Part of the Wibblyverse Continuity.
Part three of Doctor Whooves: Friendship is Wibbly Series 1
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A long time ago, in a land far away, two sisters lived in exile. Hunted by the unicorns, banished by the pegasi, they lived in a wood only by the grudging generosity of the earth ponies.
Some time ago, in a land not too far from here, a strange little pegasus appeared from the aether, seemingly bringing trouble in their wake.
Not too long ago in the grand scheme of things, in a land much too close for comfort, night fell in the village in the woods and swallowed it up whole. It fell to the two most powerful mares in the realm to defeat the great evil, but after they had been wronged so many times themselves, would they lift a hoof to help?
A long time ago. Far, far away. Never particularly convincing lies when time travel enters the equation.
Sex tag for innuendo. Also some brief homophobia from a real jerkass character
Violence tag for mob rule, death tag for the cause of that mob rule, gore tag for the natural conclusion of both those things.
I chuckled out loud at that. Oh, Ditzy. How we do love thee. No doubt, dining with ponies who are otherwise fearsome royalty will take a bit of getting used to. But I have every faith in her.
Oh, what a lovely framing device. The Doctor telling his tales to friends around the dinner table. I do look forward to--
--I’m sorry, WHAT?!?
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Well, this is Seven, after all. And Celestia's exaggerating; she never blew up anything larger than a small castle.
Hee! Point. I couldn’t quite remember the exchange, so I looked it up...
The Doctor: I don't suppose you've completely ignored my instructions and secretly prepared any Nitro-9, have you?
Ace: What if I had?
The Doctor: And naturally, you wouldn't do anything so insanely dangerous as to carry it around with you, would you?
Ace: Of course not. I'm a good girl and do what I'm told.
The Doctor: Excellent. Blow up that vehicle.
Good times.
Yes, Doctor, you are surely beset upon by all sides. And what a wonderful siege it can be.
Ugh, I think I’ve met this guy.
He?
And I positively adore the conversation at the end of this chapter.
Yes, the contrast between the Two Sisters as children and as adults is lovely. But having the aeons-old alicorns that the Doctor knew as fillies talking turkey with him, in this way, with these words and at this moment, was a masterstroke.
I confess I put off reading this for a while. I was processing a lot of RL crap, and was in no mood for anything serious... and this looked suspiciously like it would touch on serious things, and do it well. I wanted to read it when I could appreciate it properly. As a result, though it meant denying myself your Doctor tales for a while, I am glad I waited.
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Haven't we all?
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I felt that I couldn't realistically use 'they' for scenes where neither the POV of the Doctor nor anyone they've yet told their pronouns to is being used. I thought it might help to differentiate who the focus of the scene was on, but I'm concerned that it might just be flat-out confusing.
This incarnation of the Doctor doesn't particularly mind being referred to as 'he', or any other pronoun; Gallifreyan gender is so wildly different from any systems on Earth that none of their incarnations are particularly bothered about it.
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Thank you so much! And I'm glad you're feeling better now.
Well this is another angle.
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However, I think it would be a good idea to remember that size is relative, at least when qualitative... Or the castle could be the planet. After all, this is Doctor Whooves.
Aye, the dialect be wonderful. Tis understandable yet different. You made it be fluent.
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Thanks ever so! I spent a long time trying to balance legibility with style, and it's gratifying to know I got it right.
Be careful of what you wish for! Good thing Discord is sleeping like a rock for the moment.
Another show of continuity, a mixing of wit and sadness, and one more familiar name brought back up.
Yet more wordplay from everypony, and a serious creep factor from its speech. Very physical. Anyways, I'm also looking forward to seeing what it is and what becomes of Councillor Barley. I personally doubt this malevolent force would do anything merciful to him if it accomplishes whatever its goal may be. But there's one thing I think I can say for sure: 'that's no windigo.'
There are many answers to a question, and I enjoyed your take on young Celestia's remark on the Tardis.
Tis a witch hunt? Barley is only getting worse, to top it all.
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Another great catch. Thanks for the tip!
YOU... SHALL... NOT... PASS!
"Caber, ye be on duty for tha’, along wi’ Spade and Trowel..."
Only the best names
--Amused Spade
Magnificent stuff. The sisters' early years always make for quality story fodder. Thank you for another great read. And so the binge-read continues.
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I'm glad you're enjoying it!
Wat?
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Well, their roofs are generally made of hay, after all.
well that's not good vashta nerada
I have to agree, the dialects were well done.
Ah, yes, conspiracy by companions. And all are mares who care for him. He's so doomed.
This was a rather well done story in the style of the classic Who episodes from the 80s. Well done!
I'm reading the stories in order so if it's in a future story already, sorry, but, I'm willing to bet that the foreshadowing of the nightmare's return will be the doctor targeted since he has so much sorrow in him. To reference the 50th year anniversary episode, he's the man who regrets, and his next regen is the man who forgets(buries the hurt deep within himself). Even after that, 12 was so hurt he didn't want to regen and while it's not too easy to see in 13 she can sometimes show how hurt she is, usually when she's angry. It wouldn't be easy for the nightmare to get him with how good he is, but so was Luna so it's not clear to me whether he would get possessed or not. I'm not sure how many years of sorrow and torture Luna went through, but the doctor has gone through 906 years+ whatever brief time travel he does nowadays(in Equestria).
Man, would be awesome to see more of the adventures with the Doctor and the Princesses.