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OleGrayMane


If I leave you it doesn't mean I love you any less / Keep me in your heart for a while—Warren Zevon

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ONLY ONE THING stands between Twilight and the completion of her ambitious report: her curiosity.


Proofreader: CanoLathra ● Editor: BlueBook
Added to Twilight's Library 11th Jul 2013

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Should be marked as "dark" for detailing Twilight Sparkle's horrific losing battle with Attention Deficit Disorder.

Twilight would never survive without Spike, and this shows it all so perfectly. I especially enjoy the little hat tips to Sparity. Twilight, you adorkable!

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Thank you kindly.

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LOL - "Attention Deficit Disorder", or as we call it nowadays, the internet.

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Thank you for your comment. I "owed" Spike a pleasant moment with Rarity after what I did to him in my story Precious Gem.

Twilight went on a wiki-walk, huh?

Excellently written. Loved how you got into Twilight's head with the line "Rarity arrived earlier than had been agreed". Really set the tone for her need for control and scheduling.

2714837 A losing battle with the internet. My day. Every day.

Help.

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The working title for a while was "Twilight takes a wiki-walk".
Thanks for the comment.

Rarity arrived earlier than had been agreed

That sentence, and much of the first and second paragraph, were not finalized till this afternoon. BlueBook worked on several version of that sentence alone.

This was great. I love stories about how control affects Twilight.
Just one thing, I checked about 10 pages of google search, and they all said Pegasi, not Pegasai.
Sorry to call you out, but it was pretty noticeable.

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Easily fixed and thank you. So, several editors, hundreds of readers, and you are the first to report this to me. :facehoof:

Again, thank you. Now I have to go fix it in my other stories and OpenOffice's dictionary.

If Twilight has this problem with books, imagine her reaction to the internet where the same knowledge and more are just clicks away.

Oh, Twilight. :unsuresweetie::facehoof:
I know all too well what this feels like, unfortunately.

My firs thought was TV Tropes instead of Wiki.
TV Tropes is a hell of a lot harder to get out of ... :trollestia:

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The hyperlink is either the best of the worst invention yet: the jury is still out. :rainbowhuh:

Me on TVTropes.

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Everyone keeps saying that! :rainbowlaugh:
I've glad I have not been caught by them—yet!

I like.
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Yes, she is.:twilightblush:
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Yes, she have.:facehoof:

Getting up this early makes me feel, oh, I don't know, a little naughty. It's like I'm off on some grand, romantic adventure,” she giggled.

Now, Rarity had a good Sparity over here, no? This history is so good, bro.:raritystarry:

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Hullo! Glad to see that you stopped by again and that you liked this.

I needed some way to get Spike out of the library so Twilight would be left to here own devices, and having a bit of "Sparity" seemed like a much better solution then having him "off on business in Canterlot".

This is the first time I've written Rarity since my first story, and I wanted to make her flirtatious with the younger Spike. You can see my head canon points squarely at them having a life together with deep emotional commitment. But in this story, Spike is still a bit too young for "real romance", yet Rarity knows his feelings, leaving a perfect opportunity for her to both scold and tease.

Thanks for the favorite, the thumbs up, and the comment! A hat trick, but since I'm out of hats, have a mustache! :moustache:

Alright, added to Twilight's Library. I know exactly how Twilight feels...

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Thanks very much! And now that I'm back from vacation I'll be heading over to read the next chapter of Cubic Zirconia.

Congratulations. Your story has good enough grammar to be added to the Good Grammar Directory, a comprehensive directory of grammatically correct stories on FIMFiction.

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Thank you! And god speed comrade.

Great story. It has excellent characterisation on Twilight, very interesting worldbuilding, and a structure that makes the two fit together beautifully. Also, the scenes with Spike and Rarity were very sweet. :twilightsmile:

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Gosh, thanks. The "world building" was to have this story act as the starting point for two others. "Historical Fiction" is the first related one, and I'm planning another with the working title of "Journey to Seal Rock". That one is still months away.

I felt I owned Spike, and Rarity too, a bit of sweetness after what I did in "Precious Gem". Rarity picking on Twilight was fun to write, but my favorite part, and the hardest to put together, was Twilight in the kitchen. It is always those darn middle portions that are the hard part. Why can't stories just have beginnings and endings? I'd get so much more accomplished.

I'm always grateful when you stop by and leave comments; Don't be a stranger, even when you think my work isn't up to snuff. :twilightsheepish:

This is so great, An EGGHEAD explosion ! with a Sparity chaser ! Bravo !!!!:raritywink::twilightsmile::moustache:

“Yes, Ma'am!” He jammed his thumbs beneath the pack's straps and bobbed on his toes.

Good visual. I commend you.

The Many Legends of King Thunderhead

As I'm sure was the intent, you synthesized the development of Arthurian literature rather well. Arthur has had so many different portrayals that the collective comic industry is jealous (though, given how badly he comes off in many of them, perhaps they shouldn't be).

All in all, you worked in a number of references to earth myth, but in such a way that paid respect to the myths' origins and also tied it into the pony world well so that, even if one wasn't familiar with earth myths, they'd still make sense.

And, to top it all of, you synthesized the general experience of being someone like Twilight (or me) painfully well. I can't tell you how many times I've done almost this exact thing. Bravo!

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