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Everyone in Ponyville is well aware of a certain purple earth pony's "interest" in drinking the night, day, or really any time away that she can. Thinking her antics have gone on for too long, her friend decides to give her a push into sobriety.
Can the town drunk sober up? ...Maybe?
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She is after all the best pony; hence my name
2751240 To be honest, with two and a half years into this fandom already, I'm surprised I'm the first to do this.
Hehe, this made me chuckle a lot. Great job!
Hmmm, let's see...
Except from the lacking of proofreading and the horrible puns (and the false conception of the other alcoholics) this story was enjoyable.
At some points.
Blue's puns are as horrible as ever, if not worse.
There, you got my review Blue, my criticism should help you avoid problems like the ones I told you earlier.
*flies away*
I was sent here by a crazy-ass writer. I'm glad I listened.
Well done.
~Skeeter The Lurker
2751454 BS is quite the guy.
Good story, Question, do you like writing competitions or would you like to be a judge? We have a group called the contest group that you could write stories for contests. If you would like to join or if you would like to be a judge come look at our group. You story is great and I love it. Berry Punh has always been a good character.
2751458 What would I need to do?
2751464
Here is link Read first part than go to our forums and click the sticky thread We need you admins and judges. Read on, if you have any questions PM me them and I will try to answer them.
Well this was enjoyable.
Great job, you really made the story entertaining to follow.
Now I have a new perspective on Colgate going crazy with toothbrushing. "They will never be clean, Berry! NEVER BE CLEAN, BERRY!!"
Edit: Congrats on getting Featured! You have won 1 internet!
Wonderful stuff. I especially liked the end.
Make Cole CRINGE, Ruby!
I loved it, and I am a strong critic. I was sad when it was over, which is new to me.
. Favorited and following. Hoping you put up more.
2751920 Well, glad you enjoyed it so much
This is my newest fic since last August and my first non-OC fic, but I hope to do more in the future.
If there's one thing FiMfic needs, it's more Berry Punch.
Congrats on the feature and nice job with the story!
2751964 Thanks.
I didn't realize it while thinking up the idea, but this fandom really does lack good Berry Punch fics. With this fandom being 2 and 1/2 years old, I'm surprised I was the first to think this up.
Oh gog.
That line.
I loved it so much.
Now to be annoying: When Big Mac talks about his habit, horde should probably be replaced with hoard, unless he is planning on making a brutish barbarian army out of these barrels.
2752101 My turn to be annoying. God, not gog.
But thanks.
I'll echo the sentiments of others by saying "kudos on making the feature box!"
You need to write more comedy quickies. I'd love to see one about Colgate's brushing fetish.
Colgate can be my Oral B anytime, if you know what I mean.
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2752251 I prefer this.
I'm just glad to explore the realm outside of OC's. And to give such an under-utilized BG pony some time to shine.
2752279 Excuse me?
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2753112 Penis jokes.
2753156
That would be the idea, yes.
You guys did really well, lost it with Ruby Pitch and Colgate, this was a very good story and will help me not to get into drinking, though I can't say the same for my smoking habits...oh well
2753300 Glad to hear some legit commentary on this.
And thanks for the compliment. I'm glad to finally provide this site with some much needed Berry Punch goodness.
2753333 My pleasure, you deserved it bro, it's what I'm here for, I tell you what you need to hear not what you want to hear
And I can very much agree to that, I love Berry Punch, there needs to be more stories about her
There really does
2753346 I only know of one other by a friend of mine, but I've yet to read it.
2753350 It must be read
Link please?
And I seem to be the only person aware of the fact that Berry Punch's canon name is Pinot Noir.
http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/05/lauren-fausts-twitter-questions-and.html?m=1
2753750 I've... never heard of that.
Didn't the grab bag call her Berry Shine?
2753760 I DON'T FAHKING KNOW.
All I know is that Lauren Faust said that her canon name is Pinot Noir in a charity Twitter thing. TGUYHG&^RG$
2753778 Not as catchy. I don't even know what it means.
2753784 Neither do I!
Ehh... I was weighing on whether or not to do this - I don't leave comments unless I reach the end, which I didn't - but heck, it's featured, and that opens stories up to things.
Obligatory "I am just one reader" disclaimer: I am just one reader.
The writing is pretty meh. The opening dialogue is cumbered by clunky, wordy descriptors that are redundant:
where "excited laugh", "ecstatic", "mixture of joy and gratitutde" all mean the same thing, and so you make this point 3 times;
The initial conflicts such as Colgate berating herself for not thinking it all the way through, are, well, weak, ad while I'm willing to let it pass because it's a necessary evil to get to the crux, it's coupled with overdramatization that is neither funny nor - this being weightier - relatable:
Breaks suspension of disbelief - sure, it's tagged Comedy, but if the underlying emotions which lead to the "comedic" events are feeble, so will the comedic impact be.
Dialogue punctuation issues:
If the dialogue tag ends with a comma, the next word is not capitalized, as such: ""Berry?!" Colgate shouted in shock, "this isn't...""
There's nothing funny up until the community centre, although it was mildly amusing, as far as a thousand and a few words can be before it becomes boring.
And this is more or less where I stopped. I did skim a bit past the confession to see Rarity of all ponies acting daft for no good reason except Comedy, which is like saying it's fine to go out on the street in pyjamas because someone'd get a laugh of out it - it's low-brow at best, and plum unfunny at worst. There were a couple of good lines - "it's always five o'clock somewhere" was probably the best - but it was buried under a sea of mediocre sentences. Really, it isn't even bad - it's just mediocre. And simplicity isn't a bad thing - The Descendant's The Father of My Children is an example of simple yet excellent style - but simplicity without flair is just unengaging, which is why I find no reason to read on. Pity, because the premise sounds like it would have been either wonderfully fun or deeply touching, but, well.
Potentially interesting premise, not very good writing, not very good choice of plot events.
All the best, and keep writing.
2753910 Well, sorry that you feel that way.
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hat was the greatest freakin moment ever not saying it was a bad story just love the line so much. 
2754104 And here I thought Vinyl being a perv was a weaker part.
2753918
Good work with this one. Maybe you could start a Berry Punch page or something?
Please continue.
2754110 I :dont its just i has a weak spot for vinyl and just imagining big mac and her is just...Funny!
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2754287 you sir just made my day
2754287 I think you might appreciate this little song
your welcome.
2754336 Seen it.
Mic is a god.
Maybe you should try putting in some page breaks, like in between the different exercises and stuff; maybe even add more detail during the slightly more intense bits. As-is, it reads like one big scene and seems to happen in no time at all, let alone two hours.
I appreciate what you're trying to do in this, but I feel like the climax fell flat. Berry basically walks into the bar, sees Lightning Dust, who, while I can understand the 'drowning her sorrows' bit, seems to be in a Ponyville bar for no real reason (what was wrong with Cloudsdale?), and simply decides to refuse the drink. The group session was an utter train wreck, with the leader ending up drinking. Add the fact that all the anti-drinking bits of the session were either ignored by Berry or simply not reached, and I can't help but seriously question why any of the 'sober up' bits would stick.
Aside from that, the way you made the session a failure was rather amusing, and the end was pretty d'aaw-inducing, as well. You've got some good stuff in here, it's just marred a bit by the stuff mentioned above. Keep at it.
2754392 Hmm, the pacing was one thing I was worried about, hat part in particular. No one brought it up, so I dismissed it.
Thanks for the feedback.
Ummm, this is extremely inaccurate as to AA. Like, not even slightly like AA at all.
2754416 Well, I couldn't find anything that they participated in during their sessions. I decided to make stuff up for comedy's sake.
Equestria doesn't exactly work like Earth.