A Series of Stories

This is my attempt at making a brief satire in the form of a series of short stories. The point of this is meant to parody and satirize various commonly used cliches in My Little Pony fanworks. This is merely meant to be a fun exercise in showing how ridiculous some of these cliches are. I fully admit this isn't my best work, but it was still fun to write.

Each story is intended to have plot to it and be fully developed instead of just random stuff, hope you enjoy it!

Please note, I'm not meaning to INSULT people with this. This is intended to be an affectionate parody. I love MLP, I love this fandom, I simply felt the urge to poke fun at some recurring things in fanfiction. I'm not saying these are bad, in fact a few of the very cliches I parodied I LIKE and satirized them BECAUSE I like them.

Can anyone guess the ideas this is satirizing?

If you have any ideas for stuff for me to satirize or parody, please ask!

Thanks to Alexwarlorn and LZ0291 for suggestion and Its From People for beta reading!

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Flutters

Flutters #1 · Jul 27th, 2013 · · · Chapter 1 ·

first

Seether00

Seether00 #2 · Jul 27th, 2013 · · · Chapter 1 ·

So we have oc alicorn. Why Rainbow Factory is dumb. Dash is actually smart. And finally Scoots in a GOOD orphanage.

Dream Bolt

Dream Bolt #3 · Aug 5th, 2013 · 2 · · Chapter 1 ·

Heh heh. Red and black Mary-Sue alicorn. It's so cliché it's hilarious.

Also, as a Celestia fan myself, I agree with Luna's statements. People villainize her even though she's really nice and friendly. Although I have to say Celestia takes it very well. I guess with a millennium of experience under your belt... er, saddle, you learn to ignore the trolls.

Although frankly, I think that some of those horror fanfics would be considered libel in Equestria.

Alchemystudent

Alchemystudent #4 · Aug 18th, 2013 · 1 · · Chapter 2 ·

One parody I would like to see is either, Immortal Depressed Twilight or my personal favorite-I became a princess so now I am completely evil Twilight.

Also, yes, I am having a goodtime spotting the cliches while just enjoying a good ol fansion slice of life fanfic

Emperor Of Nothing

Emperor Of Nothing #5 · Feb 14th, 2014 · · · Chapter 2 ·

Trolestia
Main six as the Elements of Harmony (you knows, instead of bearers)
Dr. Whooves is same as the tv show, instead of born Equestrian
Sweetie Bot (just because)

Ardashir

Ardashir #6 · Mar 20th, 2014 · · · Chapter 1 ·

I love that sweet last scene with little Scootaloo, though I keep wondering when and if the show will present her canon parents.

And that first part with Ruin -- oh man, I laugh myself sick every time I read it.

Ardashir

Ardashir #7 · Mar 21st, 2014 · 1 · · Chapter 2 ·

Big Macintosh was presently letting Apple Bloom ride on his back to reach an apple for herself.

Aww, someone so needs to make a picture of this. And I liked that crazy Mare-y Sue at the end.

ShadowLDrago

ShadowLDrago #8 · Feb 25th, 2015 · 2 · · Chapter 1 ·

The Day Princess gave a nod as her wing was bandaged. “I blame Queen Chrysalis for it. It’s annoying; you lose once to a supercharged Changeling Queen in a room crowded with innocent civilians, and suddenly everypony thinks they can defeat you.”

Heh.

“Oh come on, Twilight! I’m the Element of Loyalty! Did you really think I’d hurt yah? That‘s as crazy as that horror novel Pinkie Pie wrote!”

Pinkie Pie wrote Cupcakes? That, makes a lot of sense.

“…Spectra’s made of magically solidified light mixed with water, not foals, a machine that huge would require more Pegasus magic to run than it than would most of the factory and there‘s not even the <i]room for it in the Factory (you‘d need a separate blatantly obvious building), there’s five emergency exits on every floor and half the rooms either have a dozens of windows or are open air, on top of the fact the walls are made of clouds, so anypony running from crazy ponies could escape easy, and come on! Rainbows? Storm clouds I could see considering Equestria actually needs them, but rainbows? Heck, I’ve got a rainbow fountain in my house! If it really was that costly to make rainbows, I sure wouldn‘t be wasting them to make my house look twenty percent cooler!”

She makes a good point. I'd wonder HOW she knows all this, but, seeing as she's the head of the Weather Team, I presume she's got to have some knowledge fo the theory behind weather to even BE on the team.

“Hmm…sure, why not?…Hey, got anything Scoots might like? I‘m going to go hang out with her later…Wonder what she‘s doing right now.”

I f*cking love you. No homo, but seriously THIS. Just, THIS. All my yes. Take it. TAKE IT SAY!

The older mare put her hoof to her chin and smiled lightly. “Well, why don’t we play a game to pass the time?”
The tiny filly blinked, looking back to her caretaker. “Well…I guess we could…But what should we-”
“Tag!” Tender Hooves shouted, lightly touching the filly’s nose and running out the door.
“Hey! Wait for me!”

Scootaloo in a orphanage is nothing new, however, her being in a NICE orphanage with a NICE caretaker and actually being HAPPY, I'm, impressed. I really am, this is really good.

The elder mare gave a nod. “Sure, have a wonderful day, just be back on time,” she said, giving a smile and sharing a hug with the foal before letting her go to spend the day with Rainbow Dash…

Daaaw. I really like this fic. Have a clap gif.

gifbin.com/bin/1233928590_citizen%20kane%20clapping.gif

ShadowLDrago

ShadowLDrago #9 · Feb 26th, 2015 · 2 · · Chapter 2 ·

Applejack gave a laugh. “You’re kiddin’, right? They hardly know each other. And besides, if yah know Fluttershy at all, imagine tryin’ tah get two of her tah ask each other out.”

I would, but I'm too busy laughing at the idea.

“Applejack, dear,” called a refined voice.
Applejack turned to see her Aunt and Uncle Orange emerge from the house with Granny Smith. “Hey, Aunt and Uncle Orange.”
“Sorry, but we must be going now,” said Aunt Orange, giving Granny Smith a hug. A refined hug, but still one. “It’s been a wonderful visit.”
“And a good business meeting, as well,” Uncle orange replied, giving his Aunt-in-Law a hoof shake.

Nice. Willing to visit their family for that, AND make take care of business as well. I'd imagine that after Applejack ran off, her relation with the Oranges was a tad strained, but it got better over time.

Aunt Orange gave a nod. “Yes, you see we just opened this lovely little dance club in Manehatten, but finding a bouncer is so difficult. Most ponies aren’t able to give off that intimidating air one needs. Well, there’s that white pegasus in town, but he turned us down.”

This works so well it's hilarious.

Uncle Orange gave a nod. “Alright, come with us to our private airship and we’ll work up the paperwork.”

Nice.

“She’s gettin’ her Nightmare Night costume made up! She’s goin’ as a Wonderbolt this time!”
“...Ah thought she was goin’ as a chicken.”
“...Why would yah think that?”
“Pinkie said somethin’ about it, and Rarity and Fluttershy goin’ as a marshmallow and tree.”

You did that on purpose.

Derpy grumbled. “For the thousandth time, NO! Just because I like muffins doesn’t mean I’ve got a muffin problem!”

Thank you!

Lyra facehoofed. “No! I dabble in anthropology, it’s not the only thing there is to me!”

Thank You!

“Anthropology. The study of mythological humans. Some question whether or not it’s an actual science.”
Derpy drew several stares. “What? I’m clumsy, not stupid!”

All my yes!

Once the two mares were gone, Rarity resumed her work on measuring the filly. “...My, Rainbow Dash, you’re being well behaved, I thought you got cabin fever just from sitting still for 30 seconds.”
“Only if I don’t have something to do, I still have books,” the blue mare replied, looking up from it. “You doing alright, Scoots!”

Not sure if that's a Take That to the Rainbow Can't Sit Still cliche, or a joke. probably both.

Diamond gave it thought, and shook her head. “Nah, we’ve got premium passes, why waste time on the blank flanks? We’ve got better things to do.” After all, it wasn’t like their lives revolved around those three.

Huh, this is actually nice, you've managed to make them go from one note bullies to bullies, yes, but with MORE to them than that.

Twilight chuckled. “I love my checklists, but with this many ponies, it’s not exactly practical...and Celestia said a Princess needs to think with her gut, not just her head.”

Fair enough, it's a good thing to have a few plans, but you do need to be able to think on the fly.

Rarity nodded. “Quite right, if we had it scheduled, we have to rush, and a lady should never have to rush while eating.”

Sounds good. Wonder what cliches you'll be parodying next. The Marey Sue was fun, normally she'd be annoying or worse, but she's done in a way that's more laughable than anything. Have a magically mustached dragon for your effort.

drcftvgy

drcftvgy #10 · Mar 16th, 2015 · · · Chapter 2 ·

“So you’re sure you don’t want muffins involved?”
Derpy grumbled. “For the thousandth time, NO! Just because I like muffins doesn’t mean I’ve got a muffin problem!”
“...And you don’t want something human based?”
Lyra facehoofed. “No! I dabble in anthropology, it’s not the only thing there is to me!”

This is absolutely beautiful

Silver Inkwell

Silver Inkwell #11 · Jan 2nd, 2017 · 3 · · Chapter 1 ·

Finish it, or continue it, or cancel it.

superfun

superfun #12 · Aug 16th, 2018 · 1 · · Chapter 2 ·

Just curious, but will this ever get a new installment?

FurryBrony

FurryBrony #13 · May 24th, 2019 · 1 · · Chapter 2 ·

If this is continuing, then Cheerilee's Garden, Anon-A-Miss, The Enchanted House of Comics.

nightshroud96

nightshroud96 #14 · Jun 9th, 2020 · 6 · · Chapter 1 ·

I loved that bit about the Royal Sisters there.
Certainly a nice chuckle since I hated how the writers had Luna and Celestia get taken out so badly so many times like that.
Basically the whole worf-effect thing.

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