Princess Big Macintosh saves Equestria.
This comes as a surprise to Princess Celestia, who wasn't aware Equestria needed saving, actually.
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For Ghost of Heraclitus: An alternative ending
Special thanks to Aragon.
You've been stealing my style for so long, I thought maybe turnabout was fair play.
I have now learned why you were stealing from me and not the other way around, Jesus Christ.
8035784 And no credit for me? I'm hurt, really. Here I was the tie-breaker vote and everything.
Oh my that was excellent!
Beautifully daft. Well done.
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Was gonna say -- this is a story by MrNumbers, in the style of Aragon.
If that is good or bad... Well, that not for me to decide, I suppose.
XD
The thing about immortality is that if you don't try to keep some novelty going, you have a tendency to stagnate. And when you're in charge of an entire country...
Yeah, that doesn't end well. Not until some titan of charisma and also physical size steps in to fill the gap.
(Also, that alternate ending really ties it all together.)
Call it a cup of dirt if you must, but I still greatly enjoyed it. Thank you, and best of luck in the judging.
...and 4cc of mouse blood.
Could use some editing, but quite a funny little piece.
All hail the Apple Princess!
Pretty good read.
My only complaint, is that the story and its premise went on for far too long. It even repeats some of the exact same comedic beats in disjointed sections of the story. The funding of the arts bit is one, for example. I got about 3/4 of the way through before just skimming to the end. Some tighter editing could really make the difference.
Still, rather enjoyable overall.
Well, now we know what Blueblood would be as an alicorn (ex) princess.
Wonderful story, Celestia's character was enjoyable and following her last moments of fleeting power was interesting to say the least. Honestly this explains quite a lot anachronistic elements of Equestria. Unsure which ending I prefer the farm or the dream but I think farm fits better.
Now with that being said I am afraid your are being charged for treason against her Royal Majesty Princess Celestia. It really was great story, truly! And we do hope you'll continue writing hopefully more regime friendly literature, You'll have a lot of free time very soon.
This is a really exceptional cup-o-dirt. Grade A soil here. Good stuff.
cute story, I like the dream ending best, though
Princess Celestia is Equestrian's crumple zone ... New headcanon accepted.
How delightful! :)
The slow buildup of greater and greater silliness worked beautifully. I have to agree with 8036760, this could have been a bit tighter, but overall it was great fun.
Terriblestia is the bestia.
Princess Big Mac is best Princess.
Holy crap this is legitimately hilarious ! Instafave !
Luna debating on Celestia's dismissal was the best
Picturesque meant - he decided after careful observation of the scenery that inspired Twoflower to use the word - that the landscape was horribly precipitous. Quaint, when used to describe the occasional village through which they passed, meant fever-ridden and tumbledown.
I'm crying because I wasn't there to hear Big Macintosh's Cosmic Eeyup of Profoundness
It's like the universe revealed itself to me for but a short moment, before hiding again behind the curtains of reality
I don't know what to think of this story I read it on a whim and expected humor and while I got parody ad possible satire I can't say I laughed. I won't up or downvote this because I don't have strong enough feelings for either.
I did prefer this alternate ending here though, even if it was an "all just a dream" ending
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You know this works so well, considering how ineffectual that Celestia has become without the Elements of Harmony. Not only that, but we've never really seen or heard of Celestia really taking an active hoof in government. At all.
Plus it's not as if Celestia even does a great job of sending others to do her work for her. "Oh go in this mirror portal to some place where I will tell you NOTHING about, but claim I know SOMETHING about. I won't even tell you that there is ZERO magic, or the inhabitants walk on 2 legs, rather than 4".
"Oh you should all just go remove a dragon. By yourselves. Without the Elements or guards."
Beautiful alternate ending indeed
Well, if they can't read history they won't know which princess does all the officiating and they won't have anyone to officiate over weddings with steamboats and sinks and such.
Okay, that was majestically silly.
That was quaint and enjoyable, the perfect mealtime read. Well done, author, a like and fave for you!
8035781 That was genius. This was awesome and silly humor that put a smile on my face. Thanks for writing it, it was a fun read.
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Technically an immortal diarchy (triarchy? monarchy?) is better than a democracy. Mortals have a nasty tendency of screwing over everyone for the chance to gain a leg up on everyone else. And it's usually the rich, corrupt, and /or genuinely awful mortals who end up in power (if you're lucky to not end up with the horrendously stupid), or whose major constituents are rich, corrupt, and/or genuinely awful mortals.
So yeah, democracy / communism / socialism / all forms of mortal governance. Is simply a horrible choice. When you have immortals at the helm.
Other than that, this was a funny little fic. With extra amusement towards how out of touch Celestia was in this ^_^.
(Yay, more MrNumbers)
Corrections offered without malice.
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Maud (many times)
The Bachelor, if you're talking about a television programme or the like.
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…or are you aiming to use the subjunctive here? I'm not seeing an appropriate preposition.
legislation
This was amazingly entertaining, and I'm going to poke through your other stories when I get some free time.
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If you want a speech on autocracy from someone who never speaks, go find Charlie Chaplin's speech in The Great Dictator.
It is as moving as MrNumbers has built up Mac's speech.
(I somewhat expect this reference was intentional.)
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EDIT: Also, cheers for the corrections earlier, fix'd
Why do I feel sad for Celestia?
Enjoyed the story. Though I'm still wondering how Big Mac was able to get into power in the first place. You mentioned Starswirl's spell, but that changed cutie marks. Maybe I'm missing something.
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He asked everyone-but-Celestia nicely. Also, Luna helped. Also, it was all dream logic, depending on whether or not you subscribe to the alternative ending.
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Just saw the alternate ending.
High-five. Uh, fist bump. Uh, how about a nice digital thumbs up?
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The more I read this, the less I enjoyed it. :/ I just don't see why this is funny.
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8078522 Are you okay?
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I'm never okay.
8078611 We're here for you buddy.
8078611 It's okay. I'll be here until your sense of humor is back, saying soothing things. ;-;
This fanfic is well-written overall. Not only does it have your trademark wit, it also points out Celestia's mistakes and flaws without going too far to bash her, at least in my opinion. Most of her failures are in security and national defense, and she probably does rely too much on Twilight and her friends and little brother to handle that side of things.
I actually prefer the “it was all just a dream” ending, though. I usually don't like that kind of ending, but in this case it explains the absurdity.
I don't want to get too political, but I will say that McIntosh's policy of an income cap tied to the lowest earnings would meet a great deal of resistance from the nobility and business owners. Filthy Rich would see it as a betrayal. The entrepreneurs would likely advocate to reinstate Celestia, or at least return to the policies that benefit them most. Come to think of it, the story might have been more funny and biting if all the shady “swindler” characters supported Princess Celestia (e.g. Flim and Flam, Svengallop, Suri Polomare, etc.).
It's possible that the ponies could adapt to the change and eventually make Mac's system work well for everyone over time and increase everypony's earnings. But until then, like I said, huge pushback. Maybe he should introduce the change gradually.
Besides, I don't see a need to alter whatever economic system (seemingly a form of capitalism) that Equestria has in place. Equestria has very few, if any, truly impoverished citizens. I don't like to assume that farmers are poor and uneducated just because they're farmers (Applejack can read and write just fine, thank you very much). So there is no need for wealth redistribution.
Nice story.
I enjoyed reading it.
How will Celestia doing at the farm, by the way?
Notes:
Two times you wrote this, but didn't actually insert an line break. Intentionally?
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