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Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are falling. To their deaths, probably. It wouldn’t be much of a problem, but unfortunately for Twilight, Rainbow Dash enjoys herself way more than the situation should allow.


Edited by Aragon and Section
Vectors by slb94 and skie-vinyl

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Umm.. this is a good story, don't get me wrong, I genuinely really like it, but Rainbow seems TOTALLY out of character. I kept imagining pinkie instead of rainbow in her place. Maybe if you changed the dialogue a bit, you could make it pinkie falling with twilight. I still commend you, good sir, for the excellent story! 8/10 pinkies for you! :pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy:/10

5193475
I could find an excuse for that—like the potions having brainwashed her—but let's be honest: All of my dialogue-only fics are lacking show-ready character quality. Then again, that's kinda the point. :raritywink:

“Dunno. I read that on a cereal box once. Sounded kinda catchy.”
“…Catchy.”
“Yeah! ~A painfuuuuuul, hoooooorible deeeaaath~”

Freaking golden, man. Freaking golden. I might, uh, reference this in a story of mine later.

Ok. This is the first story I've by you, so I didn't know that. Thanks for the explanation! :twilightsmile:

That was amusing. And likeable. Likeable enough for a like in fact. I love it when people write random stuff :twilightsmile:

Welp, that was a hilarious story. I haven't been doing a whole lot of reading lately, but this was worth it.

Now for the obligatory highlight reel:

YOUR JOY IS DIRECTLY CONVERTED INTO MY MISERY, RAINBOW!

I can't stress how much experimentality was in those potions.

And of course everything to do with the cereal boxes...

I'll just stop now, since otherwise I'd quote the whole fic.

I'm sorry, but Rainbow Dash can be unsympathetic, but to this level is just mean and cruel to Twilight. Sorry. Also, they died from re entry or something because you literally cannot drop from any height you will be conscious from without having hit terminal velocity and dying in ten minutes. Sorry, just my curiosity got the better of me on how this could be happening, and I really don't like the explanation or just making stories to watch ponies die.

5193867
Sorry you didn't like it. However, I was hoping the reader would realize that this fic is neither meant to be taken seriously, nor the characters or situation displayed. It's a common theme with random-comedy (though not always a valid excuse, I know).

At least you had the courage to stay and leave a comment, and I thank you for that.

5193923 I get that, and though I still downvoted, this would be something that might intrigue me to read more of your writing as it was well written. Unfortunately, I don't read too much on this site. I think my biggest problem is the pointless pony death. At some point I believe some subjects need to be shown their proper respect, and honestly I don't even think Twilight pays it proper respect because she gets enraged instead of depressed. I'm really just saying that even a small nod to what was actually happening to them would have made me happier. Of course, I also just despise the idea of turn your brain off enjoyment, which happens a lot in random comedy too.

5193949

Dude, it's a random comedy. It's a play on the surrealism of the situation -- while facing death, both Twilight and Dash react in a way that's definitely not how any normal person/pony/whatever would react.

That's literally the joke. Having Twilight depressed here would be both jarring and against the entire point of the story. This isn't even black comedy per se, it's just playing with ridiculos temes. There's paying respect to certain themes, and then there's just not getting the story at any level.

5194021 I suppose, it just doesn't seem right to me. No real story, no real acknowledgement to what is happening, and honestly, what doesn't feel like the characters all to lead to a stupidly long fall and then death just doesn't entertain me. It was well written though, and I will give the author that.

If you like this kind of story, please check mine out called "At The Very Top".

5194728
Please don't advertise your stories. Especially not on other stories.

Rox

Okay, that was funny, and now I really want to know what happened next. Kudos to you sir:rainbowwild:, and curse you for leaving me hanging.:twilightangry2:

I think that potion had so much experimental in it that it made Dash nuts. In addition to taking away wings and stopping horns from working that is.:twilightsmile:

"Oh god this was a fun story." Was exactly what I said to myself when I finished reading this story.

5197465
If I had to rationally find a reason for that, the answer would probably be that she's a pegasus and doesn't connect extreme heights with danger. However, as I mentioned before, this story is not meant to be taken seriously.

“But why? It rolls so easy off your tongue! It’s a good song!”

SLAYEEEEEER!!!!!

Chainsaw Crunchies

At the chainsaw -
Chainsaw buffet
The secret ingredient screams
You're my main course
At the chainsaw buffet
Boiling your blood 'till it steams

Saw the party pooper part, couldn't help but thing of

Demented story, loved it.

Maybe it actually is Pinkie Pie, and the experimental potions ended up making everyone, including herself, perceive her as Rainbow Dash, which is why her wings seem to still be there but don't work.

I can see why this was round-filed; it has a rather more morbid flavor than the final draft.

5220468 I concur, I can understand why you wouldn't want to post this. Having a calm conversation with a friend about your impending doom that can't be changed is one thing, but having a calm conversation about someone on fire while they slowly burn to death and you can do something about it is a totally different thing.

5223454
Actually, I had that idea with the CMC at the very first, where they would set a pony on fire in the hopes of that being their special talent. After less than a hundred words I already realized just HOW dark that would've been, so I scrapped it and rewrote it with Twilight and Dash.

Once I realized that that would've still been grotesque as hell I just screwed the entire concept and thought of something (more or less) innocent.

Yeah, even though the result is just a few hundred words, these stories do take a considerable amount of planning.

... I have no words. It's too funny. Can't breathe. Help!

6446295 It's just password. Yeah, I know, very creative.

This was hilarious! :rainbowlaugh:
I actually got the idea that Dash might be doing this purposefully in order to stop Twilight from panicking. Clearly it worked, but Dash will probably be facing some consequences for that in the afterlife. :twilightangry2:

I swear, Rainbow is more random than Pinkie these days:pinkiecrazy:

7616350
Seeing as how Rainbow has crashed into mountains and been fine, I doubt she's going to die because of this. Twilight, on the other hand?

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