Subject: Response ficlet!
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Posted on: 2015-06-10 13:56:00 UTC
RC #227:
"Well," said Falchion as he read the mission report, "it was about time somebody else in our department killed a badfic of their own creation."
"To be quite honest, I will have to say 'au contraire' to the notion that you were the one who wrote my homefic," Ripper replied. "I was angry at you back then because I thought you were the Stu, not the writer."
"All the same, Terrordactyl was a self-insert. Isn't that the same thing? I mean, Midnight Green was one too as far as Valon is concerned."
"...Huh. Good point."
"At any rate, I have to give it to Valon - he handled things a lot better than we did. I don't think Rosie's going to forget being sent to Medical for heart failure anytime soon!"
Ripper blinked in surprise. "Heart failure?"
"Did I tell you that? I think I did. Did I?"
"...I don't remember, honestly. I wasn't there, after all. Must've been what happened to that one antagonistic replacement, right?"
Falchion sighed and shook his head. "Apparently."
It was then that Ripper remembered something Falchion had said just now. "Wait, Midnight Green? Isn't that a Suvian name in of itself?"
"Not in the context of My Little Pony. Especially the latest Friendship is Magic generation."
"You have a little pony?"
Falchion stared at him, open-beaked, and then facewinged in silent laughter. "Oh, Ripper... You really do need to get out more."
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Fantastic work, all in all! There really should've been more horse puns from everybody, honestly, but I'll live. Like I said, the only thing I'm less than happy about is that Midnight Green didn't live and atone for his sins, because I was really hoping you'd recruit the guy and have an ex-Stu agent for once, but I'll let that slide because you guys explained your reasoning to me yesterday. And I can understand your loss of interest in this show - it happened to me too after Season 3, albeit for different reasons, though I do have plans to catch up on the rest of the episodes once I get a job and such.
Oh, and regarding "Raise This Barn": Whenever I hear that song (which is awesome btw), my walnut-sized brain always brings up the memetic Mondegreen of "Racist Barn". Mental note, take advantage of this in my next mission with Rayner...