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i-dream-of-twilight-sparkle · 1 year ago

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As mentioned in the post I did on the 6th about the anniversary of the blog. I am introducing a new timeskip. This time to the future depicted in the series finale, The Last Problem. The previous timeskip related to the Earnest Empathetic Change was only by an additional 10 years. This will add another 15 years on top of that for a total of 25 years after the Ending of the End. With the Mane 6 in their late 40s/50s. There won’t be an accompanying story like Earnest Empathetic Change was for the previous time skip. This is simply a look at what’s similar and different from the canon timeskip from the show

Though before I get to the The Last Problem. I’m going to try to briefly recap the important bits of everything leading up to this. Talking about the 2 previous eras.

I DREAM OF TWILIGHT SPARKLE (AKA How Twilight became a genie) [Between Seasons 2 & 3] + RETURN TO SADDLE ARABIA [Between Seasons 4 & 5] + SECRETS OF THE DRAGON'S TEAR [Shortly after Ending of the End]

This for the most part is the era takes takes place during or something between seasons of the canon show. This is of course the most documented part of the blog so I’ll try not to be too descriptive. But a good majority of the blog’s history goes from all the way from after Season 2 all the way to a year or so after The Ending of the End. As for actual show events, most of the general ideas remains the same (Twilight still becomes a princess, the same villains show up, the School of Friendship still happens, etc.). Although there are important differences here and there. Some of which are explored more further in smaller one-shot stories.

Secrets of the Dragon’s Tear introduced the most important lore bits that have impacted the blog’s future since. Up to and including revealing that an older-than-canon Sunset (The Equestria Girls movies are not canon to I Dream of Twilight Sparkle too) that was never evil who had lost her life to Cozy Glow’s family. And of course the ability of Spike’s dragon tear that he received at the end of Return to Saddle Arabia to summon spirits of the deceased. Revealing many secrets that only the dead could tell.

EARNEST EMPATHETIC CHANGE (10 Years after Ending of the End)

With Equestria in an ever increasing era of peace. It was time to attempt at closing off another loose end that had impacted events in Equestria before any of the Mane 6 were born. Starlight was tasked to speak with Queen Chrysalis, and receiving gradual help from each of her many friends. While using her experience as a counselor and a principal of the School of Friendship to reach an understanding with a queen to thaw her seemingly ice cold heart.

Through careful talks and gentle pushes. Starlight and Chrysalis slowly began to see there was more in common between them then either had thought possible. Even as things looked hopeless when Chrysalis found out Sunset Shimmer, the one she has blamed for years for the deaths of her previous hive was Starlight’s late mother. Starlight still stood strong in backing Chrysalis nearly to the point of letting Chrysalis kill her, if Chrysalis feels she can’t forgive her because of a blood relation to who she saw as her eternal enemy.

Using the Spirit summoning ability. Chrysalis would get to speak with Sunset to get a sense of the real her. Though even as the obvious disconnect between Sunset and Chrysalis’ point of view on the tragic day that destroyed her previous hive. It takes the use of time travel (In context, time travel works similarly to Dragonball Z’s style. It only creates a new timeline, doesn’t affect the current one) for Chrysalis to see the truth point blank.

Chrysalis would afterward get to speak with the spirits of her siblings and her parents. The reunion with the spirits of her family, along with the return of newfound friends finally lets Chrysalis receive the same change Thorax and many of the new hive achieved. And it wasn’t just Chrysalis who changed that day, this was also Starlight’s last test before ascending to Princesshood.

With a new pair of royal “sisters” and Queen Chrysalis now firmly an ally. The harmony in Equestria became ever stronger.

THE LAST PROBLEM (25 Years after the Ending of the End)

Now… we fast forward to what was the show’s canon time skip. As mentioned before, this is another 15 years added on top of the previous timeskip. 25 years after Ending of the End. The Mane 6 in their late 40’s/Early 50’s

For the most part, the episode would play out the same but I thought it’d be important to layout important differences. Although one thing I should probably consider is maybe the goodbye flashback scenes aren’t as dramatic. Since Twilight’s genie powers (Not to mention the portal gum) makes it pretty easy for Twilight and her friends to quickly visit each other within seconds if truly needed. That’s not to say there isn’t any hesitancy and/or worries about Twilight leaving Ponyville to rule Equestria from Canterlot. They'd still decide to travel together in the end as they do, and maybe even a little group hug cry. But there's less concern about their friendship drift apart as they spend less time together. They have more capability of reaching out to eachother faster even from long distances.

PRINCESS TWILIGHT SPARKLE AND SPIKE

(Just pretend for a moment Twilight still has her genie attire in this screenshot)

Twilight of course remains Ponyville’s benevolent leader alongside her adopted family Starlight and Spike (Sister and son, respectively). By this point, Twilight regularly takes the form of a more Celestia-shape as seen in the episode. Although she did have to study Starlight’s growth in order to replicate it as best she could. Her smaller stature from 25 years ago remains her “true” form so to speak. If she ever needs to feel more approachable, she'll sometimes shift to her more normal pony size. And sometimes she may also do the same thing if/when her friends are feeling particularly nostalgic.

Spike at this point is still the only dragon with a dragon tear capable of summing spirits. But Twilight, Starlight, and Spike are preparing for the day a genuine Dragon tear appears. So that one day Spike can entrust and teach dragons the responsibilities of using the dragon tears. Just as the right ponies are entrusted to become genies. So are the right dragons to wield Dragon tears as spirit summoners. It’s also negotiated with Sultan Theandri II and Sultana Moondancer for the day that Saddle Arabia seeks the return of more genies. to slowly restore the ancient culture they once had.

LUSTER DAWN

The first significant difference (At least, from fanon expectations) I should talk about is Luster Dawn. In the IDOTS universe, she is the daughter of Sunburst and Sunshine Smiles. The popular fanon I understand is that she’s Starlight and Sunburst’s daughter. However, the changes from as early in the timeline as Secret of the Dragon’s Tear makes that impossible (…Or at least pretty squicky to think about) since the two are cousins due to Sunset being old enough to be both Starlight’s mother, and Sunburst’s Aunt. She is thus still related to both Starlight and Sunburst. Just not in the same way as the more common fanon depictions.

Also while I don’t know if it’s clear or not what kind of student Luster Dawn is to Twilight. She could be on the road to being groomed to be another Alicorn ruling by Twilight’s side in the canon universe as I doubt Twilight’s retiring that early. And there is an open spot should Twilight decide another alicorn in Canterlot is needed. But naturally in the IDOTS universe, she already has Luster’s own aunt in that role. What she ends up doing is as much a mystery as anything else. (And I doubt G5 is going to get into whatever Luster Dawn did if any season that takes place after the G4 movie even applies to it’s history) But my guess she has a more normal life. Better at magic than her father, but also not the prodigy either Sunset, Twilight, or Starlight were at her age.

PINKIE PIE

Pinkie has long been married to Cheese Sandwich at this point. Which is shared with canon. Much of The Last Problem is left vague enough to be able to be on the fence on what’s there. But Pinkie X Cheese is the one part they doubled down and made clear happened more than anything else for certain.

Also, addressing something about their child. Lil Cheese: They’re a gender fluid kid that wished from Twilight to have the ability to shift between physically being a colt and a filly at will. Based on the idea that Lil’ Cheese was a colt in the script but looks like a filly in the final episode.

I’d also say by now she was given ownership of Sugar Cube Corner once Mr. and Mrs. Cake decided to retire. The grown up cake twins are now the chief bakers, though Pinkie and/or her husband Cheese still bake from time to time if they’re not available.

RARITY

Rarity is still not married. But not because she didn’t find love. She eventually was inspired by the dragons' and changelings’ approach to love. It took for some time to really embrace it, as she had once thought that the perfect wedding was a strong desire of hers. But slowly the idea of leaving herself open to anyone she’d mutually partake in a relationship with, sometimes multiple at once began to appeal to her more. Her life won’t be as long as a dragon or a royal changeling, but it’s what she feels like is her ultimate act of generosity. As for who she’s been partnered with. Both her and her partners have confidentially made that all a secret. So it’s all up to your imagination, who or how many she’s been with.

APPLEJACK

Apologies to any AppleDash shippers who were really happy with the possible hints that she and Rainbow ended up together canonically. But that doesn’t happen in the IDOTS universe, she instead marries Rara/Coloratura. I may even say they have a child at this point. (…Although I haven’t designed them, if I’m given a reason to make them I can do that at some point)

RAINBOW DASH

Rainbow Dash is still captain of the Wonderbolts. Defying expectations of her age again and again, though she knows eventually age will catch up to her. But as she puts it, she loves challenging father time for as long as it’s still safe for her body to.

And in the love life department, Rainbow doesn’t have a special some pony. Though to be honest, a part of me just feels Rainbow isn’t one to easily settle down even after she retires from the Wonderbolts. Plus, it shouldn’t be necessary to every character that they eventually have someone. (Could even be said her parents' obsession over her turned her off from a family life). She just prefers to be at most everyone younger then her’s unofficial big sister

FLUTTERSHY

Fluttershy and Discord eventually decided to stop trying to confuse ponies and eventually had their own wedding. The strange thing is their wedding went perfectly normal, like really oddly normal. But then all of a sudden… disaster struck when it became a RED WEDDING… in which everyone threw tomatoes and/or other foods that are known to make red splotches when thrown at each other for a massive food fight.

STARLIGHT GLIMMER

Starlight of course is not still the Principal of the School as she is in the canon The Last Problem. She’s by Twilight’s side as the younger Alicorn due to the many differences and/or additions depicted in Secrets of the Dragon’s Tear plus Earnest Empathetic Change. The Princesses of Friendship and Empathy leading the current era of peace for Equestria. Her cousin Sunburst is who is promoted to become the new Principal of the School.

Unlike Twilight she is changed naturally by Alicorn ‘puberty’. As mentioned previously, Twilight even studied her growth to replicate it in some fashion herself.

YOUNG SIX

Sandbar and Yona are still together, not quite married but soon getting to that point. They both also retain their teaching roles at the school. Ocellus has stepped down from her Generosity Teacher role to accept her role as a queen of the hive with guidance by the reformed Chrysalis. Silverstream is a high-ranking member amongst a Seaquestria Waterbolts group. Smolder is still the loyalty teacher at the school. Gallus is the captain of Twilight’s royal guard.

The CMC

Unlike in the canon Last Problem, none of the CMC are teachers at the School of Friendship. Smolder, Twist, and Yona all respectively are the teachers in their place in the IDOTS version

Scootaloo has become the captain of the Waterbolts

Sweetie Belle a successful famous metal singer in her band The Belle Tolls

Apple Bloom has an ever increasing leadership role at the farm. Her tea breweries (Apple Brews') are highly sought after by all stores that can sell them.

SADDLE ARABIANS

Malakhar and Kubuya now have a grown up daughter by the name of Jenii (Pronounced Jenny). While Kubuya expressed that they shouldn’t force the life of a genie on their daughter. Luckily for Malakhar, their daughter grew up fascinated with genies and also admiring the recent true stories about Twilight. And also luckily for Malakhar, their daughter had the temperament to make for a good genie. When she was old enough, they traveled to Saddle Arabia to ask Twilight if she could willingly make Jenii a real genie since there still wasn’t any new Dragon Tears. She happily grants it, and for the first time in a long time. There was a Saddle Arabian native genie. (Another thing I haven't given a design too. But if there's interest and/or a reason to. I'll get to it)

Sultana Moodancer and Sultan Theandri II have their own daughter. Though as of this post I have not picked a name or design. Like many other things if there’s a reason to show them at any point I’ll design them later. But just saying that they do exist.

THE CHANGELING HIVE

As earlier said Ocellus is now a full-on queen alongside Kings Thorax and Pharynx, and of course their mother Queen Chrysalis. Who has adjusted now to the new world after Starlight helped her understand that Equestria was never her enemy. That’s not to say her more grumpy attitudes are all gone, but she definitely tolerates Ponies far more than she used to.

And even as she got back in power, she preferred to let her children lead if they wanted to. She only takes charge and prepares if there is any threat to the hive. She’ll never get complacent when it comes to the hive’s safety. But she is at least sure that Equestria would come to their aid if needed. Something she never would have believed before her sessions with Starlight. Speaking of which, Chrysalis also has a very strong mutual friendship with Princess Starlight. Even now she wouldn’t like to admit it publicly, but she looks forward to every world leader summit and/or visit from Starlight. Chrysalis trusts Starlight on nearly the same level she did with Arista and Spur in their best days

MISC.

There could be many other updates I could add if people are curious on what they’d like to know what I’d personally see them become in the I Dream of Twilight Sparkle universe. But perhaps I should leave some to be surprises and/or suggestions to be asked about whether through here or the role-play blog. Just for example, you could ask if I have Cheerilee, Marble Pie, and Limestone Pie end up with anyone by this time.

For now though this is it for where the IDOTS universe is by the time of the timeskip depicted in The Last Problem. There will be one more timeskip I want to include sometime next year before I’m finally done with additions.

Remember that all eras can still be interacted with. Just because I’m starting another timeskip doesn’t mean you can’t ask a past version of a character if it makes more sense for the question.

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kindheart525 · 1 year ago

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Where in Gaia’s name was that mare!?

The dignitary dinner was well underway and Sahar was nowhere to be found. Nobody had any clue of the whereabouts of her or her mare-in-waiting, but they surely weren’t where they were supposed to be.

Heavenly Glow was absolutely humiliated. Sahar had always been defiant, rejecting everything Heavenly held dear, rejecting her faith, home, and culture. Even going so far as to suggest SHE was the problem!

But this? This was a new low. Her defiance had never gone this far, where she would outright refuse to show up to an important event. The most important dignitary dinner of the year, no less! Heavenly and Sahar were meant to present themselves as a royal couple on the world stage for the very first time. But only half of the couple had showed up.

Heavenly was doing her best to stall and distract the dignitaries, but at this point they were starting to gossip. They knew something was awry.

“In Equestria I did think something was wrong. From their daughter, the King and Queen have not received any letters. They gave to me a job, to tell them how she is.”

A Saddle Arabian dignitary spoke first.

“The Grand Matriarch Princess is a rather cold one, I wouldn’t blame her bride if she ran away. Who knows what’s going on behind closed doors...”

A Kirin dignitary responded, leaning in to whisper in her fellow dignitary’s ear so Heavenly wouldn’t hear her.

But Heavenly heard both of them. Loud and clear.

Is this what the world thought of her? As somepony who couldn’t uphold her duties? As somepony who caused harm? She hadn’t laid a single hoof on Sahar nor did she ever curse at her, yet the world was acting like she was holding her hostage.

Blasphemy!

How dare the King and Queen of Saddle Arabia, among everyone else, accuse her of being cruel to their daughter? If Sahar had upheld her duties like she was supposed to, they wouldn’t be accusing Heavenly of such sin!

“Excuse me for a moment, I will return shortly.”

Heavenly said this in her usual matter-of-fact tone but inside she was absolutely furious. She was going to find Sahar no matter what it took and give her a piece of her mind after she’d humiliated her like this.

She was disgusted. She was revolted. She dedicated her entire life to her savior, the God Mother, and this was the thanks she got!?

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Previous: MIW-BFF Next: Seeing Red

Background by Darkfire036

#KindsArt #auraverse #arabian dawn #heavenly glow #story piece #next generation #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp g4

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azure-wolf-227 · 2 years ago

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Other Pony Tribes

This post is about other Pony Races that do not fit in any kind of specific category. These races include the Crystal Ponies, the Flutter Ponies, and the Saddle Arabian Ponies.

(I might include more races in the future).

These pony races do not have much in common besides the majority living outside of Equestria, not unlike the Water Pony races.

The Crystal Ponies

The Crystal Ponies do not look that different from Equestrian Ponies, besides their glittering coats and manes. This trait is the result of generations of exposure to The Crystal Heart’s magic.

Crystal Ponies also have thicker coats than Equestrian Ponies due to living in the Frozen North even though the Empire’s magic keeps the worse of the cold out.

This exposure also affected the Crystal Ponies’ magic.

Crystal Earth Ponies can speed up the growth of crystals by channeling their magic through the earth. Very skilled ones can even shape the crystals to create constructs like weapons or tools.

Crystal Pegasi can make their feathers sharp by channeling their magic through them, essentially turning their wings into blades.

Crystal Unicorns all have a natural affinity for Crystal Magic even if they do not have a Special Talent for it.

All Crystal Ponies have the ability to enchant crystal and gems, allowing them to craft magical artifacts.

When The Crystal Heart’s magic surges (like during the Crystal Faire) it makes the bodies of the Crystal Ponies (as well as the visitors) much more resistant.

The Royal Family have a deep connection to The Crystal Heart and can hear it call them whenever they are outside the Empire.

The Crystal Empire is officially a city-state, technically part of Equestria but self-governing.

This is why they can host the Equestrian Games.

The Empire’s ruler obviously has the title of Emperor or Empress.

The royal family traditionally have Italian or Spanish names since the first Empress had Neightalian (Italian) blood.

The Crystal Empire’s culture is pretty much the same as in canon, with celebrations that partially serve to lift the Crystal Ponies’ spirits so their positive emotions can power up The Crystal Heart.

The Crystal Faire celebrates the Empire’s founding and serves to renew the spirit of love and unity in the Empire so the Crystal Ponies could protect it from harm.

The Crystalling - a celebration to welcome newly born members.

Some Crystal Ponies escaped the Empire before Sombra conquered it and asked for Equestria’s aid. After the Empire vanished, those Crystal Ponies integrated with the Equestrians and formed families with them.

Ponies with Crystal Pony ancestry can inherit their affinity for Crystal Magic and bright coats and manes. With some, the brightness of their coats it’s affected by their emotional state.

After the Empire - and The Crystal Heart - returned, many Crystal Pony descendants manifested shine - and sometimes glittering - on their coats and manes. The glittering is not to the same extent as pure blooded Crystal Ponies.

The Crystal Empire didn’t so much as vanish as it was transported 1,000 years forward in time. Because of this, the Crystal Ponies speak in a old fashioned way and have a different dialect from modern ponies. After returning the Crystal Ponies have begun to learn the modern speech.

The Saddle Arabians

Often called horses, they are the equine inhabitants of the country of Saddle Arabia. They are tall with long limbs and more slender than most Equestrian ponies. Some, especially the royals and nobles, are almost as tall as Princess Celestia.

Unlike canon, Saddle Arabian Ponies do have Cutie Marks but they call them Destiny Marks.

Most Saddle Arabians are Earth Ponies but Unicorns and Pegasi do exist there. The latter are often the result of Equestrian pony ancestry.

Although they are currently treated equally, Unicorns and Pegasi used to be considered second-class citizens in the past.

Saddle Arabian culture is something like what it is seen in Disney’s Aladdin (the animated version) though less harsh - no hoof cutting for stealing for example.

They are ruled by a Sultan or Sultana.

Magic Carpets and Genies are a thing here.

Equine and Mare Rights are also better.

Ponies with Saddle Arabian ancestry can inherit their height and slender bodies.

The Flutter Ponies

Originally from the G1 cartoon.

Flutter Ponies are a race of winged ponies. Unlike Pegasi or Thestrals, their wings resemble those of butterflies rather than birds or bats. They have aerodynamic bodies and are, on average, a bit smaller than other winged ponies.

The shapes and patterns of their butterfly wings vary, resembling those of actual butterfly species. They can come in all sorts of colors but they usually compliment the colors of their coats and manes.

Unlike Pegasi, Flutter Ponies live on the ground so their coats are not thick like Pegasi.

They live in Flutter Valley, a beautiful hidden valley filled with plants, trees and flowers. The valley is keep warm, beautiful and fertile thanks to a magical gem known as The Sunstone.

Flutter Ponies are fast fliers and although they can’t control the weather like Pegasi and Thestrals, they possess a magical power called "Utter Flutter", which is a powerful gust of wind and magic combined, created when the flutter ponies flap their wings really quickly.

Flutter Ponies also have an affinity for flowers, their magic encouraging their growth similar to Earth Pony magic.

Flutter Ponies share their home with the Bumbles, a race of large sapient bees (also from G1).

The Flutter Ponies have keep themselves isolated from the other ponies tribes since long before Equestria was founded. So much so, that that Flutter Ponies and Flutter Valley are considered just a myth.

Ponies with Flutter Pony ancestry don’t have many obvious physical traits but they can inherit their magic abilities and affinities.

Unicorns and Cervidians inherit wind or flower-related magic.

Pegasi and Thestrals can inherit their speed and ability to use the Utter Flutter spell or something like it.

Earth Ponies and Lycanequui inherit their affinity for flowers.

#my little pony friendship is magic #mlp rewrite #wordbuilding #crystal pony #saddle arabian #flutter pony

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llimerrence · 11 months ago

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A quick write up of the bride au, based on this FIC (tw flutter/cord), just ya know, with 100% of things changed lmaoooo

Things start the same as the fic, and for the beginning, i’m literally just gonna copy from the website:

“ As the story begins, we are told that Discord escaped from the Mane 6 and thus, didn’t turn into stone in Season 2. The mane 6 are terrified and decide to wear their elements at all times in case he comes back. Three years pass and Twilight has been made a princess by this time and her friends visit her in Canterlot to help prepare for the next Grand Galloping Gala. Princess Cadence also reveals that she and Shining Armor are going to have a baby. While the ponies converse, Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance are summoned to Saddle Arabia to stop a “terrible crisis” leaving Twilight in charge of the Gala and Equestria until they return. Discord, while hiding out, comes up with a plan to keep the Mane 6 from using the Elements of Harmony and caused the crisis in Saddle Arabia which turns out to be a trap for the three alicorns. At the Gala, everything goes smoothly for a while, and Discord hides himself as a stallion so that he can observe the ponies before Discord finally reveals himself to the group. Before Twilight can act, Discord makes her horn disappear and her friends reveal that they stopped wearing their elements all the time because they thought Discord would not return. He reveals that he has the princesses hostage and hidden away and if any pony tries to stop him than they and the unborn foal, which he reveals is a girl, will be harmed. He starts a rain of chaos that lasts through the night and Twilight feels doubt over her ability as a ruler. As the night passes, Discord notices Big Macintosh and Cheerilee on a date and despite his attempts to sabotage it, they still have a good time. Discord cannot help but feel jealous and sad that he has no one but himself and a shoulder devil to talk to, but his loneliness dissipates when he decides to return to the palace. While there, Discord continues to fool around with the ponies until he reveals he wants to negotiate. After some discussion to give him a chance they are finally, ready to ask what they have to do for him to stop his chaos. He orders things in exchange for the princesses:

- They cannot use the Elements of Harmony against him ever again. - He gets his own castle of chaos, the only place where he can use magic.

After some more thought, he comes up with a third for them to get the princesses back.-

- a bride.

The mane 6 are appalled by the last request but the chaos bringer says that the mare must come of her own free will with no coercion before he leaves. In a cave, the draconequus gloats to his hostages, who are hornless, about his plan being a success and getting a bride out of it. While they laugh at the idea of him having a bride, they claim he won’t succeed but he still continues with pride. He makes them disappear before Twilight and her friends reach the cave. The ponies arrive at his hideout and agree to the first two requests; they are even willing to give him the Elements as proof but he lets them keep them, Twilight gives him the Castle of the Two Sisters in the Everfree Forest as his domain, but they can’t bring themselves to agree to his desire for a bride. Discord decides to give them three days to make up their minds or he’ll choose one himself. During these days, Twilight discovers that the sun and moon have not been risen or lowered and she realizes that even if Discord’s chaos is gone, the order in Equestria remains out of balance without Celestia and Luna. She tearfully admits that there is no choice; Discord must have a bride.”

…. okay, let me write up what the difference is here:

Celestia requested for her second favorite pony to bring her special delicacies to the Gala. Not to mention the fact that Rarity, her friend, requested Candy to be her ‘plus one’. While Discord is disguised, Candy offers him one of her special delicacies, which happens to be in shades of pink. He thanks her and gives her a snide comment about the gala, She offers a kind and sort of amused smile, before being led away by Rarity. (This meeting is unlikely to have made any lasting impression on Discord.)

Things go basically the exact same EXCEPT Candy tells Rarity that she’ll offer herself up as a Bride, and despite Rarity’s insistence of otherwise, Candy tells Rarity that she feels useless. Any time something goes wrong, she can do nothing but sit helplessly. This is the first time she can do something for the good of Equestria, plus, can being with someone who likes to make it rain chocolate milk really be that bad? However, she makes the mane 6 promise not to tell Celestia of her decision until at least one month has passed.

When Candy is announced as the mare chosen, she is wearing a veil, but she gives Discord the one caveat, that she will not actually marry him until she falls in love with him. But she won’t marry anyone besides him. He gets everything else he wanted, and he can tell how much the mane 6 do not want to give this pony up. So, he agrees if only because he thinks it’ll be quite funny.

He snaps himself and Candy away from his hideout, and to the castle that’s been promised to him. In the castle, he gives Candy her own room. The princesses are returned, and the mane six feel like they have failed by allowed Discord to take Candy. Reasonably, Rarity and Celestia are the ones most affected by her missing presence.

Candy does her best to not reveal that she’s blind, believing that he’ll either use to his advantage, or be offended that the ponies gave him a ‘broken’ one. So, in doing this, she also is never without the veil, always using it to hide her eyes from him. And anytime he tries to see her face, she will go as far as to smack his hands away from her. Citing it to be ‘inappropriate’ for him to see under the veil before their wedding day. This is clearly a lie. It only intrigues him more.

Who is the little pony who so willingly agreed to be Discord’s Bride, why is she so insistent on hiding her face, and why does she not seem afraid or upset to be there? Aren’t most ponies scared of him? Yet, Here she is, happily sitting and listening to his plans to take over Equestria.

#about; || candy;#candy; || verse five; || bride of chaos;#tw mlp

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idreamoftwilightsparkleroleplay · 1 year ago

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Spike: Yeah... you could say that... I was stabbed in the eye during our confrontation with Zathir on our return trip to Saddle Arabia years ago. It's thanks to Fluttershy's batpony tooth that I'm not a one-eyed dragon.

That day also produced the gem on this necklace. Equestria might have been still under Zathir's empire if not for this.

He points toward the tear-shaped gem wrapped around his neck.

Spike: But I'm ok now, that was still a terrifying day all things considered... but plenty of silver linings have developed over time.

Solar and twilight: hello genie twilight

Genie Twilight: Why hello ther- wha!

She's taken a bit aback by the 2-headed pony before her.

Genie Twilight: Well, I'm no stranger to meeting other me's... and I've seen my fair share of conjoinment. Just pardon if I didn't expect to see somepony like the two of you, heh heh... ^^'

#Spike #Post-SOTDT

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ask-healthy-light · 2 years ago

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Solar the element of unity

Beyond

Solar's comment the previous evening, wondering if he could be considered the Element of Magic, got many gears turning. Both he and Twilight then spent a while, looking through many books.

Fortunately, two heads were better than one. And though Spike helped for a little while as well, bringing them some additional coffee, or helping with books, he headed to bed soon after.

Twilight and Solar thanked the young Drake as he headed upstairs, leaving the two on their own. A few moments later, after wishing Spike a good night, SunTrixLight entered the room, bickering with each other.

Starlight asked how their research was going, though they admitted they did not have much success. Anything they thought could help ended up leading to nowhere, bringing great disappointment.

They knew that a seedling, that grew into the Tree of Harmony, was planted eons ago by the Pillars, before they left to trap the Pony of Shadows - and themselves - in Limbo.

Wherever the seedling grew from, it would have been genuine eons ago, any records long having been lost to time. But maybe, just maybe, there could be something, anything that others knew.

They told her they had thought about asking the Pillars for help, when Sunset interrupted them. She wondered: Could there have been there another Tree, that the seedling came from?

And if so, could there have been other seeds? The Tree of Harmony was in Equestria, could there be other trees in Saddle Arabia, or Yakyakistan, all with other bearers and with different elements?

Fortunately, the last few years, Twilight and her friends made many contacts outside of Equestria, so, after a night's rest, they sent out letters asking if anycreature knew anything about a Tree.

Weeks later, finally, a number of letters were returned. Unfortunately, no records of Trees. Though, some did mention some unusual things: Elements of Unity, and bearers of Love, Trust and Compassion...

Maybe, just maybe, there were more Trees indeed...

(Thanks for reading this bonus! If you'd like a story of your own, feel free to send a request!)

Featuring: Solar Eclipse and Twilight Sparkle as Twilight Eclipse

and Sunset Shimmer, Starlight Glimmer and Trixie Lulamoon as SunTrixLight from @asktwilighteclipse

#beyond #request #bonus #not story related #my little pony #writing #oc #solar eclipse #twilight eclipse #starlight glimmer #sunset shimmer #trixie lulamoon #suntrixlight #spike the dragon #twilight sparkle

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FIENDSHIP IS MAGIC (Part 51 of ?) 18+ readers only (sex scenes)

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FIENDSHIP IS MAGIC

Making Fiends and Influencing Ponies

An Anthro *Tail* of the Mane Six

Part 51 of ? (Work in Progress)

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Kin nodded from where she sat, “The blood sauce is not even hard to make. You just need reasonably fresh blood. Citris juices, lemon is best but limes and the various oranges work well too. Mix the juice and the blood, then season to taste. Pretty easy, actually. Something about the juice keeps it from clotting.”

Luna settled into a comfy chair as she nibbled at her salmon pasty. “Lovely, but I came to tell you that Celestia and I will be needing Fluttershy's services as a witness in a day or two. It will depend on the defense lawyers for the ex doctor Wheatly and those two nurses that I just had arrested. Besides the originally planned charges, Celestia and I have added two charges of attempted murder of our gryphon patients.

“Fluttershy, you saved the gryphons and those IV bottles. The numbers on them match ones signed away as shipment breakage by the Doctor Wheatly before I revoked his license. That was the morning after he was removed from the Gryphon Hospital.”

She faced Kin and told her, “My news for you is both good and bad. The ill news first. The Throne of Empire has ordered an end to the search for survivors in the earthquake rubble. None have been found for the last two days.

“The better news is that we will be getting three hundred and forty six patients over the next three days. That is as fast as I can get the trains into the Empire and back. We are sending them full trains of food, supplies for their livestock, temporary shelters and building materials.

“We are not alone. Both Prance and Saddle Arabia are sending similar loads of relief supplies.”

Gesturing at the lot of them, she managed a totally lewd grin as she finished, “Delightful as this snack is, I am going to take my leave so that you can get back to, um, fitting Flutters! Have fun!

Fluttershy smiled back, equally lewdly, “We plan to! Oh yes.”

Kin's magic reached out, as Luna left, her guard falling in behind her, and flipped their sign to CLOSED. In the back, Rarity asked her friend, “How do you want us to do this, Flutters? We will be happy to include you however you would like us to.”

“Well, I have to admit that I have never actually done anything with mares or stallions either. I sort of know what to expect, though. I have seen some of it. I will let you lead, OK?”

Kin smiled as she helped Fluttershy out of her nursing uniform. “That sounds fine, Flutters. Just be sure to let us know at once if anything bothers you or does not feel good or right. If you permit it, I can use my abilities as a succubus to help us know what feels best for you. That is simply not the same for every mare.”

Fluttershy smiled as the last of her clothing came away. She stepped with confidence up to Rarity and wrapped her into a hug. She reached up a bit to nuzzle Rarity behind her ear and whispered, “I have wanted to hug you for a long time, Rare. Don't worry about my strength, I promise not to hug you like I did poor Bruin, last December! That was being rough on purpose, because he wanted it rough, at least until those ribs cracked.”

Rarity smiled and replied with a giggle, “Bet that he likes it easier now!”

Snuggling up to Rarity and luxuriating in Kin's gentle fluffing and smoothing of her wing feathers, she replied, “Not really. He still likes us to wrestle full out. We are both more careful with certain holds, that's all.”

Between Rarity in front, and Kin working from behind, and all three cuddling and stroking each other, Fluttershy's wings were stiffly up in short order!

She managed to pull one wing down and reach back, pulling Kin around to join Rarity in front of her! Her wing flexed right back up as she pulled Rarity first, and then Kin into a deeply passionate kiss!

Rarity and Kin returned the favor by sniffing and gently lip nibbling the sensitive area behind her ears. Rarity on the left ear and Kin to the right! They worked their ways down both sides of her neck at once. They paused to kiss each other at Fluttershy's collar bone, before advancing further down.

Fluttershy was panting and moaning lightly as they enfolded her totally, caressing every square centimeter of surprisingly sensitive body!

Flutters was not idly absorbing their attentions. She was actively using what she had learned from having her own ears played with. She had a surprisingly strong but gentle hand playing with Rarity's ears, spanning across to get both ears at once. She was doing a similar thing for Kin as well. She turned them both, pushing them down to nurse on her full breasts!

The surprised mares found that Fluttershy was lactating too!

She purred, “THIS I know that I like! I always keep them milky. Some of my forest friends need my milk if they have gut injuries or there are young that need taking care of.”

Kin managed to mumble around a nipple, “I see, I think. You are really dedicated to your helping them, aren't you?”

Cuddling Kin to her breast and feeling all of her delicate stroking, she purred, “Of course. The wolf packs almost never have orphans, but a lot of the others frequently do. It's kinda fun, teaching the little ones how to be their own kind, and not try to be another mama Flutters.”

Kin and Rarity were now doing “double duty,” playing with the yellow pegasus' delicate and sensitve wing feathers and, further down, both playing with the insides of her thighs and the folds between them.

In almost no time, Fluttershy was bucking wildly in her first orgasm! As she subsided, Kin looked around the back of the comfy chair to be sure that it was safe! Rarity was peeking around the base of her drawing table in awe.

As one, they returned to caressing the still slightly spasming pegasus! Kin was holding her and kissing her deeply, while Rarity was behind her, straightening and smoothing the feathers of her wings.

Panting, eyes closed, Fluttersy let them help her to enjoy the afterglow of her wild coming. They gently, with hands and magic both, carried Fluttershy into the shower.

The combined rush of warm water and the multiple scrubbings of her fur and feathers by both hand and magic, caused Fluttershy to have another orgasm! The two were ready this time, and their unicorn magic held the wild pegasus safely for them all!

As she came to herself, Flutters held them close and snuggled them under the gentle streams of warm water. They all adjourned to the big tub and simply played about, splashing and general horse, er, pony play!

They dried each other off with soft, warm towels. Kin held out several new nursing uniforms for Fluttershy to try on. Arrayed in one of her new uniforms, Fluttershy lounged in an easy chair out in front and conversed with Kin while Rarity busied herself in the kitchen.

She emerged with a big tray of mint fluff filled Bismarks with butter cream frosting. She added a big carafe iced coffee and they sat back to snack. Kin's magic flipped the store's sign to OPEN.

TO BE CONTINUED

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phenomenalcosmicpowers · 3 years ago

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With it having been about 4 months since Secrets of the Dragon’s Tear ended and plenty of comics since then that follow-up on what was revealed in the story. What the story brought to this blog is probably big enough to justify an all new FAQ page to itself. I do have an FAQ page already that’s more then 7 years old (But have been updated accordingly after Return to Saddle Arabia and with Ain’t Never Had Friends Like Us). But I imagine what’s been added to since SOTDT started and how it’s still generally had a large effect on the direction of this blog going forward it’s important to get the important points out there.

This FAQ page also serves as a sort of “Secrets of the Dragon’s Tear - tl;dr (Too long didn’t read) edition” to help others that I understand may not have the time to read a 32 chapter story… (Even if course there may be a decent amount of text. But there was a lot of important stuff in the story that it’s hard to tl;dr it any more then this) Most of what’s important is just in the final 12 chapters of the story. Although the first 20 help give some proper context on how things get to where they do. And some of what happens in the first 20 may eventually get followups too, just they don’t have as much of an immediate impact compared to the last 12.

I do however at least want to answer one right here on this post (it’ll be repeated in the FAQ to make sure it’s seen either way. But figured I’d answer something of a misconception (Mostly in some of the comments on the Derpibooru versions of some images)

Do you think any of the things in the story is canon for real?

No, I have never ever said I believe things that are canon to this story are also canon to the show. That would be impossible. A lot of the stuff revealed will seem crazy to those looking at it from a first glance. Just think about it like this: I don’t believe Sunset Shimmer is Starlight’s mother (And her being deceased for that matter too) is canon anymore then I believe Twilight is a genie in canon. They’re both just aspects of this blog, and I have no intention of making people believe that it’s the case outside of the blog. It’s just the direction I decided to take the story based on certain factors that will be somewhat detailed in the rest of this FAQ

I understand the confusion for anyone who just randomly comes across a recent comic without having seen the story. Perhaps adding to the confusion results from this blog having been very canon-adjacent for the longest time in which it’s implied most of what happens in Seasons 3-9 happens nearly the same way in most cases. This story however takes place after the show (Or perhaps more specifically, after the final two-parter, and before the flashback parts of The Last Problem about Twilight’s coronation becoming the sole ruler of Canterlot)

Yes, some particular parts of the future seen in The Last Problem are going to be quite different as a result of this story too. Though not different enough that the general point of the episode is all that different. Will you get to see the future shown in The Last Problem as it happens in i Dream of Twilight Sparkle? All I’ll say is… maybe ;)

But anyway, The intent of making the story was to cover most of the remaining holes to get a complete picture of all 9 seasons tied together for the purpose of the future of this blog. From how Spike’s egg got to Equestria, just about anything to do with Starlight Glimmer, and more. The fact that it answers some of that stuff may also contribute to the misconception that maybe I think some of this is how it is in canon. But I repeat, it’s only the direction I decided to take a certain aspect of the blog’s story. It only answers what the blog’s answers are for the missing info in the show. Most of this stuff is now up to fan fictions to answer. And it should be expected to be wildly different between fiction to fiction

There are small cases where the blog has differed from canon before, such as Trixie being good friends with Twilight prior to No Second Prances (To the point that Twilight would actually have had no such problems with Starlight becoming friends with her). It’s just now that the blog takes place in a post-show atmosphere, thus everything that’s all new is not going to be based on much of anything canon with little-to-nothing to go on but educated guesses and/or storylines I feel would be fun to pursue

So before more people put words in my mouth that I’m trying to push the blog’s story as canon should pay heed to what I have to say here and just treat it as any other Alternate universe fanfic/story. Even if in this case, a lot of what happened in the show still happened (The only huge cut is the fact the Equestria Girls movies/series did not happen. Which barely got a significant mention in the show anyway)

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double-knots-archive · 3 years ago

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A quick write up of the bride au, based on this fic (tw flutter/cord), just ya know, with 100% of things changed lmaoooo

Things start the same as the fic, and for the beginning, i’m literally just gonna copy from the website:

“ As the story begins, we are told that Discord escaped from the Mane 6 and thus, didn't turn into stone in Season 2. The mane 6 are terrified and decide to wear their elements at all times in case he comes back.

Three years pass and Twilight has been made a princess by this time and her friends visit her in Canterlot to help prepare for the next Grand Galloping Gala.

Princess Cadence also reveals that she and Shining Armor are going to have a baby. While the ponies converse, Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance are summoned to Saddle Arabia to stop a "terrible crisis" leaving Twilight in charge of the Gala and Equestria until they return.

Discord, while hiding out, comes up with a plan to keep the Mane 6 from using the Elements of Harmony and caused the crisis in Saddle Arabia which turns out to be a trap for the three alicorns.

At the Gala, everything goes smoothly for a while, and Discord hides himself as a stallion so that he can observe the ponies before Discord finally reveals himself to the group. Before Twilight can act, Discord makes her horn disappear and her friends reveal that they stopped wearing their elements all the time because they thought Discord would not return.

He reveals that he has the princesses hostage and hidden away and if any pony tries to stop him than they and the unborn foal, which he reveals is a girl, will be harmed. He starts a rain of chaos that lasts through the night and Twilight feels doubt over her ability as a ruler.

As the night passes, Discord notices Big Macintosh and Cheerilee on a date and despite his attempts to sabotage it, they still have a good time. Discord cannot help but feel jealous and sad that he has no one but himself and a shoulder devil to talk to, but his loneliness dissipates when he decides to return to the palace.

While there, Discord continues to fool around with the ponies until he reveals he wants to negotiate. After some discussion to give him a chance they are finally, ready to ask what they have to do for him to stop his chaos.

He orders things in exchange for the princesses:

They cannot use the Elements of Harmony against him ever again.

He gets his own castle of chaos, the only place where he can use magic.

After some more thought, he comes up with a third for them to get the princesses back.

A bride.

The mane 6 are appalled by the last request but the chaos bringer says that the mare must come of her own free will with no coercion before he leaves.

In a cave, the draconequus gloats to his hostages, who are hornless, about his plan being a success and getting a bride out of it. While they laugh at the idea of him having a bride, they claim he won't succeed but he still continues with pride. He makes them disappear before Twilight and her friends reach the cave.

The ponies arrive at his hideout and agree to the first two requests; they are even willing to give him the Elements as proof but he lets them keep them, Twilight gives him the Castle of the Two Sisters in the Everfree Forest as his domain, but they can't bring themselves to agree to his desire for a bride. Discord decides to give them three days to make up their minds or he'll choose one himself.

During these days, Twilight discovers that the sun and moon have not been risen or lowered and she realizes that even if Discord's chaos is gone, the order in Equestria remains out of balance without Celestia and Luna. She tearfully admits that there is no choice; Discord must have a bride.”

.... okay, let me write up what the difference is here:

#CANDY. || VERSE FIVE; || BRIDE OF CHAOS;#ABOUT. || CANDY;#I'M A LITTLE CRAZY UNDERNEATH THIS. || DISCORD&CANDY;#TW MLP

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theoutcastrogue · 4 years ago

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The silver mines of Potosí

[from Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano]

Entrada del Virrey arzobispo Morcillo en Potosí (1718), by Melchor Pérez de Holguín

They say that even the horses were shod with silver in the great days of the city of Potosí. The church altars and the wings of cherubim in processions for the Corpus Christi celebration in 1658, were made of silver: the streets from the cathedral to the church of Recoletos were completely resurfaced with silver bars. In Potosí, silver built temples and palaces, monasteries and gambling dens; it prompted tragedies and fiestas, led to the spilling of blood and wine, fired avarice, and unleashed extravagance and adventure. The sword and the cross marched together in the conquest and plunder of Latin America, and captains and ascetics, knights and evangelists, soldiers and monks came together in Potosí to help themselves to its silver. Molded into cones and ingots, the viscera of the Cerro Rico—the rich hill—substantially fed the development of Europe. “Worth a Peru” was the highest possible praise of a person or a thing after Pizarro took Cuzco, but once the Cerro had been discovered Don Quixote de la Mancha changed the words: “Worth a Potosí,” he says to Sancho. This jugular vein of the viceroyalty, America’s fountain of silver, had 120,000 inhabitants by the census of 1573. Only twenty-eight years had passed since the city sprouted out of the Andean wilderness and already, as if by magic, it had the same population as London and more than Seville, Madrid, Rome, or Paris. A new census in 1650 gave Potosí a population of 160,000. It was one of the world’s biggest and richest cities, ten times bigger than Boston—at a time when New York had not even begun to call itself by that name.

Wealth flowed like water. The Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, showed his gratitude by bestowing on Potosí the title of Imperial City and a shield with the inscription: “I am rich Potosí, treasure of the world, king of the mountains, envy of kings.” The Cerro was the most potent of magnets. Hard as life was at its base, at an altitude of nearly 14,000 feet the place was flooded with treasure hunters who took the bitter cold as if it were a tax on living there. Suddenly a rich and disorderly society burst forth beside the silver, and Potosí became “the nerve center of the kingdom”. By the beginning of the seventeenth century it had thirty-six magnificently decorated churches, thirty-six gambling houses, and fourteen dance academies. Salons, theaters, and fiesta stage-settings had the finest tapestries, curtains, heraldic emblazonry, and wrought gold and silver; multicolored damasks and cloths of gold and silver hung from the balconies of houses. Silks and fabrics came from Granada, Flanders, and Calabria; hats from Paris and London; diamonds from Ceylon; precious stones from India; pearls from Panama; stockings from Naples; crystal from Venice; carpets from Persia; perfumes from Arabia; porcelain from China. The ladies sparkled with diamonds, rubies, and pearls; the gentlemen sported the finest embroidered fabrics from Holland. Bullfights were followed by tilting contests, and love and pride inspired frequent medieval-style duels with emerald-studded, gaudily plumed helmets, gold filigree saddles and stirrups, Toledo swords, and richly caparisoned Chilean ponies.

In 1579 the royal judge Matienzo complained: “There is never a shortage of novelty, scandal, and wantonness.” Potosí had at the time 800 professional gamblers and 120 famous prostitutes, whose resplendent salons were thronged with wealthy miners. In 1608 Potosí celebrated the feast of the Holy Sacrament with six days of plays and six nights of masked balls, eight days of bullfights and three of fiestas, two of tournaments and other dissipations.

Cerro Rico del Potosi, the first image in Europe. Pedro Cieza de León, 1553

While metals flowed unceasingly from Latin American mines, equally unceasing were the orders from the Spanish Court granting paper protection and dignity to the Indians whose killing labor sustained the kingdom. The fiction of legality protected the Indian; the reality of exploitation drained the blood from his body. From slavery to the encomienda of service, and from this to the encomienda of tribute and the regime of wages, variants in the Indian labor force’s juridical condition made only superficial changes in the real situation. The Crown regarded the inhuman exploitation of Indian labor as so necessary that in 1601 Philip III, banning forced labor in the mines by decree, at the same time sent secret instructions ordering its continuation “in case that measure should reduce production.”

In three centuries Potosí’s Cerro Rico consumed 8 million lives. The Indians, including women and children, were torn from their agricultural communities and driven to the Cerro. Of every ten who went up into the freezing wilderness, seven never returned. In their communities the Indians saw “many afflicted women returning without husbands and with many orphaned children” and they knew that “a thousand deaths and disasters” awaited them in the mines. The Spaniards scoured the countryside for hundreds of miles for labor. Many died on the way, before reaching Potosí, but it was the terrible work conditions in the mine that killed the most people. Soon after the mine began operating, in 1550, the Dominican monk Domingo de Santo Tomás told the Council of the Indies that Potosí was a “mouth of hell” which swallowed Indians by the thousands every year, and that rapacious mine owners treated them “like stray animals.” Chiefs of Indian communities had to replace the constantly dying mitayos with new men between eighteen and fifty years old. The mitayos’ jail—a shapeless mass of ruins—can still be seen at the entrance to Potosí.

Freezing outdoor temperatures alternated with the infernal heat inside the Cerro. The Indians went into the depths “and it is common to bring them out dead or with broken heads and legs, and in the mills they are injured every day.” The mitayos hacked out the metal with picks and then carried it up on their shoulders by the light of a candle. Outside the mine they propelled the heavy wooden shafts in the mill or melted the silver on a fire after grinding and washing it.

The mita labor system was a machine for crushing Indians. The process of using mercury to extract silver poisoned as many or more than did the toxic gases in the bowels of the earth. It made hair and teeth fall out and brought on uncontrollable trembling. The victims ended up dragging themselves through the streets pleading for alms. At night 6,000 fires burned on the slopes of the Cerro and in these the silver was worked, taking advantage of the wind that the “glorious Saint Augustine” sent from the sky. Because of the smoke from the ovens there were no pastures or crops for a radius of twenty miles around Potosí and the fumes attacked men’s bodies no less relentlessly.

— Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of Pillage of a Continent (transl. Cedric Belfrage, Monthly Review Press, 1973; abridged excerpts)

#Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of Pillage of a Continent #long post #Eduardo Galeano #theory #the city speaks #the ecstasy of gold #the gambler's face cracks into a grin #Potosí #Bolivia #no tears for the creatures of the night

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i-dream-of-twilight-sparkle · 2 years ago

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The I Dream of Twilight Sparkle Index

Since Tumblr seems to have broken much of the sidebar functionality at least on redux sites. I thought I'd move all important links to it's own post.

I Dream of Twilight Sparkle FAQ #1 - FAQ for more general stuff from early on in the blog

I Dream of Twilight Sparkle FAQ #2 (Secrets of the Dragon's Tear edition) - FAQ related to a large story that impacts almost all recent posts since 2021

Mod Blog - Go here to ask the mod/me questions if you're ever curious or just want to get to know me (I also have a Discord account and/or server you can join if that's a preferable. Though I'll have that now as a simply ask me if you want to contact me there.

Ain't Never Had Friends Like Us - A group blog focused on specifically genie ponies. Although as of recent kind of low on new exclusive posts. I also reblog most Genie Twilight posts here

Geniequestria - A brand new genie pony story that's on the more more mature side starring a genie version of the evil Starlight Glimmer from Season 5. It'll never go as far as to show or describe explicit acts, but there may be plenty of implications of not so family-friendly stuff sprinkled throughout.

Episode Responses - Back when Friendship is Magic I did weekly episode reponses to most episodes between Season 3 and Season 9. Not all episodes were responded to especially Season 9-wise. But here's an index of each season's tag

Season 3 - Season 4 - Season 5

Season 6 - Season 7 - Season 8 - Season 9

Specials - These are particular important, special, or otherwise noteworthy parts of IDOTS history that I want to give special spotlight to. They range from important plot point stories, to simply fun moments between some characters.

Origin Story - How it all began! How Twilight became a genie, and chose to stay one in the first place

Twixie Genies Crossover (And Reunion) - Some crossovers between the unfortunately defunct Twixie Genies blog and my Genie Twilight!

Mane 6 Genie Simulation - Twilight putting the rest of the Mane 6 through the Genie Simulation for the first time. A temporary genie transformation that allowed them to feel what it's like to be a genie, without any of the responsibility of power.

Genie Sickness Arc - A month long arc that had Twilight become sick and eventually has to ask Discord to help

Motherly Revelation/Anniversary - The moment where Twilight and Spike adopted eachother as Mother and Son in the blog's continuty. Prepare for d'awww's.

I Dream of TwiDash - The moment where Twilight and Rainbow Dash realized they loved eachother very much and will have plenty of children an- Phbbbbt, not actually. This was an April Fools special I did for fun. Although, you could say I did actually go through with something like this for real over on Ain't Never Had Friends Like Us...

Mother's Day Special - A special starring Twilight's mother, Twilight Velvet. Some details I admit I'd retcon if I had done the story more recently. But at the time there was barely anything known about Twilight's mom. So alot of it was just personal headcanon of Twi's mom's personality and such.

Trixie Reunion - Trixie returns to Ponyville to inform Twilight of her intention to move here. Twilight and Trixie are on better terms between eachother then Twilight and Trixie were in Season 6 of the show. Hence why she had no problem with Trixie in the No Second Prances episode response.

Return to Saddle Arabia - The first major text story of the blog! Twilight and Spike return to Saddle Arabia for the first time since Twilight was genified. They find lots of new friends... but also a very dangerous enemy.

Genie Ember-lation - A simple Genie simulation sequence done between my Genie Twi and a friend of mine's OC

Secrets of the Dragon's Tear - An even larger text story that seeks to answer many unanswered questions leftover from the end of Friendship is Magic in the I Dream of Twilight Sparkle universe. And take things to a bold new direction that have impacted this blog ever since. Just a heads up, this is a LOOOOOOOOOONNNNG story.

Pinkie Pear Pie - Are Applejack and Pinkie Pie actually related in the I Dream of Twilight Sparkle universe? Read this, and you'll find out!

Starlight's Sisterly Simulation - Twilight performs the genie simulation on Starlight Glimmer again, this time without a reluctant Trixie.

IDOTS Stories - More one-shot stories (Though it also contains the chapters of Earnest Empathetic Change) that either take place or are related to events to Secrets of the Dragon's Tear

Earnest Empathetic Change - 10 Years after Twilight took sole rule in Canterlot, Starlight is tasked with reforming none other than Queen Chrysalis. Can she thaw the ice cold queen's heart?

#index #mod post

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kindheart525 · 1 year ago

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Ginger Root was assigned to the bride of the Princess for a few reasons, but mostly because she was one of the only ponies who could speak Saddle Arabian. They had servants who spoke Yakistani, Draconic, Seaponish, etc.

She tried to not think about trivial matters like that too much, but her mind tended to wander when she was nervous.

Even though she could speak it she was asked to not let Sahar do so. Supposedly she "needed to learn Equish fluently, upside, and backwards" if she was going to be royalty successfully. Ginger felt pretty badly about it though.

"Today is table ettiquette day, so we're heading to the dining room. It’ll just be the two of us!"

She told Sahar as they arrived, keeping vigilant to, at the very least, help her out if she didn't understand something.

“Etiquette we have too, in Saddle Arabia!”

Sahar had been nervous and quiet since the wedding, struggling to cope with the culture shock she was experiencing in her new home. But similarities between Saddle Arabia and Equestria brought her some comfort, so she perked up at the reminder of her homeland.

Ginger returned her smile politely as she spoke, something in her heart wrenching when she had to correct her excitement.

"We have etiquette in Saddle Arabia as well, Princess. Don't worry about that though. Come sit down!"

She lead the mare to the table where there was a plate along with way too much cutlery. The wine glass was full and there was bread on a dish, along with some indiscernable mystery food that was made to look fancy.

"Sit down for me and pick up the dinner fork."

Sahar sat in her seat and looked down at the table set with confusion. There were three forks here! Not to mention multiples of all the other cutlery. She’d already forgotten what each one was for from the last lesson, but how could anypony remember which was which? It was much too complicated.

She picked one up sheepishly.

“This is the dinner fork?”

To be entirely honest, Ginger didn't know which fork was which either.

She had to study half the night just to make sure she could help properly herself! She picked up the right fork and showed it to Sahar, her mouth moving up and down with no words as she struggled to figure out what exactly to do.

After a few moments she sighed deeply, putting down the fork and deciding that she wasn't going to sit here and torture the mare twofold. So she began speaking in the language Sahar knew best.

"Nopony uses these old rules anymore except for the royals at really important events, but with Her Majesty that happens quite a bit around here-"

Referring to the one Sahar was married to.

"-I know it’s frustrating but you have to memorize it. This is the salad fork and this is the dessert fork, they have four tines while the dinner fork has one. If you learn that you'll do well. Try again."

It was like a dam broke when Sahar heard her own language being spoken to her, she couldn’t hold back her feelings anymore. A sob escaped her as she replied.

“I have been trying! Over and over again! I cannot get it right, no matter what I do!”

She slumped down onto the table, with enough force to topple the wine glass in front of her.

“And Heavenly is no help at all! She is so cold, like she hardly cares! You are the only one who truly does.”

The tears stung Ginger’s heart almost as deeply as they seemed to sting Sahar. She was so engrossed in listening to Sahar that she didn't even notice the spilled wine for a few good minutes.

"It's not you, Your Majesty! Trust me-"

She leaned in close to whisper, her voice shaking as she struggled to sound cheerful. She knew how much this must hurt and she wasn't going to make matters worse by being anxious.

"-I know how cold Her Majesty can be. I'm here for you. I mean, it’s literally my job, but I'm here for you, for more than just mare-waiting stuff. How about we say you got it all right and do something you want?"

Ginger perked up as she riskily used her hooves to lift Sahar's head, giving her a beaming smile.

"How does that sound?"

Sahar smiled through her tears, feeling more reassured than she had in a long time.

“That sounds wonderful. You truly are a bright spot in my life...”

A new nickname came to her mind for Ginger, a name from her homeland.

“My dear friend, Diya.”

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Previous: First Meeting Next: Extended Hoof

#KindsArt #auraverse #arabian dawn #sahar #diya #ginger root #story piece #next generation #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp g4

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glapplebloom · 4 years ago

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Trixie returns, yet Gilda still seasons away...

Someone has found the Alicorn Amulet. The Shopkeeper warns of its danger but throw enough money at someone and they’ll sell you their soul. Meanwhile Twilight is practicing a performance with Fluttershy’s Animals. But someone is causing trouble in Ponyville so she has to go and see what is causing the trouble.

Trixie is back sporting a new red magical aura. She’s showing off magic Twilight is unable to match and Trixie challenges Twilight to a Magic Duel. Loser leaves Ponyville forever. Twilight accepts since Trixie won’t leave until she does and will continue to cause trouble. But thanks to that boost of Magic via outside source, Twilight loses.

With Celestia being in Saddle Arabia, Twilight goes to Zecora to find help. Zecora begins to train Twilight in her style of magic (which I am sad we don’t get to see considering Zecora does seem to know magic beyond potions) all the while her friends inside Trixie’s Dome figure out the Alicorn Amulet and find a way to inform Twilight. With this new information and Zecora’s advice, Twilight comes up with a plan.

The plan seems to be that Twilight uses her own Amulet that boosts her power to be beyond the Alicorn Amulet. And since only Trixie can remove it from herself, Trixie sees this boost of power and takes it from Twilight. But it turns out it was a trick because the Amulet was a fake. All those tricks were done by Twilight and her friends.

But with Twilight’s explanation on how she did her tricks, it creates a big flaw with this episode: The Alicorn Amulet is what was supposedly influencing Trixie to being this evil. And we got about a minute’s worth of Evil Trixie still without it. She was also self-aware about Twilight doing all those tricks. Say what you want about Evil Rarity but it at least keeps the idea of the magic corrupting her when she got despelled from it.

But they’re not going to punish Trixie and she even helps Twilight make her performance even better. Twilight forgives Trixie which I see a lot of people complain about later in the series. But for now, to quote Baby Looney Tunes: “we forgive you, but we don’t trust you”. And we won’t see Trixie again until Starlight becomes good.

Overall, its a fun episode and one Trixie fans would probably like. Though trying to have an Evil Trixie and yet have her not be responsible kind of weakens the episode. Its like they wanted to have their cake and eat it too. I would either like to see it be like Rarity where you actually can see the corruption leave her or like Starlight and have it be under her own power and wanting forgiveness. As is, its like “whoops, you beat me. I’m sorry and some junk”.

So I’m going all in on the corruption angle for the GLAB counterpoint. Trixie wanted to use the Alicorn Amulet to prove to those ponies that she is a legit magician. But because of the corrupting nature, it makes Trixie remember why its like it is now and warps it from a desire to prove she is as good as she says to revenge on those who caused this change: Twilight for main canon and GLAB for this one.

But of course Apple Bloom has fought Alicorn level threats at this point, so fighting one on one against Trixie is a bigger cake walk. And thanks to research I did for Death Battle, I really found out how broken the Power Ring can be. So for every trick Trixie does, Apple Bloom has enough willpower to counter it. But using so much is reducing the ring’s power, so Apple Bloom thinks of another way.

The ring detected high corruptible magic from the Amulet, So the objective is to take it off of her. But with having to defend those against Trixie’s magic, Apple Bloom can’t rush her down to take it (and even if she could, the magic lock). So Apple Bloom begins to taunt Trixie to make her want to take off the Amulet. Eventually the hatred the Amulet made Trixie have for Apple Bloom got so bad she ripped it off her neck in an attempt to throw it.

But now that its off of her, she comes to her senses. She’s confused about what has happened and Apple Bloom rushes to get it before anything else happens. Trixie gets scolded but since this was definitely not under her own power she gets off with a warning. And until Starlight enters the scene, we will have the Karma Parade on Trixie.

#season 3 #mlp review #MLP Revisit #Green Lantern Apple Bloom

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rarilight · 5 years ago

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#16

Over and over again, till it’s nothing but a senseless babble

submitted by @couchcrusader

((pasting as posts because Asks are being difficult for pasting) ALSO GOD DAMN IT THIS ONE ALSO CAME OUT HUGE WTF

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To be completely fair, no pony expected a fairly diplomatic and peaceful international meeting to be interrupted by least three dozen different types of magical attacks. Furthermore, no pony really expected Her Majesty, Ruler of Equestria, Twilight Sparkle to teleport herself in front of the visiting Saddle Arabian royals and take in their place an attack that would have killed any normal pony three times over.

And finally, no pony expected her to not only not die, but to be strong enough to retaliate and subdue the attackers before passing out.

No pony expected a great deal of things, it seemed, but the pony who really hadn’t expected any of this was Twilight herself; mostly because, as she lay in her hospital bed, hooked up to all kinds of different medical devices, she couldn’t remember any of it.

All she remembered was having breakfast with her wife--who was sitting by the corner, looking very very somber--and then waking up at the hospital to Rainbow Dash telling her that yes, Twilight, for the fiftieth time, Saddle Arabia isn’t declaring war against us for this.

“So,” she said, “Just to get things straight. We got attacked by the magic nomadic Arimaspi tribe, they tried to kill the Saddle Arabian prince and princess, I jumped in the way, and almost got killed, and then I—”

“Kicked their butt!” exclaimed the Wonderbolts Captain. “It was aaaaawesome!”

“Awesome?!” Rarity snapped, her first words in a while. “For star’s sake, Twilight nearly died, Rainbow!”

“Yeah, but she didn’t!” Rainbow insisted.

“She’s right, though. I didn’t,” Twilight added, and at her wife’s murderous glare, she decided to move along before that killed her instead. “Right! Not important. Moving on!” She cleared her throat. “Rainbow, can you please find Spike and have him come see me in about ten minutes?”

“Sure thing!”

A heavy silence filled the room, oppressive and sickening, the poor ruler forlornly watching as her wife quietly got up to frown at her charts. She stared at them for a minute, put them back down, and then returned to her spot in the corner.

“So,” Twilight said, deciding it would be better to just get it over with. “You’re angry at me.”

There was a pause, and Rarity pointedly did not look at her.

“So that’s a yes.”

“No,” Rarity quickly replied, though she still failed to look at her. “It’s not a yes.”

“But it’s not a ‘no’, either,” Twilight finished, and Rarity’s facade cracked. With a sigh, she tried to sit back up. “So, wha—Agh!”

A sharp pang interrupted her sentence, and before she’d even doubled over in pain, Rarity was already at her side, steadying her. It took her a moment--mostly of her feeling like she wanted to die--before the pain went away, but eventually she was lying back down again, feeling helpless and forlorn and regretful in front of her tearful, scared, and potentially-maybe-perhaps still angered wife.

“Everything turned out fine, Rarity. Mostly,” she said, not wanting to sound like a broken record, but it was true.

“You nearly died, Twilight,” Rarity didn’t hiss, but almost. Again, tears wet her eyes, and the next she hissed, not at Twilight really, but at the situation itself. “In my arms, Twilight Sparkle. Bleeding in my sun-forsaken arms.”

Twilight swallowed, horrified at the image, not having known that detail until then. Unfortunately for her, it was when she was nervous and upset that the sovereign ruler lost some of her intelligence as she tried nervously grinned and said,

“Well! That would have been a dramatic death for one of your novels, huh?” she said, and at Rarity’s expression, she quickly remembered humor and comedy were not her forté. “Wa-Wait, sorry! Wait. I didn’t mean that.”

“I damn well hope not, your highness.”

So, Twilight turned to logic and rationale and facts which is what she knew.

“Rarity,” she said with careful conviction, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry I… I’m sorry that had to happen, but you need to understand that I couldn’t let the king and queen of Saddle Arabia die. I had to step in. Please understand.”

Another silence filled the room, and Twilight remained confronted with Rarity’s hard stare until the latter softened.

“I know,” Rarity whispered, and as more tears spilled anew, she turned away, going into a ramble. “I know, Twilight! I know! I know you had to do that! Of course you can’t let them die! And I shouldn’t be mad about it, but you nearly died, and you—!” She cut herself off and steadied herself before turning back to Twilight. “I… I suppose I hadn’t realized this is something I’d signed up to, as well.”

“I… I’m sorry,” Twilight said, unsure of what else to do. “I don’t know what to say to make you feel better or fix this.”

“Well,” Rarity said carefully, “I suppose I could spare myself going through this again by separating, but admittedly, I’d have to wait a few months as I imagine the optics of doing it now would be frightful.”

Twilight froze, panicked. “Separate?” she blurted out, nearly sitting up again if her body hadn’t protested. “Wa… Wait, Rarity, wait! But—! I mean—!” she blabbered, her mind crashing to a halt when suddenly Rarity smiled.

“That was a joke, dear.”

“A joke?” Twilight gasped, horrified and upset. “Well, it wasn’t a funny one!”

Rarity shrugged. “Well, darling,” she said, lifting a hoof and brushing Twilight’s hair off her face, “I rather think it’s fair that I’m allowed to nearly give you a heart attack after you actually gave me one.”

And to that, Twilight couldn’t help a relieved laugh.

“I guess that’s fair,” she conceded, and then, relieved to be alive, and safe, and to still have her wife, she said sincerely, “I am sorry, Rarity.”

“Are you?” Rarity said. “And, pray tell, why should I forgive you?”

Twilight hummed. “Well! Beyond what I said about having to do it so we don’t go to war with Saddle Arabia, I also can’t remember any of it, so until I unsuppress those memories at three in the morning in a month, my emotional trauma should be minor, but more importantly—” She donned her wife's trademark smile. “Because you love me?”

Rarity laughed, wiping away tears.

“You do realize you can’t use that as an apology for everything, don’t you?”

“But it’s true, though.”

Though she sighed theatrically, eventually Rarity agreed.

“Yes, Twilight, I love you,” she said affectionately, and yet as soon as she’d done so, she teared up anew. “Stars, Twilight, I do love you.” And then, ignoring Twilight’s pained yelp, she threw herself on her wife, practically sobbing as she held her close. “I love you. I love you. I love you.”

She repeated the three words, over and over and over, until they meshed together and became almost nonsense. But this was fine for Twilight. She was more than happy to hold her and listen, knowing that though unfortunately this probably wouldn’t be the last time she’d nearly die trying to save someone, she had least had Rarity to be there with her through it all.

#love you meme #rarilight #raritwi

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skonnaris · 5 years ago

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Films I’ve Seen 1878-2019

1878.

The Horse in Motion https://youtu.be/IEqccPhsqgA

1888

Roundhay Garden Scene. https://youtu.be/F1i40rnpOsA

1894

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894_in_film

1895

Arrival of a Train https://youtu.be/1dgLEDdFddk

1896

Kiss. https://www.loc.gov/item/00694131/

Rough Sea at Dover https://youtu.be/1dgLEDdFddk

1928

Steamboat Willie **

1939

(The Blue Angel)

1931

1932

(A Farewell to Arms, Me and My Gal,

1933

1934

(It Happened One Night, The Thin Man, The Gay Divorcee, Of Human Bondage, The Count of Monte Cristo, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Treasure Island)

1935

(Top Hat, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Anna Karenina, Broadway Melody of 1936, The Littlest Rebel, The Last Days of Pompei, The Little Colonel, Call of the Wild, Annie Oakley)

1936

(Poor Little Rich Girl, Mary of Scotland, Stowaway, Anything Goes, Captain January, Dimples)

1937

Heidi *****

Snow White *****

(Shall We Dance, Wee Willie Winkies, Broadway Melody of 1938)

1938

Boystown ****

(Pygmalion, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Listen Darling, Just Around the Corner, Little Miss Broadway)

1939

Gone with the Wind *****

Hunchback of Notre Dame ***

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ****

Wizard of Oz *****

(Babes in Arms, The Little Princess, It’s a Wonderful World)

1940

Fantasia *****

The Grapes of Wrath *****

Pinocchio ****

1941

Citizen Cane ****

1946

It’s a Wonderful Life *****

1950

1951

A Streetcar Named Desire ****

An American in Paris ****

1952

Singin in the Rain *****

1954

Rear Window ****

1957

12 Angry Men ****

1959

Ben Hur ****

1960

Pollyanna ****

Please Don’t Eat the Daisies ****

Psycho ****

Swiss Family Robinson ****

Time Machine, The *****

1961

Absent Minded Professor ***

Blue Hawaii ***

Breakfast at Tiffany’s ***

Children’s Hour, The ****

Flower Drum Song ****

One Hundred and One Dalmations ****

Parent Trap, The *****

Splendor in the Grass ****

West Side Story *****

1962

Gypsy ****

Lawrence of Arabia ****

The Manchurian candidate ****

The Miracle Worker *****

The Music Man *****

To Kill a Mocking Bird *****

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane ****

1963

Beach Party ***

The Birds *****

Bye Bye Birdie ***

Cleopatra ****

Incredible Journey, The ****

Lilies of the Field *****

Pink Panther ****

Son of Flubber ***

1964

Fail Safe ****

Goldfinger ****

Mary Poppins *****

My Fair Lady *****

Zorba the Greek *****

1965

Dr. Zhivago *****

A Charlie Brown Christmas *****

A Patch of Blue ****

That Darn Cat ***

The Sound of Music *****

1966

Fantastic Voyage ****

Fahrenheit 451 ****

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ***

1967

Bonnie and Clyde ****

The Graduate ****

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner ****

1968

2001: A Space Odyssey *****

Funny Girl *****

Planet of the Apes ****

1969

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ****

Midnight Cowboy ****

1972

1776 ***

Ben ***

Butterflies Are Free ***

Caberet ****

Deliverance *****

The Godfather *****

Jeremiah Johnson ***

Lady Sings the Blues ****

Man of La Mancha ***

The Poseiden Adventure ****

What’s Up Doc ***

1973

American Graffiti ****

The Exorcist ***

Jesus Christ Superstar ****

The Sting ****

The Way We Were ****

1974

Benji ***

Blazing Saddles **

The Godfather II ***

Herbie Rides Again ***

The Longest Yard ***

The Towering Inferno ****

1975

Barry Lyndon ****

Escape to Witch Mountain ***

Funny Lady ****

Jaws ****

Mahogany ***

Monty Python and the Holy Grail ***

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest *****

Picnic at Hanging Rock ***

The Return of the Pink Panther ***

The Stepford Wives ***

Tommy ***

1976

All the President’s Men *****

Carrie **

Pink Panther Strikes Again ****

Rocky ****

Star is Born, A **** (Barbra Streisand)

1977

Annie Hall *****

Bobby Deerfield ****

Close Encounters of the First Time *****

Oh God ****

1979

The Amityville Horror ***

And Justice For All ****

Apocalypse Now ****

Being There *****

The Champ ****

The China Syndrome ****

Kramer vas Kramer ****

Manhattan ***

1980

Blue Lagoon ***

Coal Miner’s Daughter ****

The Elephant Man ****

Fame ****

The Gods Must Be Crazy ***

Ordinary People ****

Private Benjamin ****

The Shining *****

1981

Absence of Malice ****

Arthur ****

Chariots of Fire ****

On Golden Pond *****

Raiders of the Lost Ark ****

Reds ****

1982

1983

The Big Chill ****

The Right Stuff ****

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi ****

Tender Mercies ****

Terms of Endearment ****

Trading Places ****

War Games *****

Yentl ****

1984

Amadeus *****

1985

Back to the Future *****

1988

Big *****

Coming to America *****

Dangerous Liaisons ***

Mississippi Burning ****

Mystic Pizza ***

Rain Man *****

Scrooged ***

Stand and Deliver ****

Working Girl ****

1987

Babette’s Feast *****

Dirty Dancing *****

Empire of the Sun ****

Fatal Attraction ***

Good Morning, Vietnam ****

LaBamba ****

Moonstruck *****

Overboard ****

Roxanne ****

Three Men and a Baby ****

1988

Beaches ****

Big *****

Bull Durham ****

Cinema Paradiso ***

Coming to America *****

Dangerous Liasons ***

Mississippi Burning *****

Mystic Pizza ***

Rainman *****

Unbearable Lightness of Being, The ***

Working Girl ****

1989

All Dog’s Go To Heaven ***

Born on the 4th of July ***

Dead Poet’s Society ****

Driving Miss Daisy *****

Field of Dreams ****

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ***

The Little Mermaid ****

My Left Foot ***

Parenthood ***

Steel Magnolias ****

When Harry Met Sally ****

1990

Dances with Wolves ****

Edward Scissorhands ****

The Freshman ***

Ghost *****

Home Alone ****

Kindergarten Cop ***

Mermaids ***

Misery ****

Pretty Woman *****

1991

Frankie and Johnny ***

1992

Scent of a Woman *****

1993

Dave *****

Firm, The ****

Free Willy ****

Groundhog Day *****

Hocus Pocus ***

Homeward Bound ****

Indecent Proposal ***

Mrs. Doubtfire *****

Pelican Brief, The ****

Piano, The ****

Remains of the Day ***

Robin Hood Men in Tights ***

Schindler’s List *****

Secret Garden, The ****

Sleepless in Seattle ****

What’s Eating Gilbert Grape ***

1994

Forrest Gump *****

The Shawshank Redemption *****

1997

Good Will Hunting *****

1999

Matrix ****

2000

Billy Elliott *****

Cast Away *****

Chocolat *****

Erin Brockovich *****

Meet the Parents ***

Miss Congeniality ****

2001

Amelie *****

Beautiful Mind, A ****

Bridget Jones’ Diary ****

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone ****

The Last Castle ****. (Robert Redford)

Legally Blonde *****

Majestic, The ****

Shrek ****

2002

About a Boy ***

About Schmidt ***

Bourne Identity ****

Chicago ****

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ****

Ice Age ****

My Big Fat Greek Wedding *****

Pianist, The ****

Road to Perdition ****

Spider-man ****

Sweet Home Alabama *****

Unfaithful ****

2003

Bruce Almighty ****

Cold Mountain ****

Holes ***

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Tens ***

Love, Actually *****

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl ***

Something’s Gotta Give *****

2004

The Bourne Supremacy****

De-Lovely ****

Fifty First Dates ****

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ****

The Incredibles ****

Million Dollar Baby ****

National Treasure ***

The Polar Express *****

The Terminal ****

Van Helsing ****

2005

Brokeback Mountain ***

Capote ***

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ***

Constant Gardner, The***

Finding Neverland ***

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ***

The Manchurian candidate ***

Mr. and Mrs. Smith ***

The Notebook ****

Ocean’s Twelve ***

Pride and Prejudice ****

Walk the Line ***

Wedding Crashers ***

2006

Charlotte’s Web ***

The Da Vinci Code ****

Devil Wears Prada *****

Dreamgirls ***

Failure to Launch ***

Happy Feet ***

The Holiday *****

Letters from Iwo Jima ****

Night at the Museum ****

Pirates of the Carribean ***

2007

Atonement ***

The Bourne Ultimatum ****

Charlie Wilson’s War ****

Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The ***

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Juno ****

La Vie En Rose ***

Michael Clayton ***

No Country for Old Men ***

Once ****

P.S. I Love You *****

There Will Be Blood ****

2008

Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The *****

Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The ****

Dark Knight, The ****

Definitely, Maybe ***

Doubt ***

Frost/Nixon ***

Frozen River ****

Gran Torino ***

Hancock ****

Hurt Locker ****

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ***

Iron Man ****

Kung Fu Panda ***

Mama Mia ****

Milk ****

Rachel Getting Married ***

Reader, The ***

Revolutionary Road ***

Slumdog Millionaire ****

Taken ***

Wall-E *****

2009

Avatar ***

Blindside ***** (Sandra Bullock)

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince ***

Invictus ***

Julie and Julia ****

Lovely Bones, The ***

Proposal, The *****

Sherlock Holmes *** (Robert Downey, Jr)

Single Man, A **** (Colin Firth)

2010

Black Swan ***

Despicable Me****

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 ***

Ironman 2 ****

Kid’s Are Alright, The ****

King’s Speech, The *****

Letters to Juliet ****

Shutter Island ***

Valentine’s Day ***

2011

The Artist ***

Bridesmaids ****

Crazy, Stupid Love ***

The Descendent ***

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 ***

The Help *****

Hugo *****

Midnight in Paris ***

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ****

War Horse *****

My Week With Marilyn ***

We Need to Talk About Kevin ****

2012

Argo ***

Amour ****

The Bourne Legacy ****

Django Unchained ****

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ****

The Hunger Games ***

Le Miserable ***

The Perks of Being a Wallflower ***

Life of Pi ****

Lincoln ****

Silver Linings Playbook ****

2013

12 Years a Slave ****

About Time *****

Blue Jasmine *****

Captain Phillips ****

Dallas Buyers Club ****

Frozen ****

Gravity ****

Inside Llewyan Davis ****

Philomena ****

Saving Mr. Banks *****

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ****

The Wolf of Wall Street ***

2014

American Sniper ****

Boyhood ***

Birdman ****

Cavary ****

Chef ****

Divergent ***

Gone Girl ***

Hobbit ***

The Grand Budapest Hotel **

The Imitation Game ****

Into the Woods ***

Interstellar ****

Lucy ****

Maleficent ****

The Monuments ****

Mr. Turner ***

Selma ****

Whiplash ****

2015

45 ***

The Big Short ****

Bridge of Spies ****

Brooklyn ****

Carol ****

Chappie ***

Cinderella ****

Danny Collins ***

Inside Out ****

The Intern ****

Joy ****

The Martian ****

Me, Earl and the Dying Girl ***

Room ****

San Andreas ****

Spotlight *****

Star Wars: The Force Awakens ****

Trainwreck **

Trumbo ****

The Walk ***

2016

Arrival ****

Central Intelligence ****

Deadpool ***

Elle ***

Fantastic Beasts ***

Fences ***

Hacksaw Ridge *****

Hidden Figures *****

Hell or High Water ***

Jackie ***

La La Land ***

Lion *****

Manchester by the Sea ****

Me Before You ***

Moonlight ****

Sully ****

2017

Beauty and the Beast ****

Call Me By Your Name ***

Darkest Hour ****

Downsizing **

Dunkirk ***

Going Home *** (Reese Witherspoon)

Ladybird ***

Phantom Thread ****

The Post ****

The Shape of Water ****

The Upside ****

Wonder Woman ***

2018

Aquaman ***

Bird Box ****

The Black Klansman ****

Bohemian Rhapsody ***

Book Club ***

Can You Ever Forgive Me ***

Christmas at Pemberly Manor ****

Crazy Rich Asians ***

Favourite, The ***

First Man ****

Green Book *****.

Kindergarten Teacher, The ***

Mama Mia Here We Go Again ***

Mary Poppins Returns ****

Mary Queen of Scots ***

Mule, The ***

On the Basis of Sex ****

Quiet Place, A ****

Roma ***

St. Judy ***

Star is Born, A ***

Wfe, The ****

Wonder Woman ***

2019

1917 ****

The Bookshop ****

Cats ***

A Day in the Neighborhood ****

Downton Abbey ***

The Farewell ***

Ford v Ferrari ****

Harriet ****

Hustle, The **

The Irishman ****

Jojo Rabbit ****

Joker ***

Judy ***

Little Women ****

Marriage Story ****

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood **

Two Popes ***

Yesterday ****

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goldstarnation · 5 years ago

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OCTOBER 2019 GOLD STAR MEDIA SCHEDULES & REVIEW

Members may earn 3 points each (up to 6 points) for writing, by the end of November 7 KST:

A solo para of 400+ words based on their monthly schedule (does not count toward your monthly total).

A thread of six posts (three per participant, including the starter) based on their monthly schedule.

Threads do not have to take place directly during an important date listed on the schedule, but must be related to what the muse is mentioned to be doing in the paragraph explaining their schedule/the company’s schedule for the month and/or their thoughts on the mentioned activities or lack thereof.

These schedules may be updated throughout the month if new information needs to be added.

Reminder: September schedule posts are due by the end of October 7 KST.

Overall Company

Such quick growth in such a short time period appears to be catching up to Gold Star now. There’s been avoidable problems with management recently, most noticeable in their handling of Origin’s and Fuse’s next comebacks, and even the constant delay of a comeback for Gold Star Soloist 1. Gold Star may have an attractive reputation of caring more for their artists than Dimensions or BC, but their behind the scenes employees are clearly being overworked due to executives’ reluctance to expand teams as needed and incur costs that could lower their lead in industry profits. Messy management decisions haven’t affected everyone yet, but word is starting to get around within the company to watch out for delayed comebacks and poorly-handled scheduling.

Important dates:

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Gold Star Soloist 1

Meetings with management, marketing, and A&R continue to be her primary schedule, but she’ll be called into one in particular early in the month after returning with representatives from all three departments to discuss her career direction and where she sees herself going musically as she enters her twelfth year. As such a big face of their company it’s important to them that she feel heard so that her eventual contract renewal is guaranteed. This month also marks the beginning of preparations for the fan meeting she’ll be holding in December to bring a close to the year.

Important dates:

October 18: Fan meeting stage outfit fittings.

Gold Star Soloist 2

Now that recording for her album is done, October brings a focus on preparing all of the remaining details for her comeback, including learning the choreography, shooting comeback teasers, and filming the music video. Later in the month, she holds a solo concert in Taiwan and performs at a festival in Busan. She won’t be performing any of her new music, but she’s allowed to hype fans up about it.

Important dates:

October 2: Comeback stage outfit fittings.

October 5: Performance at Sharing Festival at Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea (also performing: Knight).

October 12: Performance at SBS Radio K-Pop Concert in Jeongeup, South Korea.

October 14: Comeback teaser photo shoot.

October 15: Behind the scenes choreography video filming.

October 17: Room Shaker MV filming day one.

October 18: Room Shaker MV filming day two.

October 20: Hello Taipei 2019 concert at Taipei International Convention Center in Taipei, Taiwan.

October 25: Performance at Busan One Asia Festival Family Park Concert at Hwamyung Park in Busan, South Korea (also performing: Aria).

Gold Star Soloist 3

The beginning of the month brings more European tour dates before he returns to Seoul. He’ll finish off his European tour dates next month, but, in the mean time, it’s fall festival season, and Gold Star has booked him for two different events, one that is likely to be a more idol fan-based audience, and the later of the two, which will draw in an audience more attuned to indie music, to capitalize on his cross-demographic appeal.

Important dates:

October 1 : Self-titled tour concert at Lido in Berlin, Germany.

October 3: Self-titled tour concert at Kantine in Cologne, Germany.

October 4: Self-titled tour concert at La Madeleine in Brussels, Belgium.

October 6: Self-titled tour concert at Trabendo in Paris, France.

October 12: Asia Song Festival 2019 at Ulsan Complex Stadium in Ulsan, South Korea (also performing: Dimensions Soloist 1, Dimensions Soloist 2, and Lucid).

October 20: Performance at Grand Mint Festival at Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea.

Silhouette

Leading up to their comeback at the end of the month, the members are going through the usual preparations of fittings, photo shoots, MV filming, and practice. The increase of expectations on this comeback grows increasingly more noticeable throughout the month and the decreasing success of their latest comebacks is no longer going ignored out of respect for their seniority in the company. Rumor is that if this comeback doesn’t do well, Gold Star may be making changes as they approach their ten year debut anniversary. What those changes might be is still entirely unclear. Before they come back in the final days of the month, the members are also saddled with another Mizuno fan sign and a filming for a Weekly Idol episode for their comeback.

Important dates:

October 4: Stage and MV outfit fittings.

October 10: Teaser photo and album jacket shoot.

October 13: “ME&YOU” MV filming.

October 27: Mizuno fan sign in Seoul.

October 29: Weekly Idol filming (to air November 6).

October 30: Release of “ME&YOU” & WE mini-album showcase, promotions continue until November 30.

Aria

They hold their Seoul concerts the second weekend of the month (please see September’s schedule for solo/duo special stages) and have a few performances in the later half of the month. Amid concert rehearsals for their Seoul concerts and continued rehearsals for concerts in Japan month, the members will be in the studio to record their December comeback mini-album. It’s a return to original form after “I’m So Sick” earlier in the year, but they’ve been assured future comebacks with a different sound aren’t off the table once marketablity advantages between concepts and sounds have been adequately compared. The members will begin learning the title track choreography in addition to choreography for b-sides “Like U” and “Rewind” after their Seoul concerts are out of the way.

Important dates:

October 11: Pink Space concerts at SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.

October 12: Pink Space concerts at SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea.

October 20: Performance at Follow Gyeonggi K-Culture Festa in Jakarta, Indonesia.

October 25: Performance at Busan One Asia Festival Family Park Concert (also performing: Gold Star Soloist 2).

Origin

Their comeback is still indefinitely delayed, meaning more unclear studio time, though Gold Star seems to want an early 2020 date and are certainly willing to move around their plans for other groups to accommodate the company’s money makers. Current priority has shifted to the release of Origin World next month, which Gold Star seems to be putting a lot of stock in bringing in enough money to make up for only one 2019 comeback. The members have group promotional photo shoots for that this month and will film “behind the scenes” interview videos, answering questions like which member’s route they would want to play in the game, why they’re excited for the release, and why fans should play the game. A MediHeal CF for a new brand deal and another concert stop on their tour round out the month.

Important dates:

October 5: Origin World promotional photo shoot.

October 8: Origin World behind the scenes filming (examples 1 & 2).

October 19: Mediheal CF (videos 1-7 in playlist) filming.

October 25: Speak Yourself Stadium Tour concert at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Impulse

The month begins by flying out to the States for their US tour. The day before their first stop and the day of, they’ll appear on the Today Show and Good Day New York, two American morning shows, respectively, to give interviews and perform the English version of their latest title track. Members who can speak English will of course take the lead during interviews, but management has told them that all members are expected to get in something to say, even if it’s something they must rehearse and set up beforehand. Similarly, they’ll be filming a lot of online promo while in America, including a friendship test, trying nine things they’ve never done before, a boy band lyric challenge, song association, and a "most likely to”. After returning to Seoul mid-month the members will begin learning the choreography for their Japanese comeback and will also film the music video.

Important dates:

October 2: Appearance on the Today Show in New York, NY, USA.

October 3: Appearance on Good Day New York in New York, NY, USA.

October 3: Keep Spinning 2019 World Tour concert at Prudential Center in Newark, NJ, USA.

October 6: Keep Spinning 2019 World Tour concert at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada.

October 9: Keep Spinning 2019 World Tour concert at American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX, USA.

October 12: Keep Spinning 2019 World Tour concert at The Forum in Inglewood, CA, USA.

October 16: Keep Spinning 2019 World Tour concert at Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA, USA.

October 26: “Love Loop“ MV filming.

Fuse

By mid-month, the members are completely done recording for their new mini-album and have moved on to learning the “Umpah Umpah” choreography in order to be ready for their comeback next month. The concept of their comeback still seems questionable for late fall and the first fittings of the intended outfits for promotions present a mix of summery dresses and crop top styling for the music video as well as a selection of intended stage outfits that don’t seem to know whether they’re going for the summery feel of the music video outfits or something more appropriate for the fall season they’ll be promoting in. Overall, management feels messy this comeback, but that hasn’t stopped the company from letting the members know in their own way that now that they’ll no longer be competing with Origin during promotions as initially anticipated and Femme Fatale’s smash summer comeback has vacated the very top spots of the charts, they’re expected to make this comeback a hit for its more public friendly sound. Regardless of how messy management seems to be for them this time around, Gold Star has chosen to accept an offer for Fuse to serve as tourism ambassadors between Switzerland and South Korea. Their duties haven’t begun in earnest yet, but they will attend a formal ceremony to be appointed to the position, an event that’s more for mediaplay than out of true necessity.

Important dates:

October 5: Performance at Gwangyang K-Pop Super Concert at Gwangyang Public Stadium in Gwangyang, South Korea.

October 11: Performance at Changwon K-Pop World Festival in Changwon, South Korea (also performing: Alien).

October 24: Switzerland Tourism Ambassador Appointment Ceremony at Bukchon Hanok Village in Seoul, South Korea.

October 29: Comeback outfit fittings.

Element

No word on a comeback for Element yet, confirming they’ll only have one digital single to show for the year musically after “Bomb Bomb” failed to become their breakout hit. There’s no word on Gold Star contacting composers for new songs for them either, but when even management for Origin and Fuse has been messy lately, it’s only to be expected Element will suffer too. They’re scheduled to continue touring overseas in November and December, but this month, they don’t even have that to look forward to. Instead, their personal team is still brainstorming ways to expand their fandom and have decided to give them a test run of their own YouTube series on the company channel to “show their hidden charm points”. Before bringing managerial structure into it, they’ve tasked all of the members to shoot their own vlog in a category of their choice (e.g. mukbang, gaming, Q&A, challenge, daily vlog). They should film one by themselves and one with at least one other member. Ultimately, only the vlogs deemed interesting enough will be posted to test the waters of fan interest in more Youtube content in the form of a series. Outside of their own content creation, they’ve been booked on RUN.wav, where they’ll give a performance of “Bomb Bomb” and showcase covers of “24K Magic” and “Side to Side” they’ve previously performed on tour. During the interview portion, they’ll talk about how their predebut project prepared them for debut, the challenges of being a co-ed group personally and musically, and their touring experience.

Important dates:

October 11: Filming of RUN.wav (to be aired October 19).

Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale’s Japanese tour continues throughout the month with dates in Fukuoka and Chiba (please see August’s schedule for their assigned solo stages), leaving them only their first ever dome concert in December to finish their Japanese tour. While in Japan, they are scheduled to shoot a magazine photo shoot and film a CF, both aimed at the Japanese market. They have their first ever concerts in Seoul next month to begin their In Your Area World Tour, which will introduce some changes to members solo stages from what they’ve performed so far. Some stay the same or retain certain aspects while others change entirely. Again, the members are allowed input, but the stages are ultimately management’s decision. For the beginning of their world tour, the members also have fittings for new stage outfits.

Main rapper/lead vocal - Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You - (pt. 2) [No change from Japanese arena tour]

Main vocal/lead dancer - Let It Be / You & I / Only Look At Me [Completely changed from Japanese arena tour]

Maknae/main dancer/lead rapper - I Like It / Faded / Attention [Some changes from Japanese arena tour]

*special note*: She will also begin to practice Take Me / Swalla stage which will be her solo stage beginning at their Bangkok concerts onward in 2020.

Lead vocal - Clarity [Completely changed from Japanese arena tour]

Important dates:

October 9: Photo shoot for JJ Magazine Japan November issue.

October 10: Femme Fatale Arena Tour at Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan.

October 11: Femme Fatale Arena Tour at Kokusai Center in Fukuoka, Japan.

October 12: ABCMart CF filming.

October 15: World tour stage outfit fittings.

October 18: Femme Fatale Arena Tour at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

October 19: Femme Fatale Arena Tour at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

October 20: Femme Fatale Arena Tour at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.

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