Princess Celestia has awoken... but something is wrong.
Instead of the regal and loving ruler of Equestria, her body is being piloted by something else. Whatever it is, it's certainly no pony. How well can it disguise itself? How well can it lie and improv to avoid being discovered? And can it remember enough MLP trivia to get everypony's names right?
Always interesting to see how this type goes. Especially depending on where in the timeline the switch happens.
Like the idea and execution, hoping for more
lets go
funny
Why would her door not have handles? I get why the wardrobe wouldn't have them as literally only her is thought to go in it, but there are pegusi and earthpony guards so it makes no sense why there are no handles of the door.
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I think I meant to indicate it was just a push door at the start of the next chapter, although checking there it looks like i forgot to. Mostly it fit the joke rhythm by bringing the problem back again, but I agree it doesn't make sense, especially because a google search shows that background artists tend to put normal doors and normal handles in the castle. (Why wouldn't they, it would be exceptionally distracting if they got bogged down in xenobiology instead of cartooning)
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POV your a earth pony guard and you get stuck in PC's room.
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You should be careful saying that on 4/13. You might have just given me a terrible awful no good very very funny idea.
You are one of the top royal guards in Canterlot. Calls to your honorable duty are numerous in quantity. Accolades, adequate. It is a balmy summer evening. you are feeling particularly stoic and vangaurdlike tonight.
so far perfect execution!! though i think the title should just be "an exercise in the art of bullshit, deception and cake", the current one is too long imo,,,,,,,,
Nah, it’s fine.
If anypony asks, just say they are themselves a little tilted. It’s not the sun’s fault.
Very fun to read! I hope you have lots of fun writing it!!
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- Bethesda, circa 2022.
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Consider the difference between the following: 1) grabbing a door handle, pulling the door handle, and letting physics do the rest. 2) grabbing an entire door in both hands, on hand on each side, and rotating the door on its hinges rather than pulling the door off its hinges. Pretend that your hand on the hinged side of the door wouldn't get caught between the door and the wall for the sake of this consideration.
Do you think magic would make the latter easy enough compared to the former so as to justify the minimal cut in cost that not putting handles on doors would be? Because I don't. Especially when you consider the number of double doors we see in Equestria, and how unicorns/alicorns are always opening the entire double door. Good luck working that out in your spell if your doors don't have handles. And let's not forget that part of operating doors is closing them behind you.
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Strongly agree.
That said, if we’re speculating on application of magic, surely one wouldn’t need to grasp the entire door. If we assume unicorn telekineses is an application of arbitrary physical force to a chosen point in space (in most cases, enclosing around an item to lift it), surely all one would need would be to exert a telekinetic push against either side of the door. I imagine visualization and inherent genetic muscle memory is what keeps a lot of telekinesis from being awful amounts of math. Like how humans can pick up a rock and hit a target with nothing but our eyes and muscles, despite, on paper, that being a headache worth of calculations.
That all said though, you know what would make a highly convenient focus for a telekinetic to apply their magic to and operate easily? A handle!
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It just works?
It turned out great, I want to see chapter 3 soon. :3
Oh god the "spa fon" bit was glorious loved the absolute terror that came from it. and even though it all he will never give up and I love it
And here I was thinking this story would break the "everyone speaks the same language" trope and give our isekai protagonist a language barrier challenge. Well, the joke made me laugh, so there's that.
Why would that theory hold water if it was a reincarnation into Chrysalis?
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Terrible Manhwa joke. Being neither a villainess nor doomed means not being reincarnated, as a joke about that being a whole genre of reincarnation isekai
An interesting start, I think I will follow
A good chapter
Smooth.
Super fun story!
A read so good. I didn't even notice the chapters passing. Until they we're done. and i was left wanting more. Please don't stop, This i great!
average luna activities
A good chapter, though depending on when it's set I'm just imagining a certain statue just received a fork to the back of the head
You know you're a good author when you make your readers want some pancakes.
And man I want some right freaking now lol
lol, purple heart
Penal!? You watch your dirty mouth, missy.
Mm~uah!
Good night, everybody!
I want to imagine that Celestia left her horn adorned with the donut throughout that whole fiasco.
Loving this story, very nice chapter.
Wonderful and I hope that doughnut stays on her horn for a while.
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Yes, penal. As in 'penalty'. The word has nothing to do with a penis. You're probably thinking of penile
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Yes, it was an Animaniacs reference.
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I thought so, but didn't want to assume. It's a reference to the 'conjugate' bit, right?
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lol Conjugate and the Pianist
Interesting story, looking forward to the next chapter.
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Earlier. Alt-tab bug since oblivion
Of course Luna casually speaks a dead dialect with her sister.
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"You know, Princess is having one of these days we read about in dusty tomes"
That explains why Raven gives her a look.
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Don't forget that Raven's getting an epiphany while said donut is still stuck on Celestia's horn.
Instead of 'city bus', I expected 'race car'
it has more horse power
Fun fic, thanks for writing!
No. This, is shipping
Good fun, thanks for writing!
That magazine is called Pog? :P
I had to go back and reread the previous chapter to remember that little detail about the donut that got stuck in her horn.
Nice little setup for that joke, I laughed at how creative it was.
She still left the donut on.
Oh, what would Rarity say?
There's a bomb in that watermelon slice, I wonder who is the target
Is there any image from Pogue magazine?
"Excellent work Agent 47. Huh? What do you mean Princess Celestia's immune to the poison? That stuff is meant to kill 4389 Ursa Majors!"
Wonder how long it'll take for the donut accessory to become popular because one of the princesses happen to be wearing it regularly?