For hundreds of years, the White Elf of the Forest, Rarity, and the Lemondrop Fairy, Fluttershy, have quarreled in the deep woods. One day, a foolish human woman dares trespass on their territory, so they decide to make a contest out of her. Whichever fae is best able to use glamour and trickery to win her heart wins both the quarrel and her.
However, Twilight Sparkle proves to be a more wily quarry than expected.
T rating is mainly for Shakespeare style double entendres.
Writing style is inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing, including some paraphrases of lines from each. It doesn't go full Shakespeare, but there is a lot of old-timey dialogue and a sonnet.
Premise came from Undome Tinwe and Lingo.
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A little "Salt around the Rim" as it were.
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Sorry, what does that mean?
EDIT: Ah, like a salt barrier to keep fae out.
Glad to see it published! I quite liked it!
This story was really inspired and beautiful!
I especially enjoyed the introductory chorus of the diamond dogs that set the tone and style of the Bard perfectly.
Oh wow, I finally found time to work this off my RiL list, and I love it! I adore any fae-inspired stories, and especially those that give us Twilight as the compassionate, wily guile hero. That final closing scene was a wonderful little flourish of the sword from Twilight.
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Thanks! I also tried to make sure the characters moved as though they were on stage; you can imagine the thicket as being a stage prop that's pulled to the sides to expose Twilight's table, and one of the fae is hiding in front of the prop to the side of the stage. Like they don't move in stage directions in the story itself, but it could easily be adapted into stage directions.
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Thank you! It was a bit of a balancing act making sure that Twilight was coming from a compassionate place, but also didn't feel like she was being foolish. It also shows that Twilight wasn't acting 100% out of compassion.
Wow, this is masterfully written. I have no idea how you managed to make something that sounded vaguely reminiscent of folklore-esque EME, was true to the characters, and was also easy to read. The wordplay and banter between the characters was top-notch, and reveals at the end were great too. This is quite literally a Shakespearean level of quality that I wasn't expecting to find on this site, and I loved every moment of it.
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is appropriately chuffed
I'm glad to say I have read this I have enjoyed it thank you
Magnificent bit of mummery, with wonderfully Bardic wordplay and an excellent use of a Greek canine chorus. (Orthrus muttering to himself?) Thank you for it, especially the twist at the end. Never mess with the Sparkle.
Great story, if a bit bumpy at times. A tighter proofread would have helped.
I want to say its a shame this is just a one-shot, but much more would have been... grossly challenging.