Some time after the Battle of the Bell, Discord receives a letter from an old colleague. However, they weren't really happy with the Draconequus pretending to be him over the course of a few months and want revenge for the damage to their reputation... not through normal means, but in court.
Much to no one's surprise, Discord chooses to fight the accusations against him.
The Equestrian Legal System will never be the same after this.
Based on an idea that Jade Dawn mentioned on Discord and I decided to try and make something silly off of it while working on another bigger project that just seemed too good to pass up. Takes places some time after 'The End of the End', but before 'The Last Problem'
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Like with my other recent stories, it's just another bit of randomness. Nothing too serious.
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Glad to see this come to fruition! Thanks for taking it on.
Theoretically, legal proceedings are supposed to be the normal means of dealing with this sort of thing. The fact that nobody ever tries it in fiction is the weird part.
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Then again, when is Discord 'normal'. When he hears court, he mostly thinks of sporting events
I'll do a reading for this story along with the reading of Loki and I on Wattpad sometime this month.
After hearing Discord's information, Angel Bunny hops out from a little warren in Fluttershy's wall, folding his paws irritably.
After Discord poofed to his dimension, or wherever he went, Grogar showed up and Angel stared at him and started signing in his direction. Fluttershy watched his paws and the demonstrative motions of his paws and tail before answering, "It's not nice to insult Mr. Grogar's attorney like that."
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Are you an attorney? How many people on this site actually know what goes into a trial? TV and video games don't count, since they have to change so much to fit their constraints.
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Which is in turn probably the reason it doesn't usually happen. Would be a nice break for those courtroom dramas if they occasionally had to deal with things other than murder, though.
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It's funny you mention that, because I was looking at some of the Ace Attorney cases for reference and in the third game, one of the cases you have to help with is to defend a client who's accused of being a master thief that was responsible for a series of art heists leading up to the date of the trial. It was a nice break from having to prove a client's being innocent of murder and Ace Attorney has some... interesting characters.
love this little touch
the word you're looking for is content
that's a nice sequel hook there
sure hope it gets paid off
Hah, nice one. And such a novel concept!
11351645 In fiction, people are SMARTER! They know it's not worth spending a gazillion dollars on lawyers and 6 years of appeals when an axe to the face solves the problem INSTANTLY!! .... STAY OUTTA MAH SHED!!
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No, he used the correct word. Read the paragraph again.
Either "she had everything she needed to do today done." Or "she had done everything she needed to do today."
Lol how meta
Prosecution = criminal trial
Civil suit = plaintiff
Yes, in the USA you can defend yourself. Criminal cases, the courts have a lawyer sit "second chair" to provide legal advice & prevent an apeal for incompetent council. IDK about civil suits. Small Claims Court, no they don't.
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Recommend "Jury Duty III: Summoned With A Vengeance" by Estee. Queen Chrysalis serves on a jury.
More than chocolate bars with raisins? Damn Discord, let's not get carried away there.
If Discord's statements about Grogar never replying are true his chances are surprisingly good for someone like him.
Doesn't work... diarch is the term to indicate one of TWO reigning entity [As in Celestia and Luna being diarchs] Twilight is alone, so she is a MONarch. And if you go for the whole princess of <something> she is a TETRarch [Or PENTarch depending on if Flurry Hearth gets to be the princess of anything] as there are four princesses, respectively Sun, Moon, Friendship/Magic and Love.
peeked
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Fixed
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I did.
You can either seem content, or seem to feel contempt. You cannot seem contempt. Something needs fixing, and changing it to content ascribes the fewest mistakes to the author.
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Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out
OOOH, SHOTS FIRED.
Discord invoked law from beyond the 4th wall. Sorry, Grogar, I don't think you can beat that.
Dammit, Discord, you're gonna give Fluttershy a heart attack one of these days!