I eagerly await a clopfic chapter done in the style of Zero Punctuation.

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Wow I am surprised that Ben did think of a pantsuit. That could have worked but I guess he is going to be all dressed up. Great chapter and I love his name choice as it will be a good way to tip off any other humans.

"Ya know how I said Platinum ruined the Gala for two of our friends?" she asked. I nodded in response. "One of them was Rarity, and she got it bad."

That piqued my curiosity. "How bad?"

"Used as a pony shield against projectile cake bad."

I blinked. "Pinkie Pie?"

"Pinkie Pie,"

Applejack, actually. Like the rest of the Six, the Gala was not her proudest moment.
Though I don't actually remember who launched the cake, so Pinkie might have been involved as well.

This was well done and I like the ring of Princess Terra (though honestly I can't help but think of the Teen Titans* character.) I can understand the need for a proper royal gait, (and I finally got PP is R63 Blueblood through my skull - Just using the name of an in-universe pony crossed a few wires at first.) I'll comment more about the bit of polish this chapter needs when it's not 0-dark-30.

*the original, not that TTG crap

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While I would like to claim to have seen that coming, which I did, i didn't actually call it, So I can't.

I do hope Cadance does realize she acted without consulting. Also why was Rarity asking about the "particular color?" Are they redoing the dress or something?

Twilight was looking at me, wide-eyed and concerned. Platinum and Rarity had her hand covering her mouth, but I could still tell they were holding back laughter. Rainbow Dash had no such reservations. She was doubled over and laughing the blue off her ass. Spike was on the floor right beside her, laughing just as hard.

I let out an un-princesslike snort. "You'd change your tune once you see the Internet."

"I have," Twilight replied. "The Mirror World has internet. I don't see what the big deal is."

I just realize something that bugged me. Does the Mirror World also has one gender as Equestria?

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I double checked before writing that line. Pinkie launched the cake

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Since we're not going there, I'll just spoil it here. The mirror world isn't a perfect reflection. Humans there are bi Tendered. Princess Twi and Sunset aren't, and their human friends most certainly took advantage of that.

Hermaphroditism is pretty much exclusive to equinoids. Spike is still male in this fix, and griffons, as we'll soon see, are bi gendered as well. Ponies are the odd ducks in this 'verse, although crossbreeds like hyppogriffs have about a 50/50 shot of being hermaphrodites.

I love a good world building chapter

... Honestly, I thought Ben/Terra would have told them she'd rather have a military dress-uniform as opposed to a dress.
Something like Navy Officer's Whites.

That was a awesome and funny read I 100% loved it ,and I'm happy this story finally back.

boo... no smut...

just kidding, it was a nice change of pace

honestly rush or no, i think if Ben actually got word to celestia about whats going on she'd probably have come herself to tell rarity, cadence and platnium to you know BACK THE FUCK OFF A BIT, i mean seriously the chapter is enjoyable but it seems like the characters are legitimately trying to overstress her.

I bent down to pick it up. It was a rather unremarkable package. Plain brown, with an odd symbol, what looked like a chili pepper surrounded by a stylized heart, discreetly embroidered on the side in thread only a shade or two lighter than the bag itself. It would appear almost invisible if you were looking at it from further away than arm length. Even up close it was hard to see unless you knew it was there already.

If there's no shame or taboo about sex toys in Equestria, why would they come in discreet packaging?

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Rarity has always been more concerned with anything that involves "high society," so she's focused more on the idea of making a dress for a new princess, then she is for how a human is adjusting to becoming one. I'm not saying she doesn't care, but from what I can tell, the idea that "I'm fine" means "I'm going to bottle it up and pretend it doesn't bother me" seems to be a foreign concept to ponies in general.

Platinum is more focused on getting Ben ready for high society life, rather then making sure he's comfortable in it.

Candace is... the only thing I can think of is that she isn't spending enough time around him to know if anything is wrong. You don't just see someone walk down the street and think he's depressed about something out of his control.

I get what you're saying, but these are ponies that wear their emotions on their... fur? skin? I don't know, point is that the idea of someone not being open about how they feel just doesn't seem to happen often enough for them to recognize when it does.

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Stylistic choice.

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still i don't think celestia intended this much pressure and out-rightly ignoring fundamental rights (personal space and stuff).

"Oh, yeah!" Rainbow replied, rubbing her hands together like a supervillain.

Huh, I would've thought she'd be rubbing them like a pony villain

Also, this is probably just me being an idiot/overthinking things but why did Twilight call Ben's name choice "clever"?

Been rereading this story and I've got a couple questions. Does Ben's voice change at all? There's no mention of him noticing a change in pitch or anything and it's kind of hard to imagine him as a sexy futa mare with a dude's voice. Also, will we ever get to learn just why incest is not taboo in Equestria? I've got few ideas of my own, but it'd be interesting to see what you come up with.

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Terra means "earth". Ben is from earth.

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I'm pretty sure I mentioned a voice change, but I wouldn't be surprised if I forgot. As for the second question, that'll be explained later.

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Just searched for "voice" in every chapter. Sadly, there's no mention of Ben's voice changing, so you might need either an edit or to lampshade it by him reminiscing about how he hadn't even noticed his own voice changing back when everything else was (and then give Ben a stunningly beautiful singing voice, because it'd be par for the course at this point ). OTOH, this is a SUPERB story, and I for one am very much looking forward to future updates

What chapter is the sex scene?

more please

Ben or Terra should have threatened to destory any dress they try to put on her.

”Dirt, or Earth.

Stainless Steel Rat reference?

Great story, hope it's not dead. I love this sort of "all futa" setting.

I love this story but Ben - now Terra - is pretty much a complete pushover. Something about them doesn't feel essentially human at all. They're too accepting of new situations and only ever really put up token disapproval of things except in rare situations. I've met people who just go with the flow, and they AREN'T even close to this level of accepting. They complain about things that happen to them but they rationalize them happening as "life happens" and go with it. This is even MORE passive than that. Ben/Terra is essentially saying "I don't want this but I want this" and it's sending so many mixed signals. It's fun to read but the character Ben/Terra constantly gives off this sense of "this isn't right, no human is this much of a pushover, especially one with a backstory like this". Honestly I would have preferred some level of actual denial in relation to things like being forced into a position of royalty, the fact Luna and Celestia basically coddle their subjects to the point where they consider it more work to remove the law they themselves enacted, instead knowingly and willingly allowing Ben/Terra to be forced into a position of power in a way that is potentially traumatizing, especially with how they know the nobility. The fact they actually let the nobility act the way they do in so many stories is a hot button of mine unless some other character (or they themselves) bring them down a few pegs. Plus, with the dress issue the fact that they give up so quickly tells me one thing: The only word that can truly describe them at this point is milquetoast. Like, so archetypically milquetoast that Ben/Terra would give Caspar Milquetoast himself a run for his money. It's infuriating to no end, and honestly given the words shared between Celestia and Luna, they're doing this PURELY to fuck with the nobility when they both have the authority to do away with the law just by telling the nobles "this is what's happening, deal with it." They're basically ineffectual rulers. EQG Celestia and Luna would be better rulers than this.

I can't help but still give this story a thumbs up because of how well written it is for the "clop with plot" genre, especially considering the worldbuilding you've done which is wonderful. However, Ben/Terra irks me to no end and I feel that at this point even if you do continue the story after the interlude, I'll need to drop this story as reading it gets my blood pressure up in a BAD way.

Not that either of them are stupid. Ask either of them about something they're knowledgeable about (farming and rodeo for AJ, flying and weather for Rainbow) and they could give a Master's dissertation with zero prep work. Ask them about anything else and you'd get mixed results at best.

As the saying goes, " Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life thinking that it's stupid".