The waiter has just made a very funny mistake. See, he thinks Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Rarity are all dating, when it's actually just Twilight and Dash. Rarity thinks it's very funny not to correct him. Now how far can she take the joke?
A spiritual sequel to Flimsy Pretexts, written as a response to the effervescent Monochromatic. An effort to close our loop of RariTwi x Dash, then RariDash x Twi - naturally there needed to be a TwiDash x Rarity for balance.
Preread by Pearple Prose and Undome Tinwe
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Made my own cover art this time. I think it turned out swell.
Glorious. Just glorious.
She astral projected
This goes so hard omg
all the bits keep getting reutilized in an exponentially satisfying mrnumber-y way
shoutout to shorebreak [heart emoji] [heart emoji]
it gud
this makes me want to mush my cheeks.
Forcing rarity to astral project due to your cheesy yet successful pickup lines is a life goal
Sequel or second chapter?
Adorable. Six Seasons and a movie.
Oh dear, I must recommend this to all my friends now.
Hot dang that is some impressive dialog!
This story feels like it should've given me a tooth ache, but it didn't. It is absolutely wonderful.
Hitting Rarity in her weak spot for massive damage!
I love the writing style in this. It’s refined and elegant in a way only Rarity’s inner thoughts might be. The first half of the story I spent flailing, trying to deduce the meanings and double-meanings and subtle intricacies in the banter, left with only Rarity’s sharp wit and expert judgement as my guide, and yet at the very point where Rarity no longer understands the rules of the game she is playing, the dizzying dance of dialogue suddenly becomes crystal clear. It’s as if the alcohol Rarity drinks has a real, tangible impact on her perception and description of the world. Bravo. An exquisitely crafted work.
(“like epileptic caterpillars” is such a perfect descriptive phrase, I’m stealing that for sure.)
*squee*
YES!
YES!!
YESSSSS!!!!!! YOU GET IT!!! IT IS THIS. EXACTLY.
Rarity is a hopeless romantic, with a big emphasis on the hopeless, who as an angel does has ascended to the heights of high society, and familiarized herself with all its subtleties. AND YET. Under all the layers, of which she has many, under all the property and effortless, natural perfection. She remains. The very same Small Town Trash Queen she was before even the dream of Canterlot stopped being a dream and became a goal.
WHEEEEEZE
Marvellous. I've always been a sucker for character studies, so a three-way (heh heh heh) character study like this is like catnip.
I made it to the end and realized I'd been grinning the whole time.
Marvelous trialogue. Such a good job of shifting who has the upper hoof fluidly and naturally. Twilight's read of Rarity lands so well.
I don't read much romance.
Oh, wait, let me rephrase that.
I didn't read much romance. Now... I'll take twenty of these.
Rarity's soul projection made me laugh out loud on the bus. Good show!
Between this and 'The Elephant In The Relationship', Twilight, Rainbow and Rarity are quickly becoming my OT3 paring. Need MORE of this!
The shipping in this is really excellent, but more importantly, damn I'm hungry after this delicious prose, where do I find good Prench food near me i want whatever Rainbow Dash had
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It's real and you can make it yourself
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oh celestia do I have plans to make now! 😋
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Hopefully you’ve also read flimsy pretexts? Because it’s also amazing.
It's so wonderful to see two of my most favorite authors bouncing off each other.
And this story is just exceptional. Not as many sexual delicacies as Flimsy Pretexts, much to my sinful disappointment. But the flow, the prose and dialogues are just excellent, as expected from MrNumbers. The witty banters, the twists and turns in the hands at play, so to speak, among the three are just so smooth. The double meanings and hidden implications are too rich, I needed to reread the story twice to catch them all. And Shorebreak was just precious.
Not sure if I'd agree that jocks were Rarity's guilty pleasure though, since in the show, she was more for the "elegant" type of stallions and never expressed interest in the athlete type, in fact even dislike sports for being "sweaty". But the thing about her having sweet spot for Dash's ‘knight in armor’ image is so spot on, I'm surprised no RariDash shippers ever thought of it. And of course Twilight's assessment of Dash's soft spot for the ‘feminine’ aesthetics. Wonderful character study. Leave a lot for shippers to think about.
I hope to find a healthy doughnut of my own someday
I like how this stayed in the moment and never once let the drama fall to the side.
I LOVE THIS GREAT CONCEPT GREAT EXECUTION SO MAMY BANGER LINES LFG!!!!
I read this a while ago, just didn't comment until now. This was really good, and the three girls played off each other well (along with the waiter). I did personally feel like there was an edge of competitiveness that didn't quite feel like it would lead to romance, but it managed to work out in the end.
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That's super funny to me, because these are three characters I personally see as being defined by their competitiveness at some level.
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Yeah, I can see that. It's not even the first RariDash I've read that references it.
1) How is every line of this fic funnier than the last??? WHY is every line of this fic better than the last?!?
2) This fic single-handedly sold me on Raridash. And I already shipped Raridash.
Me too. I might just be too stupid or tired to but I'm not sure what the joke is
Ignoring that, nice story. Never seen this pairing before but it's pretty cute.
Every word in this sent sparks into my brain with how real and smooth it felt. All of these ladies were flirty and characterized perfectly. The little gestures and verbal sparring were done so well. Shorebeak was a champ here. Thanks for this story.
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I agree. The great thing about these three competitiveness, is that it's usually in fields that don't overlap, so there's never going to be resentment when one of them wins something. Other competitive pairs (coughs in AppleDash) end up bouncing hard into the fact they both care about winning the same contests. And that's a breeding ground for resentment. And resentment is poison to a relationship.
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I've noticed the phrase "Bicker like an old married couple" has really fallen off in the generation since no-fault divorces existed. It's like pinning action movies to air lead levels.
Well, another reread of this one today, happens to be my 4th or 5th times, and it still gets me every single time.
This wasnt the fic that sold me on raridash, as I'd read flimsy pretexts and another i dont remember the name of before this, but it still is one that I feel captures the relationship between these three very well.
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Since I also wrote Flimsy Pretexts, I'm still very happy to be the author who's got the first fic whose name you can remember.
This was definitely a result of a conversation with Monochromatic about one upping Flimsy Pretexts based on what I learned by writing it.
This was a amazing and fun read.
I laughed so hard at some parts to the point I was wheezing and falling from my bed.
The whole conversation and flirting was so smooth and in character incredible writing.
My favorite part was:
Rainbow dash doing the most cheasy and out of poket thing ever yet it worked is so halirios yet its so cannon that I kept re reading that part.
And then we have twilight at the end doing the SAME freaking thing. And it worked so well AGAIN that Rarity soul got blow away from her body.
That scene was peak comedy
Shout out to my man Shorebreak bro really was in a leuge of his own.