A Few of My Favorite MLP Horsewords Fanfics (Stories to Make Mine Look Bad By Comparison :-)

My user page has a few links to stories I really liked by other people. Here I'm trying to make that a little bit more systematic so I can put THIS on my user page.

^{(Disclaimer: If or when I realize some other story belongs in here, I might edit this post after initial publication. Or maybe I'll just make a new blog post? 'idk')}

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Sad and Bittersweet, But With At Least Partly Happy Endings

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EFriends, With Occasional Magic

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

The magic of friendship is showing people the good in themselves. Sometimes, with ponies.

• Human
• Main 6

Bad Horse · 2.7k words  ·  116  8 · 2.1k views

One of my absolute favorite MLP fanfics, in 2.7k words.

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TThe Third Wheel

• MLP: FiM
• Drama
• Slice of Life

Twilight and Shining Armor have a little sister named Light Step. Everypony expects so much of her.

• Alt. Universe
• Twilight
• OC
• Cadance
• Shining Armor

GaPJaxie · 19k words  ·  1,143  58 · 9k views

It's hard growing up in somepony else's shadow.

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TUnnoticed

• MLP: FiM
• Sad

On one of the last nice autumn days for his first fall in Ponyville, all Spike has to do is collect late fees and a lost book from a unresponsive library patron. A pony who isn't answering letters. A pony who might as well have never existed.

• Twilight
• Spike
• Mayor Mare
• Main 6

Estee · 18k words  ·  691  14 · 8.3k views

A story about Spike turns into a story about somepony else, and back again.

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Comedy Is Also Good

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ENineteen Neighty-Four

• MLP: FiM
• Comedy

1984 pony style!

• Crossover
• Alt. Universe
• Twilight
• Pinkie
• Trixie
• Shining Armor

Blueshift · 8.3k words  ·  1,232  15 · 21k views

One of my absolute favorite funny MLP fanfics.

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TThe Witch of the Everfree

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

My name is Sunset Shimmer. I am the strongest unicorn in all of Equestria, and my life is over. I'm in hiding and on the run, and I have no idea where to start putting things back together.

• Alt. Universe
• Celestia
• Main 6
• Sunset Shimmer

MagnetBolt · 56k words  ·  2,581  30 · 36k views

This Sunset Shimmer AU is very fun to read.

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2023 Additions to This List
(At Least One of Which Was Left Out of the 2022 Blog Post Only By Mistake):

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Is This an Adventure, a Slice of Life, a Tragedy, or a Triumph?

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EWondercolts Forever

• Equestria Girls
• Drama
• Horror
• Mystery

Sunset notices the other students have been going to Canterlot High for an exceptionally long time.

• Human
• Alt. Universe
• Celestia
• Sunset Shimmer

Epsilon-Delta · 48k words  ·  258  19 · 4.6k views

Sunset Shimmer passes through the Mirror Portal to find a very unusual Canterlot High School.

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Heartwarming Slice of Life With Action-Adventure Monster Hunting

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TPrincipal Celestia Hunts the Undead

• Equestria Girls
• Comedy
• Random
• Slice of Life

The faculty of Canterlot High battles otherworldly horrors with style

• Sunset Shimmer
• Principal Celestia
• Vice-Principal Luna

Rune Soldier Dan · 91k words  ·  1,336  25 · 17k views

Fortunately, this fun, lengthy and semi-episodic story also has two sequels to make it even better.

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Some More Contenders That Didn't Quite Make the List, But That's Sure a Judgement Call

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Eakin's "Hard Reset"
Really, this is a very, very good story, even if there's a bit of the romance plot near the end that I don't think quite measures up.

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2024 Additions to This List

You've Probably Heard of This One / These, But Just In Case You Haven't

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TAdministrative Angel

• MLP: FiM
• Equestria Girls
• Drama

Principal Celestia always has wings in her dreams. So when a magical clash in front of her school sets her phantom wings to itching, her life turns upside down. And she hasn't even heard about Equestria yet.

• Sunset Shimmer
• Principal Celestia
• Vice-Principal Luna

horizon · 6.7k words  ·  1,231  14 · 12k views

Wonderfully surprising, and sublime. Fandom classic alleged by some to be among the top fifteen stories on the site.

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Apologies

Did you write an extremely good MLP fanfic that didn't get into this list? Maybe even one of the MLP fanfics that I KNOW is extremely good (maybe even BETTER than at least one of these, if I had only happened to think of it) and one of my favorites, that STILL didn't get into this list? This list is very tiny and very incomplete, and I apologize.

Comments

[SparklingTwilight]

This blog post was a good idea; best wishes as it develops!

[Sunset Shimmer The Great]

Long Road to Friendship is really good! I highly recommend it.