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The Sleepless Beholder


I just headbutt the keyboard till my ideas spill out into writing. Sometimes it works.

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It's important for a princess to learn to defend herself. It's important for a father to make sure their daughter is happy. It's important for a guard to survive cataclysmic events.

Written for the Shining Armor is a Terrible Dad 2024 Competition

Special thanks to EileenSaysHi for editing and giving some extra ideas.

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Comments ( 10 )

The guards’ morale didn’t survive the second impact.

"Unfortunately for the guards, their bodies failed to perish. Their torture would continue long after their morale had died. This was one beating that wouldn't improve morale."

This was a hilarious romp, and you should be as proud as Shining Armor was of Flurry Heart. Well done.

Oh, that goth Flurry at the end was beautiful. And Shining's gonna start wondering why solder recruitment rates have gone down over the years...

I needed the good laugh today and this story was it. Very well done!

we gather here today to remember all the guards that fell during flurry hearts "training"
beauty of a story though, good laugh

The guards’ morale didn’t survive the second impact.

And then, after the bolt bounced off of several temple wards in the Forbidden Jungle, the third impact got really weird. No one was quite sure what happened or how, but the barracks reeked of orange juice for moons.

Lovely work, and a very enjoyably terrible Shining Armor. Overindulging is definitely one of the better options for how to handle the prompt, and you did so quite effectively. Thank you for it, and best of luck in the judging.

While I appreciate the idea, the cover image doesn't appear to be E-rated.

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Or the words f'ing or sh*t lol.

Flurry Heart is awesomely powerful! Also, poor guards! The cover art and two swears are not rated E, but amazing story regardless! Oooh, griffons and yaks here are guards too...awesome!

I get the distinct impression that this is a situation where the living envy the dead, who will never know such horror.

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Glad you had a good laugh! Hope things have improved.

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They'll be remembered fondly

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Thank you! Shining was surprisingly harder than Cadence as to how to make them 'terrible' but I'm glad it worked.

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A bit of strawberry jam and two words not even used in a derogatory way didn't feel justifiable for a red tag.

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At least till the sequel, where goth Flurry starts delving into necromancy

Remember! The enemy cannot push a button, if you disable his hoof!

Medic! :rainbowlaugh:

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