This story is a sequel to The Scotsman And The Fashionista 2
He gave his word that he would print a retraction, and that my name would be cleared. I sat in his office and cried as I told him of my fears regarding my sister, and he told me that I would get what I deserved.
I was a fool to have believed him. He accused me of trying to use 'emotional blackmail', and now my good name has been dragged even further through the mud.
But just when I thought all hope was lost, Fate smiled upon me and gave me the edge I needed. And now, that human is going to pay for what he has done to me and my reputation. Literally.
AUTHOR'S NOTES
This is the final part of the Scotsman And The Fashionista trilogy.
Jock's dialogue is once written in a Scots accent, but an English translation is available if you need it.
Case number seven-eight-one-four-nine-three.
I C WAT U DID THAR
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I imagine Jock to look a bit like Wreck-It Ralph.
D'aww, that ending.
Yah! Could this be?!? A scene that feels so much like Phoenix Wright without a guy In a blue suit and spiky black hair?! This must be liked and favorited!
Nice ending. Good wrap up.
i feel horrible about this but i just wanted to see Rarity get blindsided again...
Excellent ending! I am glad that Rarity won the court case, that Jock was man enough to apologize and that Rarity was gracious in accepting his apology.
What I don't get at all is how a fashion journalist from Scotland of all places, I apologize to anyone residing there but you have to admit that you never here anyone say that Scotland id a fashion hub of the world, ends up doing a piece on Rarity's store.
Another confusing part was where it was so damaging to Rarity's business, because unless I missed something in the story he's only a journalist for a Scotland fashion journal. How the hell does a Scotland fashion journal become a big enough deal in Equistria that everybody takes one opinion of it over their own personal experience dealing with Rarity. It just seems weird that all her business disappeared like that.
Despite that this was nice little trilogy, Wallace might have learned a bit of respect for females of all kinds and Rarity learned that while you can't expect others to have the same ideas of decency, you should control your own reactions to them when it is apparent that they do not mean to truly offend you. TL,DR Some people are assholes, learn to deal with it in business.
You've obviously never heard of Hawick Cashmere then. It's quite popular in some places, and has provided stuff for Chanel — which took over the company in October 2012 following the collapse of its previous owner (source).
I'm also guessing that you missed the part in the first story where I mention the link between Equestria and our world? That would explain how Jock ended up at Rarity's boutique.
Just because the title of the magazine is 'Fashion Scotland', that doesn't mean it's restricted to being published in Scotland. Which leads me into my next point: the fact that not everypony in Equestria has dealt with Rarity. So these ponies who have never met her before read her article and decide she's not for them. As for her regular customers, they would be put off by the idea of going to her after the article portrayed her in such a negative light. They'd be thinking she was nice to me, but not the human... I had no idea she could be so shallow.
Thanks for your comments.
2456475 As a Scot, I take exception to the remark that Scotland is hardly considered a fashion hub. What does that even mean? Compared with where exactly? France? Italy? Per capita, there are probably about the same number of people involved in the fashion industry in Scotland as in France or the US or Japan. Great designers, past and present, didn't become great because of their birthplace. It was because of their flare and passion for what they were doing.
If you want to look specifically at historical fashions, do you realise that a significant amount of French fashion was greatly influenced by the Scottish royal court during the times of the Auld Alliance when French styles were considered to be at the forefront of European culture.
You're asking why anyone would care about a Scottish person's opinion on fashion. Here's a better question: why would anyone care what anyone's opinion is in terms of fashion? If it is established that the person proffering the opinion is someone who is well respected or knowledgeable in the field, it is believable whether the person is Scottish, French, Dutch or any other nationality. Nationality has about as much to do with fashion as it does to with preference for ice cream flavours or colours of car.
If Rarity were Scottish, I would imagine she would be just as in to fashion as she is already. It changes nothing. I'm afraid your opinion is based on prejudicial stereotypes. Since you obviously know so much about the subject, what is Scotland famous for? And which country is the most respected in the fashion industry? This should be good...
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......okay. first off, I would usually want to apologize for the whole Scotland thing and then address all the issues you both raised, but there's kinda a problem with that
I don't care.
I don't care that a faceless comment I made on a website devoted to providing a place to read and write stories about animated ponies was found offensive by two or more people. I don't care that one of those people took my comment that I found it strange that so many ponies seemed to care what a single person thought when they're not even from the same bloody world and decided I meant that all Scottish people suck at fashion. Actually, that last one is a lie. It made me laugh.
I also don't care that some royal fashion at one point influenced another, makes zero difference to me there my informed.....peer I guess. Not sure what to call a fellow reader, besides that of course.
If you found this to be annoying dribble that would offend the most jaded person on this website, I've only got one thing to say to you.
Deal with it.
Your right, this was good.
There are a few moments where your particular way of writing the Scottish accent got me and I had to reread the dialogue to get it. However, I don't need the 'English' version to read it. Also, I liked the ending, that was very sweet and quite enjoyable! Good work!
I always picture Jock looking like Wreck-It Ralph.
Slightly offended by that shite that was meant to pass for a Scottish accent I have met very and I mean very few people in my country even close to that. it is a stereotypical take on our accent, people seem to portray our voices as and it is to an extent slightly insulting not to discredit this story I really enjoyed it but could you have maybe toned it down a wee bit?
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Sorry to burst your bubble... but I'm Scottish, and that's how people where I come from talk.
You need to meet more people then.
Naw, it isnae.
How many stories have you read, on Fimfiction, where a character talks like this? As far as I know, I'm the only author here to have written a story as such.
Now that I think about it, I'm surprised you didn't complain about Jock having such a stereotypically Scottish name. I guess you're okay with that?
3164256 What are you from the fucking highlands or the deeper parts of Glasgow. Very few people in this modern age have that deep and accent hell the only people in Dundee with anything near that kind of roughness are pensioners and neds. Though even then pensioners are far less guteral
3164256 Seriously if you are Scottish then why rip the piss when people hardly take us seriously as it is. By all means the Scottish are great for stories for ponies are literally meeting cynical, insulting bastards with an awsome accent.
I mean for fuck sake people still confuse us for the Irish even going as far as to ask if we chase leprechauns or heaven fucking forbid drink tea and eat crumpets. Its no you or the guy its stupid people that take this as what we are really like and stupidly think that its okay for them to rip the piss as well.
I must say that as a whole whist I find your writing style to be strange I am as a whole indifferent to your work but I must say that the one with the guy and the horse struck my intrest
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As if I would divulge that information to the likes of you.
You don't know shit about the people I've met, the people whom Jock's accent is based on, so stop fucking assuming that you know better than me.
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I learned long ago that if you can't laugh at yourself, other people will laugh at you.
Who better to met somepony as refined as Rarity?
Yet it's okay for you to rant and rave at me simply because you disagree with how I write my dialogue?
> logic
Well my writing style isn't gonna be changing any time soon, so I suggest you either get used to it or get lost.
3164286 Trust me I was hardly ranting and raving, showing displeasure at the fic maybe lacking tac at doing so but at the end of the day you are the one being a strung up little bitch about it. I mean I have yet to see you respond to someone without sounding but hurt. Stop being an asshole!
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So defending my style of writing against someone who doesn't like it makes me a 'strung up little bitch'? Whatever you say, mate. I'll let you keep your delusions for now.
Wow, seriously? Give me five examples of this alleged 'butthurt' (one word, not two). I always accept constructive criticism, and yours is far from constructive.
Practice what you preach. Need I remind you that you were the one who started with all the cussing?
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Pwned.
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Who, me or the guy I was replying to?
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You pwning him.
This was quite a read, these three stories.
And I must say I enjoyed every one of them.
Trying to add an accent is always tricky (I have tried that. Irish, pretty hard to write) But you got it down very good.
I don't think I'd mind seeing another segment in this, but the ending is pretty good and can leave yourself to figure out what happens next. Imagine, one of the great things the brain is capable of.
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I have been toying with the idea of writing a fourth story, since a few people have asked about Jock and Rarity's new-found friendship. It's just a simple matter of coming up with an idea.
3949643 Then the question stands, are you going to continue this as a mere one-shot again. Or, OR, write a whole based story on it?
May I suggest if this goes through with option 2 that you give it another title and put all the info of the other three in a prologue or something.
The reason of adding this is because you seem quite fond of writing One-shots so it's interesting to see if you can write a whole based story, ranging around 8 1k chapters.
Just curious.
:)
Mannn Jock is so funny,
I wish Scottish people were real