The Best of Comedy - Shelves 1 and 2 · 7:15am Nov 8th, 2023
Hiya, lovely peeps!
Last year, when I remade my library, I mentioned something. I created a new personal rule - none of my shelves shall go beyond 100 stories. You know, for ease of finding the stories I want to re-read.
Last year, I closed Best of Comedy (1). Last week, I closed Best of Comedy (2).
To celebrate, I’m going to share some of my absolute favorites from each shelf. There’ll be five, arranged alphabetically, from each shelf, and I’ll give you a little review/commentary on why I liked ‘em so much.
The Best of Comedy (1)
Come on, everypony, smile, smile, smile!
Not a lot can be said about FoME that hasn’t been said already, but I’ll try. Dark Imitations contains just about everything I love in a comedic EqG fic - snarky Sunset, extra-snarky Dash, excellent chemistry between all the Rainbooms and, of course, Twilight needlessly worrying over things no one else ever worries about.
There’s just something about this fic that always makes me smile. Maybe it’s the sass all the villains have towards one another, maybe it’s the laid-back and relaxed way the sisters are portrayed here or maybe it’s the chance to see the Sisters kick flank for once. Either way, How Celestia And Luna Accidentally Saved Equestria is definitely worth the read.
No premise could be more simple than that - Shining and Pharynx and proceed to roast/praise their younger sibling. Highlights include filly Twilight thinking ladybugs are monsters, little Thorax discovering the power of chalk and writing and both older brothers having way too much at the expense of their siblings.
An exhausted sleepwalking all-powerful Alicorn walks into a restaurant... and proceeds to tear it to shreds. Nightshift 2: Shift Harder is told from the viewpoint of an OC, the owner of the aforementioned restaurant. And us, the audience, get to watch Twilight absolutely destroy the place, all with closed eyes, a bobbing head and mightily blazing horns.
Twilight’s Twilighting always makes for good comedy, and Sticking Points is no different. One day, out of nowhere, the stars disappear from Twilight’s school, sending the headmare into full-blown panic. This one is told from Starlight’s viewpoint and the humor here comes from her ‘I’m so done with this shit’ attitude. Absolute delight.
The Best of Comedy (2)
Come on, everypony, smile, smile, smile! Fill my heart up with sunshine, sunshine!
Cold Case deserves so much more love. It’s a fic where Pinkie is written better than the showriters can write her. Told from her first-pony perspective, the story follows Pinkie Pie as she attempts to solve a crime. (Key word being ‘attempt’.) Featuring Pinkie narrating herself out loud, never referring to anypony by name and accusing literally everypony of the crime.
Alive. The castle is alive. In all seriousness, the fact that RB_ manages to say so much in so little is a testament to their talent. The Castle’s WHAT?! is short, but snappy. The jokes are in quick succession, with the timeline alternating between past and present, and yet, I was never confused about when each scene was happening. It was fascinating seeing our viewpoint character slowly losing his damn mind as the castle keeps messing with him.
By far the best comedy I’ve read on this site. Every thing about this is pure gold. Banjo64 supposedly wrote it an as April Fool’s farce, but it’s incredible. The comedy is on point, every single joke lands, the characterization is perfect and while very chapter follows the same basic concept, no chapter feels repetitive. I wrote a long comment here, detailing exactly what I liked about it. But seriously, ya’ll, you need to give this story a chance. It’s absolutely worth it.
Few fics can balance total randomness with an actual plot, but Time Immemorial makes it work. Based on the events of “Harvesting Memories”, it explores a simple what-if scenario of AJ being unable to keep a secret. It then goes completely nuts from there, with AJ knocking Twilight unconscious, Starlight using evil magic and Starlight’s future self paying a visit. Don’t ask; go see for yourself.
Her ‘modest proposal’ being cannibalism. This fic is exactly what the title says. In an alternate universe where Nightmare Moon won, Equestria is plunged into famine and Applejack proposes that eating a third of the pony population will solve this problem. Half of this fic is AJ’s letter to the Nightmare, complete with an unhealthy dose of praising the moon, and the other half of the fic is Rarity and Dash chewing AJ out for her stupidity.
And that’s it, friends! ‘Best of Comedy (3)’ is currently open and ready to go. Up next, though, we touch upon the highlights of ‘Best of Slice of Life’! Stay tuned!
