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Sunset was expecting Princess Twilight Sparkle to be the one to come through the portal on a day when the holidays line up between the two worlds. Instead, her care package of Equestrian Hearth's Warming decorations is brought over by a student from the school of friendship, Gallus.
This unexpected encounter will lead to a holiday lesson that resonates with both of them.
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Now that’s the sort of holiday get together I can get behind.
Oh man, it was you! That took me by surprise! Thank you dude, this was a very enjoyable piece and a great present!
Nice. I enjoyed it, and who doesn't like The Grinch and Die Hard? Although...
Missing a question mark.
Unneeded caps.
quiet?
drawer on her TV stand?
Don't think you need the quotation mark after popcorn.
alright.
grumbled.
that a grumbling?
I feel like there's an extra word.
tasted might be better.
You didn't caps sashimi before, but now you have.
Okay, okay, okay, I'll stop. Promise. I did like the story. It was cute slice of life with a pair that I never actually see hang out. Well done.
Ah, that classic holiday chestnut, Die Hard! Excellent choice!
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Thanks for pointing out the errors. They should all be corrected.
Wonderfully festive!
Watching The Grinch and Die Hard on Christmas? What could be better?
Pen Stroke writing a fic with Best Birb in it? Oh, I'm so onboard with that!
Since there's, like, three out there now, which version of The Grinch did they watch? I hope one of the animated versions--the live action one never quite did it for me.
Die Hard would be a bit more Gallus's speed.
Clearly in this instance we're assuming griffons go human going through the portal too, and for this story, it makes sense to do so. But I have wondered what all of the Young 6 would turn into going through the portal, since seeing dragons become dogs, that suggests changelings, hippogriffs, and yaks might turn into something different too...hmm...
Did Gallus became a human when he crossed the portal?
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Sunset only recognized Gallus as a griffon by his name, so I'm gonna say yes.
Wait, aren't flying and cloudwalking a type of magic inherent to both pegasi and griffons?
I mean... if Twi objected, Sunny could always say the alternative was Star Trek V....
Before reading, I have to ask: Is this pre- or post-s9 Equestria?
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This happened before the shows big time skip.
Excellent work as always, Sir Pen!
:)
That was a good story. Great job finding a connection between Sunset and Gallus, with them feeling out of place during the holidays and with their shared love of fish. Their interactions were handled really well. It was also interesting seeing what Gallus thought of the human world.
Another enjoyable, light reading for the holiday season.
That's one of an advance lesson in the intricate art of Friendship!
I must include friendship pranks in my class!
. . .
She is getting better at being a chess master. I am proud of her.
I don't think that's a good friendship lesson.
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Yep. Too people bonding over their feeling of alienation despite being surrounded by loving friends.
I love the observations Gallus makes of the human world too.
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Good to hear from you, looks like your doing well.
I loved what you did with this story. Great job.
I always kinda wondered though.. how did exactly Die Hard end up as a standard holiday movie?
Shoulda gone with the animated version
Die Hard is the best Xmas movie and noone can convince me otherwise.
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The entire movie takes place on Christmas Eve.
Truly, Die Hard is the most Christmas movie to ever have Christmas movied.
Yep. Twilight... definately Twilight.
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10001664 It has all an X-mas movie needs:
-Takes place on Christmas Eve
-There's a celebration by the locals
-There's a villain, intending to take away the happiness
-There's a man that needs to rekindle love
-There's a woman who is waiting for him to do so
-Santa
-Pen-pals (radio pals, really)
-A limo
-Walking around bare-footed
-Fireworks at the end
-Snow at the end
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Thank you for the corrections!
I wasn't really feeling the summary, but it staying on the Featured list, and it being you, made me take a look.
It's good!
Yeah, when Gallus explained his situation, and Sunset apparently being by herself, the lesson was obvious, but nice to see them getting a good holiday out of it, which is the more important part!
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I can eat a bag of microwave popcorn in under a half hour, and since the two of them polished off a bowl "by the time the end credits began to roll," I hope that means it was the classic version.
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Eh, depends on how focused you are on the popcorn. I know I myself can eat a whole bowl of popcorn in about the same speed as you mention...if I'm focused on the popcorn. When I'm at the movie theater and am a bit more focused on the movie I'm there to watch than the popcorn that I'm just sporadically snaking on, it takes a little longer.
Still, as fair an assessment as any, I guess. *shrugs*
She learned from the best!
Die Hard is a Christmas movie and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. You too Twi, step to me!
The young six are the bakura of mlp. Except people actually like the young six
...Fun fact, I read that horses would totally eat fish if they could get it. There was a story of a horse that ate a hamburger. But they're made for plant matter, so they probably shouldn't eat too much meat...
...Which leads into a thought I had for my character's backstory. He's (or, at least, his parents were) from an Equestrian version of ancient Japan (probably called "Neighpon", of course), which was taken over by gryphons several hundred years ago. Neighponese sushi had a far greater ratio of rice and plant matter fillings to fish, but fishy sushi was far from unheard of. Griffish sushi, however... More fish than rice, even made for (and occasionally by) Equestrians. Safe to eat sparingly, but doesn't appeal to most. It's his favorite food, though. And then Fluttershy tries some... Just a thought.
I see your Friendship lesson Princess Twilight, and I approve. And I see Sunset's fantastic choice of christmas movies, and I approve. Great story :)
It's not the holiday season without watching die hard
That explains why.
Sure is odd he isn't a bit frightened over his new body and surrounding, not to mention hasn't asked many questions on the place like sunset thought he would.
HVAC?
That explains things and how he seemed prepared ish.
Oh ho ho ho, that's a good one to start with teaching Gallus about Christmas is you ask me.
Sure is a tough one if you ask me.
Ngl, I wasn't sure I was gonna enjoy this story but I did and I'm glad since Christmas always makes me happy but this year it isn't the same with the recent passing of my grandfather and how most of this Christmas I won't be in the most positive mood. But this story still brought a smile to my face nonetheless.
Wonder if the fish tastes different in a mouth than a beak? (Or as an omnivore.)
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HVAC stands for Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning, and is often used as a shorthand for climate control systems generally.
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Ah I see thx.
In a cartoon world, other cartoons are real. LOL
"This is such an obvious friendship lesson, it’s almost painful.”
"Nothing you’ll need to remember.”
“Unless Twilight gives me a test.”
I love Gallus and Sunset here. He is a student in a school of Friendship and really likes it there, but can still be a little snarky sometimes. And both of them know Twilight good enough to have a friendly laugh about this. You definitely succeed at capturing Gallus's character here. Very good story :).
Hello! Have a review. As I said there, a pleasant and comfortable read. Have an upvote too.