Forget not that I am a derp.
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Smolder might have stayed in Ponyville out of solidarity with Gallus, but that didn't make the winter any more enjoyable for her. Indeed, if what she just saw is any indication, it's going to be horrifying.
She's right. Just not for the reason she expects.
Originally written for No Raisin as part of Jinglemas 2018.
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That was a very sweet story.
Great story~!
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I just got the reindeers' puns!
Nice!
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Ominous?
I will never get tired of other races viewing ponies as completely insane.
Most of what I wanted to say on this has been said (man I really need to find a way to get my comments back from the collab post), but I do want to add that the subtitle is amazing.
How do you classify magical chimeras, anyway? The possibility of the spontaneous creation of magical crossbreeds -- like Twilight's orange-frog, for instance -- likely plays havoc with Equestrian taxonomy. There must be a lot of converging branches in Equestria's tree of life.
On another note, though, I can't shake the feeling that Petunia is objectifying Smolder and the others just a tad. What I mean is that, although she views them in a positive light, she also seems to focus on what they are at the expense of who they are. It's definitely preferable to everybody shrinking from Smolder in mortal terror, but all the same... it made me a bit uncomfortable, to be honest.
Bonny work, Fan.
Smolder's good connective tissue to have (and her instinctively looking out for Spike's safety's a lovely touch). Excellent and/or wonderfully mad fleshing-out of Petunia and her parents as well. And good turns of phrase left and right. Jinglemas did well by you.
And I'll echo 9375564, other species regarding ponykind as lunatics is the best thing.
Also crunchy, and good with ketchup!
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Truly, there are few more terrible fates.
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As one might expect from Christmas Skuld, Alice is playing the long game. Pinkie discovering the giftgivers leads to Twilight discovering them leads to Sunset discovering them leads to...
Well, don't worry. It'll be perfectly safe. They'll spare no expense.
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Glad you liked it. It's was the best thing I could come up with and I'm still convinced there's a better option that will be obvious in hindsight.
And yes, to paraphrase Twilight, every pony in that country is crazy!
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Oh, she definitely is. It's a step in the right direction when compared to her parents, but she's still looking at species first and person approximately fifth. However, consider the environment. Excepting Sandbar, the Student Six seems to be the only representatives of their respective species in Ponyville and don't seem to spend much (if any) time off campus. Petunia just isn't going to have a lot of exposure to dragons. There is Spike, but as many observe both in the story and elsewhere, he's basically a pony mind in a dragon body. Plus, given the parental Paleos' prejudices, he might never have had a chance to interact with Petunia before now. Despite Twilight's best efforts, some parts of Ponyville haven't moved far past the point where everyone shunned the creepy forest witch for the crimes of being creepy and living in a forest.
On the other hand, the entire purpose of the party is for Petunia to get to know the assorted dinosaur descendants on a more personal level. Sure, it'll take a bit of time to penetrate her personal cutie mark-based obsession, but this will almost certainly end in her making several friends with people, not just acquaintances among specimens of suborder Theropoda.
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I'm not sure if I was teasing a ship or just building a sibling relationship between Smolder and Spike. I don't think she's sure either. Glad you liked the Paleos. "Excellent and/or wonderfully mad" is typically what I aim for.
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Smolder wouldn't know. Eating ponies tends to anger Celestia, who isn't flammable at all and, when provoked, demonstrates that dragons are under the right circumstances.
Note that those circumstances typically involve provoking Celestia.
Huh, I wonder if Caballeron would have to stones to actually try slaying and subsequently stealing from a dragon?
There. That's Twilight's title now. It works for me!
You captured Smolder very nicely.
What a lovely little story. Merry Christmas, FOME.
Smolder is easily my favorite of the Student Six. Also, I know realize there are not enough stories with magical dinosaurs.
This was excellent characterization of Smolder. I can't think of anything to add that hasn't already been said in the other comments, but I enjoyed this story.
Well, actual magic probably is the only way to make Jurassic Park work...
It’s got everything - Comedy, Hearth’s Warming, and dinosaurs*!. And trickster reindeer.
*related genera included
This is wonderful.
This is sugar, that I've taken a spoonful of and eaten right in front of my horrified parents. I love it. Thank you so much for this.
I appreciate the title, since osteoblast differentiation is one of the subjects my lab is tackling, regarding the activity of Sox transcription factors in chondrogenesis vs osteogenesis.
9376398 There is the advanced time travel spell now...
The ponies actually COULD go back in time and nab one!
Petunia: "I'm being disemboweled by a REAL Utahraptor ostrommaysorum! I'm so happy! Also dead... bleh." X_____x
Still as sweet as when I first read it, my guy.
I would expect the number of ex-SMILE agents in Ponyville has a lot to do with where they where stationed before the agency was closed the first time, come on we know it reopened. They where likely stationed in Ponyville specifically because it's next to the Everfree, aka Monster Central, and when forced to retire they simply just took up their cover IDs 24/7. Cutemark determines talent so their civilian covers where natural talents, it would be easy to just keep doing their day jobs and start having regular family time in place of monster hunting.
Friendlord Twilight is the perfect title for the dragons to give her.
"Fluttershy Wyrmshamer"
Less than a paragraph in and this is already awesome.
I struggle to fully express how much I love this, but I think you had me at “Butt-Skull.” Have a fave.
This story was delightful through and through. My favorite parts were whenever Smolder described one of the professors or the CMCs. "Friendlord Sparkle." As in, "Revel in the benevolence of Friendlord Sparkle or reap her fearful wrath," Friendlord Sparkle. That's really the impression that gives and I love it. And the idea that Ponyville is overrun with retired agents... makes a lot of sense, really. And adds to the whole "Celestia has backups for her backups" idea.
This was both adorable and entertaining
Smolder instantly became my favorite when she was introduced in season 8, and I'm thrilled to see writers exploring her character. Her friendship with Spike is among the most compelling in the series. They complement each other in such a unique way: Spike doesn't know very much about dragons, and Smolder is interested in learning about other creatures. Spike knows a bit about other creatures, and Smolder knows a bit about dragons. Dragons are culturally prideful species, so how Smolder has to deal with becoming accustomed to pony culture, especially after the events of S8E15 "The Hearth's Warming Club", is something that I wish the show would explore more.
Also bonus points for knowing that feathers are evolved from dinosaurs!
Y'know, I think the various dragon-flavored epithets may have been the best part of this.
Well, next to Smolder's assumption that Cookie Crumbles must have been given Rarity's egg by mistake.
A delightful bit of madness all around.
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Yeah! She laid that egg herself, and if Smolder thinks otherwise, then...
Hang on, wrong universe. Probably.
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Just as planned.
This was fantastic. It was funny, just a bit heartfelt, and it captured Smolder like lightning in a bottle (seriously, all of her misunderstandings of pony society just oozed character). I’m very partial to any story regarding the students, and I walk away satisfied. Well done!
Lovely story!
Was gonna comment on the Group Precipitation Chapter, but this is possibly more relevant.
So, Petunia's parents thought she was a pirate, because, her parents are sorta pirate themed? Swashbuckler, what with the swords, and then there's the treasure, with the pearls...
Why does EQ!Petunia's parents think she's a serial killer, other than the bones? ... Unless it's just the bones and they aren't SMILE operatives in EQ world too...
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... No, I'd say a question about a story is best done in that story's comment section.
Still, to answer that question, it's just a matter of what's a more viable career path in each world. Piracy is still a thing in the human world, of course, but most of it isn't happening in any waterways near Canterlot. As such, the alternative is a lot more logistically feasible.
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Well, I started with the cutie mark thing, about her parents, and hers, 'cause I thought about it because of this story... then accidentally segued...
That was a sweet story. Glad I read it d
There's a very touching story here about spike having his first existential crisis as a toddler when all of twilight's books have evil dragons that are slain, then twilight velvet flexing her author/bookbinder role to push for better dragon representation
Sweetie drops as in bon bon?
Well this was a pretty sweet and interesting story here and I do like how Spike and smolder interact with each other and With a Little Help on the Cutie Mark Crusader to settle this miscommunication about petunias cutie mark but apparently her parents are crazy but petunia kinda told them to relax or something but it feels like smolder still don't feel like she fits in and how the ponies reacted to her but sooner or later they will and she's not alone then petunia ask smolder if she can ask gallus and silverstream be invited as well but smoulder wants to invite the rest of her friends what's that was nice of her to do that this is a very interesting holiday story nice job
LOL
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It is her real name
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It was debatable but an official Hasbro her real name is supposed to be sweetie drops but then after Slice of Life episode she has both names now Bonbon and sweetie drops
Love seeing Petunia again :3
I love it when the loner types warm up!
Awesome introspection and analysis on Smolder's part, plus the friendship lessons are taking effect