Summoned by a human obsessed unicorn Lyra, Otto von Bismarck appears in Equestria. The ever calm Iron Chancellor befriends many Ponies and encounters many new foes, all while trying to contain the power of his magical Pickelhaube, enchanted by the sinister lord of chaos himself - Discord.
In hopes of wreaking more wonderful chaos, said draconequus summons Montezuma, the Aztec Emperor. The man quickly starts to believe that Trixie is a goddess. Will Lyra and the moustached German Chancellor prevail against the evil forces of the egoistic showmare and her bloodthirsty servant, or will the whole Equestria drown in disharmony? Only time can tell, and the clock is right in Discord's left hand.
Big thanks to McNeil for proofreading and being generally helpful.
..........I love this story already.......All my stars take them.Im being dead seriuse.
oh... this is going to be entertaining...
shining with mint-green light, strangely matching the colour of the unicorn's fur.
Unicorn magic matches their eyes, not their fur.
162768 Good sir! None of this is cannon. If he wants it to match the fur, he can go ahead and do that. I have seen many famous fics in which the fur represents the unicorn magic colour.
Well... that is certainly random. So why Bismark?
Oh Lyra, you silly Pony. This is looking good.
OTTO VON BISMARCK??
I approve! :D
Um, uh, what? Otto Von Bismarck is one of my favorite hisotrical figures, and a personal hero of mine (A ponified version of him appears prominently in my fic), so I couldn't not read this.
There a a few spelling errors here and there. In your first few paragraphs you began with ' ,, ' for some reason; this is, needles to say, inaacurate. Also, you seem to end dialogue with a ' - ' when there is no need. Furthermore, when the story's viewpoint is from Lyra the story seems to be a bit harder to follow. But I suppose if you were trying to make Bismarck the level headed on it makes sense.
Also, I doubt Bismarck would blame the French. I'd wager he'd be more likely to blame William II, as IRL William II forced Bismarck to resign.
I'll be keeping an eye on this, if only becuse I love Bismarck and that your entire concept for this story is insane. Stay crazy, my friend, stay crazy. Tracking.
*Tracked*
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Hilarious idea, lame execution.
NAPOLEAN VERSION.
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NAO
"Tnly" guessing you meant the only. The way you attribute dialogue is strange, you don't really need a hyphen after speech marks. Also what's with the upside down speech marks?
"never-do-wells?" Never seen it fully written out like that, it's always contracted to Ne're-do-wells.
You've got quite a few spelling errors, most of them seem to be from missing letters though, you could do with reading through it again.
A rather unique story, I look forward to seeing how Bismarck will react and be reacted to by the peace-loving, magical, nature focused ponies.
I LOVE THIS !!!
in the words of obamapie
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He might even blame the Catholics, Kulturkampf and all of that.
Anyway, this is an utterly ridiculous and brilliant premise. I will be watching with interest!
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Moreover, they don't even have fur - ponies have hair.
Herp, good to see this finally hit the site.
Historical figure on Equestria?
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You could turn this into a series. Lincoln, Napoleon, Queen Victoria, John F. Kennedy... The possibilties are endless !
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Joan of Arc! Beethoven! Socrates! Billy the Kid!
I read the description of this fic and just out of nowhere i began laughing so hard i nearly fell of my chair.
This idea is just bloddy brilliant!
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Not really, no. At first Bismarck thought the catholics would be a problem - thanks to the pope - so he teamed up with the liberals to fight them. But soon Bismarck realized how laughably inneffective the church's condemnation of the Kaiserreich was and so pretty much gave up on bothering with them. Realpolitik for the win!
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Osama Bin Laden!
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Chuck Norris! Leornado DaVinci! Queen Elizabeth II! Lauren Faust!
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Hittler
Bismarck calmly accepting that he's probably gone insane. Tracked.
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Obama!
163216 Of course it would have to be Downfall Hitler.
Oh Lyra you silly little pony.
Don't know why, but for some reason I think there should be a fic where Pinkamina meets Hitler or a historical figure of equal insanity. But then again that might also become an offensive fic, given what Pinkamina and Hitler would do... *shudders*
I haven't read a single word except for the description.
TRACKING.
*In the words of AVGN* What...The..Fuck...
Weird, but luckily I'm all about weird!
I think the story picked up when it switched to Bismark's perspective, the look at Ponyville from the perspective of Otto should prove to be hilarious, not to mention what the other ponies will say when they see him.
That this exists makes me so happy.
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Don't put the blame on me.
Not my fault the old fool wouldn't listen.
Good day.
Spike would get such facial hair envy if he ever met Bismarck.
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Oh my god, I can't find words to describe my shock! What I see here has exceeded my expectations, beaten them to a pulp, and then skinned them alive! Thanks everyone for the response, I really appreciate your input and your opinions.
Why Bismarck, some ask? Answer me this thing first - why not Bismarck? The Pony fandom won't truly bloom until we've a fanfic for everything unusual. Who cares about yet another the-same-thing-over-and-over-again Applejack x Rainbow Dash fanfiction? Write something new, reach where others haven't even thought of reaching! Let the whole fimfiction drown in greatness, for that will bring us - the bronies - glory.
Also, after a second read I noticed the mistakes some mentioned. They were particularly sneaky and it seems I made most of them during fixing some issues. I assure you, everything I notice shall be fixed.
Otto von Bismarck, I aprove of this. However, the big question is how different this fic will be from other HiE fics. Will be definitely following as updates are posted.
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Irony is I wrote something like this before after playing Victoria 2 as Prussia with pony mod, but I lost the file.
Dam you Discord!
Good day.
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Mines better.
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Good day.
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Fair enough.
164413 Oh puh-lease, everyone and everypony knows that Bismarck's moustache is the pinnacle of fashion and manliness, nothing can beat that.
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THAT is true words spoken. That is why I'm writing a fic about the Sovie.......... Oh crap, i said to much.... IGNORE THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT.
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EXCEPT Stalin.
now THAT mustache displays REAL manliness
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No that moustache displays a idiot, now a Hitler moustache on the other hand...
Good day.
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We obviously have different opinions. Stalins mustache is obviously bigger. its also shows off that, ruthless dictator look better than Hitlers mustache
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Also,
General:Hey Stalin Germany has just invaded, should we do something?
Stalin: U MAD BRO?
Good day.
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Damn you, William II! Damn you for forcing Bismarck to resign then destroying the Kaiserreich with world war 1! Bismarck was ten times the man you'll ever be/were!
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Not my fault the Serbs killed an a prince.
Don't blame me the Serbs started the dam thing.
Good day.
P.S:
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Jesus, I'm actually enjoying the comments section as much as the fic itself.
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Good day.
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Uh, not entirely sure what to make of that.