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Waking uneasily one morning, Cadance can't quite put her hoof on why she feels something's wrong. Fortunately, her wife, in bed beside her, is happy to help her investigate.
My entry in the 175th Writeoff contest, "Unstable Relationships," the original version of this story took 2nd place. It's been expanded since its appearance there.
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Okay. All I got was that none of this was real, and that something was fucking with Equestria for some reason. Can someone explain it?
B-b-b-but mah ships! All sunk!
Hmm...
On the one hand, one of my very few deal breakers is do not break up Cadance and Shining Armor!
On the other hand... MacDash.
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What I think it happening is This "Love Bug" messed with people's relationships for an unknown reason, likely because he's just a jerk. Cadance, being the Princess of Lurve and all, notices it's not right. She [reeeee's in love] hard enough to make Love Jerk appear, who then tried to trick her into thinking she asked him to do all this.
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Sometimes it’s about the ships that launch not the ships that sail.
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As Larry Marder put it:
Early on in his Tales of the Beanworld comics, "Insects. Who really understands 'em?"
Mike
I sink your ship and laugh mockingly while whacking you with the Canon Stick.
Really dig the additions. The extra bits describing Rainbow Dash really help place her quickly without being overbearing, and the extended confrontation with the Love Bug is perfect.
From the title I assumed changelings. From the events I assumed Starlight AU. It was neither, congrats!
I especially liked the trick of when the cosmic dick was revealed trying to convince her it was her idea.
I originally was wondering if she was going to rip the author out of the aether.
What a roller coaster of a story there. Loved it!
Look at your ship, now back to me, now look at your ships, they all sank. Love me a bit of Twidance every now and again. A fun story, seeing all da ships.
Very nice work
Can I say I unironically love all these ships, except for the core Cadance x Twilight? That's one I agree needs to be walked back--she and Shiny are just too cute--but I love the idea of all the others. DiscoPie is adorable, I heart the lovesick MacDash, and Rarishy works so well!
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Thanks, folks!
The idea of Cadance fighting for those who are dear to her comes straight out of the episode "Three's a Crowd." I just pushed it a little further to the point where she knows that these ponies are dear to her but she knows even more that something's wrong with the way those ponies are currently arranged...
Mike
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You did a great job with this one. Nice work
Well... he's not wrong. XD
I think he'd wipe away a tear at the compliment.
I have to say DashIntosh is strangely appealing.
I wonder how long the Love Bug could've gotten away with the switches if it hadn't messed with Cadance's own relationship?
More like "crackshipping Bug" amirite?
This was an interesting story. I enjoyed the new ships that have sailed. Although, I'm conflicted about SunsetArmor. (I'll get over it eventually.) I'm really curious now about the backstory, was this completely the act of a depraved bug, or was this the response to play cooked up by both bug and Cadance as he stated? And if so, why?
Who is this bug? Or more probably, WHAT is it. This seems important.
Now I want to know what happens once the dust settles. How will Cadance react to, well, everything once it's back to normal? Will she see Twilight and have conflicted feelings? Will she see Shining Armor and feel guilt? (yes, I know nothing actually happened, but still...) And what about Mac 'n Dash? Will Cadance investigate if there is such a possibility and give a little "push" or will the bug's words echo in her head and she'll restrain her power?
And where the hell did Sunset Shimmer come from? How did the bug get her from all the way through the mirror to here?
Damnit. You've let me with a ton of questions that I want to know the answers to, but at the same time I realize they are completely unimportant to the story before us. You know what I call that? Damn good writing is what I call that. You leave me no choice but to upvote this and add it to my favorites for safe keeping. I hope you're proud of your self.
I assume the Bug's first name is Maurice. (Weeew weew we-ew)
Except—
Pinkie clearly is the right pony to reform Discord. Dicord never ever learned any kindeness, he just does the bare minimum to get fluttershy to like him, because he appreciates kindness. Pinkie is actually mindful of others feelings in her chaos from the getgo. Pinkie should actually appreciate discord's antics, but they never really interact that much, strangely enough...
Except—
This doesnt really solve for discord's other issue: his lust for power and megalomania. He supplicates himself to Tirek just for the chance to be close to power and his reformation comes to naught. In the last arc he tries to play a pointless chess game to orechestrate some type of controlled chaos that goes out of control to play out his fantasies. It's not like Pinkie would be able to deal with this problem...
Except—
when confronted with a power mad pinkie discord reins her in, just like pinkie pie reined in rainbow dash in season one, or when she learns not to mess with magic in too many pinkies. Thus echoing what a pinkie centered discord relationship would look like.
Therefore Love Bug was on to something
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Thanks, folks!
Exploring alternate romantic pairings is something I've done more over on my AugieDog page--I'll point anyone interested toward "A Game of Hearts" as an example--but I did do a little DiscoPie around here not that long ago in a story called "Out of an Orange-Colored Sky." Again, if anyone's interested...
Mike
I have a policy of not faving anything with same-sex shipping unless there are greatly extenuating circumstances. (I am, however, POLITE about it!)
In this case I am deeply uncertain. On the one hoof this alternate setup is WRONG by the canon of the story. On the other hoof I'm not sure that that was specifically NOT supposed to be part of the wrongness.
I guess this lingers in my "Read It Later" until and unless I have greater insight (perhaps if I happen to re-read it months or years from now).
And we never find out which part was the lie...