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Andrew Joshua Talon


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Twilight's friends try to matchmake for her to help her handle stress better. They hook her up with Big Macintosh. This won't lead to any problems, will it?

Cover pic by kwark85.

Featured on 7/10/2023! Thank you so much!

Chapters (4)
Comments ( 47 )

She wanted this to work out well... But with this crew of ponies on it, how well could it possibly go?

...And From those Very Words Sgt. Murphy has his attention all over this Operation.

And so you are starting a new story eh? Has the Muse left ya hanging on the other story if I may ask? :trixieshiftright:

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Eh. I'm getting back to my roots: Funny romantic comedy with ponies.

That's a pretty amazing first chapter can't wait for more

Have I mentioned that I think Unsolicited Matchmakers™ are the scum of the earth? :twilightsheepish:

Interesting. I like to see where this goes :)

Dan

FLCL is too boring for Pinkie.

Says a lot about what's in her head.

"I fear no pony... but that thing... it scares me."
-Discord

Oh yeah, this is pretty good so far.

"Come on Applejack, we all want to avoid Twilight going Twilight again," Dash pleaded, "this'll help loosen her up! If it goes well~."

"Yer a lewd pony," Applejack grumbled.

"Am I wrong?" Dash asked challengingly.

Applejack sighed.

:rainbowlaugh:

Applejack opened her mouth... When Granny Smith hobbled in, chuckling.

"Ah now, Big Mac! There's a better way t' go about it!"

"As I recall, Miss Sparkle is quite the whiz with many an intellectual thing," she said, "you can go over there wit' your life tables and talk to her. See what she can do to help out. She gets to do somethin' nice fer us, you get out to talk to a mare, we get a genius to help us with our farmwork, and you can resolve that whole mind control debacle! All at once!"

Man, Granny Smith coming in like that with that approach was smooth as hell.:ajsmug:

Ok, this looks good. Adding to watch list.

"Ugh," Dash groaned, "I can't believe he's an egghead! To think he's a nerd too!"

He does play Ogres and Oubliettes pretty well, if I remember correctly.

This is cute, I’m loving this! Maybe a future OnO session, or something for the two of them. What an adorable story so far! :twilightsmile:

Solid start. The Baroness title shocked me, but it makes sense. The Apple Family owns more land than any other family in Ponyville and the town formed around their farm after Celestia gave them the land. With vast amounts of land usually comes a title. They wouldn't be the first noble family that was Land Rich and Money Poor.

Dear celestia, is there anypony who isn't scheming to get this mare laid?

This is adorable. I cant wait to read more

She knows him a bit considering who his sister is but not as well as his sister. I honestly hope it works out considering most fans put twilight with someone who falls under not ordinary. An ex villain or a changeling or a human turned pony.

I hope that Celestia send a letter to Twilight and it says can't wait for grandfoals

Dan

I hope Scootaloo doesn't get it in her head that running somepony over with a scooter and bashing them with a guitar is a good way to pick up colts. Rainbow Dash wouldn't be that irresponsible of a big sister than to let her think that... or would she?
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Sweetie and Button bond over cosplaying. Rarity was so proud when they did Harlock and Emeraldas.

:facehoof:

This can't possibly end well...

I love how hard Rainbow is trying to prove she’s not only a lesbian. Even if she gives major ‘20 dollars is 20 dollars’ vibes LOL!:rainbowlaugh:

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When a certain trio is involved, well you would be right

Sophomore chapter is quality

This chapter hit every mark possible. I can totally see Cadence doing that. Velvet is classic Velvet. The CMC are in top form. Referring to Big Mac as a minor noble lord still takes some getting used to, also not sure I like him not being the heir as the older sibling.

I need more of this.

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It's Rainbow Dash. Of course she's that irresponsible.

Well, one trainwreck got miraculously avoided somehow regarding the act of them asking each other out on a date.

But that train is still speeding along and several others just left the station with other parties getting involved...:pinkiecrazy:

"I'll start planning the wedding!"

Sounds like a good use of time. What else do they get up to over there anyway?

I am so glad that flashback with a young Larry made it into a story. :ajsmug:

I can see it now. Twilight and Mac are trying to have a reasonable date, trying hard to ignore Applejack and Caramel only to have Blueblood kick in the doors with his butler at his side.

"Say! I mean you! Keep your dirty hooves off Lady Ponyville! Duel! You bet I'll duel you... for the honor of Lady Ponyville."

Applejack sighes. "All Celestia's sake, calm down Larry."

So... when is this set? Because the opening suggested it was soon after Lesson Zero, but it's apparently also after the love poison incident and looks to be getting Cadance involved with things too. I mean, yes, the show's chronology has always been a four-dimensional anarcho-pretzel, but this still feels kinda weird.

Also, I have to say, Dash and Rarity have some great interactions here. Honestly makes me kinda wish Dash's attraction-hint hadn't been towards AJ, but that's probably my own biases talking.

And here I thought Luna just wanted attention... :rainbowlaugh:

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It's after Lesson Zero and the Love Potion incident but before the Wedding/Changeling Invasion. So it's not too much of a pretzel.

And I just love writing Rarity and Rainbow Dash bouncing off eachother. They're a lot of fun to write.

And no, I don't follow most of the canon pairings because I feel most were just made to get Twitter likes.

"That's exactly what I mean! Come on, you saw how she looked! Total dominatrix pony! Only some twisted up virgin would be into stuff like that!"

This story is getting stranger and stranger…

"Are you sayin," Applejack began, "that Nightmare Moon wouldn't have happened if Princess Luna had jest... Gotten laid?"

This right here is Straight Up Comedic Gold right here. Also posting an excerpt journal into part of this series is quite a twist! Keep it up.

I like where this is going.

Ah mean, what could some high class national heroine want with some plow horse like me?

Maybe she wants to get plowed? :pinkiegasp:

And here we see how Chaos can happen and even his time Discord can safely say he didn't do anything to make it happen. :rainbowlaugh:

REALLY good work on this story thus far. Nothing I can say that other reviewers haven't already said better, but, yeah, a little romantic comedy once in a while is actually pretty refreshing given how messed up the world is. And, of course, the dialogues, characterizations and future chapter set-up are all pretty well done too. Of course, given the lack of an Alternate Universe tag, it's pretty easy to guess that this scheme is going to end in disaster - perhaps not the first date, or perhaps not even the second, maybe not even the third, but eventually. After all, we all know Mac ends up marrying Sugar Belle years later. In the meantime, though, this is still pretty sweet and funny.

Definitely looking forward to more of this.

Rarity couldn't hold back the cackle, and she didn't bother to.

This reminds me of Esther's excellent Hoofballistic:

[Rarity], while often considered attractive, was generally thought to be one enchanted sewing device accident away from becoming a supervillain. The device itself was potentially optional.

Well... Even if Applejack was watching, so far, this night was turning out nicely. A mare interested in how he organized things?

Aha! Big Mac will revolutionize the Ponyville Library’s whole organization system just by talking to Twilight!

Absolutely perfect writing, and I love the characterization you’re doing with these ponies, it’s just top notch! Excellent job, and can’t wait for the next update!

What a lovely story. I love the CMC's schemes. I bet at some point Scootaloo will insist one of the stallions date RD, just so Scoots can have her own scheme.

Man this is getting so good.:rainbowkiss:

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It might not end in disaster as much as some think, this seems to start before Twilight ascended so when that happens, again possible due to lack of AU tag, Big Mac could just pull the "I like/love you but the royal life is not for me" card. I am not expecting it to change the story, unless the AU tag can be/gets added later, but there are many ways it can end without it being a "disaster".

Interesting, 🤔🤔

Some really good chapters 😁

"Are you sayin," Applejack began, "that Nightmare Moon wouldn't have happened if Princess Luna had jest... Gotten laid?"

Dash nodded eagerly.

"That's exactly what I mean! Come on, you saw how she looked! Total dominatrix pony! Only some twisted up virgin would be into stuff like that!"

Applejack opened her mouth... Thought about it... Lowered her hoof.

"Yeah, that tracks."

Meanwhile, in Canterlot:
Luna: "Sister, we have the distinct impression that somepony, somewhere, hath...what's the expression? 'Shat on us.'"

ROBCakeran53
Moderator

TWIMAC!?
IN 2023!!??
Hella. Cannot wait for more.

ROBCakeran53
Moderator

Bruh.

This is fantastic. I've got chills, they're multiplying!

I eagerly await the continuation!

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