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Here at the End of all Things. · FiM Short Story ·
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Those That Have an Eagle’s Leave
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#1 ·
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
Ohhh... fanpic of a fanfic. I like it. Mostly because I feel the story ended rather abruptly, and this makes for an amusing continuation.

Obviously, it could use some polish, but I feel the clumsy drawing adds to the charm and humour of the whole piece, to a degree. I like it.
#2 · 3
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
God I love you, whoever did this.

The artstyle makes it endlessly funnier, and it's adorable on top of it all.
#3 · 4
· · >>ToXikyogHurt
“One does not simply ride pretty princess ponies out of Mordor.”

This doodle is hasty enough to leave scorch marks on an Ent’s eyebrows. Still, Artist, I award you one Silmaril. You may pick it up at your convenience from the heights of the sky, the bottom of the sea, or the mantle of the earth.
#4 ·
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony >>GroaningGreyAgony
Simple and straightforward, both in the drawing technique and for the joke. And yet, that makes it effective.

My only question would be why Trixie is here in the first panel. She doesn't really play a role in the story, nor in the joke. I thought at first it was Glimmy, since she's more or less always with Twilight, before realising the colors didn't match.

So yeah, good job.
#5 · 1
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>>Fenton
why Trixie is here in the first panel


I’m pretty sure that’s supposed to be Rarity. The artist is following a convention of using outline colors to represent coat colors, but a white line would be invisible, so they improvised.
#6 ·
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
This isn't going to win any awards for the quality of its linework, but it's still impressive how much was conveyed by simple things like color choices and well-chosen details (like the single line for the flowing spread of Luna's mane in panel 1, or the prison window setting the scene in a few simple line-strokes). Agreed that the Rarity color choice in panel 1 was Trixie-unfortunate. The sight gag of the second panel was certainly amusing — so, artist, regardless of your voting placement, you did your job. Thank you!
#7 ·
· · >>GroaningGreyAgony
>>GroaningGreyAgony
Debt repayed in full.

Seriously, I don't even...
#8 · 1
· · >>regidar
>>Zaid Val'Roa, >>regidar, >>Fenton, >>horizon, >>ToXikyogHurt

Eagle’s Leave: Retrospective

In retrospect, this should have been called “Those Who Have an Eagle’s Leavings.” It’s easy to be funny later.

I had this idea almost immediately after the round started, but for a while I was at a loss at to which story I could use for a link. I’d been sure that someone would include a Tolkien reference apart from me, but if so, I missed it. And then the week got busy, and soon it was a day before deadline with nothing done.

After finishing Undiminished that evening, I went to bed, figuring that I only had time for one art idea in this round. As it turned out, I woke up with one hour to spare before I went to work. And part of my brain said “Naw, no way” and part said “There’s no harm in trying it.”

It was obvious that I would have no time to execute it as I originally planned, so I went with Cheap Doodle in MS Paint style (though drawn in Photoshop.) This style, in which coat colors are suggested by the line colors, was popularized by TheWeaver, IIRC. I scribbled it all with relentless haste, and posted it with just a few minutes to spare for tinkering with the title and alt text.

I froze a bit on how to outline Rarity, then chose the color of her mark for the line, to subsequent confusion. And then I went and outlined Gandalf the White in grey. Go figure.

Thanks for the comments and praise! It is hasty, but as horizon notes, it at least does what it needs to do to convey the joke.
#9 ·
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>>GroaningGreyAgony
It's cute and funny. Doesn't really need to be much more.