Thursday, June 9, 2011

Story: Never Too Old to Fall


[Shipping] Oh hey, someone finally shipped Celestia with her guards. What would we do without Pacce?

Author: Pacce
Description: With Luna's return, Celestia finds herself with more free time than she's had in a thousand years, perhaps even time enough to pursue a little romance. At the same time, Luna has to come to terms with a world that has become very different from the one she's used to, especially if she's going to help her sister.
Never Too Old To Fall

Additional Tags: Romantic comedy with pony royalty.

57 comments:

TGPFluttershy said...

We did need some Celestia shipping, come to think of it.

Shmoogy said...

you go celestia wooooooooo

Anonymous said...

Wait... wasn't this already posted?

ZAquanimus said...

Not sure how i feel about this one..

Luna is completely out of the 30 seconds of character that we actually have of her...

Though i do like that the unusual humour thing was used.

Celestia seems to be decently in character.

Anonymous said...

@ZI'mNotBotheringTOSpellYourName:
On the other hoof, she was under duress during those thirty seconds. This archaic Luna guarantees.... SHENANIGANS!

Anonymous said...

hehe oh this is going to be a joy to continue reading

Glaive said...

I was wondering when this would happen...good going

Kitsune said...

Let me guess, Kick-Off is going to fall in love with luna

Torrential Rains said...

I'm a guard!
I'm dating Fluttershy though, so...
Meh

ToonNinja said...

I detect the presence of hijinks. Yay, hijinks!

Ike Jager said...

I'm sorry but I'm going to comment before reading:
How can Royalty fall for one of her guards. I don't know about you be I can see a reference to the British Queen's Guards (See A Bird in the Hoof episode) and I can not understand how you can fall for a pony, that look almost the same as any other guard, whose job is to be a statue on stand by.

Anonymous said...

Wait, don't ALL the guards have white coats, blue manes, and the exact same physical features?

Asgard314 said...

Or Luna'll fall for Kick Off, and Kick Off'll be interested in somepony else completely.

But even if it is predictable, it's well written and illicits a few Dawwwww moments. Tis worth continuing.

ultra8 said...

Celestia dating and Luna as the go between, that's going to be interesting.
Chances of hijinx most indeed.

Pacce said...

@Ike Jager
That is addressed in story.
In the first chapter, in fact.

Homfrog said...

"great houyhnhnm philosophers"
> hnng

Pacce said...

@Asgard314
I have a policy that if the only thing I can think to do is that which is obvious, then I won't do it at all.
In other words, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Asgard314 said...

@Pacce *Evil grin* Oho! Can't wait then!

Baree said...

Oooh, this might be going somewhere. Looks very promising. Giddy Celestia is rather adorable.

Anonymous said...

Me and a friend were randomly shipping ponies and I never thought I'd see any of the pairs. Well until now.

supervanman64 said...

You go, Celestia! :D

Anonymous said...

This can easily turn into a love triangle of sorts.

Just you wait and see.

RBD FAN said...

It's a good first chapter, I hope to see more in the future :D!

CyberPony said...

so we've got four established character up until now...

wonder if sun runner will make a come back? i mean, old-timey luna is gonna need an assistant, even in this day and age a princess can't very well snoop about now can she?

can't wait for part 2!

Anonymous said...

What would we do with out pacce? We'd ship Dash with something...

Dash X A Rock...

That giant rock that Rarity found when she got her cutie mark... then broke it, along with Dash's heart... and then Pinkie showed up to be a third wheel. Oh Pinkie... your so random.

Anonymous said...

"Never To Old To Fall"

Would you say that if she broke a hip?

Pacce said...

@Anonymous
I never said falling was safe, now did I?

Anonymous said...

Awright! Is Chapter 2 coming soon? I'm loving this unique pairing!

Spanosa said...

I have a feeling this breaks some sort of union or staff law somewhere. It must...

Celestia, Eternal Tyrant said...

Houyhnhnm? Is dat some Gullivers Travels reference I spy? That was my favourite part of that book.

Pacce said...

@Spanosa
Who are they going to complain to?
Actually, that'll be addressed as well.

Pacce said...

@Anonymous
I shall work as fast as I can, but I also want this to be of the best quality I can bring, so that means rereading and editors.

Also yeah, the Houyhnhnms are a Gulliver's Island reference and I owe that to a chap who helped me edit by the name of Binky. He helped a lot actually, gave the idea to close out the chapter with a romantic image.

Torrential Rains said...

@Pacce
Oh, hey Pacce?

We're not all ceremonial guards...
I've done some stuff I'm not proud of under Celestia's rule...

Nyoko said...

I think it's quite cute, but there's something about the way that Luna seems to swing from one personality to the other that sets me kind of on edge. And Celestia seems a little too eager to disrespect the 'ideals' of Royalty. That said, I'll certainly keep an eye on this, and keep reading. Good job.

Ash said...

>someone finally shipped Celestia with her guards

Actually, that was already done quite a long time ago. Look up in one of Ponychan's shipping collections.

SteamChaser said...

I'm going to keep my eye on this fic. I love anything having to do with Royal Sisters!

Randon said...

I feel I have to point out that in the show's opening sequence the guard ponies at Celestia's throne are Gray with white manes and tails, Not all guard ponies are white with blue. just thought I should put that out there.

Anonymous said...

@Randon
It's implied that all the unicorn guards are gray, while all the pegasus guards are white.

Lurks-no-More said...

@ a href #c7930364424108548083 >Anonymous /a>
Yes, just like the hyper-athlete racer Rainbow Dash, the cake-snarfing partygirl Pinkie, the bookish nerd Twilight and the physical laborer Applejack have the exact same build. :)

(Or - you have to account for animation license.)

On the story itself: a nice start! I can see Celestia getting lonely and deciding that now's a good time to start living a little...

Anonymous said...

Sun Runner is so cute. I hope for some SR x Luna stuff.

Fallin' Winter said...

Wow. I hadn't even realized she wasn't really being shipped at all. I've found myself now a fan of Doctor Whoof/Celestia, but this works just as well. I love this new take on an actual "old fashioned" Luna with a less trollestia, more playful Celestia. Congratulations, you've just made your version of Celestia rank up there on my list of lovable ponies.

DJ Midli said...

Love it, but bawww at having to wait for the next chapter.

Anonymous said...

I suspect this is actually Celestia trying to set up Luna and play matchmaker.

Pacce said...

@Anonymous
That would be a cruel game.
"Here's a guy you might like, but don't touch him, he's MINE."

Present Perfect said...

Houyhnhnms? Really? So many points for that reference alone.

This is a very cute setup. The dialogue between the sisters is great. I love the very subtle differences in Luna's speech patterns, being a thousand years out of date and all. I think I'm interested to see where this goes, the comedic potential is through the roof!

Crimson Valor said...

OMNOMNOM

MOAR.

So much good fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiic

Anonymous said...

This is really good...I cant wait for part 2.

milan said...

@Paccepacce can I use your fanfic in the celestia radio contest??

http://ponify.me/2011/fanfic-friday-dramatic-reading-contest/

it says so in the rules that I need your premission and I really love that perticular fanfic

greetz rainbowdutch

Pacce said...

@milan
By all mean, please do.

Anonymous said...

Any timeline for when the next part will be out?

Kujiiro said...

11 days later, and still no new chapters? C'mon man, I like this one.

RBD FAN said...

I hope this person didn't give up! This story has good ratings!

Silfir said...

Where is part 2 snif :(

Anonymous said...

And now, the Grimdark version:
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/38650
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-Starcat5

Anonymous said...

RELEASE CHAPTER 2 PLEASE!

Pony Lover said...

TGPFluttershy, I agree. Even a ruler needs a chance for romance.

saltnpeppa said...

I didn't know where to post this, so I thought I'd do it here. Just wanted to say that your alternate ending to Cupcakes saved pinkie pie for me forever and made me need to hug something. Thanks so much!!

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