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For years, Twilight never wondered why ponies randomly broke out into song.
When Spike asks why and Twilight doesn't have an answer, she decides to go to the one place she'd never been led wrong, where she could always get a clear, concise, and trustworthy answer.
Princess Celestia.
Celestia doesn't help.
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That was pretty interesting, a fun way to ponder why ponies tend to break into song so often, although it is probably down to harmony... Helping them singing in harmony.
Can I pitch an idea? Twilight spills the beans, Starlight catches wind and lo and behold every dream is everypony singing the "Sound of Silence" since Luna has been not focusing on her duties.
Aside from a few periods instead of question marks, and at least one bit of dialogue with quotes absent, this was pretty good.
This is wonderful -- a great "explainer" one-shot, and it makes a lot of sense, given Luna's mischievous nature. There's a few typos here and there, which are easily corrected and don't detract from the story.
Nice work!
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That's not a bad idea. That's actually pretty brilliant.
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Oh shoot, I'll give this another once over tomorrow and hopefully fix all those.
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Thanks a ton! I wrote this while decently sleep deprived (Went in for far too early a shift at work and lost some good sleep because of it
But I'll give this another run through tomorrow and fix those.
Luna Memetic?
The thing that always puzzled me about people being puzzled about people breaking into song for no reason, is, just how psychologically socially abused are they that they cant even raise to the level of plantation slaves? then again, most of the singing crews on the buses here are returning from a night on the town, so are drunk.
I do miss the old guy with the spoons though.
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That sounds like a pretty good story right there. Also, I might just be too sleep deprived right now, but I can't tell what you're trying to say about plantation slaves.
I wonder if Twilight noticed unusually long pauses in Cadence's song, which was when Chrysalis was singing in the duet.
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I always thought that idea was hilarious, but for the purpose of fanon, there was something there. Twilight wouldn't act so nonchalant about Cadance singing otherwise.
Cute little one-shot!
This was a fun fic, with pretty natural back-and-forths. While I do like the introspection of pony life, the cultural aspects within, and the social norms I noticed a way this could've been done a touch better. So Twilight seems to think that Luna put the exact lyrics into the minds of the ponies, but the way Luna put it made it seem like it was closer to an inkling. Like an idea left to marinate in your thoughts that eventually blossoms into, in this case, a song and dance. Maybe not the exact same idea for every pony, as their thought, and I guess 'marination', process is different, but Luna could make it different in such a way so that it develops into the desired song. On that thought, I'm glad Luna and Celestia only put ideas into their subject's heads about songs, and not some sort of thought manipulation.
That being said, again, this was a very fun read and didn't leave much to be desired. A nice contained story with a perfect last line.
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Aw thanks! It was my first try at one, and I'm actually surprised it's gotten as much attention as it has.
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Thanks for you input. I originally did plan it being Luna straight up putting the exact words into ponies' minds, and that's how they all sang the same words together, but I like you take on it.
Ok Funny though I prefer the "Heart Song Magic" idea, that it is a magical compulsion where Harmony magic causes minor reality warping effects. Then it's related to Pinke's powers and also can rope in non-ponies. Some fics use a "Heart Song" as a bit of comedy relief though people's reactions to them. A Dresden Files crossover fic had one where the ponies in human form trigger one in a cafe and one guy spends the next 5 mins after trying to figure out how he pulled his Saxaphone, which was in a storage unit, out of his backpack during the song.
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The Heart Song theory would probably make more sense in-universe, but I just had this idea stuck in my head and knew I had to write it.
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To be fair, we only see his dreams once, and they were about ice cream. And showing Rarity an ice cream house he build for her.
Dudes got simple, but respectable dreams.
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Really? What episode?
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Oh god, I'm not even sure. I think it's from "It's About Time". The crazy one where Twilight meets herself from the future.
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What's the name of that paradox anyway?
Yup! Thanks! I loved this one. The paradox where she causes the problem she's trying to solve?
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Bootstrap paradox.
I believe grandfather paradox works as well but don't quote me on that.
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That's it, the bootstrap paradox! The grandfather paradox is a conundrum in which a time traveler kills his grandfather (or any other ancestor) before his father (or mother or another ancestor in his lineage or even the time traveler himself) is conceived, thus preventing the existence of the time traveler.
This was a cute concept. But you seeeeeeeriously need to have it edited, good Lord.
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Ooh yeah. That's right.
My theory has always been that the world was normal reality like we live in. Then... Discord happened and completely turned everything into chaos. Then, after his defeat, the world and reality in general was left.. kind of messed up. The moon and sun didn't work. It's possible that the world wasn't even a planet any more. Weather didn't work. The dominant race were rainbow colored ponies and other remnants of nutty chaos. And then, over the centuries, these races just... evolved to their environment like any species would, each finding and filling some niche. The universe is kind of.. broken and shattered, and the wild music that seems to pop out of nowhere with everyone unable to resist going into full song and dance numbers might be another way that the universe is just... broken.
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That's... I actually really like that theory.
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In my theory, there's no evidence of whatever things were like before Discord. No records or archeology would have survived something like that. Discord might have even planted the seeds of his own destruction as the universe in complete, uncontrollable chaos might have spawned the Elements of Harmony just by chance out of chaos alone. Or maybe they were created by... some.. built in mechanism that the universe has because it's laws were just being bent so much, and there's some... self correcting mechanism. Something like that would be interesting to play with. If the elements could completely repair the universe and bring it back to what it was. But that would mean... the elimination of Equestria.. ponies... etc.. since all the races in the world would be the distant relatives of those few who survived the chaos years without going insane. What was the universe before the chaos years? No one can ever know.
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So what, there's some greater force than Discord that works with world balance? I mean, I like where you're going with this, but don't the elements only exist because ol' Swirlybeard planted a tree?
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Who knows where this could go. Maybe that's a legend or made up story to make things make sense, like our modern religions. Maybe fact. Who knows? How can you really explain a universe that fell into some kind of complete chaos and then... somehow solidified into some kind of... reality with the cracks still in it? I don't know. It would be up to imagination how this played out. It's fun to think about. So many possibilities. And what if it started happening again? Maybe even this... universe reverting into chaos, and then falling into some sort of... order... in a way... could be a natural process. Maybe even Discord could have been a product of a natural process. Kind of like the theory of "The universe goes into a big crunch.. which turns into a big band and expands till it can't expand any more, then retracts and goes into another crunch to repeat the process.." Maybe there's some sort of... way that the universe just... re-makes itself endlessly. Like it's an evolving thing. My imagination is going crazy at this point. I just know someone is going to see these posts and there's going to be fanfictions now. Haha! I want credit! Haha! Realistically, I'm probably not the only one who's probably thought of this. I'm sure that if I looked, SOMEONE out there has thought similar, if not the same things.
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My brain is too goop right now to process all of this, but it definitely seems interesting. Why don't you have a whack at writing this? You obviously seem very creative. And I mean, it is your idea.
Adorable! I love the idea of Luna doing this lmao. What a great way to have an universe explanation, and I appreciate Twilight pointing out all the "flaws" in it as well. Love me a dash of meta in my comedy fics. May as well address it before like, 10 different people in the comments can xD.
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Thanks! I just went with what felt natural, and am honestly pretty surprised it's got the reception it has so far.
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Sometimes the best thing a writer can do is go with their gut instincts lol. My most popular story was made much the same way, and it's a one-shot as well. Just be that way sometimes
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Brilliant story lol
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Thanks!
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You're welcome. It was a pleasure to read it. I can imagine Luna and Celestia writing songs together and Luna singing them while in other ponies' dreams!
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Gotta pass the time in some way
Considering you are asking a pony the question is quite redundant...
Probably because she is a pony herself, and as such didn't even realize it.
I wonder why... Actually no, I don't.
Huh, I didn't see that coming.
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.
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I'm glad you enjoyed it!