With Twilight Sparkle as the newly crowned Princess of Friendship, she and her friends are to spread friendship to all of Equestria. She has new duties to perform, not to mention a new throne room begging for meetings to be held. So it is Twilight calls to order the Council of Friendship, where she shall instruct her friends on running an effective government and discuss with them matters pertaining to their rule.
In hindsight, she really should have realized what she was getting herself into.
Note - This fic is meant to be a series of random misadventures as the cast plays at politics and gets into assorted hi-jinks. More chapters may or may not come depending on when and if I have ideas to write them.
Chapters (5)
Very funny. I liked it a lot. Have a thumbs up.
Good one shot, though I wouldn't mind seeing it extended.
Mwuahaha! I enjoyed this immensely! Good work, very good work indeed!
Poor Twilight! AJ is right though; she might be taking things a bit too seriously.
Maybe it would help if she assigned each of her friends a responsibility in Ponyville and its environs that reflects their interests and abilities. What's the point of being a superhero if you don't have a city to protect, after all? They can report in every week and the old rule of 'six heads better than one' might help them identify problems before they manifest themselves in a 50-foot centaur trying to blow up Equestria or something similar.
Applejack - Agriculture & industry (Ministry of Production)
Fluttershy - Nature, the Everfree and care (Ministry of Peace)
Pinkie Pie - Happiness & other town affairs (Ministry of Morale)
Rarity - Commerce & social affairs (gossip) (Ministry of Image)
Rainbow Dash - Weather and security (Ministry of Awesome)
Twilight can also keep an eye on her own interest - magic and the sciences (Ministry of Arcane Science)
Er... actually, I might have heard of those organisations before... Maybe this isn't such a good idea?
4389163 I actually thought of a bit where they discuss alternate names for the group besides Council of Friendship. "Mane Six" and yes, "Ministry Mares" were going to be among the suggestions.
Wait. How is an apple fritter any healthier than a cupcake?
And Twilight figures out why Equestria can't have a democracy.
Poor Twilight... I hope she doesn't go into another breakdown because of this
Ah, bureaucracy.
And people wonder why Palpatine staged a coup and made himself emperor. So much more efficient.
Good work!
Well, I for one happen to agree with Celestia...
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this was fun
Should I put it in the tyrant twilight sparkle group?
It's kind of hard to tell if Twilight actually thought she could get everypony to read those books, or knew the idea of having to real all those books would get everyone to quit.
As to Celestia, well her view is a bit different being immortal and having lived though everything she did. Equestria's monarchy has had to suffer though a seeming endless line of incompetent princes and princesses with supreme power all making the same mistakes over and over. It's just had Celestia and Luna, who while not perfect, only make mistakes once, learn from them, then don't do it again.
4389546 lol, it's for more humorous value as such, but I guess it'd fit.
But it is, Twilight, it is...
*nods sagely*
Ah, yes, the crucial weakness of all democracies.
I think you might want to take a look at that sentence again, grammar-wise.
It's the only error I found, though. Good job!
Altogether, fine and funny. I liked it, dear sir or madam, well done!
... I don't often do this, but upvoted just from the summary alone.
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You mean because her inability to see Equestria doesn´t need another ruler, and her role in Celestia´s government, with or without magical castle, is still pretty much look fabulous, smile and wave to the public?
Except...
They can't be standing in the hallway, AND laying down. They can be LOCATED in the hallway laying down, but you can't stand and lay down at the same time. That's just silly.
Also, I second the motion for sequel/continuation of this story.
4389847 ....
Thanks, I'll take care of that.
As for a sequel, I'm not at all opposed to one. I wrote this story to have an ending, but if I have an idea to continue the antics of the Council, I'd be quite willing to do so.
I had a feeling when I read this earlier that it was destined for the featured box. Nicely done.
A bit cliched, but a fun read none the less. I really liked the bit with Fluttershy pointing out the downsides of veto.
I wholly enjoyed this fic!
Oh my goood!!! I loved this! :D This was simply amazing! :D I hope to see a sort of sequel in the future, because this was... magnificent! <3 ^_^
"the key to a good government is wise and level-headed leadership."
And thus began the reign of Princess Spike.
What's with the tiny red line?? WHO DARES DISLIKE THIS!!!
Nice introduction of earmarks. I have to say, however, that Spike is a naturally inferior race, and is not deserving of his own equally-sized throne. After all, it was the Tree of Harmony itself that decided the size of his throne; Spike is inherently unworthy.
Also, I doubt that her friends would be so apathetic to governmental duties (besides the fact that a much larger and more functional one is already in place), just to Twilight's use of Robert's Rules. Seriously, it's a bit pointless when there are only seven people present.
4390073 They've been banished to the moon. The vote was unanimous.
Someone came back and rescuesd spike right ?
Dat tyranny of the majority doe....
Mi piace questo, ho potuto vedere questo come un episodio.
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I second the motion. The most sane and level-headed of the group should be in charge.
4390168 Actually I believe the size of the throne relates to the size of the rump sitting in it, and as Spike grows over the years, it would not surprise me to find his throne getting bigger and bigger...
All Hail Emperor Spike, Warlord of the Ponyville Valley (and his council)
Well one thing's for sure. Twilight's Council of Friendship is certainly more effective than the United States Congress. Most of all though, it's fun to watch Twilight go nuts like she used to. I'm not sure if the finale means that Twilight and her friends are now ruling over Ponyville, but that Twilight would think and then go all nuts over like she does here. I didn't think she'd stage a coup but that ended up backfiring anyway.
It did feel just a bit like an actual episode. I could definitely see all this as the first part of an episode leading up to Twilight learning some kind of lesson about being a princess. It was short and simple and really funny. 
So, keep up the good work. 
This was highly enjoyable. Always nice to see a little slice of life comedy in the box. Nicely done, author.
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So, Spike's throne will some day be larger than the castle? That's... that's a hell of a rump...
I love it.
The only problem is, how many crystal tree castles can you fit in a cereal box?
4390727 My record is four.
4390735 Good enough.
4390792 I used to be a cow.
Twilight didn't say nothing about having her personal Royal Guard.
4390831 I used to be a pegasus.
But then i took a arrow to the knee.
So i became a pegasus whti a arrow in the knee.
...But then i removed it and was a pegasus again.
4390839 And now, I am a burger.
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Nightmare Moon, Chrysalis, King Sombra, Tirek.
There's your answer buddy.
Welp, in all seriousness it's probably a better idea if Twilight just does everything herself.
There's not much evidence from the show that Ponyville's citizens have anything to do with participatory democracy beyond bailing up Mayor Mare down at the market and griping at her. And Equestria's a monarchy anyhow. It's not surprising that her friends (without the background reading in forms of government that Twilight's inflicted upon herself) aren't overly interested in the Council.
By 'not overly interested' I mean 'clearly only humoring Twilight'. And then she went and gave them easy out! As long as they can come along and complain at her about whatever's bothering them, I don't think either Twilight's friends or the rest of Ponyville care if Twilight declares herself Princess, Queen, Dictator-For-Life or Generalissimo, so long as she doesn't bother them too much and the trains run on time.
this feels like it could be an actual episode
There...
There are no words. (In a good way)
At least they got more done then congress.
You see, this is why you don't let have people with OCD become politicians, they have a nasty tendency to go insane and start dictatorships. Look at Ne Win in Burma a few decades back. Completely potty, decided to change what side of the road people drove on because he felt his country was leaning too far to the left in politics, so he would remedy that by having people drive on the right, introduced the 45 and 90 kyat banknotes because they added up to 90, his lucky number, walked backwards over bridges to ward off evil spirits, and bathed in dolphin's blood to extend his age to 90. Mad as a spoon.
Now let us be honest, we can all see Twilight doing something like that can't we?
In comparison, I see Celestia as something of a Lee Kuan Yew, former PM of Singapore. Locks up their own relatives for "corruption/attempting to end the world" and drove a "3rd world resourceless island/monster ridden land" to "an democratic economic superpower/a monarchic capitalist commune" in "50 years/1000 years" flat, no nonsense, "everything regulated and controlled/EVERYTHING regulated and controlled". Both govern with a velvet glove, with a set of brass knuckledusters sown discretely into the upper side. (When reading, please cross out which ever is incorrect when given a choice)