Favorite this, read later. I got a feeling this is good

As always, you have done an awesome job!

Ahaha, oh boy, here we go!

I read the premise, and I was all like: "Whaaaaa?"

And then I read the story and I was all like:

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"He knew that Equestria was not for him."

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You have made me realize that all of us, we are Ravens.

We are Ravens.

Ravens.

Pro Corvo. The object of the preposition 'pro' takes the ablative case.

Dear loyal customers, interested visitors, and confused passersby,

Jeez, what kind of personal talks or writes like that. Man, talk about needless.

Quite interesting, Dag! I really liked how Noble's worldview was so utterly different from the cast's. In a way, that is quite sad. This was right on par with your usual stuff, it was very unique. Good on ya'!

>>17811621781162

That very well may be the single most profound observation I've yet seen on this site.

For a second there I was expecting another collaboration with Descy. Haven't read it yet but consider it bumped up to next on my reading list. Sounds most interesting.

...

HANG ON A SECOND! There's no "Of" in the title

Everything I knew about the world has suddenly turned to lies. I'mma go sit in the corner and cry for awhile.

And here I was expecting a self-insert.

But then that pompus raven jumped into Ponyville with his half-baked plan, got the elements all wrong, ignored Pinkie Pie, lost his head in technicalities, jumped from one pony to another without resolving the present issues and was generally much to full of himself.

...

Maybe I just read a self-insert?

>>17811971781197

You sir, are a scholar and a gentlem ... moon.

Yay! This is here! Let's see where this goes.

I'd just like to comment, crows =/= ravens, and its a murder of crows, and an unkindness of ravens. Good story though, a bit to pointless for my tastes, but a decent read.

He needs a dagger!!!!

>>17811621781162 I for one welcome our newly found sense of self. My mind opens and expands, I can see clearly now. The Rain is gone.

I would like to be a Raven.

I'm joining the Raven fandom because of this. Good show Mr. Dagger

>>17811971781197 hurray another Latinist

>>17829531782953

Caw Caw, my brother, caw caw.

Seems like a low like-dislike ration to be featured - one of my stories had about 40-something likes and 1 dislike in that same amount of time and it didn't get featured... but who am I to complain, it's a new feature system, it could be different now.

Besides, ravens are cool.

How disappointing. I fully expected Pinkie to be the one who'd make everything turn around and wind up okay after all. Everyone would realize the misunderstanding and laugh it off.

Nope. *sigh*

Well hat was... different. in a good way mind you. I can certainly see the potential for expansion, if you so choose. Yet, you kept the ending closed enough so as to make it satisfactory to those who wish for a brief bout of reading entertainment. Brilliant. Bravo, good sir. Bravo!

Geez talk about culture shock.

Nopony expect the raven inquisition.

Good story.

>>17831591783159 It all comes down to timing and to how fast you get them, here. He got all of those really quickly and so up it goes--

but partially it is also a slow day/few days for super popular stories. I got one up to because of it. You probably released something that was overshadowed by popular fics that all got released on top of it. That's happened to me before.

>>17837411783741 True, good point.

We should make a group for people with corvid-themed names. We could meet regularly and discuss corvid-related topics and write corvid-based fics such as this one.

But most importantly, we could brainstorm corvid-related puns.

Hot damn. I love this like you wouldn't believe. +100000 for the Edgar Allen Poe reference at the end.

Alt. Title: Procreatinally Blind Crovotion: The First Ever Featured Crow Fic

I approve of this story.

And then came the budgies.

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of what to think....

so awesome!

and yes, Ravens are cool.

No has happy ending?

Liked the reffrence to Poe, kinda hard not to see one coming though. Still nice job!

>>17855701785570

Couldn't resist.

I drop lots of them across my work.

Upon actually reading this, I've discovered that I really like this story. I particularly enjoyed how you gave voice to the stereotypical behaviors of a Raven. If Ravens could talk as we do, they would probably talk like this.

Cool little fic. Liked/favorited.

>>17862121786212

Um.

They can!

Sorta.

I'm reading this simply because it's a Raven...and who doesn't love Raven's....but I can't read it NOW ;_; So it's in my "to read list" ^_^

>>17862461786246

That's why I said "as we do". I assumed that, having an interest in Ravens, you might have also read that our avian friends are somehow able to communicate with each other, and seem to have regional dialects.

Ravens are cool.

>>17862771786277

Indeed.

Smarter than dogs and the likes.

I want one.

Silly laws. I can have a hundred types of birds, but not a raven...

I'll paint it yellow and call it a parakeet!

Also, teach it to say 'nevermore, and to perch on a bust of Pallas.

Whenever I see Ravens or other Corvids, I try to lure them towards me by tossing them food. Unfortunately, they're not nearly as easily convinced as ducks and geese. I haven't yet managed to convince one to approach me.

There's a video floating around on youtube of somebody's pet Raven; they actually taught it to say "nevermore". Let me see if I can find it...

>>17862881786288

Here it is.

To accomplish his mission, and to save his murder

Just out of curiosity... Did you mean mother?

“Nevermore...”

I see what you did there!

>>17864491786449

No.

>>17873241787324 Oh well, this teaches me to not read before commenting again

>>17864491786449

He did not. Murder is the collective known for a group of crows, which he chose in favour of an unkindness, the correct term for a collective of ravens. He mentions this in the author's notes. Personally I prefer the slightly more archaic form 'a conspiracy of ravens'.

There should be a sequel for this

>>17873311787331It's alright! Happens to the best of us.

>>17832251783225

To be fair, there wasn't so much a misunderstanding as there was a negative reaction to his rampant douchebaggery. It's one thing to hope for charity, it's another to waltz into a store and request everything inside because you heard the owner was generous.

In the defense of the ponies...that raven was rather narrow-minded and self-centered about it all and that was what really fouled things up. He refused to look at things from the point of view of the ponies, and further still, interpreted the elements they represented either too literally, with underestimation, or again failing to look at it from any viewpoint but his own.

In actuality, they all pretty much stayed true to their elements. Fluttershy WAS being kind, kind to ALL, which is why the raven's "vermin" talk offended her so. Applejack WAS being truly honest, and knew that the thievery of the ravens was dishonest and thus didn't tolerate it. Rarity, if viewed from strict LITERAL terms, wasn't being generous, but when you looked at the bigger picture, it's justified, and Rarity rightly noted that it wasn't TRULY generous to just donate freely such things to people who clearly didn't need it (furthermore, the raven was being a bit contradictory with himself, because earlier he was insulted at the idea of accepting acts of charity, and then turns around and expected it from somepony else). Twilight showed interest in the raven's magic, until she realized it was used for harmful purposes, and her reaction and opinions on that had nothing to do with her element per say. And Rainbow wasn't really given a fair chance to demonstrate loyalty, as why would she show demonstrate loyalty to someone she didn't know and as far as she knew, had no need for it (because Rainbow never gave the raven a full chance to explain himself)? Besides, being loyal doesn't necessarily make you a good diplomat, which we all know Rainbow is not. In fact, it's probably because of her loyalty that she's not the greatest of diplomats. And I can't blame the raven for trying to avoid Pinkie, for anyone meeting Pinkie for the first time is gonna be seriously intimidated by her, Pinkie's actions around the raven were enough for the raven to reasonably question their intentions, and the raven's logic is sound enough to see that Pinkie couldn't really provide the assistance he needed (although it is possible that had the raven given Pinkie the chance, she could have gotten him to see things a little differently and maybe work something out with the other ponies, but honestly I'm not surprised he didn't).

He probably would have been better off going to the princesses, as they would probably be more patient and political about it, but even then I have my doubts something could've been worked out, especially if the raven continued to be as closed-minded as he was.

So in a way, he really brought his failure down upon himself.

Nice story, BTW.

>>17812041781204

Apparently Twilight talks like that.

I  HOPE YOU DO NOT MIND, BUT IS THIS ONESHOT?

Murder is the unlawful killing of a human being by another.

Murder may also refer to:

The collective noun for a group of crows

Wasn't sure, so I looked it up. Then asked my siblings. Then my professor. Its a flock of ravens.

Also, its crows that like shiny things, not ravens. Heh, the more you know...

All that aside, this was a really really really REALLY good fanfic!

I can't add much to this, other that I love it, and everything that >>17882871788287 said.

>>17889101788910

It's not a flock, but an Unkindness of Ravens. And I am well aware of that fact.

>>17882871788287

Yay!

You understand my reasoning!

>>17886091788609

Yes, it is!

I enjoyed this. I really like how Lord Noble Eye's view is at the same time both that of an aristocrat and an actual bird. As in, how he enjoyed wealth simply because it was shiny.

I also liked how the story used dark, mysterious descriptions in the beginning and throughout whenever Noble Eye was involved, yet was mostly set in a small, sunny village inhabited by pastel Equines. It's kind of like the song I was listening to while reading this. (The beginning is Noble Eye's entrance, and the rest is Ponyville.)

Ravens what are you doing

No but seriously, I didn't even realize this story was yours at first, since the title didn't start with the word "of".

>>17890541789054

I know!

I wanted to mess with people...

While I was reading this I kept on wondering when he would finally say "nevermore" and the fact that Noble Eye's vocabulary kept reminding me of Poe even more.

This was a wonderful story.

He knew who five of the elements were, but not the sixth and never bothered to check.

Also loved the ending.

>>17896671789667

What would an unkindness of Ravens need with laughter?

That was really interesting.

>>17896771789677

You have a point there.

Well done; I am quite fond of Black Birds, and can easily see a Sapient Black Bird speaking-as in if they could speak a human language, much less english-like this. I also like how this showed the perspective of a member of another race that inhabits the world of Equestria, which is something I don't see very often in fanfics.

GOOD...

CAW CAW!

This is...molto bella. He failed spectacularly, perfectly, with each of the six. That is something extraordinary. Congratulations, Ravens.

>>17862881786288

If you manage to get an extra raven, could you send it to me? I'd name him Eddy and we'd go out and troll lonely people. It'd be so much fun.

That was fun!  And congratulations on the EQD spot.

A very interesting and enjoyable story. Lord Noble Eye was an engaging character and seeing the multitude of ways in which his point of view didn't quite match that of the ponies was entertaining. Honestly I'd love to see more of him.

That said, why use 'Murder' instead of 'Unkindness' if you knew the later was correct? Not only is it right, but it matches his attitude/worldview better and in my opinion sounds cooler as well.

Edit: Oh and the 'Purple Squad' being descriptive? Well-played indeed, good sir.

I love when comedy is played straight, and this is a great example in writing this kind of stuff. It is also very concise, and I feel like most paragraphs work for multiple reasons, managing to develop the raven society, Lord Noble Eyes character, while also being entertaining in its contrast to Equestria. Everything comes together very well, and in the end it managed to leave me not wishing for the protagonist to fail, but still very pleased that he did, which is something you don' see everyday. Also, props for one of the best uses of Owlowiscious I"ve ever seen.

My only complaints, and they are kinda of a stretch in that they didn't really affect me very much, is that Gummy "talked" (silly, I know), and that Noble Eyes comes as a little too oblivious by the end. I would expect him to think about his past interactions when talking to the other Mane 6, but then again, he is a very single-minded, and I guess I can pin that up to his character. In the end, it was an excellent read all around.

>>17812041781204

Oh my God how did I not place where that came from the moment I read it

>>19273171927317

Meh, it's just some inane dribblings from the pen/orifices of a lunatic...

QUOTE THE RAVEN

IMMA FUCK YOU UP