(Takes place immediately after "Friendship University".)
Flim and Flam's fraudulent university has been exposed and shut down, Twilight's School of Friendship is busier than ever. But all is not well.
Now aware of the practices and statements made by the head of the EEA, Princess Celestia realizes she has no choice but to call in Chancellor Neighsay for an important discussion.
The Chancellor is most surprised to be granted an audience with the princess, but he'll be even more surprised by what she has to say to him. Has the chancellor gone too far this time?
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I'm really torn on this one, and it's entirely because of the fact that certain things happen in School Raze.
I'd get into specifics, but there are going to be people reading this who only watch the US release.
It wasn't just because of the pony-first approach. Neighsay also saw Starswirl himself was enrolled. I guess it's just easier to push it all on Neighsay, though. Nevermind that the non-ponies were also ready to go to war regardless of his words because their students were missing... again, easier to accuse Neighsay of everything and pretend he doesn't have any point.
Honestly have to say, compared to your other fics this is a bit of a letdown. Firstly, you didn't give Neighsay a chance to defend his position. Mind you, half of that would have amounted to him spouting off bigoted remarks, and secondly Celestia's attitude. When she's mad, she doesn't take an attitude like this. No, she speaks to you (And the season eight opener amongst other episodes like a Canterlot Wedding has basis for this) like a disappointed mother would to a naughty child. She never needs raise her voice, she keeps herself calm and composed. Sadly, I cannot say the same for the Celestia here.
9162405 Starswil was a convient scapegoat. Neighsay would've approved of Flim and Flam's school regardless, just because it was a rival school to Twilight's.
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I'd say he was a factor in this. He was the biggest draw the University had for students and, I'd argue, Neighsay as well. Moreover, Flim and Flam tricked Starswirl himself as well.
Bricklayer also made good points. You turned Neighsay into a stuttering weakling for the purpose of this fic, and Celestia won't even let him speak while she lays into him.
However, as you noted in the author's notes, this is an accusation fic, first and foremost, and that's aspects most of them share and fans of tend to enjoy.
9162880 It would've been easy for Neighsay to uncover the true nature of Flim and Flam's university if he were truly interested in observing it up and running like he did with Twilight's school. But he didn't do that, he observed no classes and as soon as he saw Starswirl that was enough for him to rubber stamp the school, because again he was only interested in having a rival school to Twilight's that was in line with what he wanted. And he wasn't exactly being subtle about his dislike of other creatures the whole time either, in fact he didn't seem to care that others could probably overhear him.
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I'm not denying that. I'm saying seeing Starswirl there was an important factor. Neighsay could have mentioned it in this story, how Flim and Flam had fooled Starswirl too, had spent a lot of time there, and if she thinks he's easily tricked. It would've made things more interesting than, well, just a one-sided accusation fic.
What a excellent job you did on this! I can totally see Celestia doing this.
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That being said, I did not, in fact, dislike this fic. Celestia's approach of giving a second chance is in-character for her, for example. The idea of a confrontation after Friendship University is also interesting. It's over too quickly, though. Neighsay, who we know is stubborn and not one to be easily intimidated, can hardly get a word in and folds like paper. A longer exchange probably wasn't your intention, I would guess, but it's unfortunate that the story doesn't give both characters more room to work with.
After everything that has happened, and some of you might hate me for saying this, but actually hope that Neighsay gets fired for everything he did.
Isn't this fic, well, a bit late? I remember two or three similar ones back when the episode aired.
9163191 I wanted to wait and see what would become of Neighsay after the premiere, whether he'd still have his title of chancellor. "Friendship University" was simply the only one to ellaborate on that before the finale.
I really, really like how you handled this one. Full consequences for Neighsay's blatant speciesism and general poor job judging Flim and Flam's school, but also very in-character for Celestia and Equestria as a whole: you made this mistake, now's your chance to fix it. Neighsay did have a point with teaching and behavior standards, and while the Friendship School is improving it's still not as safe as it probably should be, but it's cathartic to see his horrible prejudice bite him in the flank at last. Perhaps this could have been longer, but Celestia wouldn't beat around the bush and I doubt Neighsayer would be stupid enough to argue with the Princess if he managed to climb to such a high position. Well done :)
9163462 I really do think Neighsay moreso than any other villain deserves a chance to correct what he did wrong, but at the same time he can't maintain his current position if he's going to keep abusing it. The head of the EEA shouldn't be trying to rubberstamp schools that only meet his standards.
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Citation needed
9163583 It was clear from the moment Neighsay showed up that he wanted a rival school to Twilight's, he specifically praised it being a pony first environment. He'd already made up his mind before he got there.
"One Peeved Off Princess;" LOL you're like me: You censor the P word too! I'm gonna love you forever!
LOL, I already love you forever. By the way, could you help me with a couple of my stories?
P.S. I don't have time to read all of the story yet, but it looks great so far!
Lol.
Trust me, Celestia, when I say: That in 11 days, well......Let's just say you'll totally believe the old saying that goes, "Ask and ye shall receive".
This was great! Totally said everything that was on my mind about Neighsay in Friendship University. Celestia really put it all there.
"Well it seems in your 'eagerness' to confirm a school that appealed to your personal beliefs, you didn't bother to conduct a thorough investigation of the school or try to observe it up and running," Celestia scolded.
Awesome! Captured it to a T!
Well neighsay did only give accreditation because he saw Starswirl…. Goes to show you where his priorities lie.
I can only imagine how Neighsay would react if he saw schools from other fics. Think of how he would react if he found out what happened to fillies who failed thier flight test at the school from "Rainbow factory", I'm sure he would instantly shut that school down.
9370252 We don't talk about "Rainbow Factory" around here.
How fitting. Glad I read this alternate bonus ending to the episode.
9402911 It's not really an alternate ending to an episode, more like a behind the scenes follow-up.
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It isn't a bad followup either
Good story
Personally I think he should have been forced to go to twilight school as punishment. It might have forced him to see past his foolish beliefs and realize that he was wrong.
There should have been a scene like this in the series. It makes sense, showing both sides of the coin.