When Shining Armor was in high school, he was given an assignment to take care of a bag of flour decorated like an infant filly. By the end of the week, "Floury Armor" was a prize-winning batch of muffins and the yearbook committee had unanimously voted him "Most Likely to Appear in a Future Villain's Tragic Backstory." This really should have been a red flag, but for some reason the Queen Bee of the school still married him anyway.
When Shining Armor found out that his wife was pregnant, he was quick to introduce the Crystal Empire to the idea of a gender reveal party. Luckily, that quarter of the city had been due for extensive renovation anyway and his explosion-proof wife appreciated the sentiment.
Now, when his daughter is turning into a pony he no longer recognizes (and he can't even blame the changelings this time), it's up to him and his self-proclaimed stellar parenting skills to save her from herself.
My entry for the Shining Armor is a terrible dad competition.
Proofreading and pre-reading very helpfully contributed by Light Striker, GreyTheGriffon, RB, Pneu, and Scream Queen
Still love this — goth flurry best flurry. Utterly hilarious.
Ah, so Cadence and Shining Armor are two romantic halves of a whole romantic idiot.
I love it.
At least she has the lingo down.
BEST. MOM. EVER.
XD
Love this story friend, it hits ALL of my favorite Flurry tropes. Taking after her dad? CHECK! Being "goth" in some fashion? CHECK! Shining being a lovable doofus? Check! And even better, best princess just goes along with it! XD If this doesn't win the contest, I'll be VERY surprised!
Should have gone with Red Hair. Then we could have had Red Flurry. No Stallion can have her unless he can beat her in battle. Of course you then need a Dtallion from Cimmeria. Hither came Conan and all that.
Absolutely delightful read, I love it when a goofy premise sees a full workup. Great stuff!
Next time invite Flurry to the Princess conference, maybe a little intervention talk could help Flurry
Great character work all around, lmao.
I feel old knowing that reference
Nay! Shining Armor is a GREAT dad!!
Puts on a war for his darling goth daughter... awesome dad!!
Hilarious and left me wanting more! "Goth"-ic Flurry is definitely the icing on this cake.
This was good.
Then a pony unambiguously named Andrew Tate showed up and smacked Flurry upside the head.
Outstanding, truly. Great use of the prompt to produce something that truly elevates it to something that feels true the characters and hilariously farcical. Thank you for this and best of luck in the judging.
I absolutely love that you took 'goth Flurry Heart' in a so much more interesting and refreshing direction than the norm.
Also
Is an amazing line.
Reminds me of a the Ten-Minute Power Hour episode The BEST SELLING toys for Christmas every year where Dan knows each year by the music at the time.
Good story. Goofy, lighthearted, and I think I caught most of the references.
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