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This story is a sequel to Because That’s What Dragons Do
Spike grew up without his kind. His first encounter went... badly. Twilight wants to fix that, so she goes to find a mentor. That mentor ends up being Garble. No one is happy about this.
Content Warning for Trauma, PTSD, and Blood
Edited by EileenSaysHi
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Aaaah, been eager to see this post. Loving the world-building with the dragon magic thus far, and seeing Garble move to Ponyville should prove fascinating indeed.
Oooh, this is off to a great start. Can't wait to see where it goes!
Yeah, break that cycle of abuse!
And suddenly, I'm imagining the absolute horror (and bloodbath) that would be a Garble/Zephyr Breeze meeting.
We don't see many garble central stories offend I will be keeping an eye this with great interests
11970288 I swear if another writer takes that up dishonor on you, your children, and your children's children.
In before he kicks a puppy and Fluttershy traumatizes him more than his father did.
He's lucky that Maud isn't around in Ponyville yet.
Bulk Biceps should be a good influence on Garble. Gives him an outlet to vent and hopefully clear his head enough to start dealing with all that baggage.
Heh. And this rendition of Bulk seems to know when to poke back without getting dragged down to Garble's level. Nice.
I love the slow feed of Dragon lore in a very Garble way, makes it feel more natural than just reading books or asking directly.
Garble got Garbled. Also, Bulk is lovely here.
I'm loving the little callbacks to previous discussions.
Best dragon focused series so far. Love it!
Can't hulk out when you don't have inner peace.
I have read my share of AU rewrites, and I can tell that this one will be special.
I hope this story is garble healing by being a sudo father figure to Spike. It seems to be going that way and I'm happy about that.
Wow, Garble's dad couldn't have messed him up more if he was trying. Maybe even less.
Gah... Might I get lich to revive Garble's dad so I can kill him a second time only as slowly and painfully as possible...
Making friends sounds so wrong in this context
Great stuff so far! This is an interesting take on Garble and the greater setting. The scenes with his father are particularly well done.
Can't wait for more,
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Should hopefully be posting again mid october when I get some big projects finished up.
I actually have several chapters ready they just need a hard editing pass XD
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Nice!!!!!!
More please?? We need more!
The year is almost over, but here I am, hope remains XD
A short but well-written chapter. I have a feeling this will have consequences for Ponyville.
Im surprised but curious... do go on.
Nice to see this back. It's fun seeing Garble's take on the Diamond Dogs we know.
What a pleasant surprise! A short chapter, but it expands the lore of this AU a bit. Garble and the Diamond Dogs aren't the most common characters in fanfics.
cant wait for more
this is too great not to get finished
Finally sat down to read this, enjoyed myself immensely. Hope for more whenever you can.
Outcasts being a good group for Garble? Who woulda' thought.
Man, this chapter.
Huh, was not expecting Luna to show up like that. I mean, it makes sense but... well that adds an unexpected dimension to Garble's internal situation.
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The implication seems clear; Luna's dream realm only covers Equestria. But Garble's in Equestria, so his dreams are in her territory now.
Late night trauma dumping, thanks Thunderlane. Loving this fic.
Between this and the prior chapter, there's some really fascinating world building about non-pony magic going on.
Garble's a good big brother.
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It should not be forgotten that even Pinkie Pie does not dare to underestimate the strength of her relatives at Rock Farm
The end of this make me happy, this is exactly I read for
This is getting better! I wish to have added earlier dynamics like this in my story. Great work!
Great pair of chapters! It's nice that Garble is slowly figuring things out through the people he meets.
A triple update. Nice,
Nice set of chapters. Minor oddity is that Applejack went to Pinkie's farm in season 5 while Ember was introduced in season 6, so AJ should know about it. The information about Breath is interesting and I liked the training sequence.
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Not at that point. We're pre-wedding
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Ah, double checked the first chapter to make sure before making that comment and saw Ember's name, so I got confused.
...I'm going to fake getting drunk now.
He's saying those things more to convince himself than her.
And he knows it
So very much the core of this Garble.
Very nice. Enjoying the rollercoaster.
STOP! I'm running out of seat here. Why must this story get more exciting?!
Garble needs a hug.
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Great chapter! Dragon society being violent and justifying it as being biological is similar to what real life boys are told about themselves, and like that, it clearly isn't true.