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englishwitch


"If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor." - Edgar Rice Burroughs

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A fanfic built up around the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band.

Our favourite and freshly reformed Draconequis is performing his first task for Celestia.
The real story begins when he sees a certain fiddle playing mare in town and decides to have a little fun.

Cover art is an amazing coincidence. As soon as I found it I knew I had to use it.

Chapters (2)
Comments ( 28 )

I suddenly have a great desire to hear this performed.

Very nice!

I saw the title. Is this based on the song 'The Devil went down to Georgia?' or am i going crazy?
-Shadow

Why haven't I seen this before? I love it!

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:pinkiehappy: you figured it out. Maybe telling people, like, three times, was a mistake. :rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh:
:twilightsmile:

Okay, I went through a second time, and I found several errors. I don't want to sound dickish, but if I do, I apologize.

The Dr just smiled,

Never be lazy and just type "Dr." Always write out "Doctor," even in his title.

She was an Apple even if her name and cutie mark didn’t reflect it, like cousin Braeburn

I'm assuming you're talking about his name in this sentence. A braeburn is a type of apple.

Other things include the YouTube videos in the middle of the story. Not everyone wants to watch the videos. You're better off putting a link to them in the story itself, as that makes watching them optional.

(I don't know if you know this, but that pony you used for Doctor Ocsid is John DeLancie as a pony. He's the actor who voices Discord.)

I'm sure I saw someone do this already, but with Octavia.
It's still good to read again.

I love the concept of this. It's so damn unique.

Final Verdict: Does Fiddlsticks play a mean fiddle? Damn right she does.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?Simple.Both have feathers.

HUZZAH I LOVE THE SONG and when I read it (it's on my to read later list now :pinkiehappy:) I know I'll love this too! :D

We are assured the dragon is no located

now.

Awesome story. I love those, just simple plot, and what fun is it to read. Epic Violin to the win, and glad to see Discord got served... I fully expected him to cheat or to win. Unexpected!

"Everypony calls me Fiddlesticks, and I'm known from north to south
This might be a mistake, but your bet I'll take
And teach you for for flappin' your mouth."

Bravo. That's all you need to say to this.

Bravo.

~Skeeter The Lurker

Give me a couple of hours and I can probably do the whole song - make it more original.

Thats funny. Lindsey Stirling is gonna be here in town next week. Sold out show.

Nice and very fun:pinkiehappy::pinkiehappy: Group add? 'Cause we need more Fiddlesticks stories:twilightsmile: (EDIT: did it anyway. If you object, let me know:scootangel:)

Hmm... What's up with this "Fiddles and Discord" stuff I'm seeing more of? Mayhaps I also make use of the idea of them together in the future? Though, of course, I had already been playing with the idea; and now, I think, I can bring it up a notch or two?:trollestia::raritywink:

It seems that you described Donut Joe as an earth pony even though he is a unicorn, albeit a somewhat larger than average one.

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how the heck did I miss that? :twilightoops::pinkiegasp::derpyderp2:
I even looked up the character to get all his details right, how did I miss the horn??!!:facehoof:
I have shamed myself.
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Comment posted by KetchupAndRice deleted Mar 17th, 2013

That was pretty sweet.

This is great fun and I don't get why it was so hard to find, seeing as it is by far one of the best reformed Discord I've seen, kinder but still chaotic and mischievous and his swinging moods and actions are rightfully menacing to everyone who don't quite now what to think of him now. Well done.

Your story could use some work though, there are quite a few small grammar mistakes, such as using "beet" (which is something you eat) instead of "beat" (which is what you have in music) and some other places where you miss a word or a letter, like the place where you write "no" when you obviously mean "now".

Also, your opening is a little simplistic, it's hard to explain what it is, but the opening is a little weak and that's bad for a fanfic because I think many people only give fics a couple of sentences to figure whether the fic is of a quality that makes it worth the time, seeing as a lot of fics simple aren't worth reading. I at least almost dismissed this fic because of the opening, but then Discord began being himself and I was hooked.

In short, you have written a great little fic with one of the best Discords I've seen in a while, but the small mistakes and the weak opening might keep some of the audience from reading it, which is a shame.

I've added your story to a new group I've created, Appleloosa, because there wasn't an actual Appleloosa group.

I know, right?

Keep up the good work!

I couldn't help but read this in my best 'Charlie Daniels Voice.' :twilightblush:

This song is so strange, I know the lyrics to ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’ by heart, and you seem to have left out some syllables and added a few.

The song however, honestly, is so bad it’s good, not to offend you, I can see you’ve tried.

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