A collection of stories inspired by picture prompts on Reddit. To be updated (hopefully) every Thursday. whenever I feel like it apparently.
I can't believe this collection has been up for this long without me ever crediting my good friend Casketbase77, who provides over 3/4ths of the prompts used in the making of these. I'll always remember you, Dasket.
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Why do I feel sad for Pinkie?
Welp, at least Trixie got something out of the attempt.
... The only word I can think of is hilarious!
Sooo... Did Trixie learn anything here, I wonder?
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Embarrassment?
This was amusing - some more than others, but it's going on my tracking list in case there's future updates.
Amazing.
Best Vigilante.
This is what happens when the narrator spends twenty minutes on a teacup ride just before the story begins.
Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 2.
Seeing Best Filly is always nice. See Tatzldink is an unexpected delight. The whole collection has been enjoyably surreal. Here's looking forward to seeing the sparks the next time inspiration strikes.
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Finally, someone who can appreciate a Dune reference. I respect you.
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That which thou cannot undo
I love Eric Andre
I guess he couldn't handle that strongest potion. Though really, who could?
Delightful collection of mindbenders. Thank you for the latest batch.
Y'know, I've always wanted to see this type of story, but fully fleshed out. The concept of it is really neat, and yet all the stories I've seen use it are either half baked, unfinished, or *incredibly* short. Still. this was cute!
Heh, Reddit Pony, just as inflicted with MPD as you'd expect :P
I've always loved benevolent and big ol' softy lug Fae like this, and this scratched that itch quite finely :D
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fuck dude same
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Why do I see you everywhere on this damn site. Also same.
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Ah, we’re both characters of quality taste I see!
Aww, who knew an eldritch abomination could be so sweet!
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Horse ages man.
Always nice to have a little Lovecraftian horror with breakfast.
At first I was sure it was Button Mash. But I liked that ending even better!
She's looking to ping them all at once.
Better hope Joseph doesn't find this place. Potion Seller would catch an Overdrive to the ass cheeks. And not in the fun way.
my latin is a bit rusty but were you trying to use pinkies brew as the incantation?
For the record, I caught that Wayside School reference.
This was quite the assortment. All engrossing reads, if for very different reasons.
And remember to tip your party planner, folks.
Reminds me of a crackfic I once read, but better!
Yeesh, talk about a thriller. Well done though!
Well. Truly haunting vignette. Tragic and horrible in all the best ways.
Those are incredibly expressive tongue-flicks.
And yes, this may be a deathworld, but one must always remember that ponies are a part of it as much as any other logic-defying monstrosity.
Yeah, I knew this one of Badumsquish's. Amazing monster ponies, and a fascinating logical extension of the base species.
Again, Badumsquish can make a cute pony out of darn near anything.
Beginning? Yeesh, those were some durable rose-tinted glasses.
Fascinating concept, though my teeth ached in sympathy with the deuteragonist's.
This is amazing and I love everything about it.
Homestuck references? In my crack shipping? It's more likely than you think.
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Best I'm aware, Homestuck invented crack shipping
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Snake tongue flick is a required college course in equestria
"Then why am I throwing off so many sparks?"
I do love a good bit of sibling bonding over robotics and philosophy.
Beautiful. As the saying goes, writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but this was still a lovely sensory experience. Thank you for it and all of its contemporaries.
Pretty baller character establishment for our leads. Sunset intimately strumming her instrument contrasts with Tempest’s armor is described before it wearer is while the atrocities she’s been stringing Sunset along for are barely hinted at. The opening sequence ends with Tempest boorishly eager for forward momentum while Sunset retreats inward to try holding onto peace of mind. Add an easily missed mention of unicorn horns being valuable prizes in this part of the world, and the moods make sense. This story’s stakes are rather high for Sunset but almost nil for Tempest. With sympathy established for Sunset and curiosity invested in Tempest’s unrevealed plans, the fic is underway.
But hey, if that cold open was too heavy for you, the old trick of clowning on evil grunts gives the next scene some levity. Right before it crashes down with Starlight’s backstory giving some sort of soul scarring. There’s also that sort of cannibalization of Sunburst, but the focus of the scene is more on Starlight’s willingness to trash talk Tempest directly to the latter’s face. It’s a welcome verbal exchange in a fic that so far is shaping up to be dark and depressing. Especially with Trixie’s subsequent introduction. Eye trauma is established as a motif with these two new characters, and Tempest continues to build audience loathing.
At this point the reader is still on board as almost a defense mechanism. Surely whatever is coming is worth all the gloom and pain described so far, right?
Banter between Starlight and Sunset adds more comparative levity. There’s absurd entertainment in the sightless tortured psychic cracking jokes while the unicorn who has no ostensible problems is openly suicidally depressed. Plus, we’re teased that both ponies have an unspoken agreement to betray Tempest at the earliest collective convenience. Gotta cite my man Vonnegut again: give the audience at least one character they can root for.
This purely an auteur thing, but the “content to seethe in a mutual hated” line felt a bit overplaying the mood. Just mention Tempest after Starlight’s biting remark, and the reader connects the dots. Understatement is a powerful tool you use very well in most of your best fics.
At last, a reference Casket recognizes! Here’s hoping Sunset plays the role of Vidar and kills our unicorn equivalent of the eternally power hungry Fenrir. The reveal that this has all been in service of Tempest’s horn reclamation quest barely even registers. At this point Tempest could be attempting to butter a piece of toast and the readers would still be eager to see her fail.
Fuckin’ MOOD.
Of course Trixie is the one who bucks it all up. And because it was due to something she saw, this is just reinforcement that Tempest should’ve maimed Trixie’s eyes completely instead of partially. Only in a story as cynical as this one would the villain protagonist be punished for showing mercy.
No reveal is given for Trixie or Sunset’s status after the blast because none is needed. The only information the reader needs is that Tempest is alive. And even worse, she’s not cathartically discouraged or upset. The implication is she’ll be spilling far more blood from others before it’s all over, and the reader is left with the haunting understanding that the happiest ending for all involved would have been Tempest succeeding at the end of this fic. That’s a highly effective twist of the knife.
Lots of great literary techniques at work here. Sunset’s decayed guitar skills symbolizing a loss of innocence, Sunburst’s inescapable psychic prison that mirrors Tempest’s three indentured lackies, and above all an unflinchingly cynical tone that punishes optimism, rewards treachery, demoralizes heroes, and invigorates villains. The climactic moment that damns everyone happens because the most passively suicidal character suddenly makes a run for life and freedom.
This story felt like a purge of some sort. Like a violent projectile vomit session after ingesting something rotten. I never want to experience it again, but per the rules of its own universe I can’t imagine it having progressed any other way.
To quote a comment left on my own most pessimistic fic, brilliant, devastating work.
If anyone ever asks what’s the fundamental difference between my stories and your stories, show them this fic and Maredusa.
👌👌Top notch information delivery regarding how this monster operates.
I’m sure Mimidae’s name is a reference to something, but the only association it gives me is Nimdok from I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream. Similar stories I guess, though this almighty entity is more childishly playful than AM the sadistic psychopath.
”You can’t hide from me, Birdy! I know you’re holding out on me! Just a simple matter of forgetting your duty, right?”
”No, I didn’t forget. I’m saving that, THAT’S MINE-“
I feel like this exchange is missing a crucial detail. Or maybe I’m missing the crucial detail. Is this still food-related? EDIT: Oh. The cupcake rations. That’s what the conflict and chase scene is about.
You ever watched Monster House? My guess is yes, you’ve watched Monster House.
Nice work giving Mimidae a warped sense of morality. She has no conscience when it comes to killing, but she understands that Bird Feed’s friendliness will stop if she ends him. And hey, she even drops the Manic Pixie Dream Girl persona to show some genuine vulnerability towards the end there. Maybe Monster Mimic Mare has hope for redemption yet.
Overall, more loose and doodle-y than your other Snippet, which was way more surgical in its a absurdity. If I were to sum it up in one sentence, I’d say “Silly slice of life scene between a sapient HR Geiger vehicle and the bravest member of her crew.”
Ahh. You have no idea how happy it made me to punch out of an absolute slog of a workday and see you churned out a feelgood Snippet. Sincerely. I appreciate this.
I have phantom memories of you using the Emotion Engine technique in some long ago snippet, but I can't remember which. Either way, it's still a great technique to keep the protagonist relatable. As do lines like "despite her learning, she still wasn't very intelligent" and "it wasn't very efficient, but it did look cute as all hell." I swear, this Snippet is an allegory for my fic drafting process.
The in-universe rationalizations for why an artificially intelligent horse roomba exists are as brief as they need to be. Ponies are marketable. It got the human to buy 5e, and it got the reader to read the Snippet. I like this type of playful meta commentary. It's like your old Modernity fic without all the soul-crushing existentialism.
I've heard it said that telling a story without dialogue is difficult, but stylistically, this Snippet nails it. AIs are too pure.
I missed writing metallic horseys. Aileron is still one of my favorite charters.
And I don't remember using the emotion engine, although I've definitely pulled from internet interfaces before, most notably in the brief snippets of the sunset fics I've shown you- although that was mostly a Homestuck nod. The emotion engine was an idea I got from an FiO fic about a manmade sweetie bot told entirely through commands and digital messages.
Oh heck. I think I read that Sweetie fic. It’s the one where she’s unfinished on a workbench and after downloading new eye drivers her reflection scares her.
FiO Celestia is a machivellian bastarde.
Anyway, great work wringing some good storytelling from an admittedly weaker collection of pics. Fresh Pic Prompts are getting tougher to find now that I’m almost a year into doing them.
This was actually the prompt I was most excited to see someone respond to, because there were lots of directions to go with an inversion of Spike. Tomboy filly would have been obvious, so naturally you didn't go that route. Instead we got a realistically deprived character, both socially and physiologically. Good work balancing Runes's animalistic behavior with his sapience, and Spike's sense of responsibility with his world-weary Typhon-may-care reaction to most things. Food. That's something any creature, no matter who raised them, can bond over. Nice little fic of friendlies finding each other out in the wilderness.
Since your an expert animator now, I expect a full-color animatic of this Snippet uploaded to your youtube channel by next week. Get to work.
Jesus, ok Director Ton.
Your friends all say sir, you don't deserve her, I disagree sir, I live to serve sir
In all seriousness, I spent a few hours after finishing that snippet trying to work on an animation of a new Vylet Pony song, and I can't say I'm very impressed. Just for the hell of it, ask me to draw something.
Rune
I guess they did need a name, realistically.
The opening lays on the intrigue quick and hard. I was initially rolling my eyes at the Breakfast Club opening, figuring the story would be about these strangers bonding and coming together to save the day.
The quick reveal that the girls are already a coordinated gang of sleuths smart enough to feign stupidity is an exciting pivot, but before the reader catches their breath they’re given the phylactery plot hook. Pop culture references remain sharp as ever as well. Don’t think I missed that “yellow one” remark.
And hey, congrats on the unobtrusive reminders that this is a period piece. Twilight Velvet mentioning Scooby and Shy Senior getting frisked for drugs comfortably cement this story as a late 70s / early 80s tale. Does Pear Butter wear bell bottoms? I bet she does.
Ass tight enough to grind coal and snort diamonds out of
Glad we got our obligatory Ferris Bueller nod out of the way.
I admit Cloudy Quartz feels out of place among the others, but a whole nother fic would be needed to explain how an Amish girl ended up in a Mystery Inc gang.
Pear, the fastest runner
Sucks to suck, Windy. Better luck next generation.
Poor old Johnny Ray
Mid eighties. Dang. Was off by half a decade. Interestingly enough, I feared for Pear Butter’s safety during the final showdown. Guess she’ll have to get Oof’d at a later date.
”I doubt this’ll have any long lasting affects on her, or her relation with her sister.”
https://youtu.be/PEPScfDq9mU
Pear took another look back at the statue, and bit her lip before following.
Bruh. This better not be implying what I think it’s implying: Horsey Applejack’s mom never actually dies. She simply goes back to her home planet.
Overall, wonderfully entertaining Snippet. Sombra is always a fun villain to humiliate, and Humane Six Gen -4 were all lovely ladies for the brief time we knew them. Plus, now we know why Velvet chose to enroll her future daughter in Crystal Prep; Too much magical buffoonery happening at Canterlot High.
I liked this one a lot, and am uncharacteristically hungry for more. That’s the mark of a strong story, I think.
Yeah, Cloudy felt unused. I had a bit of trouble trying to balance all of these characters, especially since I could barely remember their personalities. Might need to work on that if I decide to rewrite this one.
And yeah, period piece in a high school, I obviously needed a few nods to movie of that genre. Ferris Bueller, Buffy, Breakfast Club, Stranger Things, Super 8, etc. Although I'll admit Mean Girls was a bit of a stretch. And I'll take any opportunity to use Heathers slang.
Did you think Pear got knocked up as a teen? How else could she have kids and die so young.
Guess I forgot the logistics of Pear’s lineage. Emotional investment tends to eclipse rationality.
I have such a weird relationship with Super 8. My gut tells me it’s a good movie, but I can’t judge it objectively because it’s monster plot is EXACTLY the same as a Ben 10 Alien Force episode I saw years earlier. In another universe, I got sucked into the Ben 10 fandom instead of the MLP one.
Speaking of other universes, I hope EqG Mystery Inc gets its own Fimfiction upload someday. Great plot hook. Pity about the potential cover image though. There are no aged down EqG vectors of the Humane Six’s mommas. At least none that I could find.