Twilight
"Urrrgh!" Twilight tossed the romance novels she'd been studying intently in all directions, her frustration overcoming her usual care of her books. She was able to catch them with her telekinesis at the last moment, but her anger remained potent.
"I can't believe it!" She moaned.
Rarity wandered in, a smile on her face.
"Twilight dear! I'm here to return my book on-Oh my!" She immediately set her book aside, and zipped up to Twilight's side. "Twilight! What is it?"
"Oh, hello Rarity," Twilight sighed. "I'm sorry for the mess."
"Now now, we can clean that up any time," Rarity said gently, "what's gotten you into a tizzy?"
"It's these romance novels!" Twilight groaned. "There's not a single helpful thing in any of them! They're all for after the courtship and just go right into the, um, well..." She blushed severely, and Rarity nodded knowingly.
"Ah, yes, quite," she said, "and of course, the swashbuckling, sweeping one off their hooves part isn't really applicable here." She gave a smile and a wink to Twilight. "After all, none of these novels deal with how to court an actual alien, do they?"
"No," Twilight sighed. "Closest I found were these 'Stallions from Beyond the Stars' books, but they just assume all the aliens will just be ponies with a few extra bits attached!" She shook her head in disbelief. "How uncreative can you get?"
"Hmmm," Rarity hummed aloud, thinking carefully. "Twilight, as I recall, Shepherd has a fondness for his equivalent of Neighponese comics, yes?"
"They're called manga," Twilight corrected automatically, and she looked glum, "and yes, he does. So does Fluttershy."
"Well," Rarity began, "perhaps the Neighponese culture has more in common with human culture and their romantic mores! And so by researching it, you can perhaps better connect with Shepherd?"
Twilight's eyes lit up.
"Rarity, that's brilliant!" She cried. "Thank you!"
"Oh no need to thank me, darling," Rarity demurred with a smile, "you know how I try to help my friends as much as possible."
Twilight immediately galloped off to the manga section of the library. Rarity hummed as she looked through some of the discarded romance novels, as a shadow loomed up nearby.
"So," Spike said, popping up next to Rarity with hearts in his eyes, "can you help me with this cosplay idea I have for the next Canterlot Comic Con?"
Rarity blinked. "Cosplay? What's cosplay?" She asked.
Spike's jaw dropped. He then smiled.
"Rarity," he said, now confident that the ball was in his court, "I am about to blow your mind."
Shepherd
I was hammering a nail into a windowsill on the Sweet Apple Acres farmhouse, Applejack nearby with some extra lumber.
"You know, something I've never understood," I said as I hammered the nail in.
"Mm?" Applejack grunted.
I held up the hammer.
"Why are your hammers designed like they're meant to be held by hands?" I asked. "I mean, I can hold this perfectly but humans are creatures of legend, right?"
Applejack shrugged. "Don't rightly know," she admitted, "though ah like having leverage when ah swing it."
"Fair enough," I replied with a shrug. I turned around and... Slammed into Twilight.
"OOF!"
I fell down onto the dirt and grunted. I looked up at Twilight, who had also fallen down.
"Hey Twilight, you all right?" I asked. I blinked. "Huh?"
Twilight was dressed in a blouse, skirt and pantyhose. She had a little bowtie around her neck, and was rubbing the top of her head with a wince. She had a piece of toast in her mouth, which she quickly chomped down on and swallowed.
"Ha. Oh, I mean-Owww... Oh! Hello! I'm sorry I ran into you!" Twilight said. "I'm new at this school-I mean, in this town and I wasn't looking where I was going!"
"Uh... Huh?" I responded.
"Sugarcube, you all right?" Applejack asked. She helped Twilight up to her hooves, as I got up to my own feet. Twilight nodded.
"Oh yes, I'm just fine! I'm so terribly clumsy!" Twilight went on. "I'm Twilight Sparkle, by the way!" She waved her hoof as she immediately began trotting off. "It's Twilight!"
Applejack and I watched her trot off. We looked at each other.
"... What do you think drove her insane this time?" I asked.
Applejack shook her head.
"Ah don't know. Ah'm jest gonna batten down the hatches."
Piece of toast. Classic
Sandwiches. The already-addressed translation stuff solves some of it, but other parts are still live.
As usual, she's the sensible one.
As soon as I saw that you're doing that reference I thought to myself oh we're having the toast scene
Least it is the toast cliche and she didn't get to urge to build giant mecha to destroy part of the town. If Twilight couldn't do it, I'm sure Pinkie can.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is how you do it, SHEPARD START TAKING NOTES YOU FOOL!!!!
Twilighting no Jutsu
I really needed a good laugh today. Thanks AJT!
Could we get a side chapter of this and what comes next? Really curious how this would go now.
Given the convention they attended together, Spike may have canonically introduced Rarity to cosplay. Nice touch.
As for Twilight... Yeah, this definitely won't end well. I assume Rarity was involved in procuring that outfit.
That's going to be such an amazing train wreck to watch.
Notice me senpai
Here's hoping no copies of Love Hina ended up in Equestria...
Twilight sure loves to go off the deep end doesn’t she.
Twilight gonna Twilight
Better screwed than nailed.
You have a dirty mind!
No,no nonononon
Is it just me or does Rarity know how ridiculous this will get? Trollarity?
Cue lucky star op.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bbIBs0P2t0
that is all.
For a second I thought she was gonna go with the pony version of a magical girl.
Author's Note:
Welp... He's screwed.
I could not of said it myself.
10544230 Isn't that more of less the plan, at least from the Mane six's point of view?
Also, Shepard fails of pattern recognition. Maybe he doesn't read shojo manga specifically, but he has to be able to recognise standard anime future waifu candidate introduction #1.
I wasn't aware any school fukus used bow ties.
I guess Usagi Tsukino's uniforms do, but ascot/cravat-style neckerchiefs are more common.
Baka!
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I once made the mistake of reading that and Fruit Basket in full over a 72 hour period (and about four hours of sleep). It emotionally destroyed me.
hoo noooo no noo, Twiggles...don't do this.
Its not like I like you or anything baka
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Nine ways to Sunday. To say nothing that if it goes down the harem-protagonist route he won't even be cognizant of the good part at the end.
Oh well. Popcorn anyone?
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I'll have that, a Cinema large soda, and Skittles.
I'm surprised her boob/ass didn't land in his hand(s) only to then be knocked out by Twilight while being called a pervert.
Not sure why Twilight is bothering with initiating things, given by now they've already decided he's already theirs.
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Seconded.
O fuck me All the cliches and she is going for one that is a dead end because its a 'starter' and not a 'next step' or 'finisher'...
Umm, Twilight... have you considered watching a movie, say like oh, I dunno... "Earh Mares Are Easy"?
Twilight... Next time consider the context...
...and this is why Apple Pone is best Pone...
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Ten bits says Twilight may have used some manga research with amorphous, flexible, extendable appendages.
Did Spike blow her mind? In the end?
Next time read further on Twilight
Reminds me of a story where I read for the comedy and stayed for the story characters development.
Other time I come for clop and stayed for storyline...
Clop with plot are surprisingly often more about telling a story than going juicy...
In my head canon Spike blow her mind, she than returned the favor