Rarity, element of generosity and fashionista extraordinary has a secret. A terrible secret. A horrible secret. A terrible... horrible... ABSOLUTELY dreadful...... THE MOST DIABOLICAL KIND OF SECRET THAT IS SO SECRET THAT IT CANNOT BE DISCOVERED secret.
A secret so shocking that if it were discovered, it would destroy not only her life, but her friendships, her image, her other relationships, and possibly but not really her career. Oh, and let us not forget that it would be THE WORST POSSIBLE THING!!!
Her secret.... is that she likes.... METAL...
Warning: contains trace amounts of iron, titanium, magnesium, copper, nickel, galvanized steel, various alloys, and possibly uranium.
Also metal references. GLORIOUS AMOUNTS of metal references.
Cover art by EROCKERTORRES on deviantart. Chosen because the longer I kept staring at it, the more I couldn't stop laughing.
I... I actually got all the band references.
God, all those names. And... PINKIE PIE LOVING HEALTHY?! IMPOSSIBLE!
That was surprisingly good... considering I don't really listen to all that much metal myself so kudos to you.
I had a bit of trouble with the references, and then I seen the list and felt like a dumbass...
Oh, and there's a disturbing lack of Blind Guardian in this fic, I think you should fix that ;)
Rarity loves drop c tuning? My god, I have my Flying V in drop c! Also, what's up with the lack of Work for a Cowpony, DiscordWalker, Born of Celestia, Fillies of Bodom, One Hoof Hurt Hit, and ifoughtatimberwolfonce? Lol, but this is probably the best fanfic ever!
I've often thought about Rarity secretly being a 'bad girl'. This story's premise* speaks to me.
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You know, Blind Guardian was honestly one of the first bands I thought of for this fic, but honest to god I could not for the life of me come up with a good MLP name for them.
So yeah... I settled on Iced Earth and Hammerfall instead. Sorry.
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Work for a Cowpony - Not really a fan of them, sorry.
DiscordWalker - Sorry, I'm not getting this one.
Fillies of Bodom - F***!!!!!!!!!
Born of Celestia - Didn't occur to me, sorry. Also don't really care for them.
One Hoof Hurt Hit - Again, didn't occur to me, sorry.
ifoughtatimberwolfonce - Da f***?
Lolz I kid, I have heard of them, but I'm not really a fan of them beyond one or two songs, and again, they didn't occur to me, so yeah.
No slayer? Though I can't think of a good mlp name . metallicolt
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Yeah same reason I didn't use them either. Sorry.
Also same reason I didn't use Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax.
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... That's a really good point. Guessing that's probably one of the reasons Dio isn't in here either (well, technically he sorta is) could have used Tartarus and Elysium as well. Got nothing for Stratovarius either. Heh, "Celestialy" otherwise known as "Heavenly." Devils and Magi? Canterlot? Breezyland? Can't think of one for Tyr... Korpipony? (Poniklaani?)
I think I'm done destroying things now.
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Yeah it's probably best just to stick to what I got and not try to come up with anymore.
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Eyup, I did it just cause I was bored, and how did I forgot Gloryhammer? Now I feel sad.
If you make a sequel, she's gotta be at a concert and brawl in a mosh pit like a true fan
I honestly envision Rainbow Dash would be the metal fan outta the six. Non-the-less, this was actually real good
If you do the sequel would it be the one that you've mentioned to me? Because yeah throughout the whole story I was expecting what you described a few mouths back to happen. Still this was a good story.
I was thrown off a bit by the Razor and Daedalus cameo, because well ether this is the same universe as The Misadventures of Razor and Daedalus, or The Stallion in the High Tower really messed up when choosing the oddities. Eh, I guess it doesn't matter, they're you characters.
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Yeah to me, Razor and Daedalus are pretty much these two when it comes to my stuff.
4171367 DiscordWalker is suppose to be DevilDriver. I couldn't think of a good MLP name for them or Machine Head.
I like this concept. A sequel would be awesome.
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Ah, I see....
I never really thought to use them in the first place much less come up with a pony name for them, but now that you've given me one.........
Maybe for the sequel.
4174329 YAY! I helped!!!!!
I can just imagine that painkiller/painstopper album art work. Would've been cooler if you used Victims of changes but Painkiller is still rad as fuck.
is it to early to demand a sequel?
well I demand a sequel!
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If I do write a sequel it's probably not going to be for a while.
I still have my main story to worry about.
4178442 Ooh, this story looks funny... I can't wait to procrastinate instead of doing my job.
I think it's safe to say that this story was metal as hell. Way to go :D
Did no one get the Hellsing reference? Rarity's "I LOVES METAL" tirade is a satire of:
SO this story is somewhat cannon now. Thanks to Honest Apple. Rarity likes to play hard rock, or maybe a soft metal, to destress.
I like this story, but this bugged me:
The word you’re looking for is ‘wont.’
I'm surprised that Rarity didn't call attention to Twilight's erotica writing.
Maybe she'll like Hayhem? How about Necrophagasus? Motörhoof? Equucide? Napalm Birth? Thy Art Is Cider? Mercyful Destiny? Satyr-icon? Dragon-forced Us To Flee Our Village? Or a personal favorite, Neigh, the avant garde kirin black metal band?
If I think of more, I'll probably share them.
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Excellent story. As a long time metalhead, I was so thrilled to see a Rarity-metalhead fic. I loved all the references, especially the nod to Devin. I adore his work, in SYL and everything else. I did a similar fic - my love letter to heavy metal, but through the prism of Steven Universe. I just may have to tackle a pony-metal fic of my own. Referencing Coltcrusher and other real pony metal bands if I can too.
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Not to mention Pinkie halfheartedly mentioning Applejack's love of pears.