Not the very model of a changeling · 9:13pm Dec 10th, 2013
(Obviously sung to the magnificent Major-General's Song 
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I'm not the very model of a changeling, that I do admit
I've studied pony habits from the mundane to the intimate
And though that seems quite obvious to turn into a benefit
Instead of stealing love I found it necessary to commit
The Hive I've left for twenty years, I know, it's inconsiderate
I've gotten all that love and simply didn't do a thing with it
But here aside my lovely wife I know I'm happy as can be
I've never quite regarded that position a monopoly
Now don't you dare claim that I have been living quite the easy life
A pony needs a job to take care of a family and wife
As changeling I'm not average, indeed I'm quite the opposite
I'm not the very model of a changeling, that I do admit
But then came the invasion, and my life got turned into a mess
When I saw changelings out the window, well, I panicked, I confess
To make it worse my wife did not take revelations rationally
Giving me not much choice but to reveal it all eventually
And when that crazy queen and all her cronies had been blown away
That shield had further side effects and to my infinite dismay
Besides the fact it gave me a spectacularly mighty shove
It tore away the form that I had held so long and come to love
Well I gave up, I thought "that's it", there wasn't much left living for
The life I'd built up carefully was not an option anymore
And so I folded up my wings and I gave into my despair
When I was whisked away from danger and I found my wife was there
We travelled well away from there not quite so certain what to do
We felt the need to meet our son, so he at least would know this too
Since though I was of course not his real father, biologically
The fact that I had raised him made it quite so, psychologically
Instead, I was drawn to my Hive and we met with Queen Morphosai
And then in an insane attempt to stay out of the public eye
My wife suggested that I should change, of all ponies, into her
So as the day drew to an end, a whole mob's wrath we did incur
When we went into Ponyville I just walked in au naturel
But being used to Pinkie Pie they obviously took it well
Then things got quickly out of hoof, with armies straight from Canterlot
I must admit, we stumbled in, we really hadn't planned a lot
I'm not the very model of a changeling, that I do admit
And when it comes to ponies, well, I do still have to learn a bit
But luckily, Queen Morphosai, as odd as she's tenacious
Still had an ace to play, yes, a suggestion quite audacious
And so she gave Celestia an offer she could not refuse
With one swift move the situation skilfully she did diffuse
Now I am here behind a desk, and manage matters of import
I must admit, it beats Plan A, in which I would appear in court
Somehow I find myself back here at home aside my lovely wife
And once again enjoy the luxuries that come with pony life
Under the local rulers here, both Luna and Celestia
I am the very model of a changeling in Equestria
(Yup. I still got it 
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(PROTIP: The word "quite" makes anything sound posh 
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God, I'm no singer. Someone do this!
Now this tune will be stuck in my head all day. Although I don't mind to much, Pirates of Penzance is one of my favorite musicals.
You sly meta dog you. I remember you talking about this!
Anyway, this is beautiful. I know that It is considered gauche to bug the author about a sequel if the story clearly doesn't need one, but can we have a sequel?
If not, can I adopt flitter?
i wish i could favorite this blog post. you should turn this post into a bonus chapter or side story for Flitter so i can favorite it.
Now I'm tempted to do a different version with "A British Tar"
... I'll be right back.
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I'd do it, but I couldn't for the life of me keep the melody right. I tried
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Well, this thing started with the tune getting stuck in my head
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Not even counting the fact the scrapped court scene was in the Scraps bonus chapter, this literally was his plan A, in the actual story
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(Mind you, I'm really proud of the fact I managed to put that line in the song
As for sequelling... well, really, I have no clue. If I somehow get some mad ideas that I feel compelled to write down and turn into a story, well, I'll let you guys know if those ideas involve Flitter.
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lol.. nah. This is too far out to be considered a real part of the story. I've done the same thing with the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air song for my other story anyway.
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Sadly, I'm only familiar with the Major General's song through Yakko's World from Animaniacs, The Elements Song of Tom Lehrer, and the Scientist Salarian song from Mass Effect 3. I've never actually seen the musical
Someone sing this.
Someone sing this in the streets. Because it's amazing.
1593844 Well, I must correct that.
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An now, A Changeling:
1593844 There is a film version of the musical on Netflix streaming with Kevin Kline, Angela Landsbury, and Linda Ronstadt. It's a pretty good version.
I can connect this back around to the show from another angle. According to an interview with John de Lancie at a Con several months ago, Discord gets a song in this season. Why is this related? If you listen closely, he says what type of song it is. A patter song, like this one! It'll be fun.
...And now I feel like going to read Flitter again. Goodbye, sleep.
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Haha, thanks
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I obviously heard the full song since then! In fact, I had the original lyrics alongside the whole time while writing this
Oh, and that song is glorious. Magnificent work there
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Don't have netflix... I'm an oldfashioned DVD kinda guy
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Heehee. If it makes you feel any better, that happens to me too. I usually end up finding and correcting a couple of sneaky mistakes every time, too
1593877 That's amazing how fast you wrote that. That's awesome!
1593967 Eh, Nyerguds' song is a better ponifying of Modern Major General than mine is of A British Tar.
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Well, in your defence, A British Tar has a lot less content, so there's not too much you can do with it.
I like it!
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Hmm, yes, quite.
Or in non-posh: wow, that was really good
1593991 Still, to do that in an hours time is impressive.
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Thanks
I actually edited it quite a few times to take out quite a bunch of quite unnecessary "quite"s. It got quite ridiculous
Oh, most wonderful of parodies! *Missing Luna Ponymoticon*
Oh, they still haven't fixed that?
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Why did I hear that whole thing in Ross Scott's Gordon Freeman voice?
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'Tis a crying shame, it is!
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Gordon Freeman sings?
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Okay, that video was glorious
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This should have been a chapter just so I can unfave and refave it.
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It'd undoubtedly get me in the lower spots of the Feature Box again, and get me more readers, but I think that's kinda cheating, no?
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Well, I've finally seen HMS Pinafore... and knowing the mutinous context of the original song makes this way funnier, actually. Well done
1743490 Groovy.