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Gallus does the traditional griffon courting ritual! Unfortunately, Sandbar isn't a griffon.

Written for the https://www.fimfiction.net/group/216038/m-m-shipping-contest

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Oh my gosh this is adorable

I really hope that "incomplete" is accurate.

Awww, these two are adorable! Great story!

I did notice you left it marked "incomplete" though, just wondering if there's more or if that was an accident?

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I marked it as incomplete by accident. This story is fully complete

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Alright then. Great job with it!! Very adorable

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That's what I was afraid of. That said:

SEQUEL!

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I have an idea for that: years later, every time Gallus starts being weird Sandbar wonders if this is a griffon marriage proposal. We see him rationalizing how the weird things could correlate with mating behaviors (using animal behavior and/or trying to intuit the logic of a behavior).

He's wrong at least twice, and doesn't notice the actual proposal because at least some of the displays are just weird quirks Gallus already has.

This is super cute and funny. The explanation for the nails is especially clever, bravo. n_n

ponies dont court

Uhh....

"It’s just…I’ve never seen this much effort put into asking someone out.”

Oh dear Sandbar...you've clearly not seen how elaborately people will ask people out in my neck of the woods before. You know in "The Big Mac Question," that elaborate scheme both Big Mac and Sugar Belle devised so to propose to each other? Yeah, that's a real thing people will do, this example actually being on the less elaborate end of the scale, and they'll do it just to ask each other out on dates. I promise you, I am not exaggerating this. :raritywink:

Anyway, part of me kinda wishes we had just gotten the whole story solely from Sandbar's perspective, and never got that scene with Gallus and Silverstream talking about Gallus's intentions, if just so to leave the reader in the dark about what was going on for that much longer--it would've only added to the humor of the whole situation. :rainbowlaugh:

Cute and funny and very sweet! I love that Gallus just assumes Sandbar knows what's going on.

Gallus’s fluttered
at the very end. missing the word heart

the "stare of love" is so cute

Awww!!

Gallus peaked from around the corner, his eyes fixed on Sandbar.

Should this have been "peeked"?

Cute story overall. If I might suggest, you could use one more proofreading through of your story. There are a few words missing, some tenses are wrong (present instead of past) and some words are in the wrong order. Very minor and didn't really take away from the story, just made it a bit confusing in a few places. Harder to spot when you've been working on a fic, but easy after a little pause.

This is so cute. I loved this so much <3

I love the part where he wonders if the nails are meant to represent wishing tetanus on him.

Okay, so when Gallus uses the Star of Love it's cute, but when I use it it's creepy and have to leave the library. Society ain't fair.

That was pretty cute, definitely worth an upvote. Also, Mr/Ms. Downvoter, please don't forget to downvote my comment too this time, you missed me last time and I kinda felt left out.

HNNNGGHHH so cute! I see that this is just a one-shot, and that's fine. But...you know...would be nice to see how their date might go, hehe.

“Geeze, he looks pissed. Did you do something?” She asked.

In an otherwise cute story, I feel the need to point this out. "Piss" and it's derivatives aren't appropriate for an E-Rated fic. This being the only instance of anything non-E-Rating appropriate, I suggest replacing this instance of out-of-place swearing with "ticked" or, given how the show itself treated the word, "peeved" would work as a P-word that gets the same meaning across.

That outta the way, I like how you managed to include the full Young Six in minor roles in addition to the romantic duo of Gallus and Sandbar, and the scenes with Silverstream in particular are sweet and funny-- I love how Silverstream supports Gallus and is just as oblivious as him to the fact that ponies and other creatures don't share the birb traditions. Daffy cuties is what they all are.

Honestly, just a cute fic in general, only real complaint is that it's a bit short.

Not a bad story.

Could you bring back the zephyr breeze x chrysalis story??

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I’m not gonna uncancel it but I could totally do a rewrite if you want. I have more ideas for it

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Yes please!!! Id love that!! 😁

And I think your other readers would too!!

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I look forward to the new version!!

Lovely~!
It's quite cute and very in-character. :3

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Do I need to comission it??

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No, but my commissions are open if you want anything

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Alright. Thank you for the response.

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I look forward to its eventual revival.

Have a good day!!

😁

Smolder looked up from her book, turning around to get a peak. Sure enough, he was staring. Well, more like glaring. His face was scrunched, and his brow was furrowed. If he stared any harder, he would bust a blood vessel.

just love this mental image, i can see it so clearly. honestly chuckling just thinking about it

“No, I wanna handle it myself. In fact, I’ll do it right now.” He said, puffing up his chest. Smolder stared at him for a second.

“...Are you gonna go?” Smolder chuckled. Sandbar put his head in his hoof.

“I got nervous.” He said sheepishly. He dismissively waved his hoof. “I’ll ask him later. When he’s less angry.”

aww, poor Sandbar!

“Griffons and hippogriffs courting rituals are pretty much the same.” She explained happily. Right, of course they are. They are both birdlike. “I noticed you were doing the stare of love for the entire class. Do you think Sandbar has noticed yet?” She asked giddily.

and ahaha, love that Silverstream of all creatures would be the one to understand instantly (though it does make sense because of the bird thing yeah!)

“The full ritual?! That’s the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard!” She squealed. Gallus shushed her again.

and augh, love Silverstream’s reaction. i am squeeing besides her

“Oh, now Yona gets it!” She exclaimed. Her excited cheer was quickly met by loud hushes. Yona covered her mouth. “Yona must be quiet in library.” She reminded herself.

aww, so Yona!

Gallus’s arm was stuck out, his fist balled up. He opened his hand, letting small metal objects drop onto the table. They landed with a small ‘clink’.

Sandbar stared at them, his mind riddled with confusion. He looked up at Gallus, awaiting an answer.

“Ok, bye,” Gallus said, briskly leaving.

Gallus is just the embodiment of refuses to elaborate further, leaves, love it

“Your mane is a mess,” Gallus stated. He leaned closer to the colt, nudging his hair with his beak. He quickly plucked loose strands from his head. Sandbar flinched with each pluck.

He ran his claws through Sandbar's mane, smoothing it out. “There, you look good now.” Gallus quickly flew off, puzzling Sandbar even more. That was unusually affectionate of him.

preening, of course! love how awfully confusing this must be for Sandbar

He landed on top of Sandbar, emitting a yelp from the colt. Gallus slammed him into the grass, pinning one hoof to the ground. Sandbar squirmed in his grasp, kicking the air.

“W-woah, hey!” Sandbar shouted, kicking his hind legs. Gallus grabbed his legs, pinning them to the ground. Sandbar froze, staring into Gallus’s eyes.

oof, very understandable for this particular ritual to have a bit of a different effect on a prey species!

Gallus knelt on the crystalized ground, his eyes squeezed shut. He opened his claws, revealing a large feather. Large enough to be held in both claws. The feather was blue with speckles of yellow across it. Sandbar stared at the feather.

aww, he grew that himself? beautiful!

“Next, you give them shiny objects as a gift. Do you know how hard it is to find something that isn’t made of crystal around here?! The nails were all I could find on such short notice.”

those ponies sure do love crystal don’t they

Then, you have to pounce on them to prove how strong you are! No one wants a weak partner.”

this does feel very griffon and honestly i love it

“Will you go out with me?” He squeaked out. Sandbar chuckled, taking the feather from Gallus.

“Of course I will.” He tucked the feather behind his ear.

Gallus’s fluttered heart in his chest, a large grin spreading across his face. Sandbar nudged Gallus with his head.

and augh, i love this!

just a fantastic bit of cultural worldbuilding, and an all-around delightful comedy of misunderstanding that ends adorably. lovely work!

Smolder looked up from her book, turning around to get a peak. Sure enough, he was staring. Well, more like glaring. His face was scrunched, and his brow was furrowed. If he stared any harder, he would bust a blood vessel.

Sandbar: what's the matter, gallus?


Gallus:
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I love you

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