“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” - Patrick Rothfuss
Maud Pie is adopting Cozy Glow.
She isn't particularly interested in unpetrifying Cozy first.
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Wierd but well-written story. Certainly an interesting case of dark humor. It does kinda make me want to see a proper conversation between Maud and a reforming Cozy though.
I mean, Discord teleported her out and she is still a normal pegasus filly who's tricks everyone already knows. Then again Twilight has been known to exaggerate things.
This...isn’t funny. This is kind of sick.
Well, I for one am quite amused. To be fair, I may be biased, especially since I was compelled to write a story with many of the same beats a while back.
I can't decide whether I find this funny or find this disturbing.
Either well, well written story!
WTF... I deffinitely want an episode about this. Thay would be a blast.
Poor Discord... he doesn't want to but Fluttershy would force him. Poor bastard.
Still loved the interaction with the Star, the best part.
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oh hey Mud Briar. How's it going with that stick in your flank?
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Fine. How are you?
I don't know about the comedy part (honestly I would remove comedy tag). I find this rather disturbing and not really funny
And just a nitpick
I don't know why, but for me, it didn't' work at all when it is plain telly like that
I guess describe Maud's face is not easy but this require that I already saw Maud's face.
Now I'm no comedy expert (so feel free to totally ignore me), but I gonna try to offer a slight improvement
There should be break after the red text. As a rule of thumb, the punchline should be embedded into last part of the sentence as possible. There is my attention distracted by as sentence continues by "It means" so the punchline is not delivered as it should be.
She had been dressed up for the occasion
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: Funsturbing?
Funny/disturbing and I think it's about the right length. If you want more you could always plan out a sequel where she eventually gets unpetrified and they have to deal with however much her old self she is then, but that would probably be quite a bit longer if you want it to not be rushed.
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I can see how someone could react this way. If you think about it more deeply, without the comedic filter, Cozy is basically being forced into a bunch of experiences against her will. Which might be worse than just being imprisoned for eternity, either as a largely ignored statue or in Tartarus. Extended prison sentences for the unrepentant just create needless suffering. I would've just vaporized the three of them like Sombra.
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Seriously?
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That’s what I’m thinking, but it goes even deeper than that. Firstly, while I like Maud and Mud Briar fine as characters, and I’m glad they have happiness in each other, the thought of having Cozy go through some sick parody of home life with them is just...wrong. Think about Cozy being set down to “play” with Boulder. Or a “family meal”. I mean, shit like this is how you show someone’s a psychopath in movies and books. Replace Cozy as a statue with, like, Cozy being paralyzed and her mouth sewn shut while Maud and Mud force her through this. Fuck I think there was this comic called Drowtales that I used to read where one psychopathic evil dark elf made a habit out of doing exactly that.
And then secondly...Cozy didn’t escape from Tartarus. She was broken out without any input or will of her own. And the one who broke her out, Discord, is also the one that enabled her to try and take over Equestria that second time by giving her shelter, allies, and weaponry. Discord is also the one who ultimately petrified her and put her into a position where she can be put through the horrific mockery of family life above. Discord, more than anyone else - arguably more so than Cozy herself - is directly responsible for Cozy’s predicament.
And now he’s her godfather?!
"Man, that fic was... pretty weird, to be honest, but hey, I think I kinda liked it! Time to go read the comments and see what everyone else thinks about it—"
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"...On second thought, never mind."
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I actually really like TCC56 so I'm intent on behaving myself. In fact I'll probably show myself out now just to be safe. My opinions on...all this...are well known, there's really nothing I can do now other than retread old ground for the millionth and a half time.
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It's cool, folks. I can take critique - and think it's pretty important! I'm not going to drop a hammer on constructive discussion unless it gets truly out of hand.
That said? I'm actually surprised people are taking it as being dark. I hadn't intended that interpretation at all and I'm finding it a little fascinating that some readers are seeing it that way.
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Eh, it's perfectly fine on all accounts. I just like playing the part of the bemused fly on the wall sometimes.
:P
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I mean, either that, or petrify Sombra. There shouldn't be a double standard.
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That doesn't really make sense
I want a sequel. A long sequel that slowly fully redeems Cozy. This is too short for my approval. I want more, so I can properly accept it into head-canon...
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That's class.
I am very confused to what I just read and am going to try and forget the fact that Maud is crazy
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I believe Thought Prism means that the writers shouldn't have a double standard about this, which I could get behind...if the circumstances behind Sombra's defeat and the Trio's had been written the same. They're not. Namely, there was never a point where Sombra was defeated and at the Elements' mercy. He went from the height of his power and trying to strike a killing blow, to the Elements rallying in the nick of time and retaliating with a force that happened to be enough to defeat Sombra.
Conversely, the Trio were blasted by the mother of all Rainbow Lasers...and it depowered them. It didn't kill them, petrify them, banish them, nada. And afterwards the Trio were no longer a threat to anyone and at the ponies' complete mercy. Mercy that the ponies were apparently completely out of, as they preferred to first humiliate and torment the Trio, and then subsequently trap them in stone forever or watch as it was done and cheer when it was over.
Good people don't do that.
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I get that part. When I said it doesn't make sense was because I meant that circumstances were different. Probably should have written that better
A because Rainbow Lasers spared Trio I like to think they not beyond hope.
Yeah, I wasn't really a fan of that part.
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Good people also don't let genocidal maniacs like those three walk away. They showed ZERO remorse for what they did, and they'd probably do it again if they'd had a chance.
Hasbro made it abundantly clear they were beyond redemption, and none of them wanted it either.
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Actually Hasbro, intentionally or otherwise, did exactly the opposite. In “Frenemies” the Trio came within an inch of actually embracing friendship and changing their ways, and that was with Discord actively working against them by encouraging their negative impulses and desires and trying to turn them into worse people then they already were. If they’d actually had someone in their corner, actually interested in helping them, there’s every reason to think that they might have embraced change.
No one said anything about them walking away — my preferred ending to the series would have seen Chrysalis in changeling custody, Tirek returned to Scorpan, and Cozy Glow back at the School of Friendship, none of the three actually reformed, all of them watched closely, but all of them being given a chance and their eventual fates left ambiguous but hopeful. Y’know, like Discord and Starlight and Tempest got. None of whom wanted redemption either.
But this isn’t really about the villains themselves. This is about the so-called heroes acting cruelly and mercilessly to defeated, helpless foes, delighting in their suffering and inflicting more upon them because the ponies had Power and the Trio didn’t. The Princesses and Discord didn’t act any different towards the Trio than the Trio would have in reversed positions, did not hold themselves to a higher standard. They just sank to their level and focused on their petty desire for revenge and retribution instead of any kind of higher ideal or nobility. And Twilight and her cronies cheered.
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They showed about as much remorse amd willingness to change as Discord did. Discord would have reshaped the world for his own twisted desires and used to be just as evil as the trio were. If he can get a second chance and reform then so could the trio.
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This kind of ending would be probably better than explicit reformation or locking away forever.
Aww this was nice! I think I’d love a sort of epilogue to see what cozy thinks of all this either in the moment or years into being part of their family but as a stand-alone absurdist comedy this sates my desire to read something good
Author's notes made me think of this:
"Maude, your daughter is a rock."
"Thanks. She has nerves of steel."
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I'm glad people are still pointing out how screwed up the whole thing is.
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What is arguably worse is how everybody behaves afterwards. Remember how everybody cheered and celebrated after what was basically a public execution? That was really unsettling, as they were behaving like a drunken crowd at a hanging.
I'm not saying in any measure that the Doom Legion should have got off scot-free. But was petrification really the only option?
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Based on what I can glean from the show, the elements decide what is best for the subject. Hence why they depowered Sunset Shimmer, Stygian, and the Doom Legion, and instead killed Sombra outright.
Cozy will have to put up with kisses that she can't wipe and cuddles she can't refuse, but she'll get to sleep in a proper bed and her life will be less boring. Maybe in time her mouth will be unpetrified.
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Well, they can petrify them as a temporal solution before they decided what to do with them. Just make it explicit they are gonna released them in the future. Or just throw them at Tartarus.
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Putting them in there temporarily as a holding act makes sense. It means they can't get up to any nonsense while the others deliberate a suitable punishment.
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Which why I like to think that the trio is not completely beyond hope. If they are when not rainbows lasers let them turn to stone right away?
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Maybe some sort of community service while they drained of their magic?
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Think of it as a tempory holding cell, a standard part of the justice system.
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Works for me.
Huh. Well that's a thing. Well depending on the local magic Maud may well be quite capable of communicating with Cozy.
And Boulder, for that matter.
I think this sums up the story nicely XD
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Well, if you put it like that I guess I can live with it
This story rocks.
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Same.
Holy crap, some people are really taking this too seriously... It's a fun little 'what if?' and that's all.
That's EEEVVVIIIILLLLL