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A dark night in a town that knows how to keep its secrets, but on the top floor of the Ponyville Public library lives a dragon still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions:

Spike Noir, Private Eye.

Note: This was an exercise in silliness, and that's why it's so short. If there's enough interest in making this work, I may continue it.

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Yes, please continue this! It's got a very good mix of silliness and noir tropes.

Darn good read mate, keep this show going!

I am very interested to see where this is going.

Is this a Prairie Home Companion crossover?

♫♥I look forward to reading what happens next in your story♥♪

#8 · Oct 28th, 2011 · · ·

I thought that the addition of noir was a nice touch, even if it obviously satirizes the genre.

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The Prairie Home Companion is the last thing I expected to be ponified. I liked the story, and I hope you continue it...

First of all, I absolutely love this and second of all I can't believe I found your work completely by accident. I was going to look you up after catching up with the bronyville podcast and suddenly here you are. I'm looking foreward to reading the elements Of Discord even more now. Keep up the good work.

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Can someone tell me where the silly is? Because I cannot see it.

All I see is an emotional and very well written start to a story!

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This is cliche'd as all heck, as well as being a crossover with a very hammy (but oft entertaining) radioplay skit from "A Prairie Home Companion", called "Guy Noir, Private Eye".

It's actually lampooning bonafide detective novels, I intended it to be specifically in that gritty, cliche'd, short-sentence, punchy-speech flowery language style used both in the show and in various real books.

Only I'm not very good at it.

This is, at the moment, a story I intend to continue but do not know when.

Huh... so because its meant to be cliche its meant to be silly...

But if you don't really know about what its based on... and what 'lampooning' means (looked it up, I don't see how this story is meant to be lampooning anything) I guess you won't find it silly and can just find it beautiful?

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If I've accidentally created something that great, then I am glad. When I say it's 'silly' I mean that in a good way, with as much love as I can muster. I try to catch "guy noir" as often as I can. Also 'cliche' is not used with even a hint of malice here, but it is written to formula - one that admittedly works.

As I said, I want to do this idea proud - if you say it's beautiful then I'll blush because I had a lot of fun doing this but it's not my normal style at all and not one I'm sure I can do the justice it deserves.

Thank you for being so kind :)

I'm looking at your other stories now, and I admit this isn't your usual style. I really think that if you continue with it. It really will become something great.

sir i appluad you at using the prarie home companion show's Guy Noir Private Eye. :pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::yay::yay::moustache::moustache::scootangel::raritystarry:

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