zz: wat.

@Hernycwo: Ah.
Saying that artists should stop drawing grimdark 'ask' blogs because it's been done by Crookedtrees is like saying authors should stop writing fantasy because the genre was cracked open by Tolkien. In a sense, the grimdark 'ask' blogs are a genre and medium. The shock-value's gone, sure. But there's still flavor left in the genre, and plenty of it.
If you don't enjoy grimdark ask blogs besides the original (assuming you liked, or at least tolerated that because of "originality"), good for you. Artists will be inspired by whatever they like, and draw whatever they like. Put on your big girl panties and deal with it.

TL;DR: Haters gunna hate.
Anonymous
#553071
9 months ago
"is like saying authors should stop writing fantasy because the genre was cracked open by Tolkien"

I think this should happen.

I even think Tolkien to be a painful copycat of european folklore, the mass production of fantasy-shit from those trying to copy him is more than a sane mind can bear.
Anonymous
#553379
9 months ago
@magicmemo Sorry to do this, but I have to disagree with you, the whole "grimdark 'ask' blog" thing really has lost it's flavor. It's a "too many cooks spoil the broth," type of thing, where there are plenty of them but have no real originality in them and it all becomes bland. It's pretty much come down to pick a pony and add torture porn, granted some of them may be more funny than others, but it doesn't change the fact they are just as unoriginal as the others. The only grimdark tumblr to break from this path is trytoasknicely.
Anonymous
#554411
9 months ago
^^^This. this. And this
magicmemo
#554413
9 months ago
@553071: Hah! You're simply going to ignore the fact that there IS original fantasy out there? Perhaps you just haven't found it. Just because the majority of modern fantasy literature is pretty much the same formula doesn't mean there aren't SOME authors who DO make it interesting (I'm looking at you, Robin Hobb & George Martin). That's why I picked the example of fantasy lit, most of it IS shit. But there are gems. I'm not suggesting that TwiTwi isn't shit, because honestly, I just draw this because it's -fun- and good practice.

@553379: Don't be sorry! Everyone is entitled to their own opinion on the matter. Personally, I can see how this can get stale quickly. However, I'm an avid creepypasta/grimdark reader, so maybe I can see past some unoriginality and enjoy blogs simply for the art/direction.
I just hate seeing people writing off some of these new blogs just because they were inspired by Crookedtrees'. Being late to the party doesn't mean you can't bring something fresh. :3
Anonymous
#554543
9 months ago
@hernycwo
>implying this is grimdark
AdamNovagen
#554950
9 months ago
What is this I don't even.
Anonymous
#618858
8 months ago
Calm down, Twilight. He's gonna regenerate. You didn't kill anyone.
Anonymous
#618865
8 months ago
This is still shit.
More tedious, tired, creatively bankrupt, grimdark OC shit.
Anonymous
#618909
8 months ago
oh wow awsum
there needed to be a twilite one
now mabye spike cn help her kill ponies too
pinkimina who
hahahahahah