#postcrush

[plumsaffron]

On why people are so hard on Wallflower, I think part of it comes from how redemptions in EQG were starting to get repetitive around this time, with Juniper and Vignette in particular being seen as the worst among the villain redemptions with being too rushed.

Plus her motivation being seen as too weak. The face she only lashes out at Sunset for "ignoring her" does feel a bit weak considering how everyone else (Trixie clearly showed she ignores her all the time and even the nicer characters like Pinkie and Fluttershy still ignore and forget her) did the same thing, so why would Wallflower only be mad at Sunset specifically for that if everyone else did the same thing? I do think if they had sorta tweaked Wallflower's motivation from "You ignore me so I'm gonna ruin your friendships" to "You bullied and humiliated me so I'm gonna ruin your friendships", it'd probably be seen as a smoother backstory with less flak. And it is even hard to figure out how much of Wallflower's being ignored was the others' fault and how much was it self inflicted considering she states she always used the Memory Stone to wipe everyone's memories of her all the time so her being ignored is partially her own fault too.

Probably. Anyways though.

They're more of antagonists to me compared to First Movie Sunset, Principal Cinch, Filthy Rich and maybe KL and SZ. But whatever

Not even mad at Juniper Montage. Pinkie Pie but mostly Rainbow Dash were idiots who honestly had it coming. Like bruh did y'all remember what y'all did? Regardless of it being right and she getting what she deserved. You saw her face of contempt and later on y'all come to chat with her in the mall where she hears that annoying dance magic song haunting her. And the two basically rub it in their face her schemes got her to be an usher. Common sense machine broke (which is sad cause they've faced worse or other dangerous threats previously). The real problem though is that her ambition of a dream was taken away thanks to Sunset Shimmer and her friends was devolved into this maybe you actually want a friend by Starlight. They also ignore the part where Starlight Glimmer technically is the reason why the seven girls were about to fall into an endless void. Then Juniper Montage has to apologize first for some reason for some conflict they began to be like oh we forgive you. Like it should be the other around.

Vignette on the other is just an imbecile. I wouldn't say it was rushed for her either. She may be a scrub but she didn't know her go away device was actually like spawning people in a limited size container. She was pretty detached and didn't really have anything of friends.

I would go far as to say Supernova Zap and Kiwi Lollipop were just fugly as Abacus Cinch and Filthy Rich because Sunset didn't deserve to be time loop tormented because of some stupid Perfection Manure. Clowns didn't care and attempted to add a ban Sunset and Pinkie Pie interfering in their time loop to achieve their idea of perfection. They couldn't even like look for like another time in the dang future. 3 weeks of time torture for Sunset and they didn't care they wanted to continue til they go it right. Those dweebs had no purpose and didn't care who they were affecting. They only whined because their time loop was broken. Then they played a song with Sunset and Pinkie Pie. Now that is what rushed really is. And worse. It was not deserved at all. Heck I might even say First Movie Sunset going good suddenly feels rushed (though she's the only one who actually payed besides Montage but unlike her Twilight gives Sunset The Human 6 Pass. Thus meaning it would not be a start from scratch luck). Sometimes I'm juggling considering if Montage's was less artificial or even less rushed feeling than Sunset's ever but whatever.

Now onto Wallflower Blush. Some may wonder why doesn't she go after everyone else? Why is it Sunset? It's pretty simple if one remember what Sunset has done in the past and everything before being defeated. Like she changed but not everyone is going to simply be like I forgive you. Heck Sunset even hates how she used to be and doesn't want the past to haunt her. Songs included oof.

Wallflower, unlike everyone else, is seen as an anomaly. She wasn't as forgiving or conforming as everyone else simply because oh Sunset helped save them quad times so lets be friends now and forget. I mean that's nice but eh.

One must remember that Sunset is in association with popular girls or her defeaters. So that also makes things easier for her while also making Wallflower be like what is this crap?

However, imagine this. A person ruining you or others around you for a long time and now look they said sorry and now everyone is treating the biggest meanie well while they still proceed ignoring you entirely. Now look. Girl somehow is deemed best friends of the year with her main friends. Like no one else got this reward instead. Idk seems bias. They also didn't thank her for handing that to Sunset or rather Sunset herself at least.

The jerk rose to the top or rather she was at the top and honestly she immediately gets back at the top now that's she's good. Meanwhile you are at still in the same place. Bruh these ignorers now saluting a girl who tried to destroy a girl's way out and property and possessed y'all or us and almost destroyed her soon to be defeaters? And again all the other crap she's done (framing, threatening her pet (ugh I hate that they didn't make Spike The Dragon human), being a part of why Twilight's human world variants are no longer friends for a long time till Twilight fixed that. Fear, terror, using Flash as a means to rise, etc.) Like what kind of quick forgiveness nonsense is that? I'll say quick because all it really took was Dazzlings to be defeated in the second movie for the school instantly forgave her. Like Wallflower is definitely upset with all else. She did sing a song about it but it's just she sees Sunset as a root above all the rest. Why will be explained below somewhere.

So why not go after the jerk. There's no real difference with the others of before. Like Wallflower doesn't like that occurrence but Sunset thing can be viewed as unfair nonsense. Like imagine someone humiliating you and others for a long time, end up being the owner of your favorite products or is the mayor of your town and they just somehow stay winning oh and bonus; all those facing worse treatment or similar are now their best associates and they treat this jerk as awesomeness. Wallflower sees everyone as fooled by Sunset's change. She sees Sunset as fake but that will be explained somewhere below.

Anyways. What could be worse than a person causing terror upon the students and staff and making no one is able to rebel. And she had Snips and Snails as loyal followers to her cause. Well what if that people appear to have changed but now everyone is on her side and soon become dependent on her. And seeing her as all that. And having an iconic cast of friends thanks to Princess Twilight. To Wallflower it's like Sunset transcended from a disaster to everyone's dependency. The ultimate trick she could see that can be done by Sunset because it seems were fake to her how everyone else simply or quickly just let go.

So yeah I really don't think revenge upon a real jerk is a weak motive. I'd say Cinch Supernova Kiwi and Vignette Valencia are weaker than Wallflower's. (I'm excluding Juniper's because I feel what occurs between movie and mirror magic are too different to me (mostly cause they human six had that coming)).

Regardless it really doesn't matter if Wallflower's motive or reason is viewed as weak. I'll explain why it being deemed weak becomes a worthless take.

The thing that people tend to forget is the context, the situation, and the event. They choose when they want to claim something as weak but will ignore what I just said above. Her problem is Sunset. It was just the wrong place and the wrong time. Pretty much a ticking time bomb. What's consistent is her state of given up or feeling she has no value. People forget the part where Trixie indirectly helped reawaken the bad times with proof images on an old year book. It doesn't help that Sunset straight up forgot Wallflower was right there and shut the lights off on her. Like dude you bumped into Wallflower after singing your dang song when she's trying to get you attention for half the We've Come So Far song.

Anyways. Another thing is people fail to see things from Wallflower's side. And you know what else. It's clearly shown that Sunset is being the actual problematic one. So sad that I am unable to say that I'm surprised that it is ironically Invisible to many. Literally she's proving her right after times Wallflower was considering maybe she was wrong but nope Sunset just manages to not prove her wrong. Her actions against Wallflower aren't helping, but fulfilling how Wallflower sees herself and Sunset and others. You would think that there would be chance but somehow there's a lack of resonance or consideration still despite putting herself out there. Only to be once again Invisible or ignored and then threatened. And fools acting like Wallflower is the problem. BRUH, Sunset Shimmer is not helping. She was fulfilling. Trixie had to get Sunset to realize things but it was kind of too late and Sunset pays briefly. But as you know it ends after; Wallflower defeated Empathy Apologies Understanding Friendship blah blah blah

This is the tragic tale of when fandoms or viewers are too hero or protagonist side oriented. So much denial to the point of tricking themselves against another and the chances of seeing different are slim. It's even worse when another character canonically tells a protagonist to change your perspective but the viewer(s) like oh Antagonist must be bad they can't be actually right must find something to thrash them upon as a distraction. The protagonist or hero must always been right. I have to refuse to admit if they screwed up.

Be mindful that Wallflower Blush didn't erase the memories of everyone each time (well not known) until seeing Sunset again in Forgotten Friendship. She says only little things when she first found the memory stone. And eventually got used to it. However it's very vague. I doubt it was everyone anyways. The only time she erased everyone memories was the when she erased everyone's or her friends good memories of Sunset. You also see that she tends to bury it instead of merely keeping it all the time with her.

Again it doesn't matter if it was self inflicting as her being flat out ignored has been occurring for a long time before she ever found the stone. Here's something else. You'd think having a clean slate would make these people react different but it only showed no matter what, they would do the same thing to you or treat you the same. One could see it as it's them still. The Memory Stone unfortunately became a smokescreen meme template used for solely blaming Wallflower instead of realizing that she's been bound to the same fate with or without it. Like no one else changed their ways. Which is quite ironic considering they easily changed for Sunset.

How much of no difference of the memory stone being used is like Wallflower having the ability to ctrl z a person answering 2 + 2 as 22 but they somehow pick any number that isn't 4.

It's funny how memory stone gets claimed as an excuse to ignore all the crap that happened to Wallflower earlier because oh no now it's her fault. Let's ironically forget of everything else before. It's like oh you now put your hand in water after being dumped with hot water and you didn't know you were putting your hand there but earlier hot water keeps being dumped on your face for a long time but since you put your hand in water a few times or are used to it at times because you don't see a new day, everyone should ignore that you were always dumped with hot water on your face and it was going to happen regardless if you had your hand in water or not. It's your fault completely now for everything that the rest dumped on you.

This is the summit of what refusing to admit an antagonist can be actually screwed over does to a viewer. One must find an excuse to egg them. But you know what. Her being ignored by them is how many may do unfortunately.

The actual problem though is when Wallflower throwing herself out there and saying what's been going on with her. Everything is told and yet despite it all she was ignored. Much melancholic state already. Then imagine being grabbed and someone invaded and skimmed your memories and are acting like you are the problem after like you were considering maybe I was wrong about them because she lifted your mood up. Then her friend is like who are again? Like WHAT!? Then you put you went out your way tell what's been going on. All your feelings put out there and you discover the one who went into your memories is going through your bag. Really and asks what did I do to you I don't even know you. And then they prove you that it appears that they were a facade the whole time. HUH?! Now that's disrespect right there. Explain my life. PFT *SIGH MASSIVE* This is the real deal? Who the deemed as the best with her friends. So they are fooled by her it seems.

LOL!

Will say this. The self inflicted is not the memory stone. It's actually Wallflower staying in a toxic environment. Hmm that'd be nice. Leaving such. Still... Many don't know they could or might not be able too.

[equestriaqueerz2024]

PostCrush

Lemon Zest x Sonata

Lemon Zest x Vinyl Scratch

PostCrush

👍

Post crush is just…✨ Prefect✨. In fact, they’re canon in @ask-sonata-dusk.

Lemonata

👎

Use to ship, now I don’t anymore. They never met in canon and in ASD, they’re just friends.

LemonScratch

👍

One of my favorite EQG ships EVER. Makes prefect sense and they look amazing together.

[hey-melissa]

rewatched equestria girls recently + felt inspired <3

[midnapanda]

I love Equestria Girls but man it's so fucking infuriating that they can only do darker/more saturated skin tones when a character is monstrous. Sunset Shimmer's demon form and Midnight Sparkle have the darkest/most saturated skin tones that I can recall.

Any pony with a saturated or darker coat is always whitewashed to hell and back in EG form. Big Mac, Princess Luna, and Cheerlie are a few off the top of my head. And the main girls' skin tones don't even match with their pony counterparts; most of them are lighter, the only excpetions being Rarity and Fluttershy, whose tones stayed the same. They're all so pale. Like. Why.

On a tangential note, this always leaves me wondering what the characters only depicted in EG would look like in pony form. Like Wallflower Blush, PostCrush, the Crystal Prep main 6, etc. I know for sure that a lot of their designs could benefit from more saturation in their skin/coat tones.

[stella-so-sly93]

So cute the way Rainbow Dash grabs Fluttershy by her hand to show her the PostCrush concert~! 

[glapplebloom]

More Festival Stuff...

Wake-Up Shake-Up

I’m presuming this is Day 3 of the Festival as Sunset Shimmer is dead asleep because Pinkie Pie had a Drum Circle going on all night. So much so she thinks she’s back in Magic School with Celestia. So it's up to Applejack, Rainbow Dash or Pinkie Pie to get Sunset up so she doesn’t miss any of the fun. So after 10 seconds of considering our options...

The Applejack Option has Sunset working like an Apple. As in because the Sun is rising they’re behind time. She even learns that Applejack is the personal chef of Rarity considering all the sushi stuff she brought. So after some hard work and a Pancake Breakfast, Sunset is up and ready for the day.

The Dash Option is a surprising one: Yoga. And we’ve seen how Sunset does with physical activities. So after wondering, Rainbow Dash shows Sunset the Sunrise. The tranquility of the scene is enough to get Sunset going.

The Pinkie Option is not for the faint of heart: it is a big plate of sugary confectioneries. Basically, Sunset is going on a Sugar Rush. Even Spike is on that high. But the thing about a Sugar Rush is the crash will get you in the end. 

Honestly, I like Rainbow Dash’s option the best. Gives her something unique and a nice scene. Though AJ is great for you Rarity/Apple Shippers.

The Last Drop

DJ P0N-3 is on stage doing a set. A musical and visual treat. And she has an interactive surprise for the crowd at the end. And she picks Sunset Shimmer, Fluttershy, or Big Mac to be part of the act. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Sunset Option is a Platformer that Sunset has to beat. So Sunset is the player and Vinyl is the Game Master controlling the world. While DJ got 2 lives out of Sunset, the final life sees Sunset overcoming the obstacles and winning the game.

The Fluttershy Option has DJ P0N-3 wanting Fluttershy to dance with the Wolves (on screen). She’s nervous at first, but when her animal friends come in she gets wild. She even howls.

The BIg Mac Option has him playing the Banjo. Kind of simple compared to the other two. Makes me wish Sugar Belle was in this series.

For me, I like Sunset’s. Big fan of fighting, even if it ain’t directly against each other.

Inclement Leather

Rarity is excited to show off her new look, but a clear day turns into rain. And her outfit is ruined in the wet weather. Rarity is asking for help but only Applejack and Twilight are there to offer their support. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Applejack Option has them standing in a mud puddle. Basically, AJ is saying to look at the bright side of things and using the mud puddle as an example. Finding worms, using them as camouflage... But this inspires Rarity to use mud... A Mud Mask that is. It doesn’t fix her problem but it makes her feel better.

The Twilight Option has her saying all the stuff she wanted to build for any occasion weather situations but only brought garbage bags. This inspires Rarity to make them into ponchos. 

The Vignette Valencia Option, meaning she makes a speaking appearance OUTSIDE HER SPECIAL, has her loving Rarity’s look. #RainHairDon’tCare takes off and everyone is getting their hairs wet even after the rain stops. Rarity thinks she discovered about not worrying about things, a cool breeze turns her hair fluffy and she panics.

Honestly, I’m going with VV’s since it's the funniest to me. But AJ’s option is again the choice for RariJack Shippers.

Lost and Pound

Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike found a lost dog. So they decide to help the lost dog find her owner. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Fluttershy Option has her just asking who the owner is and it's the Silly one from PostCrush. It was super easy, barely a convenience.

The Rarity Option, on the other hand, was super difficult, not even a convenience. The Dog is dirty and really wants to get close to Rarity, who doesn’t want to get dirty. Rarity runs as the Dog chases her thinking it's a game. Also, are Muffins and Bulk Biceps dating? Eventually all the chasing leads to the same PostCrush lady being the owner. She gets a feather boa and a dog lick as thanks.

The Spike Option sees Spike going on a date with Princess. Before they do a Lady and the Tramp, the PostCrush lady finds her. He gets a lick before she leaves.

I’m picking the Spike Option. I’m a Shipper.

Accountibilibuddies

Applejack basically broke her foot and she can’t see the band she wanted to see live. So she has three options to not leave her alone. So after 10 seconds of considering her options...

The Pinkie Pie Option has Pinkie swearing she’ll find a way for AJ to see the band. So after getting a Wheelbarrow, Pinkie takes AJ up a hill so she can see the concert. She even pushes up the singer closer to the front so AJ can get a better look. And gets tackled by the security guard for good measure.

The Dash Option has Rainbow Dash mixing up a Cure All Ointment to help with AJ’s foot. She’s hesitant, but the singer that she wanted to see smelled it and recognized it. So after using it to help his lost voice, he gives a small personal concert for the two.

The Snips Option has AJ picking Snips because he looked so lonely without Snails. Snips lost something and Snails seemingly abandoned him. So Snips is upset with Snails. Snails does come back since he was looking for Snips. He also happens to know the singer AJ likes. And since she knows Snails, she gets backstage seats to see his show. 

I like the Dash one but the other two are definitely a lot sillier.

Next week, switching it up so the final half of Choose Your Own Ending Season 2 is first and the finale is last.

[eclecticprincesswitch]

PostCrush

[darklord717]

Happy 8th Of March From PostCrush by Zonoya717

[bevinbrand]

Sigh. I had so many plans before I messed up my shoulder. Consider this an ongoing series I’ll be adding to as soon as I’m able. Hopefully by the time the actual holidays hit!

[purplgrump]

when you think you're done for the night, but the dance floor said:

[plumsaffron]

To rewrite/fix a character who’s entire premise is the past ruining/ruined or changing/changed them to the point they don’t even know they could break free from it all, so they live as a ghost of the past as a ticking time bomb that needs a little push and reminders and reinforcement to reawaken their anger. So you wish to change it? So this character's big chunk of why that matters and why they are distinguished and why they are that way because you want them to be more "relatable" to you or "friendly" to you or want them to be less "significant" to you without realizing that it would actually break the story and entertainment and replacing the character with another version of your hero and giving the replaced character a lesser role that makes no sense to their story. Which would also mean you have to remove another character's prominent role because the interacting dialogue would no longer work in the story all because you believe the character you dislike was badly written or had no real motive or action because they seem childish. Hah you forgotten that almost everyone else and more malicious characters from previous movies or specials or the main series having even more or at most similarly ridiculous reasons. And most importantly, replacing such character would undermine the progress of your hero‘s growth because it would force the narrative to go towards the hero’s side because the character knows the replacement clone character has been bad news and actually is evil. Oh yeah kind of would probably mean following specials or movie would need to fixed or rewritten as well.

[equestriaqueerz2024]

Good stuff~

[lotus-duckies]

They literally have a swing set in the artists' lounge and Sunset is excited for it

[noellemarenart]

I watched sunset’s backstage pass last night and it refueled my love for this horse girl

[duskstars]

Postcrush but they’re HORSES

[glapplebloom]

They’ve got to be at least 18 if they can drive and go to a festival on their own.

It's the Starswirled Music Festival and Pinkie Pie and Sunset Shimmer are excited for PostCrush. And the day begins pretty badly. Sunset gets smacked by Rainbow Dash’s Paddle (NOT LIKE THAT), she steps in mud, the line Pinkie Pie dragged her into is slower than the others, and Sunset’s plan to camp for front row seats is thwarted by Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie. She never even got to see the PostCrush concert because of Pinkie’s Obsession with Churros  causing them to be kicked out of the Festival.

Sunset is obviously angry and wishes she could do this day all over again. But when alone, a Magical Shockwave hits and the next morning turns out to be yesterday morning. Sunset is, for some reason, reliving the day before all over again. Sunset is wondering how all this is happening while Twilight seems worried. Sunset basically confirms she is reliving the day and Twilight believes her after she predicts Pinkie making a specific art piece.

Sunset believes Equestrian Magic is responsible but we still don’t know exactly why only Sunset is the one affected. That’ll be a future Research Bin Problem. Speaking of Future Problems, Pinkie once again gets them kicked out of the Festival. So when tomorrow is today again, Sunset decides to go it alone. This causes Pinkie Pie to chase her down not knowing why. And all the distractions that took her away from the goal didn’t stop her (fully) from following Sunset. Sadly, churros once again ruin Pinkie’s chances to see PostCrush.

Sunset on the other hand got to see them. While she briefly forgets that she didn’t have Pinkie Pie with her, she’s too much into the band to really care. PostCrush also made a mistake during this concert. Remember that. Sunset thinks this is it for the reset but she’s wrong. Day 4 of Day 1 happens. Which turns into Day 17 of Day 1. So she can correctly predict things that are going to happen. So she tries to drive the van away from the Festival.

While Sunset wonders why it's still happening, Twilight (after being caught up to speed again) theorizes it's more than Sunset missing PostCrush. But Pinkie Pie comes in clutch with an idea Sunset hasn’t tried: asking Princess Twilight. Day 18 happens and she does the Journal Play. What may be a few minutes or hours (can’t tell), Twilight found the answer: the Time Twirler. 

So what makes this different from any other random magical incident? Someone is purposely using it to repeat this day. So Sunset’s plan is to find the person or people using the Time Twirler and stop them. So anyone who doesn’t repeat the day’s action is the culprit. Sadly Sunset hasn’t seen anyone who could be the culprit. Then she hears a certain song you may remember from Better Together Season 2...

The Dazzlings are back and they’re the #1 Suspect. And Pinkie gets them kicked out again, but not without a clue. So Day 19 has Sunset bringing the key to their entry backstage: a cat. So Sunset explores the Dazzlings’ Van as Pinkie keeps an eye out for them. And churros. So Sunset can confirm that the Dazzlings are not responsible for the loops. While she couldn’t find the Time Twirler, Sunset realizes that she’s been awfully mean to Pinkie Pie all this time.

Day 20 is now dedicated to making it up to Pinkie Pie. They’re definitely having fun, even winning that tandem bike Pinkie wanted to win. In fact, by doing it Pinkie’s way they manage to see PostCrush before the actual concert. But before you think this will end the time loop, the truth is revealed: PostCrush kept reliving this day because they wanted their last concert to be perfect but mistake after mistake kept happening.

And despite her stick drawings not really that descriptive, Sunset got only today to stop them or else she’ll need to outsource it to others. Luckily because she made a connection with the Security Guard earlier, they get a second chance today and struggle to get the Time Twirler from PostCrush. No Rainbow Lasers, this is basically teenagers fighting for a brooch. And Sunset wins with a crowd distraction and a stomp.

Sunset gets them to cheer up revealing they were so focused on getting their performance perfect that they forgot the fans don’t care for perfection. They wanted to see PostCrush, flaws and all. So after the concert where not only do SunPie see it but participate in it, we finally get into Day 2 of the Festival. So how was three weeks of Day 1 of a Festival?

It was fun. Sunset had an arc and a lot of fun to have. We also see Ponies able to copy and paste pages like a computer. Overall, very enjoyable for the final full special of the series. Next week, the finale of Equestria Girls...