I dunno, this one kinda bugged me, pardon the pun. It's just that Celestia is very old, surely she's encountered ticks or other nasty bloodsuckers before, and she's linked to the sun so most (?) people assume she's also good at pyromancy (ok the sun isn't technically burning but none the less heat yo thar be lots), so why wouldn't she be able to remove it herself? So having her leap into full blown panic mode dignity be dammed, seems like a really big leap from the Celestia you've built up through your other works, but without the sort of logical explanation you find in jousting stories from the old au cannon.
So yeah, rant over, none the less still looking forward to more Tia and Able.
5735439 Maybe not, but then I'm not thousands of years old or used to the pressures of running a nation, of commanding and fighting a war. Even if this was so uncomfortable it had to be dealt with immidiatly I feel like she'd probably just call for a 15 minute recess then deal with it in private.
5735459 To put it bluntly, it's like how Able deals with Spike.
Not quite a fear, but utter hatred and complete loss of rationality when confronted with one. And I thought about the magic thing, and without a few mirrors, I don't think her magic would be precise enough o pluck a tick from her dock, without the help of tweezers, and maneuvering tweezers you can't see is like trying to fuck a gloryhole in pitch black.
5735536 Fair enough I suppose, I still feel like she would have dealt with it in private, but as you say she's not being rational. Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one
5735377 The big thing with ticks is that getting the body is easy. Their head comes off very easy when you pull on the body, so unless Celestia wants to risk lighting her butthole on fire, a second set of hands/hooves is required.
The "protagonist" is a jerk to everyone, cusses because cussing is cool and edgy, and is dating Celestia because . . . reasons? He literally displayed no redeeming factors.
Celestia swears because that's what she does now, she completely loses all senses of sanity because of a small bug, and with all the power she has, she can't get it off with her own magic. (You know, the stuff that controls the sun and can shoot death lasers.)
Luna would rather body tackle and wrestle Celestia to the ground than calmly pluck it out with her magic. (You know, her magic which can control the moon, dreams, weather.) I mean, seriously, did everyone catch the stupid? Couldn't she have just lifted Celestia off the ground and, at the very most, have had a unicorn pull it out?
For a race of magical, sapient horses, you'd think they would have a lot of experience with ticks (Celestia especially). They would have this thing down to a science by now.
Hmm. So even after the fall of Western civilization, football survived. Go figure. And go, Luna.
In any case, I can definitely see how that tick could wreck even Celestia's composure and concentration. In the future, she may want to set up some kind of anti-vermin screen in the throne room. And why did Able eat that match?
5736207 The full story of how Able came to be in Equestria is in Woodpecker. Suffice to say, he's not from Earth as we know it.
Main 'protagonist' seems like a jerk for no reason. Are we taking lessons from Final Fantasy 8 on how to write a moody asshole and somehow make him a hero?
"...and that's the story of how a tick ended a day 6 hours early."
... Burn.
I've always felt like Celestia and Luna needed to do more to resolve any lingering tension over the whole banishment thing.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
I dunno, this one kinda bugged me, pardon the pun. It's just that Celestia is very old, surely she's encountered ticks or other nasty bloodsuckers before, and she's linked to the sun so most (?) people assume she's also good at pyromancy (ok the sun isn't technically burning but none the less heat yo thar be lots), so why wouldn't she be able to remove it herself? So having her leap into full blown panic mode dignity be dammed, seems like a really big leap from the Celestia you've built up through your other works, but without the sort of logical explanation you find in jousting stories from the old au cannon.
So yeah, rant over, none the less still looking forward to more Tia and Able.
5735377
You get a tick ( possibly magic type ) a quarter inch from your A ** hole and tell me you’re going to be rational about it
5735439
Maybe not, but then I'm not thousands of years old or used to the pressures of running a nation, of commanding and fighting a war. Even if this was so uncomfortable it had to be dealt with immidiatly I feel like she'd probably just call for a 15 minute recess then deal with it in private.
5735459
To put it bluntly, it's like how Able deals with Spike.
Not quite a fear, but utter hatred and complete loss of rationality when confronted with one. And I thought about the magic thing, and without a few mirrors, I don't think her magic would be precise enough o pluck a tick from her dock, without the help of tweezers, and maneuvering tweezers you can't see is like trying to fuck a gloryhole in pitch black.
5735536
Fair enough I suppose, I still feel like she would have dealt with it in private, but as you say she's not being rational. Guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one
Aahhhhhh ticks... The bane of my existence
5735377 The big thing with ticks is that getting the body is easy. Their head comes off very easy when you pull on the body, so unless Celestia wants to risk lighting her butthole on fire, a second set of hands/hooves is required.
Are ticks and fleas considered venereal diseases to ponies?
5735536
but you can just feel for one, then stick it in?
Trial and error.
or set the whole tail on magic fire, will it to not burn the tail.
Not sure about ending, Luna is mad because she lost precious sleep hours or what?
The "protagonist" is a jerk to everyone, cusses because cussing is cool and edgy, and is dating Celestia because . . . reasons? He literally displayed no redeeming factors.
Celestia swears because that's what she does now, she completely loses all senses of sanity because of a small bug, and with all the power she has, she can't get it off with her own magic. (You know, the stuff that controls the sun and can shoot death lasers.)
Luna would rather body tackle and wrestle Celestia to the ground than calmly pluck it out with her magic. (You know, her magic which can control the moon, dreams, weather.) I mean, seriously, did everyone catch the stupid? Couldn't she have just lifted Celestia off the ground and, at the very most, have had a unicorn pull it out?
For a race of magical, sapient horses, you'd think they would have a lot of experience with ticks (Celestia especially). They would have this thing down to a science by now.
Basically, I liked nothing about this story.
Hmm. So even after the fall of Western civilization, football survived. Go figure. And go, Luna.
In any case, I can definitely see how that tick could wreck even Celestia's composure and concentration. In the future, she may want to set up some kind of anti-vermin screen in the throne room. And why did Able eat that match?
5736207
The full story of how Able came to be in Equestria is in Woodpecker. Suffice to say, he's not from Earth as we know it.
Main 'protagonist' seems like a jerk for no reason. Are we taking lessons from Final Fantasy 8 on how to write a moody asshole and somehow make him a hero?
Really all I have to say about this one
Bravo, bravo, completely and utterly ridiculous, best one-shot I've read in awhile, but then again, I don't read many one-shots.
5736207
K
So kill all the fun, got it.
5736191
Nocturnal equivalent of waking up at 1am and suddenly having time skip six hours ahead.
5736355
Kinda, except he's not really the hero.
5736944 dashie.mylittlefacewhen.com/media/f/img/mlfw10966-Applejack-Booty.gif
Able your mare is nuts.
Anywho, nice little comedy one shot.
5737045
Que?
5736294
He ate the match to keep from having to put it out in a planter and accidentally catching something on fire.
That, and its a little nod to this...https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-bAhKphuNssWx0Lh-q-q4yM3Lcl-YDERkhxhujMVktA&authuser=0
5739432 Tal?
5739453
U wot m8?
I'm liking these.
where'd the sun gone? sounded like why's the rum gone?