In her long career as an academic, Element of Harmony, and Ruler of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle has made many friends, but perhaps none are as unique as her adopted son, Spike. A baby Eldritch Horror, he keeps her on her toes.
But is anything ever what it seems?
An entry for the Experimental Category of the "A Thousand Words" contest.
That was... interesting.
I take it Pinkie learning restraint means that tomorrow, Spike only recieves a Congratulations On Being an Eldtritch Horror For A Day card?
Well, that was a lot of fun! The writing was playfully snappy ("It was an instant connection" was probably my favorite), Spike's youthful Eldritch-isms were very entertaining, and I liked how the introduction of Discord's deviations-from-canon led into the ending's twist; that was a particularly good touch IMO.
All in all, nicely done!
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I'll take that! Thank you!
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Well, she definitely has access to Things Pone Was Not Meant to Know, so yes, probably....
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Thank you!
There's a novel pairing. Now I kind of want to see everyone in Discord's social circle get the Eldritch for a Day service. Except Pinkie. She already got her turn after she nearly usurped the chaos dimension.
Definitely unexpected and quite delightful. Thank you for it, and best of luck in the judging.
so true
aww, that is not what i expect Spike to be like!
i imagine Twilight balancing her romantic escapades with living with a child-dragon to be difficult enough in canon, but dang, that must have been way harder with this Spike around!
horrifying and cute at the same time, love it
honestly, this form sounds even more disconcerting to me than the swirling mass of maws and eyes! something about hyperstimuli and the Uncanny Valley
that what is underlying the skin of reality is something that looks organic certainly is disturbing to think about
aww, this is a great re-imagining of Discord that is as mundane as the canon Discord is not! it makes him seem actually pathetic, even, which i guess the canon Discord's personality would be without the powers to back it up. and it is fun that Discord basically becomes Troubleshoes here
ooh, what a twist ending!
and that is what i'd worry about! this story raises the exact same questions as "Magical Mystery Cure", with Twilight in the story having clear memories of an entire life where Discord's reality-bend was true
hehehe
though it is too bad, DiSpike was cute but a thousand words means that they only get about four sentences to develop, and that is an unexpected ship that would be interesting to see made to work.
loved all the descriptions of eldritch Spike, who i already find far more interesting than the Discord of canon whose powers seem to be limited to pranking ponies and making pop culture references instead of doing cool things like being genuinely horrifying to imagine. and augh, definitely would love to see more Twilight/Eldritch Spike interactions! so many possibilities there!
That sounds like Trouble Shoes.