Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Unlikely Fandom Classic Crossovers

Some of you who've been around for a while may remember Benman, as either an author or as the guy who posted RCL interviews to FiMFic before PresentPerfect took over.  Considering his varied and highbrow contributions to the fandom, it's no wonder that the first thing that springs to my mind when I think to him is--of course--a series of gag posts he put together.  I'm talking, of course, about his various Unlikely Crossovers posts he did, mashing up the titles of two fics and writing up a snarky blurb explaining what the resulting story might look like.

I liked those, so I did some more, pulling from the Fandom Classics I've reviewed--so if you more-or-less keep up with the blog, hopefully you know at least enough about all the stories being mashed to recognize them, and to get the joke.  Without further adieu, I present...




The Variables Project:  Every episode week during season two, Spike sneaks off to check on Discord's statue and threaten it with a giant hammer.


The Brief Apotheosis of Princess Applejack:  Applejack has always known she was different, but in the wake of the Canterlot invasion, she's come to realize exactly what she is.  Not only a changeling, but a changeling queen.  Luckily, Twilight knows a spell to turn her into an ordinary earth pony for real, and everything goes back to status quo before the end of the weekend.


Sepia Tock: Night Shift:  Sepia Tock is not Doctor Whooves.  Which is too bad, because wrangling undead and keeping ordinary ponies from finding out about all the horrors living alongside them would be a lot easier if he did have a TARDIS.


Princess Celestia Hates Dash's New Mom:  It's not really surprising that Dash is upset when she finds out that her dad and her best friend have started dating.  It is a little awkward, though, when the angry letter she writes to Celestia about it puts Twilight in Celestia's doghouse.


The Last Human's List:  The human lived alone in the iron city, tending to his food and surviving as best he knew.  There was only one thing he'd never done: he had never kissed a pony.


Pink Eyes: University Days:  An foal who's been dead for hundreds of years wakes up and, not realizing how much time has passed and worried that she's late for school, rushes off to class.  Unfortunately, the site of her long-gone elementary school now holds a college campus, but she's too persistent, adorable, and frankly, too stupid to let that stop her from attending!


Roll for Integration:  "Carmel, you can't just... I mean, I don't think there even are any rules for changing your race!  Are you sure you don't just want to roll up a new character?  ...Fine, the changelings, uh... they throw you in a pit, I guess.  We'll get back to your character next session, once I figure this out."


Yes, Apple Bloom, there *is* a Brony Hero of Equestria:  Apple Bloom writes a letter to her idol: you!

  • to seduce Apple Bloom, go to page 26

Of Apples and Roses and Thick Purple Tyrants:  Twilight reveals to the angry revolutionaries who have overthrown her kingdom the reason why she didn't accept Tirek's offer; the reason why she left her friends and Discord to die; the reason why the other princesses have never returned.  Turns out it was the only way to win the Ponyville Poetry contest, and she really needed the bits.






If you've got more, go ahead and post them in the comments below!  These things are always fun.

10 comments:

  1. "The Variables Project: Every episode week during season two, Spike sneaks off to check on Discord's statue and threaten it with a giant hammer."

    Oh god!

    "The Last Human's List: The human lived alone in the iron city, tending to his food and surviving as best he knew. There was only one thing he'd never done: he had never kissed a pony."

    Oh god!

    "Pink Eyes: University Days: An foal who's been dead for hundreds of years wakes up and, not realizing how much time has passed and worried that she's late for school, rushes off to class. Unfortunately, the site of her long-gone elementary school now holds a college campus, but she's too persistent, adorable, and frankly, too stupid to let that stop her from attending!"

    I can't stop laughing!

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  2. I like Benman's idea for Chris the Unimpressive, but that'd only last for, what, two fics?

    I don't know if it'd be funnier if page twenty-six didn't exist, or if it did but you fail spectacularly. I love the idea that you'd brush your hair back with Cheeto-stained fingers (or maybe greasing it back after wiping your oily face) and awkwardly trying to lift your leg up onto a higher surface to give her a view of "the goods". You might even tell her your high score on Guitar Hero, since chicks dig musicians

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  3. Out in the /co/: After surviving the banhammer, Sethisto returns to 4chan where he discovers ponies. He instantly falls in love with Twilight Sparkle and, forsaking Cynder, begins role-playing as Trixie to win her over somehow. There's also a bonus chapter where Phoe gets Seth pregnant

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  4. You're pretty good at this. :D Sepia Tock: Night Shift is the best Dr. Whooves inversion since Sepia Tock itself!

    ...Oh god, the only thing I can think of combines two stories from very different time periods that I read recently:

    Do It Mattered If the Glass Blower Was?: Fluttershy calls Rarity out on her poor behavior towards the artist who's just trying to earn her favor. It turns out Rarity was a changeling all along, which is why she was so out of character.

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  5. Princess Luna Hates Moonshine

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  6. The Life and Time of a Background Pony

    Follow Cloud Kicker as she bangs every pony in town, only to be forgotten on the next morning.

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    1. And THAT is still more romantic, and more heart-wrenching, than both of the originals!

      Oh god why can't I stop laughing

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  7. The Trouble with Glass Blowers

    Earth ponies vying for your love are like three-legged kittens: adorable in small numbers.

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    What's better than one suitor? Two suitors.
    What's better than two suitors? A hooffull of them, unless they're earth ponies. Then you have a problem.
    Rarity has a problem.

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  8. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

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  9. Project: Sunflower's Dressing Room

    - An interview with a young woman who was turned into a mare to play Twilight Sparkle in a children's television program.

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