New California next. A few comments on this one though: This one was very hard for me to try to cover in good faith because it was so clearly "not for me" that I couldn't properly connect with it like so many people could. I tried to highlight the more positive things I had to say as much as I could to at least somewhat offset this There are several things I cut for time (Xenith, Spike, the Twilight Society, Topaz, Gawd, Arbu) and my opinions on them are as follows: good, fine, strange, mediocre, mediocre, bad. Hope this helps This is the first video I've done on something that hasn't been in a visual medium, so the pacing might be off a little bit. Apologies if this is true and I'm not just in my own head Anyway ye hope you enjoyed my silly little exploration into this strange titan of a story. Have a good day, see you in Cali 🌴

Fallout Equestria was my Barbenheimer

“Its very hard to do a gunfight in writing” Theres a reason why most ttrpg actual plays do not do huge amounts of combat and focus on characters most of the time

When you load equestria at war and old world blues at the same time

Just want to say: I appreciate that you ACTUALLY give this time as an actual piece of fiction with things to actually read into. A lot of videos like this resort to "HAHA isnt fanfiction CRINGE" with absolutely nothing deeper to it.

Oh hey that Wordgirl and Jojo crossover is mine! I'm just as surprised as you that it worked, honestly. -GM, master of sometimes inspiration strikes.

Your point that this is very much a pony fanfic with some Fallout instead of an even mix of the two was always something that made me wonder what it would be like if a Fallout fan with zero interest in MLP read it, and I guess this answers it, they'd absolutely despise it lmfao.

Still suprising how well Kkat was able to blend them together. Though, FoE: Project Horizons was able to keep my interest more then FoE itself. Atleast go me interested in the Fallout franchise.

Regarding Littlepip being the only pony in the world able to pick a lock, as much as it pains me to say that might actually be a thing borrowed from the source material in Fallout. There are _few_ named characters in the mainline series (prior to 76 at least; idk that game) who are explicitly skilled (rather than having to assume via profession) at picking locks, I'd wager barely into the double digits (and even then, that number's inflated from the forgettable Thieves' Guild of 1 and companions; and of that latter group all but three were introduced in 4 which didn't exist at the time of this fanfic being started and the one from 1 can literally only pick a single lock), and even fewer instances of anyone but the player characters actually picking locks on-camera. If you invested in Lockpick, it wouldn't be that hard to get the impression that your player character has at least a unique talent for this, and considering what you said about the fanfic being like a unabridged FO playthrough in text form it wouldn't surprise me if the author noticed this quirk and decided to incorporate it explicitly into the text. I could be wrong as I'm going mostly off memory, but skimming search results for various variations of "lockpick" on the Independent Fallout Wiki it seems I mostly have it right when I say lockpicking is mostly a player character skill. This is not a defense of the fanfic don't get me wrong (if anything it's the contrary; this is noticing an arguable flaw in someone else's work, then deciding to include it unmodified and unquestioned into your own writing), it's just that when you mentioned that lockpicking is Littlepip's unique Mary Sue ability, my brain drew a connection between that and the unabridged LP writing you remarked on and I realized something about these games I don't think I ever noticed before.

the thing about writing style, is that it captured the feeling I had as a kid playing fallout 3. Simple joys of exploring things and all. But I can see how it would be annoying in written form, instead of an audiobook.

You did bring up how multiple organizations exist and end up crossing over each other's boundaries all the time. Remember that the CIA, FBI, ATF, and NSA exist.

The most notable memory I have regarding Fallout Equestria was when I purchased the print edition and found out it included a mid-chapter side story consisting of Littlepip and Homage clopfic. Why...just...why?

i've never been more scared, yet intrigued.

Man I haven't listened to the Fallout Equestria series in years, forgot how good it was

Well, you're slightly wrong about the lockpicking being something only pip can do, but I don't blame you on that. There's a running gag about littlepip running into already picked locks or at one point even a lock with a jammed pick broken off in it if I recall, though it was minor enough I'm hazy on the specifics. I'm pretty sure these happen around fillydelphia, and based on the dualism between her and another character I'm pretty sure the implications behind these scenes are meant to be that Redeye is the other, previous lockpicker who roamed through filly before he decided becoming a slave lord was more his style over adventuring.

This story is unironically what got me into Fallout. I frankly think this is a great story. Not just a great fanfiction, just a really well written story in general.

Man, what a throwback. I remember being in high school and absolutely devouring FO:E in like 4 days, being entirely obsessed with how it resonated with my own interests, and even tried working on my own FO:E content. I still hold it as a cherished piece of fanfiction, and I come back to various FO:E projects every so often to check up on them to this day.

This story is what got me interested in Fallout

So I was involved in a radio production of Fallout Equestria. It didn't exactly pan out but the lead actress had a LOT of fun with the more creative swears we had LIttlepip...uh...swear.

nice seeing a fallout equestria review from someone outside of this niche fandom strangely enough, I agree with most of the points you made about the book. I tend to see it as the worldbuilding book for the other fallout equestria books. I hope to see some other review of them sometime in the future, there's potential for a lot of videos after all: - project horizons (the longest and most controversial, you either love it or hate it (lots of gore, pain, misery and sex) lots of anime references too, it pushes the fallout equestria tropes very far, a bit too much for me but I'll let you make your own opinion) -murky number seven(also very long, hard to get past the first few chapter because of the misery that is also very present in this one but one of the most liked from the people that read it and my favorite, great character building, worldbuilding and a compelling story to go with it) -pink eyes (one of the shortest, and a very good one, a happy and at the same time extremely sad story, it can and will make you cry, one of the top stories for sure) -heroes (last and least known member of the "big five" I'd describe it as project horizons lite, it has a similar energy to it but never goes over the top with it, it also has very different plotlines that are very good, it has a clunky beginning but once the author finds their pace a fey chapter in, it's really good -the crysalis (an underrated gem with compelling characters a well written plotline and combats that are more interesting than the ones in most combat heavy fallout equestria as we see other aspects of it than simple gunfights)

It is very noticeable than this fanfic was written early in the show run. Mainly because further in the show we get introduced to new nations and species, this fanfic maybe was written (or planned) before the end of seasons 2, because at the end of that season we are introduced to the changelings, a race of shapeshifters who employ infiltration in the same way than the institute. But also because in season 5 we are introduced to starlight glimmer, starlight herself is not that important here, what is important is that her evil plan to defeat twilight consisted of traveling back in time and ensuring that the chain of events that led to twilight meeting her friends never happened, the consequences of this is that a villains of previous seasons ended up winning. The first timeline we are shown is one where equestria is in a war against the cristal empire, in the original show the cristal empire was under threat of king sombra, the main characters defeat him and the nation become an ally of equestria, but in the new timeline sombra manages to enslave the ponies of the cristal empire and send them to invade equestria, while the scenes of the actual fighting scenes are kinda silly, what isn’t taken as a joke is the effect of the war and how equestria spend every resource to continue the fight, the town of ponyville is deserted because everyone was either drafted to fight in the war or is working in some factory producing food or armor for the soldiers. Eventually twilight travels back in time but starlight managed to win again, causing another timeline, and that’s a cycle that repeats multiple times in that couple of episodes, finally twilight decides to drag starlight into the future she created and show her a future where… everything is dead, twilight and starlight stand in a place that wouldn’t be out of place in fallout, hell there is a couple of fanart where little pip watches the 2 from a distance or even confuses starlight for a raider and guns her down. In the end twilight convinces starlight to surrender with a speech check. The thing is, if fallout equestria had been written in… let’s say 2016 maybe the fanfic could had worked with those elements, either fallout equestria would take place in the last timeline given that is a wasteland already or fallout equestria could be a continuation of the king sombra timeline, revealing that the war continued escalating until both equestria and the crystal empire nuked each other, maybe including the changelings as an equivalent of the institute.

Glad to see you like Steelhooves

by the thumbnail I couldn't tell if this was a Ramblelime or Warlockracy video

I'd recommend reading Murky Number Seven if you ever decide to read anything else related to FoE. It's more story focused and delves a lot deeper into Fillydelphia and Red Eye from the eyes of a trapped slave seeking his freedom.

I binge-read Fallout: Equestria circa 2012 when I was in secondary school in my huge early brony phase and I loved it. I didn't necessarily have excellent taste in literature at the time so it blew my mind and was this perfect read. I actually think you make several good points and I appreciate that you covered it in good faith rather than just "OMG ponies are cringe amirite guys?!"

He didn't just find "a fanfic" he found THAT fanfic and I am so proud of you. We have a shared experience. My condolences.

as a huge fan of fo:e, this was a fun watch and i enjoyed the points that you made! it was interesting to see how some of the exploratory aspects and fights were so lacking in value to someone who wasn’t already a fan of mlp. i also totally agree with your assessment at the end.

so excited for this used to love this shit as a kid and never expected one of my favorite youtubers to cover it.

Y'all are fucking mad trying to make this poor man read Project Horizons, I read a little of it and didn't hate it, but there's no way in hell lime is gonna enjoy it given his criticisms of the original. Read Murky Number 7 instead, its focus is a lot narrower which lends itself better to characterization. It's definitely one of my favorite pieces of pony fanfiction and easily better than the original

I love to see someone seriously covering Fallout Equestria. It's a bit silly, but this book shaped me to a very large degree. Got me into writing and the Fallout Equestria fandom kept me sane during an extremely dark time of my life. It's a flawed work now that I look back it being older, but I still deeply love it. Oh yes I also used to have a massive crush on Red Eye as a teenager, I know this and now you have to too.

Speaking as one who greatly enjoyed Fallout: Equestria, and even wrote a story directly inspired by it... this is an excellent and fair analysis, and showed me a lot of flaws in the story I hadn't really thought about before. Good video.

This is a really nice surprise, Fallout Equstria is the book that shaped me into who I am today. Very well structured video, and you raised some very good points, even if some things you notice are explained in the show, but this is clearly from point of view of a non-brony, so it's still intetesting to listen to. Also, as several already pointed out, if you want a "better" version, read FoE Project Horizons. It's not really a sequel, it's basicly exactly like fallout 3 vs new vegas. While the original was written by kKat, at the time amateur writer, PH is written by collage profesor. It explores everything into even more depth, adds brand new characters, new story beats, but it's also very much wild wasteland. And if the lenght of PH is too much (1.8M words), there are many other amazing stories from this world. Murky number seven, a story of pegasus born into slavery trying to earn freedom. Pink Eyes, story of canterlot ghoul kid who's trying to find her mommy (it is absolutelly amazingly written comedy). Starlight, a story of alicorn after [spoiler for FoE] trying find herself. The world of fallout equestria is amazingly rich, and, thanks to lost lawsuit from bethesda and hasbro with author of FoE dead tree, is legaly it's own thing, meaning even more people can add to this amazing world

For a Fallout fan's perspective on FO:E, that isn't tainted by being into MLP, this is a great criticism. As you pointed out the story is messy and jumps around from goal to goal and antagonist to antagonist often. The Worst thing is that it can be incredibly graphic for absolutely no reason and it's jarring to say the least. Glad you gave credit where credit is due when interesting characters or ideas were explored. It's a very fair perspective even with things I personally disagree with. Littlepip for example I understand why you'd find her annoying but i complete disagree on calling her a Mary-Sue. Purely because she has enough faults that other character actually call her out on, like her dangerous level of curiosity or as you mentioned her chem addiction and self hatred. Still great video and very fair criticisms overall Ramble . Also if you think FO:E was too long, messily structured and overly graphic don't go anywhere near Project Horizons. As much as I love it, It's all of those turned up to 11. Murky Number 7 is really great though but almost twice as long so again I couldn't fault you for keeping far away.

I bought a published version of Fallout Equestria. Best novel I ever purchased.

Silly names hinting or outright telling what pony does for a living is a byproduct of MLP show. It was always like this in there. For example, Red Heart is a nurse, Mayor Mare is a mayor, Lyra and Octavia are both musicians one of them plays, you guessed it, lira, Vinyl Scratch is a DJ (who btw was a DJ PON3), Daring Do is an adventurer, etc. It is more centered on MLP because it is a "what if" apocalypse happened in MLP. It just HEAVILY borrows from Fallout, but all-in-all a stand alone MLP fanfiction. When I read it I didn't know what Fallout was exactly, I never played it, only watched few times how my cousin plays it. I was pretty happy with how it turned out. Now do Project Horizons. Just kidding. This abomination is hard to read. It isn't particularly bad, but just hard to read.

Omg lmao. As a brony seeing you do a video on this is hilarious and makes me so happy at the same time. Been seeing your videos for years now. Still remember the April Fool's lmao.

So the thing about the Goddess being an "evil villain" "muhahaha" "foolish mortal bow down to me" trope is because Trixie (the pony who fell in the vat) was originally this way (pretty sure whatever is in the alicorn formula is partly evil because on their own away from the Goddess' grip they're kinda psychotic and sadistic with their power. Also we do meet Enclave citizens wdym? There's a couple that come down after the battle at New Appaloosa

Christ, what a thing for to just make a video on. Now do Project Horizons, which is over 1.5 Million Words long.

Yeah, this is completely fair. If someone feels that the Equestrian-style naming conventions are more of an eye-roller than a fun little pun, or that Littlepip is an annoyingly whiny protagonist, FOE would be a slog to get through. That and the narrative criticisms are more than well-founded. Littlepip being the best lockpicker would be fine if she wasn't the only pony that knows how to lockpick, basically. I genuinely don't remember anything about Velvet Remedy other than her being extremely tempermental and self-righteous, which made her unlikeable a lot of the time even when she was making good points. Though I don't think that makes her a bad character per se, I've known people who are exactly like that: one personality trait at a time, only ever in the extremes. The Steel Rangers were unquestionably my favorite faction, with Steelhooves as a favorite character, so them being the most well-explored and well-realized facets of the narrative makes a lot of sense. I read this story in my mid-late teens and adored every page, though I will say I don't know how I feel about this story being my first "proper" experience with the Fallout franchise. I've only just this year played an actual game (New Vegas), which is a much better introduction so far. Good video, man! EDIT: Also, yes, there IS NO MORE TO READ. Project Horizons does not exist. It has never existed. Red and Black Alicorn OCs aren't a thing. Please GOD stop the pain.

Was a pony fan for 3 years at the time I read FoE. I knew nothing about fallout, but heard FoE was god-tier amazing. Really enjoyed the book, got into reading a lot, mostly on fics based on that universe. FoE Project Horizons, even being one of my favourite stories, is something I wouldn't recommend if you didn't like Littlepip. The protagonist complains even more and finds herself in less believable scenarios. You most likely aren't going to do another pony fic, especially a longer one, but I still have to shine some light on my favourite fic of all time FoE Murky Number Seven. He is a slave in Fillydelphia - the slave city run by red eye. The main appeal I had in it was how grounded it was. From all the magic and abnormalities the original FoE had, here we have just a story of a slave trying to escape. He is a nobody, a background NPC that you'd shoot just to end his own suffering. I'm not that good at convincing, so I'm just gonna ask - read at least the first chapter. At least the description of the story.

I loved this book growing up. Took forever to read but honestly helped me quite a bit with my own struggles, gave me a new lens to look at things theough, which at the time I really needed. It also got me into fallout, something I didn't even know was a thing till reading FoE, which, given that FNV is one of my favourite games now, is something I'm not complaining about! Whilst we may not agree on some things it's nice to hear someone from outside the mlp space talking about the story constructively. Was very interesting to hear your take on it. Keep up the good content, look forward to seeing your next video:3

6:19 Dang, the stuff that went over my head because I listened to the story when falling asleep. 12:43 What? The point was about not loosing one's self in retaliation to violence. 25:45 Gaston 47:46 Yah, she's more like a parody of her character from the show.

Fantastic review. I read it back in 8th grade when I had... no friends and a ton of time. And again about 2 years ago at work. This story is... a product of its time that's for sure. You really hit the nail on the head about how much of it was filler. It's no wonder I was able to listen to it at work and mostly follow along. Just... all of your points are right. Hearing an outsider cretique is great cause over the years it was people in the community just saying "Oh it's so good!" and that's more us enjoying the little sub-community about it and ignoring glaring issues. It's all flawed but we're having fun. Dosen't mean I haven't been waiting for a proper review like this for like 8 years though. I can't thank you enough for giving it a shot. Been in the MLP community for 11 years and for anyone to give some of our content a genuine chance makes me so happy. You were able to look past every stereotype and story you heard and still tried. Even if it isn't the best, I'm glad our weird little world of ponies gave you something to do.

If you wanted to try something with patiance in your pocket, I would suggest the modification named Old World Blues for a grand strategy game hearts of iron 4. It has some really nice ideas for expanding the fallout world outside of things that we already know from the previous games and implementing the non-used ideas from Van Buren. Oh and there is MLP mod alongside with Fallout Equestria as well if you want ;)

an internet fable that after hearing dissected im somewhat interested in reading for its insight in fictive expreesion. great video ramblelime!

Hey im really glad you actually did it, it's nice to see others outside of this strange merge of fandoms talk about it. And funnily enough I agree with most of the stuff even though i do like it. Great work love your videos, and if you do see this please have a good.

Nice video. Thanks for taking a look into this work. A few responses/arguments I made throughout the video: 1: The fights could get a bit repetitive, but Kkat changed things up enough for me to keep my attention. Helped that I was listening to the audiobook and imagining it in the game setting. 2: I won't disagree that Lilpip could be seen as a Mary Sue, but I don't think that the lockpicking is an example of that unless you include every Fallout protagonist, ever. I view her as a fallout character in an equestrian dlc. Makes a lot more sense that way. 3: The overly detailed horribleness is kind of off-putting and unnecessary, but I think I understand where it came from. It's a juxtaposition between the prewar era and the post war era. Also, if you go into a raider nest or a supermutant den you'd see the same stuff (flayed bodies in cages, bags of miscellaneous meats, dismembered people, etc) you just gloss over it in a visual medium since it doesn't take long to look past it to the next fight or objective instead of needing to read several paragraphs to get there. 4: Your dislike of Lilpip is noted. Eh, nothing is for everyone. 5: Weirdly enough, the side content was some of the best stuff for me. Again, definitely helped that I was listening to an audiobook, which made things more dynamic. The side content is also where a lot of the character interactions and character development happen.

super cool to see this remembered after so many years! its a shame that while FoE worldlbuilding (worldmerging?) was genuinely interesting, the pacing, plot and characterisation fell somewhat short (likely since this wasn't planned to be as big as it eventually got). FoE Project Horizons did a far better job with both but i wouldn't blame you for not feeling up to it, especially since it's... what, twice as long as the original? still a delight to see you cover this piece of what's basically internet history at this point!

Fallout Equestria is actually really good

Fallout: Equestira was the first fanfiction I read that made me realize fanfiction didn't have to be wish fulfillment. It was probably the "book" most responsible for helping me learn to look for themes in written works. It was such a big part of my life for a few years that I was part of Overmare Studios and worked on the Ashes of Equestra game. I love the book and can't understate how it much it helped further my reading comprehension. Even with all that I still found myself agreeing with nearly all your points. Calamity and SteelHooves were the two best written characters. Velvet Remedy was nearly forgettable and caused too much trouble for the group for me to truly like her. And I was very much reading more for the Memory Orb bits than Littlepip's story at a few points. As a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I thought the pun names mirrored how the show handled things quite well and it made the story feel more in line with the MLP universe. I also read Littlepip's guilt complex as a motivating factor for her, but when trying to re-read the story, I find myself skipping those chunks of the text so I can't argue against you points there. A small amount of background on the rushed ending; other sources at Overmare Studios that had successfully messaged Kkat claimed that she saw the fanfictions of her work and didn't like where things were going with them, so she rushed her planned ending over something like the last 3 chapters. Doesn't make them any better, but does help explain why the Enclave is rushed past so quick. Kkat also supposedly said that looking back she wished she had allowed herself to use curse words in the first chapters of the book, and I suspect the "creative swears" Littlepip uses were originally conceived to help get around this and turned into a bad running joke. Again, doesn't change the text and death of the author, but it sounds like even Kkat might agree with you on those two points. I feel so sorry for you if you read chapter 20.5, which your Patrion plug implies you did. Also don't Read Project Horizons. It's not worth it. It's well writen and fleshes a lot of things out, but it's too long and not worth it overall. Lastly, you mentioned pictures would have made the reading easier. Well, I have a third edition printing of the book with an images that accompanies every chapter. If, for some reason, you still want to see those, let me know and I'll scan and get them to you.

i'm glad i listened to your whole video and allowed myself to agree with you on a lot of points, internet culture has kinda trained me to instinctively react negatively to criticism of something i'm a fan of, and unlearning that attitude and accepting that just because I like something doesn't mean it's good has taken a while. really looking forward to the new california video!

you summed up my feelings on this fanfiction perfectly, there are so many things in it that feel like it has so much potential, but it falls flat in so many ways.

This is going to be juicy with a side of Friendship

this video is amazing, i found your content through the New California video and i was overjoyed to see this in my recommended, i love how you actually interacted with both the fan-fic and MLP respectfully and as just a Fallout fan, anyways great video cant wait for the follow up on Project Horizons lol /)

I'll push back on LittlePip being a Mary Sue. A character like Rey isn't a Mary Sue because she's inexplicably good at *a* skill or power, it's that she's inexplicably good at *everything* . By the end of the sequels she's equally good at lightsaber combat, flying, any and all Force abilities, engineering, can speak numerous languages, even swimming and watercraft despite growing up on a desert planet. All of this despite being in her late 20s at best, and never receiving anything close to appropriate training for almost all of these abilities or skill sets. By contrast, Littlepip has at worst two skills that aren't set up properly. The lockpicking one, as you pointed out, and that is a fair criticism. The other would be her combat abilities. I'm forgiving of that one though, and this is probably extrapolation on my part. I think that expertise has less to do with Littlepip being a Mary Sue, and more the fact that, if you live in a world with super advanced medicine (or in the fic's case, magic healing potions) that can cure people of even major wounds in minutes, it stands to reason that as long as you survive any combat encounter, you're probably going to become a combat expert far faster than we would in the real world where getting wounded even once will incapacitate you for months, or worse, permanently cripple you. The super-telekinesis I don't consider anything Mary-Sueish, as her lack of ability to use any other forms of magic besides telekinesis is a serious drawback to such a power. And that's not even considering the other traits of Mary Sues, like everybody in the world fawning over them for no good reason, or the lack of any serious flaws or weaknesses to overcome. Rey has all those writing problems, where Littlepip has plentiful flaws to overcome, her emerging bloodlust and the Mint-als addiction being pretty obvious ones. So in conclusion, is Littlepip overpowered as a protagonist? Yes, but not to the extent of being a Mary Sue

Fandom, fandom never changes. But seriously, the original fanfic is really unironically good!

As a woman who got into Fallout a decade before eventually finally watching My Little Pony, it's wonderful to see how many people got into Fallout because of this crossover fanfic😊

Just seeing this _title_ gave me flashbacks to a different time in my life. Thank you for your service in documenting... *This.*

It's not a great story by any means, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't voraciously read this whole thing as a 14 year old.

“No more ponies for a while.” You’re going to make a follow-up FoE video, just be honest with yourself.

I listened to this thing as a fan of neither game or show, and came out intrigued in both, now a fan of both. I agree with most of what you said about this monstrous fanfaction, and it still kinda holds a part of me as what brought me into both fandoms, one having more of a foot in my life than the other. I even listened to it again after watching the show (up to wherever it was in late 2013) and enjoyed it more after understanding the characters as they are in the show, likewise after playing Fo3, both gave me more insight into the world of the fanfic.

Ty for gracing me with this masterpiece on a random Monday lmao it was fun to listen to while I was at work

I am very confused and also very bewildered the same time.

I actually loved fallout equestria when I read it when I was younger it was a good perspective

I actually still own my hardcover copy of Fallout Equestria Highschool was a wild time

Patrolling Equestria almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

Cool seeing my favorite story be read, I understand it's not everyone's thing but for me it's favorite story writed. I do have some disgreements mainly from Little Pip, I see being skillful as just normal main stuff. We don't how Luke became more powerful then most jedi in a short amount of time or why Sherlock is just so smarter then everyone. All MCs need to be a bit special in order to be able get through the plot, just look at Fallout protags which Little Pip is.

Oh also, now that you've finished the tactful fallout 3 fanfic, try project horizons, the unhinged fallout NV fanfic that's as heavy handed as a silverback gorillas

Omg you have no idea how excited I was to see a new upload from you! Also love the English professor look you have going on in this! Where did you get the tan button up you’re wearing?

Ok, now watch 221 episodes of my little pony

Absolute cult classic

Dude, if you enjoyed the fanfiction you're probably going to enjoy reading a side story of it called Project Horizons, it's 1.8 million words long iirc, and I've heard people describe it with this quote: "Project Horizons is like marmite, if you don't like it you really hate it, but if you like it you really really like it." And that rings so true, because Project Horizons takes everything about fallout Equestria, cranks it up to eleven and sprinkles anime and wild wasteland on top of it, it can be pretty enjoyable, I've also heard the "Heroes" side story is pretty good too, there's also some new ones that I've read recently that are also pretty good if you enjoyed Project Horizons, like Blue Destiny, which goes balls to the walls crazy and hides a very well written story behind a facade of humor.

Ah Fallout Equestria, a classic, lots of great spinoffs

Im probably one of the biggest FOE fan out there (seriously, i have the stabletech logo tatted on my shoulder.) But i did enjoy the points that you made and it was nice seeing a outsiders perspective and not just a continuous echo chamber praising FOE as a flawless work of literature. I do hope that you will review Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons in the future. Berceuse in my opinion that is the best one. The best way i can describe it is that, Fallout Equestria crawled so FOE PH could be and Olympic athlete. It also adds to the existing story and dose improvements here and there. I also tell this to most people that when Fallout or MLP comes up in conversation. You dont necessarily have to be a fan of both MLP and Fallout to enjoy the universe of FOE.

Reading this as the first fanfiction I ever read and because of its ties to Fallout, I really enjoyed it, and got quite into the community around it. I *still* play games with people I met there 10 years later, and it is with those people I started several hobbies I greatly enjoy to this day. It also existed in the gap between New Vegas and Fallout 4, which definitely made it more appealing than it might otherwise have seemed because I was desperate for Fallout. I entered into the pony scene as a result for a short time as well, but it didn't stick like Fo:E did. So yep, it's definitely not a greatly-written story, but I think there are some things to note that explain - to an extent - a lot of its problems. It was written serially, as with most fanfictions. It was originally just a fun little thing the author threw together, but it got popular and expectations grew and they kept writing beyond its initial scope. This causes a lot of the tonal and narrative flow problems as you point out, and feedback directly affected the writer's style over time for better and worse. And of course, that it is written in the manner of an imagined Let's Play is deliberate and made it fun and easy to read for the young me - it's probably pretty-maddening to read as a fully-formed adult. There is a novelty to going through a gameplay loop in text, but it gets repetitive without the feedback of a video game's systematic support. The Halo novels have a lot of that as well, and re-listening to those later in life they weren't as good in parts due to that sort of writing. Lastly, it is in many ways an adaptation of the now-popularly-maligned story and world of Fallout 3 and a love-letter to it, so it inherits many of its flaws unapologetically. It wasn't nearly as popular to hate on Fallout 3 for its nonsense when it was written and that can perhaps be construed to mean our standards have risen for narratives and settings to immerse ourselves in. You probably would die if you forced yourself to read what is often considered its successor in Project Horizons, much less compose a cogent video about it. I never finished it thanks to being very busy with schooling during its writing, but you would not enjoy what it does do better for the quantity of what is carried forward from the original into it.

I have never been more worried for someone's mental health

I remember watching a portal x mlp crossover as a kid, for some reason it was really gory liek rainbowdash got their wings ripped off or something

There are no words for my level of elation upon seeing, not only an upload from you, but an upload with THIS title…

I just finished Fallout Equestria today and feel this review does the book justice. Despite how Velvet Remedy was described and I can see his point, she's still my favorite in the story. But man, the last chapter tore at my heart strings a lot. Was glad in the end Homage sorta had a happy ending with Littlepip.

Unironically stories like this that are 600,000 words and another called Sheason’s story that’s around about 1 million has inspired me to write my own. If one can rewrite Fallout 3 with ponies and the other can rewrite New Vegas with some guy named Sheason. I can write my own piece in the middle of nowhere using Van Buren design documents from 2003.

I can't believe that I actually ended watching the whole video, Good job :)

Holy shit... you actually did it, love you man, thx so much for doing it. Now for you to play the 2d fangame Fallout Equestrian Remains

Great video. In the topic of crossovers recommend the Mass effect/Halo called "When there was a Tommorrow" by General Rage.

29:15 Maybe I've lost my marbles since I've not read the story since it was still being actively written, but I swear blind there were also other elements to the worsened relations between the two nations. One of which was ideological conflict and the other an international tragedy. Iirc the Zebras' beliefs held that the Moon and Stars were evil, and that the return of Princess Luna (who initially DID return as an EVIL villain: Nightmare Moon) and her resuming her role in co-ruling Equestria was like the Devil Himself had appeared. THEN there was a tragic misunderstanding that resulted in the deaths of essentially schoolchildren of a private school founded by Luna, which was spun as a deliberate act of war against Equestria by, well, racist publicists.

It's very fascinating to see an outsider to fo:e actually give it a thorough look and a chance, I'm always very happy to see one of the most defining pieces of media for me getting attention, even if you don't enjoy it. While I'd love to see you cover Project Horizons at some point I fully understand if you'd rather move on from wasteland ponies. Some things to note about Fo:E though, the story itself was never really fully planned, like most fanfic the author did stuff as she went along rather than having a cohesive plan from the start which is why the story is A) Overly long and B) Messy, it's also why there are so many combat/loot scenes as the story was not released in a finished state all at once but rather, again like most fanfic, it was released chapter by chapter at a semi-regular pace over the course of several months. This is important to note because the experience of reading it with long breaks between chapters is very different from reading it as a book and its an experience that can't really be replicated. Project Horizons by contrast did... mostly, have a cohesive plan from its inception so it ends up being a much better experience to read as a single, albeit absurdly long, book. Anyways thanks for covering the niche thing that I really like, cheers.

Man, i read this thing 5 years back and really enjoyed it then. Its interesting to look back and realize the stuff i kinda glossed over, good review my man. I uh, i do apologize for contributing to making you do it though

Littlepip: ah welcome! Don't worry it's all *sunshine and rainbows* here We dont bite!

Finally took years but you Finally made it I been unironicly waited for this long now let's watch

15:22 Idk why, I've seen this sort of joke hundreds of times but I can imagine mr. Ramblelime saying this all in one breath and that makes it funny to me now.

Fallout: Equestria got me into Fallout.

Why are you telling me about this? Thanks to you I need to hear through the complete Story as an Audio Book.😁😙

Dang I was looking forward to this video but it’s a shame to see that you didn’t vibe with fallout equestria. I do think that you are way too harsh on Little Pip as a character and that dislike negatively coloured on the rest of the story. In particular your criticisms calling her a Mary sue are odd and seemingly based only on the fact that she can lockpick things when as a character, even if you don’t like her, she is complex with various faults that balance with her strengths. But I do have to agree with you about the goddess. The master is my favourite fallout villain and just an extremely well written character besides and the goddess is no where near that level. Honestly Trixie just isn’t the kind of character who can support a role like that. Anyway good video despite my gripes with it looking forward to the new California review and keep up the good work.

Jerma spotted. I repeat Jerma Spotted! EVACUATE

I read this fanfic when I was in 8th grade, read it along with its Russian translation. When you read chapter by chapter and along with the translation, inconsistencies and all sorts of little issues get lost. Recommend Pink Eyes.

The wasteland survive guide is made by one of the Brony fandom most beloved characters in the show and you And fallout equestria is a mix of the fallout franchise and a show about pastel colored pony’s in a world that is all about friendship and magic

I think part of the issue reading it as a work is that it was written as a peruodical, as most long fanfiction is. So, a lot of its structure is probably more forgivable when it is a story of the week/month. Forget how frequent it updated. You have your action scene of the week, it gets less repetetive.

HELL YEAH BRO, I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!

One of the ways you COULD'VE made Littlepip less of a mary Sue AND cut down on the amount of combat encounters (i cant believe im saying this) is to make her fairly inept at combat. Having vault dwellers being able to hold their own in combat ala fo3 always bothered me and it could've been interesting to see a main character constantly trying to AVOID combat. Hell maybe you could make the constant lockpicking and the mentat addiction into this. That could also be key in her relationships with her companions, and maybe through bonding with them she learns how to handle herself. I mean, I assume the writer would somehow mess this up and make her feel like a damsel in distress. Idk why i found this video engaging or why im trying to think about how to fix the narrative of this my little pony fanfiction i just am.

no piece of fanfictions mere existence was as shocking to me as Skyrim x N.C.I.S

I’ve read a lot of these, there’s the Godzilla x mlp fanfiction that I’m pretty sure is actually endless because the reading guide is like 50 pages, there’s talons and tails that throws a few school children from a dark fantasy novel called wings of fire in to the how to train your dragon Netflix cartoon, do I even have to explain how that’s a bad idea, and finally there’s a mlp jojo crossover I found where the cast of mlp are forced through the first 4 arks of jojo and there’s a weird scene where koichi said that queen chrysalis doesn’t believe in love to one of his class mates at school.