The Inspiration Machine

Twilight's run out of ideas for new inventions, so she invents something to fix that.

No one said the machine would produce good ideas.

Preread by the lovely csos95, Majin Syeekoh, Arkadios, and ChudoJogurt!

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Themaskedferret

Themaskedferret #1 · March 19th · 5 · ·

I do appreciate a good Futurama reference and as an opening, excellent!

Poor SciTwi, she does try so hard. n_n

Sudrian Engineer

Sudrian Engineer #2 · March 19th · 5 · ·

It was at this point that Sunset noticed Twilight's other hand was clutching a can of beans.
Why do I have a sudden urge to run away? she pondered. "So uh... what's the invention this time?"

As a person confused by that specific universe of stories, I would have an urge to run away too.

Starflame_Sparks

Starflame_Sparks #3 · March 19th · 1 · ·

Sunset gave her a look. "You flooded the entire school with toilet water and cherry filling. I still have nightmares."

That's.. unexpected, to say the least.

"This is how I relax!"

Of course it is

"Simple!" Twilight replied. "Just place your can in here, and then load four explosive rifle blanks into here..."

Excuse me?

"Never. Again."

I want to know the context.

Mystic Sunrise

Mystic Sunrise #4 · March 19th · 2 · ·

"This is how I relax!"

Preach it, other me!

Sunset smiled at her. "It's perfect."
Twilight blushed.

Oh get a room you two.

axxuy

axxuy #5 · March 19th · 4 · ·

It was at this point that Sunset noticed Twilight's other hand was clutching a can of beans.

At first I misread this as “a can of bees” and that really had me worried.

"I give you," Twilight said, "The Turbo Legs!"

That one’s actually not so bad, as long as you keep it away from evil penguins.

gapty

gapty #6 · March 19th · 2 · ·

"Feast your eyes on the Bacon Cookinator!" she said, gesturing to her invention.

Missed opportunity to turn Twilight into Doofenshmirtz who would get Angel as her nemesis

Uz Naimat

Uz Naimat #7 · March 19th · 4 · ·

The instant I saw the words “Can-Opener”, I immediately thought of your own story, Ruin.

Also, I do love me a good Noodle Incident, especially when itʼs combined with a Brick Joke.

Excellent little slice of silliness. Best of Comedy welcomes you, The Inspiration Machine!

Also, who does your cover arts? I really like ʼem. The simplistic, 2D designs work really well.

farfalla2728

farfalla2728 #8 · March 19th · 2 · ·

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I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE!

RB_

RB_ #9 · March 19th · 1 · ·

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That’s a compliment to me, then, as I make my covers myself :p

The Voice in the Water

The Voice in the Water #10 · March 19th · 1 · ·

Twiggles, sometimes the best of intentions don't lead to good results. Be grateful that Sunset's there to be your anchor.

Uz Naimat

Uz Naimat #11 · March 19th · · ·

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I like ʼem. Keep creatinʼ, RB_!

Herald of Opera

Herald of Opera #12 · March 19th · · ·

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All you really need to know is that it's supposed to be soybeans and not baked beans. Therefore, the author clearly doesn't want to think about the series either.

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #13 · March 19th · 5 · ·

Lovely work. It’s hard being a young mad scientist. It’s hard and no one understands. But at least friends can provide some much needed perspective. Thank you for a delightful montage of madness.

shallow15

shallow15 #14 · March 19th · 4 · ·

This was a delight. And as the unofficial representative of the BCU authors collective, we thank you for the shoutout.

eiggengrau

eiggengrau #15 · March 19th · · ·

Yay for Sci-Twi!

Bookwurm666

Bookwurm666 #16 · March 20th · 3 · ·

"Simple!" Twilight replied. "Just place your can in here, and then load four explosive rifle blanks into here..."

not very useful but I want it anyway.

"It's the Autoplumber-Slash-Baker 4000! "

send it to Crystal Prep.

Jymbroni

Jymbroni #17 · March 20th · 2 · ·

Man I hope Twilight is paying for some of Sunsets gas for all the trips to her house.

FanOfWriting

FanOfWriting #18 · March 20th · 1 · ·

"Yeah. It's, like, one of the few things that actually microwaves well. I do it all the time."

Kinda confused about Sunset eating bacon. Always assumed she wasn't much of a meat fan herself due to originally being a pony.

Good and funny story though.

Hobbestc

Hobbestc #19 · March 22nd · · ·

Now now, Rainbow doesn't like pie.

Darcy

Darcy #20 · March 22nd · · ·

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weeeeeell technically horses eat meat all the time, so it isn't much of a surprise for ponies to do it too (i'll never forget when i saw a horse eat a chick... poor thing)

now, specifically, Sunset Shimmer eating meat (if bacon can even be considered that, to begin with, is another conversation entirely, shit's mostly fat) did raise one of my eyebrows lol!

Edward256

Edward256 #21 · March 25th · 1 · ·

"Let's invent a thing inventor", said the thing inventor after being invented by a thing inventor.

First thing I thought of when reading the synopsis.
Then it started to sound a bit like Dr. Weird from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
And then what Rarity said at the end made me realize that this was a jab at AI.
Also felt like that episode Inspiration Manifestation.
Was a fun read!

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Which Rainbow? The one that loves Rollercoasters or the one that is afraid of Rollercoasters?