#Yes I was an applejack fan what of it

[mommybard]

Golden delicious are the best apples imo

Golden delicious are fine, but they are no where near as amazing as Honey Crisp and Granny Smiths. I need that crunch with the apples, and they're amazing for turning into things. Like apple butter, apple sauce, apple pies, apple cider, apple fritters, apple cake, mulled apple cider, apple chutney, apple turnovers, apple handpies, apple tarts, etc etc

[lilacs-stash]

@norazingrid I do dare to disagree /lh (my first fandom was mlp I have one million opinions on this)

Earth: Knife's character is very tied to physical strength, which fits earth pony magic. Same thing with Baseball, Blueberry, and Trophy. Apple is an apple. Applejack. Yes. Box Nickel Pickle Pepper and Dough it just feels right for.

Pegasus: Marsh has defied gravity in S1. Fan and Paper blow away in the wind. Toilet can fly. And OJ I like to draw with little juice wings. And Suitcase is the same character as Fluttershy 👍 /j

Unicorn: Mic would have sound based magic she'd have a hard time controlling. Lightbulb would have light based magic. TK's spout is horn shaped. You could give Tissues a broken horn. Bomb would have explosive magic and potential a broken horn as well. The Cherries stem is kinda horn shaped. Test tube and Cobs need magic to properly build their machinery

Hippogriff/Seapony: Balloon is both very bird and fish, Lifering is just a fish.

Batpony: Bow's triangles look like wings but also she was reintroduced in a Halloween special

Magic alicorn: For those who don't know this is what I consider Sunny Starscout and Sunset Shimmer. Basically you aren't physically an alicorn but have the magic of one. Candle's body is a unicorn, Silver's an earth pony, and Clover's a Pegasus.

Changeling hybrid: He could have the holes in his legs. Like cheese

Chageling: Bot's whole arc has to do with being in a body that isn't theirs and have bug theming, so changeling is perfect. Goo is a bug to me and just doesn't fit anything else. Taco is mostly here because of the invisibow and her hiding her arms.

Alicorn: I don't think I need to explain these ones Tbh

Kirin: They catch on fire when mad, so does Painty

Draconequus: Yang causes chaos it's one of his favorite activities. Also nothing else fits

Crystal Unicorn: only using the HC of them having crystal horns, so Salt would have a salt crystal for one

Yak: It just fits for Tyler. Potentially you could also make him a dragon

[paninicupcakke]

Runway Traitor’s💣🔪

(Bomb voyage one shot + Engie & miss Pauling mentioned)

(Traitor! AU)

(CW: alcohol abuse / drunk driving)

Location: Applejack / abandoned storage building

📻🍷

Demoman bolted up the rickety stairs into the abandoned building’s attic. Hoping to find some temporary cover and more ammo. Instead, he found the enemy team’s Spy slacking off. He was sat on the floor with his back up against the wall. A small plug in fan, a portable radio and a stolen bottle of wine all sat on the floor beside him. Spy flinched at the sudden intruder, nearly spilling his glass of wine. Demoman froze in his tracks, looking utterly confused while aiming the iron bomber’s sight at him. He slowly gazed down at the open wine bottle on the floor. Spy rose an eyebrow, noticing his enemy’s hesitation.

“Don’t shoot. I’ll share with you.” Spy bargained. He cautiously set down his glass onto the floor then picked up the bottle of wine. Raising it upwards towards the Demoman as a peace offering. The rookie Demoman lowered his gun, genuinely intrigued by the man’s offer.

🕰️

An hour had passed and both men were now sat side by side on the hard wood floor together. Drunkenly mingling away as the current round continued on outside. Doing their best to ignore the gunshots and explosions in the distance.

“Everyone except Pyro’s been treatin’ me like I got the bloody plague. I don’t know what the hell their problem is.” Demo vented in a frustrated tone. Immediately taking a swig of wine right after. Spy frowned at his confession.

“My team despises me as well.” Spy drunkenly admitted. Gently resting his head onto Demoman’s shoulder. Taking a final sip of wine leftover from his glass.

“Huh? Really?” Demo asked in disbelief.

“Yes…supposedly, I haven’t been acting like myself. They all think I’ve changed ever since I got my body back.” Spy confessed, anxiously rubbing the back of his scarred neck. Demoman tilted his head as he listened.

“Well…do ya feel any different? I can’t imagine you’d be the exact same after somethin’ like that.” Demo curiously asked, setting down the nearly empty wine bottle back onto the floor.

“I feel better than ever…but they all find me repulsive now. I can’t seem to trust them the same anymore.” Spy honestly explained. Slowly meeting up with the enemy’s matching sad gaze. Demoman let out a defeated sigh.

“I know how that feels. Sometimes…it feels like ya can’t trust anyone. Not even the people you’re gettin’ paid to trust.” Demo replied with a sad shrug. Spy sighed and nodded in agreement. Both men sat there a few silent moments, listening to the faint instrumental jazz music spewing from Spy’s portable radio.

“Let’s finish this bottle, shall we?” Spy flirtatiously proposed. Grabbing the open bottle of wine nearby and taking the last swig into his mouth. He then immediately grabbed the back of Demoman’s neck, crashing their lips together. Messily transferring the sweet wine into his enemy’s mouth. Demoman’s face lit up as their lips met. He eagerly kissed and swallowed the last bit of sweet wine from Spy’s mouth. A few burgundy droplets trickled down both of their chins. Both men eagerly began kissing each other in a passionate frenzy. Spy let out an impatient groan. Demoman kept their lips locked while simultaneously turning up the volume dial to the radio. Hoping to drown out their crude noises. Spy parted ways suddenly, wiping off some of the wine from his chin with his hand.

“Wait…let’s get the hell out of this barn first.” Spy spontaneously proposed. Demoman paused and tilted his head curiously.

“Where ya wanna go?” Demo asked.

“Anywhere but here.” Spy grumbled, folding his arms. Demoman sat there a few silent moments. Conjuring up an impulsive and spontaneous plan to escape with his new found friend.

“Hmm…I got an idea.” Demo piped up. Spy rose an eyebrow.

“Well? Let’s hear it.” Spy replied with a devious smirk.

🕰️

Another half hour of company time had passed. Engineer suddenly yelped in disbelief from his current sentry camp. Witnessing his stolen red truck currently doing donuts in a field off in the distance. He squinted his eyes to find his teammate Demoman and the enemy Spy occupying his vehicle. The Texan abandoned his sentry camp momentarily to run up closer towards his truck. Hearing them both drunkenly yell and cheer as he approached them closer. Before he could draw out his pistol, Demoman slammed on the gas pedal and sped off. Driving through a wooden fence and off to the nearest road he could find. Engineer was left looking utterly baffled and upset. He angrily shoved his hand into his back pocket to whip out his cellphone.

🕰️

After about 15 minutes of driving down the dirt road, Demoman suddenly flinched hearing his work phone start ringing. The Scotsman let out an annoyed groan listening to the dreaded sound.

“Here, I’ll get it for you.” Spy offered, gliding a hand over the man’s thigh.

“Thanks man.” Demo replied with a drunken grin. Spy grabbed the man’s phone from his front pocket, hitting the answer button and holding it up to Demoman’s mouth. Before he could greet her, Miss Pauling immediately began yelling through the speaker.

“DEMOMAN! Where the hell are you!? Engineer just told me that you stole his truck and fled off with the enemy?!” Miss Pauling frantically shouted through the portable phone’s speaker.

“Aye! I’m just borrowin’ it for a wee bit.” Demoman bluntly replied. Miss Pauling let out an agitated groan.

“Listen to me carefully. Turn around, kill that Spy and get back to that farm! You need to help your team get that briefcase!” Miss Pauling angrily instructed. Spy was left silently pouting. Demoman furrowed his eyebrows.

“They’ll manage! I’m takin’ the day off.” Demo firmly declared.

“You have to schedule those off in advance Demo! That’s not how this works. You can’t just leave when you want to?!” Miss Pauling sternly lectured. Both men rolled their eyes in unison at those last few confining words. Demoman grumbled and pressed down on the brake pedal carefully. Slowing down his speed and inevitably coming to a stop on the side of the road. Demoman swiftly took his cellphone from Spy’s hand. Getting out of the driver’s seat momentarily to place the phone near one of the front tires.

“Hello?!…Are you there?! Listen to me! You’re going to get written up for this! Just get back to the farm-“ Miss Pauling shouted before completely cutting off. Demoman drove the truck’s front tire over the device, crushing it into several pieces. Running over the phone a few more times before speeding off down the road. Spy snickered hearing the device crumple underneath the truck’s weight.

“Once we find a gas station, let’s ditch the truck.” Spy suggested.

“Aye, they probably got a tracker on this damn thing too.” Demo agreed while quickly glancing around inside of the truck. Spy let out a disappointed groan after opening up the Engineer’s glovebox. Finding a pistol, a lone cigar and various paperwork. Nonetheless, Spy took the cigar and eagerly put it between his lips. Taking out his metal lighter from his pocket and sparking the tip of it. Propping both legs up on the dashboard and comfortably lounging in the passenger’s seat.

[quantomeno]

I was watching Peace Petal's video on what might happen with MLP G6 (you should watch it, it's good).

Because I mostly agree with points raised, I want to instead focus on the fact that I find it rather funny that fans get up in arms at the idea of a new gen where the character names and colour schemes etc are re-used but with new personalities, with the argument that "that's not XYZ, they're changing the character etc"

Funny because I felt like that when I first saw g4. I was so upset to see Rainbow Dash was no longer the elegant and stylish mare she used to be, and how Pinkie went from being the voice of reason to essentially the opposite. And so on and so on.

But I happened to watch g4 in 2013 and I liked it and then I came to love it. The realisation that helped was the fact that Hasbro recycles characters all the time. It's most notable in g4, partly because the show had so many named characters while in g3 most repeated names would've been toy-exclusive and so you didn't explore their personality as much. It's a weird concept, since I can't think of many series that do this. Shows/toylines often either reboot the series with almost exactly the same characters (e.g. transformers has had the same Optimus Prime every time), or they start from scratch.

This is also why I don't feel too bad about Monster high's changes to the characters between generations. They're mostly using the names and stylistic elements to act as a springboard for a new series.

A similar thing could even be said about bionicle's g2. OK I'm finding a lot of examples, but these are all the ones I can really think of right now.

I do agree with Peace Petal that it would be wiser to distance itself completely from g4 and thus use inspiration from characters that aren't the mane 6, but if they do re-use Rainbow Dash's name for the third time (or Applejack for the forth) and make her a completely different pony, I really would not care. They're not the same character; it's not the same universe. They just happen to share a name and design influences.

But yes, the key thing is it needs to be a complete separation from g4. g5 was quite an outlier by retaining ties to the previous gen and I think that missed the opportunity for a fresh start, a blank slate with none of the complicated lore that had built up and complete freedom to do as they pleased.

I also really want them to bring back Wysteria. She could be the Rainbow Dash (g4) equivalent and I would not be mad I just want my first pony to get speaking roles and toys.

[crossingbounds-au]

Poll Results/Mini Announcement

So, after the poll results from a few days ago, it's a yes!!! If you guys are curious on any possible headcanons, character scenarios, character interactions and dynamics, and more on the Crossing Bounds versions of characters. Please send some in the ask box X3!!! Also, maybe when you guys get a better idea of these versions of the characters (even if they ain't entirely far off), then feel free telling me your headcanons cause I wanna hear them. Or hell, give some assumptions you have already based on their canon counterparts and what I've said in stuff like streams. I'd love to debunk or confirm them to y'all!!! Here's a list of characters you can request for!!! And yes, I will do my own posts of such just cause to, I just also wanna engage with y'all. These are a lot of the main ones, you could def ask for some others y'all could ask for, but these are the main ones!!!

Mario

Mario

Luigi

Princess Peach

Princess Daisy

Mlp (as well as my sona lol)

Applejack

Fluttershy

Pinkie Pie

Rarity

Rainbow Dash

Twilight Sparkle

Spike

Itzel/Captain Asterisco Glow

Sonic (please note this isn't entirely figured out since I'm still writing eps 1 and 2 so I'm still working out what Sonic characters to include in the prologue at least)

Sonic

Tails

Knuckles

Amy

Shadow

Rouge

Steven Universe (yes, Steven is the only one there, there's lore reasons for this)

Steven

Fnaf

Freddy

Bonnie

Chica

Foxy

Bendy (Batim/Batdr)

Bendy

Boris

Alice

Audrey

Henry

Cuphead

Cuphead

Mugman

Amphibia (again, there's lore reasons for this)

Anne

Mr. Boonchuy

Mrs. Boonchuy

The Owl House

Luz

Amity

Willow

Gus

Hunter

Camila

Eda

Raine

Undertale

Sans

Papyrus

Frisk

Toriel

The Hollows

Twoton

Egdar

Ra

Aarkadian

Samus

I also do wanna preface this btw, I did get permission from @pshattuck (sorry for the tag Paula, didn't know if I should or not, but I did anyways) to use The Hollows characters, even if the story hasn't gotten anything posted yet aside from small teaser art from Paula. As well, even if I am affiliated with Paula as well as Kyzer as a mutuals in majority of my socials and have talked to them privately multiple times. This project is purely a fan made crossover AU for fun that I love. They have no actual affiliation with the project nor do I actually have any major insight into the comic. So please understand this. Anyways, that's all from me, everyone, happy asking :3!!!

-Itzel aka Kawaiipony Productions

[detectivereads]

My Little Pony Ponyville Mysteries by Christina Rice

5/5

This post is for fan entertainment, I am not being paid.

Hi everyone,

Ok, yes, I watched Friendship is Magic when it first aired, and yes I do like it; still I thought the concept of this was neat. My favorites are Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, and Rarity. Also, I watch detective episodes more than any other episodes. (MMMystery on the Friendship Express & Rarity Investigates!) I loved Rarity Investigates! Because you saw Sherlock, Watson & Moriarty in that episode.

Ok to the graphic novel.

Now the main characters in this comic are the Cutie Mark Crusaders and this is set after they got their cutie marks. There are 5 stories in this book. The mysteries do follow classic mystery tropes from theft to sabotage to arson. Some of the mysteries are pretty easy to guess who the culprit is near the beginning.

I will leave the culprits for each of the cases a mystery (No spoilers here!  =D)

Mystery 1

C.M.C are volunteering at the hospital when they hear Nurse Redheart getting blamed that some medical supplies are going missing. So, the girls tried to solve the mystery, their prime suspect is the janitor, he was very grouchy and stand offish towards the girls and he had keys to the supply closet. However, the girls use some problem solving and find out who the culprit is.

Mystery 2

The local bowling team is practicing for the big tournament against Canterlot, Cloudsale & Dodge Junction. However, the bowling pins are going missing. Eary in the mystery one of the Ponyville team members, a pony named Walter is close to breaking a very old record, but Ponyville is favored to win the tournament. So, at one point by sheer luck, Applejack, Rainbow Dash & Rarity have to go to each of these places (Applejack to Dodge Junction, Rainbow Dash to Cloudsale, Rarity to Canterlot) so the C.M.C goes with one of the ponies undercover that they are doing a school project about bowling but it’s actually to question them.  The Culprit was someone you really didn’t expect, they only showed up like 2 or 3 times before the reveal.

Mystery 3  

The next mystery I think had a more serious tone to it. During a campout with their filly scout troop Granny Smith comes running in yelling that Retirement Village is on fire. By the time they got there the fire was put out, but the fire chief Fire Streak said there was some damage that he deems it for tonight the Sr ponies had to sleep somewhere else (so they can look around and investigate what cause the fire) so Granny Smith offers up Sweet Apple Arches to the senior ponies.

C.M.C leaps into action and start questioning the senior ponies (which I mean they eavesdrop on their conversation with Granny and Applejack) why would any pony would want to burn down the retirement home. Sand Trap points the hoof at Filthy Rich. Sand Trap said that Filthy has been wanting the land to put up a fancy hotel.

So, the next morning, the C.M.C heads over to the Rich family house and are greeted by Diamond Tiara. Scootaloo comes out and tell Diamond what happen and if her family had anything to do with (smooth) which Diamond admits her family is not the greatest in kindness area, but they wouldn’t stoop so low to start fires. So, back to square one they start asking around if any pony had seen anything suspicious, in which one pony said he hadn’t seen anything but told the girls too look at Sand Trap, he wasn’t happy about moving into the retirement home. So, C.M.C heads over to the home and starts asking the other senior ponies about Sand Trap. Which they do recount when he first got here, he wanted to burn the place down. The girls confront Sand Trap, but he denies that he started the fire but admits when he first got here he wasn’t happy and said things that he takes back since he grew to love the retirement home.  The culprit wasn’t someone I would have thought.

Mystery 4

After solving three mysteries in a row Rarity treats the C.M.C to a day at the spa. But the water and steam are not working. The spa ponies said spring has dried up and they don’t know what to do. We do get some disclosure that some of the Pegasus came down with the flu and they couldn’t make it rain. But Rainbow is sure that the spring wouldn’t have dried up that quickly, a new case for the Cutie Mark Crusaders, they head into the Everfree forest, and they run into Zecora, after getting directions they find the spring but some pony had block the flow and made a pipe funneling the water away. The C.M.C follows the pipe, and it leads to Sweet Apple Arches.

Now I will leave this mystery here because you can immediately figure out who the culprits are when they reveal themselves. But this was a tough case to crack, especially at one point when people overhead bits of the conversation from the C.M.C Ponyville thinks it’s the Apple Family stealing the water.

Mystery 5

This is the last mystery which to be honest I am kind of sad that it’s the last.

Rarity and Ponyville is getting ready for Songbird Serenade concert and everyone is running around getting read. Rarity is working her hoofs to the bone getting costumes ready for Songbird, when the assistant of Songbird: Onyx Ardor comes in and requests on behalf of Songbird for an outfit inspired by a family treasure of Songbird to be made in 2 days’ time for Songbird. The treasure is a jewel encrusted bird. Rarity agrees and locks the bird in a truck at her shop.

You already know where this is going. Some pony stole the bird, and Rarity is freaking out so the C.M.C are ready to help. I will say the suspects were interesting, but the culprits were a surprise twist. But the reveal and the C.M.C. go through every other pony the final clue that leads the girls to was kind of obvious.

Final thoughts:

Since this show and in turn the comics, was more gear towards kids the mysteries weren’t going to be super hard. Also, the girls were never in real danger like some other detective comics, the culprit would threaten or harm them. I think the worst thing that happened is in the last story where the culprit tied them up when they were searching for the bird where they stashed it.

I do like this comic, it’s creative how each of the girls solved a mystery and how they used their problem-solving skills to help Ponyville.

This comic is good for a reader that wants more of a save read that isn’t too complex and if they are fans of My Little Pony.

[zeraphiimm]

Aangel. Who do you think are the SWSH gang's favorite ponies I think Leon would like Twilight anf Hop would like Applejack.

IF WE ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE MANE 6 THEN I think you're SO right about Hop liking AJ and Leo liking Twilight. I THINK it could go both ways with those two. maybe like. A younger Leon liking Applejack, growing up, and relating to Twilight more and her struggles. the same thing with Hop, I think when he's still young and silly and living in Postwick, he still likes AJ of course. but post-game after he's a professor and learning under Sonia, I think Hop would become a Twilight Sparkle kind of guy much like his brother.

(Sonia too, I think she's a Twilight Sparkler)

Piers is a Fluttershy fan. I can't tell you why. YES I can.Maybe it's the fanon version of her where she smokes so much weed and does so many drugs because of her anxiety. I think that would catch Piers' attention and he'd be like. Ok.......Awesome. Raihan is a RARITY FAN THROUGH AND THROUGH!!! Prim little horsie that likes fashion. He's ALSO a Rainbowdash fan purely because I think he can relate to "athletic horse that's maybe got just a bit of an ego." They're just opposite sides of Raihan's personality. He is both.

Marnie is a Pinkie Pie fan. Now you're probably like. What the fart. Angel, Marnie would NEVER like PinkieShut up she likes her because Pinkie Pie reminds her of Gloria(pokespe characterization) AND BECAUSE she loves creepypasta. Pinkamena is her all-time favorite.

[virgilboy360]

Hey everybody so I decided to do some fan art and some other art things I wanted to do, And the original artist will be tagged under the art that i've done of their characters or their Virgil or their rainbow.

So I hope you guys enjoy.

Nightmare applejack, and nightmare big Mac and apple bloom.

This is fan art for @janegumball, I like her nightmare mlp versions, So when she said at the end of her video to make a nightmare version of big mac and apple bloom and that would be helping M.A.J out, So that's what I did, And I think they look really great, Also by the way another thing too @janegumball say Is that I really like stickers, and your stickers are so cool

Here's a blanket so you can sleep comfortable, my friend.

art for @galactikburzt, I like their Rainbow core and Virgil, But ever since they posted their Rainbow sleeping I had this idea for a while of drawing my Rainbow with his, Also because that guy needs a blanket, I just think it's really adorable, also all Rainbow cores may be sexy and look very chill, but you don't know what they could actually be behind the curtains.

I present to you your prosthetic leg sir.

art for @shrimperini, who I also follow an instagram, Ever since I saw the teaser for their Virgil, I was really excited, I just couldn't wait for it to come out and it felt like it took forever, but now that he is released into the world , I decide to do my first drawing and yes V.B looks like his clone, to be honest, V.B would look like a Virgil clone, in their normal core form, But instead Of a circle in the centre of the 70s Aperture logo it would be a love heart instead, I don't know why but I just really like it.

fun fact: my first core eye I think was similar to wheatley's once, But I decided to change it up a bit, It's a long story.

Hey fellas, what's going on?

art for @unmberonesnarkfan and @genericdragon.

These guys are one of my favorite artists, I decided to draw their Virgil's because I really like them, and they are one of my favourite Virgil's, So do ask if you wanna know who else has my favorite Virgil's, I wish I could draw them but sometimes I don't know if i'm allowed to post it or not with or without permission, I am trying my best on Tumblr, I'm just not the best at it, Anyways ever since I first saw their art, I really liked it, and I'm a really big fan of them, I am friends with one of them, but the other, we were once friends but I do not want get into too much detail with that, (For private reasons)

That's all I have to say now, Have a lovely night or day, depending wherever you are in the world.

byyyyyyyyyeeee ^w•

p.s You have my permission to draw my Virgil, Rainbow/James and V.B, and whoever else you want to draw, that I have on my profile, but I don't care if you guys use my older art since I haven't posted any of the other portal characters, hopefully it will be soon.

[zero-insignificance]

DND Recap: Mushrooms and Gods

Cast includes: Rose the DM, Patrick, Alfie (yours truly) Rayna, Quinn and Truk

We open up in the streets of Finkelberg.

Alfie is with Fluffy Scruffington having just taken Paul out of the stables.

Alfie hears a southern voice come from behind him. Alfie: Applejack? HOW DID YOU GET HERE? Applejack: I hitched a ride in that sack of yours. Alfie: Oh my gosh... Discord discord discord... Discord: Ugh what do you want? Alfie: *points at Applejack* Discord: Why should I care? Alfie: Because Fluttershy cares. Discord: Damn you knowing my heart strings *snaps fingers*

Alfie sees Bob and stops, thinking briefly before speaking.

Alfie: Are you autistic? Bob: *surprised* what- why would you think I'm autistic? Alfie: I have seen the inside of your house. You literally turned someone's house into hotdogs when your routine was disrupted. Bob: Well wouldn't you do the same? Alfie: You should ask that to someone neurotypical. Bob: You, Teeth over there *pointing to Truk* Truk: *puts a hand on his great club* What did you call me? Bob: Is there a name you would rather I call you? Truk: Truk. Bob: :o Brick: Don't even think about it. That's my son.

Alfie: Hi Brick! I hear you literally and figuratively handed Ascian's ass to him Brick: Yes I did. *pulls out Ascian's head* Would you like his head? Alfie: I don't think this is the best time for me to be parading someone's head around or caring for a head, but probably later.

Alfie turns back to Bob

Alfie: Bob have you ever considered therapy? Bob: Ther-eee-pee? What is Thereepy? Alfie: Bob you- you have a degree in psychology. You should know what therapy is. Bob: ..... Alfie: my point is that you could benefit from therapy. Bob: I don't need therapy! Alfie: Bob you were literally fighting back tears when I gave you a hug. I can tell that you're incredibly touch-starved and don't have good coping mechanisms. Bob: Does Discord seem like the most affectionate parent to you? Alfie: We'll continue talking about this later.

Patrick leaves the inn and joins us outside.

Alfie: Hey Patrick, I want to try something. Patrick: what is it? Alfie: say my name 3 times. Patrick: What's your name again? Alfie: Alfie. Patrick: Alfie Alfie Alfie. Black flames erupt around Alfie as he vanishes, and he reappears in front of Patrick in a separate burst of black flames. Alfie: :o holy shit I follow Beetlejuice rules. *starts shaking with excitement* there are so many things we can do with this- wait no. No relapsing. You're a better person than you were before. Bob: *in the background frothing at the mouth cuz he realized that he now knows Alfie's name* Azathoth from the heavens: Don't even think about it. I will fuck you up. Alfie: You can't do anything with that name. You don't even know what it stands for.

The Nap Sack rustles and out comes Quinn who is confused cuz the last time they were here we were all ponies.

"Hi Quinn!"

Alfie turns to look at Bob as a realization hits him.

Alfie: You owe me a debt. You said it. Bob: What? Alfie: You said the forbidden words. When I gave you that name you said it. A look of dread washes over Bob's face, and the rage twists his expression into a scowl. "That I did." a growl leaves his throat. "What is your demand?" "Ah ah ah. I'll be collecting on that later. You can take that look off your face. I'm no villain. At least not anymore. Just know that your debt will not result in your end."

Patrick: What happened? Quinn: Yeah, what happened? Alfie: He said t-h-a-n-k-y-o-u to me after I gave him the name of a certain person from my old world who I wasn't a big fan of. Patrick: ooooooooh... Alfie: Bob where did you say the Rum Rum cave is? Bob: *points in two different directions* that way Azathoth from the heavens: cut the shit Bob: ugh fine. It's that way. *points in one direction* Alfie: that was much appreciated, let's go! Patrick: *starts heading in the opposite direction* Alfie: Wrong way Patrick. Patrick: *turns 90 degrees and starts walking in that direction* Truk: *picks up Patrick and hauls him over his shoulder*

At some point and I don't remember how but some random townsperson says that Alfie ain't shit and that he looks weak, and he could take him in a fight. And Alfie just looks at him with those feral anime eyes and is just like "ok bet" and lunges at him, biting into his hand and starts shaking it violently like a feral dog.

Brick appears and is just like no and erases that townsperson from the mortal plane.

Bob throws down a smoke bomb and runs.

The smoke clears and Bob collapses.

"Not again."

Alfie goes to check on Bob and before he touches him Alfie asks Azathoth if he can touch Bob because of the prior threats Azathoth made against Bob.

"Yeah that's fine, he can still touch you just not for nefarious reasons."

Alfie flips Bob over and is like "Hey Bob you good?" and Bob is just zoned out muttering under his breath about Baja Blast.

"Oh dear, I think he might be having a seizure."

Bob is cold and clammy and Truk walks up to him and goes to hand him a bottle of Baja Blast and Bob lunges at it. It's like watching a blood-frenzied vampire be thrown fresh meat.

And then he just pops up like nothing happened.

"You need to go to rehab. I was an addict twice and that has to be the worst withdrawal symptoms I have ever seen."

Bob is like "I'll be fine-" and then he sees Paul.

And he panics and backs up into one of the shops in Finkelberg and stares at us in terror. And there's a slight pitter patter of feet on the roof.

There is Blake the Steak, gripping onto the rain gutters by the toes.

"HEY THERE PRETTY BOY."

And Bob lets out a shrill ear-piercing scream of pure unadulterated terror.

"As much as I want to see how this plays out, we should get going. We're burning daylight." and Alfie gives Fluffy Scruffington a peck on the cheek. "I'll see you later, Fluffy."

And we're off to find a hole in the ground. A very deep hole in the ground. That is somewhere in the fey wilds. The party partakes in small talk on their way there.

"HELLO EVERYBODY MY NAME IS MARKIPLIER."

Alfie jumps and pulls out two of his daggers and enters a fighting stance. "MARK WHAT THE FUCK YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF STABBED."

"I WILL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT CAMEO. BUH BYE!"

And disappears in a cloud of pink mustaches leaving a pile of pink mustaches on the ground where he once stood.

Alfie: *pokes a mustache with the tip of his dagger* ok they're just mustaches. Rayna: Why did you only grab daggers? Do you not have a sword? Alfie: they were the closest thing to my hand at the time. Last time it was a cast iron skillet, and I broke Bob's arm. That was shortly before we met. Rose: would anyone like to try on a mustache? Rayna's player: I try on a mustache. Me: I also try on a mustache and take an extra for research purposes. Rose: You hear a voice in your head that says "HELLO EVERYBODY MY NAME IS WILFORD WARFSTACHE." Patrick's player: I grab a mustache and put it on my head. Me: You hear a voice in your head that say *warfstache voice* "You are not worthy YOU TWINK." Rose: the mustache disintegrates. Patrick's player: I grab another mustache and tape it to my face. Rose: this mustache also disintegrates. Patrick: *grabs all the mustaches* Rose: the mustaches turn into a pile of ashes. Patrick: *rubs the mustache ash into his face* Who's worthy now?

Alfie decides to ask Hank what this hole looks like so he has a better idea of what we're looking for.

"Oh god he's behind me isn't he." "That's just Paul. Are- are you also afraid of cows and cow adjacent beings?" "What can I say, I've spent a lot of time with Bob. He's rubbed off on me."

Rayna questions why Alfie is talking to an orb and his sanity and Patrick clarifies that the orb can speak only to those worthy and that Hank is a bitch. Rayna is encouraged to place a hand on Hank and succeeds on the wisdom check.

Truk is intrigued and Hank recognizes who he is and devolves into a blubbering speech about how he himself is not worthy of being touched by the son of Brick as Truk slowly reaches a hand out to touch him. Hank is speaking directly into Truk's mind.

"Hank, you forgot to put your conversation on private." says Alfie and Truk erupts into boisterous laughter. "I didn't know you could laugh! Or smile."

"The hole is about 20 feet behind you. Alfie please can I go back into the sack?" "Much appreciated, Hank."

Patrick immediately goes straight for the hole and almost falls in and at the last moment Patrick shrinks to about two feet tall (changeling) and Alfie pulls him back onto land by the back of his shirt.

Alfie: Damn that's a deep hole. Patrick: LIKE YOUR MOM! OOOOOH! Rose: a Shiba Inu appears next to you and bonks you on the head. Alfie: What do you know about my mom? I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO KNOW MY MOM- *takes a deep breath*

"Alright we need rope." and Alfie starts pulling a rope out of his bag of holding. It's like a never-ending handkerchief trick. He winds up pulling out 570 feet of rope.

It is not enough rope. Everyone else pulls out more rope and in the end we're about 30 feet short.

Alfie: Well, there's probably a bunch of pillows in the nap sack and we could use those as padding- Hang on. I have wings. We have the Nap Sack. WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO USE A ROPE. I can just carry us down there. EVERYBODY IN THE NAP SACK.

Patrick: *slinks into the nap sack* Rayna: *jumps into the nap sack* Truk: *hesitates* that's a mimic. Rayna: *pulls Truk into the nap sack* Alfie: *to the Nap Sack* Don't eat them. They are friends, not food. *turns to Paul* Okay buddy, you wanna stay up here or go with the party? Paul: MOO *charges into the Nap Sack*

Alfie pockets his rope and dives down into the depths.

In the nap sack the party is greeted by what can only be described as a 5-star hotel. It has 3 Olympic sized swimming pools, and an incredible gym. Mark is in the Foyer (the party member not the Youtuber/God) and he is beating the living shit out of a marble column. Patrick questions this and Mark replies simply "There is no brisket." and continues pummeling the column.

Patrick opens one of the hotel doors and sees an Alaskan King-sized bed. He stretches his limbs to take over the entire bed and melts into the sheets.

Alfie: Damn, I still can't see the bottom? Rayna: *jumps out of the Nap Sack* Alfie: RAYNA WHAT THE FUCK?! Rayna: *does a cool flip and digs a clawed hand into the side of the hole slowing her descent* are we at the bottom yet? Alfie: Do you see the bottom? Does it LOOK like we're at the bottom? NO, WE'RE NOT AT THE BOTTOM. GET BACK IN THE SACK. Rayna: *dives into the sack* Alfie: *groans* I swear, these people don't have any self-preservation skills... At least they treat me well. *continues the descent into the cavern*

A Shiba Inu appears next to Alfie parachuting down the hole. It is holding a bat and bonks Alfie on the head.

Two minutes pass and Alfie speaks into the Nap Sack

Alfie: Guys we're at the bottom. Rayna: are you sure? Alfie: I feel rock under my feet, and I can see the bottom. Rayna: *exits the nap sack* Rose: Alfie is two feet off the ground. Rayna's player: she lands on her feet. Patrick: *slinks out of the nap sack legs first like a cartoon character* Alfie: Hang on am I floating? I'm not even flapping my wings, why am i floating? Is this another eldritch power? Rose: Did i just come up with more Alfie lore? Me: Yes. Truk: *majestically emerges from the nap sack* Alfie: yep, this is definitely a cavern. Rose: a Shiba Inu bonks you on the head. Alfie: Hey! What did I do? Patrick: *takes the bat and tosses it into the cave* go fetch! Shiba Inu: *happily runs after it*

A Rum Rum emerges from the darkness and speaks to the party.

Rum Rum: You should not be here. Alfie: If we had any other choice, we would be anywhere else. We need Rum Rum spores for a spell. Rum Rum: You should leave. Rayna: hold on I'm sure we could barter, exchange some goods and services. Rose: They do not need or require material goods. Rayna: Do you want food? Alfie: I'm a good cook. Rum Rum: Living people eat dead mushrooms. Living mushrooms eat dead people. Alfie: You could've said that earlier. I have multiple dead bodies on my person. Rum Rum: You should leave. Truk's player: I take my great club and strike the mushroom in the side of the head. Rose: A cloud of spores burst out of the Rum Rum. Everybody roll a constitution saving throw.

*Everyone rolls*

Rose: You each take 8 points of poisoning damage.

Everyone takes some jars and captures some spores.

In the end we have enough to cast the portal spell 3 times.

The Rum Rums will remember this.

There is a rumble coming from deeper in the cave.

"EVERBODY GET IN THE NAP SACK"

Rayna and Patrick dive into the Nap Sack and Truk grips onto the opening of the bag hanging on for dear life as Alfie takes flight and swings his great club into the side of the cave causing a massive cave in before pulling himself into the Nap Sack.

The whole time Alfie is going "shit shit shit shit shit" as he flies to the opening of the hole.

"Okay everyone out of the Nap Sack"

Everyone exits the nap sack and Alfie and Patrick hear a familiar voice.

"What happened to you guys?"

It's the elder brain that we were supposed to kill but didn't. His name is Brian, and he is Bob's ex-lover. Brian said Bob's name out loud in public and Bob cursed him to be an elder brain.

Alfie: Yeah we may or may not have pissed of some rum rums. Also I got out of that pact with Bob. Brian: Really how did you do that? Alfie: Nepotism. Brian: *confused* Alfie: My great grandfather is his boss. Brian: Oh and you have new friends *reaches a tentacle out to Truk to shake his hand* Truk: *tightens his grip on his great club, his holy symbol glows with power preparing a divine smite* Alfie: Truk no stab. Brian: Oh! You're Brick's son! *squelches backwards* Truk: That is correct. Alfie: *has been traumatized to the point that he doesn't always register when he should be afraid* Still don't know why everyone is scared of you. Truk: I like you. Alfie: Yay!

Alfie: Okay, what's the next thing we need for the spell? Rose: shit I did not expect this to go that quickly, you guys were supposed to barter with the rum rums. Everyone else: Well, you can't say we didn't try. Truk's player: You kept saying we should leave. Rose: the next ingredient you need is Baja Blast... Me: Alfie pulls out a bottle of baja blast Rose: Fey baja blast. Me: Bob owes me a debt so no problem. Rose: Nevermind. Uhhhhh the next ingredient in the book is the heart of a god. Alfie: *smirks* I have an idea. ZEUS ZEUS ZEUS. Zeus: *appears and starts flirting with Fluffy Scruffington* Alfie: *eye twitches* Hey Bob! Bob: yes? Alfie: How would you like to kill a God? Bob: I can't kill a God tho. Me: Yeah Bob is just a fey guy with chaos magic. He may be related to a couple of Gods but he is not a God. Alfie: If you help you can have any organ you want, provided it isn't the heart. Bob: Can I have the spleen? Alfie: Of course! Now Zeus, you don't remember me? I'm hurt. Zeus: Am I supposed to? Alfie: I would imagine so considering I'm the reason you lost a hand in that tavern. Zeus: Oh. It's you. That took a long time to regenerate by the way. Alfie: For those who are wondering, we met in a tavern years ago and he wasn't taking no for an answer, so I ripped off his hand. I still have his arm as a memento. And if you keep flirting with my partner, I'll take a left arm and left leg for maximum discomfort. Zeus: The cat is your partner? Alfie: Yes- Hang on shut up. HEY BRICK! DO YOU STILL HAVE ASCIAN'S BODY?

The clouds part and down from the heavens descends the brutalized body of a beheaded Changeling God. "Thanks Brick!"

Alfie pulls out a blade and takes his time slowly dissecting Ascian's body. The way he moves shows high levels of confidence and familiarity with what he's doing.

"Zeus, do you know what I am?" "A delusional chicken?" "I'm an eldritch being." Zeus laughs at this "Oh really?" Alfie nods. "Have you ever heard of Azathoth?" Zeus freezes. Alfie glances at Zeus, a flicker of eldritch magic in his eye. "He's my great grandfather. He has a soft spot for family."

Zeus is visibly frightened and then Alfie just shouts "HOLY SHIT! He has two hearts! Guys we have two hearts! Now let's get a third one."

Zeus panics and is like no you can't kill me you have to fight uhhhh my bodyguard friend. Then we'll talk about it.

This bodyguard friend is Starscourge Rahdan.

"Everyone. Roll initiative."

Rayna decides to be the tank and Patrick and I each buff Rayna and Truk.

Truk's first attack does over 100 damage and Rahdan decides in that moment that he hates Truk. Fuck that guy. Throughout the fight everyone deals an amount of damage and Alfie pulls out his wand of fireballs and shouts to everyone take cover. He's about to fuckin NUKE Rahdan by using 6 charges all at once. At this point Zeus being the coward he is dips.

186 points of damage.

And it makes Starscourge Rahdan stronger so that's lovely.

Alfie hasn't taken any damage during the fight and notices that Patrick and Truk are not doing very good, so he chucks a Superior Healing Potion at each of them.

Rahdan enters stage two and ascends to the upper atmosphere and descends like a meteor.

Rayna and Truk attempt to work in sync to golf club him back into the atmosphere but ultimately fail.

Everyone rolls a dexterity saving throw and everyone is pulled forward towards Rahdan except for Alfie because gravity is not affecting him at all, and he easily dodges the hot rocks falling from the sky.

Alfie rockets several bouts of acid at Rahdan dealing a decent chunk of damage and Rahdan is about to strike Truk but Rayna jumps in front of him tanking the hit and is knocked 15 feet away and falls prone.

Alfie flies to check on her and helps her up and Rahdan is about to strike Truk again when Truk drops to his knees, rips of his holy symbol, clutches it in his hands and starts to pray.

A very large brick descends from the skies and strikes down Rahdan.

Rayna runs up to Rahdan and drives a hand through his chest and rips out his heart and she feels her pockets get heavier with gold.

Alfie starts laughing maniacally and calls out "Oh Zeus!" in a sing song tone.

And Zeus appears. "Oh fuck."

"You said you'd give us something if we killed your friend."

"I gave money to your fox friend."

The party slowly surrounds Zeus, and he is terrified. They are all covered in blood. Surely, he thought that killing a God such as Rahdan would've quenched their thirst but no, the party has an equal hatred for Zeus, and they want to tear him apart.

"I don't want your gold" Alfie says menacingly. "I want your heart."

A Voice booms through the party's heads

NO, NO MURDERING ZEUS.

Alfie looks dejected. "Aww why not?"

"Unfortunately, he is still needed on Olympus"

Alfie looks to Zeus. "You're safe for now. Stay the fuck away from my partner."

Truk: Can I take his weapon? Brick: Alright. Alfie: Can I also take a weapon *gives brick his please face* Brick: .... alright Alfie: *fist pumps* yes!

Alfie and Truk run up to the body and loot it.

Truk: *takes Rahdan's great sword* Me: does he have a dagger that I can use as a sword? Rose: You can take one of his teeth and turn it into a dagger.

Alfie: *dives into Rahdan's open chest cavity and comes back out tail wagging with his spleen and plops it in Bob's lap like an excited dog* I know I said that you'd get Zeus's spleen, but this is the closest thing we have to Zeus's spleen for now. *glares at Zeus*

Zeus: *looking increasingly horrified at the blood-soaked bird he has pissed off* Bob: *looks incredibly impressed* Alfie: *appears behind Zeus* hello! Zeus: *screams* Alfie: *laughs* tell Hera I say hi! Fluffy Scruffington who was watching the spectacle: *staring at Alfie* I'm going to marry that. Lu who was also watching the spectacle: *staring at Rayna* I'm marrying that.

Alfie meanwhile is harvesting organs for research purposes (he is particularly excited about the lungs) and exits through the mouth with a tooth and intends to turn it into a dagger. Rayna asks Zeus for a lightning bolt and intends to meld it with a weapon of choice. A Rum Rum emerges from the hole and immediately turns back around. "No thanks I choose life."

Zeus now fears chickens, foxes, half orcs and rainbow twinks.

Alfie shakes off the blood from his feathers and before he can say anything deep in the fey wilds someone says "Alfie Alfie Alfie!" And he vanishes in a burst of black flames.

He appears before Azathoth who says that he is very proud of Alfie for completing his quest and how well he did and ruffles his feathers.

Alfie who is currently riding the ADHD/Tism serotonin high blurts out "I took his lungs!"

"Was that for sacrificial reasons or an offering or...?"

"I wanted them, and nobody stopped me."

Azathoth makes a mental note of it and brings up Alfie's parents and questions if Alfie would like to see them again.

"Which ones are you talking about?" "Your biological parents." "I never really knew them. I lost any memories I had of them. I don't even know their voice. But it would be nice to know who they were." "If you go to Hell, you can save them. There will be creatures there that would want to stop you though. Go tell your friends about your new quest."

And then Alfie is back where he was.

Time skips to the Tavern, there is drink, food and music as the party celebrates their victory.

The song "Shut Up and Dance" plays and Alfie and Fluffy are dancing together.

Truk decides once again that he is going to break that pasta eating record and manages to slam down 20lbs of pasta. He goes to rise up and almost falters but stands tall and proud. The placard changes to show Truk as the new record holder.

Bob senses that his record has been broken and rushes to the placard. "fuck"

Rayna wants to try and break the record too but there is a size limit, and she is 8 feet tall.

Alfie questions if he is also not allowed to partake in the pasta eating contest on the account of not being a mortal and having the ability the stomach a lot of food.

Lu: Birds are not permitted to partake in the challenge. Truk: Is that racism I hear? Lu: No unfortunately birds don't react well to our pasta. The last one who tried it burst into the most horrendous hives.

Overall, the party has a fun and carefree night away from the stress and chaos they had been subjected to.

[glapplebloom]

The second Applejack/Fluttershy Map episode. I think the only duo with that accolade.

It's a Map Episode and Fluttershy and Applejack are on the case. They’re being summoned by the Map to go to Peaks of Peril. That’s when Twilight tells them about the Kirin and the Niriks. At the location, after meeting a creepy Railroad attendant, we see the conflict that is likely to happen. Applejack heads off without Fluttershy not knowing she did and when she returns she has a hard time listening to Fluttershy despite not only having a good reason but also finding a better way to get to their actual location.

But it does show why they’re needed. While Fluttershy is good with animals (which is good for getting information), Applejack is the action pony who helps Fluttershy get going or else she’ll be talking to the Squirrels all day (Her words, not mine). And now at the Kirin Village, they find a bunch of creatures who do not talk. While they figure out they do understand the language, Fluttershy is the one who gets that they can only respond to yes and no answers. It's sort of like talking to Angel Bunny, but these Kirin ain’t showing any emotion.

Applejack tries to get them to talk, but no dice. Frustrated, she asked if any of them would talk and they showed them a path. So AJ goes off as Fluttershy stays behind. That’s when Applejack runs into Autumn Blaze. And something I joked about is all the lines Fluttershy would have had in the movie were allocated to her with how much talking she does. The girl can talk and talk. And she explains the entire situation to Applejack, VIA SONG.

The best song of the Season in my book, she explains that the Kirin becomes Niriks when expressing extreme emotions. And that caused a lot of damage unintentionally. So to stop it, they all took a bath into the Stream of Silence to magically mute themselves. Autumn Blaze couldn’t stand it, so she managed to find a cure for it. Sadly, they didn’t want her around so they gave her a choice: stay and be silent or go and keep her voice. She chose the voice. AJ thinks this is the problem and goes to tell Fluttershy.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy is on team Kirin though. She heard the story through their eyes (through pictures) and believes they made the right decision to do the silence. After all, fire is bad and we can’t be so sure they can control that. Now before this, I thought the episode was about compromising. Like they both have good reasons and can benefit from each other, like we saw in the beginning. But that quickly changed when Fluttershy and Applejack started arguing about what to do.

The Kirin didn’t like the arguing and are forcing them to the Stream of Silence. Like I get not liking arguments, not a fan of them either, but forcing them to do something is definitely an extreme I wouldn’t do. Luckily for them, Autumn Blaze comes in as a Nirik to save them. She’s basically an example of AJ’s argument: you can’t give up ALL your emotions if it means removing one. After all, anger is an important emotion too. You just got to know a good way to release it. 

Good News, the Kirin want to be cured now! The Bad News, the ingredient needed to have the cure is gone. Luckily we’ve seen the flower earlier when Fluttershy was helping the Squirrels. And a Squirrel tells them exactly where to find the flower they need. And that’s why the two were paired up for this mission: Fluttershy finding the cure thanks to her caring nature and AJ giving them the kick in the head to accept that they do want their feelings back.

The episode ends with everyone being cured and a reprise of the song. Overall, a really fun episode. I wish we could explore the Kirin more, but sadly neither the show or the comics ever expanded on that. The Mobile Game did, by making the Mane Six into Kirins, which did eventually get the Queen to get Nirik. Oh well.

Click here to see the original review and how it fits in GLAB canon.

[ordinaryschmuck]

Here’s the real answer: The show is no longer the hugest thing.

I rarely, if ever, have seen many people talk about Friendship is Magic. I’ve hardly seen anyone talk about that new reboot. Seriously, they made a movie…and I don’t know what happened after that. I think Spike made a return or something? I don’t know.

Meanwhile, people are still talking and thinking about Steven Universe. Hell, a few months ago, it made a bit of a resurgence with people recently watching it, defending it, and claiming how it’s NOT a garbage pile that a certain SOMEONE has claimed it to be. And while Korra hasn’t been as huge since it was airing, it’s still part of one of the best animated shows out there that’s always being brought up in one way or another with Korra more than being worthy of the discussion. Not to mention that both shows have fandoms that will go down swinging before admitting that their favorite shows are imperfect, which they are, let’s be honest.

With the My Little Pony fandom, they were often vocal about how they feel about the show, but Lily never really added to chaos. Any negative opinions she had were either about aspects of the show that were already controversial (Starlight Glimmer or “Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep”) or…went against the grain. The fandom claims that Princess Luna and Fluttershy are the best characters? Lily claimed that they were overrated and that only Fluttershy got better by Season Four. The fans loved episodes that gave Celestia more of a personality? Lily will say it’s not enough. They loved an episode that showed us Applejack’s parents and their cute relationship? Lily will consider it the most boring episode of the series and that YOU’RE the dullest person alive for thinking it’s the best of the season. Fans adore the hundredth episode for making the background ponies fans attached personalities to canon as a thank you for making the show go so far? Lily will hate it because it’s a bad thing to pander to fandoms. She was labeled the cynical one in the community, and I remember her fellow MLP reviewers (Yes, that was a thing) respected Lily’s position in that regard as she was a necessary evil in fandom discussion. It’s always good to have someone point out the flaws so that you don’t blindly think that everything in a show is perfect. Every series has its faults, and the good ones are no different.

…The problem with Lily is that her cynicism progressed to the point that a lot of people were sick of it. She insulted fans for liking episodes and characters and even talked down to them for HATING some episodes. And that was before she started burning bridges with friends, calling artists childish for not crediting their work she stole, and started moving onto other cartoons that the internet talked about. It got to the point where the Brony fandom pretty much tuned her out and the rest of the reviewers started distancing themselves from Lily. Because what’s the point of listening to someone when you know they’re going to say something that you don’t like.

So, what happens when the only people who care about a show stop listening to you? You move on and get the attention of fandoms who will BURN YOU AT THE STAKE for the most MINOR of criticism that isn’t already accepted within the fandom. And it’s not just Steven Universe and Korra. I am willing to bet that Lily finds a show that the internet won’t stop talking about, takes note of what’s most discussed and goes in with an attack plan in mind. Because with the way that Lily approaches shows, it feels too common to be coincidental.

Fans love Toffee as a villain in Star vs. the Forces of Evil? Lily thinks he’s boring and that he ruined the show. Fans love Hunter from The Owl House? Lily thinks he’s the worst character with the worst redemption arc and believes that he’s the best character then you’re a racist who’s brainwashed into thinking what a good character is. Do fans love Laios and think he’s good (and likely unintentional) representation for autism, especially to autistics like myself? Lily thinks he’s a sociopath and hates him beyond no measure to the point where it might as well be ableist even if it’s technically not.

This is Lily Orchard in a nutshell. She is a person who consistently spouts takes that go against the popular opinions in a fandom, and when they eventually tune her out or bully her away, she packs up and moves onto the next topic that she should KNOW will get a bunch of rage. Because there is NO WAY, with how long she’s been doing this, that Lily hasn’t learned that she creates rage with almost every take she makes. And the worst part is, people keep falling for it. Every single time Lily pokes her nonsense into a fandom, it always gets the same reactions. The positive side is that people are starting to know better, as her videos are no longer getting attention as she made herself known as the overly cynical one in the cartoon community. Yet she still gets entire video breakdowns and entire blogs dedicated to tearing. And granted, some of them are for good reasons as she is…responsible for way too many things that she needs to be brought to justice for.

But to those who keep buying into her bullshit, do you really want her gone? Do you really want her to stop talking about your favorite thing? Do you really want her to stop having a platform? Then you turn around and look the other way every time she talks about something you love. She hasn’t said anything nice about the other shows that you love, so why will she start now? Stop engaging with her, stop listening to her, and stop letting her have this platform. Just turn around and tune her out.

Because that’s what I’m doing, starting now. I’ve let her annoying voice be in the back of my head for years with every show I watch. I’m not letting it go on for any longer.

Um?...what? So, are Steven Universe and The Legend of Korra.

Am I reading this wrong, or something?

[fan-fantasies]

Daddy, I’m Yours

A/N: please comment and reblog! I love this man and no one can convince me otherwise.

Pairing: Eddie Munson x reader

Warnings: daddy kink, breeding kink, smut, mentions of pregnancy, jealousy

Summary: you and Eddie weren’t together, you weren’t even really friends, but when he heard you call Steve Harrington daddy in front of your friends he couldn’t stop the anger from boiling up inside of him. He wanted to hear that word fall from your lips while he filled you, claiming you as his own.

“Are you serious, Erica? Hellfire Club?” Being Erica Sinclair’s babysitter was no easy feat, especially when she would drag you to different places and events. Tonight was no different, her brothers friends requesting her presence at their game club.

“Yes, (Y/N), I’m serious. You don’t have to come, ya know?” She snapped. She was right, you didn’t. She was old enough and lord knows she was mature enough to not have a babysitter but you liked the money and honestly you liked her as well.

“Yeah well I’ll probably go over to the basketball game anyway,” you said. You followed her into a back room in the school where a group of guys were already waiting. You noticed most of them from your class, including the infamous Eddie Munson. You had been paired with him on a few projects over the years and he would always tease you and take any chance he could get to fluster you.

“Well well well, look who it is. You just can’t resist me, can you, sweetheart?” He asked with a wide grin.

“You wish, Munson. I’m just dropping off the munchkin for your game night,” you laughed.

“You can stay if you want. To play or just to watch, ogle me from across the room, undress me with your eyes.” He wriggled his eyebrows and Dustin fake puked in the corner.

“Um, hello! There are children present!” Erica yelled.

“My apologies, lady applejack,” Eddie bowed.

“Alright, weirdos. I’ll be back after the basketball game,” you said. They all waved goodbye and Eddie sent you a wink on your way out.

You weren’t the biggest sports fan, but it was the championship game and you didn’t have anything better to do. You sat with a few of your friends and tried your best to follow the game.

Hawkins won and everyone went nuts. You and your friends were invited to a party but you declined, stating that you had to bring Erica home after her campaign. Your friends hung out with you outside while you waited for her.

“Did you see who was here tonight?” Leah asked.

“Umm King Steve himself? Yeah!” Rachel smiled. Everyone had a crush on Steve and all the ladies were happy when he decided to stick around after graduating.

“He’s definitely daddy material,” you added with a laugh. Steve was cute, not really your type, but still cute.

“Talking about me, (Y/N)?” Eddie asked, coming around the corner and scaring you into a jump.

“Steve Harrington, actually,” Leah said with an annoying tone to her voice. Eddie’s smile instantly turned to a scowl. You knew they didn’t like Eddie so you told them you were fine now and they could go. You never understood why everyone hated him so much but he also didn’t help himself with how he acted sometimes.

“So you have a thing for the hair, huh?” Eddie asked with a clenched jaw.

“Oh, um, he’s alright, I guess. He just came tonight so the girls were all giggling over him.”

“You included I see,” he send almost cynically. You shrugged and hoped he’d drop the topic. Luckily Erica and the other members came out to join you.

“Let’s go before these nerds rub off on us, (Y/N),” Erica said.

“You’re literally a nerd too,” Dustin sighed. Erica just glared at him and grabbed your hand to pull you to your car.

“Bye guys,” you said, turning back to wave at them. Most of them smiled as they said goodbye but Eddie looked pissed almost. You wondered what had gotten into him.

Whenever you saw him over the next few days, you caught him already staring. You’d always try to offer a smile or a small wave to which he usually tried to return, but you could tell something was off. Dustin had even told you he’d been moodier than normal and no one could figure out why.

A few days later, you decided to go to the video store and pick up a few movies for the weekend. Your parents were going out of town and you didn’t have to babysit so you had plenty of time to kill.

The store was pretty empty, only one person working the counter- and that person was none other than Steve Harrington. He didn’t fluster you like the other girls so it didn’t really bother you much when he threw on his Harrington charm, if you could even call it that.

“Hey, (Y/N), right? You’re a senior at Hawkins?” He asked with a smile.

“Yeah, that’s me! Did we ever have class together?" You definitely would’ve remembered having class with him but you were just curious as to how he knew your name.

“No, but I make it my mission to know the names of all the pretty ladies,” he said.

“So I’ve heard,” you chuckled. His smile fell and he backtracked.

“No, that’s not what I meant! I mean, kinda? But you’ve heard about me? What have you heard?”

“Do you always ramble like this with the ladies?” You asked, laughing even harder. He just frowned and nodded. “I can see why you’re not having much luck.”

“Some ladies find it to be incredibly attractive!” He defended himself.

“Whatever helps you sleep at night, Steve.” Both of your attentions turned to the door and your eyes lit up. But your smile soon fell when you noticed a very confused and angry looking Eddie standing in the doorway. Steve looked between the two of you and coughed awkwardly.

Eddie walked around the store, glancing back at you every so often. Steve finished checking out your videos just as Eddie walked to the counter.

“Munson, yeah?”

“Harrington,” Eddie said with a nod.

“Do you make it your mission to also know all the pretty guys’ names too?” You asked, smirking at Steve who just rolled his eyes. “Might help out your chances if you double your odds.”

“You’re hilarious, (Y/N),” Steve said dryly, but there was humor in his eyes.

“Either get a room or check me out, for the love of god,” Eddie snapped. Both of you looked at him with shock.

“Don’t be a dick, Munson,” you sighed. You gave Steve an apologetic smile before turning to Eddie and glaring at him. He had no right to be rude to either of you.

“Have a good night, (Y/N),” Steve said quietly as you walked out the door. Eddie’s eyes followed you the entire way but Steve’s eyes stayed studying him. A knowing smile crept onto his face. “She’s all yours, man.”

“Excuse me?” Eddie asked. Steve put his movies into a bag and slid it over to him.

“(Y/N), I’m not interested. Even if I was, she definitely isn’t. So go for it because you obviously want to.”

“I’m supposed to take dating advice from you?” Eddie scoffed.

“Hey, man, I’m just throwing it out there. I saw how she looked when you initially walked in here. Anyway, have a good night. Enjoy your movies.” Steve went to the back room, leaving Eddie standing there speechless.

Did you like him? You were always friendly toward him and went along with his teasing. He couldn’t hide the anger he felt when he heard you gushing about Steve to your friends and even more so when he saw the two of you together, confirming his fears.

He was no Steve Harrington. He was the freak. The weirdo. That was usually enough to scare away any woman so why did he think you would be interested in him? He still didn’t like the way Steve looked at you, but maybe there wasn’t much to worry about after all.

The next evening, he called an emergency Hellfire meeting. He made up some bullshit just in hopes that you’d be bringing the Sinclairs. When they arrived without you, his heart sank.

“No (Y/N)? She is an honorary member, after all,” he said, hoping he didn’t sound too desperate.

“She’s picking us up. My mom called her last minute because I guess they had a work thing my dad forgot about,” Lucas said.

“Hitch a ride home with Garret, yeah? I’d like a word with (Y/N).”

“Are you going to kill her and chop her up into a million pieces and dump her into lovers lake?” Erica asked, staring Eddie down.

“That’s quite the description but no. Not that it’s any of your business but I think I messed up a little and I want to apologize.” His friends all looked at him like he had two heads.

“Is that why you called a meeting? To ask for girl advice?” Dustin yelled. Eddie stayed silent and everyone groaned. They all decided that since they were there they’d talk strategy for the next campaign.

You, on the other hand, sighed as you grabbed your car keys. You were looking forward to your peaceful weekend, only to be called up last minute to pick up Lucas and Erica. All they needed was a ride home, so you didn’t mind too much. You just weren’t looking forward to seeing Eddie after his little attitude problem at the video store. You actually weren’t thrilled with his attitude at all lately.

You waited in the parking lot for a while, an empty parking lot besides Eddie’s van. It should’ve been over by now but maybe they were waiting inside. You decided to go in and check, just in case.

The building was quiet, but the light in their meeting room was still on. You didn’t bother knocking, swinging the door open expecting to see the kids waiting. But you were met with Eddie and just Eddie.

“Uh where’s Lucas and Erica?” You asked, panic starting to build.

“One of the guys took them home,” he answered calmly. You huffed and rubbed your hand across your face.

“And no one thought to call me? That’s great,” you mumbled to yourself.

“Are you really that upset that you have to see me?” He asked with a smirk. He was hoping you’d just fall into his arms, but of course it couldn’t be that easy.

“Uh, yeah, actually. I am. I don’t like the way you gave Steve attitude the other night,” you said, crossing your arms in front of you. An angered expression quickly took over his handsome face.

“So now you’re defending him? Is he your little boyfriend?”

“Excuse me? Who I’m dating is none of your business and you were rude to me as well, but we’re friends so I don’t care. You don’t even know him so you have no right to be an asshole!” The corners of his lips twitched up.

“We’re friends?” He asked. You threw your hands up in annoyance.

“Not my point, Munson.” You walked over to where he was standing and got in his face. “I don’t know what your problem is lately but grow up and knock it off.”

The darkness of his eyes sent a chill down your spine. He stalked toward you and backed you up against the table.

“You want to know what my problem is, sweetheart?” His body was pressed against yours and he placed both hands on the table, trapping you there. His face was only inches from yours. “I’m the only person you should be calling daddy.”

“H-huh?” You we’re certain your heart was going to beat right out of your chest.

“You said the other night that Steve was daddy material. Then you had the audacity to flirt with him at the video store- god I was so pissed,” he said with a low voice.

He ducked his head lower; you could practically feel his lips on yours, but he wasn’t kissing you yet much to your dismay.

“Are you mine, sweetheart?” He asked. You sucked in a deep breath and nodded. “Say it.”

“I’m yours.”

“Ah, ah, ah. Try again, princess.”

“I’m yours, daddy.” You thought you heard him growl before he crashed his lips to yours. It was a mess of tongue and teeth as he sat you up on the table, legs spread apart for him. You started to kiss down his jaw and neck, leaving marks as you went.

“Fuck, I should fill your tight little cunt right up with my cum. Fucking knock you up so everyone knows you’re mine,” he said, hands gripping your thighs. You audibly moaned when he said that. You had never been turned on by such an idea before but hearing those words come from Eddie made you melt right on the spot.

“Please,” you could only whimper.

“You’re gonna be the death of me. I wanna fuck you right here on the table. I want you to feel how painfully hard you make me.” His hips were grinding into you and it was making you dizzy in the best way.

“So do it. Take me right now. Please, daddy. I wanna feel you inside me,” you begged. Eddie seemed to consider it for a moment before laying you back on the table and hiking up your skirt. He could already see the wet patch forming on your panties and he smirked.

He pulled them completely off and you didn’t notice how he stuffed them in his pocket. His long fingers slid through your folds with ease. He teased your clit before sliding two fingers into you, stretching you slightly.

He pumped them in and out of you, the warm metal of his rings nudging your clit with every thrust. When he added a third finger you just about fell apart at the seams.

“Look at that pretty pussy, taking my fingers so well. God, you’re gonna feel so good cumming on my cock, princess. Gonna look so hot with my cum dripping out of you,” he said, voice laced with lust. His fingers sped up as he watched you with such intensity. He wanted to memorize how you looked and sounded when he was pleasuring you.

“Eddie, that feels so good!” You moaned. His actions stopped completely and your eyes shot open. “Daddy!”

“Good girl,” he smirked. He curled his fingers upward as he resumed. The new sensation was enough to bring you closer to the edge. He bit his lip, concentrating on making you feel good. “Come on, baby. Cum for me. Cum for daddy.”

Your back arched off the table as your orgasm washed over you. Only once your body went limp did he pull his fingers from your dripping cunt. You watched as he swirled his tongue around them, sucking them clean.

His hands them moved down to his jeans, unzipping them slowly. He let them fall to his ankles as he began to pump his already hard length.

“You’re sure you want this?” He asked, caressing your leg softly.

“I’m absolutely positive,” you said. He lined up with your entrance and moaned loudly as he slid into you inch by inch.

“You feel even better than I’ve imagined.”

“You’ve imagined this?” You asked with a small smile. Once he was fully sheathed inside of you he looked down with a smile of his own.

“Only every day for the last 3 years,” he chuckled. He pulled out slowly only to slam back into you. His thrusts were fast and sharp, such a contrast to his sweet words.

His hair was falling into his face so he threw his head back in ecstasy. His eyes were screwed shut and you didn’t think you’d ever see something so gorgeous again in your lifetime. Your walls began to clench around him, causing him to swear out loud.

“I’m almost there, baby. Fuck, I’m gonna cum so deep inside you. Can I fill you up, sweetheart?” You were so lost in the pleasure you’d probably agree to just about anything, but nothing sounded more amazing than him filling you.

“Yes, daddy, please. Cum inside me,” you whined. His thrusts became sloppier but he still managed to hit that sweet spot inside of you. Your body felt like it was on fire in the best way possible as your second orgasm hit you. You screamed his name and that alone was enough to set off his own. You could feel his cum being pumped inside of you with every slow thrust.

When you both had rode out your highs, he remained inside of you. He finally looked down at your blissful expression and smiled. He pulled out slowly, only to push back in when he saw his cum leaking out.

“Fuck, Eddie, that was incredible,” you sighed happily.

“We defiled the game board but it was so worth it,” he said. He let you sit up and he kissed you. “So are you really mine now?”

“I’d love nothing more, Eds,” you whispered.

“Good, because I have so much more planned for us.” He kissed you once more and pulled you from the table, catching you when your legs wobbled.

“Wait, where are my underwear?” You asked. Eddie just smirked at you as he buckled his pants.

“Let’s get out of here, sweetheart. We’ll go back to my place and I promise you won’t be needing those panties.” He smacked your ass playfully as he lead you from the game room, panties still safely tucked in his pocket.

You weren’t sure what you were getting yourself in to, but you were definitely excited to find out.

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[loveaurapearl]

Hey, I'm Mary and this is my headcanon/redesigns of the main characters of My Little Pony. I was inspired by the ever talented x-vintage--owl-x. Twilight is based off Vintage-Owl's headcanon of Twilight's father being part bat pony and that her transformation into an alicorn made those part of her DNA be more protenant and I say that Twilight's mother was a regular unicorn. Applejack is a big normal earth pony. Rainbow Dash is a half siren, half Pegasus, her father being a pure Pegasus while her mother is a pure Siren. The idea of Windy Whistles being a siren who disguises herself as a Pegasus came to me while rewatching the episode with Rainbow Dash's parents and while I was half asleep. One thing came to another in my brain and before I knew it the idea of Windy Whistle being a siren in disguise was stuck in my brain and thus why Rainbow Dash is now half Siren in my headcanon. (Oh, by the way, Rainbow Dash and her father know that Windy is a Siren, but they help keep Windy's true identity a secret because Sirens are still seen as Evil thanks to the Dazzlings. Also Windy Whistle is the Sister to Sonata Dusk.) Rarity is part Crystal Pony, her mother being a descendant of crystal ponies before the Crystal empire disappeared because of Sombra with the prominent Crystal gene in Rarity's mom and Rarity, and her father being a normal unicorn. The dark blue-ish markings on Rarity's back and ears represent the left over contamination of her body when she turned into Nightmare Rarity. (Yes, I will sometimes use the comics for characters, but I won't use the comic's cannon to dictate my plot since I see the comics as more a side-cannon. I will use things like Nightmare Rarity and characters like King Aspen, however, I'm not the biggest fan of the comics idea of Luna's turn into Nightmare Moon being responsible because of Nightmare creatures. So in my headcanon Rarity was turned into Nightmare Rarity due to the magic of Nightmare Moon still being around like what the episode Castle-Mania said, although, it was a shame they never came back to that concept in the mlp show itself. Anyway, onto the rest of the headcanon.) Fluttershy is part deer, part bat-pony. Her mother being a deer princess who is the sister of King Aspen, and her father being a regular bat pony.(I agree to the headcanon that Nightmare moon created the bat ponies and that there was more to Nightmare Moon's brief reign before Celestia put her on the moon, we just didn't see it because of the episode's time restraints.) Also, the vampire bat situation made Fluttershy act more bat like than deer like. And Pinkie is a regular Earth Pony with her family and about a third of Earth ponies having a similar lifestyle to the Romani. Sadly, I only have head pieces of the ponies. Full body versions will come soon. (By the by, this part of my new Mlp Next Geneartion series. I am discontinuing my other mlp next gen kids, sorry to anyone who wanted me to continue them.)

Link to my deviantart for more art like this: https://www.deviantart.com/alongcomesmaryann

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When I saw who it was toiling up the path to my cave, I took the trouble to cast a glamor of my original handsome self on my invisible spirit body.  

It made me appear to be the nice piebald white, black and brown goat that I used to be before the bit of an accident that killed me.  I am far more careful with my Non-Equine Magic now!

I waited to greet Applejack’s arrival.  I did keep the everburning candle between my horns.  It is handy as a reading light inside my cave, where it can get really dark, especially when the solid iron and steel door is shut.

I was delighted by Applejack’s double take when she saw me.

“Darn!  Fer a second there, Ah thought Ah was in the wrong place!  Then Ah noticed the candle!  So how come Ah don’t rate the floatin’ skull an all that there stuff?”

I replied with honesty, “I was trying to make you feel more comfortable.  The whole skull bit and all that goes with it is easily arranged if you want it.  It is not often that one of the Mane Six shows up here at my cave.  This is the first time, in fact.

“Princess Luna, Princess Celestia, even Duchess Red Hoof, yes.  Mane Six, nope.

“If you would be so good as to come inside, we can talk privately.”

I bowed her into my cave and sealed the heavy iron and steel door behind us.  Thanks to the everburning candle between my horns, we could still see a little.  I waved a hoof.  Other candles in sconces all about the chamber lit up, making the place far better lit and homey looking.

Turning to my guest a smile on my glamored face, I asked, “So, Applejack, what can I do for you?”

She pulled a long face.  “We got a problem down to Sweet Apple Acres.  The apples looks right for this time of year but something is off. Shouldn’t make you tummy sick, this far along, but they do.  Ah got some right here.”

She laid out about a dozen nice looking but still just a bit green apples.

She sighed, “The hundred gold bits that you charge is gonna be a problem too.  Ah got it along but we really needs it now, just before the harvest.”

I sat in my easy chair and steepled my hooves.  “Before we just jump headlong into a contract that might not be set up right to actually solve your problem, it would be a good idea sort out what the problem actually is.  What do YOU think it might be?”

AJ’s brow wrinkled under her forelock.  “Ah don’t rightly know, mister Goat.  None of us does.  We been farming Sweet Apple Acres since Granny was young and Ponyville was only a settlement.  None of us ever seen a problem like this ‘un.

“We uses only the best organic farming methods.”

I nodded, my candle making some of the room’s shadows dance, and suggested, “Then we may assume that it is neither the farming or the apples, that is at the root of the problem.  Tell me, has any pony tried to BUY or obtain Sweet Apple Acres recently?”

AJ turned a troubled look at the innocent looking apples on my kitchen counter. “Sir Snobbin Realty made us a ridiculous low offer.  What would that have to do with the problem of our apples not being right?”

Dry voiced, I pointed out, “Everything.  You are stretched thin right now. If your crop fails, you could be forced to sell at a ruinous price.”  I held up a hoof to forestall her outrage and went on, “If that is the case, it is easily proved.

“The form of the non equine magic that I use requires that I be paid for the spells that I do.  They simply won’t work if I am not paid.

“A question that does bear on the problem.  Do you supply Caramel Treat’s restaurant with apples or apple products?”

AJ snickered, “Of course!  They are picky customers but only because they wants the best.  Not only do they get it, they pays us the best prices for our apples, too.  Always a pleasure to deal with them.”

I nodded briskly.  “Good!  I happen to be on a regular monthly retainer with them over certain security issues!  That means that I am already paid for these tests!  It is a matter of the safety of their customers.”

Since nearly all of my Non-Equine magic totally lacks flash and impressive stuff, I tend to follow a different book when using it.  The Manual of Misdirection, Slight of Hoof and Showmanship!  Makes for MUCH happier customers!

I got a large sheet of paper and then brought out a small kit.  Using fun little rituals, I opened the kit.  Taking a charcoal stick, I drew a nice pentacle around one of the apples.  It had many little signs and sigils all around it between points and and in the rings surrounding it.  Each line or rune had its own bit of ritual. I set small candles around the Pentacle.

Using a small wand of carved bone from the kit, I touched each candle in turn.  They all flared to light.  Then I sat back and waited.

“What happens now, Mr. Goat?” AJ wanted to know.

I pointed with the small wand.  “Watch.  It is already happening.”

The apple was starting to glow an unhealthy red.

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Well, since you asked, Random Citizen ;)

The Strengths and Weaknesses of Fluttershy the Pegasus.

So many of us love Fluttershy. She's beautiful, she's soft spoken, she's kind, good with animals, and often relatable. Let's go over some of her character's particular strengths and talents, and some of her weaknesses.

First, her strengths.

The most obvious talent she has is that she's great with animals. But why is that? Well, besides her natural ability to speak to animals, she also has an extremely calming demeanor as well as a huge, empathetic heart---she can tell exactly what her critters are feeling and what they want. There is also, of course, her element: kindness. The way she shows this seems obvious, even more obvious than pretty much anyone else's. Kindness? Well, duh, of course she's kind! Strangely enough, she's the member of the Mane 6 that seems to suffer the most for what is supposed to be her biggest strength. But we'll get to that later.

Another talent Fluttershy has is The Stare. We're not exactly sure where this comes from, but it's pretty darn cool. It's possible that it is a learned ability, as many animals see being stared at as a threat. Since a lot of ponies' regular talents seem to be enhanced with magic, like Applejack's strength, there's probably a bit of that involved as well.

Fluttershy also seems to have a natural grace to the way she moves, speaks, sings, flies, and everything else, as shown in the episode Mean Isn't Your Color. She can't seem to stop it. I'm not sure whether this is exactly a strength, but it is definitely nice.

Now to talk about her biggest weakness---her lack of confidence.

Since the beginning, Fluttershy is shown to be, well, extremely shy. Too shy for her own good. She was terrified of dragons, flying in the hurricane, Nightmare Night, you name it. She also had an extreme lack of confidence when talking and interacting with other ponies.

This may be a weakness to her as a pony just trying to live her life, but it's a great trait for her as a character. Why? Well, not only does her fear send the relatable message that we're all afraid of something and it takes time to conquer that fear, her anxiety---ESPECIALLY her anxiety when it comes to talking to other ponies and ASSERTING HERSELF---is also an EXTREMELY important topic to write about in a show aimed specifically at little girls.

That's right! I said it! My Little Ponu: Friendship is Magic DOES have a target audience and they DID watch it and they ARE big fans!!! Girls LOVED this show!! It's me!!! I WAS THE LITTLE GIRL!!!! And FLUTTERSHY IS AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER FOR THE ACTUAL LITTLE GIRLS WATCHING THE SHOW. And yes, for anyone else watching who struggles with advocating for themselves. But I'm going to talk about how it's important to the little girls because I was a little girl who watched the show and I'm older and I realize now that they did something great.

In case you didn't know, little girls have some of the hardest times asserting themselves. We are raised as such. We're too chatty. We're too bossy. We're tattling. We're complaining, we're whining, we're being drama queens, we're not being tough, we're crybabies. We're not sitting correctly, we're eating like an animal, we're wrong and our parents are right, we're not allowed to talk back. Jamie pulled your hair? Just ignore it, it's because he likes you. Andrew took your snack? Don't let it get to you, he's trying to make you mad. Chloe cut in front of you in line? No need to make a fuss, she probably didn't see you. All. The. Time. Little girls are told to hold in their opinions and cover their emotions and muffle their voices to make everyone around them comfortable for the sake of acting like polite young ladies.

This is where Fluttershy comes in. Fluttershy works on herself, on learning to assert herself, in front of the viewer. She's the most terrified pony in Ponyville, and if she can stand up and tell Iron Will to politely buck off, the little girls sitting at home can politely tell Sammy the fifth grader to stop hogging the nice water fountain. If Fluttershy can look a dragon in the eye and tell him he's being extremely rude and inconsiderate for snoring smoke all over the Ponyville sky, the little girl at home can tell the McDonald's server that she wanted a chicken sandwich instead of a burger. It's genuine lesson AND example of small ways to practice asserting yourself. And Fluttershy, most of the time, does it without being rude or unpleasant.

Two other great things about how the show handles Fluttershy's fear are these: Fluttershy's progress is Not Linear, and she is Not Cured at the end of the show.

Through the entire show, no matter how many lessons she learns about asserting herself and gaining self confidence, Fluttershy still remains Fluttershy. To the unthoughful viewer, it may seem like a severe inconsistency. But here's the thing. Progress and working on oneself is not consistent. Especially if one suffers from an actual anxiety disorder, like Fluttershy likely does. This is actually addressed in the episode, I forget the name, but the one where the Mane 6 decide to publish their friendship lesson journal. Readers of the book harass Fluttershy about how it's been so long, she should toughen up and be assertive already, as Fluttershy cowers and tries to run away. Now of course, this entire episode was sort of a joke about how adult fans of the show criticize the characters for their flaws that the show is well aware of and that are supposed to be there, but it's an important message.

Fluttershy's progress is not consistent, and that is very realistic.

And the fact that she's not "cured" of her anxiety and introversion by the end of the show is a great detail as well. Sure, she's more confident in herself, she's a bit calmer, and she has more support and understanding in her friends than ever, but she still has an anxiety disorder. It's how she's made. It's how she is. She's still shy. She's beautiful the way she is. This is important.

Going farther back to the beginning and middle of the show once again, I'm going to talk about one other specific message about Fluttershy's ability to assert herself: the subtle lesson that the show teaches about how asserting oneself with friends and family is important, too.

Fluttershy's best friends love her more than anyone else in the world does. She knows this. The audience knows this. They know this. The Elements of Harmony know it. But they're not perfect, none of them are. Thus, so often---like, at least every other episode, often---Fluttershy has something important to say, and they just keep talking over her, because she's talking a bit too quietly, and they are listening a bit too little. This. This is a lesson here, though I don't know how many children would pick up on it. Being assertive and speaking confidently is important even around those you consider your family. People---and ponies---all ignore or dismiss or tune out their friends sometimes without meaning to, and this doesn't always mean they're doing it on purpose. A lot of the time, it could simply mean that you need to speak a little louder, or do something to get their attention first. (This is not to say that these scenes are always Fluttershy's fault. The Mane 6 can definitely grow some better ears. I'm also pretty sure that them not listening to Fluttershy is exaggerated as a joke to some extent.)

What I also like, in relation to Fluttershy's anxiety and her friends, is that hardly do they actually do things for her that she can do herself, instead pushing her out of her comfort zone to do them. Fluttershy is a grown mare, and her friends realize this. They patiently encourage her to do what needs to be done when she's afraid to, but they don't really do things for her. They don't give up on her, and even if they see it as a chore, they are kind and encouraging. One particular instance that I think of is the moment in the episode where they have to wake up the sleeping dragon in the top of the mountain, the moment where the characters have to jump over a narrow ravine to continue on the path. Her friends don't give up until she makes it. Pinkie Pie cheerfully demonstrates how she should do it, making it sound fun by calling it a "Hop-Skip-And-A-Jump!" Her friends cheer her on from the other side. Rainbow Dash makes fun of her unhelpfully which is not nice, but she also suggests she fly over the gap.

Fluttershy is a beloved character that teaches us valuable lessons about kindness, compassion, standing up for ourselves, and making progress at our own pace.

what mane 6 member should I write a character analysis of

[stardomthenightwing]

For anyone wondering why I was off the internet a lot lately, let me explain. @istanstardom gave me advice, and rather than being stubborn like usual and not taking it, I actually took it (Probably because it wasn't parental advice). I actually took time for myself, even though I wanted to be on the internet, and have realized the beauty of the world around me! Ok, just kidding, no, I didn't go outside, I started watching a new show; like what do you take me for, a jock? I'm a total nerd, I haven't seen the sun in years...

Anyways, so I've been watching those cartoon critics lately, and they all say the same thing, "STEVEN UNIVERSE IS GaRbAgE". And usually, the following line pops up, "MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC IS A MUCH BETTER SHOW".

I've been an avid cartoon watcher since I was born, so on my journey of self-discovery, I mean break, I decided to see if MLP was better than SU. Yes, I am a boy, but that doesn't affect my "professional" opinion of this show. Yes, I am also a huge action fan, but that doesn't affect my opinion of this show's genre.

For all my fellow boy followers and SU fans, I watched MLP so you don't have to, and here are my thoughts:

I've only seen four seasons, so I'll only be covering four seasons.

1. The characters are really well-done, and their development is realistic:

- Despite being a kid's show, this show doesn't really seem like it's for kids sometimes. MLP tackles lessons about friendship that I don't think many of us as kids are yet to resolve in our adult lives. In the episode, "Lesson Zero", a problem that I still struggle with is expressed and resolved. It's an episode about overworking yourself and stressing over not getting the perfect grade; a little side lesson about listening to your friend's problems, even if they're strange, is included as well. I still struggle with this overworking yourself problem, and it made me smile to watch Twilight Sparkle understand that she doesn't always have to be perfect with her work. This show does a good job of making sure you clear up all your common flaws before adulthood.

- The Mane Six are given an equal share of character development episodes and are very relatable. I can see a bit of myself in every single one of these characters. I'm a nerd like Twilight Sparkle. I'm a perfectionist like Rarity. I'm an introvert like Fluttershy. I'm an optimist like Rainbow Dash, who likes to read about adventures. I'm surprisingly physically talented like Applejack. And then there's Pinky Pie; I was exactly like her when I was a little kid, but now, not so much.

- One problem with having a lot of filler episodes about character development is that when it’s overdone, it’s not very entertaining. The show introduces that there is a storyline in the first episode, and then, that storyline is ignored for an entire season until we see Princess Luna get a redemption arc in "Luna Eclipsed". Because this is a kid's show that wasn't aiming high at the story element at first with its first season, I can see why the story was structured this way. It is a little weird how Discord showed up out of nowhere in the second season. I've noticed that the only real problems with character development in this show lies with the villains. They kind of just show up, are given a backstory and then are defeated in a two-part episode. There were no mentions of changelings up until the season 2 final, and King Sombra just existed in season 3's first two-part episode. You can defend King Sombra with the argument that little was known about the Crystal Empire, but seriously, that whole kingdom just showed up in season 3's first two-part episode with no warning. Maybe a little mention in the season 2 final from Cadance that she's the princess of the fallen Crystal Empire; that was much needed. We're getting off topic here, but I think this show needs to hint at its story in episodes prior to the season final; that's about it for complaints.

- I really recommend that you watch this show if you can handle a lot of filler episodes. The experience of the story episodes feel more rewarding when you watch them because the filler episodes tie in with the storyline pretty well.

2. This show has really good continuation:

- All I have to say for this section is that things in previous episodes are not forgotten often. This show has incredible continuation, some of it even ties into development. Fluttershy is taught the simple phrase "hop, skip and jump" in the episode "Dragonfly", and this phrase is then repeated in the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen" to demonstrate how far Fluttershy has come with her anxiety; she's literally the first to hop the rocks, like aren't you proud of her watching that? Honestly, when I watched that scene, it blew my mind! For a kid's show, the writers do pay attention to detail alright!

3. The animation:

- Personally, this show has helped me understand a lot about four-legged anatomy, which is something I'm struggling to draw.

- I like how the characters aren't all outlined in black, they're each given a unique color.

4. The characters:

- Let’s talk about the Mane Six first. My personal favorite is either Twilight Sparkle or Rainbow Dash. I can relate to both a lot, but that’s not the point. As I mentioned earlier, each of these characters are given a balanced amount of development episodes throughout the show.

. Twilight Sparkle starts out as a pony with no friends who isn’t looking for any either and learns the magic of friendship throughout the show. They did her introverted smartness very well and handled her stress and overworking qualities beautifully.

. Rainbow Dash is such a girlboss; she’s the perfect kind of character for a show like this. She’s funny, optimistic and has realistic aspirations. I love characters with big dreams and determination to reach them.

. Fluttershy is probably like the most well-developed character in the show. She starts off not even being able to speak to Twilight (Wow, just like me in real life) and goes all the way to learning to be assertive and just. There’s so much I can say about this character, I could probably even make a whole post talking about her development, but we don’t have time for that.

. Rarity is definitely the inspiration for Pearl in Steven Universe. They are both perfectionist hard workers who make weird noises when in distress. I don’t care what you say, Rebecca has definitely seen MLP. Anyways, Rarity presents herself as a total Karen at first who doesn’t like children. Like, you see how she treats her sister right? But then she learns how to be a good sibling through the power of learning that you have to do things for people sometimes that you don’t want to do. Honestly, great character to add in this show. Rarity helps us older siblings understand how to treat our younger siblings.

. Applejack is another one of those hardworking characters. Her character arc mostly consisted of unhealthy stubbornness in refusal to ask for help, getting over failure, and that’s about it. Applejack didn’t really seem like a character who needed much development, but I feel like her episodes do express some interesting themes.

. Pinky Pie is a party animal who doesn’t really seem like a character in need of development on the surface, but deep below, she actually has a great development arc. It’s very interesting how the writers of the show properly addressed Pinky Pie’s reactions to her responsibilities. Pinky Pie learns how to handle freaking children, that’s a crazy lesson for a character to learn in a kid’s show. She learns betrayal and abandonment and accepts the fact that not everyone needs to like her. For a generally silly character, she shows amazing growth. Almost makes me wonder if she was Spinel inspiration for Rebecca. I mean, Pinky Pie does have a dark side…

- The side characters in the show are done pretty interestingly from minor villains like Trixie to a zebra that speaks in AB rhyme scheme. To be honest, as strange as the world of MLP is, I love it! It has that Earthbound vibe! I only really have a problem with The Cutie Mark Crusaders. For some reason, I just find them annoying at times.

- The villains in this show are kind of, eh. We barely ever see villains appear in filler episodes, and the villains we have in the show don't get enough screen time. I mean, Discord was due for a redemption arc way earlier than when he got it; a season and a half with no mentions or appearances, like seriously, that's long enough for the audience to forget his existence. I kind of also wish we got a Princess Luna song. That moment in "Luna Eclipsed" where Luna goes away from town, thinking that the ponies will never accept her, could have made the perfect moment for a "Drift Away" type song. Oh yeah, King Sombra was also just shoved into season 3 to depict slavery in the show; that villain was just, why?

5. The nostalgia:

- The thing that draws me to this show so much is how nostalgic it makes me feel. I took a break from the internet to go back in time and reflect on how I've changed; I haven't always been an internet guy. This show hits hard because it has that Steven Universe season 1 humor; I felt like I was watching a show again as an adult because I understood all the jokes and references, even though I never watched this show as a kid. MLP is a great show to watch with the family because its content aims for all ages to my surprise.

6. Final Thoughts:

This is a really good show. I kind of wish I watched it when I was just a little bit younger. I've only seen half the show, so I'm not sure if it gets any better (It probably does). It's a great show for anyone to watch, but it lacks things like action and can be a bit girly. The songs in the show are nowhere near as good as Steven Universe though.

Overall, I can't say the show isn't better than Steven Universe because I haven't seen all of it, but so far, Steven Universe is better. SU has some things that MLP doesn't have, and MLP has some things that SU doesn't have. In the end, it comes down to personal preference. And man do I enjoy those SU fight scenes and fusion moments!

Also, I've never said bro so much in my life while watching something. Some of the things that happen in MLP are just... what? And then I'm like, "bro, why did that just happen?"

I'm writing a 1,000-word argument on why MLP is a good show to make myself not look crazy to my followers, what has my life come to? I feel way too passionate about things that really don't matter.

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