Behold, citizens of San Anponyo! The Great and Powerful Trixie is here, to aid you helpless ponies who tremble at night, afraid of the ghosts that haunt this world.
But fear no longer, for I, the Great and Powerful Trixie will rid you of such vexatious spirits! For an additional fee, I will even bring you into contact with the spirits of those you love most!
Disclaimer: The Great and Powerful Trixie is not responsible for property damage from evil spirits or any ectoplasmic incidents that may occur. Hire her at your own expense.
Featured on Equestria Daily, April 21, 2013!
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Chapters (1)
Well, I read the older version before, so I can safely say that this is an improvement. The ghostbuster/spirit medium still matches Trixie's smoke-and-mirror style of magic perfectly, and the humor still greatly resembles that of the show- a definite plus. Moreover, the scenes which I point out- namely the conclusion- are a bit better now. A few extra words really did it some justice.
So. Keep it up.
Take care,
Adder1
After months it's finally published! The first ponyfic I ever wrote~
Without the prereading skillz of Adder and Sanctae this fic would probably be in rougher shape.
Nice. I enjoyed that; well done.
Now if you'll excuse me I have the strangest urge to go to fullmalls.com and take advantage of their FABULOUS SAVINGS!
*sigh*
Aw, that was sweet at the end. Trixie, you're better than you give yourself credit for.
Yeah, I liked this one. Trixie started out her usual conmare self, but darn that conscience! I also liked your ghosty and his means to get Trixie to help. And not just because he shares my name.
Okay, maybe that had something to do with it.
A lovely little tale! Good job!
Good show, laddie.
Oh god, this was funny. Trixie being her normal stuck-up self, and Reggie being the not-quite convincing Sir Regulus. Good to see Trixie have a breakthrough.
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The Frightenmares
Grammar score out of 10 (10)
Pros
You get Trixie’s personality spot on. Obnoxious, yet for some reason likeable.
It is very believable that Trixie would pull something like being a false medium, and works very well with what we know of her personality.
The Ghostbuster references were well done, without drawing undue attention to themselves.
Cons (A very small nit-picky thing. Feel free to ignore.)
The scene with Reggie interrupting the séance seemed to include a little too much of Reggie threatening to smash things.
Personal Notes:
This is a wonderful story that should get more recognition than what it has. You do very well in presenting character’s personalities, and creating a story that fits in with the cannon so effortlessly. Very well done!
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Alright, thank you for the review. I'll give your story a looksee sometime over the weekend whenever I have some spare time.
As for the timing, it's supposed to occur after Boast Busters. I referenced the ursa minor having destroyed her wagon and her having to scrape up money to repair it several times.
Also the ending didn't seem rushed? That was a big complaint EqD had about it :v
1983448 You're right! I blanked on the references to Boast Busters when writing the review. That's what I get for trying to use my brain this late at night.
As far as the ending, I thought that it worked wonderfully. After having learned something through her experience with Reggie nothing more really needed to be added as far as I'm concerned. I'm not really sure how you would have continued the story beyond that point.
I must say again, this is a skillfully crafted work and I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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The Frightenmares
Grammar score: 10 out of 10
Pros
Funny and well written dialogue.
Trixie seemed just as awesome as she does in the show.
Ties in with the cannon nicely. (damaged wagon and all)
Cons
Honestly, the only flaw I could see wasn't something that would even count as in a flaw in most stories. Namely, the mention of non-pony body parts.
Personal Notes: I loved it. It was hilarious, and you manged to throw some character growth in without feeling forced. Easily one of the best one-shots I've ever read.
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No, I would have mentioned it in the review if I had.
all the feels
Congratulations on making it to EQD! This is a great story, and I'm glad to see it get the recognition that it deserves! Now I can act like a hipster, and say I read this before it got famous.
Not bad.
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Kinda fast for my tastes, but hey, not every story must be a 200000 word epoch to Celestia. (Then again, only those writing it will be spared upon the Beckoning.
You earned my upvote. Good job!
Inspired by The Frighteners, yes? Very good. Trixie feels very natural here, you can easily imagine her pulling something like this, a classic con job. Probably doing her best to not think about how she's taking advantage of the marks, telling herself "Just until I have enough for the wagon", stuff like that.
It would work well as a prologue or prequel to a longer story, because I'd LOVE to read the adventures of Trixie the accidental medium. (I loved The Frighteners.) If you have any plans for that, that is. It works well as a standalone as well.
It's rather short, but not in the sense that you need to flesh it out to make it readable - it works just fine as is. It's just that the story ends just as I get really interested, and leaves me wanting more.
Hey... she stole my gig! And that's my grandmother's turban!
For some reason, the biggest laugh for me was the random pony who wandered in from the street.
Nice job.
I thought you would like to know, I featured this story as my weekly story suggestion on my blog. I can't believe that this hasn't gotten more attention that it has, and I wanted to do what I could to try to fix that.
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Thanks! I think one of the main reasons for the lack of attention despite it being an EqD feature is people probably just assume it got featured because of Seth's Trixie fetish.