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The reluctant fan


Just a guy who’s (begrudgingly) a fan of MLP.

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In one world, a high school graduate settles in for the night after a mundane day. In another Twilight Sparkle miscasts a spell. This will surely end well.

Yes that’s right folks, yet another shamelessly self indulgent HiE fic. Ill try to put my own spin on it to keep it interesting.

Begins after Friendship is Magic but before The Ticket Master.

Chapters (16)
Comments ( 415 )

This have potential - do proceed...

Good chapter, but...

which meant he spent the entire night in his room playing Terraria and gorging himself on mint Oreos.

mint Oreos?
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Best flavor of them all. My opinion, which is the only correct one.

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Of course, Lord Reluctant. Long live the Mint dynasty

wait, does he still have power in his house? Don't forget he's off the grid so he can't use phones or the internet [unless some magic BS still kept a portal slightly open to his world]

This looks to be a very good story, I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next!

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And the water in and out too, that may be a problem....

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He at very least still has power as the hot tub and alexa are shown to be working.

Alexa may not have an internet connection as the alarms still work even without internet but since power is still up it's safe to assume water, internet and sewer will be too.

I've got a good feeling he's going to have a huge freak out once he meets Twilight and to others, especially Princess Celestia.
Keep up the awesome work!

Can't wait for more keep up the good work

wait how is he getting cell reception in equestria?

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Good question, but at least he is able to contact his parents

so explain how is he still on the grid?

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Best explanation I can give for now is bullshit magic. The more detailed reason will be revealed later on.

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AT&T must have been investing into transuniversal reception

not sure why but i'm disappointed he didn't stay human.

“I don’t know, but they look so adorable! How could anything like that be dangerous?”

Look up otter attacks and you will know.

This is really good! Hope the next chapter is soon! :pinkiehappy:

put his glasses on, blinked again.

His glasses transformed to fit his new form

Given that his robe was much too big for his new body

But his clothes didn't

Would likely have been better to do that uniformly either by making his clothes transform too or by pulling a spiderman where they don't fit but in his new form he doesn't need glasses anymore.

About an hour passed by. After watching a couple of Mario Maker videos that were essentially just podcasts, he was getting kind of hungry.

Internet is still connected confirmed.

As he went back into the living room, he found his phone vibrating. The caller reading ‘Mom’.

His cellphone even still works which is harder to explain since he doesn't have any towers in his house but he obviously has wifi and wifi calling is a thing so that could easily be explained without adding in extra explanations for how he is somehow picking up radio signals crossverse too.

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The glasses thing was actually an oversight. Thanks for pointing it out, I’ll try to write around it. As for everything else, I have a couple of explanations in mind for later,, but nothing definitive quite yet.

I'm going to follow this story and see how it turns out, reminds me of a nightmare I had a few weeks ago

The unicorn blinked, and promptly slammed the window shut.

... ,
... , Ok.

Ok, I have to hand it to you. This is the most grounded and realistic response to a HIE arrival I've read in a very, very, long time. Authors often go the ridiculous rout of panic, and violence, and running into walls, and there is the required 15 chapters where the character cries and whines about missing their mommy, like a shut in with incest issues.

This is really well done. Its funny and realistic, and dam close to what real people would do in this instance.

Keep up the great work

The Monk
"Mavis, for crimes against royalty, I hereby sentence you to the sushi bar!" the judge said, as chains wrapped around her, and dragged her away." -darkmage1997

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Thanks for the kind words! A little look into our former human’s current mental state. He woke up, found himself turned into a fictional being, and had a minor freak out. Once he calmed down and determined that this was reality, he promptly threw logic out the window and has since just become annoyed at all the new shit being thrown at him. Plus, like it’s been stated, he’s the adaptable type.

Very good chapter! I find it very funny that the mane six throw away the concept of privacy and spy on the poor guy for God knows how long. :rainbowlaugh:

Hope the next chapter's soon! Good work! :heart:

Rainbow blinked. “You mean we spy on him? Doesn’t that seem like an invasion of privacy?”

Finally, common sense rears its head for these ponies

Oh, yeah. This is getting good.

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Oh, I wasn't joking. mine just had more firearms

I'm looking forward to Twilight's reaction/outburst when she learns about "technology" and where he comes from magic doesn't exist. LOL

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Oh I didn’t think you were joking, it just caught me heavily off guard.

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pft. Who said he won't panic next chapter?

0- infinity on the funny meter in 0.0000000001

Dear sparklebutt, freaking write to Celestia you silly filly

edit: calling it, Pinkie will be the first to mess with the TV

Loved the reaction Twilight had when Galen told her that magic isn't real and she in return went on a rant which also had her saying out loud it was her fault.

I do hope that Twilight can make things right and get him back home, anyways keep up the good work.

The unicorn slammed the window shut before pacing around in a circle ranting. “Seriously?! Not only have my house and I somehow been isekai’d into magical cartoon horse land, but now I’m being stalked by the residents! Damn, I really wish I was of age to raid the wine cupboard.”

Congratulations, Galen has officially earned the title Wimp. Every teen with half a ball in their pants would have said 'Fuck it!' and raided every liquor they knew of.

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Galen is actually just apprehensive of alcohol in general for reasons that will be revealed later in the story.

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not every teen does the whole rebellious phase thing. or even if he did not every teen decide its cool to smoke or drink

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Then why this whole 'of age' stuff? If he is apprehensive about it, it wouldn't matter.
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How dare you throw drinking and smoking in one pot? :twilightangry2:
The drinking of alkohol has a long cultural history around the world and can, in a moderated amount, even be beneficial.
Smoking on the other hand may have some ceremonial importance for a few native american tribes, but is otherwise just harmful and idiotic.

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I was actually thinking that myself. Now that you’ve pointed it out, I’m going to go edit that to make more sense for when that mini plot point comes up. That little part of the rant was more to show Galen’s exasperation more than anything, but I agree that it wouldn’t make much sense to worry about age restriction if he wouldn’t drink it regardless.

This is by far the most realistic take on a HiE fic I've seen in a long time. Keep up the good work! :pinkiehappy:

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Also, my theory for now is that Equestria is Earth thousands, if not millions, of years into the future, after humanity went extinct. Considering what Twilight said about multiple and foul languages.

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Telling you right now that’s not the case. Galen is still able to contact his mother, who by that logic would be long dead. Not only that but it’s also been stated that Equestria looks a lot more like a cartoon than Earth. It’s more of a trans-universal thing.

this is going to be very exciting.
since he still has internet and tv maybe he can show some science documentaries.
I think Rainbow complains that it's boring and then he shows them dr stone

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Lmao, that’s a great idea! I’d actually need to watch Dr Stone before doing that though.

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i really recommend it it is the best anime 2019 and 2021 i can hardly wait for season three.:pinkiehappy:

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