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A refined mare fresh out of high school and a dropout following her dreams find themselves forced to spend a lot of time together.
With the help of a meddling psychology tutor and their new classmates, can they find what they've been looking for?
i really enjoyed the personalities of the two main characters, Vinyl and Octavia. especially since their personalities fit with the description everyone would guess from them. the conflict was also accurate, and i have to fully admit, i had a good laugh at some of Vinyl Scratch's grumblings. 
Kudos to do, i;; follow this and see where it goes.
and this is why OctaviaxVinyl is so much fun.
And personally (probably because I'm annoyed that I can't get the real one) I would conjecture that, to some extent, most of this is an Alegrezza reference in a very limited sense, as Alegrezza, so far as I can tell, helped to set many of the aspects of fanon which you draw upon in this fic.
Which isn't to say that this fic isn't fantastic and an original concept, just that you draw from Vinyl and Octavia's relatively well-established fanons (which are fantastic unto themselves)
This probably makes me sound like a jerk in some way. Ah well, common enough. I'll probably take some time tomorrow to state what I meant and apologize. Fantastic fic!
Glad you like it! I'll be posting in a sporadic, semi-weekly pattern.
Thank you! I hope the next few chapters will be up to the same quality.
Thanks! :)
Hahaha, it's quite an obscure one, but then all the best references are :D
It is a really good story.
I WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR TRACK AND LIKE!
I'm happy you're enjoying it! Plenty more to come.
Oh, absolutely. Allegrezza has been a big contributor to the fanon of many people regarding Vinyl and Octavia. But lets not go overboard and say that any VxO story draws solely from that one fic. Much of their fanon personalities were established before Allegrezza, which is why we all found it so engaging: we already had a basic idea for the characters, so Coffeegrunt was able to expand on that and use it to develop them in his own way. Of course, due to the immense popularity of his fic, many bronies came to see his versions of O and V as their personal head-canon, despite the fact they were just polished and refined versions of what they were before Allegrezza. I wanted to try and nip this in the bud by including a reference straight off the bat to show that not only am I aware of (and a fan of) Allegrezza, I'm making a conscious effort to not simply ride on Coffeegrunt's characterisation.
I'm not sure if anything I just said made sense, or if it sounded rude or something, so if it did I'm sorry.
Crap, now I feel like a jerk.
Your patience will be rewarded :)
Hooray, I think we managed to communicate without offending people.
And I certainly never meant to insinuate that a fic drew solely on Alegrezza, merely that said fanfic was so influential to the overall fanon that most current uses of their personalities are inherently, on some level, a reference to that fic. And there was certainly existing characterizations before Alegrezza, and while I have been generally unsuccessful in hunting down many specific instances, Thunder and Lightning and, even more significantly, The Vinyl Scratch Tapes, evidence this and likely help to cement the characterizations (particularly The Vinyl Scratch Tapes given its massive popularity and relatively early use of the OctaviaxVinyl ship).Thereby, while new stories such as yours certainly deviate from the overall characterization, the general aspects of the personalities are generally maintained.
And I still have yet to realize the actual reference. ☹
I'll be posting in a weird semi-weekly way, so more's coming soon!
"...the general aspects of the personalities are generally maintained."
I'll agree with that.
And I refuse to point out the reference! :D
Thank you. It's always fun looking at fanon relationships from a different perspective. More soon :)
NO! WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?!
Dangit, I'm missing all the references >_< Time to reread.
It will be interesting to see how this turns out, the setting has potential, and Vinyl&Octavia are best ponies :P
If I was forced to criticise anything at gunpoint, I would name that they kind of eased up really fast. From mortal enemies to best friends in ten minutes? It would have been easier if they found common ground in something (music isn't really an option in that, as their different tastes causes conflict in the first place.)
But like I said, that would be my criticism to save my life, it's still an entertaining story. 
I like how you turned it around in this chapter, Vinyl being confused and suddenly the one without friends.
I LOL'd at the awkward compliment at the end xD
No comment about any super obscure references I might have missed? Surely there is one?! I shall find it! 
Really enjoying this 
The text messaging is a great addition and also the Lyra & BonBon cameos are fun to read.
My heart broke somewhat when they both admitted they were lonely and had no proper friends to turn to. 
Nice touch also how Vinyl was all 'things to do and people to see' attitude and then we see her drinking alone and struggling with her feelings.
Now write moar! 
I really like this fic, especially because I can relate to some crap in here. Vinyl, being all happy-go-lucky, even though she has a hard time. That is me, wrapped up in a nutshell.
Anyways, enough sadness.
Were there any references in this chapter? I couldn't find any. Of course, I couldn't find any in the others either. Also, I love how Lyra (my favorite background pony) and Bon-Bon are in here.
No, thank you! :)
Then you shall has more!
No references this time... probably...
Cheers man :D
Moar soon, I swear!
How could I get lazy with my OTP? So much is planned, never fear.
Glad you like it! More soon.
Thanks, I wasn't sure what kind of reaction the texting thing would have, so you've helped to reassure me :)
It seems you can't have Vinyl and Octavia without Lyra and Bonbon these days.
And there maaay have been references..... or not...
Thanks for reading :)
>>405462 Your driving me crazy! WERE THERE OR WERE THERE NOT REFERENCES TO STUFF?
And I guess you're right. I haven't seen any fics with Vinyl and Tavi without at least Lyra. And where there is Lyra, there is Bon-Bon. And where there is Bon-Bon, there is... something. My brain didn't think that far.
Psych nominated for best oc teacher pony. Is he based off of Shaun in the tv show or a professor from your experiences? Anyways I really love this fic, octascratch is the best non mane 6 shipping pair and I do have a soft spot for them. Can't wait for the next installment.
Cheers,
jangledorf
He's based loosely off one of my tutors, but with each scene I notice he becomes slightly more of his own character. Which I'm pretty sure is a good thing.
Glad you like him and this fic! The next chapter is almost ready for posting, I try to keep 4-5 days between them. :)
Delicious. I love the succint yet very meaty descriptions of events here, especially with Vinyl and Octavia's physical reactions to their insult volley.
Excellent introduction. I enjoyed the extensive landscape of the University, and the mirror-image writing of Vinyl and Octavia's introductions.
Nice work with Psych. I love how the stallion is born of many a cheesy, formulaic romance movie. His extreme pleasure at the sight of conflict and his setting up the sparks to fly and set fire to the entire damn U makes me laugh.
Excellent work with the violent beginnings. Very realistic, and very entertaining. It is true; conflict begets comedy.
Nice writing; I love the clean, grammatically correct style, and how the flow was so natural and the non-dialogue parts fit well. The lack of speaker tags (She said) and the distinct voices of Scratch and Octavia was rather darling.
Pardon my pre-reader instinct kicking in; I believe I have identified a minor typo:
“All you do is rubs strings with a stick and you call me primitive? [...]”
Also, what kind of charlatan is she?!
I'll see what kind of cover-art I can come up with.
Well darn. And here I though I was original! Nevertheless, this is going onto my read-later once I have the time...
When I started reading, I noticed there were only 3 chapters so far. When I went to the next chapter, still only 3 chapters. When I moved on to the third chapter, I noted that it was the most recent one. When I finished chapter 3, I looked for the next chapter button only to find it not there.
My reaction was something like 
- FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU.....
So in conclusion, more please. This story has been a great read so far.
Also, ponies with phones. BRILLIANT!
I really want to post the next chapter now, believe me. It's actually uploaded and sitting there right now, I just like to be consistent so I'm waiting a day or two.
Tee hee.
Alright, just because of you, I'll publish it at midnight WST. That's just under 3 hours away.
Yessir. And yeah, my uni also has a tavern (albeit a lot better looking than the one described in this story), and it surprised me how important they considered it.
"Our policy is to provide students with a safe environment that is conducive to learning and improving themselves, and getting fucking wasted bro! Wooo!"
Woot!
This is very good news, a new chapter to read followed by the new episode!! x 2
Wow, 12 hour time difference. It'll be noon for me in less than 3 hours.
And, an actual question regarding the story, do you have a clear ending point in mind? Like the end of their freshman year? Or end of college? Or when they are old and in rocking chairs? Hehe... Vinyl would probably have speakers and a massive subwoofer built into her rocking chair. 
Oh also, any plans for txts gone wrong? Auto-correct can be very silly (or not work at all >.<) After all, I'm sure I'm spelling subwoofer wrong because my phone refuses to acknowledge it as a word.
I'd rather not go into detail about when the ending will be, but yes, it is planned.
I will say that this is called University Days, so if the story continued further into their lives, it would need to be in a sequel.
Texts gone wrong, you say? Hmm... That is a possibility. For the moment, I'm just glad that nobody has asked how the heck Octavia uses a mobile.
Clearly it is because the consumption of copious quantities of alcohol is conducive to high academic achievement, particularly in such a high-pressure environment as University level tuition. Honest.
Also. A Tavern? I'm Jealous. Stirling had to make do with more modern variations of the theme. Quantity, if you will, over quality.
Heh, you should get some sleep then! You'll wake up to a new episode and chapter.
And yes, she uses secret earth pony magic shhh
"And that's why I showed up drunk at the lecture, professor!"
The quality isn't that great, it seems to be more of an impression of a tavern than an actual one.
Personally, I think they could have achieved the same thing at less cost by replacing the water fountains with... slightly less innocent liquids. But that's just me.
It'd be too much to ask if the next chapter was ready yet huh? 
Anyway, this chapter did not disappoint. As I expected, well worth the pestering and 3 hour wait. The almost quite not really a kiss was great but COME ON! 
This site needs more pony smilies. And why must shipping ponies make me giggle like a school girl? *goes off to do manly testosterone things*
Oh Dawn, how you spoil us all with your superb chapters 
Can't wait to see what happens in their next tutorial after the little run-in with Bon-Bon, and Octy's reaction once she finds out about the new dorm arrangements. Awesome work, and looking forward as ever to the next installment!
~Caffeinated Brony~
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Possible Psych-o joke ahead, though. I'll definitely watch and see how does this weekend ends. Judging by the tags, I have no idea what to expect! 
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