Being a successful author, especially when you don't want anypony to know who you are, can be a lot of work. When she moved to Ponyville calling herself Page Turner, she was so convinced she had finally found somewhere nice and peaceful to keep working while running a small book store. Unfortunately, a certain purple unicorn moving to town means nothing can ever be so simple.
Includes: Sarcasm, Lovecraftian influences, and observing the events of the show from the perspective of somepony just trying to live their life.
Updates on Tuesday and Friday
Edit: Rewrote Chapters 1 and 2 to feel more up to par with the rest of the story.
Chapters (22)
You should change Page Turner's name. Page Turner sounds like a stallion's name.
This chapter is absolutly not ominious at all. Not one word ! XD
Now I think we know why Celestia herself is a fan of her work, for her it's more memory than fiction I wager.
Dr. Caballeron was the delivery pony and her associate-slash-rival is of course Daring Do. That was easy. How many points do I receive?
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All of them.
Why not rewrite the first two chapters?
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That's.... actually a good idea. I forget that some sites make it easy to do something like that.
Not so much a seed as the larvae of an idea who it may be?
Wonder if there is such a way of creating certain stories, that drain the Old Ones o their power?
I always thought the Elder Gods would know Pinkie. She who could reach out, change the words in the book, and erase them from existance.
But, this isnt That story.
Still, Pinkie now can have fun trying to get back through her wardrobe.
Poor Snow Queen.
Just caught up and really enjoying the story so far!
A Black Door?
They dont happen to sell Dairy Products and Roofing Supplies at all?
Three tails? Mrs Slanesh there is crossing the multihybrid Manticore with a Hydra or Kitsune at all?
If the main OCs in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?
It just starts with one small shadow weevile in the Nobles drink, but theres more Nobles,a nd more drinks, and pretty soon youre cackling like you lost it while waving more Eldtritch Tentacles around than a Neighponese Hentai convention.
And this book comes to a close.
The 7th Element has a good basis in the 7 imaginary axis in Octonion maths and the idea of all the little Pinkies yelling in the brain and the one that yells loudest is an actual model for brain behaviour normally.
Its all Inside Out I tells ya.
I was wanting this to end after the riddle was fully solved. Will there be a sequel? I ask because there is still so much potential left in mlp and lovecraftian references.
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There will be a sequel, yes.
I like the take, and parts of the Lovecraft lour being poniefied
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Kind of explains why his henchmen where so bad in the episode. Also Erelam deserves a gold star!
Lol sounds like Pinkie is telling you to stop messing :p awesome chapter.
That episode always bugged me, I much prefer your version
Don't you just hate it when the guests start eating the tea cups?
It really didn't feel long, really good though.
I love the heralds, and how she is taking to the magic
I want to know what Celestia did with the cake and friend XD
I don't know why but I see Arcanica being Welsh for some reason
Absolutely loved this story, very well done.
I really can't believe how few views this has. It's really a hidden little gem.
The ending was a bit cliche, but overall I really enjoyed this fic.
After doing a quick TVTropes examination of Lovecraft, I could say about a half dozen things about Page Turner that I’ll choose not to say.
Never a good idea to tempt fate.
Well, this went from 0-11 really quickly.
It officially went from 11 to 12 somehow.
I’m interested in the name of the last patron.
Moral of the story: Ask about family relations before you invite family.
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Ditto.
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I imagine Arcania with a sort of, secretary-like voice, if you know what I’m saying.
This story is fairly good for a first story and half-self-insert.
Somehow, it wasn’t the best or worst story I’ve ever read, but it kept me engaged throughout the whole thing, good job on that. Grammatical mistakes were at a minimum, and though there were a few ‘MLP retelling clichès’, I really enjoyed it.
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Not especially?
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You could say a lot of things about a lot of creatives. Even dr. Seuss had darker works and was a heavy smoker. You can enjoy art and prose without agreeing with the artist, and you honestly should do that.
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To be fair, Dr. Seuss didn’t do anything morally reprehensible like Lovecraft did when he was alive.
I do separate the art from the artist, I think it’s a perfectly fine way to appreciate a work. It’s just that Page Turner herself is clearly a stand-in for Lovecraft. Besides, my original comment was joking anyways.
You can has review!
Absolutely an awesome story!