Flim And Flam decide to start a Rent-A-Friend Center in Ponyville. However Twilight Sparkle is not so sure about their new business scheme and decides to investigate it for herself.
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Well, this was a rather entertaining one-shot. Certainly appreciated the work that went into the exchanges, characterizations and general wrap-up. And clever use of a real world concept as well. Yeah, I could see where the Flim-Flams would come up with something like this and where Twilight might actually see the practicality behind it. And the Flim-Flams actually acknowledging that doing the right thing more often is actually good for business makes sense too.
Wait where's Sandbar
Well I would say this is a pretty interesting story but a good one so apparently Twilight heard about flim and flam making a business about rent a friend and it looks like some of the students mostly the young six took the job and Twilight still have this mixed feeling about her students being here especially with flim and flam but they said they are truly helping others with their friendship problem even for a rent which I have some mixed feelings with that too but somehow Twilight have fun but she felt like she will lose her students over them but the truth is they never will leave her they a very loyal to her and how much they appreciate her so Twilight decide to let Flim and flam do the business if it means to help other ponies and creatures but somewhere deep down there actually feeling good helping others even though they still had to make money again this was pretty good keep up the good work
That ending was... surprisingly wholesome?
Rent-a-friend? Totally unaffiliated with the organization in Starsctibe's Don't Bug Me?
11414659 Thank you for taking the time to read and leave a comment. It is very much appreciated. I'm glad that you enjoyed the story. :)
11414670 Oh snap. I thought I put him in the group but somehow he didn't make it into the final draft. I'll have to fix that. Thank you for catching that.
11414678 Thank you for taking the time to read the story and for the kind comment. I appreciate it.
11414699 I wanted to create a scenario where Flim and Flam actually did the right thing for a change as I don't really see them as being evil per se, just kind of shady and with a sort of broken moral compass where they are willing to put aside morality for making money. This is kind of my reformation arc for them where they are trying to do the right thing although they will probably always have that broken moral compass to deal with.
11414736 The Rent-A-Friend business is a real type of business that operates in many parts of Asia as well as the Middle East. I actually worked for a Rent-A-Friend company through a site called Rent-A-Friend.Com off and on for over five years. My experiences working through that site were the inspiration for this fan fiction.
I see Flim and Flam are following the 121'st of 'Ferengi Rules of Acquisition':
Quark would be proud
Nice story
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I did not know that
11414805 Hey you are right! There needs to be some kind of crossover where Flim And Flam get transported to a Ferengi ship/ fleet. That would be epic.
Thank you for taking the time to read my fan fiction and leave a comment. It is very much appreciated. :)
11414806 Yep. It's a pretty interesting concept.
You can learn a little more about what a Rent-A-Friend company is here: https://rentafriend.com/whatis
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That... or have Quark transported to Equestria and have him become Twilight's treasurer. That would be a side to behold
11414841 This needs to happen too. Lel
and thus they inadvertently became a prositition ring because some of the renters wanted friends with benefits, and just fucked.
Rent-A-Friend is one of those concepts which seems like done for right intentions, but with questionable execution, but so long as it all stays above table, you can't really find anything wrong enough with it to really complain it existing. I don't know if it'd be preferred to a real friendship at any time, but...again...there's an underlying good intention behind most of it, I suppose.
11414854 Then way in the future Hitch learns about the ring now run by the Mafia and busts all of the culprits.
11414855 I worked for a Rent-A-Friend company off and on for about seven years (or more). Really it's just about renting out people for things you need like errands, tour guides, standing in line, attending events, shopping, pet sitting, attending concerts, you know anything having an extra person might be useful for.
This is the site I worked for and it has a pretty good description of what you do as a friend for hire: https://rentafriend.com/whatis
I did all sorts of things like attend high school reunions with people, pet sit, do tutoring, acted as a tour guide, attended events, was a dance partner, a hiking partner and so on. Basically anything someone needed a person for they'd rent me out for the day or over a series of days. It was a pretty fun job actually.
Anyway that was more or less the inspiration for this fan fiction. I wanted to see how Twilight would react to a business like this, being the Princess Of Friendship and everything.
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I was wondering Sandbar was going to say something as well
Rent-a-friend. It works the same the same way as mail-order-brides.
Yes, if you're lonely and for whatever reason can't find someone to marry you/be your friend, then they provide that person/service and do the things a bride/friend should. Whether or not that bride actually loves you or whether or not that friend would actually want to spend time with you had you not paid for them...well, who knows? They're not going to tell you otherwise, since you're paying them. If you're okay with the possibility of it all being an act, and going along with it just because you want the illusion (or possible reality, you'll never really know for sure) of it that badly, then...okay, I guess?
No offense to the author who was actually a rented friend at times, this is just my take on the concept of a rented friend in general, not on any of the people who actually rent out their services as such.
11415107 I added him to the group and I'm probably going to go back and give him some dialog too.
11415325 Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for leaving a comment. I appreciate it. :3
As I mentioned in the author's notes, I worked for a Rent-A-Friend company off and on for about seven years (or more). Really it's just about renting out people for things you need like errands, tour guides, standing in line, attending events, shopping, pet sitting, attending concerts, you know anything having an extra person might be useful for.
This is the site I worked for and it has a pretty good description of what you do as a friend for hire: https://rentafriend.com/whatis
I did all sorts of things like attend high school reunions with people, pet sit, do tutoring, acted as a tour guide, attended events, was a dance partner, a hiking partner and so on. Basically anything someone needed a person for they'd rent me out for the day or over a series of days. It was a pretty fun job actually.
Anyway that was more or less the inspiration for this fan fiction. I wanted to see how Twilight would react to a business like this, being the Princess Of Friendship and everything.
The Rent-A-Friend business model is fairly common in many parts of Asia as well as some parts of the Middle East. And it is of course becoming more common here with sites like RentAFriend.Com.
I can say that my personal experience as a professor friend or friend for hire was pretty positive. I enjoyed helping people with specific tasks and my clients were always happy to use my services. So it's typically an arrangement that everyone agrees with and is satisfied with. :3
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Ok cool 😊
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If only Cozy Glow had known Twilight would cave so easily.
She could have had started her own business and made more friends than anyone.
11426984 Hmm. Maybe she would. Perhaps it would even be more successful than Flim And Flam's.
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How could it fail?
With such a cute charming filly at the helm?
11428361 This is very true.