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Majin Syeekoh


We’ve got dents and we’ve got quirks, but it’s our flaws that make us work.

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A voice is telling Twilight to build a cottage cheese laser.

But she's not having any of it.


Edited by PegasusMesa!

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Silly Twilight. Cottage cheese makes for a terrible laser cannon. Gouda cheese on the other hand :pinkiecrazy:

I can't decide if this is brilliant or insane.

Way to stand up to the narrator, Twilight.

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I think the last person that needs to make a cottage cheese laser is Pinkie. I'm truly scared for what the story implies happens next. :twilightoops:

Okay, I'll admit, I was immediately reminded of The Stanley Parable as I read this story. Anyway, excellent work as usual. It was a fun, short read that truly fit the definition of random. :twilightsmile:

And hopefully, Pinkie Pie doesn't cause too much damage.

I was led to this story from my feed.

Though you couldn't make me read it, I did so anyway.

I have now lost my ability to even. :twilightoops:

Doing it ironically is still doing it. And using Pinkie Pie at the end is about as lazy as you can get with this kind of story.

You suckered me into reading it, so I guess I can praise that at least. Then again, the same goes for tabloid headlines.

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Can't it be brillsane? :trixieshiftright:

You know i once made a nuclear warhead made completely out of hair bands and butter. That was a fun day. Atlantis looks much prettier when it's flying all over the place in burning chunks of debris.

See, this is why it's essential to have a good casting department. Matching up plot and character is absolutely essential. Otherwise, you get staggering feats of unprofessionalism like Twilight's performance here. I'm sure Pinkie will be far more accomodating.

I imagined this as Twilight was trying to talk to herself...

...then it got awkward when Pinkie Pie showed up.

Majin Syeekoh
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6350864 Maybe I haven't gone far enough.


6350867 I'll have to keep that in mind.


6350886 Choose whatever you want. Although I'm leaning on insane.


6350892 I know, right? Ponyville is doomed.


6350907 Thank you. And hopefully not.


6350910 I have been known to do that on occasion, yes.

6350921 ...or we could go with that. Thank you.


6350923 That sounds like a fun day indeed.


6350928 I know, right? He should have just gone with Pinkie from the start!


6350931 Things do tend to get awkward whenever she shows up, yes.

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Well, at least we can say that out of the nearly 300,000 stories on this site, you liked one! :rainbowwild:

God dammit Syeekoh. Not again.

:duck:Well hello Spikey what brings you here?
:moustache: I was hoping the writer would include me in her little party,
:raritystarry: Spike! That's just not right all those disgusting globs of cottage cheese shame on you!
:moustache: I was thinking of keeping it small like the two of us
:pinkiehappy: IT's DONE! FizzzZap!----------------------------->)O.o(<--------------
:twilightoops: that works for me!
:moustache::raritywink: that was too close could of gotten an M rating!

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“Listen, you, what point is there in using me as a character if you’re just going to contort me to fit the story?

Oh hey, you're actually conveying a real message here instead of just screwing around (which I was enjoying, btw) . I like that :twilightsmile:

Majin Syeekoh
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6351527 Yeah, that's what it turned into. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

6350984 Seriously get a sense of humor. If you are willing to criticize a story that in itself is a joke, you're just about as pathetic a person as you can get.

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And if the joke is unfunny?

I see what you've done, and I liked the message that you've conveyed through this joke story. It isn't really subtle, in fact Twilight blatantly fights the narrator about it, but it is still a good observational critique of poor character choices in fan fiction.

If there was one thing that bothered me though, it was that some of the "spoken" lines by the narrator were also mixed in with actual narration of what was going on. It can be a bit confusing at times, but context quickly clears it up.

Anyways, it was a short read I enjoyed.:twilightsmile: (Probably more so than Twilight).

At the beginning, it reminded me of the famous Daffy Duck cartoon. You know the one:

6351849 Then pay it no mind, there are different kinda of jokes, and different people like different kinds. Saying a random-humored joke is unfunny is like saying horror movies are bad. It's not that they're bad it's just not our taste. Now poor execution of a joke, that's another thing. I scold Vine constantly for being popular for random humor when those short videos don't have time to set it up. The difference being that if you're gonna describe a joke as "bad," you have to explain why it's bad, lest it's merely an opinion of taste. For instance, I just shout out "Tom Hank's undershirt" in the middle of a mall for no reason, it doesn't work as a random joke. Why? Because in order for random humor to work, a story or plot needs to be headed in a defined direction in order for it to take that unexpected turn. You might say, "Well this story is nothing but random, making the whole story a joke with no set up." Untrue, because the story takes the time to weave together a seemingly normal day for Twilight then hits us with the cheese laser sucker punch, then keeps the absurdity and awkwardness escalating so the joke stays in effect. If this is not your style of humor, fine, skip over it and read something more to your liking. If not, enlighten us and tell us why a joke or story doesn't work.

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The description pulls us in with a rather absurd and mildly amusing premise of building a laser out of cottage cheese. We assume Twilight may or may not actually pull off said feat, or she might just make a huge mess in her home, or wherever she tries to build the thing.

Once you start reading, you find out that the "joke" is actually "lol, look how writers completely screw up characters purely for the sake of comedy". Fine, one its own, that might be a premise that could work for a story too. So this thread goes on for a while, and eventually it just kinda stops.

Finally, once you get to the end, you get a "lol Pinkie is so randumb" joke. Thus, you have three completely disconnected threads, neither of which go anywhere or end with a decent "punch" to them. That's my problem.

Also: thanks for the "if you don't like it, go read something else" defense. That always shows how open people are to criticism. :ajbemused:

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That always shows how open people are to criticism.

On the contrary, I love criticism. The right critic can point out errors in one's work that can really improve the final product if fixed. But of course, no two critics are the same, and there are often arguments between critics about why a certain element does/doesn't work, it's a matter of perspective. Now I liked this argument, too you've made some strong points, like the predictable Pinkie ass-pull at the end (This isn't sarcasm, btw, it's sincere, you're one of the few people who i can have an argument that actually have a shred of competence). Regarding the "go read something else" bit, if you don't like random stories, don't read random stories. It's, it's right there. At the top of the page, with a big blue border around it. Don't like it, don't read it.

Anyway, we've plagued this comment section long enough, I suggest we drop it here, because this went on too long as it is.

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If you'd take a look at my favorites, you'd find that I do like random stories. I just don't like the bad ones, and I voice my opinion when that happens.

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Oh, so you're saying this is meant to be a parody of random fics? In that case, it's trying to parody what are essentially parodies themselves, and I don't think it's doing a very good job. It isn't "deep" if the fic just does the exact same thing, and at the end it puts on a funny face, points to what it just did, and says "HA HA, I'm actually just making fun of it all!"

There are plenty of better ways to do this that doesn't come across as lazy. And no, parodying laziness by being lazy doesn't count either. You can start off with an utterly ridiculous premise and somehow have the resulting events all make sense, while also still being ridiculous (hence my initial thought that Twilight was going to try and build the thing). You can have Twilight complain about bad storytelling without breaking the fourth wall. You can make the story so bizarre that it's a challenge to read for even the most hardcore "random fans", which lets you poke fun at the idea of bending the rules too far.

All this fic does is narrate a run-of-the-mill "random" story, have Twilight roll her eyes at everything, and put Pinkie at the end.

6354054 You really do come across as a pretentious prick. Not a likable trait mate. When you finally manage to free your head from your ass, I am sure it will be so spectacular that you will be named king of England on the spot.

I pride myself on comments that run into paragraphs... but you've left me without a thing to say with this one. Nicely done!

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Maybe this makes me a filthy casual or something, but I thought it was pretty funny.

6354501 But pra you are a filthy casual. We all are.

Damn, Twilight, if you won't steal other ponies' cottage cheese to make a laser, will you at least tell Princess Celestia that you want to make sweet love in Applejack's barn?

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You really do come across as a pretentious prick. Not a likable trait mate. When you finally manage to free your head from your ass, I am sure it will be so spectacular that you will be named king of England on the spot.

Thanks for the ad hominems. You are now the fine specimen I can show to the world as "the kind of people who think these fics are funny and clever"

TGM

Wait, did I ever say it here?

*peers through the comments*

Oh, nope.

Goddamnit, Syeekoh.

6350950 The prof pic says it all.

I feel like there's some sort of a hidden message meant to other authors somewhere in there.

Meh.

Not as funny as your others IMO, but I enjoy the satire in this one. :twilightsmile: Fave time!

I totes imagined the 'narrator' with Adagio's voice because of your icon.

No Ragrets.

You should make a story about Aria Blaze as a convenience store clerk. That would be swell. You don't have too, but the idea is there.

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(Just in case)

The entire story is ridiculous fun and the ending made me crack up.

Majin Syeekoh
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7829003 This was a lot of fun to write, yeah.:twilightsmile:

I should start a petition to have Syeekoh added as a character tag.

Majin Syeekoh
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8027300 I’m not opposed to that.

This story... cracked me up almost the entire time.

Easily one of the funniest nonsensical stories I've ever read!

Jesus, and I thought I was a kooky bastard.

...Fuck it, I'm following you.

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I would probably be demodded faster than you can see them do a g4 revival

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