EbbySharp [2024-04-09 22:22:18 +0000 UTC]

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EbbySharp [2023-04-10 17:15:19 +0000 UTC]

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EbbySharp [2019-04-09 10:56:31 +0000 UTC]

Not sure if you're still active on here, but

Happy Birthday!

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chryssjanzonio [2017-10-09 12:41:17 +0000 UTC]

man i really admire you. im trying my hardest to read murky's story.

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RainbowSurvivor [2017-08-19 14:07:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the watch!

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TheChrisPony [2017-04-09 10:58:13 +0000 UTC]

Happy Birthday Fuzzy! c:

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PommelSketches [2016-04-10 00:21:58 +0000 UTC]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

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Slouping [2016-04-09 07:37:49 +0000 UTC]

Happy birtday :3

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TheChrisPony [2016-04-08 10:15:32 +0000 UTC]

Happy very early Birthday Fuzzy! (srry I am away for a few days)

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Snoopy8009 [2016-04-07 03:43:42 +0000 UTC]

Hey fuzzy! happy early birthday! 

snoopy8009.deviantart.com/art/…

I didnt want to forget to post this so its a little early I hope you enjoy it!

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FireheartTheInferno [2016-03-24 17:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Howdy, Fuzzy! I just wanted you to know that I have some fanart inspired by Murky's own charcoal drawings in MN7 (I'm currently enjoying chapter 24) that I'd like your opinion on and I want to know what'cha think, if yer' not too busy now:

Facing the Wall (Dare to Dream): sta.sh/0fh4rdvo0j3
Revise close-up: sta.sh/015iu0l3kxg

The sequel: Concurring the Wall (Soar into Freedom: sta.sh/0shve2588lt
Close-up: sta.sh/0eebjunwezj

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protector96 [2015-08-07 16:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Hi ^^

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DracoKX [2015-06-16 05:17:10 +0000 UTC]

I got a sudden jolt of inspiration from a song and decided to write a fanfiction about Murky Number Seven...is it okay with you if I do that?

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Snoopy8009 [2015-06-14 19:45:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the watch!

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PencilPonies [2015-04-13 02:02:38 +0000 UTC]

Happy (belated) birthday! Have some Murky Art!

pencilponies.deviantart.com/ar…

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Novanplz [2015-04-10 02:08:49 +0000 UTC]

Happy birthday!

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Moodyman90 [2015-04-09 13:03:31 +0000 UTC]

Happy birthday dude!

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Sire-Sword [2014-09-24 04:30:41 +0000 UTC]

Hey there, I was wondering if I could get your permission for a little project I'm doing. Me and a couple of other guys are making a Fallout: Equestria themed expansion for Twilight Sparkles Secret Shipfic Folder-The Card Game. I was wondering if it would be ok with you if I included some of the characters from MN7 in it. I already got an ok from Kkat and im not going to be selling it, but I just wanted to get your permission to make sure it was ok with you. ^_^;

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DivergentFan [2014-09-11 20:25:15 +0000 UTC]

I would love to join Murky Number Seven as a member! I love the story!

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chinman [2014-08-11 19:22:49 +0000 UTC]

Well here we are again, another day, another MN7 chapter!  I’m still not entirely sure where the appropriate place to post comments on this story lies since the Cloudsville thread isn’t particularly active, so I’ll just stick to DA for now.  Now then…

**MN7 CHAPTER 25 SPOILERS AHEAD!!**

…wow!  The hits just keep on coming!  The intro did a good job of reminding us precisely why Glimmer is awesome.  There’s nothing like some ill-timed sex jokes (and genuine care and concern) to help diffuse an awkward situation and goodness knows that revelation of Murky and Unity’s shared history was all kinds of awkward!  All the same though I thought it was very mature of them to not let their forgotten past dictate their current relationship.

That memory orb sequence was hard to read, but still provided some much need closure for Glimmer, and hopefully for Coral too, assuming the two ever get around to talking about it.  Kind of fitting how Diamond’s story could be considered a microcosm or perhaps foreshadowing for Brim’s reform and new role as protector.  Granted it also gave us yet another reason to despise Wildcard.  Have to agree with Glim on this one; that is one mad dog the desperately needs to be put down (though past encounters have made it clear bullets ain’t gonna cut it, perhaps a vat of molten metal or industrial compactor?  Hey I can dream right? )

So Shackles has gone and kidnapped the foals?  I have just one word (okay three words) about this:

  Oh hell no.

The fact that Shackles managed to con Protégé into playing straight into his hands-er, hooves in the process is just the icing on the cake.  The trial really did drive home the point that for all her battle prowess, Stern clearly isn’t much of an administrator or politician if she thinks Shackles holds an “exemplary record”.  Also, that battle with Shackles and his treatment of Protégé afterwards were, well to say they were hard to read would be an understatement!  I know I’ve said in the past that Protégé reminds me of Valerian Mengsk?  Well what I haven’t mentioned yet is that Shackles has, practically from his first appearance, reminded me of another Blizzard character:  Mannoroth.  For those who might not know, Mannoroth is not only a major antagonist in his given setting but also a major antagonist who happens to be a three story tall flaming demon whose past accomplishments include innumerable counts of genocide and the near damnation of an entire race.  I kind of like to think that this says something about Shackle’s presence if this is the sort character he reminds me of.

That being said, it was perhaps largely due to these scenes that the final acts of ‘25 were so powerful!  Given the title of this chapter I’m sure no one was surprised by how hard Protégé took Red Eye’s death or by how Shackles capitalized on this.  But to see him rise past it so quickly was genuinely heartening!  I’m sure some folks will complain about how rushed Protégé’s “rise from the ashes” turned out to be, but really IMO this scene has been in the works since at least chapter 12.  Add to that the fact that Protégé’s talent/dream has always been about creating a better Equestria, with or without Red Eye and Murky’s own talent, which I am now convinced is driving both himself and others towards freedom, and I really don’t see any reason to fuss over this.  All in all another excellent chapter!

So now for some predications and hopes for chapter 26:

1.  Everyone’s (least) favorite cyberminotaur will go charging into the fray once more, confident that he can pull off another easy victory, only to discover the hard way that standing in the middle of an open field bellowing at the top of your lungs doesn’t work so well when the enemy has heavy ordinance at their disposal.  On a related note, I expect much awesomeness from Mr. Peace in the coming chapter!

2.  You thought Shackles was scary now?  Just wait till he shows up again in that Steel Ranger armor (or is it really Chekov’s Ranger armor?)

3.  We are going to see Shackles pull one truly spectacular villainous breakdown before this story is over (most likely right around the time Unity uses Aurora’s spell to permanently deactivate the mind control device), and no I don’t mean the sniveling, slumped over sort of breakdown.  I mean the slavering bestial rage sort of breakdown, a la Ratigan from Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective.

4.  While sneaking through a war torn Fillydelphia Murky manages to get stuck behind a locked door. 

A door that happens to be labeled “Screwdriver and Bobby Pin Dispensary”. 

As in Murky manages to get locked in a room that is literally filled to brim with nothing but screw drivers and bobby pins. 

After much crying careful deliberation Murky has an epiphany!  Immediately he grabs the nearest screwdriver, takes a mouth full of bobby pins, rushes to the locked door AND…

…proceeds to tie his mane up with the bobby pins before trying desperately to torque the door open with said screwdriver.

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xenobicorn [2014-08-03 17:42:10 +0000 UTC]

Fuzzy, have you thought of a theme song for Murky Number Seven (the story)? I was thinking that Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd would work.

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Jack-Varus [2014-07-31 21:32:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the favourite!

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PencilPonies [2014-04-10 13:10:59 +0000 UTC]

Happy birthday

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Brightcynder [2014-04-09 19:16:12 +0000 UTC]

Many happy returns ^^

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PencilPonies [2014-03-07 20:44:18 +0000 UTC]

(I might have posted a message similar to this, but my internet is lagging. So sorry for possible double-post)
I absolutely love your story! It might actually be the best book I've read, well... ever, to be honest.
The fact that Murky is weak and often fails makes him a very believable character. Simple stuff like him not making through a door in time or being spotted by a guard adds a wonderful level a realism most stories lack! It's refreshing to read a story where the character starts with nothing and has to become a hero, rather than already being one. It makes him easy to relate too

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Whiskers462 [2014-03-06 03:14:47 +0000 UTC]

Love your story man! Quick question, do you plan to give murky a love? 

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chinman [2014-02-18 01:46:05 +0000 UTC]

**MN7 Chapter 23 SPOILERS!!**

Just when I think you there’s no way you can top the thrills chills and terrors of the previous chapters you go ahead and prove me wrong by releasing another chapter!  Seriously Fuzz how do you keep doing this?!

Whew.  Okay now that that’s out of the way I just want to say WOW that was some pretty hefty plot exposition in this chapter.  While I and I’m sure many others had a pretty good picture of what to expect given the numerous hints we’ve been dropped before now, actually seeing it all laid out like that was still very impressive.  Alas it would seem Aurora’s good intentions gone awry were just one tiny microcosm of the very same beliefs and forces that led to the destruction of Equestria.  Speaking of Aurora I just want to say I was NOT expecting Murky and crew to actually meet her!  Guess it’s easy to forget that radioactive snow is probably the perfect environment for ghoulification, poor girl.  Still I thought it was truly heartwarming that Aurora was given a second chance to, if not right the wrongs of the past, then at least give our intrepid heroes the means to prevent history from repeating itself.  Rest in peace Aurora, you will be missed.

Now for the action scenes, and boy is this chapter crammed full of them!  More than any other chapter, 23 really hammers home just how outnumbered and outgunned our protagonists really are.  On the other hand, it also demonstrates that a little tactical thinking and some good old fashioned trickery can make a world of difference when battling a numerically superior force.  As an aside, I had to resist the urge to literally cheer out loud when Glimmer capped Sooty Morass.  While I’m pretty sure cheering for anyone’s death says nothing good about me as a person, I will none the less say without shame that watching that self-serving little slime ball finally get what was coming to him was remarkably cathartic.

On a less cathartic note, is it just me or is Wildcard actually getting scarier every time he appears?  Seriously, the first time he showed up I had him pegged down as a fairly typical though somewhat quirky raider with an overall threat level to match.  But good Goddesses has that changed!  Ironically, I think Wildcard is now the second character (after Barb) to pop up in this series whom I feel bears a strong resemblance to The Joker, except that while Barb has been channeling The Dark Knight’s Joker, clearly Wildcard is channeling Tim Burton’s Joker.  Or rather he would if that particular Joker had the ability to literally dance through gunfire and endure levels of punishment that would make Rasputin blush.  If it weren’t for the fact that intellectually he’s little more than a feral animal with occasional instances of lucidity I’d say he actually surpasses Barb in terms of overall threat.

I cannot talk about this chapter’s action scenes without also mentioning the almost literal clash of the titans that took place between Brutus and Brim, nor how shocking the ultimate outcome of that battle.  I have to admit it took me a while to realize that the reason why that scene seemed so shocking was because this was the first time we’ve ever seem Brim actually straight up lose a fight.  This was made all the more painful by the fact that it drives home just how much Brim’s physical abilities have diminished over the course of the story.  Speaking of losses, I’ll admit I wasn’t hit nearly as hard by the loss of Ragini and Old Grizzly as I was by Caduceus, since we barely got any time to get to know Grizz and Ragini seemed to be going out of her way to be as unsympathetic as possible towards Murky, and by extension the audience.  Still it’s pretty clear the same cannot be said about Protégé.

This of course segues into what I would definitely say is the true climax of this chapter.  While the confrontation between Murky and Protégé has been a long time coming, I was totally not expecting it to come to actual blows, let alone gunshots!!  While I could probably bang out an entire wall of text about the themes and revelations of this scene alone, I’ll just keep it simple and say that I really truly hope that Murky finally managed to get through to Protege.  Now more than ever since Shackles seems to have the entire MN7 crew by the short and curlies.

Well okay, not entirely.  I don’t know if anyone else has said this before, but I simply cannot express the sheer joy I get out of watching Murky pull victory from the jaws of defeat using nothing more than a some deviously clever lateral thinking and a little sleight of hand, er hoof.   While their current situation is looking pretty grim, I found myself feeling far more hopeful at the end of this chapter than I have in quite some time.

So once again, sorry for making you wade through a wall of text, but seriously AWESOME CHAPTER man!  Can’t wait to see where this story goes next!

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Brightcynder [2014-02-16 17:01:30 +0000 UTC]

Hi, I just wanted to say, you're an incredible writer. MN7 made me cry so many times; out of sadness, out of pity, and out of joy. You're an inspiration :'3

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chinman [2013-11-28 21:52:00 +0000 UTC]

MN7 Chapter 22 SPOILERS!!

Have to say despite the major plot developments of the past few chapters, its been a while since we had a MN7 chapter so crammed full with this many big reveals with regards to the characters themselves.  (Oh and I guess there's also that whole "train-crash-into-radioactive-snow-and-sneaking-past-crazed-raiders-guarding-ancient-secrets" thing but I think that goes without saying. )

Ever since chapter 20 I had been wondering what conflicts would inevitably arise from having a group of slaves ally themselves with their de facto masters, but I was not expecting it to play out like this.  While I'm just as happy as Murky and Glimmer are that Coral has been reunited with her son, its pretty clear this is going to cause a whole host of problems when (or heaven forbid if) the crew eventually make their way back to Filly, to say nothing of the problems of having a child tag along when there are nutjobs like Shackles and Wildcard just a step or two behind them.  And hoo boy, speaking of Wildcard, I know it was already hinted at before, but I am now convinced he possesses at least a weaker form of Pinkie's 'Pinkie Sense'.  That is definitely NOT a pleasant thought.

On a lighter note I thought the cave scene was wonderfully done, as it not only gave the characters time to unwind but it also provided a good excuse to talk about their pasts.  I honestly never really considered the significance of Brim's mark until now, but looking back I'm amazed I never caught on to this.  A pity it had to take Brim so long to finally realize it himself.  Also I'm totally going to call it now:  Rough Diamond was that "one pony" Brim could trust with his secret and that Brim would have probably spared the village if the rest of the warband hadn't found out about it (we can probably thank Wildcard for that one).  That's my fan theory and I'm sticking to it! 

Getting back on topic, while I certainly enjoyed Glim and Coral's stories, I think it was Protege's story that I found the most interesting.  It was actually kind of relieving to find out that the red eye on his mark was in fact a brand and not a part of the mark itself, as this seems to imply that Protege's "talent" (okay its probably more of an ambition) of bringing harmony back to Equestria isn't dependent on Red Eye after all.  That gives me a lot more hope that he will be able to weather the events to come.  As an aside, was this always your plan for his mark?

Anyways, beyond everything else that happened in this chapter it is a great relief that Murky and crew finally managed to get Unity back, and in doing so put a major crimp in the bad guys' plans.  I'm really looking forward to seeing how she interacts with the rest of the team.  Granted there is that nagging little detail that Chainlink and Grindstone's forces now hold the only known entrances to the mines and will no doubt be working overtime to capture/kill our intrepid protagonists with their army of slavers, their band of drug addled psychopaths and their doubly psychotic (and possibly prophetic) warlord, and a freaking cyborg minotaur thing that could probably snap Brim like a pretzel.  But 'eh, that's future Murky's problem.

Really, the closest thing to a nitpick I had with this chapter was the time I spent wondering how Protege managed to get his eyepiece and revolver back after the train crash, but then it did say that only the cars in the front actually derailed, so maybe they weren't that hard to find.  Once again that was an awesome chapter!

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chinman [2013-11-13 03:06:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks to this chapter, sassenach is now officially my word of the day.  Also, apparently Brim is Scottish, or whatever the Equestrian equivalent to that is ("Trottish"?)  I feel a little silly for not picking up on this sooner.

**Possible MN7 Chapter 21 Part II SPOILERS!!**

Anyway, having read both MN7 chap 21 part 1 AND PH chapter 62, on top of working a full shift, I don't think I'll be banging out another wall of text.  What I will say is WOW!  You weren't kidding when you said that the pace would be picking up at this point.  Its starting to look like the story is moving into it's final act, and I have to say that despite the inherent danger of their destination, I'm actually a little relieved the cast won't be spending it in Filly, particularly since anyone who has read FoE already knows what's coming...

It also looks like this chapter has given Protégé a lot to think about, what with forcing him remember just what being a "worker" in Fillydelphia entails, along with some not so subtle indications that he still suffers from a slave's mentality.  For his sake I hope it doesn't take a near death experience to snap him out of it.  On a related note I think Murky deserves some major props for being able to resist the Station's ambient mind control so effortlessly.  The little guy has clearly come a long way!

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