"What I don't get, Twi," Rainbow Dash said loudly enough to draw looks from passersby. "is why some of the new Daring Do books focus so much on things that are obvious. Everypony knows how many dents there are in Daring's helmet, after all."
"I don't think everybody knows that, Rainbow," Twilight said, rolling her eyes.
Sweetie Belle headed home quick to start writing. Writing about things that were obvious sounded fun!
Scootaloo woke up one morning, and one thing was immediately obvious to her. She looked closely at her fur on her back, than looked around the other way, just to make sure.
"Wow", she said, despite there being nopony there to hear her, "my fur is totally orange today!"
She trotted into the bathroom and looked in the mirror there, and sure enough, there it was. Bright orange fur, all over the place, and a magenta mane to go with it!
She obviously needed to share this revelation with the rest of Ponyville. Luckily, a scooter seemed to have been left in her room. That, she thought, would certainly make getting around town easier.
She grabbed the scooter, darted through the living room, turned and yelled "Mom, I'm going out, okay?", and ran outside, slamming the door behind her. There was no reply, other than a potted plant shaking from the vibration and than settling down.
She scooted along through Ponyville, and almost immediately spotted Sweetie Belle. She braked in front of her and said, "Sweetie Belle! Do you notice anything about me today?"
Sweetie Belle looked at her quizzically. "A new manecut?" she guessed.
"I'm orange!" Scootaloo said proudly, puffing up her chest fur.
Sweetie Belle continued to stare at her. "Scoots, did you hit your head or something?"
Obvious Scootaloo should be a Tumblr comic. XD
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It would be pretty fun as one!
It actually kinda says something that I remembered posting that on that blog, and went back for it. It definitely stuck in my memory.
--Sweetie Belle
Of course the real twist is that all stories are true or will be true. It's the Sweetiegift.
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They could all be true so far. I haven't really added any yet that contradict each other or canon. (Even the Flash Sentry one could have happened...)
Not sure if that'll keep up, though.
--Sweetie Belle
I can dig it.
Instant tracking.
Okay, this feels so Sweetie Belle. Okay, this is my favorite Sweetie chapter. :P
8192117 You'd think it already was given how OBVIOUSLY tumblr comic worthy this premise is, huh?
I actually like these super short stories. They're almost like a mix between poetry and prose.
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This one's probably the only one of these other than the prologue that wasn't held to 150 words, too, since it wasn't written as a flash fic. It was just silly enough that I remembered it and wanted to include it here. When I went to grab it out of comments, the comment this one was in had seven thumbs up...
I also liked the little tease of her yelling out to her mother, but not actually showing anyone there.
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They are fun to do, too! It gets a little tricky, because usually I end up writing a bit over the word limit, and then I have to go through tightening things up to make it fit. It's actually kinda good exercise, because it can be helpful even when you don't have a limit to know how much of what you are writing is really unnecessary or padding.
--Sweetie Belle
8194815 I think that's a very honest question many have when it comes to writing anything. "Why does a story need to be that long?" Especially in the minds of a new and young writer. Especially with sites like Fanfiction.net and DA never having such imposed minimums.
So to see Sweetie ask that felt proper and sensible, especially with Obvious Scoot's response as to the why it has to be. :P
8194828 That's how all good stories are built. When you give too many answers there's nothing left to ponder.
And yes, good one, I loved the play on words with that chapter. :3
8194836 It didn't overstay its welcome. Short, cute, to the point. It said all it needed to.
8194878 ha! Yeah, I liked that little bit of silliness. Makes one think poor Scoots is suffering from a trauma she hides with her dillusions in order not to face reality.
Or not. I didn't think of it that deeply other than "Oh! She wrote a MOM in! Oh, no, wait a minute. Just Scootaloo talking to her imaginary family I guess!" so okay maybe now I guess it shifted from silliness to dark undertones from my last reading. :P
8194885 I really didn't want to say anything spoilery in the comments so I just kept short and sweet. An oldy but a goodie done well in this final scene of the world.
Here's an idea. Maybe you should get your next writing prompt out of a fortune cookie. That sounds fun.
Well, I thought these were pretty nice, with a good framing device. Thanks for the read!
I really liked this one. It's great