For his hard work to the Crown, the Royal Engineer of Equestria has been honored with a retinue of VIP bodyguards who protect him everywhere he goes. Their ordinary, everyday adventures together wind up being anything but ordinary.
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Ouch.
That town just screwed their entire trading and social value over.
I'll kill 'im!
About bloody time, he was a good for nuthin' anyway.
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They say announcing your plans is a great way to hear God laugh.
As for the rest of the chapter, all I can say is... Wow!
I knew this whole thing would come toppling down around poor Sparkshower, but damn! I honestly hadn’t expected her coltfriend to just show up from out of the blue and throw-down on the Royal Engineer!
For such a shy and introverted pony, Mr. Huckleberry Pudding sure has mighty big pair of brass apples swinging between his lower branches.
It seems the biggest problem in this relationship is that both ponies became far too dependent upon each other and when Sparkshower left, it became all too clear that Huckleberry needed her far more than she needed him. But instead of appreciating what Sparkshower did for him, he began to resent her for it and this thing between them and the Royal Engineer was the perfect way for him to break it off while satisfying his easily bruised low-self esteem.
I mean, Sparkshower pretty much said it herself; he didn’t come all the way to Canterlot to win her back, but to pick a fight.
I think we can all agree that this sweet (not-so-little) Pegasus can do a whole lot better.
Well that happened.
I was 100% not expecting this confrontation to happen so soon and to be so aggressive. Nevertheless, fuck Huckleberry, if anyone is treating Artemis like property it's him. He only cared about his reputation and looking good in front of others. He doesn't respond for weeks even after being invited to the Gala, but immediately travels to Canterlot to confront the man who 'stole' his girlfriend without talking to her first.
Also how the fuck did other people know what she wrote to him, did he read it aloud in the town center for all to hear? He must have told others.
Then gets upset when that gossip spreads around town, fucking idiot. I'm glad Artemis had the strength to break up with him, he didn't deserve her.
On a side note, Anon would've kicked his ass in a duel.
Wow. What a jackass.
Welp. I was wrong.
He's a dick.
Well...
Dame...
Ok, wow, I didn't see that coming. That's a train wreck right there. Gotta say that Huckleberry is a damn fool. Not replying at all and then to go straight to that? Hard to defend your honor when you sure don't seem to have any to begin with.
Hopefully Sparks will be alright. Gonna be taking that one pretty hard emotionally.
Welp, here we fucking go.
The mare deservs better than this jackass. Honor? I doubt he has even a decent up bringing
If he was a assasin EB would be furious with the fellow battlemares
Yyyyeah, this has been brewing for a while, but with each chapter of Artemis's letters going unanswered or pleas unheard, it became clearer and clearer that Huckleberry never really cared about Artemis that much. Even if you're the kind of guy who loves his hometown, you'd at least answer your girlfriend's letters, nevermind answer her personal -and rare- invitation to one of the biggest parties she's dreaming of going to with you. Even if you yourself don't care for the party, if it makes your girl happy it's worth it.
And now he storms in and demands a duel, not because Anon hurt Artemis, but because the letter hurt him. Huckleberry feels slighted, and so he finally moves, not to defend Artemis's honour, but his own.
Well that went from 0 to 100 real fast. Feel sorry for Spark, but if that idiot can't see how good of a mare she is, then he doesn't deserve her.
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The thing that always got my goat about Huckleberry Pudding is the way he took days and weeks to respond to anything about Artemis and Him, but literally dropped everything and came to Canterlot straight away the instant it was about him. It hasn't even been 36 hours since Artemis sent that first letter.
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What makes it even more aggravating is that this is the same, painfully shy colt who pretty much needed his marefriend to hold his hoof so he could work up the nerve to ask his employers to pay him his forgotten wages.
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I don't think he read the letters out loud. Gossip may have started because Sparkshower is a VIP guard and everybody knows what VIPs do with their guards, right?
Well, nobrony can say Huck being a total plot-headed tool wasn’t adequately foreshadowed.
That hurt a LOT, but it'll be better in the long run. The sooner she gets rid of that toxic relationship the sooner she can heal and become the inevitable part of the harem
And the stereotype gets strengthened once again. Obviously the problem wasn't with the earth pony colt not being ready for a relationship, it was because she was a Pegasus. See what I told you, young ones? Them pegasus are no good for marriage, they always fly away sooner or later with your heart!
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There also could have been some talk surrounding Anonymous and Sparkshower sitting together during that stage show.
Bruh.
One wonders, since these guards were a gift from Celestia, how much of all this drama has been pre-planned? It is a bit to hard to gauge the chess-master levels of this Celestia.
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I was being hyperbolic about him reading it aloud. Reasonably I was thinking he just read it to a friend or family and it spread from there.
Also true, the rumors may have started early but it seems like this letter was the straw that broke the camel's back when it came to rumors by the way Huckleberry is taking it. Nevertheless, he's a piece of shit for not having faith in Artemis especially since she continued to send him letters that reinforced how much she loved him.
Artemis and Huckleberry just embarrassed the Lord Engineer in front of an important business partner.
Whoops.
On the plus side, this happened before any... private photos made their way to him. After this, I wouldn't be surprised if they were distributed around town as revenge porn.
The downside? No saucy photo scene between Glamor and Sparks that we're privvy to. D:
Holy shit! That went from zero to fifty in no time at all!
Sorry, Honour Bound, but you should know that when the story is focused on you, it’ll be anything but a nice, quiet day.
What’s funny is that my read on the situation was an assassin coming to kill anon rather than Huckleberry being an idiot. Also, their security kind of sucks.
Well, as much of a car fire as that situation was, I think it probably played out as well as it possibly could have for all parties involved. Artemis was there to confront Huckleberry directly, and so needn't hear about this second hand and have to deal with gnawing uncertainty and most likely more unanswered letters, and good ol' level-headed and not overpowered Honour was probably the best pairing for her. Lily's hot-headed enough that she might've escalated the situation into actual violence, and Purity. . . while I'm sure she would've remained the calmest, she might also have Ezio-ed Huck's ass as soon as she realized he was gonna throw something at Anonymous.
Poor Artemis. . . but at least the wondering is over.
As for Huckleberry, well, I hope he doesn't fall into the cycle of denying culpability. I hope he grows from this. I also hope he's cursed to feel a tiny, annoying rock stuck in his hoof that he can never actually find.
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I normally assume 'Capable of winning at poker. Using nothing but Uno cards.'
Wow, Drama BOMB!
And damn, Sparkshower strikes a real imposing figure.
I hope Lily is ready to give Sparks a big, long hug, and a shoulder to cry on!
P.S. Fuck Huckleberry, Berry, and the racist Ponies that live there! Need to cut that shit out!
Huckleberry, you're going to either come out the better for this and learn of your shortcomings, or you're going to be in a ditch in a few short months.
Either way, you're doing it back home, you clearly never wanted to come to Canterlot.
See, that was your first mistake.
Well that was a right clown show wasn't it? I was expecting a hidebound traditionalist, but this yahoo was just straight up an idiot. At least the rumor mill won't have much grist to chew, that lamentable spectacle demonstrated quite handily that any fault rested entirely on Huckleberry's inability to maintain a relationship.
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Meh. Can’t fly away with something you never gave them in the first place.
Now there is always the small chance that Mr. Pudding here is just the usual sort of sheltered hothead with a head full of dumb “old-fashioned” ideas whose toxicity he doesn’t even realize himself and who inevitably makes a hash of their first impression but later does prove to have their heart in the right place after all (I’m sure there’s a trope for that -- I couldn’t possibly name it right now, but I’ve seen the character archetype before). But in the event that what we’ve seen of him so far really should be all there is to him? Then by all means good riddance, and my heartfelt sympathies in advance to whoever else might one day mistakenly decide that he’s the stallion they want to share their life with as well.
Well. that happened.
Huckle is a weird colt.
Not necessarily a total jackass, he has some feelings for Arty here, clearly enough.
But the pride (?) of his is definitely overshadowing and twisting those.
Shame, I was hoping they'd get stuff resolved.
And, yes, much like so many people noted, this had a total "assassination attempt"-vibe.
Hopefully Anon sees that himself, if the guardsmares don't.
The ponies may not have the gunpowder that would've made an assassination here an eez one, but there are still magics and collapsable gizmo-crossbows to be worried about (See batblades for example).
They gotta step up the security all-around if that's how closely the visitors are watched even by a veteran VIP-guard Honour is.
Welp. It lead to heartbreak. Honestly, I was always thinking up excuses and scenarios as to why Huckleberry couldn't answer nor come to Canterlot, and giving them all a serious air that befitted a situation out of one's control. But as the chapters went on, and no reply from Huckle, I started giving him less and less of the benefit of the doubt.
But then he did come to Canterlot! I had no idea that was him at the door, and I wasn't expecting it to be him either!
And I also wasn't expecting him to be such a Goddess damn FOOL.
Artemis Sparkshower may be naive but she's a good, sweet, and surprisingly intelligent mare. She may have slip ups, but they're all usually with good heart in the end. Usually. Cough Mayflower cough. But at least that had a good motive!
Huckleberry, the innocent mare's sweetheart, makes me feel for her. All this time, that was what she was trying to get through. Not a gentlecolt in a farming god's body, not a young but grown stallion with social ineptitude, but a brass domed, big balled, selfish, racist, turd who would rather fight an government appointed member of his nation in the name of his balsa wood frail honor regardless of the accidental misunderstanding than help his marefriend feel like a marefriend.
Man, fuck Huckleberry. All my homies hate Huckleberry.
(Honestly was not expecting him to be a total tool, good lord was that a mood killer. That did a good job subverting expectations, TMFAT! This was great, and kinda made my heart race once I realized where it was going. Poor Sparks...)
Ah, man, goddamn it Huckleberry, that shit's just not on, at all. What a horrible, horrible stallion you are.
Wow, what a jerk. Much as it sucks, Artemis dodged a bullet if that's Huckleberry's attitude toward women.
Well goddamm, that was a rash decision to just break up with him right there and then instead of using her leave to explain anything. Just vent her frustrations and then threaten and breakup with him. Then again she doesn't seem to be too good at thinking things through and instead is pretty impulsive. Ouches all around.
Well that was... a lot, gonna have to reread that to get it all.
Gotta say, I don't really get Huckleberry here. I had theories of course about what might have been going on, but just his whole reaction here was strange to me. Come to Canterlot to win back mare makes sense... but this thing with him being overly obsessed with Anon accepting it despite Artemis talking to him, not so much. The ignoring her most of the time, the little giving up thing when it was clear Anon didn't want to fight, the 'town talking about them' despite him barely ever writing back... I just don't get it. Especially with her there to set things straight and him just sticking to his one plan. His line of thinking doesn't make sense to me yet, but I suppose we shall see, probably just cause we're very different people.
Also yeah, totally got assassin vibes at first. Honor, girl, be more paranoid about this stuff before it's too late.
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It ain't over till the fat Princess sings...
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you kill him, and l will cook him... equine meat (yes l have tried it and it is fucking YUM) is very good, and l know recipes that will make you DROOL
Silly thought: it would be Ironic that this happened because some body "Back Home" was intercepting HuckleBerry's mail, seeking a way to split up the couple. ...
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I concur, I thought the guy was one of the croonies from that guy that operated the mines, thought the horseshow was some kind of explosive made my heart leap lol.
Damn I knew this Hucklberry guy was old faahioned but I never thought of him cold old fashion as to have honor above love. The lack of correspondance lead me to beleive that this guy had a mistress or he simply laked interest in Sparks. Dang lol Anon in an awkward situation.
At any case, this author keeps this story intetesting pulling the rug under us readers at just the right moment to feel the effect. Congrats dear author (or authors) its a great story
It becomes increasingly obvious that many of the locals are either purposefully taking advantage of his ignorance of obscure local traditions or barely more knowledgeable of them than he is. Or both.
That little show certainly put Huck's priorities on display, though, didn't it? Couldn't spare a weekend in months for the girl but by god if he didn't drop everything to get his ass to Canterlot in... what? Two days? When he felt a jab to his pride.
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Maybe. Given that he didn't react at all when she said that she'd been sending him letters every week, however, I doubt that's the case.
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Oh, I think that holds up stronger than ever. Like a toddler with a forgotten toy, he only cared about it when someone else picked it up.
Much of this story leans on hanging up the old ways. The way I see it, much of the story will center on the 5 of them revolutionizing tradition/customs in Equestria, since so many old methods are being used on them for outside benefit. The dueling, exchanges, practices,...
The Mane 6 have challenged much of that during the show; now this guy and his guards will be doing the same.
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There is, it's called "growing up" (ok, there's likely a proper meme for that, but it was too a nice setup to let go).
They're both highschool sweethearts barely in their twenties that finally had to face the fact of adult life that sometimes what you want from life is incompatible with who you are with, and that's ok. Also that sometimes infatuation and ignorance of the other side can be seen as love, that one being extremely common in teenagers that continue in a relationship when they become young adults.
In a small town though that might be extremely common and generate quite a lot of marriage frustration.
All in all I agree wholeheartedly with you.
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My theory is that Huckleberry became too emotionally dependent on Sparkshower and when she left to join the Royal Guard, he became withdrawn and resentful because he no longer had her to support him.
It’s like a young child getting angry at their parents for leaving them at home while they leave to go to work.
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Just as well Eb wasn't on duty. Huck would likely have went for the horseshoe, then been dead before he hit the floor when she misinterpreted the move as going for a dagger...
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Just one day.
Ok, so... a bit of an unpopular opinion here, I don’t think Huckleberry is deserving the hate he is getting, sure he went through this the wrong way, obviously, but people aren't seeing this from his point of view.
Let’s see this from his point of view, he is a really shy and introvert pony and has a long distance relationship with their girlfriend (marefriend, whatever) that he has known since they were foals, that has come under a little strain lately, and suddenly you get invited to the most expensive, most glamourous, and most important celebration of equestria, that would put you on your nerves quite a bit, I would think even to extrovert people, some days pass and he is still indecisive, then he gets a letter from their marefriend all but saying that they broke up, just because of not going to a party, then the letter says that they are going to dance with other person, a dance which is only for couples, practically IMPLYING that there was someone else that she liked already, of course he would be furious, of course he wouldn’t listen to Sparkshower, at that point, with their job on the line, it would sound only like excuses for him to stop. And before anything else, lets be honest here, when we were angry, who hasn't done something stupid before, maybe breaking something you valued, screaming at someone who didn’t deserve it, or saying something you didn’t really mean and only saying it because you knew it would hurt. Now I am not saying what he did was right, of course it wasn't, or that he didn’t have his own problems himself, I am just saying not to judge him without hearing his side, after all, we only heard the the Guardsmares side of things.
TL;DR: We dont know what happened with Huckleberry or his reasons, maybe he had good reasons, maybe he didnt, but we just dont know yet, plus he had good reasons for being angry.