It's been a few months since the Battle of the Bands, and Adagio Dazzle is trying her best to become one of the "good guys." Sure, she won't wear any pajamas that aren't ninety percent see-through. And yeah, she can't stop threatening to kick puppies. But still, she's trying!
A week before her first Hearth's Warming, Adagio finds herself facing the most ridiculous task of her life: teaching Pinkie Pie the true meaning of the holiday season. Now, armed with nothing but her wits and a lot of alcohol, Adagio must save Hearth's Warming for the woman she loves doesn't hate as much as everyone else.
Originally written for Obselescence's Secret Santa Jingle-Off as a present for the lovely Majin Syeekoh.
Thanks to Oroboro, Not_A_Hat, Foehn, and Pascoite for prereading and editing.
I really want to see a sequel where a pissed of Santa tells Adagio she's on the Naughty List forever for corrupting Pinkie's view of him.
An absolutely great Story. Loved every bit.
Poofy-shipping? Oh that must be a mess of feels.
This story is very silly and fabulous.
Always interesting to see Pinkie paired with a different siren for once. Loved it.
Well, this started well.
For all your bad-guy reformation needs.
We have those?
Oh, what a fun time!
Total mystery.
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It is disturbing how much this phrase can be used in relation to my life.
Will wonders never cease?
Agreed…
If we were to start a debate on this subject it would quite probably last until the sun explodes, the universe dies, the big bang happens again, and the world is reformed with pastel coloured ponies. Then tentacles.
“YOU LUMPY, CLUMPY CLODS!”
This is literally how religions start.
Justin?
Oh for…
Decisions, decisions…
JESUS. CRIST. ON A TRYSICLE.
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It is literally 10:52pm right now.
The fat man commeth!
I think I have a copy of that somewhere.
*kight* Testing, testing, one two three. *kight*
Why is everyone gay??? WHY???
The shear number of times I have shared that exact same sentiment is ridiculous.
Dafuq?
Adagio, cute...? Now I've seen everything.
Welp... gotta run, or I'll be late to my own funeral. You just killed the s**t outta me, Dubs.
Craine...
This really is too funny. Thanks!
Daaaaw I loved this one.
Rarity wouldn't be caught dead using that sort of low-brow language.
Anyway, this reminds me of Justice3442's siren fics. Especially the Christmas one, for obvious reasons. Which is good, because they're really, really hilarious.
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Maud has the best lines. Just sayin'.
My stomach! It hurts! I got a pain in my chest. And I can't breath!
Why did I drink so much water before reading this?!
Sunset: *psst psst* No! Bad Adagio!
Adagio: *hissssssss*
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Oh frag, I didn't even get that until you mentioned it! Bwahahahahaha!
Delightfully nuts, I like it. My one quibble is the assumption that the de-magicked Sirens have the strength needed to hold down Applejack and Rainbow Dash for strangling: change that to "tried" to hold them down for strangling and I'd be an entirely happy camper.
Love me some Adagio
It would be cute, if it weren't so... creepy.
It was cute and funny, but I do wish there was some exploration of how Adagio developed feelings for Pinkie, what about her appeals more than any of the other elements to the Siren, what's special about the connection they have. It needn't have been exhaustive but even a couple sentences early on would have helped.
Otherwise, it was fairly well-written crack.
Adagio in love with Pinkie..? Well there's a pairing that'll be interesting to see.
Dubs, I want to make one thing very clear: If I ever have to write another sentence about wine symbolism because of something you've written, I swear to god that I'll cry at you. Or something like that. Idk, I'm not very good at threats.
Anyway, I had a lot to say about this story, so I wrote a review about it in a blog post and even that wasn't enough space for me to say everything I wanted to. It's a good story. People should read it.
I've never really gotten behind the whole "reform the sirens" movement, largely because I think it'd go a lot like this, only without the crack pairing. Still, this was a tremendously enjoyable romp from beginning to end. I love Adagio's ability to make pretty much every member of the Pie family uncomfortable, and any instance of human Maud in a geology club makes me happy. Also, there was this passage:
It's like being in a relationship with provocative poofy-haired Cthulhu. "You're cute. I'll eat you last."
Thank you for this.
I approve of this interpretation of Adagio so hard (no pun intended).
One slightly nit-picky thing, though is a bit of a pet peeves is the horse word-play isn't really necessary in the Equestria Girl verse.
Other than that, Pinkie was on point and had some great lines and "Friendship spray" was hilarious. I enjoyed the story from start to finish.
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Oh my. I'm famous.
THIS IS AMAZING
Maud's reaction was mine... PLEASE LORD JESUS NO!
I can't get over that friendship spray idea. I'd love to hear/read about Sonata's and Aria's reactions to it. Mainly Aria only because I see her as the more grumpy of the siren sisters.
New ship, Pinkdagio, Adinkie, or Pinkie/Adagio!
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We don't need the Elements! Friendship piss jars!
It's scary how similar this interpretation of Adagio and I are.
Not very often that I find a RomCom that actually makes me laugh. Have a like, good sir.
I just imagine them falling asleep together and their hair getting incredibly tangled.
This was fantastic, I love how you handled the characters and Adagio felt really spot on with her mannerisms and the fact she was clearly changing and trying to improve. The other girls felt very mature handling things as well, it really did feel like things had been progressing for some time and we were seeing a long term friendship.
I'd be interested in seeing how the other sirens handle sleepovers as well.
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Another commenter referred to Pinkie/Adagio as poof-shipping, and my friend Oroboro said that after reading, all he could imagine was Pinkie and Adagio living together and getting into arguments because the shower kept getting blocked up.
I'm glad you liked it!
Ahaha, this was pretty entertaining!
I'm not sure the human characters would use Santa hooves, but eh, Adagio totally makes a great Santa. Thumbs up!
Well that was amazing. . . . Now I really want to see where this would go.
Pinke ships with Adagio, confirmed!
Now, to find a good one with Aria. How would that ship name work?
Wow, Adagio and Maud are just oozing sarcasm. I love it! Great story!
You're a lewd one. misses Dazzle!
Anypony get the reference?
I can't say I'm a fan if the subtle shipping here, but I do absolutely love the Adagio. Especially the idea of the Friendship Spray Sunset has. It would be fun to watch the progress of reformation under the watchful eye of Sunset and her spray bottle.
Superb story, genuinely really funny but without the situation being unrealistically over the top. Great job, hoping you write more siren stuff!
When you put it like that...
I missed this when it first came out, but now I’m kinda glad I did just so I could read it before Christmas. There's never a wrong time to read Christmas stories, but there is a right time.
Superbly written, Dubs. It touched me in all the right places.
For some reason I love the idea of sunset spraying adagio with a relabeled spray bottle like a disobedient pet
Look what i found
Happy early christmas i guess.
Got here from Neighrator Pony’s reading! Super cute story!
Adagio manages to be a bitch and a sweetheart at the same time and i love it
Utter perfection in story form. The spray bottle was a stroke of comedy genius. :D
personally I thought she made a good point about the possibility Santa might be real considering all the nutty things the girls have seen.
Honestly this was a very good story! I would like to see what sleepover with Aria and Sonata individually would be like
I sure wasn't expecting to see this story start like this. 😧
Lol, friendship spray. 😂
I don't see much process for you adagio, especially with the mention of wanting to slit Fluttershy's throat.
Yeah, ngl a good idea to not cause a repeat of you ask me.
Also not all pajamas are see through.
I feel the same as fluttershy right now since if I were there I'd so want to hurt adagio since I care a lot about animals like fluttershy does.
Ditto
Sometimes people feel love for someone when they don't or least expect it.
Now look at what you've done adagio.
Wine is better than the first one.
That's a thing? Vegan tofu cake?
So that's what she went and got, now all I'm wondering is what she has planned.
Ok, now it makes sense why this story has half naked santa in it.
Should of worn the whole costume instead of half of it.
Your doing really bad at this adagio. 😒
I'm not even gonna wonder why she's wearing roller skates. 🙄
Ok, that last part I did not see coming. 😨
You'll get used to them eventually. 😏