“Twilight A. Sparkle. You’re kidding, right, Egghead? Three years later and I never knew your middle name, and now I know why. Seriously, what were your parents thinking? Twilight… A Sparkle!”
“Funny, Dash. Mom always said I she knew I was going to be special even before I was born, when I was just a sparkle in Daddy’s eye.”
“Yeah, Twi, that wasn’t a sparkle in his eye. It was forty ounces of Apple Acres’ finest and a night without your brother in the house.”
“Keep laughing, Featherbrain. You know I’ll get you to be Rainbow Sparkle eventually. Your middle name is Aeryn, so you’ll be Rainbow Aeryn Sparkle, which I believe will make you - “
“Don’t say it. I’m warning you.”
” - Rainbow A. Sparkle. See? That won’t be so bad. Then you’ll be - “
“I mean it, don’t you dare say it out loud, Twilight!”
” - you’ll be A Sparkle too!”
“You’re toast. You are so toast, Sparky.”
“Got a better idea?”
“Naturally! How about Twilight Sparkle Dash? Coolness name-ified.”
“Name-ified? Rainbow, that’s not even… Oh, forget it. Besides, Twilight Dash sounds like another name for a midnight run to the liquor store.”
“And Rainbow Sparkle is any better? With a name like that, I might as well start wearing a flower bonnet and farting glitter.”
“Well, can you imagine my middle name, followed by Dash? I got teased enough in school for having a name like that followed by Sparkle.”
“BWAA HA HA HA HA HA! Oh sweet sweaty Celestias, that’s a good one! Wow, just - wow. How come I never said that out loud? That is so going on the next ‘You saved Ponyville’ banner. ‘Thank you for rescuing our collective flanks, Twilight A…’ “
“LA LA LA LA, I hear nothing! As I was saying before you reminded me why we always think long and hard about a foal’s name before we get to the delivery room - we could hyphenate. You could, or I could, or we could both hyphenate.”
“Uh, sorry, Twi, I know you like to get creative with your magic and all, but I’m not really into that super-kinky stuff, remember? I mean, sure, I guess we could try it, but only if you can promise me this time we can get the hamster out of the accordion.”
“First, Dash - ew. Try to separate what we actually did from what you were daydreaming about, okay? And it was a guinea pig, not a hamster. Second, I meant hyphenate, as in we could keep both last names. Twilight and Rainbow Sparkle-Dash. Has a nice ring to it, don’t you think?”
“Oh, ah, yeah - that was totally what I meant. Sparkle-Dash? Not awful, at least. But Dash never comes in second, got it?”
“Okay, Dash-Sparkle. I like it! So it’s a go?”
“Huh? You were serious, T? Nope. No go.”
“Why not? It’s us, it’s romantic, it - “
“It would take me eighty-seven years to mouth-write. Rainbow Aeryn Dash-Sparkle? I think I got older just trying to say it out loud.”
“Fine, Rainbow. If you have a better suggestion, let’s hear it.”
“Well, traditionally ponies don’t adopt the parents’ names at all, right?”
“Correct. Ponies name their foals whatever they believe will be the best fit. There’s a theory by Hoofstadter about pony naming predestination paradoxes as they factor into cutie mark emergence, which - ”
“Focus, Egghead! Anyway, this whole sharing-of-names thing is modern, right?”
“Yes. It’s a contemporary trend which began as a fad in the Vanhoover-Trotronto area about twenty years ago and - oh, sorry. Um, yes. It’s recent.”
“So there aren’t any conventions yet about what name goes where, right?”
“Right.”
“Brain-ify this, Twilight. What if we swap middle names instead?”
“You mean I’d become Twilight Aeryn Sparkle, and you’d be Rainbow - ”
“Correct! We have the same middle initial, so you’d still be Twilight A. Sparkle and I’d still be Rainbow A. Dash. Problem solved, ten seconds flat.”
“That - that’s the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard you suggest, Rainbow. I love it! But wait - remember what we said about Dash, if it comes after my middle name? How it would sound not a little - well, let’s call it unfortunate?”
“I know. Major loss of cool points. But that’s a bullet I’d take for you, Twilight.”
“And I wouldn’t make you, Rainbow. I know how much that would irk you, even if you wouldn’t admit it. How about this? I’ll take your middle name and become Twilight Aeryn Dash, while you take my last name and become Rainbow Dash Sparkle. Deal?”
“But I… I just… Oh, for the love of - fine. Rainbow D. Sparkle it is.”
“Wonderful! That’s my mare.”
“Yeah, I’m a sap. Don’t rub it in. Too bad you’ll have to lose a middle name like that, though. It was a real doozy.”
“That’s okay, Dash. Our family’s got a few of those to spare. Did I ever tell you Shining’s middle name? If you thought mine was bad, you’ll love this! His last name’s Armor, and we always called him Shiny. So keep that in mind, because his middle name is - “
'Twas very awesome, this chapter.
Damn you, now i want to know what the name was!
Awwwww, why don't we know Shining's?!
I MUST KNOW WHAT SHINING'S MIDDLE NAME IS
Um... you then go on to say "Rainbow A. Sparkle". So what am I missing?
Also, is this one of those cases where anything you can give us, for both Twi and Shiny, wouldn't live up to our expectations? Or are you sitting on two amazing names, and laughing at our confusion?
thats just wrong in so many ways WHY did you not tell us his middle name.
What are the middle names?
Its something with "L", right?
Shining L. Armor. A bit tweaking and you got Shining L'amore. XD
Aeryn is a pretty name. I like it.
Awesome chapter.
I feel really dumb for asking this but:
Twilight's name is literally just "A."? or did I miss something?
2410535 that's too rich !!!
WHAT'S HIS MIDDLE NAME?!
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Don't worry, bro. I'm lost too.
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Thanks!
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Good catch! Edited. And yes, busted, I totally might or might not maybe know what their middle names could possibly not have potentially never been. ish.
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Almost named my kid Aeryn. Ridiculously cool name, especially if you've ever seen Farscape. And it's not a dumb question! I intentionally left it ambiguous. We know her middle initial is A (just the initial, not the actual middle name), and that it's terribly embarrassing when followed by Sparkle, and even worse when it's followed by Dash. The rest is up to the reader's imagination.
The reply above also marks the first time I've ever used the {spoiler} tags. Fun!
You had better tell us what Shining's middle name is... Or else
Wait whats twilights middle name?
That was most interesting but what Shiny's middle NAME! Oh well can't cry over spilled milk, twas a sweet chapter indeed looking forward to the next one
ARGH! I can't quite come up with any decent ideas for Twilight's middle name.
Curse my lacking English vocabulary. XD
GASP!
Rainbow has the Will of D now! MUCH SENSE HAS BEEN MADE.
~Skeeter The Lurker
Very adorable, this! Though yeah, we need a sequel that goes into Shining's middle name.
Loved this one, though I couldn't even begin to guess what the A stands for....
On another note, Trotronto? Is this even pronounceable?
Twilight, Canadian? I always saw Rarity as Canadian myself.
GAHHHH
YOU TROLL ....tell us his name
and here starts the house of D
I don't get it. What is so bad about A Sparkle?v Is it just because it looks like "a sparkle"?
I am dumb and in need of clarification.
When I first saw "Aeryn" I immediately thought Farscape, you just went higher on my list.
Anyway, my imagination must not be working right now, because I can't think of any A. names that would be that awful when followed by Sparkle and even worse when followed by Dash.
Well done, sir. I've been trolled. I lose.
<3 DarqFox
Moustache for you.
You sir, are a bastard and a troll.
I'm pretty sure Tara Strong is Canadian, thus meaning that Twilight is also Canadian.
What's the name?! I WANNA KNOW! arg.
Heh, that was funny, but I thought the best part of this was Twi's mention of naming predestination paradoxes and cuties marks. A lot of the characters in the show have very suitable names given their personalities and cutie marks, but if you think about it, it's odd (in terms of internal consistency) that they have such fitting names. I mean, what if Fluttershy had grown up to be loud and aggressive like Rainbow Dash? What if Dash had ended up being shy and scared of her own shadow?
Over-analyzing, to be sure, but still -- it's interesting.
"...hamster out of the accordion..."
Someone's been reading Dave Barry!
Commence read.
Hm. Looks like that got solved then.
2411053 Someone needs to write this. So, SO much.
I just love the Hoofstadter/Hofstadter reference!
My only question is, does that refer to Douglas or Richard Hofstadter? Or am I just imagining things?
Hhhnnnnggg...
I think you have single-handedly made TwiDash my favorite ship, even though I'm normally opposed to intra-Mane Six.
STAHP.
I may be forced to get out a dictionary here...
I have to risk feeling stupid, and just ask:
What's funny/bad about the name A. Dash?
2591891 Depends on what the A stands for.
I just got bored and skimmed through the entire A section of my dictionary, trying to figure out Twilight's middle name. Here are my suggestions:
Acute
Adorable
Audacious
Audible
Did I miss any good ones?
Her middle name is just the letter A. A sparkle in my fathers eye.
2592432 Sprry about replying to your ancientish post but you forgot adorkable
2592432 Sprry about replying to your ancientish post but you forgot adorkable
Is it iust me or did I double post?
A Dash? I don't get it.
IN! SHINING ARMORS MIDDLE NAME?!
I NEED TO KNOW SHINY’S MIDDLE NAME!