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Always knew Fluttershy had bit a vicious streak in her, quite and unassuming....perfect for the silent service. Wonder what her boat is called... Good job TnaB.

You know what....

That is awesome, downright awesome and, dang, I felt like I was right there watching the action on screen, just, dang, really good job. Really nicely done, saw no glaring mistakes and what not.

Hahaha, this was great, and might I add, dat ending!

jz1

This was great. I really enjoyed it, and I think that maybe there should be more to this.

Maybe another story, or a background article?

Or, if you wanted to be really creative, maybe you could do a ponyfication of a great submarine movie, Operation Petticoat.

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"Archangel".

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"Operation Petticoat"? Oh dear God that would be funny to ponyfy.

CIA

My stupid self thought of releasing gas.

Fluttershy; now voiced by Sean Connery. Have fun with that.

The lengths some authors will go to just for a fart gag! :pinkiesick: And this is not the first time I've ever seen the mane six subbed.:trollestia:

I keep seeing Fics like this...I want to ask: "Why?" and that little bit of chaos in me whispers back: "Why not?"

Beautiful........

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... subbed into French, in this case.:moustache:

Oh. What did you think I meant? In a submarine? Closest I have is this underwater adventure: Filial! :rainbowlaugh:

The Hunt For Red October this fanfic remind me of it

And now I have the "SHOO BEE DOO" stuck in my mind.
Thank you, TnaB. Really, thank you. :twilightangry2:

Note to self: Let someone else handle the cooking if Fluttershy visits. I do not want something that adorable plotting my demise.


Also, I don't know how well this would apply to a live reactor on a sub, but this is a picture of how close you can get to spent nuclear fuel once it's been moved to a storage pool.
what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/29/pool_danger.png

Farts, I thought it would be about farts. Wait, that might have been a rhetorical question

I came expecting ninjas....

2258561From what I've been told, modern US submarines have reactors that are so well shielded, that when you're aboard the sub you actually get less radiation than normal because you're underwater and away from the sun. I stress modern and US

I love the 'it was all a dream' fakeout. I used one myself recently.

Well played, sir. Well played indeed :ajsmug:

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FlutterConnery...even manlier than Flutterguy, and twice as old :rainbowlaugh::fluttercry:

Most people ->:rainbowhuh::facehoof::applejackunsure::derpyderp1::rainbowwild:

Me ->:twilightsheepish:
Insta-fave'd!

I would have thought that Vinyl would have made a better sonar operator than Rarity :twistnerd:

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:trollestia:



Also, this is probably one of my favorite parts from Synchronicity:

“We have a saying, down here,” She said, “'Shoo be doo'. Its short for Shouponi Benthis Dumoi. Ollllld kelpie tongue. It means 'trust the sea'. The thing about it is, 'shouponi' is the same word we use for 'be wary of'. Do you see what I mean?”

Twilight nodded slowly. “Your word for trust is the same word for suspicion. You don't trust anything fully.”

She nodded. “Its not the greatest motto to have, but in the ocean, its a way of life. Water keeps us safe, it keeps us fed, it cradles us, and it loves us. And then, one day, it might pick you up and smash you against the rocks until you die. And it will never tell anypony why it did it. My point is, we don't live in a paradise. You ponies, you...figured it out. You achieved a sort of brilliant balance with a benevolent ruler and a system for everything and land that provides and a Princess that contains Elements of every single one of her subjects. Ours doesn't. She was a captive of Discord's, enchanted with agelessness so that she might entertain him for eternity. She rules over a civilization that takes everything she says with a grain of salt by their very nature. She has loyal, loving subjects. Lots. Me, for instance, but she also has enemies. Bitter kelpies who think we'd all be better off if they were running the show, and they're the ones who took Princess Celestia.”

I couldn't help but hear Fluttershy's lines in the Battlecruiser captain's voice from StarCraft...

"Fluttercruiser, Operational." :rainbowwild:

I would totally sell my soul to see a Hunt for Red October MLP fic. Seriously.

I just gotta put this stuff out there for everyone. I'm a retired squid, and I really liked what you did here, especially not being a submariner yourself.

Got some gripes and compliments here:

Modern US subs have hulls made of 'HY80' or 'HY100' (special steel that can handle 80,000 pounds of pressure per square inch) which is a flexible metal that does not 'creak' or 'groan' when under the pressure of 800 feet or less.
You Fluttershy'd modern sub phraseology in her speech perfectly, actually they were all well done.
Submarine interiors are always cold, they only get colder at depth (600 +). The Air Conditioning runs all day everyday. Its the only source of cooling for all the electronic equipment onboard.

And on a serious note.

Farts are a big deal on a sub, yes there is air circulation and filtration, but they tend to linger longer on subs than anywhere else. I once encountered one rancid fart that had spread to most of the forward compartment. It was so bad we went to periscope depth and put up the snorkel to circulate it out. The A-ganger that did it got a (non-serious) ration of shit from the XO and got messed with for a few months after that. So yes, farts are a big deal on subs. Which is why this story is awesome, never would have imagined a war starting over bad gas.

Don't mind all that, short but awesome work. And I too would like to know the name of her boat.

And a word of advice for all non-Russians, don't trust Russian Chili. (No offence to any Russians)

2303162 Thank you, it means a lot. I'm still committed to help with your project in any way I can.

Coincidentally, it took me exactly as long to read this as the opening theme to Hunt for Red October lasts.

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Maybe it was a prophetic vision :pinkiecrazy::yay:

Fluttershy smiled. The Sea Ponies had paid for their treachery. “Yay.”

:yay: 2253172 I agree with you because fluttershy is so quite she is perfect for a submarine plus the subs probably called the elements of harmony

Upvote for the incredibly clever pun in the title.

I really liked the way Fluttershy was still herself but so definitely in command. Incredibly quiet but firm authority. And being world champion of sitting still and being quiet is good practice for imitating a hole in the water.

Had waaay too much fun reading this with Sean Connery voicing Flutters.

3136248 Funny, that's exactly how I wrote it.

I KNEW IT, I KNEW THERE WAS GOIN TA BE A FART JOKE!!!

What a lovely story, Shy Connery is best captain.
While I can totally by into colorful ponies commanding nuclear powered submarines - why would the sea ponies need one, aquatic as they are?:rainbowhuh:

3356980 Uh, it's a reverse submarine. For venturing from the depths into the heights.

Finally read this one. :facehoof:

But I loled anyway.

"Bravo Sparkle....You knew when to shut up and enjoy the view. Most eggheads just want to talk it away. Your stock just went up a couple points."

Someone needs to make a whole story about this.

now im gonna have to download a submarine simulator. when I was young I use to play Tom Clancy: SSN and I loved it

3967904 If you like World War Two, I would heartily recommend anything from the Silent Hunter series.

3967915 thx. I was looking at the fith one but it has pretty bad reviews compared to the third. or is it something that's best to start with the first?

3967982 I only played 4, but I've heard good things about 3

Run Fluttershy, Run Deep

(Fluttershy is Silent)

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Or how long the theme from crimson tide is for me.

The turbines driving the sub’s bronze propeller slowed, easing off the speed. Applejack, sensing a conflict ahead, began turning down nonessential equipment but kept the reactor’s output up in case a burst of power was required. The nuclear fission inside its protected pressure container was much more a science than an art, but somehow the farm pony had become an expert. Fluttershy was still not sure how, and while she trusted Applejack’s word that their bodily radiation intake was actually lower than being exposed to sunlight, she was not completely okay with being aboard a small vessel with fission going on. She also wondered about potential ramifications involved with accusing Princess Celestia of causing cancer.

Okay, I'm going to stop you right there, it is impossible for fission subs to be this silent, its why all Hunter-Killer submarines that are worth their salt are diesel-electric

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I think you're trying to argue a point that was never made. I didn't say their nuclear submarine was less noisy than a diesel, I said they were minimizing the noise they made.

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