It's cold up north, but Reinbow Deer gets by. Mostly by looking after the littler members of the herd. But what's a deer to do when one fawn barges in babbling about some dark blue dream alicorn and a message that needs delivered?
No AU tag because.... of certain spoilers for the Gen 5 movie.
This is an entry in the Snippet Series, an anthology of old oneshots that I (and my good buddy Str8aura) wrote based around interesting pics I found. New ones will be posted every other Thursday for the foreseeable future.
Chapters (1)
its good
Honestly I really like this concept and it really got me thinking on the setting and characters.
I give Reinbow at most a month before she figures out how to fly
Feels like it just needs a tiny bit more. Even a single extra paragraph.
Generally very good though.
I love deers. That's all.
Just kidding, this is an interesting premise with a great implementation. I'm sad this has only one chapter.
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The Snippet Series is always open for sequels, follow-ups, and characters making cameos in later installments. I already wrote one big honking convergence story in this anthology. There'll probably be another. With deer.
So, the G4 Pegasi have been reincarnated as reindeer? Intriguing thought. And, yeah, I seem to remember something from the IDW comics that had a holiday children's story starring Rainbow as a Rudolph Expy and Luna in the role of Santa, so this is a very good Mythology Gag to that. Definitely appreciated the dialogue between Reinbow and Caraboo.
This is an intriguing idea.
I like the beginning of this fic. It establishes right away that these characters are reindeer, and how they're different from ponies.
Also, it took me until halfway through the fic to catch that Caraboo was Scootaloo.
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When worldbuilding for this Snippet, I thought about those adorably popular Yakutian Snowponies with their campfires, fishing holes, and shamanic beliefs. Then decided Gen 5 Reindeer should be the opposite: Cold, hungry, and not very spiritual. They’re still softies though, as our two leads demonstrate.
And yeah, I was never able give Caraboo’s name a spelling that balanced the merged words in an equal way. I’m pretty proud of her nickname though.
Caraboo => Boots
Scootaloo => Scoots
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Aha, you caught the reference to an obscure 6 year old IDW comic. That deserves a Spike of Distinction:
yep this needs like 30 more sequels. But 9/10 Excellent short snippet.
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I mean, that is something that reindeer are known for, when you really get down to it.
11022164 It's also canon. The Gift-Givers fly at the end of The Best Gift Ever, and it has a similar visual effect to telekinesis.
I feel like I've been so desensitized to pony names, it really takes a lot to make me go 'thats a dumb name'. When I read Caraboo... well, I dont normally use this site's emotes, but sometimes emotions are hard to parse into words.
You've really been getting a kick out of alternate versions of characters lately. I do too; the difference is you take it a lot more seriously than I do. I can commend that. It's also nice to see a reference to an older comic, since... err... I still technically haven't finished the MLP comics. IDW Sonic took me much less than 3 years of reading to make a dent in.
>Reinbow Deer
I'll just remind you that pun hell is a real place where you will be sent at the first sign of making up names with bad puns. But Reinbow Deer is just too quirky and works way too well, so you will be spared.
I liked this story, it was somehow silly and serious at the same time, and I also feel there is more in this concept than just ~1500 words.
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I loved the previous one and I bet I'll love this collection too
Deerified pony puns huh?
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FANCY SEEING YOU HERE.
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LIKEWISE.
And I'm always around, yeah.
So sweet, my heart!
Sweet little story. If it's just the G4 Pegasi main cast that have been reincarnated as deer, I wonder about the rest of them...
Lovely stuff here, especially Luna Claus living on the equator and the implications of Flurry Heart Forest. And, of course, the sisterly bond that surpasses death itself. Thank you for this.
Missed opportunity to call her Reinbow Dasher.
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God D
mmit!
Why do the comments always come up with more clever ideas than I do? Super tempted to retcon Reinbow’s name. Like, super duper tempted.
Damn, okay this is really good. Like a genuinely great set up! Nice work, hoping for more :D
Hello! Have a review. And a like, since this is really charming -- and I mean that as a compliment. I appreciated the world-building here, too.
Cute, but... more?
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Fucking doooooo it!