• Story: Higher Flier OR My Little Blackbird (Update Story 2 Part 2!)



    [Comedy] [Sad]

    Author: Ernest 'Admiral Tigerclaw' Hart
    Description: Confusion follows after a miserable pegasus is rescued from a nasty fall. It seems she can travel great distances in a very short amount of time, but doesn't feel she's fast at all. The inconsistency of the situation drives Rainbow Dash up the wall trying to figure it out, leading to a near disasterous race, and finally, a flight she'll never forget.

    Higher Flier (All Links)
    Higher Flier: Mach 2 (New Part 2!)

    Additional Tags: Fun, Funny, Heart-Wrenching, High-Flying, Sad

    32 comments:

    1. Seems interesting enough to read, I've been doing quite a lot of it today after all.

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    2. seems interesting
      will give it a read

      - Anything that references something like this does gets my attention

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    3. Admiral Tigerclaw? As in the person who wrote "Sleeping with the girls"? This fic instantly goes to must read list.

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    4. sounds like a fun read. may get to it later

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    5. From what I'm seeing, this definitely seems like a worthwhile read. When the rest of my to do list clears up (which isn't much), I'll look into it.

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    6. Love it so far
      Starting chapter 4 of 8, is a little cliche and hard to get into with the first chapter and a half

      4/5 stars

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    7. BUT, its really picked up since and I'm super enjoying it, if it keeps up like this...definate 5/5 stars

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    8. This one has been up for a while on fimfiction. It is pretty good.

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    9. Sad.
      Comedy.
      Why.

      I just hope this means it's comedy with some weepy bits rather than actual sad humor.

      I think this is one of those fics I will read when complete.

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    10. For everyone that's wondering: yes, the fic does have a happy ending for all involved. Also, if you even so much as a passing love of aircraft you will absolutely love this story.

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    11. This is one of my favorite stories, only behind Fallout: Equestria, Ponies Make War, and Past Sins, and I'm not sure about some of those being ahead of this.

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    12. I loved this, both as a brony and as an avgeek. Probably the best-conceived and best-written OC, and story featuring an OC, I've come across, full stop.

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    13. THIS STORY IS DIAMONDS.

      Seriously. Read it. It's amazing.

      Also, for those wondering, the story is most funny and heartwarming. The sad tag is mostly because the main OC is a massive, huggable woobie that you just want to pet and comfort and love. Seriously, she's nearly as adorable and lovable as Fluttershy, and as a massive Fluttershy fan I don't say that lightly.

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    14. Mm. This has a lot of mechanical problems, even in the first few chapters. It could stand to be groomed with an eye towards fixing capitalization errors and questionable word choices when indicating speech. Use of the word "said" as attribution is an extreme rarity, often replaced by verbs like "nodded" and "shrugged" which don't have a link to vocalization normally.

      The story's entertaining, and as a Nikon user, I have to at least appreciate that bit (though given how much the fic works in details about aeronautics, I don't know if you'd normally expect Leicas or what for ultra-high-quality photography), but it could be much improved with some spit and polish.

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    15. @DPV111 The fic is complete, the link is to the 5-chapter story on fimfiction.

      I thought this story was really good. I especially loved how Dainty Dish's personality and skills were inspired by the SR-71 Blackbird, always loved the design of that plane.

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    16. SR-71 Pony?

      That's an instant read in my book.

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    17. This guy did his homework.

      Ok unlike Mare DoWell, which was multiple ponies in an extraordinary character, Dainty is an extraordinary pony.

      The logic that Dainty uses makes sense when she is cruising.

      This would make for a good episode but there is just too much to squeeze into 22 minutes.

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    18. I've confirmed that this is, indeed, the same guy who does Sleeping With The Girls.

      By looking at his fanfiction.net profile and noticing this story's on there too.

      http://www.fanfiction.net/u/713916/Admiral_Tigerclaw

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    19. @Brongaar

      Squeezed into a 22 minutes episode? when I read this ff I imagine it as a 1 hour MLP special movie with hand drawn animation and Gibhli musical numbers!

      Tbh, I want this to be a real MLP movie special... I really do.

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    20. This one got a sad tag? Dang it! Now I have to brave the sad tags for other stories...

      I thought sad meant you get heartjerker depressed after reading it.

      Very mush recommended. (Pun intended... Yeah... Not a spelling error that worked out... At all.)

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    21. Wow, I really enjoyed this one. Nice story overall, and the character interactions were well done. The silly bits got a chuckle out of me.

      And the OC is pretty awesome too. You could even say she "rises above the rest".

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    22. As a pilot and a brony, I wish for the author to shut up and take my money. Seriously, we need more famous aircraft made into pegasi. How about a MiG 25 pony as a rival for Dainty?

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    23. This was pretty well done, and I think a stellar example of how to write a character into the established personalities of the mane 6.

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    24. Sing a song of sixpence.
      And turn your head up high.
      Four and twenty black birds
      racing through the sky.

      When the throttle opens
      the engine starts to sing.
      Wasn't that a dainty way
      to go and hit mach three?

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    25. Part 2 was awesome xD
      Can't wait for the next chapter.

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    26. Loved the new chapter! The air chase scene and scientific basis of pegasi weather control were very interesting subjects, though Mikoyan's personality was definitely the best part of this chapter.
      His behaviour is the most inappropriate for Canterlot high society and exactly what makes all his scenes so fun to read. I couldn't stop laughing during all the breakfast scene. One can only imagine what will happen when Miki will meet Rarity and Fluttershy.
      Celestia has indeed groomed a worthy pranking partner. Oh what horror has she unleashed on Equestria! One thing that I find odd is Twilight's reaction to all the teasing. I imagine she should be (at least partially) desensitized after being Trollestia's student for several years.

      PS: Shipping of ponified versions of SR-71 and MiG-31. I can die happy now as I've officially seen everything.
      PPS: The number of aviation puns has been doubled!

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    27. MY OCD SENSES ARE TINGLING...The MiG 31's greatest weapon was it's very advanced (for the time) radar and long range missiles, not outright speed. The Russian pony should be a anthropomorphic version of the MiG 25 if you'd wanted that.

      Ok, that aside, good story! Nice to see a pony fic for aviation nerds ;-)

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    28. There were some problems with name capitalisation for Spike, Tom and Tank in the new chapter.

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