After Twilight Sparkle cast Star Swirl’s unfinished spell she swapped her friends' destinies, and yet somehow they all seem perfectly happy with things worked out.
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Wait, who's mark does Fluttershy have?
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Applejack's. AJ said she had a "way" with the apple trees, remember?
Dang it, now I have the G3 opening stuck in my head again. You listen to it one time and it haunts you for the rest of your life.
5356192 Oh, I misread. I thought Applejack said she didn't have a way with trees
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You mean comforts you for the rest of your life.
5356273 It won't go away...
My Little Pony
My Little Pony
I'm so glad you're my frieeend...
WE DON’T KNOW
Rainbow dash always dresses in style.
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You know, I don't know the tune, so I'm just reading that in a slow, haunted pace. Pinkiemania, makes everything creepy
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"Hang on a minute, does that mean Pinkie performed the sonic rainboom!"
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And I assure you that the entire story was not
just to use that line.
5359268 ya, that part was just the best.
Pffaahahaha!
Alright, serious pants on.
Given that everypony's happy with themselves now, is it morally reprehensible for Twilight to put them back the way they were?
Technically, she killed her old friends and replaced them with new ones. Also, she appears to have rewritten history, at least for most ponies - Scootaloo seems to be unaffected, but Rarity has different memories from Twi, and Pinkie's in the weather team. Should she try to bring her old friends back? But doing that would kill her new set of 'friends' (though she doesn't actually know them).
5359268 This. So much this.
I could lodge a couple of minor grammatical quibbles, but this story is fun. Any chance of seeing a continuation?
I know this is marked as finished, but I wouldn't mind seeing where this could go from here.
...stetson. But, besides this and a few grammatical errors, pretty good. Although that joke at the end was truly cringe-worthy.
An interesting AU.
My question is why can Scootaloo tell that something's wrong?
6113912 I think only the ones who got their cutie marks switched got their memories changed. One thing that makes me think this is in the show, when Pinkie's cutie mark is put back to normal, the town yells "PINKIE!". The way they said it, it makes me think they realized something was wrong and were relieved that it was put back to normal.
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In a show canon context I'd agree with you. But in the story, someone had been asked enough times about Pinkie to write a letter to be presented to ponies. Whoever wrote that letter wrote it before the spell went wrong, as it was well-worn and she hadn't been asked in a while. Maybe the author dun goofed a lil bit.
6126890 Actually the implication is that only the Elements Bearers have been messed up and everyone else can see that something is wrong. There's an alusion to Sweetie Belle also being aware of the changes and obviously Scootaloo knows something is up. That said, like in the show reality has warped around the Mane Six enough that the illusion isn't instantly broken. Remember that in the show Rarity's dresses vanish from Carosel Boutique, and the letter falls into the same category. Radient Sky's never wrote the letter, but Pinkie has it because Pinkie thinks she should have the letter.
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This is the best way I've been wrong in a while. So Pinkie's letter wasn't written by somepony, but because she had a need for the letter and reason to believe she had one, her physics abuse let her generate one. It's so consistent to me it seemed inconsistent with that reality. Her powers are extending beyond Equestria. Run.
This is a very enjoyable fic, indeed. I listened to scribbler's reading and, i'll say it, this would've made a much funny season three finale... though it seems all the ponies don't mind their new lives, so maybe twilight wouldn't have had to fix it?
I particulary liked the part where Pinikie gave twi that letter and it got to this "WE DON'T KNOW!" part. that really made me laugh.
Also, as i said on scribbler's channel, some of it reminds me of past gen ponies. Rarity getting Pinkie's cutie mark makes sense, when you think about how much fun Rarity in the previous gen just wanted to have fun all the time. And Rainbow being a fashionista... yeah. Unless someone's watched g3, they won't get why that joke is funny.
Liked, favourtied and you have a new follower.
Wonderful job, good sir
Awesome story
6131325 Thanks Autum, and thanks for the follow, Pinkie's letter was definely my favorite part too. Funnily enough, I wasn't really thinking of past gens when asigning the roles, though obviously there was a level of insperation. The episode matched everyone to their very weakest skill, were as All's Well tries to match to their best. Applejack's no-nonsense approach works well with animals, Fluttershy's care could be applied to plants, Rarity wants to make ponies happy, Pinkie's disregard for physics serves her well and Rainbow can follow a very different dream with all her heart.
I wish there was a little more follow-through (and less obvious jokes) with the end, but I do like that you found a permutation of cutie swaps that leave everyone more or less happy.
I love this alternate set of events.
I also want more.
Hmm, what to do...
And then Pinkie became the greatest Wonderbolt ever.
It would have been hilarious if Pinkie had had Rainbow's cutie mark. With her weird reality warping powers, she COULD perform a sonic rainboom and clear the skies in 10 seconds flat. Pinkie makes no sense. Which is why Discord likes her.
Beyond hysterical. I freaking loved it. Reminded me a tad of the ending of the Hard Reset trilogy...where they actually make some sort of sense. Pinkie's note made is even more perfect. Bravo. ^^
After reading your newest story, I'm going around reading your earlier works and this is just wonderful.
Honestly, I was expecting Dash to be more of a rockstar entrepreneur like the hip-hop artists that start their own clothing lines; still definitely doing something in fashion, but being more "awesome" than "refined". I did just absolutely love that everyone was okay with their switched destinies, and the point you brought up in a comment just makes so much sense that the show linked them with their weakest trait, but they all could have been absolutely fine if the switch had just happened slightly differently.
This entire fic was to set up the G3 reference wasn't it? I applaud your dedication.
Pinkie Pie with Rainbow's Cuite Mark...
I KNEW IT!
Why didn’t I read this sooner? This is freaking great, and I loved the depiction of everyone here. Giggled here and there, and I’m happy to have had this recommended to me.