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BillyColt


Hello. I'm BillyColt. In real life, I'm a dweeby music student from California. Here, I write Pony fanfiction.http://billycolt.tumblr.com/

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Frederic Horseshoepin is an obscure background pony who appeared in one episode and was instantly overshadowed by the pony next to him. Usually he's reserved to het shippers who are sick of the Octavia/Vinyl pairing.

I think that they have a good point. He's pretty cool, and deserves more love. And in this shipping anthology, I make sure that he's gonna get a whole lot of love.

Includes "What I Did For Love," a possible sequel to "This Nearly Was Mine."

Chapters (5)
Comments ( 52 )

MUY MUY MUY MUY MUY MUY MUY MUY BUENOOOOO!!!!!

Quite refreshing. I knew you'd make a sequel soon enough, and so far it's off to a good start.

"Hopefully his friends could help him *getting* a job." sounds awkward. Works fine but wouldn't "with getting" or change it to "get" work better? There was another minor hiccup but very trivial.

Thumbs up for the return of Frederic Horseshoepin! HOORAY! :heart:

Wow! I'm almost tempted to fave this just to spite ScratchTavia fans.

Though some explanation is lacking, I mean he didn't tell Octavia Vinyl cheated on her? What? I'd think as a couple Octavia would be entitled to know about it out of principle, if someone's robbing a bank you don't keep silent because the security guard might lose his job.

Yeah, I don't care much for Vinyl x Octavia either. Freddy needs more support, because the guy can play a piano with hooves. Dude has serious skills. On another note, there also needs to be more Neon Lights/MC W1SH.

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I would have liked to see a little more development before Frederic declared his undying love for the cellist, but all in all, this was a very good read. It's nice to see the pianist alive and healthy, though, because in my own fic I killed him off relatively early in the proceedings. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/emoticons/shrug_Twilight_Sparkle.png

As horrible as it sounds, I like to imagine that Frederic doesn't get together with Octavia - simply because it feels too much like a stereotypical happy ending where everything works out and they "all live happily ever after". It's nice to have a break from the usual stuff, even if it is a sadder alternative. This is a great follow-up, bravo.

I feel like a hypocrite for saying this (as I'm on an indefinite hiatus), but, consarnit, where's the new chapter! I want it now DX. Meh, I'll survive another month, but only that long >_>.
Edit: Where's my new chapter :| . Sigh, I guess I'll just have to be content with season three.

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There's a whole story about that before this one, doncherknow. Hardly what I'd call 'not enough development'.

I'm glad to see Frederick getting a little more love as well. It's amazing that as a character he has received nearly the same amount of airtime as Octavia, yet he is rarely referred to in the world of pony fiction.

Also, btw. I'm that guy that keeps posting anonymously on your tumblr. Well most of the posts. Sorry.

Keep up the great work! I am looking forward to more chapters of both this and The Book of Friendship.

Very excited to see a continuation of this story. Looking forward to it. I say take your time. I never see any lack of quality in your writing!

1325599 then don't read the story:derpytongue2:. It's what I do when I like how a story ends but the sequel ruins it for me. There is enough closure in the first to be satisfied so...don't read it. Easy as that. I don't mean to sound rude so sorry if I do.

... Somehow, I feel like shipping both Freddy and Vinyl together.
The only problem is that I know next to nothing about music.

And speak of the devil... I found this...
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FredericScratch anyone? I would be immensely interested on how this would turn out.
Hell, I am already writing a AppleFire fic starring Spitfire and Applejack as the main couple, so why not the hoof not do this as well?
I can already sense love in the bloom! :raritystarry:

This looks good, moar please dear author!

It doesn't suck, Billy~ :rainbowwild:

I forgot about this... well it is coming back really well.

Hooray, it finally updated! I've been waiting months for this. Hopefully you won't make me wait another 7 months, will you?

Glad to see an update at last!

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I'll try!

Sad to say, it's my eternal shame.

awwwwwwww damn son ship Frederic with all the music pone

Cool to see the second part of the compilation get off to a start~

Wow, how did I just get to this? I really like it! I really like this story of yours, and have since you tasked me with reading the first. I'm glad you did! There's a whole lot I can learn from something so intrinsically interesting. Didn't really read it with a critical eye, so forgive me if my comments feel a little too polite.

Interesting. :pinkiesmile:

But why is the new chapter placed in the middle?

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Heh. Well, a funny thing - when I first put up this story, there were three chapters set up - one for each of the planned stories. However, only the first was finished, so I posted that. Then I wrote the second chapter for the first fic, and that's actually the fourth chapter.

Ha, an amusing little filler prequel to "This Nearly Was Mine". Good read, as usual :)

Yay! Was looking forward to this updating :D Though I have to ask, when did Frederic reveal to Vinyl that he had a thing for Octavia? I didn't think he had told anypony.

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I don't think he necessarily did - Vinyl's just astute like that. She might've guessed something from him getting flowers for her, and his lack of denying just seemed to confirm it.

As for Classical Crossover, it's not really a prequel - just an alternate story altogether.

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Ah, okay, thanks for clearing that up :) And yeah, I realised a while after reading Classical Crossover that it would have been inconsistent with "This Nearly Was Mine"; still an enjoyable read, though.

"This Was Nearly Mine" is one of the few sad fics I've read. And it made me very sad. :pinkiesad2: But now there's this, and this makes me happy!:raritystarry: *ahem* When is chapter 3 estimated to be released?

Interesting! Always enjoy reading your stuff. Keep at it my friend.

Oh that silly wallaby~

Something about this chapter is off to me....:applejackconfused:

I don't see the point of this chapter. I wanted to read about Octavia and Frederic.

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The "What I Did For Love" stuff is Frederic/Octavia.

Hm. Maybe trying to do an anthology was a bad idea...

"the guy to burst out laughing in the middle of a play and not stop"
Heeeeeeeey!!!!! I resemble that remark!

An interesting twist to Frederic. Is this one related to "What I Did For Love", or is it separate stand-alone story like "Classical Crossover"?

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Stand-alone.

Though I'm considering canceling the "anthology" idea I had, as it seems to be causing confusion and the idea of writing three simultaneous shipfics seems to have resulted in none of them being written at all.

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I'm personally enjoying them, but yeah, even knowing that it's an anthology it's still a little confusing X3 It might have made more sense as a separate page, like a directory or the like.

Maybe it'll help if they're ordered by story? E.g. have all the "What I Did For Love" chapters, then all the "Classical Crossover Chapters" and then the "Scherzo" chapters

Also, one question: I notice that Harpo only says a single line, then remains mute for the entire story - what was the purpose of this? Or do we find out later...?

(I actually forgot he had even said it at all by the time I finished reading - it wasn't until I was re-reading the intro that I remembered it was even there at all.)

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Heh. I decided to base Harpo's personality on Harpo Marx. He's not completely mute, but he just doesn't say a whole lot in general.

said Octavia, rolling her eyes.” < rogue punctuation

I really like how you're not afraid to spew music jargon, I don't understand a thing, but the context and characterization are rich enough to make me feel like I'm not really losing what matters.

I don't really understand Vinyl here, but Octy I do. She's more important.

4705129 Heh. If I can't win on the romance, win on the music cred!

I have a musical background myself, so I figure this is an appropriate place to indulge - the authenticity may help to differentiate this from other Octavia stories.

Also, helps for building characters to sort of portray them in their environment, that is to say, their day-to-day music lives.

It's always so refreshing to find that you've updated this story. Great work, as usual!

You have no idea how happy I am that this has updated again :raritystarry:

I so hope everything will work out for fred

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