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more pony references ! more pony references!

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[Image description: Multiple references of ponies, their cutie marks, and their color palettes from the Celestial Swap AU.

In the first image, the Flim Flam brothers face each other. Flim is wearing a striped cape, sparkly bowtie, and wizard hat, and his cutie mark is an apple slice. Flam is wearing a striped tuxedo jacket with a grey bowtie and a top hat, and his cutie mark is an apple missing a slice. Below them, Trixie Lulamoon is wearing a dark purple cape. Her cutie mark is a blue magic wand.

The second image is of Vinyl Scratch/DJ Pon-3, Octavia Melody, Bon Bon, and Lyra Heartstrings. Vinyl Scratch is wearing opaque purple glasses and their cutie mark is two connected eighth notes. Octavia Melody is wearing a white shirt collar with a pink bowtie, and her cutie mark is a lavender treble clef connected to a bass clef. Bon Bon’s cutie mark is three yellow and blue striped pieces of candy. Lyra Heartstrings’s cutie mark is a gold lyre with three blue strings.

The third image is of Cadence and Shining Armor. Cadence is a unicorn and her cutie mark is a heart made up of blue and gold swirls. Shining armor is wearing silver and navy blue armor and his cutie mark is a navy blue shield with a pink star on it and three small blue stars above it.]

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i drew these wayyy back as i was writing FiMbWC (and u can tell,, lmao), but I just colored them now. so here’s some new and improved Shenanigans :)

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[Image description: two collections of drawings from the Celestial Swap AU fanfiction Friendship is Magic, But Who’s Counting?, one for each chapter. From top left to bottom right:

Image one: Sunset Shimmer sits on a pillow and Spike stands next to her, excitedly pointing at a passage in a book laid out in front of them.

Sunset stands in a cloud of dust, coughing.

Four ponies sit in a semicircle playing various instruments. Lyra Heartstrings is sitting on the ground using her magic to help play a saxophone. Octavia Melody stands next to her, plucking an upright bass. Next to her, Vinyl Scratch sits at a drum set levitating their drumsticks. The bass drum has “PON3″ painted on in bright bubble letters. Next to the drums, Rara sits at a grand piano, speaking to the others as they play.

Sunset marches with her head low, annoyed, while Spike and Derpy chat amicably over her.

Sassy Saddles stands in the middle of various items she’s levitating, inspecting two slightly different colored ribbons.

Sunset and Derpy walk next to each other. Sunset has her head hung in mild shame while Derpy talks happily to her.

Sunset is fuming as she drips neon green dye into the puddle she’s standing in. She’s levitating an empty bucket next to her head.

Sunset is curled up against the wall as she cries, shaking. Gilda sits next to her, looking away and thumping her tail against the ground. Gilda is captioned “The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math.”

Zecora is standing over her cauldron, dropping a handful of objects into the multi-colored brew. She’s speaking to somepony off-screen.

A three panel mini comic. In the first panel, Derpy stands in the doorway to the library. Sunset is holding the door with her magic. The second panel is an image of the closed door, captioned “SLAM”. In the third panel, Spike looks up at Sunset as she says “This town is weird.” Sunset is still dyed green, but her hair has curled slightly as it dried.

Gilda smirks at Pinkie Pie as she picks her up off the ground completely. Pinkie keeps talking, regardless.

Zecora stands in between Derpy and Sassy Saddles. Derpy leans forward excitedly and Zecora smiles as they listen to Sassy tell a story.

Daybreaker stands menacingly, laughing and looking down on an unseen crowd.

A drawing in white pen on a black background of Sunset telling Princess Luna, in her dream, of the terrible day she had.

Sunset and Daybreaker stand nose-to-nose. Daybreaker is leaning forward, grinning with her eyes narrowed, and Sunset is leaning back, intimidated. The image is captioned “Narrator: And then things went from bad to worse.”

Image two: A full body drawing of Spike gesturing to a vial in his hand. He has bags under his eyes. The image is captioned “Zecora’s knockout juice” on top and “Buy it now!” on the bottom.

A three panel mini comic of Sassy Saddles. In the first panel, she’s leaning forward, slightly hysterical, and saying “Hey check out how hard I can panic!” The second panel is just the words “5 minutes later”. In the third panel, she’s calm and collected, levitating a long sheet of paper depicting five hastily-drawn pictures. From left to right, it’s an angry picture of Sunset, three drops of water, a grove of trees, the Elements of Harmony, and the night sky. The panel is captioned “Ok here’s the plan-”

A picture of Rara from the neck up. Her hair is pulled up and she has bags under her eyes. She’s smiling.

An old griffon wearing a crown steps around a podium holding the Idol of Boreas. Gilda’s feathers are fluffed up in alarm and disbelief as she watches.

Derpy and Sassy stand in a creek, leaning against each other. Sassy has a small smile and mascara running down her cheeks. Derpy is looking up at her and trying to cheer her up.

Derpy stands in a creek, laughing as her reflection in the water scowls angrily at her.

Sassy and her mirror image look at each other in surprise and alarm. They’re both captioned with an exclamation point.

A close up of Sunset speaking calmly, saying “Ah, yes, my worst enemy:”. The picture is immediately followed by another close up of her, squished with her fur puffed out and her ear laid back. It’s captioned “EMOTIONAL VULNERABILITY.”

Two pictures of Rara. The first is a close up. She has her brow furrowed thoughtfully and is holding a large leaf between her teeth. It’s captioned “Maybe I should sleep more?” The picture directly below it shows her leaning over a sleeping bear, placing the leaf onto its head, captioned “Nah.”

Sunset and Daybreaker stand nose-to-nose. Sunset is grinning victoriously and saying “Jokes on you, the real Elements of Harmony were the friends we made along the way the whole time!” while Daybreaker snarls angrily at her.

Princess Luna offers a hoof to Princess Celestia, who’s laying on the ground in front of her. They’re both crying.

A headshot of Gilda smiling with narrowed eyes and saying “Cringe.” She’s wearing the Element of Loyalty around her neck.

A headshot of Zecora. She’s smiling and her pupils are the shape of fire. It’s captioned “Vengeance.”

A wide shot of the inside of Sugar Cube Corner. The sign above the bar says “Congrats! You saved the world!” Gilda is sitting on a stool, excitedly telling Pinkie Pie about their adventure. Spike sits on Gilda’s back, yawning and rubbing his eye. Derpy, Zecora, and Sassy sit at one table together. Derpy is looking hungrily at the muffins in front of her, and Zecora is saying something to Sassy. At another table, Rara is offering a cupcake to a nervous Celestia. Sunset and Luna stand near the door. Sunset is looking away and rubbing her hoof against her arm while Luna smiles at her knowingly.]

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today I learned that it’s significantly easier to formulate a plot if u just go apeshit w misc scribbles. here’s the first chapter of season 1 lmao. im gonna start - and hopefully finish - writing it this weekend

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[Image description: a collection of drawings from the MLP Celestial Swap AU. From top to bottom:

A three panel mini comic depicting Sunset Shimmer and Spike laying on the floor in the library. Sunset is reading a book she’s levitating in front of her and Spike is laying on his back holding a comic book up. The first panel is captioned “*BASS STING*”. The second panel is the same, but the door is captioned “KNOCK KNOCK”. In the third panel, Sunset is looking up from her book at Zecora, who’s halfway through the doorway and saying “Hey, let’s get dinner”. She has blue spots on her hooves.

A close up of Zecora’s face captioned “Life is a prison and existence is misery.”

A four panel mini comic depicting Zecora at her cauldron. She has a bottle gripped between her teeth and is slowly pouring the content’s into a brew, captioned “Careful... Careful...” In the second panel, she freezes as she drops the bottle in the cauldron. The third panel is captioned “Uh-oh” as the cauldron boils over. The fourth panel is a wide shot of her home, which is a hollowed-out tree with a small hut built into the side and another hut out back a little farther away. A small explosion shows through the windows and door of the tree, and it’s captioned “BOOF”.

A close up of Zecora, tilting her head in polite confusion, captioned “Yours is an unusual case - albiet not very dire - for i fail to see how such clumsiness could influence playing the lyre.” In the panel next to it, Lyra Heartstrings is looking away nervously and saying “HAHA YEAH, FUNNY THING THAT.” She has an arm hooked around Bon Bon’s back, who is looking at her with a raised eyebrow.

A shot of Zecora standing next to a patch of poison joke and looking at her hoof, which has blue spots on it. It’s captioned “uh-oh.”

A close shot of Lyra Heartstrings, speaking to the camera in the style of an informational wildlife video. The caption reads “The native species of the Everfree Forest can be dangerous, so it’s important to take all necessary precautions before approaching.” The picture next to it is of Lyra honking an airhorn and yelling “GET BUCKED!” A short distance in front of her, Discord is lifting his head to look at her, disgruntled. He’s curled around Fluttershy, who’s still sleeping.

A four panel mini comic of Lyra and Bon Bon walking home from Zecora’s hut. In the first panel, Lyra is enjoying her regained ability to walk. Bon Bon is looking at her with a raised eyebrow and saying “So how’d you wind up with poison joke in the first place?” The second panel is Lyra smiling and responding, “I went for a walk!” In the third panel, Bon Bon stops walking, and says “In the Everfree Forest?” Lyra freezes nervously alongside her with a hoof still in the air. In the fourth panel, Lyra leans over and says “Yeeesss?”

A three panel mini comic of Zecora describing her predicament to Sunset Shimmer. In the first panel, she has a hoof raised to show Sunset, and is saying “In its irony, as it is wont to do, the poison joke has taken away my ability to... make the antidote.” In the second panel, Sunset raises a hoof and opens her mouth to say something, but the in the third panel Zecora interrupts her by saying “Among other things.” She is annoyed, with her ears pushed back.]

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The Girls Are At It Again

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[Image description: three comics from the MLP Celestial Swap AU.

The first comic is five panels. In the first panel, Princess Celestia is raising a hoof and saying “You are supposed to hit your hoof against mine” while Sunset Shimmer stares at her. The second panel is Sunset looking down at Celestia’s hoof in confusion. The third panel is Sunset squinting up at Celestia, who has put her hoof back down, and saying “Why?” In the fourth panel, Celestia’s eyes are sparkling and she has put her hoof back up and is leaning forward. She says “I’m told it’s a widely accepted gesture of mutual success!” In the fifth panel, Sunset and Celestia’s hooves bump in the foreground. Behind them, Gilda leans on a table, watching the exchange with hooded eyes. She says “I love it when you two impersonate normal ponies.”

The second comic is three panels. In the first panel, Sunset Shimmer sits at a purple table and raises a hoof, saying “Due to personal reasons, I will be sinking to the bottom of the ocean in a large metal box.” In the second panel, Rara and Applejack sit across the table. Rara leans forward with her chin resting on her front hooves, and Applejack says “Gilda said “Ah love ya,” and ya said “Thanks,” didn’t’cha?” The third panel is a closeup of Sunset’s face; she’s nervous and looking off to the side. She says, “THE REASONS ARE PERSONAL-”

The third comic is four panels. Sunset Shimmer is laying on a pillow and levitating a book in front of her while Derpy is draped over her back, clearly upset about something. In the first panel, Derpy says “I’m having stallion troubles.” In the second panel, Sunset looks back at her and asks, “The “his body won’t fit in my trunk” kind or the “I like him” kind?” The third panel is Derpy responding, “The “I like him” kind.” In the fourth panel, Sunset looks back at her book and says “Shame. I could’ve helped with the other one,” and Derpy sits up to look at her in alarm.]

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Was thinking abt making their name the Cutie Mark Inquisition but then I had the stupid song from history of the world stuck in my head the ENTIRE time I was drawing this so I just don’t know man. Anyway here they are

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[Image description: two drawings related to the CMI from the MLP Celestial Swap AU.

The first image is a reference of three fillies and their color palettes. Diamond Tiara is a pink ground pony with a wavy lavender and white mane and tail. Silver Spoon is a grey ground pony who’s tall for her age, with a very short light grey mane and tail. She’s wearing blue glasses. Darling Hooves is a fluffy pegasus filly. She’s light blue with white spots that resemble clouds and yellow hooves. Her mane and tail are yellow, long, and rounded. All three fillies are missing a cutie mark.

The second image is a four panel comic. The first panel is a close up of an excited-looking Darling, saying “Hey, can I take the skin off the furby?” In the second panel, she is shown to be standing in the doorway of the Carousel Boutique storeroom. She is holding a purple furby, and her pupils are extremely dilated. She says, “I want to make him a god. Once he is free of his mortal flesh he can begin the path towards enlightenment. He will take care of us.” In the third panel, her eyes are back to normal, and she’s smiling down at the furby, saying “Also I wanna try t’softhack his circuits.” In the fourth panel, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon are sitting in front of a map. Silver Spoon looks mildly terrified, and Diamond Tiara’s eyes are wide and pleading as she says, “I literally could not care less but never say anything as frightening as that ever again.” Behind them, a large piece of paper with various possible cutie marks is taped up on the wall.]

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celestial swap au

i finally thought of a better name for the mlp au ive got going on. i changed all the tags from solar flare au to celestial swap au so thats that on that

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Chapter two has been uploaded! The story of our mane 6 is far from over, however :)

Friendship is Magic, but Who’s Counting?

A My Little Pony:FIM fic, in case you couldn’t tell.

In another universe, far from the one we know (but not too far), a butterfly flapped its wings. A baby was born, as we well know. But rather than being white, with a mane formed from a prism of color, this baby was blue, close to pitch, with a softer blue man. Her parents lovingly named her Luna. Not too long after, they had another baby. White, this time. I’m sure you know what to imagine. They named this child Celestia; thus, our two sisters were born. And, due to this one small change in what was now ancient history, we must begin anew; hear the story from the beginning. A familiar story, and yet so very, very different.

Different Mane 6 AU! This is chapter one of two!

Better explanation and author commentary below (aka me, rambling in such a way that everyone in the room starts to get mildly uncomfortable) :)

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