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* RealityEnsues: The anatomical limitations of a pony quickly scuttle sandals as an idea; even a unicorn with high ''dexterity'' like Rarity can barely strap on her prototype sandals, and forget about any earth pony doing so. Even the notoriously triple-jointed Lyra wouldn't manage it.
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* RealityEnsues: LogicalWeakness: The anatomical limitations of a pony quickly scuttle sandals as an idea; even a unicorn with high ''dexterity'' like Rarity can barely strap on her prototype sandals, and forget about any earth pony doing so. Even the notoriously triple-jointed Lyra wouldn't manage it.
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* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments which ''wriggle''.
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* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments which ''wriggle''. (Of course, this may just be the natural result of her having a minor hoof fetish.)
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* HereWeGoAgain: Having recently met and befriended a female minotaur, the fic ends with Rugula asking if Rarity would consider trying her hand at designing ''bras''.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Having recently met and befriended a female minotaur, the fic ends with Rugula apparently asking if Rarity would be willing to consider trying her hand at designing ''bras''.
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Rarity's good regular customer is Rugula. Rarity will do a lot of things for Rugala. But when Rugala asks Rarity to try her horn at designing a completely new form of shoe, one intended for a species with very different piece of locomotion anatomy, well, things get a little... out of hoof.
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Rarity's good regular customer is Rugula. Rugula: a Canterlot noble (by marriage: she's a Tangle native) who's actually been there since the Boutique's very first day. Rarity will do a lot of things for Rugala. Rugula. But when Rugala Rugula asks Rarity to try her horn at designing a completely new form of shoe, one intended for a species with very different piece of locomotion anatomy, well, things get a little... out of hoof.
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** WordOfGod, in the form of a comment on the story, reveals Rugala was Rarity's first commission from ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumCutColorCaratClarity Cut, Color, Carat, Clarity]]'', and also the noble who hosted the house party Rarity attended in ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumOneTenthBit One-Tenth Bit]]''.
* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments that ''wriggle''.
* FurryReminder: Pony shoes are forged metal pieces that are nailed onto the hoof, although fabric "boots" are also sometimes worn as well, usually to prevent hooves from scuffing the floor.
* HereWeGoAgain: The fic ends with Rugula asking if Rarity would consider trying her hand at designing ''bras'', although this presumably would be marketed at female minotaurs and not ponies themselves.
* LighterAndSofter: Invoked; WordOfGod describes this fic as a deliberate attempt to do something ''Continuum'' related that is completely free of the usual drama or controversy, more akin to their rare stand-alone joke-fics.
* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments that ''wriggle''.
* FurryReminder: Pony shoes are forged metal pieces that are nailed onto the hoof, although fabric "boots" are also sometimes worn as well, usually to prevent hooves from scuffing the floor.
* HereWeGoAgain: The fic ends with Rugula asking if Rarity would consider trying her hand at designing ''bras'', although this presumably would be marketed at female minotaurs and not ponies themselves.
* LighterAndSofter: Invoked; WordOfGod describes this fic as a deliberate attempt to do something ''Continuum'' related that is completely free of the usual drama or controversy, more akin to their rare stand-alone joke-fics.
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** WordOfGod, [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]], in the form of a comment on the story, reveals Rugala Rugula was Rarity's first commission from ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumCutColorCaratClarity Cut, Color, Carat, Clarity]]'', and also the noble who hosted the Rarity's failed fashion house party Rarity attended in ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumOneTenthBit One-Tenth Bit]]''.
* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragmentsthat which ''wriggle''.
* FurryReminder: Pony shoes are forged metal pieces that are either nailed onto thehoof, hoof or magically attached -- although fabric "boots" are also sometimes worn as well, usually to prevent hooves from scuffing the floor.
floor or for extra warmth in the winter. Rarity semi-sarcastically notes that she doesn't do much with shoe design due to lacking the necessary anvil and forge.
* HereWeGoAgain:The Having recently met and befriended a female minotaur, the fic ends with Rugula asking if Rarity would consider trying her hand at designing ''bras'', although this presumably would be marketed at female minotaurs and not ponies themselves.
''bras''.
* LighterAndSofter: Invoked;WordOfGod [[WordOfGod Word Of Fanfic Author]] describes this fic as a deliberate attempt to do something ''Continuum'' related that is completely free of the usual drama or controversy, more akin to their rare stand-alone joke-fics.
* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments
* FurryReminder: Pony shoes are forged metal pieces that are either nailed onto the
* HereWeGoAgain:
* LighterAndSofter: Invoked;
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* RightBehindMe: Rarity unthinkingly mentions that she finds feet creepy in the Library. Where ''Spike'' can hear her. She's instantly apologetic, but he's not happy with her.
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* RightBehindMe: RightBehindMe: While in the library, Rarity unthinkingly mentions that goes into great detail about how and why she finds believe feet creepy in to be ''disgusting'' -- which possibly wasn't the Library. Where ''Spike'' can hear her. She's instantly apologetic, but he's not happy with her.best idea for somepony within earshot of Spike. Her hasty save of "But ''walking claws'' are perfectly lovely!" doesn't exactly save the day.
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Everypony in business knows that a regular customer is often as good as a friend. And when that regular customer is a legitimately likable pony, a business pony will go to considerable lengths to accomodate that customer.
Rarity's good regular customer is Rugula. Rarity will do a lot of things for Rugala. But when Rugala asks Rarity to try her horn at designing a completely new form of shoe, one intended for a species with very different piece of locomotion anatomy, well, things get a little... out of hoof.
Read it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/410905/sandalous here]].
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!!Tropes found in this story include:
* ContinuityNod:
** Twilight references the last time she had to levitate Rarity away as a result of her getting too obsessed with her work.
** WordOfGod, in the form of a comment on the story, reveals Rugala was Rarity's first commission from ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumCutColorCaratClarity Cut, Color, Carat, Clarity]]'', and also the noble who hosted the house party Rarity attended in ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumOneTenthBit One-Tenth Bit]]''.
* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments that ''wriggle''.
* FurryReminder: Pony shoes are forged metal pieces that are nailed onto the hoof, although fabric "boots" are also sometimes worn as well, usually to prevent hooves from scuffing the floor.
* HereWeGoAgain: The fic ends with Rugula asking if Rarity would consider trying her hand at designing ''bras'', although this presumably would be marketed at female minotaurs and not ponies themselves.
* LighterAndSofter: Invoked; WordOfGod describes this fic as a deliberate attempt to do something ''Continuum'' related that is completely free of the usual drama or controversy, more akin to their rare stand-alone joke-fics.
* RealityEnsues: The anatomical limitations of a pony quickly scuttle sandals as an idea; even a unicorn with high ''dexterity'' like Rarity can barely strap on her prototype sandals, and forget about any earth pony doing so. Even the notoriously triple-jointed Lyra wouldn't manage it.
* RightBehindMe: Rarity unthinkingly mentions that she finds feet creepy in the Library. Where ''Spike'' can hear her. She's instantly apologetic, but he's not happy with her.
* SanitySlippage: Rarity becomes so obsessed with figuring out how to make sandals work for pony anatomy that she forgoes sleep and gets increasingly loopy as the fic progresses.
Rarity's good regular customer is Rugula. Rarity will do a lot of things for Rugala. But when Rugala asks Rarity to try her horn at designing a completely new form of shoe, one intended for a species with very different piece of locomotion anatomy, well, things get a little... out of hoof.
Read it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/410905/sandalous here]].
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!!Tropes found in this story include:
* ContinuityNod:
** Twilight references the last time she had to levitate Rarity away as a result of her getting too obsessed with her work.
** WordOfGod, in the form of a comment on the story, reveals Rugala was Rarity's first commission from ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumCutColorCaratClarity Cut, Color, Carat, Clarity]]'', and also the noble who hosted the house party Rarity attended in ''[[Recap/TriptychContinuumOneTenthBit One-Tenth Bit]]''.
* FantasticRacism: Played for laughs; Rarity reveals she finds feet rather creepy; they're like hooves that have been split at the tip. Into fragments that ''wriggle''.
* FurryReminder: Pony shoes are forged metal pieces that are nailed onto the hoof, although fabric "boots" are also sometimes worn as well, usually to prevent hooves from scuffing the floor.
* HereWeGoAgain: The fic ends with Rugula asking if Rarity would consider trying her hand at designing ''bras'', although this presumably would be marketed at female minotaurs and not ponies themselves.
* LighterAndSofter: Invoked; WordOfGod describes this fic as a deliberate attempt to do something ''Continuum'' related that is completely free of the usual drama or controversy, more akin to their rare stand-alone joke-fics.
* RealityEnsues: The anatomical limitations of a pony quickly scuttle sandals as an idea; even a unicorn with high ''dexterity'' like Rarity can barely strap on her prototype sandals, and forget about any earth pony doing so. Even the notoriously triple-jointed Lyra wouldn't manage it.
* RightBehindMe: Rarity unthinkingly mentions that she finds feet creepy in the Library. Where ''Spike'' can hear her. She's instantly apologetic, but he's not happy with her.
* SanitySlippage: Rarity becomes so obsessed with figuring out how to make sandals work for pony anatomy that she forgoes sleep and gets increasingly loopy as the fic progresses.
