In their free time, the CMC's often pay a visit to a particular Human in Ponyville who's a famous archivist. Why's he so famous? It's because in his in his massive basement, which is set up like a library, but for media instead of books, he keeps his vast collection of Human online video media in carefully-documented shelves and racks. Contained within his "Online Video Library", as he calls it is at least one physical copy of every YouTube video that could ever be found online, from the earliest days of the platform, to the Present Day. Many come to him wishing to see various videos, which he shows them, though for the sake of preserving his archive, no one is allowed to borrow anything, but are free to watch it on various screens and players located in the middle of the archive, and if a video is age-restricted, he asks to see ID first. He enjoys showing the Ponies of Equestria the videos he has, but for some reason, one video, labeled "Liminal Spaces but with Calm Nostalgic Music" is not available to be viewed, locked away inside a glass case. Many have asked him why this video was locked away, but he was hesitant to answer, saying only "It's a 'Cognitive Hazard' that gives painful memories." The CMC's decide to find out the truth behind the video being kept private, and learn a valuable life lesson in the process
This story is rated "E", and contains nostalgia, the CMC's, a Human, a few sad moments, discussions of Liminal Spaces, and general Slice of Life, as well as a valuable life lesson. This story also takes place within the same universe as "A Nostalgic Restaurant"
Does this include Nostalgia Critic, Atop the Fourth Wall reviews and videos made by The Judgemental Critter?
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Hello Starlight Nova,
And yes, it does. If it's a video that was ever on YouTube, from Day 1 until the Present Day (which is around 2022 in the story, and then 2032 in the last scene), then Matt has it in his Archive
It's funny how much this feels like an episode of actual educational children's programming. Loved it!
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Hello Ezekiel Namuh,
And I didn't think about that before, but you're right. When I wrote it, I was thinking of Liminal Spaces, and that scene from the movie "Billy Madison" where Adam Sandler was telling that kid to cherish his childhood, but after looking back through it after you said that, I realized that it reads a lot like an episode of "Mister Roger's Neighborhood", with Matt in the role of Mister Rogers, teaching the CMC's about Liminal Spaces, and then teaching them a valuable life lesson, both in ways that they at their young ages would understand