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Author: ZephyrSparkle
Description: Twilight Sparkle and Octavia are thrown together by their respective mentors. Can the two ponies overcome their differences and become friends?Not Your Forte Part 1
Not Your Forte Part 2 (New!)
Additional Tags: Music, Partnership, Canterlot, Twilight, Octavia
68 comments:
I've never seen these two paired.
ReplyDeleteNot even in shipping.
I'll have to read this when I get home.
I always suspected Octavia to be self taught, and just struggled through learning to play. Sounds like a good read, but when did Twilight become a musician? Anyways, time to read, will post review shortly.
ReplyDelete@Jelfes
ReplyDeleteWhen I told her to try of course.
Wait, no shipping? The end is near!!
ReplyDeleteAgreed with wackyteen, never saw this pairing before. It should be interesting though. I'll try not to let my thinking of Twilight being terrible at music get in the way. (Which was caused by those DJ Twilight videos from MysteryBen)
ReplyDelete*sigh* *points at EQD banner* Just one monitor short of having an actual conversation with Pinkamena Diane Pie... *snaps fingers* so close...
ReplyDeleteThe story is very intriguing so far, looking forward to reading more. I could tell who the characters were simply from the lines they spoke and Twilight acted exactly as I thought she would. Can't wait to see what happens next.
ReplyDeleteOh wow, this story is an absolute delight! It's setting the stage for future chapters rather well, on top of that. The ending lines were hilarious.
ReplyDeleteI'll be keeping track of this one.
Just got through, I love it! Very good comedy (I somehow couldn't stop my grinning), Octavia has never been better.
ReplyDeleteAn Octavia/Twilight fic? Color me intrigued...
ReplyDeleteI like the dialogue, at the beginning, amongst the mane five of six. Each one had their personality captured, in a single line of dialogue each, perfectly. Excellent punctuation. Haha, loved the ending, totally expected Twilight to be naive, thinking that learning to play an instrument can be done entirely by textbook. Good story so far, looking forward to the followup chapters.
ReplyDeleteJust don't give Twilight a trumpet, that's all I'm saying.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise Twilight is going overboard and Octavia will believe she's dealing with a snob.
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ReplyDelete@D. Shadows
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that, what'd you say again? :P
Hah, people can double post, I can quadruple post! The power of evil... I'll leave the post around for a few hours before deleting them.
ReplyDelete@Celestia
ReplyDeleteTouche
I liked this.
ReplyDeleteThe characterisations were great, especially Twilight. The ending was hilarious. Octavia is going to have her hooves full.
I like how Vinyl had a tiny part and I really want to know what happens next; If the first chapters anything to go by it will be great.
Oooooooooh this shows a LOT of promise! Really looking forward to the next chapter!
ReplyDelete-Author gets excited that his fic has 15 comments-
ReplyDelete-Sees that the same guy commented 4 times-
-Author goes "Wut?"
Yea, sometimes Blogger is weird and when you press post comment, it doesn't do anything. But then later you go, "What the?" because it actually kept posting every time. Oh silly Blogger.
This one is off to a fiendishly good start.
ReplyDeleteVery well done on the personalities of the Mane 6, awesome work with the jokes.
I can't wait for chapter two!
A Twilight and Octavia story? This certainly has potential.
ReplyDeleteThis is excellent so far. I'm loving it.
ReplyDeleteThis is very well-characterised, I'll be looking out for updates!
ReplyDeleteI keep refreshing but no new chapters are appearing!
ReplyDeleteAnother for the reading list...
ReplyDelete@Pete
ReplyDeleteTry shouting threats at the screen. Or compliments. Whatever works best.
Fun pairing. Can't believe I didn't think of it.
Scratch knows Octavia in this one. Are they just going to be friends or is their going to be a couple like in Allegrezza?
ReplyDeleteThis promises to be highly entertaining. Looking forward to more.
ReplyDeleteThis was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteNo, that's underselling it. This was very good.
I only have two complaints:
1) Sometimes when you switch character's perspective (namely the last two lines) it's hard to understand at first.
2) It's not complete. :<
I don't wanna wait for the next part. I want it nowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww D:
Attn: ZephyrSparkle
ReplyDeletePlease speedily continue this. You are great. Thanks!
Wow, only one chapter and this many comments? That's how you know the story's good. :)
ReplyDeleteinteresting so far, will watch this one
ReplyDeleteI'm loving this - please keep going!
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you for continuing the traditional Octavia & Vinyl ship and not introducing a new one, those two just belong together.
very nice keep comeing
ReplyDelete@Phantomsniper oops forgot the it
ReplyDeleteThat was an amusing read. Panicky Twilight is the best kind of Twilight and poor chariot pegusus that most have been one insanely heavy book.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to the next installments Octavia's got her work cut out for her but I can't wait till it get's to Twilight's turn to teach and the antics that insue.
AND this had Octavia x Vinyl. Man. Wonder what their relationship will be in THIS one? :P
ReplyDeleteI loved the bit with Vinyl :D
ReplyDeleteGreat so far, I'll be following this one!
On paper Twilight/Octavia seems to only pale in comparison to Vinyl/Octavia. In practice, I can't tell which one's better.
ReplyDeleteAlso Scratch is in it and is done really so I'm kinda obliged to give the thumbs-up. But the entire fic is very well written; the characters feel like they should, and the premise is interesting. Looking forward to the next part!
Twilight learning music? I like where this is going.
ReplyDeleteOne question with a minor spoiler though:
If Twilight turned into the book, wouldn't it be Queen of the Eggheads: An Autobiography? Or was that the joke?
Hhm... Until the action really gets going, I can only give this three stars. But I'm looking forward to more, hope this turns out to be a good read!
ReplyDeleteUg, author really needs to identify who is speaking. I've seen better and worse writing, but having to keep reading to find out who said what every single time is annoying. Also, I noticed a lack of overall descriptions during dialogue. The conversations just zip past without giving any insight into the participants' reactions, feelings, thoughts, etc. Honestly it made things feel very rushed, as if there was no time to explain anything that was going on.
ReplyDeleteHmm, intriguing premise, enjoyable writing style, characters all seem well written. I'm looking forward to more of this one.
ReplyDeletePlease continue. This is a fun read (and yet another thing on my reading list). I'm actually listening to Beethooven's (icwhatudidthere) 3rd right now. :p Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteAll I want to say is "you're a dick, because i want to read more" so on that note, write faster!! i want to read more!!
ReplyDeleteyou're not a dick btw that was a joke
Fun read. Please post more :-)
ReplyDelete@Celestia
ReplyDeleteOh your Highness, you devilish troll you! I'll bet you were just giggling yourself silly when you decided to put poor Twilight up to this! You do seem to love putting her in awkward situations!
I agree, this is shaping up already to be a truly delightful story.
If I may suggest, have Octavia play this for you sometime. It's a lovely piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goKdk7jsNOQ
Holy Zephyr hasn't updated the stupid story, Batman!
ReplyDeleteHey everypony! Thanks for the feedback- I got flooded in midterm tests over the last few weeks and then had a few family things to get done- However, Chapter 2 is in progress and should update sometime in the next week or so! After that, updates should be much more regular.
Just wanted to let you all know that I haven't forgotten! Twilight still has much to learn from our favorite musician pony!
Love and friendship,
~Zeph~
Nice :D
ReplyDelete@Alondro
ReplyDeleteI think I might have to, that really is a lovely piece.
And yes putting Twilight in lighthearted awkward situations is fun, provided she doesn't have a mental breakdown over it.
@ZephyrSparkle Alright I'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDelete@ZephyrSparkle
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
I am saddened by lack of update, but can hardly blame the author because honestly, life gets hard as hell.
ReplyDeleteReally hoping this one doesn't die here, it is very well written!
ReplyDelete*Taps hoof on ground expectantly*
ReplyDeleteIT UPDATED!!! It's a Christmas miracle! :D
ReplyDeleteAnd I read it and I saw that it was good.
Tobias 3:16
Yay updates!
ReplyDeleteHuh, Vinyl not only has two stage names, but is also sisters with Rarity and Sweetie Belle? Canon ("my one and only sister!" ~ Rarity) be stricken down, that twist was amusing.
Maor music lessons please.
Well, my apologies for the 3 month wait time everypony! Suffice to say I had a CRAPPY fall semester and I no longer own a car.
ReplyDeleteBut now that school is done...
*Rubs hooves together*
Let the updates begin!
Love and Friendship!
~ZephyrSparkle~
Ok well certainly that's a new one, even if it falls afoul of Sisterhood Social...
ReplyDeleteI still is am amused, though.
excellent work!
ReplyDeleteGrammar was very good. Characterization very thorough and well done!
5/5 :)
Sweetie Belle to Vinyl " Hi Sis"... Wait-.. What ?
ReplyDeletemore is needed please
ReplyDeleteMy face throughout the first chapter:
ReplyDelete"Pony Polkie" - :-|
Everyone in character and staging a nerd intervention for Twi - :-)
Octavia acting believably; Twi's study binge - :-D
The collaboration and the juxtaposition of Octavia and Twi in one room - /(^3^)\
MOAR
Hellooo, anypony's there ? :D
ReplyDeleteI could get used to the idea of Vinyl, Rarity, and Sweetie Belle being sisters. One DJ, one designer, and one hooligan. Of course, this raises other questions: why hasn't the rest of the family mentioned her, and why didn't Sweetie call Vinyl in for the Sisterhooves Social after the big fight with Rarity?
ReplyDeletePerhaps some answers will come later on. In the meantime, this is going on my list of fics to keep reading.
One minor quibble: the song title would probably do better as "Pony Pokey."
Fun story, I'd like to see more of this. Thanks for sharing!
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