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A princess interning as a beautician, a thousand year old author and a dendrologist go cave-diving in the Dragonlands to rescue a Pie from dogs.
For love.
Written for the Season 10 Bingo contest, where it took Judge's Choice from Sky Serenade!
Featured 2/11/2020!
Reviewed by PaulAsaran, with a rating of Pretty Good!.
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Picturing this moment is a delight, especially given the matching, unchanging neutral expressions.
Wonderful work. I got a very similar prompt (three characters and two places) and couldn't think of anything worthwhile. Seeing someone pull it together into a wonderful, cohesive whole like this makes it all the more enjoyable. Thank you for it, and best of luck in the judging.
*squee* Best Filly!!!
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This was a treat to read. You actually made me enjoy Mudbriar, a feat in and of itself. The whole concept of Maud faking the kidnapping to give him his hero moment was very sweet, and believable. As she says, being in such close proximity to such legendary figures would make one doubt their quality. The execution of the story was also excellent. It told the story as succinctly as it needed to, never overstaying its welcome or dragging. The little bits of backstory made me want to pour over every word.
Great job!
Well, you did amiably with the challenge, I enjoyed the story enough. Mudbriar and Stygian as friends... It makes sense. Somehow. I'd give you bonus points for throwing Babs in there even. You could say she comes with Manehattan, but you didn't have to use her. And I could totally see Silverscream intern at a barber's.
Nicely done! (Although a dendrologist, strictly speaking, studies woody plants: Mud Briar studies sticks, a subject both wider and narrower, not to mention sillier.
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I wondered how simple chains were supposed to restrain somepony as strong as Maud. Good to find out that I was on to something.
I found this line especially funny: "Stygian paused in slight confusion as the dog felt the need to say the word 'rar' rather than actually roaring."
This fic pisses me off, but not because it’s bad; it’s too good. It’s a perfectly paced, heart-warming romp that is getting almost no attention, but some diaper stain can puke up a barely-literate anime displaced fic and make the recommended list.
... I’m venting. Sorry.
You know how in some cartoon, during certain scenes, they'll change the animation style?
I imagine that with this story. Like, it starts off in typical Friendship is Magic animation, but then Mud Briar tells the dogs to stop, and all of a sudden, all of a sudden, he's in a shonen anime style. The kind with hard lines and scratch black shadows on the face. Then the whole thing continues like that until Maud is freed, at which point it returns to normal.
Quite a romantic ending. And it begs a sequel with Novo!
Congratulations. You made me enjoy Mud Briar. That's no small feat.
A true 'basest of jokes' moment. Nice and fitting :)
Careful there. Coming from Mudbriar, that's almost as good as "Marry me!"
And it contains a Gallus cat-joke and the obligatory Boulder chuckle. More plus points for you.
This story made me smile and sometimes chuckle, and the prompt was a seriously tough one. Silverstream was spot on as were the others. Well done.
In a word:
This was a pretty good story and aww maud really want to help Mudbriar To give him the boost of confidence i like this good job
You did a great job with the prompts you had. Very fun to read!
While of course the Bingo game itself results in things being a bit disjointed (having to go from Manehattan to the Dragonlands), I think you did a FINE job staying in the voice of each of these characters. I loved the twist, & felt that (minus the oddity of silverstream & manehattan) that this could almost have been an actual episode of the show. I PARTICULARLY loved how you used Mudbriar's intense knowledge of stick-producing flora as a plot element. However, what REALLY got me was this:
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It was brilliant, utterly in character, & delightfully funny! Not of course to be outdone by the following:
Please accept my upvote & favorite, as well as me following you to look forward for more interesting stories! Bravo!
One of my favourites. Glad my review request to Paul turned out well!
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Ah hah, I was wondering how I ended up on his list. Well thank you very much!
Whoops! Here's a slightly belated "You can has review!"