Twilight Institutes a tax based on the cuteness of the citizen, the cuter you are, the higher your taxes.
This was part of the 49th speedwrite contest in the Quills and Sofas group. The prompt was "Cute Pony Tax" and this story was written within an hour.
Proofread by Moonshot
... Um. Well that was a thing that happened. I honestly can't take this seriously. Twilight is SO OOC that you tagged her wrong. This is not Twilight. It's somepony pretending to be her.
Either that, or she's hit alicorn puberty. Which makes her act batshit insane and not at all like the mare we know.
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Oh yeah, she was cartoonishly out of character, but I played it accordingly. It's not serious at all, or grounded in any sort of logical reality.
Hahahaha! I don't usually like Comedy fanfics but I definitely loved this one. I mean, while it would be an exaggeration to say that this is the funniest pony words I have read (Whom the Princesses Would Destroy... holds that title) it probably is in the top 10. I just love how cartoonishly over the top and stupidly evil Twilight is.
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Yeah, I tried to make her as outlandish as possible! I'm glad that carried and that you enjoyed it!
Somebody's gotten jelly of Sunset again, haven't they Twilight?
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I appreciate this reference
This was an adorable absurd comedy, Ruby. I'm glad you took the prompt literally. Nice job.
I'll never forget this one paragraph
Do you know what this reminds me of?