Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
Twilight felt her eye develop a twitch as she read the proposal. Finally, she let it drop onto Sunset's coffee table, shut her eyes, and took a deep breath. "It is by will alone that I stay my mind from madness. It is by the grace of Friendship that lips acquire grins, the heart acquires warmth, the warmth becomes a pleasure. It is by will alone that I stay my mind from madness."
"Easy there, miss Mintal." Sunset sat next to her and draped an arm over her shoulders. "I thought you'd be all over this idea."
"The concept is absolutely sound." Twilight slumped along the couch as she spoke, gradually guiding her head to Sunset's lap to start a routine that worked wonders for relaxing her. "The only reason we shouldn't have pushed this earlier is because no one understood how magic behaves in this world well enough to write the curriculum."
Sunset started stroking Twilight's hair. "And I'm guessing writing said curriculum isn't the problem either. We're consultants here; this will be an actual class, not a vlog series. Okay if I let out the ponytail?"
Twilight nodded, shut her eyes, and sighed. After a few moments, she spoke again. "I honestly wish I could do more to help on that end. Education was my backup plan in case the whole 'scientific wunderkind' thing didn't pan out." Another beat, and she added, "Well. a backup plan."
"So what's the problem?" Sunset held out a hand, letting her catch the brush that had floated over from her bathroom.
"I know this is going to sound really petty, but..." Twilight cracked one eye open. "Did you have anything to do with the name?"
Sunset quirked an eyebrow and started brushing. "It's based on the anti-drug program, just like everything else."
"Yes, but..." Twilight trailed off, only continuing after Sunset stopped brushing. "After visiting Equestria, I became a lot more cognizant of how frequently this world uses lowercase equestrian terms. I know the etymology behind many of them, some going back millennia, but... Well, it's like seeing both parts of an optical illusion. You can't not see it after it clicks."
Sunset magically grabbed the proposal and looked it over, her hands busy with something far more important. After some lengthy deliberation, she shrugged. "I don't get it. What's so bad about 'Magic Awareness and Responsibility Education'?"
Twilight just groaned. "It is by will alone that I stay my mind from madness..."
Fallout named the drug after the living computers of Dune. Kkat took the drug in a different direction. Now we have come full circle.
Also, let's face it, even the canon EqG world could use a M.A.R.E. program.
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Just roll with it, Twilight. To do otherwise leads to madness.
Ponies have sandwiches. Your argument is invalid. (Seriously, etymology is one thing, but it isn't outright impractical the way sandwiches are for ponies)
I appreciated that litany.
Coming soon: A PSA where Equestrian Trixie stars in "M.A.R.E. : To Stay Away From Dark Artifacts".
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Not for a Unicorn noble, like the Earl of Sandwich
probably would have been.
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Except his actual reasoning for bothering doesn't hold. For several reasons (cows are sapient, still no hands to get dirty, "Sandwich" isn't any kind of horse pun).
Given that D.A.R.E. led more kids to take drugs, M.A.R.E. might actually bring in the students.
Twilight, she was raised Equestrian. Horse puns are endemic in YOUR culture, let alone hers. And you’re surprised by this?
Personally, I blame the Shimmerists.
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I'm quite happy with it myself. And I imagine Twilight will be grateful for it for years to come.
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"Greetings, ape-things, and welcome to the Great and Powerful Trixie's—"
"Trixie, this is part of your community service."
"Do not interrupt Trixie's patter, Sparkle."
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Legend says sandwiches were first invented by the Abyssinian alchemist Katrina as she fled from oasis to oasis in the Litterbox Desert, always one step ahead of her vengeful pursuers.
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Hopefully they'll actually listen to Sunset's recommendations on what not to do.
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Well, yeah. Sunset literally doesn't see the problem. Twilight, upon exposure to even greater horsepun densities, can't help but do so. And it's driving her slightly nuts. Well, slightly more nuts.
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I can't turn down a good G1 reference, and I was going to point out that I still need Doctor Whooves to be the one who stopped her until I remembered that duh, he time-traveled.
at least it's not a Feghoot
Funny thing is, D.A.R.E as it was taught in the 90s and the early 2000s was a catastrophic failure. What they are teaching now is much better and has seen results D.A.R.E wishes it could get.
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I honestly had no idea until now that D.A.R.E. failed anything. It certainly succeeded with me; I kept my certificate on my wall until I had to move out of mom and dad's.
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Personally, I'm of the opinion that, at least for cigarettes and alcohol, if a teen wants to try some, it's infinitely better to do so at home, where paramedics can be called at the slightest sign of complications than on the streets.
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What I've heard is that it was very successful in letting kids know that there was social pressure for them to take drugs.
I love your user name.
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I see Catrina had an INTERESTING history before turning up in Tiatarta :p Also that Twilight is strangely up to date in the latest culinary trends.
Speaking of sandwiches reminds me of Aporia.
Ha!
Ha! For once Twilight's the one dealing with the headaches.
And if you think that's bad, may I present a name from one of my favorite fanfic stories.
First Annual Robotics Tournament.
"I don't know what's the problem, Twilight! The name was created by one of the most brilliant unicorn aspects in the Church, Bushy Bibleophile."
"Sunset, Bushy is a great researcher and spell designer but she thought that 'SPEW' was an unremarkable name for a magical creature welfare charity!"