A short story in which You helps Twilight lose her ever-grammatical mind.
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Massive thanks to Level Dasher for stepping in and proofreading/editing! He pointed out a ton of little (and not-so-little) details that I missed, and I feel his efforts really put a coat of polish on the story.
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I laughed so freaking hard when reading this.
You should write a sequel.
Dang it! I can't even look at my second sentence with thinking about it.
Well done.
That was AWESOME!
I love how confused Twilight was! It reminds me of a story in one of the Wayside School books called "Pet Day" where all the pets had strange names that messed with grammar things like that, like a dog named "What".
...What.
The.
"Heck was that?"
Oh, good, we're all in agreement. Well, that was certainly...
Completely insane?
"Like a bad acid trip?"
Interesting. Have a thumbs-up, I guess...
Twilight's view on You and You's view on You is very interesting.
5242029
It was just a spur-o'-the-moment thing that niggled at me until it was written.
I'm not even sure what a sequel to this would look like
DA FUQ
5242071 Yes
I suppose the sequel would feature his brother Anon?
A who's on first parody......
5242219
I doubt it, though. I don't usually like 'Anon' as a name. Plus, it doesn't have the same sort of feel to it that You does.
Possibly
5242106 5242268
These.
My question is this: Why did his parents name him "You"?
5242319
I actually asked myself that same question as I was writing the description, and as I pondered, I came to a conclusion. A simple conclusion. Real short'n'sweet.
Some ponies were never meant to be parents.
5242319 Because Him and Her were already such good names, that They just ran with it. And if you were They at that moment, You could sound pretty good. I mean, I'm just speaking on They's behalf, and I'm sure Him and Her love You's name; I mean, it did come from They. Why would Him and Her not like They's choice for You's given name? Just saying.
5242323 Makes perfect sense!
5242324
Oh boy. I see half an idea for the requested sequel: Family. Reunion.
5242333 Hm. Well, if You does want to go see Him and Her, I don't see why not. He could bring Twilight, and She could bring Pinkie; then We can get to know them. But, I can see They wanting You on Her's best behavior, since Her is better then Him, who could take a lesson from They on how You acts. But, in the end, I can see that We loves everyone and You is just so happy to be about of They's family. You know?
5242348
Correction: You knows.
5242361 Damn it... I failed...
5242365
*pats*
[youtube=http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eT0oH39X7so]
Immediately thought of this
This reminds me of an old anime oc of mine. Her name was yue (pronounced you) and while in writing it was fine I quickly realized that it would confuse the other characters and so had to change the pronunciation to (you-ay). Before I did that though there were many funny and confusing diolouges.
Good story if a bit confusing (and not because of all the you's)
...I had to upvote it.
5242319 because they were Me and I
Duh was his sister
and who is on first
So "You" is actually Discord's OC, right? Right???
Twilight did a grammar.
...I think.
5242404 5242565
I'm glad you enjoyed the story
5242789
Could be
5243066
Both You and Twilight did grammars, and hopefully neither of them were wrong.
I think Pinkie Pie, Rarity, or maybe even Rainbow Dash should have been the butt of the joke here. It makes more sense for them to miss a grammatical joke than for Twilight to. (Or for them to play along, in Pinkie's case.)
That said, this was fun.
5243324
Perhaps. It's just too much fun to see Twilight get flustered, though
My head hurts. I'm gonna take a nap.
5242333
Poor Twilight.
You really made this fanfic worth a read!
5242333 Twilight's doomed. Let's do this.
5242319 Because some ponies just want to watch the world burn.
5243329
Dude, that was funny as hell, but I also one wicked headache trying to follow that bit of insanity.
5245510 *Looks at 5243596*
...Oh dear...
5245545
So it ain't just me then.
It's certainly more entertaining than Applejack using "y'all" as a singular pronoun :P
5246116
Y'all is You's cousin from Appleoosa
I like You. I want to see more of this stallion some time.
5242303 Which is what inspired that one scene from Rush Hour.
I'm an editor, and that made it very difficult to read this due to my instinct to fix, but I was definitely able to follow, and it was really good.
I do believe I may have noticed one or two mistakes of the spelling variety, though.
I believe that should be 'then.'
Also, despite the awesome job you did narrating in the present tense (which I probably couldn't do for a full story to save my life), I think I caught a few grammatical errors. For example: wouldn't it be "staff aren't"? The word 'staff' also refers to 'members of the staff,' so it can be used as a plural. (Sorry, it's the editors' curse...)
5247798
Thank you! I appreciate the compliment and the spelling/grammar catches. Both have been fixed.
5248048 Not a problem!
I actually caught a few others if you'd like me to do a run-through. You can PM me if you're interested.
Mmm... Grammar Nazi fumes...
I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5246182
I am officially dead from that comment.
As smooth as broken glass.
5250010
As sharp, too. I know I would be swooning over someone who flirted using grammar.
5250028 I would if someone flirted with me using Physics. And did it correctly. Other wise they would get a lecture, as I have done at least [syntax error] times.