{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Sir E. Hooves III (eaglehooves)'s status on Friday, 21-Oct-11 14:13:00 UTC","author_name":"Sir E. Hooves III (eaglehooves)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/eaglehooves","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/652450","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4737\" class=\"url\" title=\"Joseph Sarrows\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">raiderjoseph<\/span><\/a><\/span> Action isn't what I said the issue was. It's the fact that your characters go completely Mary Sue with their powers. While not completely applicable to ponies (There's one that any pony with a cutie mark gets a point for), here's a decent guide to when you may need to dial it back. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ponylandpress.com\/ms-test.html\" title=\"http:\/\/www.ponylandpress.com\/ms-test.html\" rel=\"nofollow external\">http:\/\/www.ponylandpress.com\/ms-test.html<\/a> I'm more of a [comedy] than [adventure] pony myself, but Alicorns are a bit of a red flag for all genres. They can be written well, but even good authors seem to struggle with them at times."}