Maximus the horse gets a ticklish nasal smear test (M)

[Daphine]

Rapunzel is anxious to get out of the castle where she has been kept in quarantine since the beginning of the pandemic that took hold of her kingdom over a year ago.  The castle doctor had determined that allergies were the pandemic that had taken over the kingdom.  People couldn't leave there houses with out becoming effected and passing it to others. Rapunzel makes a deal with her father that she could only leave the castle after her and Maximus both have and pass a test to check the micro flore in there noses.  This “nasal microbiome” may guard against chronic sinus inflammation and even allergies.  It was the best hope the kingdom had so far to return them all to a normal life.  What Rapunzel’s father does not know is that his feisty daughter had her fingers crossed behind her back. She was leaving the castle no matter what! Unfortunately Rapunzel did not know is that there is a plan to kidnap her. First things first they have to make sure that Maximus fails his test, not because he had the allergies but because he can’t complete the test. As the mighty Maximus waits in a small exam room the door opens and a sexy scantily clad nurse walks in. “My oh my what a large nose we have” she says with a seductive smile. ”I need to give you a nasal smear test but  I don’t believe a regular Q-tip will do the job, lucky for me I brought just the right tool “ she said with an ominous tone.  She slowly produces a long thin stick from behind her back and at the end of the stick was a fluffy pink feather . As she approached Maximus she reminds him that the only way the test can be completed is if he is able to hold back a sneeze until she is able to get her sample. Immediately maximus thinks about how much Rapunzel was counting on him. She had told him that she was going to leave the castle with or without him and it was his job to protect her.  “ Now flare those big round nostrils for me so I can start the test” the nurse instructed as she slowly inserted her ticklish tool up Maximus’s left nostril. Almost instantly an intense tickle spread up into Maximus's large nose.  His eyes bulged out as they welled up with tears.  She slowly twisted the feather around his twitching nostril.  “Tickle tickle tickle”  the nurse whispered into Maximus’s ear.  "Now remember you must not sneeze!"  Unfortunately the poor horse did feel a powerful sneeze beginning to build. Ahh, Ahhh came out of Maximus’s quivering lips. He felt his nose begin to run as his eyes grew heavy lidded.  A goofy pre-sneeze expression came over his face. “Oh no the poor horsey is looking all sneezy” the nurse said with an evil smile on her face.  Max made one last attempt to hold back his growing sneeze but it did little. As his large nostrils flared wider and wider the evil Nurse aggressively wiggle and tickled the feather aggressively around the inside of Maximus's helpless nostril. Sweat drip down from the horse's forehead into his tear filled eyes. His large nostrils flared wider than ever before as his nose ran and dripped. Ahhh, Ahhhhh. Max couldn’t take anymore and the first part of their plan took hold when Maximus finally let loose a powerful sneeze AAACHHHOOOOWWW!!!

Artwork below!

https://imgur.com/a/cKKxEMd

OLD VERSION
Just like the rest of us Rapunzel is anxious to get out of the castle where she has been kept in quarantine since the beginning of the pandemic.  She makes a deal with her father that she can only leave the castle after her and Maximus both have and pass a COVID test. What Rapunzel’s father does not know is that his feisty daughter had her fingers crossed behind her back. Unfortunately what Rapunzel did not know is that there is a plan to kidnap her. First things first they have to make sure that Maximus fails his test, not because he has COVID but because he can’t complete the test. As the mighty Maximus waits in a small exam room the door opens and a sexy scantily clad nurse walks in. “My oh my what a large nose we have” she says with a seductive smile.” I don’t believe a regular Q-tip will do the job, lucky for me I brought just the right tool “ she said with an ominous tone.  She slowly produces a long thin stick from behind her back and at the end of the stick was a fluffy pink feather . As she approached Maximus she reminds him that the only way the test can be completed is if he is able to hold back a sneeze until she is able to get her sample. Immediately maximus thinks about how much Rapunzel was counting on him. She had told him that she was going to leave the castle with or without him.  “ Now flare those big round nostrils for me so I can start the test” the nurse instructed as she slowly inserted her ticklish tool up Maximus’s left nostril. Almost instantly an intense tickle spread up into both of Maximus's large nostrils.  His eyes welled up with tears as she slowly twisted the feather around his twitching nostril.  “Tickle tickle tickle”  the nurse whispered into Maximus’s ear. The poor horse felt a powerful sneeze beginning to build. Ahh, Ahhh came out of Maximus’s quivering lips. He felt his nose begin to run as his eyes grew heavy lidded.  A goofy pre-sneeze expression came over his face. “Oh no the poor horsey is looking all sneezy” the nurse said with a Evil smile on her face.  Max made one last attempt to hold back his growing sneeze but it did little. As his large nostrils flared wider and wider the evil Nurse aggressively wiggle the feather around. Sweat drip down from Maximus's forehead into his tear filled eyes. His large nostrils ran and dripped. Ahhh, Ahhhhh. Max couldn’t take anymore and the first part of their plan took hold when Maximus let loose a powerful sneeze AAACHHHOOOOWWW!!!

See artwork below!

https://imgur.com/a/MouhyzV

[MasterXtreme]

Looks like you found a new nose to tempt!  Good job on the art, though the art/story itself will age very fast and be seen as a time capsule for content made during "those world events way back in 2020."

[RainySunshine]

Good horse nostrils!  Well done.

[timmelon]

Wow. Finally .
The swab test sneeze is a very well-known thing, but for some reason nobody have brought here this idea before.

[Kiwi]

The swab test sneeze is a very well-known thing, but for some reason nobody have brought here this idea before.

I think it is the negative stigma it is tied too, a virus that has sickened millions and killed millions.  It is a gray zone the sneeze community as a whole has seemed to try and ignore.  PSF hasn't mentioned it once except for when someone got it.  No content tied to it except for this one now.

[Daphine]

The swab test sneeze is a very well-known thing, but for some reason nobody have brought here this idea before.

I think it is the negative stigma it is tied too, a virus that has sickened millions and killed millions.  It is a gray zone the sneeze community as a whole has seemed to try and ignore.  PSF hasn't mentioned it once except for when someone got it.  No content tied to it except for this one now.

I want everyone to know that I wasn't trying to make fun of Covid or to minimize it's effects on the world.  Those who know me well enough know what I do for a living, or what I did for a living before the pandemic hopefully know that I would never make fun of the sick and the dying .  I guess I was just commenting on the testing that is being done and how often it causes someone to sneeze. 

If this story offends anyone especially anyone who has been effected by this disease please let me know and I will gladly take it down.

[timmelon]

I guess I was just commenting on the testing that is being done and how often it causes someone to sneeze. 

Well, of course we don’t want to say you anything bad .
I honestly like the idea of medical test which include nose tickling, but the whole Covid situation is not a thing to be find entertaining.
I think the best solution is to put down any mentions of deadly disease and replace it by some kind of «we need to check the microflore in your nose» thing — well, if somebody has the rhinitus too often, it’s a real kind of testing.

[kiku]

A wonderful drawing and description!  I love it!
@Daphine , we all know (I'm sure it's safe to say we all know) that you never meant to try to make fun of people being seriously ill. Of course, the Covid situation as such is not entertaining. I know we all agree about that. It is the fact that a sensitive nose is being touched in a way that makes it tickle and sneeze, which is entertaining. And you are always doing such a great job drawing it - this time too! So, in my opinion, you didn't do anything wrong.

I want to be completely honest right now and say something about myself. (Only speaking for myself!)
When I see a situation like that - a sensitive nose (human, animal, cartoon...) being tickled and caused to sneeze like that, I... have feelings.
My body reacts. And my body does not care what the cause for the nose-touch is. I just get mesmerized by the vision of the nose, the flaring nostrils, the sneezy eruption, and the sound. It's like I'm torn in two (or even three) at that moment: My rational self knows there is a dangerous virus that causes serious illness and death to many people. My empathetic self is worried about everyone who gets infected, praying that everyone who takes a test like that gets a negative result, and that those who did get infected will be all right.
The third part of myself (the dirty? lustful? instinctive?...) pushes all of that aside, focusing only on the sneeze.

I admit I have watched youtube clips of people who posted videos of themselves getting a nasal swab for covid and sneezed. I don't know what their results were, I hope they are all OK. But yes, I have watched them and I admit I enjoyed it.
Am I proud of it? No, definitely not.
Do I think it's the right thing for me to do? No, I don't.
Should I be ashamed? The fact is, I am ashamed.
Then why don't I just stop? I do. I stop watching those clips, and then some time passes, and I stumble across them again while surfing youtube, and I end up watching again. It's that dark (?) part of me that wants it.

My point is, we humans are not so simply constructed that we can only feel this way or the other. There is not always black or white, right or wrong. Again, I am only speaking about myself here. I don't know how everybody else feels.

So, for me personally, it is possible to enjoy @Daphine 's artwork and description while still hoping and praying that people will be spared of the virus, and that those who get infected will be all right.

[Daphine]

Rapunzel is anxious to get out of the castle where she has been kept in quarantine since the beginning of the pandemic that took hold of her kingdom over a year ago.  The castle doctor had determined that allergies were the pandemic that had taken over the kingdom.  People couldn't leave there houses with out becoming effected and passing it to others. Rapunzel makes a deal with her father that she could only leave the castle after her and Maximus both have and pass a test to check the micro flore in there noses.  This “nasal microbiome” may guard against chronic sinus inflammation and even allergies.  It was the best hope the kingdom had so far to return them all to a normal life.  What Rapunzel’s father does not know is that his feisty daughter had her fingers crossed behind her back. She was leaving the castle no matter what! Unfortunately Rapunzel did not know is that there is a plan to kidnap her. First things first they have to make sure that Maximus fails his test, not because he had the allergies but because he can’t complete the test. As the mighty Maximus waits in a small exam room the door opens and a sexy scantily clad nurse walks in. “My oh my what a large nose we have” she says with a seductive smile. ”I need to give you a nasal smear test but  I don’t believe a regular Q-tip will do the job, lucky for me I brought just the right tool “ she said with an ominous tone.  She slowly produces a long thin stick from behind her back and at the end of the stick was a fluffy pink feather . As she approached Maximus she reminds him that the only way the test can be completed is if he is able to hold back a sneeze until she is able to get her sample. Immediately maximus thinks about how much Rapunzel was counting on him. She had told him that she was going to leave the castle with or without him and it was his job to protect her.  “ Now flare those big round nostrils for me so I can start the test” the nurse instructed as she slowly inserted her ticklish tool up Maximus’s left nostril. Almost instantly an intense tickle spread up into Maximus's large nose.  His eyes bulged out as they welled up with tears.  She slowly twisted the feather around his twitching nostril.  “Tickle tickle tickle”  the nurse whispered into Maximus’s ear.  "Now remember you must not sneeze!"  Unfortunately the poor horse did feel a powerful sneeze beginning to build. Ahh, Ahhh came out of Maximus’s quivering lips. He felt his nose begin to run as his eyes grew heavy lidded.  A goofy pre-sneeze expression came over his face. “Oh no the poor horsey is looking all sneezy” the nurse said with an evil smile on her face.  Max made one last attempt to hold back his growing sneeze but it did little. As his large nostrils flared wider and wider the evil Nurse aggressively wiggle and tickled the feather aggressively around the inside of Maximus's helpless nostril. Sweat drip down from the horse's forehead into his tear filled eyes. His large nostrils flared wider than ever before as his nose ran and dripped. Ahhh, Ahhhhh. Max couldn’t take anymore and the first part of their plan took hold when Maximus finally let loose a powerful sneeze AAACHHHOOOOWWW!!!

Artwork below!

https://imgur.com/a/cKKxEMd

[timmelon]

(applauses)

[Daphine]

A wonderful drawing and description!  I love it!

My point is, we humans are not so simply constructed that we can only feel this way or the other. There is not always black or white, right or wrong. Again, I am only speaking about myself here. I don't know how everybody else feels.

So, for me personally, it is possible to enjoy @Daphine 's artwork and description while still hoping and praying that people will be spared of the virus, and that those who get infected will be all right.

I really want to thank kiku for being so open as she helped me make sense of all of this.  Kiku, that took more courage than I will ever know 🥲, thank you.

As for the idea that Tim melon gave me about using a different disorder were they would have to check the micro flore in their nostrils, that was a great idea.  Thank you so much for also helping me out😊.

I already changed the story and even expanded upon it😊.  I wasn’t sure what to do with it so I decided to repost it in a thread of its own.  I would like to take the old story and picture down and chalk it up to a bad era in judgment on my part🙁.  Once again I am terribly sorry for attaching this terrible disease and horrible time in our worlds history to one of my stories and drawings.  I am hoping that my new story and drawing will be viewed by far more members of this community sense it no longer has that disease attached to it.

I wish all of you and your families best of health during this pandemic!

I guess I was just commenting on the testing that is being done and how often it causes someone to sneeze. 

replace it by some kind of «we need to check the microflore in your nose» thing — well, if somebody has the rhinitus too often, it’s a real kind of testing.

[kiku]

Yes!! *applauding as well* 

[Smiles2us]

The new title and everything else is much friendlier to the world events going on, so I will merge the topics, but you can still read the original one if you wish. 

[✨proponypal✨]

LOVE Maximus sneezes!!

[Daphine]

LOVE Maximus sneezes!!

Thank you.  So glad to hear it .  If you don't mind my asking, what what was your favorite part?