A fulfilling career, a completely paid off house, a wonderful wife and two amazing daughters – what more could a stallion want? Well, if you asked Hondo Flanks, he’d say that a son who shares his passion for hoofball would be nice. Alas, his wife is no longer interested in having foals but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles. When Sweetie Belle invites Button Mash over to her family’s house for dinner to meet her parents for the first time, Hondo sees it as an opportunity to pal around with the son he never had. Can Button score a touchdown and win over his girlfriend’s father? Or will Hondo’s overbearing nature discourage Button from courting Sweetie Belle further? Don’t look at me; I’m just a story description. Click on the first chapter and read it yourself if you’re so danged curious.
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LOL LOVED IT! NEW CHAPTER PLZ!!!!!!
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Thanks to both of you. I get why someone would thumbs down my story but..who would take the time to thumbs down your comments?
Do I have a hater?
4530216 looks like it, well the best thing to do is thank them for there time and acknowledge those who like and conment on your story. You have an awesome start on this fic, keep it up friend! :)
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lol all I can say is that I agree with Noble Savage I couldn't have said a comment better
Like and fav for ButtonBelle, and great writing, too!
Good chapter, can't wait to see what happens next. I especially can wait to see what happens with button and Sweetie Bells father.
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Thanks! The next chapter should actually be up very soon.
4552235 Awesomeness!
Obviously, next chapter is going to be a flashback. Can't wait to see something like Button kicking DT's ass verbally... And possibly physically!
lol so funny just like the first ^_^
Yes.... At first, I was thinking on his decision:
But then you see the ending. Well done, perfectly executed! This alone makes for the greatest of all great fics!
Almost cried...almost
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Hey, thank you so much for the kind words. I wanted to post this and the previous chapter as one big chapter but I felt that it would have been too big and clunky. Hopefully it flows seamlessly enough from flashback to current time as it stands.
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Almost is good enough. I am very flattered to hear that my horses in love story almost moved you to tears. I mean that.
4557549 I mean it! Check me out sometime to find out I am a hard-core ButtonBelle-er, it's my OPT! This is the 2nd best ButtonBelle fic in the history of ButtonBelle. Oh, and it felt smooth to have it a seperate chapter than 'the talk (not about sex)' , so great job :)
OMG OMG OMG I LOVED IT!!!!!!!
I think you should up the rating to at least teen with the kind of jokes you have in there
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I agree. I have now done this.
This is heartwarmingly cute!
I can't wait to meet the OCs.
And rip them a new one!
angelbunny, are you trying to tempt me to hit the follow button? Because it looks like you're trying to tempt me to hit the follow button!
I wanted to use pictures, but I can't upload MS Paint cutouts. So, I hope to use dialogues and hopefully you'll get the reference. Maybe you won't.
> Alas, his wife is no longer interested in having foals but that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
This pun in your description is bad, and you should feel bad.
But it got your story on my read later list, so it has that going for it.
4824226 Let it be known that I will use any pun, no matter how bad, if it will get a new reader to check out my stories.
I hope you will enjoy what I've written. 
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Oh Faust damn it, Rarity! You rutting mule ruined the moment!
Either that, or angelbunny said, "Screw the romance! I have comedy!" Obvious joke is obvious.
it's my birthday today and i'm sick
but this story I don't know if it's just me coming out of the bathroom after I steamed it up or what but i'm crying 
and if you can make me cry then you sir are a brilliant writer.
Well, the tables flipped. Button seems like much less a douche now, only a minor one, and I honestly feel for Sweetie. Let's make this right though.
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Happy belated birthday, DJ-col7. I hope you're feeling better than you did when you left your comment. And I can understand why you're crying. A cameo by Jelly Pony has a way of making even the staunchest brony or pegasister weep for joy.
4975225 that just made my night
The speech Rarity had with her mother was beautiful...and her chat with her father was funny as the guy can't help but interpret her words in a different way than Rarity intended. Odds are he's right about his daughter's preferences and he faints from shock
...or he'll be wrong and Rarity will get mad at him for not knowing if she prefers stallions/mares or both
. Anyhow, I love this chapter.
P.S: Why isn't there an angry Rarity emoticon?
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Thank you. I was hoping the speech would come across as genuine and not sappy.
Angelbunny, I gotta say! Your craft for writing is special, even to the degree on publisher levels. But there is one thing I gotta in regards to the speeches, the only elephant in the room this far. You write these dialogues without pause in between, and that can sometimes be a distraction.
In the future, you might want to pace these dialogues with movement and less speech, otherwise readers might think these go on longer than the actual writing.
Thanks for am amazing chapter, btw.
This is nice, but where's the ButtonBelle? It was the main plot line for the majority of the story, why has it left us?
no love for the father all the mares in that family ow him a big apology
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A very fair critique - and one that I have heard before in The Diamond Exchange, specifically. I will try to break up the paragraphs with more movement. When I write, I "see" the scenes take place in my head as though I was watching an episode. I "hear" the dialogue and I have a mild resentment toward the medium of writing in that I can't just have an uninterrupted monologue that, in real (animated) time, no one would object to for the lack of pauses.
Long story short, I'm a big baby.
And thanks for the compliment before the critique.
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Fret not, it has only left us temporarily. It will return. In the meantime, I hope that you'll stick around for the next chapter which will feature Hondo meeting his unexpected visitor.
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I like to think that the mares and filly in his life show their love for him regularly enough that one tender moment without him won't cause him to fall apart.
Hondo isn't even aware that the Cookie Crumbles Admiration Society is taking place in the house so I don't know that there's anything that Cookie and Rarity need to apologize for. Maybe Hondo shows his love in different ways and just isn't receptive to what Rarity has to offer. And hey, I'll bet that those luxuries that Cookie turned down from Rarity were things that Hondo would have loved to accept. I picture him crying when his wife told Rarity to take back the Sea-Doo.
Rarity's speech was based on this incredibly moving piece by Jimmy Dean.
If you love your mom, have some facial tissues nearby when you watch this video. It might move you to tears.
5012273 still why is rarity and sweetie belle seem to only like there mother (they love their parents equally but liking is a different story) it's like they don't value him as a provider and I know first hand how a father can be just as good as a mother.
5011987 of course! Carry on!
The relationship between Elaina and Hondo is very interesting. I got to say that the story is becoming more exciting now that those two met each other again.
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I'm very happy that you're enjoying the story so far. The story was originally conceived with this being the final chapter but as it took on a life of its own, Sweetie Belle arc took a new twist with her relationship being thrown in the dumpster. This won't go unresolved so there's at least two more chapters before The Last Temptation of Hondo Flanks comes to its conclusion.
Huh. This story seems like it will go on much longer than previously expected!
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As I said, Sweetie Belle's arc won't go unresolved. As for whether or not they get together, I doubt that my story would be much of a romantic comedy if it ended on the sour note of their breakup.
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Man, the confrontation was intense...is it weird that I feel bad for Elaina at the end of the chapter for the stolen coupons thing rather than the thread Cookie made?