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Prane


Aspiring writer, self-proclaimed hardcore gamer, adept of human psychology. Does not consider excessive pride for a vice.

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This story is a sequel to Where Fillies Fear to Tread


Trixie traveled Equestria far and wide, but her wanderlust has come to an end.

No longer seeking greatness as a traveling magician, she arrives to Canterlot to take up a new career path: acting. She has all the qualities of a great performer and a vast stage experience, and although the first step is always the hardest Trixie is confident she will succeed in her endeavors. Little she knows that her old guardian angel will be there to guide her, just like those many years ago.

The same angel is about to learn that words have consequences.


Reviewed by DuncanR here!

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Hello and welcome to Stage Revival!

You asked, so I deliver! This is a sequel to Where Fillies Fear to Tread where a young, imaginative filly named Trixie met and played with Princess Celestia. Many years have passed since then, and Trixie slowly recovered from her unfortunate incidents with ursa minor or the Alicorn Amulet. She tries something different in this story, something which she is convinced is her destiny: stage acting. Normally she'd talk to her friends about such thing, but you know how many of them she had: one, but a very special one! I hope you'll enjoy it!

Remember: this story wouldn't happen if it weren't for its prequel, which is my entry for the EFNW 2015 Pre-Con Contest. If you have roughly fifteen seconds (I dare you to do it in ten!), click here and mention my Entry #57 in the comment section there! Check out other entries as well, some of them are really neat!

Mentioned the prequel for you, Prane. As for the sequel it does show how characters transition in growth and when they are in need of guidance from others, also Trixie could make a good actor. :heart:

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Thank you kindly! But would she make just a good actor, or rather "unbelievably skilled, awe-inspirigly amazing, great and powerful number one mare of the stage"-type of actor? I think we all know the answer to that question. :trixieshiftleft:

5878442 The latter would be much in her favor. :trixieshiftleft: We're still reviewing Bloom and Gloom right?

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Sure thing. I'll be watching the episode soon-ish.

5878500 Gotcha, you'll love it and I won't spoil it for you. (yet) :pinkiecrazy:

I liked how this turned out. I wondered how Trixie would fare as a stallion role I guess she took it better than I thought. :rainbowhuh:

I never would have imagined that Celestia would have shaped Trixie to be so arrogant in her later years after they met so long ago. And to think she remembered that day but thought the Princess was a breezie tale she conjured up! Oh, that silly filly. Anyways, glad you gave us/me that sequel! It was great!

I already miss adventurous filly Trixie. Oh, well there will be others! :twilightsmile:

Please continue to give us wonderful Trixie stories!

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THANK YOU! :heart:

You have no idea how much I appreciate your comment. After WFFtT I jumped straight into writing this sequel. I did my best to give at least a somewhat original touch to Trixie, I worked hard to present Canterlot as a city through (hopefully) interesting worldbuilding, I even outlined the plot of the play in which Trixie will take part. Yet despite my efforts Stage Revival didn't get as much attention as I hoped, and I honestly started asking myself if it was worth those three or four weeks' worth of effort.

Now that I've read your kind words, I'm convinced it was. Thanks! :pinkiehappy:

“I’ll have a black pine cone tea

This is the first story I read, where she isn't eating them, but drinking them instead. Gotta get em in somehow, solid or liquid, it all goes to the same place.

This was enjoyable to read.

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I remember when that pine cone eating thing popped up for the first time. Every single picture of Trixie had a cone, or a ton of thereof, and every story had her mention them as a comedic relief (causing a bigger or smaller cringe amongst the readers). This pine cone tea is something of a tribute to those silly times.

Glad you've liked the story! :twilightsmile:

This is an excellent story. Realistic and natural, yet deeply intriguing. I may have said it before, but Celestia cares for all her ponies, and this - her casual, natural treatment of Trixie as an individual who's worth as much as herself or anypony else - is so very heartwarming. Meanwhile Trixie is everything I love about her without being over the top.

It's refreshing to see a story be interesting without rapid jokes or references or someone forced to be laughingstock just to make another look good. Just characters being who they are. Excellent work.

An excellent sequel, here. Nice to see Trixie with a fresh start. I love her inner thoughts as she auditioned, there.

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From her full name to her back-story, Trixie is a creation of the fandom, and the version you've created here is both believable and sympathetic. Bravo!

I recall shuddering a bit when that "pine cone" idea started making the rounds, fearing that some misguided person would try to feed a pine cone to a real-life horse, causing the poor beast serious damage or death by choking...

I feel saying 'This was cute and I enjoyed it' is too pithy a comment, but am unsure what else I would wish to add. Sweetness, sugar...yea.

This is cute, and I enjoyed it :scootangel:

Oh, and one small typo :
“Did you enjoyed your time as a student here?” -> I suspect this should be 'enjoy'

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I'm glad you like it, and thanks for pointing out that typo!

Having re-read this I still love it, you really bring Trixie to life in this story and its so fun to read.

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First of all, welcome back. It's always great to see people returning to some older stories! Trixie was the character that got me into watching the show (and writing fanfiction) in the first place, so she definitely takes a special place in my heart. :twilightsmile:

A wonderful follow up!

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Thank you for saying that, Noctis - and thank you for leaving a word under so many of my stories. I hope you don't mind me answering only here because there's only so many ways I can say 'thanks for reading' and I'd hate to be repetitive. :raritywink:

A very nice short story, well done!

I found this one (and its predecessor) after the shout-out in the crossword puzzle scene in the excellent "Of Lilies and Chestnuts" and finally got around to reading these.

A few thoughts that struck me as I read:

For a moment I even considered throwing down a smoke bomb to make my leave more memorable, but in the end I dropped the idea. I had to act seriously if I wanted to be treated as such.

The way this is phrased gave me a chuckle - Trixie chose not to drop a smoke bomb, implying that it was a viable option. In other words, she carried smoke bombs on her person while auditioning :rainbowhuh: :rainbowlaugh:

Celestia took a sip, silently nodding at me to continue. Why was she considering the story of my life interesting was beyond me. Perhaps she was spending so much time at the castle attending to her royal duties that she seldom had time to talk about mundane things.

I figure Trixie is half-right here; the other half is that Trixie has led a life with great personal freedom, something that Celestia probably hasn't really had for centuries. The princess is probably living vicariously through Trixie's backstory :trollestia:

Maybe I won't be getting incarcerated after all.

“They have an official term for what happened with me, you know,” I said. “Delusions of grandeur. I desired fame and acclamation, and blamed Ponyville for not getting just that. I was driven by an ill-conceived urge for vengeance. I got my hooves on that Alicorn Amulet and caused much pain along the way, all because I saw it differently. I saw it as justice. But I was wrong.”

But I was wrong.

This is exactly why Celestia will not be incarcerating you today, Trixie - you understand your mistakes and have learned from them :yay:


I wonder, will we be seeing more of Beatrix Lulamoon the actress? Perhaps not in her own stories (I find it difficult to imagine a decent way to follow this up) but given the aforementioned scene of OLaC maybe Trixie could at some point be invited to a Canterlot Elite party?

Again, this was a wonderful read, and I thank you for sharing it with us :twilightsmile:

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I read your comment on the bus - for the rest of the journey I had a big smile, and I have a feeling people around me noticed that. :pinkiehappy:

The way this is phrased gave me a chuckle - Trixie chose not to drop a smoke bomb, implying that it was a viable option. In other words, she carried smoke bombs on her person while auditioning

You mean you don’t carry smoke bombs on your person at all times? :trixieshiftright:

The princess is probably living vicariously through Trixie's backstory

Whenever I write my Celestia, I try to put her into a casual setting (sometimes it’s wearing a braid and casual clothing in Saddle Arabia, sometimes it’s challenging Queen Chrysalis to a ski vs. snowboard race - and if those sound oddly specific, it’s because there are stories on that). Bottom line is: let the girl have some fun!

I wonder, will we be seeing more of Beatrix Lulamoon the actress? Perhaps not in her own stories (I find it difficult to imagine a decent way to follow this up) but given the aforementioned scene of OLaC maybe Trixie could at some point be invited to a Canterlot Elite party?

The only reason Trixie haven’t made an appearance by the end of OLAC was that she would most likely steal the show. In the end I chose Octavia for her place, as she felt like a character that will be more recognizable than an OC, but not too keen on drawing attention to herself. As a cellist, she is always somewhere in the background, while Trixie would most likely be in the foreground.

Will we see more of Beatrix Lulamoon the actress? It shouldn’t be too difficult to have a cameo or minor role of her somewhere, but again, she’ll probably glare at me and demand a bigger part. Artists, bah!

Thank you for reading my story and commenting, it’s appreciated! :heart:

Edit:
To bring you back to the OLAC realm, take a look at this fragment:

Take this particular one, for example. He looked like he only came here to satisfy his mother’s wish. The said mother stood by his side, naturally, fixing his mane and making sure he doesn’t shy and bolt back to his needlework and pure silk pajamas or what other nonsense. Poor kid.

The kid in question is, in fact, Cherry Drum, son of... Hyacinth and Rich Card.

Mmmmmm. I do love some Trixie... :twilightsmile:

Ow! The Feels! Good Job!

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Thank you for reading my story, I’ll sleep happily tonight knowing that you enjoyed it! :raritywink:

A fun dive into the mind of Trixie and her successes. It really benefitted from the build-up and connection the previous work left.

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Thank you! At some point I even envisioned it as a trilogy - Trixie as a child, Trixie as a young adult, and Trixie as a veeeery old pony, but I never got to writing that last one. :)

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That would have been fun to see.

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