Review #29 - Making an Old Lady Cry (and other hazards of espionage), The Most Successful Assassination of Princess Celestia

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Making an Old Lady Cry (and other hazards of espionage) by Nyronus
The Most Successful Assassination of Princess Celestia by Foals Errand

Making an Old Lady Cry (and other hazards of espionage) by Nyronus
(Adventure, Comedy, Random)
I had a pretty good life. They called me Spit Shine, I worked in the palace, cleaning this, doing that. Hell, I even got to talk to the Princess and learned all sorts of interesting stuff. It was stimulating, prestigious, and hey, call me weird, but I liked the work. Shame I was also secretly a changeling infiltrator with a name too annoying to pronounce in polite society trying to observe and potentially subvert your nation state. I mean, these things happen. Of course, you'd be surprised what you can learn about a pony when you have a different perspective.

Review
A Changeling gets captured and tells his story of how, and why he turned himself in. Apparently, it's all because Celestia cried when she thought he was dead.

This one has wonderful pacing, so wonderful in fact that it is one of the best I've seen. It has very few errors within the text, which adds to the experience. It also seems planned out a bunch, but still with just the right amount of randomness for comedy. I'm not so sure about the "Adventure" tag on this one, but otherwise, they fit well.

Score: 8.5/10 Recommendation: Highly Recommended.

Personal Thoughts: This is a wonderful story, so go and read it.

The Most Successful Assassination of Princess Celestia by Foals Errand
(Comedy, Random)
It was a bright sunny day when Princess Celestia was taken from us by three very familiar fillies... Or was she?

Review
The CMCs decide to try out being assassins, so they go off to kill Celestia. Celestia plays along, and no cutie marks appear. The CMCs decide to take their special "pills" and "die" too. Celestia gets up during the private funeral due to a cramp, and the CMCs try to get cutie marks in being corpses.

This is quite well paced for a comedy, but once it is over it can feel a little too short; any longer, however, and it would have felt too long. It has very few errors within the text, which is nice. It also does not seem very planned out, but as if it were planned out to not be planned. The tags fit well too.

Score: 8/10 Recommendation: Recommended.

Personal Thoughts:

Comments

[Georg]

Two winners there.