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A special guest speaker arrives in Ponyville to teach Cheerilee's class about the inner workings of Equestria's government. And, well... it's Prince Blueblood.
Enjoy the story? Everyone's least favorite member of the royal family continues his adventures in "The Strange Destiny of Prince Blueblood."
dude, that was awesome. I would very much enjoy doing a audio version of this.
Your writing style is very enjoyable and easy to follow but with good inquisitiveness.
I would very much enjoy a sequel to this story; i would be in the front seat waiting.
Very interesting and excellent story telling, keeping to plot, i look forward to more.
~~dezi94
^Died a lil' of laughter right about that part...
And just finished...
Well then.
Often times, writers will go through a maturity process with a character through something very deep, emotional, and full of angst.
You did it with a schoolroom full of bright-eyes foals and a pompous prince.
Some breakthrough writing here. Well done, well done.
Only at when Cheerilee came back into the room, and I absolutely love it at this point.
"
The farmer regarded him silently for a moment. And then, to Blueblood's surprise, he flashed an easy grin. "Don't worry, buddy. You'll find a filly. Yer alright."
The prince stared after him in shock.
"
Awww... fanon Mac is one of my favorite background ponies.
And that was some of the best writing for a ponyfic I've ever seen. After reading every 6-star fic and many of the others, I really mean it.
Back to editing fics! :P
THE SEQUEL
After taking exactly 3 steps into the Everfree Forest, Blueblood was pounced by a manticore and devoured.
Fluttershy was at first horrified by what her forest friend had done, until she saw who the remains had belonged to. Then she gave the manticore a medal of honor.
And Celestia totally never missed Blueblood at all. In fact, she kinda forget he ever existed.
The End! 
Huh. I expected a dumb-but-passably-funny, forgettable comedy about Blueblood being Blueblood. Instead... this wound up being pretty good. Blueblood was hilarious, and actually learned a lesson that apparantly set him on a life-changing journey. The foals were equally hilarious and believably in-character. And (a big pile of icing on the cake) we got some CheeriMac! That doesn't happen anywhere near often enough, in my experience.
So, good stuff. Thumbs-upped, and I'll defintely read the sequel ASAP.
Wow, thank you! That's a massive compliment. Some of those six-stars are flat-out phenomenal. I'd better put on a hat so my head doesn't swell too far 
There might have been banks, once. Hrm. That was a missed opportunity for a gag... 
Haha, yeah. Was wondering when someone would point that out. But then again, crushing on Cheerilee because she sounds like his aunt...man, poor Blueblood has enough issues without throwing in an Oedipus complex. 
Well, not exactly, but things don't go a lot better...
You know, it's ironic that the show's one obvious attempt at ship building has been largely ignored, while basically the entire fandom's agreed that Lyra and Bon Bon are a thing. Nothing wrong with that, just odd.
Yep! The hydra just snaps his spine in half with one bite, so he barely even feels his guts being ripped out. If the manticore had killed him, he'd have still been aware of everything until he finally bled out.
It's a fun story. I'm gonna submit it to EqD with an "Everyone" rating.
The story is well written, but personally I find the nerverending stream of hatred for Blueblood to be disappointing.
He was written the way he was to make a point. He was a deliberate gender reversal. He expected everything of Rarity that the traditional prince-loving fangirl expects of a prince. Expecting Rarity to pay for him? Standard thing for girls on a date to do. Expecting her to put her cloak on the puddle for him to walk over? Cliche thing for a guy to do. Just like the cliche of a girl sitting and waiting for a guy to open a door for her.
The point to all this was not to paint him as a bad pony, but to point out how ridiculous it is for women to expect these things from men, by showing how ridiculous it looks when a man does it.
Bashing Prince Blueblood for being a jerk is completely missing the point of his character.
Well, I don't know about that. I think you're definitely onto something--he's a gender reversal of the typical helpless damsel archetype--but he's also an example of the classic snobbish, detached-from-reality noble. I mean, this guy didn't even know who Rarity was. She helped save the frickin' world, and he was so wrapped up in himself that he thought she was just another hanger-on. So in addition to the gender-oriented aspects of his character, there's a bit of good, old-fashioned "down with the aristocracy" classism taking place as well.
Plus, look at the show's primary audiences: kids and young adults. A lot of those young adults are male. And I think it's safe to assume that a lot of those males are pretty nice dudes who couldn't imagine treating a date like Blueblood did. Hence, he gets the same kind of hate piled on him that a jerk linebacker treating his cheerleader girlfriend like crap would.
Not that I'm trying to change your mind, here. Just explaining what my own impressions of the character were.
Excellent story. It was very well written and I had a great laugh out of the disruptive class scene, right before cheerilee tossed the two trouble makers out. I could CLEARLY imagine that scene.
I'd like at least two sequels and maybe a prequel. First sequel would be of him facing the everfree forest and changing for the better, or facing that his failure is down to his nature and he cannot really change that. Sorry, I'm a cynic. Anyway, the second sequel (maybe an epilogue?) would have him return as a better pony as we get to see his changed life. If, along these lines, there's still very little details on background going on him, (how he got his life like that in the first place) I'd like a prequel explaining some of it.
Well, you're no Santa I know. I know. And by no means think of this as a list of demands or whatever. I just liked it soo much, I'd like to see planty more 
I think the "children are so honest and candid that talking to the right one works better than a trained psychologist aren't they adorable and innocent bwaaaa" is done in a sort of cliche way. Although it's still funny at the beginning when they're calling his bullsh*t and slowly tearing him down. As for Blueblood himself, this is a really original take. The idea that he was once next-to-useless, now rendered TOTALLY useless by circumstances outside his control, and he's totally aware of it.
I'm also praying that the follow-up doesn't ship him with Zecora. It's already up, so here goes!
This was very good, and it felt like an actual episode! Redemption and Self-Actualization are always excellent topics for fan fics.
I've been a teacher before, and I can tell you that you nailed a room full of children excellently. They are cruel, never-tiring, ever-curious and always wanting more. If they see you squirm it's already too late to recover. I particularly liked his interaction with Dinky Doo, that was just darling. This could've been a very awkward stream of self-loathing, but you made it into a nice build up and although this was VERY dialogue heavy-- I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Big Macintosh was surprisingly stoic, and frankly that made him as a character in this story. He could've made a mean face, said nothing, and gone on. That would've been the end of that, and I would've thought nothing of it. Of course he would threaten the Prince away from his mare-friend, right? Well no, you took the higher road with him and that showed a real level of understanding for Big Mac as a character. The words you chose and the actions he took gave him a lot more staying power than I can usually conjure in the mostly-mute stallion.
I will CERTAINLY be reading the next bit of this series, and I'll give my thoughts as I go! You've got me hooked. 
~Aegis Shield
P.S. I've written a blog about this story, and am sending some of my readers your way. Expect an influx of comments soon. :)
Thanks To Aegis Shield, you have a new follower. I had initially written off this story since I never thought much of Prince Blueblood other than he was a complete jerk. As I read through this, you transformed his character from being completely pompous and self-centered to somepony that hopefully get a second chance at that all important first impression. I really like your writing style and look forward to more of your work.
Wow! Thank you for the compliments and the recommendation I'm thrilled that the story's turned out so well-loved. When I wrote it, I definitely didn't expect it to spawn two 25k+ word sequels, but Blue just turned out to be a fun guy to write about. Though I've taken him to some darker places than some folks were expecting... 
Thank you for the kind words Hope ya enjoy the sequels, too; I tried to stretch my writing boundaries with them, and they go in some odd directions, but I've had fun writing them and I hope that shows in the work.
WAIT the foals said you weren't bad enough to warrant going into Everfree Forest! 
I must admit, I didn't expect him to leave, I thought he'd maybe stay, and either apologise to Rarity and ask her for a new suit, of he'd go back to Canterlot to do as much as he could. I most certainly didn't see that coming. I'm impressed with your handelling of Blueblood, and I may give that sequel a go to. You also handled the story itself very well, the Crusader, and the other characters were well executed, and the story was a nice little thing.
On another note, actually I don't want to make assumptions, but with all the clues listed during Blueblood's regrets, about falling in love with a princess, I can only assume that means Cadence, since he also mentions she married an idiot, and reffers to Shining Armour in a similar fashion. Both she and Blueblood are related to Celestia, which would make them related.... and in love with her.
That makes me think, that I've missed something obvious, because I really don't want to decry a story that is as well done as this, by missing an obvious fact, so before I dig myself a deeper hole in the ground I'm gonna stop.
BACK TO HAPPY
A very well done story, with no glaring errors, well conducted characters, and a well thought out and executed plot. Glad I had a look at this from Aegis Shield's blog post.
Very well done, see you in the sequel.
Honora Imperator
Wow really? Okay, that sounds a little 
'creepy' to me.
However, you said that they aren't blood relations, and by this fic, you've put alot of thoughts into this, I admit you have me interested my good author
You have piqued my curiosity, see you in the sequel. 
Great job again.
Honora Imperator
Excellent. Nice to see a character such as Blueblood get attention. And it was genius how you made Diamond Tiara have a crush on him.
I kind of feel sorry for the guy. I mean, he's useless, but for him to know that he's useless...
I knew this was going to be great when he called Twilight's brother 'Shining Idiot.'
Sure! It'll be a grimdark tale of how she loses her eye in excruciating detail, but one little shard of glass gets stuck in her brain and the doctors can't pull it out, so it gradually drives her insane and she starts hallucinating that everypony around her is a changeling spy, eventually leading her to become what she thinks is a renegade vigilante, but really, she's just murdering innocent ponies.
Greatly enjoying this, particularly Blueblood's letter.
There's something about the 'Blueblood redemption' kind of fics that really appeals to me. Probably the combination of fidelity to the source, with everypony being a complex character and not just a stereotype (bad pony or not, nopony is unequivocally positive or negative) and characters, as in real life, changing as things happen to them, and the theme of self-invested growth for the sake of improvement.
Reading sequel next.
I found this to be an entertaining short story. The chaos that is the classroom came off wonderfully. Blueblood must have had a pretty rough shape since the Gala if a classroom of foals managed to break him in under five minutes.
I am now compelled to read on with the sequels thanks to a funny first chapter.
"... and that he had his head shoved clear up his..." Cheerilee cleared her throat. "Class" 
I love that. I absolutely love that sort of thing.
This is an outstanding story. Incredible. I shall head forthwith (or maybe tomorrow instead, it's a little late here) to the sequel.
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