Fools, bumblers, morons, idiots, chumps, mugs, suckers, mooks, doofuses, dimwits, half-wits, nitwits, slack-wits, buffoons, clowns, jokers, jokes, bird-brains, boobs, rubes, patsies, gulls, cretins, and incompetents. Hello, everyone!

Yes, the theme of this month is "April Tomfoolery", and the main aim this month is to give the underutilized ponies more fics. These are the losers, the ones at the back of the queue, the tardy parties who failed to make it in time for the big cash prizes. As such, they're not used to starring in stories, and they will almost certainly make mistakes and thus make spectacles of themselves in public. Which is good, as that's exactly what we want them to do this time!

A little characterization exercise goes a long way. To that end, the theme of this contest will be...

The conditions of this one are a little more complicated, but hopefully more rewarding, The gist is this:

Pick at least one character from the list of underutilized tags below. Pick at least one character from any of the tags with fewer than a hundred stories. One of them is going to be the Angel. The other is going to be the Fool.

The Angel's role is to be the sane pony of the pair.

The Fool's role is the exact opposite.

Therefore, the fic's purpose is to demonstrate, examine, or just plain have fun with the differences between the two characters.

For instance, poor maligned Troubleshoes could be a realist paired up with ditzy daydreamer Cherry Jubilee. Self-styled "voice of reason" Cloudchaser versus self-styled "voice of the people" Filthy Rich. Consider Chancellor Puddinghead trying, against the objections of Commander Hurricane, to build a bridge to the moon for the rare cheese trade. How about insanely ambitious Parcel Post, who wants to deliver mail to The Smooze's dimension despite The Smooze itself worrying over his safety? Steven Magnet mucking things up for a Zebra society trying to build an economically viable canal system? Or else look to dimwitted slacker Zephyr Breeze, who cheerfully ignores the sensible if self-serving training tips of the disgraced flyer Wind Rider.

Once more, the prompt is yours to (mis)interpret as you wish. We encourage you to bend the rules a bit, as we know you're too stupid to follow dumbed-down instructions we strongly encourage insight and creativity!

No word limit, tag restrictions (beyond those already mentioned), or requirements for the story to be complete.

You can write as many stories as you like.

Please add a comment here, with a link to your story, to confirm the entry has been submitted.

Deadline is 7th May, as a concession to the lateness of this prompt and as an experiment to see if a minor extension will prove more feasible for some. If so, this extra-week extension might become a staple of future prompts.

Site rules apply. Duh.

The winner... will be the one who wins. Send all donations care of Masterweaver. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Better to open your mouth and leave no doubt, am I right?

Instantly disqualified. Go hang your head in shame, you schmuck.

Chancellor Puddinghead (7)
Cloudchaser (9)
Coriander Cumin (2)
Daisy (2)
Flitter (9)
Micro Chips (5)
Minotaur (9)
Moonlight Raven (6)
Mr. Stripes (0)
Parcel Post (2)
Pets (5)
Plaid Stripes (1)
Princess Amore (4)
Private Pansy (7)
Ruby Pinch (7)
Saffron Masala (3)
Sandalwood (5)
Sky Stinger (9)
Steven Magnet (3)
Sunshine Smiles (2)
Svengallop (6)
Tender Taps (5)
The Smooze (3)
Tiberius (4)
Troubleshoes (6)
White Lightning (2)
Wind Rider (5)
Zephyr Breeze (9)
Zipporwhill (5)