As children and as adults, Twilight always had conflicted views about her brother. Pure and simple, he was a weirdo around her. Sometimes, he would be in a good mood. Sometimes, he would be in a bad mood. And sometimes, he would be smarter than her using his strange logic. For Twilight, logic does not exist. Not that kind of logic. That logic was wrong because it always, always made her feel stupid.
Her brother Shining was aware of that and took pleasure in taking her down a notch. It's only a game that only smart ponies could understand... And if his sister couldn't understand that, she didn't deserve to call herself the smartest.
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I'm glad that you like it!
Assuming Creature 2 actually understood Creature 1, then Creature 2 is a liar and Creature 3 is honest.
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You got it! In the riddle, neither the Honestants or Swindlecants can say the statement, "I am a liar." Therefore Creature 2 had to be lying about what Creature 1 said. But of course, Twilight didn't care about that. She got distracted by the language.
Ah, Logic Games...one of my favorite things to do in my spare time.
You mean Cadance, right? Anyway, I quite enjoyed reading this and the prose was well-written and added to the story. Great work as usual!
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Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out and I'm glad the prose was good. I felt a little awkward but it's good to try new things.
5482361 You're welcome!
Not sure telling a little girl she's stupid won't have some bad effects on her. And if he keeps it up... well, don't go wondering where that atychiphobia came from, Shiny.
I'm the second oldest in my generation of the family, I fucked with both my younger sisters and all my cousins relentlessly. This is exactly the kind of shit I used to pull, and that's why I was laughing like a loon this whole chapter.
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Clopfic? You don't have to worry about it. People will read when they read.
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Cool.
5482414
I'm glad that it caught your fancy. I used to be a little terror to all of my cousins before I grew out of it. (More so that I started doing babysitting jobs where I couldn't resort to waging terror on kids that were only two years younger than me. It gives a lot of perspective.)
5482444 See, I'm twenty, the only older cousin I have is thirty, and the next youngest behind me is fourteen. So you can see how I learned from the best and then applied those lessons later down the line.
My own older brother and I weren't nearly this bad when it came to messing with each other, but I can definitely relate. I'll watch this and see where it goes.
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I'm the younger sibling. Four years, to be exact. But I can honestly say that I didn't act like Twilight here at all. And trust me, that's not faulty memory, that's all the people who ever looked after me noting how little trouble I made.
Moreover, my sister was bullied so fiercely and relentlessly that she could open up a texbook about bullying on some random page and whatever was written there probably happened to her at least once. We had a very close and loving bond throughout, to this very day. I think we actually argued, like, three times.
Weird, isn't it?
Wow, everyones talking about their adventures with their brother/sister and I'm here like;
Hai.
Being lonely is fun
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You don't got any cousins?
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It sounds like you are waayy too nice. I don't know about you but eventually you get tired of seeing your sibling's ugly mug and you just want to ruin their day because you can. They're not off-limits. Parents can tell you not to but most of the time, they're just letting it play out. Duking it out with your relatives, I believe, is one of the best ways to become well-adjusted when you get older. There's like nothing you're repressing; no anger or grief or trouble that keeps you from talking to each other for years.
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Eenope
None younger than me, anyways. Does a baby count? I'm reading these types of fics for some future tips on how to make my future cousin's life a misery.
(-ehhehehhehuhahaHUHU-)
That was interesting. I hope another chapter is released soon. kid Twilight is a big jerk.
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Just wait for the right time when the baby becomes a kid, then stops being 'cute'. Find whatever they are good at and use it as a weapon for the rest of their lives. It's insanely effective.
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Teach me your ways, master.
Thank you for the tip, sempai. I will use it wisely.
*bows*
*disappears in a cloud of smoke*
5482811 Trust me, you did act like that. Of course the youngest ALWAYS get it the easiest.
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You might be on to something. I've twice been in a fight my whole life, and only once actually tried to fight back. Still not as much as would've been possible, but slamming the other guy into ground while we're on pavement could've lead to some serious injuries.
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True, but the older sibling tends to develop a very skewed view about how things actually went down.
Still, children are people, with different personalities. Not all of them are hyperactive or whiny.
5485039 Naw, ask any older sibling they'll tell you the same thing. Children don't come with instruction manuals, so the parents need to learn how to raise children on their own and the oldest acts as a guinea pig for different parenting techniques.
The older sibling usually has harsher punishments, parents were less patient with them, and they stop getting much attention once the younger sibling comes along. Trust me, being the oldest sibling sucks.
5485323 See, when the age difference is between four and seven years it's the toughest because the little sibling is just different enough in age to where it's a significant gap, but not so much of a gap that the older sibling has already been raised significantly to fend for themselves.
5485152 True dat.
5486900 yup.
Shining Armor is a big (bug) meanie pants.
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You sound like a younger sibling.
5535751 I am. I also have a younger half brother now, but I only see him some days and I usually just hide away when I do, so it doesn't really count.
Never read any sibling rivalry between these two. Enjoyed this a lot.
I didn't even pay attention to the narration-style. I paid attention to the story and visualizing the characters and scenes. Very well written, despite some small errors here and there.
The story, the characters, all was present and was well-imagined in my mind, thanks to the word-crafting.
“Shiny's ugly hind~y. He doesn't wipe behind~y. White coat, good soak. Stained coat, yucky nope.” - Goodness!
This error was too obvious for me, but easily ignored right after:
1. “Now I'm not a smart pony so you'll have to bear with me.
- Missing end quote.
PS: Your choice of cover art fits the bill perfectly! It's perfectly comedy for me, and I'm shelving it as such. Thumbs upping too.
Am looking forward to the next chapter!