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A strange man awakens to find himself in an even stranger place. Looking around, he discovers that he is sitting on a hard surface in an infinite white void.
"Huh. This is... odd," he thinks to himself.
Suddenly, there is a flash of light, and another, identical man appears next to him. He seems just as confused, but before they can say anything to one another, more flashes of light occur. The next thing they know, the void is filled with a bunch of these men, the physical differences between most of them being marginal at best. One brave soul dares to speak up first as they all stare at each other with confusion.
"Are you guys me?"
Another responds.
"Am I you?"
More begin to speak up.
"Are we us?"
"We are I?"
"Us we you?"
"Yes, Wii U."
"Shut up."
The men fall silent once more, no longer knowing what to say. Luckily for them, the awkward silence is disrupted by something appearing in the "sky" above them in that white void. That something is black Helvetica text reading "Error 503: Service Temporarily Unavailable. Reality is temporarily unable to service your request to exist due to maintenance downtime. You will return to your existence shortly."
"Huh," says one of the men.
"Would you look at that," says another.
"If any of you make a Matrix reference, I'll kill you."
"With kindness?"
"Sure, let's go with that."
"...So, did any of you guys get isekai'd into a world of talking ponies, or was that just me?"
"Yup," almost every other man present says simultaneously.
"Ah, good, some common ground."
"Shall we introduce ourselves?"
"Well, my name is Anon."
"My name is Anon, too."
"Yeah, I'm also Anon."
"Okay so we're literally all Anon. We, uh, REALLY need nicknames or something."
"What can we use that makes us different from each other?"
"Why don't we share a little about ourselves and go from there?"
"Okay. Well, I wound up in Equestria a few years ago, got married to Pinkie Pie, tried to-"
"Woah woah woah, you married PINKIE PIE?"
"Y-yeah?"
"Hmph. Some Anon you are. I married Rarity, like an esteemed gentleman would."
"I don't know what you two are talking about. I married the lovely Princess Cadance."
"CADANCE?!" Many other Anons express their shock simultaneously.
"Yes, Cadance. You know, Princess of Love? Ruler of the Crystal Empire?"
"What about Shining Armor?"
"Who?"
"...Okay, we're definitely all from different timelines, yeah?"
"I'd sooner agree with you than get a headache trying to figure it out."
"Why don't we have that be our method of telling each other apart? We can just refer to each other using our spouses' names."
"That sounds stupid, but whatever."
"Why, what would that make your name?"
"Pear Butter, why?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"...Different timelines, indeed."
The Anons all sit in a circle, with one in particular standing up to speak to the crowd.
"Alright, let's do a roll call around the circle. We've got Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Pear Butter, Cadance, ...sigh, Diamond Tiara."
"How many times do I have to tell you?! She's thirty years old in my timeline!"
"...Derpy Hooves, Chrysalis, Daybreaker, Nightmare Moon, ...Zombie?"
"I don't have a wife seeing as I come from the 'zombie apocalypse' timeline. Count your blessings, gentlemen."
"Ooookay then. We have two Lunas, which we have separated into 'Luna' and 'Gamer Luna?'"
"She would be proud to be called that."
"If you say so. We have SIX Celestias, which have been named Tia 1, Tia 2, Tia 3, Tia 4, Tia 5, and Royal-Tia. I don't know WHY you insist on that nickname, but there it is."
"I promise that name makes sense to someone, somewhere."
"And what about all of us here?"
"I don't know, deal with it I guess."
"Ugh. Anyway, we have the outliers. Sunny Starscout, Misty Brightdawn, Pipp Petals, Zipp Storm, and Izzy Moonbow. The rest of us have no idea who those ponies are."
"They're from the future."
"...Right. We also have Anonfilly, I guess."
"I am going to murder Twilight, I swear."
"Good for you, little lady."
"Bite me."
"And we have a bunch more that I could name off too, but frankly, I'm bored."
"This is lame."
"I miss my wife."
"I also miss my wife."
"Don't even TRY to talk to me, Applejack."
"Man, this is a weird naming convention."
After some time, the Anons started to naturally drift apart into sub-groups, discussing whatever they could think of.
"Well, guys. It seems we've led a lot of different lives, but at least we can agree on one thing: We really love Celestia."
"I have to say, Royal-Tia, this tea is delicious. How did you even make it in an endless void?"
"I've got some pretty strong magic."
"How'd you go and accomplish that?"
"Long story. Heck, if you tried to split it into stories, it'd probably take, like, at least eleven entries to get through the whole thing."
"Stroke your ego a bit more, why don't ya? Let me guess, it ends with you and Tia getting married?"
"Pretty much. That and killing a god."
"You killed a god?"
"Well, technically a goddess, but yeah."
"..."
"...What? I had help. Including Sunny Starscout. I'm glad she's in good hands in a few other timelines."
"Man, all I did was ask to hold Tia's hoof and get sick once."
"I hate it when it's 'that' time of year for her. My lower body can't take much more of a beating."
"E-excuse me?"
"What, do you guys not have that?"
"..."
"Lucky."
"So, you're a stallion?"
"I used to be a human, actually. After ending up in Equestria, Twilight sent me through this mirror thing to another dimension where everyone else is human. But, uh, since I was a human already, I got turned into a stallion when I went through. Still married Sunset Shimmer about eight years later, though."
"She got away with marrying a stallion in a human world? I can see that being fine in Equestria, but..."
"Oh, we go back and forth between dimensions all the time. It's easier that way."
"Okay, I think I get that now, but what about you, Anonfilly? Why are you a... well, a filly?"
"Twilight thought it would be funny."
"That's it?"
"That's it. I have been plotting my revenge ever since."
"Well, good luck with that."
"Shut up."
"I'm not saying there's anything wrong with you, I'm just saying that Izzy is a bit hyper for my tastes."
"And Pipp is a bit annoying for mine."
"Now that's not fair!"
"Guys, please, settle down."
"Stay out of this, Sunny!"
"Sigh, fine. Misty, what's up with you? I don't know much about that mare."
"She was the apple of my eye when I first met her. But, er, that obviously went nowhere until we took care of Opaline."
"Who is Opaline?"
"I'VE SAID TOO MUCH."
"So, are we not going to address the elephant in the room?"
"What, the fact that our wives are five of the most important mares in Equestria?"
"No, the fact that even among all of these different timelines, the only element that none of us fell in love with is Rainbow Dash."
"In my timeline she married Applejack."
"Same here."
"What about you, Applejack?"
"She most certainly didn't in mine! She's still single to my knowledge."
"Huh. Weird."
"Are we biased or something?"
"Surely not. Who doesn't love a good tomboy?"
"Zipp over there LOVES a good tomboy, apparently."
"Maybe, if there's some sort of grand creator out there that, like, decides what we're going to say before we say it, said creator just finds it really difficult to write compelling narratives surrounding poor Dash."
"Pfft. Even a monkey with a typewriter could do that."
"Whatever you say, dude."
One Anon sits alone, far away from the crowd. He looks at the other Anons with a blank stare, occasionally mumbling to himself.
"For me, all of those mares are just cartoon characters. From my favorite cartoon."
His eyes grow slightly misty.
"Just my luck, being the only one from a timeline where I don't get isekai'd."
...
"Wish this void had something for me to hurl myself off of."
The Anons all find themselves in a circle once again, having just finished having an intense discussion regarding the geopolitical climate of Equestria and its neighbors.
"GOOSE!"
One of the Anons proceeds to book it around the circle, while one of the sitting Anons shoots to his feet to give chase.
Man, these guys are bored. How long have they been here?
All of the Anons are forced to look to the "sky" as the black Helvetica text suddenly changes to "Maintenance Complete. If reality isn't returned within 30 seconds, please fill out a support ticket."
"Oh thank goodness, I was getting SO BORED. Hey, Derpy, how long have we been here?"
The Anon nicknamed "Derpy" looks down at his watch.
"About eight minutes."
"That long, huh?"
With even less of a warning than when they arrived, the Anons all disappear from the void simultaneously, never to see each other again.
Which, let's be honest, is probably for the best.
Can you guess what movie I saw recently? No points for getting it right.
Also, if you're having a hard time keeping up with who is saying what...
Good. 
As always, I appreciate any and all feedback!
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This.
Is.
Hysterical.
How meta.
The Anon verse
... What?
...does this mean we'll be getting an Anon-Filly fic?
beautiful.
What is this insanity that I just read?
While I am very confused by where this came from, this was hilarious, brother.
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You missed a golden opportunity there. You should’ve said ‘Into the Anon-verse’!
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Or better yet, “Into the retard verse.”
Me too man
I'm dying laughing, it's too metal and comical. I would like a reference in future works, it would be most funny and interesting. 🤣
I normally don't read these... things. But this was worth it for sure.
.
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Do you even know what that word actually means?
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This,
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Same
Oh, the insanity
This story... I had a good laugh about it every moment with all the Anons together
I also love the references to the previous stories you've written.
I also noticed that there are possible future stories where Anon dates somepony else whether it's G4 or G5.
I certainly hope so! Only time can tell.
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When I mean retard I mean Anon, not you, AllBridge
Skill issue.
You definitely have a favored archetype. It's fun to see you indulge in some metareference. Thank you for it.
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it does fit though, no?
Eight whole minutes???
I'm shocked any of them survived.
I’m loving the references to the past stories LOL, also rip for the one actual brony Anon that got fucked
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Yeah, I knew what you were tryin’ to say. It’s alright, I wasn’t offended, and I didn’t think too much about it until I saw the like/dislike ratio
Man, you got dumpstered for that misunderstanding!
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Fr bro. Glad you understand I wasn’t talking about you lmao.
So many stories to tell, the differences are the writers to their own main character.
I love me some good ol' metanarrative comedy :b good writing !!
Publish a damned book. Every story you write makes it to featured. You have talent. Real talent.
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I'm extremely flattered you think so! That said, I have no intention of doing anything of the sort. I'd prefer to just keep this as a hobby. It's the same reason why I don't make a Ko-Fi or a Patreon or anything like that: Once money or obligations are involved, I'll start getting really stressed out, haha!
Don't normally read human stories, but I like this one, because when Anons get together it's going to be a meta comedy and they're super stupid and funny…
Kind of reminds me of This fic, actually. That's some funny stuff.
I'll say it again, I actually find it even more hilarious when Anons have to deal with other Anons~
Poor non-isekai anon
That was a decent waste of my time. Not saying it's bad, but I probably should be finishing off my fics instead of reading this.
We need a spin-off for just non-isekai anon, except instead of going to them, they come to him on earth.
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Clearly, the one Anon that I can relate to...or any of us can relate to in our individual lives!
I haven't had coffee this morning and I'm laughing too much right now. Nice work
this is exactly why I quit drinking. Spoiler alert- it didn't help.
Anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon and anon.
Gee, thats a lotta anon to go around.
What a coincidence, It took me 8 minutes to read all of this...
... I should read more.
Gud shit m8.
this is the first fic that has genuinely made me laugh
"Don't even talk to me Applejack" just sent me
I was kind of hoping that one of the anons would have been isekai'd to a different world, like Star Wars or something, and when the other anons learn this they'd all flip out.
I've wondered about this. Like, if a human went through the mirror on Equestria's side, would they turn into a pony on the human world side? Like an inverted situation?
With how many stories have an Anon with Rainbow Dash, out of the multiple universes I think there being no anon with her is the hardest to believe.
Now I feel the need to read all of your stories so I can get all the references
Too many of them
I re-read this for the hell of it and it got me to thinking. Let's say for the sake of argument that a multiverse really exists and that there are thousands of you in existence that all took a slightly different path from the rest of you.
Now... picture yourself being the only Anon that didn't get Isekai'd watching all the other versions of yourself having the time of their lives with their pony wives from your favorite cartoon show. You would be left wondering how you were the only one, out of thousands, that didn't tragically die and end up in the show.
Watch your back Anon. Isekai is coming for you.
Ya’ know, it’d be kinda funny if this ended up happening over & over again on an annual basis, with all the Anons just talking with each other about the last year, conversing with those in their own versions of equestria about it, developing their own miniature pseudo-culture, relaying technological, arcane & scientific advancements between realities, etc, etc.
Plot twist: Non Isekai Anon is actually Reverse Isekai Anon but he doesn't know it yet
DOESNT MATTER!
Anonfilly: HI!
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I heard the "water and water water water" meme go off
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Ehhhhh
Don't use that word okay?
Ah, they are the anons from your own stories?
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Some are references to my own works, yes, others are just jokes though.
This one hit hard... damn.
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Is it though? We are dealing with alternate realities/timelines after all.