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PresentPerfect


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Fillies and gentlecolts, come ONE! Come ALL! Come and witness the amazing story! Come, behold our newest damned soul! Leave the foals at home and have a night out with us. One stage, one mare, one night only. The Satin Stage Players proudly present Spoiled Milk in

THE MARCHIONESS AND THE URCHIN!


Based on the story "Pike's Purple Jewel Cake" by Ashley Johnson.

Artwork by CloudyGlow!

Dramatic reading by Lotus Moon!

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Comments ( 17 )

I gotta say, I almost feel bad for Spoiled.

Almost.

The audience froths at the mouth as what was once a humble earth pony grows not just a horn, but also enormous wings.

First thought that came to mind.

In any case, I think you were right to exclude the Horror tag here. The narrator's sense of detachment and the audience's ecstatic Instrumentality makes the whole thing feel more dreamlike than anything, a not-quite-nightmare that might give Luna pause as she passed it by. I'm really not sure what to think of the exercise. Certainly an interesting read, though.

Well, that was something alright. I won't lie, that last bit near the end reminded me a lot of the shunting scene from Society.

Go Celestia. She really stole the show from Spoiled.

Fun fact: it's pronounced "martianess". Not that anybody who isn't one cares.

It should have been Lightning Dust. dEmOcRaCy HaS fAiLeD

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She's a martian now? From space? Oh dear.

Ouch. Spoiled Milk probably deserves that, though.

The audience, having amalgamated into an amorphous, undifferentiated biomass,

Gods I just hate it when this happens. Every actors worst nightmare.

This was dark, alright. An interesting and inspired special hell for Spoiled Rich

Also, the coverart looks like Spoiled Rich reacting to the story itself, which I find infinitely amusing

Is this based on a fairytale?

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Author Interviewer

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You can find the original story in the video in the author's note. :) I'm pretty sure that story isn't based on anything itself.

Well that was interesting.

With unexpected goddess interventions like that, neighbouring races (zebra, griffins, minotaurs, diamond dogs, ...) are going to wonder why ponies refuse to write anything but the most saccharinely vapid and sickeningly cutesie plays and why to a pony they invariably stampede screaming from a theatre when shown anything but.
:raritydespair:

I love that this is not just a pony-retelling, instead you just used it as a narrative device for a surreal thriller.

I Found this through a Youtube Reading, only fair to like he original

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Author Interviewer

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There's a reading? :O Link?

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The guy below me sent one

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