Forget not that I am a derp.
Lesson learned. Crisis resolved. Rarity's reputation and Saddle Row are both intact.
But the question remains, how did Fluttershy pull off all of those near-instantaneous costume changes? And just what was going through her mind at the time?
Well, there are a few mistaken assumptions in those questions, as quickly became clear once everypony got home...
Contains some spoilers for S8E04, "Fake It 'Til You Make It."
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Yeah, I can see it happening that way.
Hah, nice. I came in expecting the pinkness had rubbed off on her. This was better.
Have I ever mentioned that you are a genius?
All those footnotes!
And that stinger!
Story is good too!
Expected a place swap with human and pony Fluttershy. Was wrong.
So, this means that Human Pinkie has a skinsuit of Human Fluttershy...? Not too surprising?
Makes sense, as much as anything involving two Pinkies would.
8859983
No, hers is also of Pony Fluttershy. Don't ask why, or where she got it, or how it works.
That explains so much.
I love this. I wonder if other characters have biological excited states? Wait—if that's one of Pinkie's excited states, what happens if she's ionized? How far does this atomic analogy go?
I thoroughly approve of this interpretation.
Nice take on the episode.
A box of those brain wave-detecting cat ears is sitting in a box beside my bed.
No they are not mine.
My sister needed space to put some stuff when cleaning out her room.
So, Pinkie is Pinkie, and this is an awesome story.
Simple, yes?
8860158
I'm pretty sure ionizing Pinkie results in her anatomical collapse at the end of "The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows."
As for other excited states, remember Twilight's Rapidash impression?
8860158
Well, Twilight's apparently is Rappidash...
And ninjad by the author!
"and turned her star"
"and turned to her star"?
Rarity asked everyone to watch over her store except Spike? Rude much.
8859983
I'm going to go with 8860123's answer. It's really best not to question the mechanics there.
Also, glad to know the footnotes worked out. I was worried that they might distract from the story more than they'd add to it.
8860528
As simple as anything involving Pinkie.
8860804
While I appreciate the typo fix, I'd also appreciate knowing what you thought of the story. If your entire takeaway is "He forgot a word in this sentence," then something went wrong.
8860904
He's a capable little dragon, but she might not have felt comfortable having a minor run a shop unattended in Manehattan.
Also, there was a nonzero chance he'd go on a rampage out of frustration. Heck, I probably would've gone on a rampage out of frustration given Rarity For You's typical clientele.
This fanfic makes so much sense.
That's probably not much of an exaggeration.
On a more serious note, it just occurred to me that the reason Star Swirl didn't simply banish the Pony of Shadows to EG-world is that the Pony was powerful enough to reopen the portal between worlds.
(From footnote #6)
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That's a good question. I use APA style, and it should be "Shimmer, Sunset."
Dreadnought
wow i have no words to explain how funny this is
8860991
Oh, sorry! :D
No, no, I enjoyed it (and the footnotes in particular, actually; I see someone else mentioned those in that comment), I just unfortunately haven't thought of much substantial to say as commentary. Um. I thought it was an interesting concept, as well? ...The mentioning of human technology there, as it was, as I recall may have annoyed me a little bit, but that's more a personal thing; it wasn't too bad in any case.
Ooh, ooh, right, I quite liked "Namepending Castle". :D
...And... think I've run out, sorry. Hopefully that's significantly better than what I had before, at least?
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Much. Thanks!
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I was going by this guide for the citation.
As for the order, the two of them had a very long debate over who should get top billing before they submitted it, each insisting the other go first. Twilight noted that not only was Sunset's name first alphabetically, but Sunset had also done nearly all of the field work. Sunset countered that a few years spent stranded in an alternate dimension despising everyone in it didn't really count as "field work," and the CJXS editors were more likely to respond favorably to an alicorn princess than a mare most ponies either had never heard of or assumed was dead.
At that point, Twilight agreed to go first and they called in the rest of their friends for group hug therapy. Though Pinkie was strangely delayed...
8862153
Ah, good. :)
I'm not sure I quite understood the context (new episode?) but the scenario was pretty funny regardless.
Well. That episode actually makes sense now.
Also: footnotes.
A+
8860991
Well done footnotes are the best, as proven by PTerry.
Does mean that Human Pinkie Pie was the one wearing that outfit that Rarity made?
8919763
Yup. And the one spinning conspiracy theories about Canterlot trying to undermine Rarity's fashion show. Really, that only supports this hypothesis.
I will contend forever that Discord has been teaching Fluttershy some of his chaos magic. The kind Pinkie is a self taught savant at.
Of course, because it's me and I over-complicate things, he's actually teaching her the magics that are opposite of the Elements. Deceit, in this case, lying to herself until she becomes a whole new pony.
Very nice.
Ok, this one sure got me. We finally know what happened!
Approved by Pinkie Pie
All the little footnotes are good (and the story as a whole is hilarious), but these ones particularly amused me.
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I'm especially proud of spooky magic at a distance, and Namepending Castle has become something of a signature running gag.
Yeah, I had a field day with the footnotes on this one. I blame/thank Terry Prachett and Douglas Adams there.
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Spooky magic was my favorite as well.
Lol. This is madness
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I've replaced it with one not yet consumed by Content ID. What did you think of the story?
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Twilight doesn't think there can be evil changelings who don't work for Chrysalis?
I'll admit, I got confused at several points. What was pony Fluttershy doing in the human world again?
I did like Fluttershy trying to pretend she was human Fluttershy.
Castle Namepending was funny.
Mirror Annex? Have humans claimed that part of Equestria for themselves?
So was the reveal that Rarities over the multiverse has linked their resources, it's a fun aside.
And of course the reveal that Equestria has been using the human world as a dumping ground for cursed magical artifacts to the point that it would be like Rolo from Code Geass being asked how many times he'd brushed his teeth (IE, how many times he's killed someone).
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As far as she and Thorax know, there's only the one hive (in this worldline, anyway.)
Xenobiology. Humans are a new fascinating species of animal for her to get to know.
No, it's just what Twilight named the room that houses the mirror portal.
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Thorax was good under a bad queen, they think the opposite is impossible? Flim and Flam exist under Chrysalis. Garble and Sludge are still jerks with Ember as Dragon Lord.
Now I'm curious to read Sparkle and Shimmer (1003). Fluttershy's field notes would probably be interesting too.
1 this story was pretty damn hilarious
2 please tell me there's a story that actually details fluttershy's trip to the human world
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Not yet, sadly. Though it's certainly on my idea list... which may or may not be several dozen pages long,.
9990695
Awesome!
That...makes sense. Huh. Costume changes are very Pinkie.