All good things have to end sooner or later...
But... Do they?
Know your mare, know your mare, know your mare...
Of course they do, kiddo. Or--
Things get boring and stale?
...Yeah...
Lights adorned the stage, illuminating it like never before. Immaculate as it was the day it was borne into creation, perfection in every way. The rings of silver that adorned the luminescent floor glinted a stainless shine, granting the whole of it a beautiful halo as the lights reflected off of them. Not a streak of darkness was present throughout the entirety of the set; the audience for once being shown just as brightly as the ones once present on the stage. Dozens, hundreds, who knew how many were truly there. A sea of muzzles, faces, beaks, tentacles, furs, pelts, clothes, cloths, skin-tones, hooves and hands... All of them as bright as the last. For once, the entirety was bright and shining, the curtains thrown back from the stage to show the small viewing box where four mischievous scamps would spend their days for the past two years. All four missing for the time being. But the audience was there, as too was the guest...
That's the last of it. Are you sure you don't want to come?
No... My place is here... With my children. My swarm.
Yeah... Your kids... They -uh- they need you, right?
...Indeed...
Discord...
...Eats his own toe nails...
"When I have toes, maybe. But what do I have now? No... Really... What kind of feet do I have right now, I don't remember."
Do you remember when I first came to you, Cap'n?
Of course. Queeny was giving you such a hard time. It was too funny.
Yup. I remember... So you still laugh about it?
Well, yes. It's a good memory.
Queen Chrysalis...
...Sleeps with a Shining Armor plushy...
"Wha-I don--Pffft! Nooooo. Why would I? Blasphemy is what that is. To think that I-- Nooo..."
You still remember when we met?
In all honesty, no...
...Good. That day wasn't important at all.
Are you being sarcastic with me?
Not at all.
Pipsqueak...
...Likes to dress in a mouse costume and scurry around the house when he's alone...
"I don' even own a mouse gidd'up. I'm more of a petticoat lad."
Days keep on coming, cap'n. But yesterday will always be yesterday, that day will always be that day, and tomorrow... Tomorrow's gonna be a great yesterday to look back on.
...We have a WHOLE lot of yesterdays together, don't we?
Over a hundred I think.
Some of them are kind of dull...
Probably... But we'll always have the choice to look back at the good days.
...Yeah.
Sunset Shimmer...
...sends photo-copies of her butt to Princess Twilight through her magic book...
"Once! Well... Twice, really... It was Pinkie's butt that time. She wouldn't stop chattering until I let her use the book."
I don't remember that day either. I do, however, remember the day I first looked up to you as...
...As a queen and idol?
...As a mom.
Oh...
Look, we don't get to talk much. But I... I think of us as something special, you know? You're like...
...Indeed.
Discord...
Pipsqueak...
Chrysalis...
Sunset Shimmer...
...Will see you next time...
"Too-da-loo~~~!"
"Bye, everyone!"
"Farewell for now."
"Until we meet again, you dorks."
This is the end...?
Nah. Nothing ever really ends. It just gets renewed for another book or season or has fanfictions written about it.
What's gonna happen to us?
We're just going to keep on living.
We go so many different ways... But, we do share in a thread that keeps us together. That thread will never break as long as we hold onto it.
...Wow... Shimmer-Shammer-Bam-Bam is getting sentimental.
Brings a little tear to my eye... Hugs?
No hugs!
Oh, come on. One last hug.
No!
Best to let them do it... There's no getting out of it once their heads are set on it.
Fine...
YAY!
So... What now...?
Isn't that obvious?
...Actually... It is.
Riceicles all around.
TO JOE'S!
Know your mare, know your mare,
When all the lights go down,
We about ta' throw down,
If you come into the lair, (that doesn't work.)
Know your mare, know your mare,
Yeah, we kinda shady,
Just blame it on the ladies, (HEY!)
That's our kind o' game.
Know your mare, know your mare,
If the lights all go down,
You about ta' throw down,
If you come into the lair, (still doesn't work!)
Know your mare, know your mare,
We still pretty shady,
Discord is a lady, (HEY!)
You would say the same!
Every other day,
I'd think, ah' walkin' away,
"Queeny, wanna stay?"
But everyday, it's just the same,
Every single day is "Queeny let's go play."
Could it be that perhaps I love them like a baby?
If it turns out there,
First of all, let me say,
I am the sort that doesn't sit around and want to play,
But, let's be honest with me,
I'm a queen, with a throne,
So maybe I'd give it all,
If we could all just be a family.
I know you thinkin' we do some strange things,
Someone's gotta do it, that's the way it seemed,
But maybe we enjoyed it a bit too much,
Makin' fun of all your creepy lives, (too much!)
Sorry, Cap'n it's what we do. (S'okay.)
'Cause we've been doin' it since '22. (Doesn't know what year it is...)
Why can't we just tell the truth?
Oh wait that would be super lame! (SUPER LAME!)
Know your mare, know your mare,
When all the lights go down,
We about ta' throw down,
If you come into the lair, (Still not changing it?)
Know your mare, know your mare,
Yeah, we kinda shady,
This cookie is a savey, (Aww.) (That's not a word!) (It is now, shut up.)
That's our kind o' game.
Know your mare, know your mare,
If the lights all go down,
You about ta' throw down,
If you come into the lair, (still doesn't work!)
Know your mare, know your mare,
We still pretty shady,
Pippy is my baby, (Moooooom!)
And Sunny is the same! (UGH!)
And thus the story ends. A final chapter, but it shall not end... It shall go on and on. Until the sun draws a final line. Tomorrow will come, and yesterday will go... But one thing is always certain. If the story keeps going, someone will always care.
And with that -finally- you know my mare.
Hey, someone made a TvTropes page!
its finally done ... give me a moment ...
in memory of one of the best fics in existance
And so, another golden story comes to an end.......
*Clap* Well done. I've been lurking here since the very beginning of know your mare, and I must say it was a good ride.
... Onwards to greater things now...
Okay, now I'm crying. Farewell, know your mare. You had a good run. Now, let us cry with tears of joy for its completion.
5211426 Goodbye "Know Your Mare". Of all the fics I've read in my time, you truly deserved a place among the best.
Until we meet again, fair well, crew.
A good end. Now, you need to work on They Grow Up.
Well that was quite the journey. All 212 chapters are finished now, and the gang has said goodbye. Perhaps they'll be back once more?
Goodbye Know your Mare. We will always remember you.
Farewell.
Goodbye. It's been one hell of an awesome ride.
it was a great ride, for the most part.
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as a famous doctor once said:
It's been a real pleasure, Flinx. I hate reaching the end of a great work of fiction... it always gets me.
*Bravo* A great end to an awesome fic!
Thanks for the fun times.
The end of an era.
Well, a very long era, but still.
Now I just need to watch Rainbow Rocks so I can finish reading it myself.
Huzzah!
I suppose all good things must come to an end...
At least now you have more time to come up with great stories.
To many more years of fantastic writing, Flinx!
I'm not sure whether to be relieved or sad...
Relieved becuause it seems about time to let this beast slumber, or sad because it's going to sleep.
Why can I only like and favorite this once
It just doesn't capture how much I enjoyed this. Honestly, I'm not sure anything can.
Why must all good things come to an end?
het flinx as a last goodbye to this awesome story have this
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link here
Wow was this a interesting takes on this parody of that all that show sketch. I love every minute of it and I glad I read it :D
This was a good story. Introduced me to the majesty of Flinx. To be honest, it kinda holds a special place in my heart.
*sniff* Good bye, old friend. I'll miss you.
Looking back, all I can really think is... How did this get so popular? I mean, it's not bad, per se, but it doesn't really deserve all of this, I mean, it has all the red flags of a typical bad story, short chapters, coloured text, coloured text for almost all of the story, same goes for bold and italics, I don't get it!
I can't believe they put this in writing! I didn't get my cutie mark by sticking a spoon down my throat!
No more updates, no more new chapters, no more show
But... there is something new...
This story is the BOMB!!
No, seriously, even if it's finished, I have a warm feeling. The kind of feeling when an awesome ride ends, when you have been part of something for a very long time and you are there to watch it finish...
The feeling of being complete
I wish that I was eloquent enough to let you know how much this whole thing has become a part of me. Now that it is over... Its pretty silly sounding but I feel lost. Know Your Made left behind a (frankly weirdly shaped) hole in my life. Years from now when my life revolves around a totally different set of fandoms there will still be a very special place in my heart for this fic. Thank you. Thank you for giving us all such a wonderful experience to treasure.
*pops in wearing christmas dress and floating in mid air, desperately trying to escape my mothers horrible make-overs*
Ah this place, I've missed it...
It's over? Wow. I'm gonna miss this..
Goodbye Jean-Luc, I really will miss you. You still had such potential, but then again all good things must come to an end.
"SWEETIE, MOMMY STILL HAS TO BRAID YOUR HAIR, REMEMBER, JUST LIKE WE USED TO DO WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE!?"
I'M 16 DAMMIT NOT 6!... Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to run *teleports away*
This was amazing.
NOW TO READ THE SPIN-OFFS!
It's over?
I'm gonna be honest...thank the fucking Lord above.
5629028 If you really hate it why did you push threw? If you don't like what you are reading, then just stop and move on to something else.
5674276 I stuck with it for a long while in the hopes that it would get better. It didn't. So now that's over with, I'm happy.
5674284 I get annoyed with commets like these mostly because of how they want it to get better in their opinion. Now that is fine but however, you are never force so why even continue? I'll never understand this mentality here and its something that annoys the hell out of me when I see this.
5674299 Go ahead, be annoyed. The comment was more-or-less meant to be a joke in the first place.
5674284 Act on it then.
5675149 THANK THE LAWD IT'S OVAH! LOOK AT ME EVERYBODY I'M SPECIAL BECUASE I DON'T LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S POPULAR! 2MLG4U! 420 NOSCOPE SHREK IS LOVE SHREK IS LIFE FAIL SW4G LOOLOLOLOLOLOL
In all seriousness, though, it was a joke. Even though I hated the story and think it's a piece of overrated and unfunny garbage, I can see that you, the author, worked hard on it, and I can respect you for that. I will openly say that I don't like the story, but it must have taken a fair deal of effort to write it, and that's cool in my book.
5675223 It didn't. I never tried on it. So please, write a funny story.
5675504 I would, but I suck at comedy.
5675516 I couldn't tell. Anyway, good luck with your plans.
5675523 A) Was that a compliment or an insult?
B) You too, brah. Best of luck.
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It was a good run
An end that is a new beginning...