Some how I completely missed it, She was PUSHED down the stairs, and while out, a forbidden ritual was preformed upon her, giving her a cutiemark, forcing a destiny upon her, the hooks are something along of a force hand of fate.
I was pushed down the stairs several times when I was younger. My parents just told me to get over the pain, even though I fell a full flight into metals bars.
I just thought they (the strings) were a side effect of the dark magic that she managed to control herself out of survival. I mean they did appear whenever she needed them most. Like at the audition and when her mom basically left her to die from suffocating. Still, I see why you say that
@ragonday ourtneycay Why do they treat her so badly anyway? She's their daughter! They have no right to be treating their daughter this way. I think she's stellar on that cello.
I just started listening to this, and what drew me in was the artwork. Octavia's smile almost looks serine, but to me, it looks forced, and kind of creepy.
SweetStep Studio It is forced. The strings are piercing her cheeks, pulling her face into a smile, and is also making her play the cello even though she doesn't want to. Haunting, if you read/listen to the story.
Initially, when I saw the time of the video, I was like "FUCK THAT!" But then, I started listening, and I couldn't stop it. It was too beautiful for me to just click off of. This was amazing. Great read!
Great reading as usual, though this is some really dark stuff. I can see why the author shows her standing over her parents' corpses at the beginning. Without the promise of that payoff, I'm not sure I could listen to this.
I got soo tripped out at the end. throughout the whole story it's like your beside Octavia feeling the beatings and pains. Octavia is one of my most favorite ponies and scribbler is the best.
Wait, I just realized, if Octavia played the cello, why isn't her cutie mark a bass clef sign? Creators of mlp need to specify this.. this was posted before watching the whole vid..
i NEED the next part just as bad as octavias mother NEEDS her horn snapped....cmon give me what i NEED lolol ....but all in all, love ur work keep it up plz
Lyrah: no pony just wakes up with cutie mark Cheerlie: am I a joke to you? Man, the part when Octavia damn near suffocates backstage makes a tragic amount of sense in part three. Particularally why none helped her
Yes definitely the darkest, and the way you set the Atmosphere the the music and all the other sounds, it kept me on the eage of my seat the entier time. I really can't wait for more. As always keep up the great work!
And seven years later I find this again, your voice makes me feel so nostalgic, even tho this story is quite grim, it helped me in particularly hard day in the past, love your channel C:
Oh my God, guys, Octavia got Roofied! Her friends need to be better! At least Vinyl was with her the whole time, I guess. My friends told me not to accept drinks from anyone and not to leave my drink alone. I'm glad I had friends who paid attention to that sort of thing. We all watched out for each other when we went to bars. I always thought the way the Earth ponies, Octavia in particular, had to hold their instruments looked incredibly uncomfortable at best and terribly painful at worst. The strings probably contort her limbs to past what they're supposed to be like. It's harder for Earth ponies to play instruments without magic. That makes me afraid that the Octavia in the show is like the Octavia in this story.
11:33 "Just because you buy her some special cello doesn't mean she has any talent," Mother stated. "She will now, and I will not keep wasting time on her! Magic is not a clutch to be used right, even forbidden magic, besides It is done now, and will deal with whatever consequences that will arise and will do so with the dignity of our station, she has the cello and now her mark," Father barked. "That is what we decided is most important correct." "And what now? You continue to have servants discipline her for you until she gets good? we could have avoided all of this if you just let me abort the pregnancy before your parents found out," Mother said. I could never understand what Octiva's parents were saying to each other in the video as the recording kept muffling in and out but I listen to it again and wrote down their dialogue as best as I could.
Just want to say this reading was done so very lovely. You never fail to provide something good to listen to while I draw or play and getting something at this length is just a bonus. A well chosen story and a good work on putting the voice acting and music together to tell it just right. Thank you for putting so much into this that we all can enjoy freely. I can't even try to imagine the work put into this just so it can be put up for free. So I just want to thank you for being the best provider of such videos.
I cannot express how much I love this fic, and how much more I love this reading, Scribbler. I find myself coming back to listen to this video while I'm just idling about at least once or twice a month. When I finish this one, I move on to the others. I almost know some of this video by heart. I love what you do. I love this so much. Please never stop doing readings, especially dark ones. You do them marvelously and it inspires me whenever I have writer's block.
This is the second time I hear this... awful-amazing fanfic)? The fear it's... yeah. Is amazingly well written, the acting and the audio editing is just...wow, everyone did an amazing job for every character, you are my favorite Octavia voice!! And also, the music seems to be written for this fanfic, it describes perfectly the situation, as if you are actually hearing what Octavia was hearing! Is incredible!!! This is and definetly will be my favorite creepypasta ever.
It's been years since Ive listened to this story. I forgot how great the voicing and the music was. And I've gotten into classical music so im Definitely happy.
That... Was horrifying. Amazingly written and very well voice acted. And just… wow, I am stunned and I cringed but that was fantastic. The music.. Oh god the music fit sooo well it was disturbingly good. I’ll wait for act II & III with eagerness.
This is a perfect horror. I have listened to this over 20 times and still get chills when i hear those screams, the beatings. This is a horrifically beautiful master peice and I can only hope that you continue making fic readings
Congratulations Scribbler, this is the only fic on your channel that I am too emotionally compromised to listen to again. This story was fantastically done, and by god does it tug at the heart strings (eh, eh?). Well done on the reading.
Nick Kurtz This video has been unavailable for over a month, privated. You had to go to other channels to try and find a copy of it, but Scribbler has finally made this public once again.
@@beepbeep4205 bruh, i loved her more cuz of how well made the fanfic was, its hard to find good fanfics about background characters, how tf does your logic make sense 😐
I remember hearing about this story years ago, and while it did intrigue me I never thought much of it. Then, I got really curious about it all of a sudden back in 2020, and I decided to give it a listen. This is literally one of the best grimdarks I've ever discovered. This narration is fantastic. I may be late to this, but I enjoy it all the same. Thus, I have returned for another listen. :)
Scribbler, I don't normally comment on (A). Videos this old. (B). Readings. But I just want to tell you how awesome you are at doing these, your voice is amazing beyond belief and you're my inspiration for not only writing (Even if they might be small stories on notepad about watermelons) But to also attempt readings. (Even though I suck) I hope you keep doing what you do, and don't just do it to make everyone happy, do it to make yourself happy. I've been watching/listening to your videos for a long time now, and I just want to say how awesome you are. Anyway, I hate to ramble and such but I hope you get through any tough times ya have. (I understand you've had a few, even though I vaguely know what those times were)
I can not believe that Octavia's parents had been abusing her and forcing her to play the cello to get her cutie mark as a kid! Her parents are evil!!!😡😡😡😡 Also the picture her smiling and playing her cello with the strings in her is kinda scary.🙁 By the way- 11:50-12:30 I can BEARLY HEAR OR UNDERSTAND what her parents are talking about in the other room.
“Just because you buy her some special cello doesn’t mean she has any talent,” Mother stated. “And I will not keep wasting time on her! It is done, she has the cello and a mark,” Father barked. “And what now? You continue to have servants discipline her for you until she gets good? We could have avoided all of this if you’d let me abort the pregnancy before your parents found out," Mother said. “Don’t bring them into this. You recall they told me not to marry you? If we can teach that worthless mud pony to be a famous musician, it will prove we’re better than them.” “Then let me handle her. You lack subtlety. I will make her submit to her fate and play the cello. . .” Mother trailed off as I sprinted back to my room.
BTW! Scribbler, I love your voice acting. I've heard bits and parts of this before but this is my first time listening to it in full and I'm determined to hear the whole thing this time. sorry I missed it before, Love you, love your work, love all who was involved and most of all... Love the Stories. ❤~
I love all your readings. But this one too me is your masterpiece. I was new to the fandom when I found it. and it never loses any of it's allure. I can listen a thousand times and it is still something to behold in it's captivating ability. Your performance as Octavia is the voice for her I always hear. Like Nowhacing is Vinyl you made Octavia alive for me. You are Octavia to me.
I can't praise you enough.It would boarder on boot licking. We don't mind listening over and over again. It is dark. and your not a fan of dark. but it is real. visceral. full of feeling. Love and tragedy. Like a great opera. That's what I suppose I love most. It's an opera of a very hurt being. It ends in tragedy as all operas must. as life must. It is as beautiful as it is sad.
An opera is magnificent because it reminds the masses that life could hurt a lot more. That it's not so bad to live. That we should be happy even if we don't like our starting and end.
The beginning scares me about the end of this fic. I want Vinyl to save her but since its a darkfic/sadfic my hope is dwindling... This was such a good reading I sent it to all my friends and they want the second part so hopefully you post it soon! Poor Octavia.
stop complaining about SP couldn't get nowacking this is a very great yet dark ass fanatic...we just need to calm down,goddamn Octavias parents are brutal..so brutal indeed but i don't understand whats the fuss about earth ponies,they like the same breed but no horn or wings,seems retarded to me anyways and sorry for long ass comment just mah opinion
I....I cannot listen to this. I thought I could, really wanted to hear all three parts but eight minutes in and I'm broken and in tears. Just...damn, hurts way too much. From what little I did hear, simply amazing job, the music, reading, voice actors. Your work never fails to astonish me. I'm sorry I couldn't stay for the whole thing
It seems that her parents have a similar mindset as the ponies that lived before equestria. When the tribes were bitter to each other, and brought about the magical blizzard of the Wendigos which forced them to seek out new land. [And in a grimdark fiction, created the Candymare that tormented pony kind until the rise of the sisters. This was thanks to a twisted candy maker in the Unicorn's castle city]
This is amazing......I have to see the next ones, but this.....even if the others are bad....THIS is amazing, the Story, the voice, the nuance....I am lost in the complexity and music, this has taken me and I do not regret it.
This story is pulling me in like I'm it's puppet under it's spell. Anyone, even anti-bronies would love this if given the time. Amazing work from the writer and reader.
Wow this is obscenely dark and all of the voices and music added just enhance the experience of listening in. I have to eat a piece of cake before I go on; it's borderline overwhelming!
During the scene with Octavia and her mom at the end I was just waiting for the guards to walk into Octavia's room and arrest the mother for child abuse
"Faith choose this moment to reunite me with the balled I had drunk away last night" x2 - 1:12:16 Love them long fic-reading Scribbler :) Edit: Now I feel bad :/ - 1:27:51
4:32 I hope they wouldn't have their kid sent to hospital. The kid would need to be shot if that were the case! 5:12 The idea of a filly Octavia with a bow-tie is freaking adorable and I feel ripped off I haven't thought of the image or seen one until this point. 13:54 What is with the weird reverberation? 27:22 Except for Cheerilee!
Wow. never have I listened to something that played with my emotions so much, well other than Game of Thrones and Undertale. But still, very good job, and thank you for another amazing fanfic (aka part 2).
I’m rewatching this... Since I did, this has been the cause of my phobia to puppets. It’s not the puppets themselves... It’s that thought of being one myself, of being so utterly controlled... It’s also why I stopped believing in God and free will... I feel as thought my fate is sealed... Yet here I am, listening to it again. 😅
Scribbler, please know that, from the bottom of my heart, this has struck me in so many places and pulled my heartstrings like nothing else. Simply perfect. Thank you, thank you, a hundred times thank you.
My parents are like this...they push me around. They never listen to me. They try to control my fate. They...are mentally exhausting. RU-vid supporters and good people online are the people that keep me together
I can't express in words or with anything how much I love/ hate this story. It reminds me so mich of some musicians I know, and i feel like they could have seen hell in their young years. On the other side it has its rare happy moments.
I had school tommorow and i saw the time i was like "im gonna be late tommorow…perhaps i should have 7 hours left to sleep well i'll just watch this a few minutes" *what happened* omg its 10:30 pm omg im so late for tommorow…but the story is so good and your voice is so good when reading
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