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ITT: Let's explore any and all sorts of ideas for the underutilized and under-developed Shadowbolts from Equestria Girls.
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Completed Stories:
Treating Miss Sweet by ChurroAnon
- https://pastebin.com/7r8iCJ2U
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Ongoing Stories:
To Listen (Part 1) by AlexanderGrey
- https://pastebin.com/c6D2XDbL
Game of Headphones (Part 2) by AlexanderGrey
- https://pastebin.com/Sx1M6gnB
Music Is Coming (Part 3) by Alexander Grey
- https://pastebin.com/4c5BLWLd
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Shamelessly stolen writing guides:
- https://pastebin.com/V1ujiyJt
- https://pastebin.com/whCQ2GpX
- https://pastebin.com/bnMmZ2T3
Other Shadowbolt links: https://pastebin.com/wYy0FyrA
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What you would give to each of the girls as a Christmas present?
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Where's the artist now?
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What purpose does your post serve?
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I want to cum on her ass while she's wearing them
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She is top bitch.
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She would figure out my weak point really fast: her.
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Instead of asking you to answer thinking about the 5, I'm curious to ask why you would only give a child to those three
Wouldn't you do the same with Sunny and Indi?
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kek very cool
>Lingerie for Sour
I don't know if she will be happy or disgusted, maybe both
>PS5 for Sunny
stop, you're making my mind actively accept the idea of Sunny being a gamer
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I read "Sleepover at Sunny's" by GreenReaper and loved every word
>https://ponepaste.org/705 (Stayed)
>https://ponepaste.org/704 (Kicked Out)
It's so much fun, I personally love these tropes where the protagonist is constantly threatened and cornered with having his embarrassing secret revealed.
This one in particular reminds me a lot of Aku no Hana, and Sugarcoat is the perfect character to fill that role of a psychopathic bitch who enjoys toying with the poor virgin Anon's social life.
Sunny is a cutie, and I like her characterization here
She might seem a bit too innocent at times, but I think it works in the context of this green
Although I'm not a fan of Sunny being tied to the fashion world.
Yeah, yeah, Sunny is meant to be like evil Rarity, but giving her the same passion takes away SunSun's individuality.
I'm talking more about the concept because it's not really a problem here, honestly; it serves its purpose and gives us a silly scene (it could have been better written and make it more funny or lewd, but it's okay)
But the character who steals the show is Sugarcoat; she's very in-character, she's the one who constantly pulls the strings of the plot, and she's simply funny.
This green has two alternate endings, and while I prefer "Stayed" and it's perhaps the one I'd most recommend for a first run, I admit that "Kicked Out" is more realistic and fun.
In retrospect, it's a fairly straightforward story that doesn't stray far from what you might expect, but it's still fun and proof that sleepoverbros just can't stop winning!
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But what kind of gamer would Sunny be?
>Greater than 180 hours in Animal Crossing and the Sims
>Excessive use of racial slurs on sweaty multiplayer games
>Wastes an entire month gaining an extra millisecond to get a new speedrun record
>Just plays whatever, doesn't give a fuck about the story (if it has any)
>Plays visual novels/erogames/dead or alive xtreme-esque games
>Has wasted several years playing MMOs like WoW
>Has wasted several thousand dollars on gacha games
>Other
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>>42886452
>Instead of asking you to answer thinking about the 5, I'm curious to ask why you would only give a child to those three
Wouldn't you do the same with Sunny and Indi?
Because I want to fuck the shit out of those 3 the most out of the 5. Simple as. Other 2 can have a Christmas card or something. [Spoiler]besides, I can't afford 5 kids [/spoiler]
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Writer here, glad you like them. I mainly stayed with the basic prompt because it was a fun idea, and I can understand wishing it to be better written. Curse of being an ESL.
As for a lewd take, I thought about Sugarcoat being the one ruining the sleepover on purpose because she wanted anon for herself, but I decided against it because I felt it very OOC at that point.
It even was going to have to endings: one where anon accepts her feelings, and Sugarcoat basically indulges him in sexy secret scenarios at school; and the other where he refuses, she gets mad, "bounces" a lot, and basically it ends like that one Futurama episode where the guys "survived" Snu-Snu.
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Nice to see you're not dead and still lurking around here!
Thanks for the story, specially for using sunny, she's a cutie!
>I can understand wishing it to be better written
Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to imply that the story in general was poorly written (I'm esl too lol), but rather I was referring to that particular scene with the "fashion show"
It's not badly written per se, it's just that I think it could have been written in a way that emphasized the comical and/or lewd side more, since both things happen but don't feel particularly strong in that specific part.
More than “better” I meant “different”
>sugarcoat endings
Kek it sounds interesting, although I agree that it would be kinda OOC and too "fantasy"(like, (You) get all the cute girls despite being an average guy a moment ago)
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Here's Lemon Zest.
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why is she like this?
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I can see her being obsessed with specific franchises rather than a genre
probably games with a good amount of lore but that also offer good gameplay
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Sugarcoat is that you?
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Happy hearts warming, anons!!!
One question, just to let your imagination flow:
How would the perfect christmas be with these girls?
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I love them
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Zesty
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How's your christmas going, shadowfrens?
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Fresh Sunny
https://x.com/riouku_art/status/2004357709039301109
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Have a Lemon.
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EQG Stream this sunday!
We'll watch the first movie along with at least 7 hours of related content, and we'll play UT2004 CTF + Gartic Phone!!
>Countdown
https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/9000453/eqg-stream
Hoping to see you there!
If you're afraid you'll forget, send an email toeqgstream@gmail.comwith whatever you want, and I'll make sure to send you reminders when the stream is coming up
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What would Sour be like if she were in love?
I don't mean as a couple, but dealing with the normal teenage situation of being in love with some guyno, not with (You), focus on Sour
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She makes up false rape allegations to blackmail him with if he doesn’t date her. Then just treats him like a valueless servant after they get together, acting like she’s trapped and he’s the one who forced the relationship. Then acts clingy, sorrowful and suicidal if he hints at breaking things off to free himself. Does a bunch of cute nice things for him to show that she’s serious about being his girlfriend this time. Then uses that against him to guilt trip him if he ever talks about breaking up and no longer being her lackey doing her homework for her.Mind you this is all before the point when I enter the picture and rape her for real, because she wouldn’t show me her tits.
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Happy new year, shadowfriends!!
thanks for making my first year knowing this cool characters (just watched FG this year) so special
looking forward to more shadowboltposting with (You) all!
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kek
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I like this, as if Sour had two personalities inside her that conflict with each other
It's not so much that she moves from one to the other, but rather that these two personalities compete with each other for Sour
>>42917321
pretty sure she's there for Braeburn but yuri is ok too i guess
What I do wonder is how Braeburn and Little Strongheart are in Crystal Prep, given that they are both stereotypes of country folk and Strongheart is literally native american.
I guess even Crystal Prep isn't immune to inclusion quotas lol
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Looks like hewent out with a bang.
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>"I wish that were me." intrusive thought
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See above.
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very nice but aria missing desu
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10 hours to go!
>Countdown
https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/9000453/eqg-stream
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Love when they do this
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1 hour!
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Starting!
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Hey guys, I remember making this suggestion on /dzg/ but getting almost no response, so I figured maybe the proposal would be of interest here:
What do you think about doing something like a bookclub with fanfics about these lovely girls?
Let's say that each week we choose (or randomly select from everyone's suggestions) a short fic and at the end of the week we share some thoughts on it.
I know, some fics will probably be bad or not very engaging, but when our focus is on the characters, we have a lot to talk about without feeling like we're overanalyzing:
>how the story portrays and characterizes the characters
>comparing it to our headcanons
>highlighting interesting concepts
>talking about how you would improve or change the story
>what ideas it inspires in you relating the characters and the world
>what you like and dislike about this specific fic
>what it reminds you of
>etc
I wasn't even thinking about long fics, but rather fics with a maximum of 5-6k words
Or even choose two super short ones (2-3k) a week, so some people can choose which one to read and which one not to if one genuinely doesn't appeal to them (and some of us read both)
Here are some examples of fics we could read that even I haven't read:
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/443401/sunny-at-midnight
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/306902/is-that-a-challenge
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/449187/zesty-but-with-style
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/315937/a-rose-by-any-other-name
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/302018/sleepy-sugarcoat
There would be nothing wrong with suggesting fics you've already read, especially if you think they're good or at least interesting to share with anons!
What do (You) think?
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Me neither, but what other Shadowbolt content is there that we could actually discuss?
Slowly exploring a large part of Shadowbolt content together can be fun, from the good stuff to the cringe stuff, the interesting stuff, or the meh stuff
I can understand if this isn't your thing tho
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Fuck it I'm just gonna post the girls instead and move on.
Reminder to ignore the retard.
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>>42941743
why is she so cute, bros??
>>42941594
do you mean drawfags?
I think zan_logemlor, nire, and ja0822ck, but none of them draw much Shadowbolt stuff (or anything at all)
If it's about writers, I don't really know enough to have favorites, and the ones I do know are because of one fic I liked, not because I've read the rest of their work
>>42942337
of course! after all, they offer nothing relevant to discuss or mention beyond things like breast size, but that's something we already discuss regularly with pics that aren't even suggestive lol
>>42941765
looking forward to read it, then!
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Yeah true
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The animal crossing one on Sunny is sending me
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Not one spank but a whole bunch of squeezes
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Looking for some old pictures to liven up the forum.
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The girls bullied the bookworm with words and actions.
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The boys would blackmail and physically abuse the nerds.
Which side to choose?
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The girls, only if I can bully the nerd sexually
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I like this artist
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I've thought about it, and honestly? I don't know anyone I'd categorize as a "Shadowbolt artist", like I would with artists who draw a lot of Dazzlings, for example
There's that guy (or girl?) who runs https://crystalprepshadowblogs.tumblr.com
I really enjoy his stuff, and he'd be my favorite, but I don't know anyone else... maybe you guys could help me with that
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>>42940794
Well, I'll do it and we'll see if anyone joins!
The fics to read this week for the Shadowbolt Bookclub (provisional name, I'm bad with names) are:
>"Is That A Challenge?"
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/306902/is-that-a-challenge
>"Indigo Zap and her friends go to the arcade to play games. But their fun is interrupted when a stranger, Aria Blaze, challenges them to play the "hardest" game in the arcade"
>6.7k words
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>"Sunny at Midnight"
>https://www.fimfiction.net/story/443401/sunny-at-midnight
>"Midnight Sparkle was nearly dying of boredom at Twilight Sparkle's sleepover, until she saw a certain Sunny Flare imitate her, which forever won her heart. Now, she's gathered enough courage to confess her feelings..."
>1.2k words
You're invited to read them (or just one) during the week and share your thoughts and reflections next weekend.
Suggestions for future reads are always welcome!
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>>42948084
You know what? discard "Sunny at Midnight", it has almost nothing of Sunny and although it's obvious it's a joke fic, it's not actually funny but rather the "whatever as long as it exists" kind of "jokefic"
Let's replace it with:
>"Sleepy Sugarcoat"
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/302018/sleepy-sugarcoat
>"Public speaking is hard. Having Lemon Zest, Sour Sweet, Sunny Flare, and Indigo Zap as your friends is even harder. How Sugarcoat manages to stay awake is something even she doesn't know."
>3.3k words
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Awesome!
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What's with raraflags being so passionate? Yeah, let's do it.
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They clearly have great potential.
People always realize the value of something only after they've lost it.
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I love that body she loves to show off
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A reminder that this week’s Shadowbolt Bookclub (name suggestions are welcome) stories are:
>"Is That a Challenge?"
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/306902/is-that-a-challenge
>"Sleepy Sugarcoat"
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/302018/sleepy-sugarcoat
Make sure to read them for this weekend and noting down anything you want to analyze or share about them!
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>>42956339
Do you have a time for when the club begins? Should we wait for an anchor post?
>name suggestions are welcome
Shadowbolt Literary Discourse Committee if you want to be thematically pretentious/snobby, but Shadowbolt Bookclub (/sbbc/) really is fine.
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>>42956784
Nah, I don't think it's necessary to set a specific date
An anchor post sounds cool but I suppose the discussion of that week's stories starts anytime on saturday when the first anon posts their opinions or so, I wouldn't want people to have to wait for an anon (me) to start
Perhaps making an anchor post when that week's fics are selected to be read, and not when the discussion of them begins? idk
>picWHY? WHY IS SUGARCOAT SO BEAUTIFUL?
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>>42956339
I made a google spreadsheet for the bookclub:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dSmb1f1iGtE77swEj2LDT6p5NOm2ji nVZif9sfLLmEs
maybe this won't work and it'll die in a few weeks, but hey, if we're going to try it, let's do it right
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>>42956911
I might not have a lot to add to the conversation when we do this but I'll try.
I'll do it just to see where we can take this.
These seems like interesting fics.
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>>42956944
Here are some visually appealing sugarcoats, picture.
https://x.com/WA_Waifus/status/2008345691270103321
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She is just too cute, it’s not fair.
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Wish I could kiss that tomboy tummy
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https://x.com/the_butcher_x/status/2012550816163385815
Just hit them.
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Based Hivemind Moment
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Sherbette's reaction is perfect
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Well, starting the Shadowbolt Bookclub, I'll talk about “Sleepy Sugarcoat”, which I think gives us some talking points.
It's cute, I like how it portrays Sugarcoat trying to improve her attitude but still being a bit grumpy and cold, it's definitely not a case of “it could be anyone”, but rather it captures the character.
There's also this idea of “Sugarcoat tries to be nice only to end up being the only pony who isn't unbearable or difficult to deal with in one way or another in her group of friends”, like, Sugarcoat, of all the Shadowbolts, tries to be friendlier, and even the other Shadowbolts make it difficult for her
it sounds like an interesting scenario, I personally likes how it works here.
But that doesn't happen with Sunny, who I feel is quite a “good girl” and has no traits at all, I don't know what you guys think
She going to listen Sugarcoat's speech is something a good friend, and she, would do and I think it's cute, it's just that beyond that she doesn't have any traits that make me link her to Sunny Flare herself, even if we're talking about a “Sunny Flare reformed after FG and Dance Magic”
There's also Indi, who I think might cause some problems in some people's headcanons...
Here she comes across as annoying; she literally finds out that Sugar is sleepy and goes out of her way to bother her because it's fun. She's like an RD, but instead of innocent jokes, she likes to make jokes that clearly annoy her victims
What do you think? Is this the Indigo you have as headcanon, whether it's Indi before FG or Indi after FG?
Do you even make those "after/before" distinctions?
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>>42961443
The inclusion of Minuette is also cool; she's the perfect character to be the cause of Sugarcoat's daily stress, a strange but fun duo
Here's a silly edit I just made
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>>42961443
If an artist's commission has this setting
No RP.
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>Sunny at Midnight
Honestly, you've dismissed this as a joke fic and not worthy of any light, but I think it's an interesting amateur light crackfic prototype. It's not amazing in either grammar or prose, but there's potential somewhere there in the premise/ship. I could see this as a rather compelling love-triangle/third-wheel between Sunny, Sci-Twi, and Midnight with some better writing, plot, and length. But really, this fic is just a bare concept strung together with a few cliches. Comedy tag? Yeah, what?
>Is That A Challenge?
Exactly what it says on the tin: Indigo goes to an arcade, meets somebody, someone loses, that's it. This is a white bread sandwich with bread inside. The only spice here is the someone is Aria, and Indigo gets her ass robbed through Aria's weird rule changes that both Lemon and Indigo inexplicably accept instead of beating the caviar out of that bitch in an alleyway. Is it ever explained how the arcade cabinet was created or how it otherwise displays Twilight Sparkle when the Dazzlings don't have access to their magic anymore? Who knows, who cares? Where's my fic of Aria being a part-time arcade technician?
Anyway, it seems fairly competent besides a couple issues too minor to bother with. The characters weren't caricatures and were portrayed pretty well; Indigo wasn't made (too) stupid, but rather just hyped and competitive. Also, who the fuck has an arcade with an atrium? Think of the sun damage.
>Sleepy Sugarcoat
Sugarcoat tries to sleep, has her drink spiked, goes postal, gets a hornjob, passes out. Living the dream. A lot of the characters were introduced and mentioned rapid fire, so I wonder what the perspective would be for someone entirely unfamiliar their quirks. Dialogue could be considered stilted, but that's just Sugarcoat I suppose; Sour Sweet was perfect. A few references and explanations that maybe weren't really necessary. Not much more to say: it was short, eventful, fine.
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>it's just that beyond that she doesn't have any traits that make me link her to Sunny Flare herself
Well, what exactly are her traits? Like Rarity but bitchier? I thought her fixing the speakers was interesting, since she wears those weird pipboy sleeves in EqG -- maybe reaching for a technology theme? She also disregarded Sugarcoat with the speakers, so she isn't all nice.
>There's also Indi
Maybe there was something more to it, I don't know. She was "dumping punch on several ponies", which was weird.
>Do you even make those "after/before" distinctions?
Not really, they're ponies here, so outside of their surface-level defining traits, they're essentially blank canvases (which could argued the EqG counterparts are too, given how many lines some of them have). Up to preference ultimately, and seeing them as a simple Canterlot clique isn't bad at all. Given more length, and you could absolutely make a more complex, back-stabby drama with them, but I think this is an ok chill shortfic.
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>there's potential somewhere there in the premise/ship
>compelling love-triangle/third-wheel between Sunny, Sci-Twi, and Midnight
I think the same as you and have imagined a similar scenario, but more like Midnight being inside Twi (and not some kind of independent ghost who manifests whenever and to whomever she wants) who falls in love with Sunny and a helpless scitwi who is caught in the middle.
Difficult to write, but you could see it as someone's tulpa falling in love with a human who is not the host.
The reason I ruled it out for the bookclub is that we would talk more about the wasted potential of the concept and zero of what it ended up being in this particular fic, although to be honest, this is to bring up any kind of talking points here including concepts, so it works anyways
yeah, very silly me
>Well, what exactly are her traits? Like Rarity but bitchier?
I mean, one would imagine that this would be the case, at least from the writers' pov, remembering that shadowbolts would be a kind of mean 6 (or 5, you get the idea)
The thing is, from there, anyone can build or rebuild their headcanon based on that idea and the little we have of her.
Here she has certain dialogues, particularly at the beginning, that you could have told me were from any other pony and I would have believed you
Okay, maybe I'm complaining that the character with a less defined cliché doesn't have a defined cliché here, it's just that I think it's kind of lame h e r e
If you're going to make Indigo a cunt who roams the city to annoy a friend from her friend group because why not, making Sunny that simple seems weird to me
I guess I'm just proving that Sunny is slowly becoming my favorite Shadowbolt and I'm just being a faggot who cries because his favorite girl doesn't have a bigger role everywhere lmao
>She also disregarded Sugarcoat with the speakers, so she isn't all nice
fair, fair
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>She was "dumping punch on several ponies", which was weird
Perhaps because we are seeing an Indi headcanon where the author interprets Indigo maliciously pushing SciTwi, “coming through!” moment, as her genuinely being a bully who enjoys the pain of others
It seems exaggerated to point to a specific moment, but it's the same scenario as when in the early fandom there were 10 different explanations for why a green pony in the background was sitting like a human.
>Not really, they're ponies here, so outside of their surface-level defining traits, they're essentially blank canvases
I mentioned it because the author, before starting the fic, said that this story took place after FG, trying to make sense of Sugarcoat being nicer or trying to be nicer.
We're talking about girls who were reformed TWICE and are clearly portrayed as mean, only to end up dancing with the Mane 6 later.
It's normal for some to have this “before or after” conception when it comes to these characters, as is sometimes the case with Trixie (many make that distinction, others don't, and many who don't inevitably pick one version over the other as their headcanon)
As I write this, I'm mulling over this idea that they were “reformed” twice, and you could interpret it as these girls simply being that way and they definitely did something similar to what they did in dance magic a week after dancing with the Mane 6, and I feel like that could be valid.
I mean, Sour runs into Rarity at the mall and (loudly) implies that she doesn't enjoy seeing her after FG
Or you could simply see it as that at the end of FG they didn't really learn anything and that's why dance magic exists.
I think both views are valid in this case, curious about how you (and whoever reading this) think of it
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I wish she would look at me like that
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Well it's a good thing they stick together then.
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We hope creators can give them a new image.
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I don't know how long the work will take.
But I already paid yesterday, so I'm just waiting for the artist to post the finished product on X.
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here you go, lazy anon
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>>42971619
For me it's not just the uniforms themselves but also how they wear them. They took as many liberties with it as they could, fitting for high school students. I always loved it about these girls, they're obviously in a prestigious school but that's not like the thing that defines them. In other words they feel like they're bitches first and Crystal Prep students second, as a consequence of their character and not the other way around (even if the school does amplify that, good kids like Twilight can still end up there too).
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I think when Ponyville opened its school, it should have enrolled their pony versions; that would have added a sense of conflict to the school storyline.
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I'd say it's a form of expression but aside from Indigo their style doesn't really seem to reflect their character, so I don't think it's supposed to be that. And then we'd have to ask what kind of statement is Sugarcoat making with her incredibly shirt skirt. One thing we can definitely tell is that their uniforms are all custom tailored, meaning it's normal for students' families to take care of that on their own, or at the very least that they're all rich enough to do that.
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Sunny's jacket cuffs always remind me of the arm COMPS from the smt series
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For both of these nurses, really >>42974588
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>aside from Indigo their style doesn't really seem to reflect their character
This makes dance magic make even less sense to me. She was the most on point design wise and then they just didn’t include her when they could have just rescheduled her voice actress’s recording times or had her phone something in. I mean they did change outfits towards the end anyway but come on.
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You've invited her to the gymnasium.
What do you want to say to her?
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Three minutes later, the little brat came riding his scooter and slapped her bottom.
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Such a lovely beautiful girl
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Probably something like >>42954953
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EQG Stream this sunday!
We'll be watching Rainbow Rocks and playing SRB2 Kart + Cards Against EQG!
>Countdown
https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/9282833/eqg-stream
Hoping to see (You) there!!
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>>42963774
Link location
Another erotic image
https://x.com/j4cqu314/status/1998618554023948596
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https://x.com/DrawingKamikiku/status/2002909951531078008
https://x.com/DrawingKamikiku/status/2003294110380327110
https://x.com/DrawingKamikiku/status/2003650362214056375
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>>42989146
>your eyes meet and both of you are suddenly filled with emotions that aren't quite getting processed so all you can do is stare trying to read what each others expressions mean before awkwardly breaking the eye contact at the same time and acting like nothing happened
Das it mane.
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https://x.com/FilosofoGummy/status/1968121562445570074
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Wish they would all wrestle me to the floor together and do what they may to me
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>>42993166
People with money investing into people with time dictate what is made. If it's not made it's because nobody with money and time wants it. The only exception is when corporations do it themselves because they sure as hell make a lot of shit nobody actually wants.
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>>42993535
Doesn’t make it impossible. I’m not even big into figures but I guess get into contact with people who will work towards making something pretty cool happen if you want it. It’s already established that people with time and money for figure production exist in this fandom.
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Honestly, derpi and deviantart might have some people you could commission for that if i had to guess
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A Lemon made by yuka_mono?
I'm dreaming?
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It’s AI. You can figure out how to make your own of those images in particular.
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>>42995668
Same, it seems like a pain in the ass to set all this AI thing up just to slop up a few images. It always seems like people who get into it generate a thousand similar pics a day, I don't wanna end up like that.
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>>42986220
This sunday!!
>Countdown
https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/9282833/eqg-stream
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>>42997736
AI made it literal since this way you can be sure a human artist made the drawing. But on a more subtle level it was always there. People like flawed things, styles defined by limitations, diamonds in the rough. We are right now in a thread dedicated to characters defined by their flawed personalities.
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definetely both nothing better than hot mentally unstable schoolgirls with a sense of fashion
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>>42998364
Although artificial creation is very convenient, I still prefer traditional painting.
Artificial intelligence can quickly increase the quantity of works in a short period and also bring less popular works back to the table.
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Correction
Hand-drawn
It's all my fault; I wanted to tell it in a more vintage style.
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>>42986220
starting in 1.5 hours!!!
>Countdown
https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/9282833/eqg-stream
>Cytube
https://cytu dot be/r/EQG-Stream
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Starting!!!!!
>Cytube
https://cytu dot be/r/EQG-Stream
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If there are PONY ponies appearing, there will definitely be a few episodes dedicated to them.
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>Sugarcoat before and after you give her a milkshake
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New thread >>43006405