Once upon a time, (if the term even applies) two young ladies, (if that adjective even applies) decided to visit a magical land of Equestria, selected seemingly at random from about a million.
- One of the two is a time traveler deprived of her time machine, the other is an eldritch abomination out of her element.
- One would prefer the world of pastel-colored ponies to stay as it is, and can’t help but alter it. The other one is anxious to see how it can change, and can’t help but maintain it.
- Both believe that this is not their story. But while they disturb the delicate world of ponies, they don’t even notice ponies doing the same to them.
- Sandwiches are involved somehow.
There are many things this story is and some things it isn’t.
It’s not a fix fic, no matter what some of the characters think. It’s written in multiple first person narration, which happened for a pointlessly clever reason, that will eventually become quite obvious. It’s not a crossover, it just comes with an unhealthy amount of backstory. It could be a rational-fic, but since idealistic philosophy is typically not seen as very rational, it’s only a philoso-fic instead. It’s quite meta, in the original definition of metafiction: fiction concerned with fiction as a concept. In any case, it’s either a small monument to overthinking things – I’m trying to reexamine many fanon ideas here – or a digital paperweight, I’m not sure which. It’s quite a bit more subtle than it could be, and everyone talks way too much when they should be having glorious adventures.
I know how it starts, I know how it ends, and most of what happens in between. Readers say it’s a slow burner, but we’ll get there eventually.
Acknowledgements
With special thanks to my editors, Thainen, Shrink Laureate, and MitchH.
Further special thanks to ScarletWeather and Themaskedferret for valuable input.
The artist who made the cover image stubbornly wishes to remain uncredited, but thanks to her anyway.
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Conversation 1: Mary [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 2: Shining Armor [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 5: Fluttershy [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 6: Rarity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 7: Rika [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Letter 1: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 8: Mary [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 9: Fluttershy [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 10: Rainbow Dash [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 11: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 12: Lyra Heartstrings [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 13: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 14: Rainbow Dash [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 15: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 16: Applejack [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 17: Rarity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 18: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 19: Rainbow Dash [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 20: Applejack [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 21: Spike [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 22: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 23: Fluttershy [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 24: Mary [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 27: Spike [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation -65 ~ The Long Desired Starlight [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 28: Shining Armor [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 29: Sweetie Drops [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 30: Moondancer [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 31: Rarity [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 32: Mary [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 33: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 34: Lyra Heartstrings [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 35: Cadance [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 36: Moondancer [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 37: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 38: Spike [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 39: Shining Armor [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 40: Lyra Heartstrings [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 41: Applejack [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 42: Lyra Heartstrings [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 43: Cadance [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 44.1: Moondancer [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 44.2: Moondancer [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 45: Mary [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation -128 ~ Brilliant Star [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 46.1: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 46.2: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation 46.3: Twilight Sparkle [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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Conversation -70 ~ There's Only One Thing That I Can Do [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
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