This chapter was written by my co-author and was published as a one shot! The tone is a little more silly and explicit than the rest of the story, though it isn't mature, it does have swear words and sexual content. It's a comedic satire though, not to be taken quite as seriously as this story.
It is canon, however, so keep that in mind also, but I've made sure you do not need his story to continue this one. Please enjoy!
There is a distinct possibility of more of these if it does well!
Oh lawd...
I wonder how long it took for Twilight to figure out not to eat any Apple products.
2934424 Why would she not eat any apple products?
2934448 I'm curious as well, I can't think of any innuendo or side jokes that I may have missed so, 2934424 do tell.
2934083 When I said "computer" I meant "programmable electronic digital computer". I was referring to Colossus (which I've just discovered was design by Tommy Flowers, not Sir Alan Turing, my bad).
Also, the space race was part of the Cold War. One of the motivating factors (for America, at least) in it was the fear that if Russia won the space race than they would have a insurmountable tactical advantage - such as being being able to deploy weapons from orbit.
However, you're still missing the point: yes, technology can advance without war, but not as rapidly as is necessary to maintain population growth; we can't even feed everyone as it stands and the number is only going to increase exponentially.
A resource war in 30 years? I'd have to disagree on that point, we already have the technology to survive without fossil fuels thanks to nuclear energy.
As for your "multiverse" point: I don't think you understand quantum mechanics as well as you think you do.
Is the chapter after this going to be jo and Alice trying to calm twilight down? If so that`d be hilarious!
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Lol, I get it.
2934879 HA! Good one, it was so obvious that I guess my brain just skipped over it.
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Well said daemon. Overall, my point wasnt how bad things are though, or aren't, rather. I just wanted to say I can't include everything, the good and bad, while still doing justice to the entire thing. I just dont want anyone to feel like I cheaped the whole topic, yah know?
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I would say the latter.
I was hoping this chapter would be one asking for things Twilight might watch on her own at some point. I think Pacific Rim would've been a good choice, as it showcases our innovative side when the situation calls for it, and that we can band together against seemingly unstoppable menaces. Also, the Newton's Cradle scene.
2935319I didn't want to pick nerdy movies for the sake of it, honestly I should have chosen movies that were more cultured anyway, but my own knowledge of films is very, very limited. The original wizard of Oz (well, the one everyone knows about) probably would have been a better choice. I dunno, I'm terrible at this, lol.
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Christmas is way closer actually. ^^
WE NEED MORE POSITIVE FEELS IN THIS STORY.
TWILIGHT NEEDS TO WATCH THIS!
Sorry for the capslock, but this story needed an emergency injection of feels.
Oh. Speaking of TV Tropes, aside from the potholes anyway. . . Twilight should check out the Crowning Moment of Heartwarming section and Crowning Moment of Awesome section. Because why not?
Okay, how is Jo going to deal with the Fallout of this?
Lets jut be glad she ended on her and Celestia pics, her mind might have broke if she found any sparkle/armor pics
And thus she never looked at her friends the same way ever again after watching porn.
2937303If you'd like you can write the offshoot stories of that with me.
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I won't, but my co-author or other collabists might (hopefully). I just can't in good conscience do it with so much story left untold yet, I'm finding more and more reasons to skip things that I don't want to, just to tell the meat/main plot of this fic. Suffice to say, I'll come back at the end to get this stuff, but until then I need to start on the big stuff, and hit my home run.
You'll likely see more one shot fics like chapter 14 was.
(also, goodness thank you for that overly generous review, I really appreciate it sir. ^^ I wish eqd and the bigwigs agreed, but more and more I'm realizing that they don't really matter. To put them into simple terms, they're like the Canterlot unicorns, you guys are the friendly Ponyvillians. xD)
I just realized that I had never liked this story until now.
...what other stories have i not-liked
Make her watch "the great dictator".
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Not necessarily, but I'm almost not trying to say Twilight knows everything about her own world, either. Though by gauging her reactions I guess it makes sense to think that.
Anywho as for survival of the fittest, think on what I've tried to communicate thus far, that Harmony balances and shapes the world. That means less need for carnivores to many the population of herbivores. Less disease to cull the weak, etc etc etc. I'll get into more of it later, but hold off on assumptions outside of context for now.
Her reading about what humans have popularized as a foundation, doesn't mean it doesn't exist in Equestria, it just isn't as prevalent. We all know EQ still has predators, after all.
make her watch mythbusters!
and i would suggest watershipdown, but that movie is kinda crappy compared to the book...
another movie choice?
The Dark Crystal
or
The Secret of Nimh
beautiful movies both
Geez, I accidentally deleted a comment I tried to reply to, uhm...sorry whoever that was, asking about the art...
It isn't Twilight, it's just a generic girl drawing actually. It seemed to fit though.
I just realized a PERFECT movie for Twilight to watch, lol. The Neverending Story. It's PERFECT. Not a lot of "magic" for Twi to complain about being wong and also a total metaphysical trip since it's a story about a boy reading a story that the story is aware he's reading it and mentions others watching HIS story while he's reading theirs...add to that Twilight is a "character" in FIM and I think it would lend itself to some hilarious moments where Twilight will be wondering what's happening XD It's KINDA mean...but screw it, it's funny! Besides, I was thinking there might be SOME way for her to use that idea to get back home or at least to one of her other friends. Like, what if she used the magic of the crystals to go into another story? She'll need to get to Mary first so she can talk to Luna through Mary, find out names of places the others are in, and knowing that SHE is from a story on the Earth she's on, can use that "internet" to look for the names of the other places Rarity and Fluttershy are in to to figure out if they are in the same world and then find out they are in another story, and then break into those universes and rescue her friends using the crystals and some science to focus it onto a book of the story Rarity and Pinkie are in and some Studio Ghibli DVD's to get to Fluttershy. Fluttershy will be the hardest to get to though. If she's jumping around to different Ghibli films she may not be there when Twilight goes there. Even THEN they have to beat whatever caused this and that will be hard. Twilight might still be human and not as efficient with Magic and who knows what else may happen. What if Jo and Alice get taken to Equestria or Mr. Abhorsen too, and can you imagine something evil following them int Equestria? Holy $#!T!Sorry I just had coffee...
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It's always a pleasure to have you over Mr. Straker.
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Twi could complain its nothing like the book. :P
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Maybe Tartarus has a day spa?
Also, notice that Twilight never said that ponies locked them away. And that Cerberus has been mentioned already...
*tips hat*
As for reforming spells and keep calm and flutter on. I don't adhere strictly to the show, as pointed out subtly by one chapter. I'm trying to spell it out? But Maybe I'll just have to have Twi' come out and say it, thing is I don't want to get preachy about 'my' so called take on the world and make myself seem annoying. I just want to tell my story, after all. :twilight blush:
Terminator 2.
That is all.
2942875 Only if she read it and thought the book was better.
Something occured to me: Alice is almost like a human Pinkie Pie, what would happen if she somehow ended up in Equestria?
I'm imagining her and Pinkie rambling back and forth while the rest look on in horror:
: Oh sweet merciful Celestia, there's two of them now.
2942776 Hahaha, thanks. I was just thinking of some way to use the situation they are in FOR them now and the realization that they are somewhat FROM an Earth story seemed like an interesting way to channel magic into getting them home. Only way for either Mary or Twilight to find each other though would be for one to hear of the other in the news maybe...meaning that Mary's cover may have to get blown at some point for her to make it into the news for Jo or Alice or Twilight to see and have a plan to either get to Mary or to get Mary to them.
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Lol, it's been done in a lot of stories. My favorite was a TF2 heavy crossover with a character named Ivan from the mechwarrior story in my account favorites. Dash eats bacon in that story and it's pretty funny.
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Oh, I love Falling Stars! So sad that one's on hiatus...
Ivan's a lot less bouncyhappyrandom than Pinkie though, Alice is so much like her I could see her developing reality-bending of her own if she'd end up ponified.
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lol, it wasn't intentional at all, Alice is actually based on a peppy bi friend of mine. They're a lot more sexually oriented in their jokes than pinkie though, and more level headed too. The main difference being that she's putting on more of an act just like the person.
Pinkie in Abhorsen is as close to the show as I think I can get her.
2943127 Yup but celestia sent a missing dog report after the fact. This doesn't mean he belongs to her but it implies it though i'm hoping u go with Hades or something lol.
I'm actually really enjoying this story but i've yet to read the last 2 chapters. It's just that twilight is coming off as a bit holier than thou atm and thanks to alot of bad hie fic's (from reading them you'd swear humans where a combination of the devil, cthulhu, refined evil and that thing food turns into after 7+ weeks in the back of the fridge) and the ponies shown as if they could do no wrong i get annoyed when that happens.
Can't really blame her though since that was alot to take in in one sitting for someone coming from where she does.
There's evil in the world yes and quite a lot of it in fact but there's also good. In my headcannon for this story the reason for such differences stems from the massive(?) population differences and as u suggested magic that binds everything together.
Also those damned reforming spells!! *Shakes fist*
No i shall never let that go.
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I know exaaactly what you mean, and I tried to inject certain other reactions to balance that. I didn't want her to come off as that, because she is better than that in this story. The whole situation is just kinda overwhelming. She's a good, kind pony, really.
I'll be reading chapter 14 tonight when i'm finished reinstalling 126 mods for Fallout New Vegas and progress through Fable III some more.
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lol, I hate to burst that bubble but it will likely be talked over in later chapters in small bits. It doesn't need a whole chapter to itself.
Nice new cover art. Where'd ya get it?
2947592 Twilight's not Pinkie so...I would say no at this point.
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It's not really a matter of the fourth wall. Early on in the story they did cnsider if she were real or not, though they didn't have a flat out conversation about it.... It might need some addressing later, but I do it'll be in a half joking fashion I'm sure.
Roger Rabbit definitely brings up the idea of the fourth wall though, too. The dialogue may be a little under developed in addressing everything, but I think that certain things can be left to some assumption. It's not as though they can know for sure either way in the story.
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Technically speaking it would just be what I think Twilight would be while reacting to the Iron Giant... But yeah.
A Twilight reacts to fic would be interesting though, wouldn't it?
Have twilight play universe sandbox!!!
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2947765 wut.
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Double Post. Hah