Line #49 Fanfic/DiscordsNewBusiness


1	''Discord's opened a new shop. He did it legally. This will end well, I'm sure...''
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3	''Discord's New Business'' is a WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfiction by Jonathan "[=KnightMysterio=]" Spires (yes, he of ''Fanfic/WakingNightmares'' fame) set somewhere after season 6.
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5	As the title indicates, Discord puts in place a business. A ''legal'' one.
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7	Which business? Why, turning ponies into other species for 24 hours! And because he's feeling nice, he gave a free transformation to Twilight and all her friends.
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9	Each chapter is focused on one character, his/her transformation for the day, and what happens to him/her.
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11	And ''you'' decide who gets transformed into what!
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13	Can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/366849/discords-new-business here.]]
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16	!! This fanfic provides examples of:
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20	[[folder: In general]]
21	* AudienceParticipation: As said above, the readers decide who gets transformed into what. More precisely, each chapter ends on revealing who will be the focus of the next chapter. From its publication, the readers have one week to vote for what transformation they want to see.
22	** Some chapters let you choose both the transformation and the character, or the transformation instead of the characters.
23	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Some transformations provoke the trope. See Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Starlight Glimmer and Rarity's chapters for more details.
24	* ShipTease: Plenty in the story.
25	** In "Customer 1: Fluttershy -- Draconequus", when Discord sees Fluttershy's draconequus form, he starts chirping like a bird, puffs out his chest (which gains a large tuft), and creates a bunch of flowers, lollipops, and ice cream cones that start singing around him. Fluttershy immediately recognizes it as a mating display.
26	** In "Customer 2: Applejack -- Minotaur", after Applejack's impromptu wrestling match against Iron Will, Iron Will asks Applejack out on a date, which Applejack actually gives consideration.
27	** In "Customer 3: Spike -- Unicorn", near the end of the chapter, Rarity reveals that she likes the idea of being with Spike.
28	** In "Customer 5: Starlight Glimmer -- Changeling Royalty (Chrysalis-type)", Starlight, as a Changeling Queen, takes Sunburst to be the king of her new hive. He manages to talk her down, and the end of the chapter shows Starlight is now pregnant.
29	** In "Customer 7: Rainbow Dash -- Griffon", it's revealed that Gilda and Greta have feelings for each other. Also, Gabby apparently catches the eye of a hawk-like male Griffon.
30	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The theme of the fic. Discord, for a fee, transforms his customer into what they want for 24 hours (or more).
31	** The possible transformations are: Earth pony, pegasus, unicorn, alicorn, zebra, donkey, griffon, minotaur, old-type changeling (Pre-season 6), new-type changeling (Post-season 6), changeling royalty (Chrysalis and Thorax types), dragon, and draconequus. Special requests are possible.
32	*** Alicorn, changeling royalty, dragon, and draconequus are more expensive than the others, and require signing a "If I do bullshit during my transformation, it's my fault and not Discord's" form.
33	** Later on, Diamond Dog, [[Rule63 Genderswap]], hippogriff, catfolk, tatzlpony, age manipulation and (for the reader's vote) transformation error are added to the list.
34	** Some other forms are seen through other customers, like human.
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37	[[folder: Prologue: Opening day]]
38	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The fact that Discord has a permit for his business is what worries Twilight the most.
39	--> '''Twilight:''' A permit. As in he's doing this completely legally. As in he somehow managed the patience to actually sit through doing all the necessary paperwork.
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42	[[folder: Customer 1: Fluttershy -- Draconequus]]
43	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Fluttershy sees how Discord sees the world. And goes on a prank fest.
44	* SingleSpecimenSpecies: It turns out that not even Discord has seen another member of his own species, making him possibly the only one of his kind.
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47	[[folder: Customer 2: Applejack -- Minotaur]]
48	* ShipTease: Between Applejack and Iron Will.
49	* WhatTheHellHero: A light version. Rainbow Dash and the Apple family aren't happy at all to see Applejack be a {{Workaholic}}, using her freebie transformation to make it easier for her to ''do more work''.
50	--> '''Rainbow Dash:''' AJ... I am disappoint...
51	* {{Workaholic}}: Applejack uses her freebie and her day off ''to do more work''.
52	* WrestlerInAllOfUs: Applejack gets herself in a wrestling match against Iron Will.
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55	[[folder: Customer 3: Spike -- Unicorn]]
56	* CassandraTruth: Twilight, Discord and Pinkie Pie all tell Spike that his ShapeshiftingSeducer plan is a '''bad''' idea. He doesn't listen. Rarity figures out who he is almost immediately.
57	* SecretlyWealthy: ''Pinkie Pie'' has invested her money well, that's why she can afford to throw welcome parties for free. It's also hinted it's ''not'' meant to be a secret, she just doesn't think it's important.
58	* ShapeshiftingSeducer: A rated-G version. Spike chooses to take on a unicorn form for one week (he pays the additional days) to try and flirt with Rarity.
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61	[[folder: Customer 4: Pinkie Pie -- Alicorn]]
62	* AlliterativeName: '''P'''rincess '''P'''inkie '''P'''ie.
63	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The first thing Princess Pinkie Pie does is ''take over the narration and make the author fill in for her at Sugarcube Corner!!'' Don't worry, she exchanges back at the end of the chapter.
64	* MassOhCrap: The general reaction when people see Princess Pinkie Pie.
65	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: While she stays a CloudCuckooLander, Princess Pinkie Pie is also more mature than she usually is.
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68	[[folder: Customer 5: Starlight Glimmer -- Changeling Royalty (Chrysalis-type)]]
69	* BerserkButton: Starlight ends up pushing Discord's by taking on Fluttershy's form. She apologizes afterward though, having only taken the form [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody out of an instinct to inspire love that she can feed on]].
70	-->'''Discord''': "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. You. Dare.]]" (''with his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes glowing red from anger]], he snaps her back to her changeling form'')
71	* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Starlight craves love as a changeling and instinctively slips into the form Discord would love most of all. She later does the same thing with Twilight, initially impersonating Shining Armour, before regaining control. Then she sees Sunburst and completely gives in to her queen instincts.
72	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Discord reacts this way when Starlight, having been turned into a changeling queen and instinctively reacts by turning into the being Discord loves most, aiming to spur love she can feed on. Instead, he gets ''mad'' and snaps her back into her changeling form while growling "Don't. You. Dare."
73	* RelationshipUpgrade: Starlight and Sunburst become an official couple by the end, after he ends up knocking her up in her changeling queen form.
74	* WhamLine: In Starlight's chapter, where she turned into a Changeling Queen and fell prey to her instinct to claim love, she ended up claiming Sunburst (who was willing, once he helped her gain control of her instincts). One thing led to another, and the next morning...
75	--> '''Starlight Glimmer:''' So, I think I'm pregnant.
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78	[[folder: Customer 6: Rarity -- Diamond Dog]]
79	* AffectionateNickname: Lyra calls Discord Dissy as she thanks him for turning her human. Discord decides he likes it.
80	* BigFriendlyDog: Rarity starts acting this way as a Diamond Dog, sniffing around, covering her sister's (and Spike's) face with doggie kisses and generally being goofy.
81	* BizarreAlienBiology: Apparently, the gestation period for Changelings takes about a year. However, since Starlight is giving birth to hybrids, it might be different.
82	* DidntSeeThatComing: Both InUniverse and OutOfUniverse, Discord reacts this way when Rarity asks to become a Diamond Dog.
83	--> '''Discord:''' ...Congratulations. You're now one of the only beings in the history of EVER who've caught me off-guard.
84	* HumansThroughAlienEyes: Mild case but the chapter opens with Discord explaining the concept of clothes to Lyra when he turns her (per request) into a human.
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87	[[folder: Second visit: Rarity -- Dragon]]
88	* BeatTheCurseOutOfHim: Ember brings a dragonified Rarity (who's succumbed to Greedgrowth Insanity) back to her senses by literally beating the living daylights out of her.
89	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Discord's inner Lord of Chaos comes out when he berates Rainbow for her vague request for "something cool" and manages to properly intimidate her. A reminder that chaos isn't always just "for fun."
90	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Blueblood is arrogant and a snob but he acknowledges the sincerity of Ponyville's residents, compliments Bulk Biceps' skills as a masseuse and seems pretty fond of his "auntie" Celestia.
91	* KarmaHoudini: Lampshaded by Rarity herself. Nopony's mad at her for kidnapping them, since they all got something beneficial out of it, including business opportunities and a chance to relax in a natural hot spring.
92	* OneWingedAngel: Both Rarity and Ember. Rarity grows to a large size because of Greedgrowth Insanity. Ember is temporarily aged up into an adult dragon to fight her.
93	* ReallyGetsAround: Downplayed, because she doesn't ''actually'' get to sleep with any of them before having some sense knocked back into her, but under the influence of Greedgrowth Insanity, Rarity kidnaps people she's physically attracted to. We have: Spike, Big Macintosh, Applejack, Fancy Pants, Blueblood, Zecora, Trixie, Filthy Rich, Bulk Biceps, and a changeling. ''And'' Ember.
94	* WholePlotReference: This chapter is more or less "''Secret of my Excess'', the Remake", but with Spike and Rarity's roles reversed after Rarity becomes a dragon and succumbs to Greedgrowth Insanity.
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97	[[folder: Customer 7: Rainbow Dash -- Griffon]]
98	* FantasticSlurs: "Magpie", for griffons. Gilda uses it to describe what their species has become, hoarding shiny trinkets rather than being "A military force on the level of Equestria, tough and strong with GORGEOUS homes..."
99	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gilda delivers a brutal one on the other griffons on how they let their selfishness and greed destroy their nation.
100	* {{Slapstick}}: Rarity, after deciding she's had enough of Discord's sense of humour, decides to leave... and Discord promptly invokes the trope on her.
101	--> '''Rarity:''' I suppose I walked right into that one. (Rarity turns to leave and collides with a signpost Discord placed right behind her.)
102	--> '''Discord:''' No, you walked right into THAT one!
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105	[[folder: Customer 8: Princess Luna -- Zebra]]
106	* AdaptationalVillainy: Remember Jet Set and Upper Crust, the two jerks from ''Sweet and Elite''? Here, they're revealed to be fanatical racists who, with the help of corrupt guards, beat up non-ponies and brainwash them into never coming back to Canterlot, all in the name of keeping the city "pure". They already had 18 victims, and Luna would have been the 19th...
107	* BigSisterInstinct: When Celestia discovers that Luna was attacked while she was disguised, she goes ''beyond'' mad.
108	* DarkerAndEdgier: Not ''that'' DarkerAndEdgier, but the chapter is much more serious than the previous ones, dealing with Luna investigating Canterlot for racism against non-ponies and facing it herself when she takes the form of a zebra and ends up getting attacked and actually injured by pony supremacists.
109	* FantasticRacism: During her exploration of Canterlot, Zebra Luna is turned away and treated like crap by a pair of high-end businesses... And is then beaten up by corrupt guards in the service of the pony UsefulNotes/KuKluxKlan, as had 18 non-ponies before her. To say the least, Princess Celestia does not take the revelation lightly.
110	* GenreBlindness: Jet Set and Upper Crust, a pair of pony-supremacist nobles, take sadistic pleasure in gloating to their victims before brainwashing them. Luna takes an equal pleasure into lampshading their stupidity before getting away from them.
111	* MuggingTheMonster: Everyone who messed with Zebra!Luna. Not a ''one'' of them realizes she's actually a disguised Princess, or that she'll be informing Celestia of the racism she encountered in Canterlot.
112	* OhCrap: Jet Set, Upper Crust and the corrupt guards all have this reaction when they learn the Zebra they attacked is a disguised Luna (meaning they'd attacked ''royalty''), and ''everyone'' reacts this way when Celestia gets ''angry''.
113	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Used in Celestia's angry reaction when she learns of what Jet Set, Upper Crust and some corrupt guards were up to -- '''You. Hurt. My. Sister.'''
114	* SeekingSanctuary: Canterlot's nobles have the right to extend the protection of sanctuary to anyone they want, and only the Princesses can break it. Fancy Pants invokes his right to protect Zebra Luna.
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117	[[folder: Customer 9: Fancy Pants and Fleur Dis Lee -- Genderswap]]
118	* EasySexChange: Discord makes Fancy sneeze his mustache off, which is the trigger for her turning female. He then puts the mustache on Fleur, which turns her male.
119	* GenderBender: What Fancy Pants and Fleur Dis Lee decide to have their transformation be. Fancy takes the name Fancy Dress afterward, while Fleur doesn't change his name upon becoming male.
120	* MenAreStrongWomenArePretty: Fleur tries to invoke this as a joke, lifting up Big Mac's cart. He can't do it, and is immediately shown up by a [[SuperStrongChild little filly]].
121	* AffablyEvil, EvenEvilHasStandards, [[DarkIsNotEvil Chaotic Is Not Evil]], and arguably BlueAndOrangeMorality: We get an insight into Discord's character when we see his anger at Jet Set and Upper Crust.
122	--> '''Discord:''' And even then, when I do it, it's FUNNY! Harmless little pranks! General annoyance! Just BEATING someone for being different... No class, no class at all. It's RUDE.
123	--> '''Fleur:''' The priorities of a chaotic being...
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126	[[folder: Customer 10: Trixie Lulamoon -- Alicorn]]
127	* BadassBoast: Pulled by Trixie when, as an alicorn, she's facing an Ursa Major:
128	-->"I am Great! I am Powerful! And by all that is holy, ''[[KneelBeforeZod you will kneel before me, monster!]]''"
129	* BearsAreBadNews: An [[LivingConstellation Ursa Major]] appears, one that's [[MamaBear rather]] [[UnstoppableRage vexed]] by Flim and Flam accidentally [[TooDumbToLive hurting its cub]].
130	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Like Pinkie Pie, Alicorn!Trixie takes over the narrative. She steals the author's USB drive and [[{{Blackmail}} threaten to reveal publicly]] all his [[Rule34 clopfics]].
131	* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Trixie lives up to her old boast in that she actually managed to defeat and drive off an Ursa Major. (Played with in that she had nothing left, and if the Ursa pressed the attack she'd be finished.)
132	* MamaBear: Flim and Flam accidentally hurt an Ursa Major's cub. She was understandably a little irritated at that.
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135	[[folder: Customer 11: Princess Celestia -- Seapony/Siren]]
136	* HeelFaceTurn: The Dazzlings, at various degrees. Sonata completed hers, Aria's in the middle of it, and Adagio still hasn't begun.
137	* ShoutOut: To ''Fanfic/TheInfiniteLoops''. Queen Novo in this storyline subscribes to the idea of [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill "seapony diplomacy"]]. Her method of dealing with pirates who kidnapped her involves dropping a tsunami on them.
138	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Queen Novo ''loves'' this trope. Sonata Dusk later explains that "The human equivalent [of seapony diplomacy] would be carpet bombing. With nuclear weapons."
139	--> '''Sonata:''' Novo and the concept of overkill have had a long, lasting love affair.
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142	[[folder: Customer 12: Sunset Shimmer -- Transformation Error]]
143	* CutenessProximity: Human!Fluttershy thinks Sunset Shimmer as a unicorn is the cutest thing ever, immediately wanting to give her mane brushes and tummy rubs.
144	* ShoutOut: During Pony[=/=]Draconequus!Fluttershy's attempts at transforming Sunset (which don't work like she expected), one of the transformations is into Twilight. Spike's amused response: "Oh no, it's [[Fanfic/LavenderUnicornSyndrome Lavender Alicorn Syndrome]]!"
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148	[[folder: Customer 13: The Cutie Mark Crusaders -- Age Manipulation]]
149	* DidntThinkThisThrough: The Crusaders realize quickly that their plan to spend the day in Manehattan as adults has some holes in it. (Mainly, the city's so big that they won't have time to go all the places they want and get back in time to see the stage show they were planning on seeing.)
150	* KidsShouldntWatchHorrorFilms: The CMC became adults mainly because they wanted to watch a play that's an {{Expy}} of WebVideo/MarbleHornets. After watching the play, they're scared out of their minds.
151	* NightmareFetishist: Of all the beings who saw Granite Wasps, Discord was the only one who wasn't scared by it. If anything, he absolutely ADORED it.
152	* NightmareFuel: InUniverse. The Crusaders go to see the adults-only play [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets Granite Wasps]] and are left traumatized by it.
153	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Honestly, the fact that '''''[[TheStoic Maud Pie]]''''' got traumatized by Granite Wasps should have been a red flag, girls...
154	-->'''Rainbow Dash:''' It was so weird, seeing her actually emote.
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Context Fanfic / DiscordsNewBusiness