The addictive feature box · 9:58pm Feb 3rd, 2018
I didn't expect "Celestia's Little Shop of Horrors" to get featured! Even though I was happy with the way it turned out, it had a couple of things working against it. The first is that it's set in a specific fic-verse, but I think I underestimated the popularity of the Oversaturated world. And the second is that there is an influx of good comedies that my fic had to compete with.
You may be interested to know that I went back and added to the original opening: there is now more dialog and another joke, plus an earlier reveal of Audrey II. It doesn't change the story on a fundamental level, but it might be worth checking out.
This fanfic came about a little differently than my other stories. It started when I read this chapter of "Group Precipitation." It got the story gears turning in my head and I wrote a 1000-word follow-up which I posted on the "Group Precipitation" fiction thread. A couple of people thought it should be expanded on even further, but I wasn't sure if I wanted to take any more time away from my other fanfics. Then I found out about Aragon's contest a little over a week ago, and I thought, Hey, I already have an amusing fanfic started, I might as well finish it and enter!
Typically when I write a story, I simply go with the flow and write down everything in chronological order. This time I partly did that, but I also brainstormed jokes (mostly as I was falling asleep) and wrote them down as soon as I could, and then wrote part of the story around them.
Just for fun, here is the complete list of songs referenced in the fanfic. The plants really love the Beatles.
My Girl - The Temptations
Here Comes the Sun - The Beatles
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Theme
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
I'm the Friend That You Need - The MLP Movie
Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (performed by whichever artist you prefer)
Spider-pig - The Simpsons Movie
Good Day, Sunshine - The Beatles
Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra
Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In - Hair
*is still waiting for the sequal to Earth Ponies are Overpowered*
Just a bit, yeah!
Congrats.