Octavia trotted nervously into the restaurant, wary about the idea of going on a date with a pony she had never met before. One of her musician friends had suggested that the date happen, and without asking had gone ahead and set it up. Octavia had no other choice but to go on the date and try to make the most of it.
She waited at her table for the pony that was supposed to meet her. From within the crowd, one pony's mane stood out. It had streaks of electric and light blue, and was jagged along the edges. Octavia giggled at the foolish manecut, especially in the face of such a fancy restaurant. Her giggling slowly died out as the pony trotted toward the table.
"Hey, are you Octavia?" said the pony. Octavia's eyes widened, not sure if her friend was just playing a cruel joke on her.
"Yes. And you are?"
"Vinyl Scratch."
The pony sat in the seat across from Octavia. She studied the tall glasses that were on the table while Octavia fidgeted with her hooves, wondering if she should start a conversation. Luckily, the waiter came to their table.
"What would you like to drink?" he asked.
Before Octavia could speak, Vinyl turned to the waiter and ordered. "I'll have a large glass of cider please."
Octavia couldn't believe it, but kept her mouth shut. Cider was something a pony ordered at a bar, not in a high-end restaurant! Octavia sighed and remembered how excited her friend was about the date. She concluded that this "Vinyl" had a nice personality.
"I'll just have some water," said Octavia. The ponies stared at each other awkwardly for a few moments. Suddenly, Vinyl broke the silence.
"Do you mind if I put these on?" she said, taking a pair of purple and blue sunglasses out from under the table. Octavia shook her head and Vinyl put them on.
Octavia hoped that Vinyl was only wearing the glasses to help her eyesight. They looked ridiculous! She considered leaving and avoid being seen with such a pony, but didn't want to disrespect her friends taste. She took a deep breath, and tried to find something they might have in common.
"So, Vinyl, what kind of music do you play? What instruments?" she gave a warm smile, hoping that Vinyl would play an instrument that was somewhere in the strings family to create a point of similarity.
Before Vinyl could answer, the waiter had come back with their drinks. Without even setting it on the table, Vinyl took the glass of cider and drank all of it. After she had finished, she looked at Octavia.
"Music? I DJ."
"Okay, I think we're done here." Octavia got off of her seat and trotted out of the restaurant.
*Octascratch
I prefer that one.
Also, cool fic.
Well, that was depressing.
T_T I'm a big Octascratch fan, I'm sad now. T_T
Bitch please. Opposites attract.
*Is now sad*
597865 Too bad for you, then.
This is sooooo wonderfully true... It tickles me.
The only way OctyxVynl could happen is if they shared common background.
Burn!!!!!!!!!
597865 Only in magnets.
Octavia thinking less of Apple-style cider? You obviously haven't read the first chapter of Allegrezza.
598717 Fuckin magnets how do they work? * couldn't resist
My thoughts when ScratchTavia:
"There's just one problem, though. She cleans them... with wubs."
You have now panned my most disliked ship in this entire fandom........ Would you mind if I bowed before your awesome might?
Octavia: Strings brass or percussion?
Scratch: Turntables
Octavia: Yep, we're done here
599203 Gahahahahaw....! XD
598977 Well said. Well said.
...There's plenty of orchestras that work with DJs, and Octavia played the freaking Pony Pokey that one time. This ship seriously isn't THAT much of a stretch.
Though I do agree it's overdone.
Vinyl: "Music? I DJ."
Octavia: "Nothing to do here"
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Uh...I don't really get this one. So, JUST because Vinyl looks wacky, she acts a bit immature, and she plays the turntables, that's enough to just walk off? That's...kinda rude. Sure, Octavia is clearly a noble, and they DO have attitude problems, but...eh, this one just rubbed me the wrong way. It's like not judging a book by its cover. It's just...well, wrong. I admit the pairing is overblown and done enough, but I still think it's very likely they could be together. Opposites DO attract (they act as foils for each other and help balance one another out), they ARE both magicians, and...well, they're just cute together! Didn't really like this part, but it's still well-written. All of the parts are well-written. You're a good writer.
Eeyup
i love octyscratch....... you killed me a little on the inside lol i jest i just like seeing them together it feels....right
599878 Actually, Octy's an earth pony, so really, Vinyl's the only magician. Now, since I think you meant musician, if I remember correctly, isn't there some sort of stigma against DJs amongst classical musicians? Something about them not really playing an instrument, just piggybacking off the art of real musicians? I know there was at some point, but I'm no musician, so I couldn't say one way or the other nowadays. And when they say opposites attract, they don't mean exact opposites. If your first impression of someone is that they're the exact opposite of yourself, you won't magically want to bed them immediately. You need to have common ground, or you absolutely will not like that person.
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>fanfiction estabilished fanon
>actual canon
Pick one. Screw fanon if it can't even follow logic that has actually been proven true and plausibly applicable. Even statistics are against this pairing as several scientific sources say that opposites do NOT attract, even mighty TvTropes says so. Just say the word and I'll slap you with twenty reasons (read; websites) why this particular ship WON'T work.
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You guys too. Read the post. CAREFULLY.
P.S I'm typing this on my phone so sorry for the untidiness of my post. Also, before you say I'm intolerant of same sex pairings, I say that I have nothing against shipping like that, but rather I have a grudge toward the almost nonexistent logic behind it that all the people with their shipping goggles on too tight apply here.
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I am too, and I find this utterly hilarious.
599878
Never dated someone from an actual orchestra who was all "ELECTRONICS IS KILLING MODERN MUSIC" huh?
I had to hide my industrial musics from my ex because she was fond of quoting Julian Lloyd Weber whenever the topic of music came up.
Ahh here we go.
""Declining audiences, government cuts, disastrous CD sales, sponsors pulling out of the arts, fewer children learning musical instruments, and a total lack of interest from the general media, unless semi-naked bimbo violinists are involved. It is in stark contrast to music-making in the Far East, where there are still huge numbers of children learning instruments, healthy classical CD sales, media that take a real interest in classical music and, above all, concert halls that are packed with young people as a direct result of that media interest." Julian Lloyd Webber
sooooo yeah, Octascratch can go either way, depending on whether Octavia is like Webber or if she's an Annbjorg Lien who can party down to anything.
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Never really paid attention to this pairing because the only thing I saw they had in common was that they played music at parties, everything else was just stark opposites, and not the kind that really complemented each other. I suppose under the right conditions, anything can happen though...
hmm..
Yep, that's how it happened.
Scratch: She'll come back. They ALWAS come back.
As a classical musician, I would just like to point out that we're not all snobs. Just, apparently, cellists.
The harsh truth is that unless these two actually do go way back or had some strange way of meeting that bound them together (like the mane 6) they probably WOULDN'T get along or even connect. Which is exactly why those that write about them already conclude that they have already met so they can skip that possibility.
Bravo.
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i like scratchtavia
have you never seen epic wub time?
FAIL!
...but Scratchtavia is my favorite ship! ...I can still make it work.
601444
Sir, I am a cellist.
I can assure you that the only stereotype of cellists is swag. If you don't believe me, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSByjqMGtaU&ob=av2e as well as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45HF4F-I9vU.
Good day sir.
First date yes this is how it would most likely end. But if they got to know Each other who know its like they say "opposites attract".
Well, that was anticlimactic.
T____T
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What You said!
Also a cellist, albiet ab initio, and a huge Vinyltavia fan lol!
Scratchtavia sounds like a bad scratch and sniff company name. Either that, or the sequel to DJ Hero.
I'm seeing all the people complaining about shipping, and even one person anticipating all the "butthurt" that will come from this fic. People taking this seriously seem to be people against shipping or against certain pairs.
Just let shippers be shippers and quit bitching when someone does a different pairing than you.
-sigh- On to an actual story review. My guess is you're doing this for fun, not to actually say "It's obvious this is the way it would happen. I mean, how could it NOT happen this way?"
If you're serious, I really have no comment.
Either way, these are funny shorts, and personalities you created based around the characters. I still laughed.
Ah ha ha ha ha ha!
597624 Nooooooo it should be VinylOctaviaScratch. Really, it'd make more sense.
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everytime... i know its going 2 end bad but this made me thos my laptop....
good story bro
LULZ 2: RETURN OF THE MAD
I love scratchtavia. I also find this extremely funny.
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Even though this is my favorite ship, you are completely correct stating that the fanon based personalities they have would not work in any way shape or form. On the same note though, like you said, if we screw the fanon then we don't know enough of these characters to even ship them in the first place. Judging books by their cover and all that.
But that's why this is Fimfiction, no?