A guy. A guy who writes stories. Stories about ponies. (And sometimes robots).
Twilight Sparkle has mastered many skills: friendship, magic, diplomacy, organization, and so on. However, Princess Luna has realized that Twilight has yet to master one final skill before she can truly ascend to the throne.
And so, Luna takes it upon herself to teach Twilight THE TRADITIONAL ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE.
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This looks like it's going interesting places.
There are lessons one wants and lessons one needs... then there's this.
Concubinage questions from Fluttershy eh?
And this is just hilarious on a number of levels. Including Luna's inevitable dirty tricks.
So... Is Twilight or anybody else going to ask if Blueblood can use the Canterlot Royal Voice?
This could be fun.
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Always down for a good Luna fic. Definitely tracking this one.
I found the whole idea of Luna being so excited about teaching that to Twilight adorable
I love it.
But will Pinkie ever met the pony who baked that cookie?
Will we see Tiberius?
“Huzzah! The volume shall be TREBLED!”
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Well, there's a rather common fanon that Fluttershy is a serial romance novel reader, not to mention she's canonically a manga fan...
This will be hilarious. Anxious for more.
t was at this moment that Twilight knew she fucked up,
Well, you've got my Interest. Putting this in my Tracking folder. I eagerly await the chapter that will gain my Attention and move it to my Favorites folder.
That cookie though...
I think this is the first time I've outright envied a character from the show.
"When I agreed to be her editor, I didn't realize how many of her novels were inspired by real-world experiences."
"You live in Ponyville, do you not? I am given to understand that mobbing is considered a recreational activity in your adopted home."
"... Only every other Thursday. Spike likes to light the torches."
That cookie though. Exquisite food porn. Woe unto the pancreata of Equestria if that baker ever meets Pinkie.
Eagerly looking forward to seeing where you go with this.
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The lessons one has thrust upon them, to mangle Shakespeare?
I blame Fluttershy's questions on copious quantities of anime/manga (since her weabishness is canon, a fact that amuses me greatly).
This was a beautiful start. I was grinning enough to make my face hurt.
Leftovers from editing?
Indeed, the ability to make oneself heard is a valuable skill to have.
I'd like to see the part on battle-magic.
It would be of much, much use in our world, though.
Ah, good old Twilight.
'Tis a trap!
This is... I'm sorry, but this is just stupid of Twilight. Not even the slightest suspicion that Luna would have an idea how to win the wager. No clue what that idea was until she was literally choking on it. And no objection to the scenario? On the grounds either of how you'd never wind up shouting across a table like that in real life or how doing so is incredibly rude, something Luna only gets away with because nobody dares object?
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What's to suspect from a FRIEND? When you wager with your friend, do you expect him to CHEAT? I wouldn't expect such things from someone I knew well.
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Twilight being naive as all get out is canon, for good or ill.
Most excellent.
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If my best friend bet me he could convince me to - well, to do anything? You better believe I'd expect him to cheat. That said...
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I can accept her naivete, but the outright idiocy bothers me. She should have figured out what Luna was aiming at well before she was re-enacting a Got Milk? commercial, and having figured it out, should have protested that she wouldn't use the Royal Canterlot Voice in that situation and that Luna would have to come up with something else.
The cookie scene could have been pushed a little more comedically, but other than that this is a fine start. I look forward to seeing where it goes. :)
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You have some friends, if they are willing to cheat. Kinda forgetting one little thing about friendship, aren't we? There's this concept. Called... "honesty". I would expect my friend be honest with me, and not LIE to me, just to win a bet about teaching me something. SO, yeah, sorry. I find this story majorly out of character for Luna.
That's golden!
It seems Luna did think things through.
Good premise!
I look forwards to see where it goes.
This story looks like it's going to be FUN.
A nice idea with a solid start.
Good work.
Twi has good taste. 36th Chamber is widely considered to be the pinnacle of hong-kong wuxia.
Though 7 Grandmasters, Shaolin Temple (1982), Master of the Flying Guillotine, Shaolin vs. Lama, Iron Monkey, Once Upon a Time in China Part 2 and Tai Chi Master would be my top favorites.
(This fic isn't going to turn into a Pygmalion/My Fair Lady parody, is it?)
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Point of order! I dare argue that the likes of 36 Chambers, et al-- are KUNG FU movies, rather than wuxia. Similar elements, perhaps, buuuuut still slightly different. Well, Iron Monkey is Wuxia enough, as is Once Upon a Time In China-- but ... well, genre quibbling!
Also when it comes to Gordon Liu I'd say 8 Diagram Pole Fighter is even better than 36 Chambers, but hey.
Still! I'm always game to talk kung-fu flicks. Like, you seem to be a connoisseur, so here's some deep-dive recommendations: Legendary Weapons of China (it's on Netflix!), The Cult Kung Fu Master (aka Evil Cult, aka The Master of Tai Chi), Dragon Inn (the 1992 version), and Peking Opera Blues (which ... hasn't had a proper US release, but still!)
When Twilight mastered the Voice, can she shout a king to death? Like Ulfric in Skyrim.
Also, I'm getting vibes of 'increasingly verbose' subreddit in this chapter.
Anyway, thanks for the chapter!
I said the tongue twisters along with Twilight. I'm pleased to say that the pheasants went pleasantly, though I had several false starts with the toboggan buying guide.
In any case, breath control, elocution, both are indeed important aspects of public speaking. I just hope Twilight survives the other lessons in mind, body, and dignity.
Okay, let's face it, that last one is a lost cause.
... Twilights retaliation will be glorious...
I was gonna make a joke about the triple P tongue twister but I forgot how to the bird's damn name.
The toboggan one was easy....right up until the final word where I did trip.
However the pleasant pheasant plucker one really plucked me.
Awesome story so far! <3 <3
I lost it after the pheasant tongue-twister. 😂
Funnily enough I got all of them the first time except for the biscuits.
This one got you into the Favorites folder.
You mother pheasant plucker.
Isn't pushing someone in the lake a witch thing?
[laughs] 'diction'.
Luna is evil. I love it.
Most excellent.
It is very important to be able to say anything with a perfectly straight face. it is point of both dignity and coherency that cannot be overerestimated in a leader.
Heh. If Luna did that to me, I think my pride would get in the way of any "learning" for quite some time.
P.S. Who else read all the tongue-twisters aloud?
I'm getting the feeling that Luna has never heard of this because it wasn't a thing until she started doing it.
I think I would have died if she had been trying to say Aaron Burr.