>>43559066
you forgot DashMom chapter 5: https://ponepaste.org/12174

>>43559079
oops sorry forgot, I was just scanning the anonstallion tag in ponepaste and didn't see it. Will add for 30th edition.

>>43559081
now that you mention that, I just checked. WingedAnon apparently forgot to put that tag on the pasta, so i guess you can blame him. something something what a fag

Anyone have any interesting green ideas that you’ve thought about writing, but just never got around to? Maybe it was an idea you really liked but couldn’t figure out where to take it, something you didn’t have enough time to work on, or just a random concept that’s been sitting in the back of your mind for years.

I’d really like to hear about them.

>>43559131
>something you didn’t have enough time to work on
Anoncolt but he's friends with Diamond and Silver and is Ponyville's third bully. That's basically it.

>>43559142
I’m surprised the show never had colt bullies for the CMC to deal with.

>>43559131
Anon, who does not speak equish, finds his way to ponyville but is recognized as the same kind of "person" as tank, or a particularly spooky random spider, and is largely ignored.

Eventually, he manages to make eye contact with a mare and tries to communicate, close and direct like, and they see something in him which is incompatible with this world. They find a something reflected in him, and it infects them. This effect spreads to other ponies through the first. A cult forms around his existence without him fully understanding it, and grows in influence and causing no small amount of societal damage as the fundamental nature of its members seems to have changed for the worse.

This cult is ultimately folded into the culture of pony kind after some conflict, and the last planned scene was meant to be anon resting in the back of a cathedral, among the benches on the second floor, as some kind of sacred beast who is not meant to be approached directly. The ponies do not know he is up there, but do know that he sometimes skulks about temples, and may sometimes be at a service such as this. He partakes in some of the free snacks which have been left out.

>>43559131
King Anon establishes the Equestrian Guard and leads from the front in glorious battle to protect all of Equestria, while the Royal Guard are just a smaller force that only protects the castle and the resident royalty.
BonBon as a Recon mare, gathering information behind enemy lines.
They also have an elite earthpony team called the Thunderhooves and an elite unicorn team called either the Stormlocks, Stormcallers or something with lightning.
I admit these ideas are kinda stupid but also they're kinda badass IMO. and I absolutely did not just come up with them on the spot. nope. no sir.

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>>43559066
rainbow dash stinks

>>43559319
Not as bad as Linky!

>>43559131
Something I had in mind for another Kingnon bit was the idea that in the earlier days of Equestria Anon would lead battles personally. To keep from fully engaging his mind with the violence he would sing during the fighting, which his soldiers eventually joined in on. Enemies came to fear songs on the wind. That tradition would carry to the modern day, specifically altering the trajectory of Rainbow Dash's character to wanting to join the "Chanting Squadron", Anon's personal guard (both in the palace and on the field) rather than the Wonderbolts.

>>43559696
I know this is probably actual battle songs he remembers or ones he tried to cook up, but the thought of him blasting "Creeping Death" while chucking lightning is funny to me.

Now i got random songs i'm trying to mash into equestria. Here are a few quick swaps.

"It's a long way to Tipperary" --> "It's a long way to Canterlot" - Dont know any towns/cities that would be up in early equestria so canterlot is a stand in.

"The Duce puts on his uniform" --> "The king puts on his uniform" - This would be neat if Sombra attacks first with initial succes but was pushed back. Does depend on which king anon since some pop up years after he's supposed to dissapear.

"The white cliffs of Dover" --> "The white cliffs of Canterlot" - Since canterlot is on a mountain thought it would fit.

>>43559748
I like to think that if the Anon that got into equestria is a moonfag, he'd be reciting Powerwolf songs (which means he'd be bringing the christian faith with him as well)

>>43557959
>Stallion with the talking picture reel goes up the stairs into the projector room.
>Room is dim as he turns off a few lights.
>Machine is bulky and complicated.
>He concentrates on it as you slip into a dark corner under a table.
>Flips a few switches as a light starts to blink.
>He looks out into the theater room.
>"Got it ready ma'am. I'm going to wait outside until it's done."
>He shakes his head as he pushes the start button.
>"I ain't watching that again."
>Muttering under his breath as he goes back down the steps.
>Boldly you step out as the door shuts.
>Slink up to the opening and watch the moving picture.
>Many of the guards are marching around town.
>Princess Celestia and Luna talking to Twilight Sparkle with the other mares.
>And Anon.
>He's talking with both of them as they walk into the Everfree Forest.
>Picture pans away as they disappear.
>The guy talking is kind of annoying, don't need a narrator for this.
>Everything starts to shake.
>A castle rises in the distance.
>Keeps going up and up.
>Oh Celestia.
>That was the monster, it looks ginormous.
>An entire castle is on the back.
>Explosive power beams from the eyes, hitting a beautiful magic shield.
>That's when the fighting starts.
>Everything is just a madstable of fighting.
>Said monster is going to live in your nightmares with how it moves.
>Undulates like it's made of snakes.
>Body parts torn off move like they have a life of their own.
>Rainbow Dash, you didn't know what to think of her, but she is incredible.
>Throws lightning back at the monster.
>You understand why Celestia would hold her in high regard.
>Every so often the picture would see the group of mares bearing the Elements of Harmony.
>Anon is gone.
>Where did he go?
>Finally see Celestia just rain a magical storm on the creature.
>Got a really good view of it with how uncomfortably close it is to town.
>Just in awe of what she does to it.
>See the Tree of Harmony melded on the top of the head like a crown.
>She did win, nothing to worry about.
>Jump out of your skin as the wailing monster thrashes.
>Rainbow pushes Celestia away from an attack and gets hit herself.
>Cover your mouth with your hooves as you almost gasp.
>A shield goes over the thrashing creature, which is followed up by an explosion.
>With context, that explosion is absolutely terrifying.
>Just incredibly big.
>Camera is watching it until there's a crash.
>Screen shakes violently as the picture spins and goes towards the front.
>Can't make out anything until it stops again.
>Hear the narrator.
>"What in Tartarus!? That thing! The entire head!"
>Screen focuses and you can see clearly again.
>"Buck! The colt, he's right there! He fell out of the monster's head!"
>Finally see Anon.
>Is?
>Is that blood!?"
>Hear mom gasp down below.
>A filly is helping him up.
>Just as the monster's eye reforms into those angry clouds.
>Looking straight at the camera.
>At you.
>Feel fear crawl up your spine.
>"Ponies of Manehatten, this might be the end."

>>43560152
>”Get behind me.”
>Anon’s voice is strained, but he just glares up at the monster.
>That’s not just blood, he has so many lacerations all over him.
>The filly he’s talking to is frozen in fear as he pushes her behind him.
>In a move you can only call brilliant, he takes his Element of Harmony and chucks it at the Tree of Harmony.
>Everything shakes as a bright light flashes, the screen almost turns white.
>Tree of Harmony crashes down on the head, almost splitting it in half.
>One eye rolls up and fires off a magical bolt of power.
>Audio crackles violently before it just cuts out.
>Then it comes back as the narrator screams.
>The other eye drops down.
>Anon jumps on the ground, lays his battered wings out flat and touches the ground with them.
>Angry energy hits the earth, and spreads up towards where you are.
>It would've kept spreading, but it stops.
>He shrieks.
>Audio catches it all and you scream alongside him.
>Mom is wailing louder somehow.
>Electricity goes all over his convulsing body.
>Wish to look away, but can’t.
>Feels like hours, when it was really barely any time at all.
>His screams stop before it stops.
>Now he’s just lying there.
>Hiccup a little, almost heave out breakfast.
>The stallion said he died.
>Somehow it doesn’t end.
>Another ugly monster stomps out of the bigger one and goes towards Anon.
>Why!?
>He’s already hurt.
>You just talked to him this morning!
>What happened!?
>That's when Rainbow Dash comes back.
>She looks like she got hit by a boulder, but is still strong enough to stop it.
>"Don't you dare touch him."
>Ponies come pouring out of the building the camera is stationed on and starts thrashing the ugly creature.
>All you can focus on is Anon.
>The filly and a stallion come out and start doing CPR on Anon.
>Every detail you focus on.
>Luna comes in with medics as they start to work on him.
>You've seen this process at the field trip to the hospital.
>On a dummy, not an actual pony.
>Or a colt who just died.
>Violence is a background noise as you hope to see him pull through.
>Wait, of course he does, you talked to him today.
>Stupid moving picture sucking you into the drama.
>Still though, he looked remarkably whole despite being torn to pieces here.
>"We got a heart beat!"
>Breathe a sigh of relief anyway, wipe away the tears from your face.
>A bright light glows warmly as the Tree of Harmony powers up.
>Monstrous vines turn to dust.
>Wall of light envelops everypony, and you close your eyes.
>Blink away the fuzziness and watch ponies, Celestia, and Anon earn a victory.
>If it wasn't for that nightmare this feels like a happy end.
>Something curious happens.
>Another Twilight Sparkle?
>No, the Tree of Harmony has an avatar.
>Weird.
>Audio has a really hard time catching the voice.
>"Where?"
>Crackles again.
>Anon looks confused.
>"My cutie mark?"
>"It's gone. It was taken. Did it never show up?"
>His cutie mark is gone!?
>"What the? Hey! Hey!!! What are you doing here!?"

>>43560160
>The editor stallion has come back, he stomps his way over you.
>"Did you sneak in here?"
>Lights turn on.
>His angry demeanor fades when he gets a good look at you.
>"Oh filly. Why?"
>His voice falters when he sees your face.
"I wanted."
>Your voice is cracking.
"I wanted to see what happened."

>>43560163
Well, I guess that's one way to eat humble pie.
Or choke on it.

>>43560152
>>See the Tree of Harmony
Why does she know what this is?

Can be explained by her family connections, but NOT by her being in magic kindergarten. Twilight didn't even know about it at first. Seems like sunset might not have known, either.

>>43560402
In the edited reel it says the tree's name at the end.

>>43560166
"choke" is very right in this case.

>>43560402
see >>43555616

>>43559066
Is there an anonstallion + derpy green? I’m writing one right now but I suck because it’s my first time writefagging.

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>>43559189
>They find a something reflected in him, and it infects them. This effect spreads to other ponies through the first. A cult forms around his existence without him fully understanding it, and grows in influence and causing no small amount of societal damage as the fundamental nature of its members seems to have changed for the worse.
I see we're still keeping up with the ''King in Yellow'' motifs from last thread

>>43560810
>Is there an anonstallion + derpy green?
aye, it's this one https://ponepaste.org/10833

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>You are Crystal Spear
>Doing the usual night patrol of the Crystal Empire's Castle
>In a group of three per orders of Shining Armor
>Security's needed to be tightened
>Things have been strange recently
>Even with Sombra being defeated by Spike the Dragon
>Noises in the night
>Food disappearing
>And no clear proof to the culprit
>But you have an idea
>Suddenly you feel something like ice underhoof
>You look down, and for a moment, your shadow looks darker
>The thing moves
>You hear one of the other guardmares gasp
>Then another
>There own shadows flickering
>The chandelier overhead tinkles as it sways with no breeze
>As though a weight settled atop it before rushing away
>You swallow the lump in your throat
"It's here!" You say, and you hear the others gasp. "Wake the Prince and Princess. He got out!"
>One guardmare breaks off to alert the Royal Family while you and your second give pursuit
>You just hope you're not too late
<>
>You are Princess Cadance
>And you were having the most wonderful dream
>Until you were rudely awoken by one of your guards
>They mean well, and you're glad they trust you in these matters
>But you wish they'd stop overreacting so much
>Shining is beside you, just as tired, mane just as dishevelled, even with how short he keeps it
>While the guardmare tries to urge you two on, you know there's no real rush
>Eventually you reach the kitchen where what can only be described as feral hissing and scrabling is coming from
>And the sight you're treated to is almost enough to make being woken up this early worth it
>One of your fearless Guard Captains and her subordinate, trying and failing an important task you assigned them
>Keeping your son's head out of the cookie jar after nightfall
>Literally
>He stuck his head in and he swinging it back and forth wildly as they manipulate him in their magic hold
"Shining, would you like to do the honours?" You offer
>"You know he listens to you more." Your husband snorts out with a smirk
>It is true
>With the gentle tap of your hooves alerting them, your guards sand at alert
>You put them at ease as your horn glows its gentle baby blue
>With a resounding pop, head is freed from jar
>A dusty grey coat, a jungle green mane, bordered by black on the fringe and sharp emerald green eyes that pierced through the gloom and seemed to glow in the dark
>You had to admit, he does look a lot like... him
>You, Shining, Twilight and your Aunts found him under the Castle amidst Sombra's other dark magic possession
>Twilight proposed he was some kind of... what word did she use? homunculus
>A body for Sombra to transfer into
>Enough testing showed that he'd never done so, to your relief
>A relief that went cold when she found that, while Sombra had put nothing of himself inside of it
>Something had found its way in anyway
>It took long nights over weeks of debating, but you eventually agreed to wake it- him, up
>And you named him
"Umbranon Rex! You are in big trouble young colt!"

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>>43560925
>What you expected was some dark, twisted amalgm of Sombra's worst aspects forced into a young body
>Instead what you got was
>"CHEESE IT!" Came the response from the young colt
>With a flicker, his body melted to shadow and slipped out of your grasp
>The first time that happened, you panicked and might have hyperventilated
>Now it's just a headache
"Shiny?" You say
>With a simple nod, his horn glows
>The shadow slams against his shield and your little colt rematerializes, stumbling, dazed on his hooves until he shakes it off with a smile
>A rather normal, if not rambunctious, colt
>Though he did have a proclivity for magic most ponies his age didn't have access or knowledge to
>When asked about how, he simply shrugged and said he "thought it would be cool and just did it"
>It still makes you chuckle that he ever scared you
"Anon, what were you doing?" You ask as you walk up to your son
>"Uhhh... looking for... bats." He's as bad at lying as his father
"In the cookie jar?" You ask, a smile forming on your muzzle
>"Yes." He says, firmly. "And I found none, I was going to continue my search until I was rudely acosted by blackguards!"
>He then points a hoof accusingly at your guards who simply roll their eyes and huff
>Of anypony, the Crystal Ponies have the most reason to not trust Umbranon, but you know they've grown fond of him
>As proven by the smirks they try to hide
"Uh-huh." You nod. "At this hour?"
>"I couldn't sleep, and I didn't want to wake you, unlike her." Your little boy even has the young gall to flick his mane as he nods at the mare who'd retrieved you
>You click your tongue as you nod to his words
"Doing all this, while I expressly forbid you from any of it?" Your mane could annex your brow with how high you raise it
>"I don't have to stand for this." He squeaks and it makes your heart squeeze. "This is a free country, and I will not have my civil liberties infringed upon. Viva le revolution!" He exclaims
>This is enough to finally break you and pull full laughter that shakes your whole body as you grab your colt in your magic and place him on your back
>You nuzzle Shining and shoo him back to bed with the promise to rejoin him soon and send your guards off
>Meanwhile you head back through the castle to his room
"Come on my little revolutionary, you can depose me in the morning after breakfast"
>"Can we have pancakes?" He asks, his earlier tirade already forgotten as
"If you ask the chefs nicely" You nuzzle him and feel him pull back a little
>He mumbles something into your back
"What was that 'non? I didn't catch that"
>He lifts his muzzle from your back and speaks softly
>"But the chef's are still scared of me"
>That's almost enough to break your heart
>If you didn't have so much sympathy for the Crystal Ponies you'd give them a piece of your mind
>But this is the burden you agreed to
>To be the bridge between a young colt, and the ponies who would only see the monster who made him in everything he did

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>>43560989 >>43561046 >>43561076 >>43561748 >>43561898

>>43560931
>Eventually you find your way back to his room and push the doors open
>He's off your back before you can stop him
"Oh no, young colt." You chuckle, dragging his limp-noodle body up from the ground and away from the toys he'd gone for. "Growing colts need their sleep"
>And so do their moms
>He jumps on the mattress only briefly before your gaze on him settles him and he tucks himself in
>With a sigh you sit beside him to make sure he's got all his energy out
>Luckily the energy crash seems to hit him like the Crystal Express Train as he yawns and his eyes immediately look heavy
"Good night, Anon" You kiss his head and stand, ready to get yourself to bed
>"Why don't you like me using the shadow magic?" His tiny voice echoes through the room
>You look back and have to force yourself from jolting
>Even if you can't stop the small amount your heart races
>The way his green eyes shine through the shadows really does remind you of Sombra
>But you refuse to let that show
>You're not going to let this colt be ruined by a ghost
>You go back to him and run a naked hoof through his mane
>As he rubs his cheek against the touch, you smile
>There really is no way there's any of that stallion in him
>"Aunt Luna uses it, doesn't she?" He asks sweetly
>You doubt your aunt would like being referred that way though
>She's one of the skeptics, along with Twilight
>Luckily you've got your aunt Celestia in your corner
"It's because I never want you to go too far from me, Anon." You nuzzle him as you speak softly. "And when you become shadows, I lose hold of you" You wraps your arms and wings around him in a hug. "And your mom needs her hugs"
>He only laughs as your feathers tickle him before you pull away
"Now, go to sleep. And no more shadow magic."
>You don't know how many times you've said no more shadow magic only for him to use it again the next day, but you're not gonna stop
>"Okay, mom" He yawns
>You also don't know how many times he's agreed, only to use it again the next day, but you're never going to not believe him when he says so
>With one last peer into the room through a crack in the door, you very slowly close it, keeping an eye on your colt before shutting it

idea that struck me and wanted to throw out, someone else can pick it up if they want if I don't continue it myself, though I'm not sure how I'd do Anon if I continued
is he a human that knew the show and is just fucking around and having fun à la the Dash Mom Anon but with a twist? is he a human that doesn't know about the humans like PegaAnon's anon? is there actually some Sombra there? something else?
so many possibilities and I'm not sure which to pursue

>>43560979
There are several threads on the general theme.

>>43560932
Cute, I like it.
There are a bajillion stories about a human with knowledge of the show being dropped in the middle of it, so it would be hard to do something original with it. Plus there is an opportunity to have an ongoing theme about discovering the magical world if it is actually new to the character.
If I were doing this, I'd keep a potential Sombra connection ambiguous, maybe not settling it one way or the other at all.

>>43560932
well, he's already a prankster, maybe he'd be best bro with post-reform discord. also, PegaAnon very much remembers being human - are you referring to AnonKirin?

>>43560932
Well that is cute. It means now Flurry will have an older brother.

>>43560989
>There are several threads on the general theme.
Don't pay any attention to this idiot. It's the local schizo who posts the same shit in every thread he does not like and always redirects them to that general, regardless of the thread's premise.

>>43561102
you tellin me you didn't just instantly clicked "hide post" like everyone else?

>>43561138
Just wanted to give a PSA because the other Anon responded to it.

>>43561102
>>43561164
Thanks. And I had seen those posts before too...

>>43559131
I was super inspired by the moonanon spitballing thread (https://ponepaste.org/12081), where a ye olde English speaking, frail anoncolt made/birthed by Nightmare Moon was a recurring villain whose motivation was missing his mom. "Villainous make-a-wish kid" sent me. I made decent headway on an outline, but lost steam. Mostly I was having fun coming up with exaggerated old timey insults.
The idea was roughly:
>Luna after being restored rejects moonanon as Nightmare's spawn, leading him to repeatedly try to turn her back into NM
>His plan is always instantly derailed when he sees Luna and starts a vicious ye olde insult match between them until he's blasted by the elements and being banished back to the moon, at which point he hard switches from mean villain to pathetic child
>"Mother...please... the moon is so cold... without you..." type shit
>Scooby gang is half traumatized, Flutteryshy is a wreck for days
>Anon escapes the moon a week later. Proudly claims he achieved it with dark magic powered by his negative feelings of "hatred and the desire for revenge" while covered in snot and tears
>Extremely obvious to everyone his negative feelings were of loneliness and missing his mommy
>The whole thing repeats.
>Girls try to talk him down and get insulted and ignored because they're not Luna and he's 100% mommy issues.
>Celestia tries to win him over and gets blasted into a wall Yamcha style every time
>Luna really gets into trading insults, spends her free time work-shopping new ones, claims it's just to make sure she can distract him long enough to defeat him
>Girls are always reluctantly forced to blast him again, cue sad child mode and new gut-wrenching lore from his time with NM on his way out
>Flutteryshy's face permanently tear stained
>Repeats several times over timeskip
>Fluttershy on a constant IV drip to avoid dehydrating from crying.
>Celestia is just seethingly jealous Luna gets a forever-child and her attempts to steal him or at least be a cool aunt are failing
>The girls are emotionally strung out, sick of dealing with this, and annoyed the princesses don't care
>Twilight figures out that all moonanon's plans have been bullshit and he has no idea how to restore NM
>It also turns out trading insults is most of what he did on the moon with NM
>Everything has just been to spend time with Luna
>Fluttershy, practically on life support, begs Luna to give moonanon a crumb of affection
>She reluctantly gives the most half assed compliment imaginable and he instantly gives up villainy and toddles after his new mommy
>They get ice cream together and laugh about Celestia being fat while she eavesdrops

>>43560163
>Be Anon, son of Dash.
>And that other guy.
>Second round of court has been much quieter.
>Grandma Whistle poked you occasionally about what you planned to do for the Dusk Duel.
>Told her it’s song about Luna, made her mimic the face of sucking a lemon.
>Should it be ‘Children of the Night’?
>Kind of a dark piece if you think about it for more than five seconds.
>If you have context anyway.
>Foalnapping ain’t okay kiddos.
>As you work, occasionally you look up from your books to see the other foals in court give you curious glances.
>They probably know about Sunbeam Glory even before her dramatic challenge to you.
>Still annoyed that it ruined a chance for your family to enjoy a family outing with the Sparkle family.
>They had a chance to hang out together with the Sparkle family without you running underhoof.
>Maybe tomorrow that still can.
>Today, you have a chance to check out the magic school and find Anonymous Letter’s secret.
>Then again it would be late in the day for a Dusk Duel so you two might do it tomorrow.
>If she honors her word.
>Need to think of a plan c if this falls through.
>A length of drool crawls down your vision so you have to move your book aside.
>Rainbow had gotten bored a while ago and is napping.
>Her head resting on yours.
>You would push her off, but her dad is also leaning on her while he naps.
>Followed by his wife, then Posey, and finally Breeze.
>A Russian doll of sleeping pegasi with you as the anchor point.
>They were not made for court watching.
>At least they aren’t snoring this time.
>Unicorn wearing a monocle next to you gives you all an annoyed dirty look.
>Celestia is listening to stuff about agriculture, which is interesting for you, but she’s clearly more amused by your leaning tower of pegasi family.
>Turns out ponies don't poop in the fields like Lauren Faust joked.
>You found that out rather quickly watching farm work in Ponyville.
>Thank goodness.
>"Thus ends the second session of Day Court. We shall resume after lunch."
>Sigh as you close your book.
>Time to stretch your muscles.
>Bounce off the steps towards the court room center.
>Hear your family scream awake as they fall on each other.
>Rainbow Dash grumbles a 'get off me' as they untangle each other.
>Stretch wings, legs, and back.
>Your eyes flicker over to a filly approaching you.
>They widen when they realize who it is.
>Sunbeam is back already.
>Her head is down until she looks up to you.
>Eyes red, and nose dried by tissues.
>She starts to cry again when she sees you.
>"I-I'm sorry."

>>43561668
>Tilt your head.
>Shakes her head as her saturnine demeanor worsens.
>"I can't do it. I'm canceling the duel!"
>Why?
>What did the news say?
>Before you can ask she gallops away.
>No way you're letting this one go.
>Quickly fly above the adult ponies and land in front of her.
"Wait! What happened?"
>Sunbeam skids to a stop and almost falls into you.
>Now the tears are pouring down.
>"Does it matter? You knew what they would show."
"Show? They had a reporter there interviewing ponies."
>"They had a camera."
>That stops you.
"A camera!? I didn't know that."
>Finally her eyes meet yours.
>You can hear Celestia quietly approaching.
>"You didn't know they were recording you?"
"No! I expected a narration. He had a camera?"
>"Young Sunbeam."
>She sits up straight when she hears Princess Celestia address her.
>Slowly Glory turns to look up at her.
>"Sunbeam, my little filly, what happened? Dawn Breaker, what happened?”
>There’s her mom, she doesn’t look much better.
>She looks at you like she sees a ghost.
>”We went to the movies to see the news. There’s an unedited version of the recording.”
>Celestia leans down to nuzzle the filly.
>Sunbeam hiccups as she cries.
>”The picture shows what happened. He di–he di-.”
>She refuses to finish it, just closes her eyes as she leans into the princess.
>Celestia’s eyes flash with shock for a moment at the revelation.
>”They recorded all that!?”
>Taking a wing to cradle the foal, she turns to a guard.
>”Get somepony down to the theater. We need to find out just how much got out.”
>”Yes, Princess!”
>That ain’t good, oh that ain’t good.
>Anyone can watch you die.
>Ponies around you are talking.
>Confusion mostly.
>”Anon?”
>Jerk back towards Sunbeam pulls away from Celestia.
>”Is it true? Somepony stole your cutie mark?”
>Oh fuck, that much got out!

>>43560932
If you do continue, may I recommend a time skip? Umbranon is still as reckless as he was as a colt, but now his parents are pressuring him to be more responsible not only because he's the prince but they expect him to succeed them one day. There could also maybe be some conflict with Flurry Heart as she's the most preferred pick as successor among the populace - and even Umbranon himself.

>>43560932
Pretty good! I Like the characterizations, though it does seem a bit weird how childlike Anon acts. Did an actual child get isekai'd into the body? Like another anon said, I think a human without knowledge about mlp would be a good fit for the story.

If you want a more serious/dark tone you could have him uncovering how he was made/tranported to equestria while slowly regaining his memories, which could be an interesting way to increase drama throughout the story. Him starting out like an actual child but rapidly maturing to where it makes the family suspicious of what Anon actually is.Then full memory Anon has both his own memories but also the old umbra memories so does't fully know what to think of the royal family. Athough it would be a very different dynamic I could see people complaining its like "A Fateful Flurry" so eh.

Just spitballing ideas rn. From the snippet here I think you could take it wherever you want and it woud be good. Although I brought up a darker tone I think the current comedy/comfy is really good. I'm just an angst fan so I got a bias for darker stories. If you do continue I wish you luck!

>>43559131
Alicorn Anonstallion that gets treated awfully by the other ponies or is just generally much more down to earth (even having a completely normal talent) than Celestia and Luna.

>>43559131
I wanted to write about Unicorn Anon being magic enemies to rivals to lovers with Sunset Shimmer growing up at Celestia's School, but I'm not autistic enough to think of a decent magic system.

>>43562156
There's this: https://ponepaste.org/12095

>>43561673
>We need to find out just how much got out.
Fortunately not as much as they think. Considering the low numbers of ponies who've seen the original. Like, how many are there in all due likelihood? Basically just the reporter and his assistant, the editor who already wishes to forget what he has seen, and these two. It's not such a big leak yet.

>>43562453
I reckon there's also the reporter's boss and maybe a few other members of his publication's staff. what was it, the Manehattan Times? but also Celestia is probably going to have a "talk" with them and the reel editor. I imagine she would seize the unedited reel as well (and leave the theater with the edited one) tho I hope she won't have it destroyed (just because of personal opinion).
there's also the guards and the ponyville ponies, but the former can keep their mouths shut and most of the latter can also keep it to themselves or otherwise don't usually travel so the risk of word getting out is still very low.
as for Sunbeam and her mom, they're smart enough to deduce that Celestia does not want everypony to know the whole truth; just that there was a monster and that it was defeated.

>>43562516
Celestia consistently uses a hands-off approach for most issues, and her highest aspiration is her total removal from power. She wants her ponies to be self sufficient
, and that means letting them touch the stove and laughing a bit when mrs cake fails as a hostess or the stupid high-society gala gets ruined.

So I don't expect she would go around suppressing the spread of footage which currently obeys whatever legal limitations exists for obscenity and trauma, such that it cannot be viewed without a waiver and is not advertised.

If there IS an issue, then it would be that the cutie-mark part seems like very personal information, akin to filming someone's marriage ending, or more like publishing that anon has a medically tiny urethra. Not sure if that's worth the confrontation or not.

>>43562552
and yet she sent a guard to investigate the extent of the information that was recorded by the reporter, with the apparent urgency that suggests she might want to censor some things, like Anon's cutiemark woes. come to think of it, if word got out that somepony got their cutiemark stolen, it might cause a panic throughout the whole of the country (the factual accuracy, or lack thereof, of such a headline would obviously be irrelevant, even if he /is/ just a young foal who /just/ didn't discover his CM yet).

>>43561673
ooh very nice green anon i love it :D

>>43562552
Having a child snuff film would be in poor taste.

>>43562453
>>43562516
It's out already.

ctrl+F manehat

>>43546336
>"Ponyville? Canterlot Times wasn't present, actually no news agency from Canterlot was present for that. We had to buy the information from a group in Manehatten."

>>43555616
>"Manehatten Times has provided information for this next segment."

(and I think it was mentioned earlier too)
So maybe only the ones that had seen the reel - in Canterlot - but elsewhere it's not necessarily being held back.

An idea I’ve had for a medium length greentext. Anon (in what would be his second life) enlists in the Royal Guard and goes through training and deployment as a guard in the royal castle, occasionally going out to fight monsters and shit. One idea I have would be to have Anon be a close friend to Shining Armor and have them be like brothers. This can later result in Anon meeting Twilight or something.

Maybe Anon appeared out of the Everfree like PegaAnon and dogmatically believes that he can only be somepony by throwing himself into the service, or maybe he has a strong loyalty to the world that gave him so much comfort (if he’s watched the show before). One part of this idea is that he’s taking the opportunity to do all the military shit he dishonorably larped as a human or some form of this. Now for the most important question:
Do I make him a unicorn, earth pony, or pegasus? I feel like we have too much pegasi.

>>43562762
Unicorns are overpowered, while earth ponies are underpowered.

>>43562762
my vote for unicorn. not just for the magic power, but because I personally think that difficulties with holding and using items don't make for an interesting storytelling trope.
also, maybe have Anon arrive during a lightning storm, but nopony can explain it. that can make it interesting to have a plot point related to how Anon got to Equestria while still having the option to keep it mysterious.
also, who would be Anon's nemesis? (for example, in DashMom it's POS) and would the nemesis try to recruit Anon?
would Anon try to find a way to return to the human world, or would he prefer to stay in Equestria?
will Anon try to maintain distance from other ponies, or will he have no reservations about making friends with ponies?
and will he try to influence the course of events or just let it happen?

>>43562762
It's hard to imagine willingly joining the guard with the show as a reference, either for genuine service or as an ascendant larper. They're just kind of useless in a relative utopia where real threats are handled by princesses. Could join out of necessity like joining real life military: food, cot, paycheck, being on your feet after your term of service is up, and along the way he develops a genuine passion for the life.

As for species, it's kind of a mixed bag. Earthpony could be interesting if you're willing to rebalance the tribes a bit and expand on their own abilities because otherwise they're essentially worthless as a guard. And if anon is paired with Shining a lot it would let them have different strengths. But in terms of canon ability, a unicorn would almost universally better. You could also go the changeling route. He just takes on long term anon disguise and joins the guard as planned but with interesting byplay because of the Shining/Cadence/wedding stuff.

>>43563079
>”What are you?”
“I’m a bug pony. My power is to transform into other things. May I get a job?”

>>43563079
You join the guard for the same two reasons you join the cops.

1. You believe that another obedient enforcer of the status quo can improve the celestial status quo through personal acts, judgments, and excellence
2. you want to be the man who legally carries and decides when to deploy the sharp stick

or I guess
3. you want to be near other fit and aggressive men

In reality, it's probably a mix of all 3, with the character mostly thinking about the first one in other, more flattering terms.

So I guess this would be a story of a crown-loving force-loving guy with unexamined homo tenancies he doesn't ever think about.

If it was a human, then maybe they couldn't cut it in the normal pony job market and figured their omnivorous instincts might make them useful here. Also, not everyone needs to actually have a good and deep psychological reason to do a job which pays a wage in the first place.

>>43563088
Honestly, pre-wedding? Welcome aboard bug thing. Your daily ration allotment is two hugs requisitionable from any guard of equal or lower rank. You're hideous to us, so pick a generic appearance and maintain it in public. Do not disguise yourself as a princess unless they ask you to stand in for them to get out of a meeting.

>>43563079
It kind of depends.
There's a reason warriors wore ceramic plates and bamboo into battle. A human costs a mother's love and a huge pile of turnips if you've got the time to wait. You can even skip on the love if you want, or just toss migrants into the battlefield for basically free.

A suit of armor costs the time and effort of skilled artisans and the fuel for heat at an expensive building. Bamboo costs some rope and a literal weed, crafted by cheaper artisans.

So if a soldier costs $800, and he kills 4 soldiers that cost $200 before death, that's a tie.

If a mage costs the time of other mages and teachers and access to the most expensive knowledge in the world which must be guarded, and his specific skill is not quite interchangeable with the particular ability of any other mage and must be carefully added to the tactics of each general they work for, then losing a mage is expensive, while 400 angry applebloom's throwing rocks are cheep.

In universe, the actual result seems to be less that the earth ponies wrath bought victories through numbers, and more that the earth ponies just want to chill while everyone else has to oppress them in order to have food. So maybe earth ponies would rather avoid most war.

>>43563103
Celestia’s new favorite tool for her pranks.

>>43563103
hiring a changeling as a princess body double... hmmm, I wonder how that could turn out.

>>43563117
it's not that simple. there's a reason why armies IRL have more than one type of combat unit. they each have strengths and weaknesses and a limited variety of scenarios which they're good at fighting in.
tanks are good in groups and in open terrain.
infantry are better when there's lots of cover, like forests and urban environments.
the airforce cannot hold an area for long, you need ground forces to move in and occupy the field.
a mixed fighting force comprised of all types covers pretty much all the bases and compensates for all weaknesses.

>>43563159
Chrysalis kidnaps fake Cadance. Oh the irony.

>>43563159
Yeah, and the upside of earth ponies who aren't exceptional in terms of clairvoyance, strength, marital arts, or (never really used) growth magic, is that you don't have to train them for very long and they don't cost much.

Pawns are great guards, as long as you don't expect them to actually keep out a strong opposing force on their own. That's not really what a guard is for in the first place, most of the time.

>>43563144
>collect your assignment for the day
>royal seal, top secret, direct from princess
>like always
>fellow guards look at you like you're secret agent, the princess's most trusted guard, a hero
>sigh and unroll scroll:
>9:10am: Impersonate Blueblood at 150% arrogance. Kick open the doors to the Griffonian ambassador's meeting. Proclaim yourself to be Blueblood's long lost twin, Lord Blueblood, and the rightful heir to the Platinum line. Challenge him to a duel over it one month hence in the royal gardens. Storm out and disappear.
>1pm: Acquire cake. If the kitchens have grown suspicious, head into the city for it. Discretion is paramount. You know where to bring it. Coconut.
>3pm: Join me in my study for tea as Twilight Spark. Tell me about a book you've read and call me by name without title.
>7pm: Enter Luna's chambers as her head guard (Night Wing?) and jump on her bed while while shouting for her to wake up like a foal trying to wake his parents. The dungeon guards have been instructed to release you after she leaves.
>breath in
>remember that the alternative was starving underground in a barren wasteland
>breath out
>head off to "work" under the admiring gazes of your peers.

>>43563245
After Luna’s protest, you now get passed around the three princesses in shifts for their duties.

>>43563245
lol, lmao even
>coconut
#ICANT

Whatever happened to SQAnon? I was very interested in his new green.
>>43563245
Nice. I bet he gets paid in personal hugs and kisses from the princess herself. And everyone knows alicorn hugs and kisses could keep a changeling fed for months.

>>43562762
A small guard anon snippet for these trying times. May Hearthsong bless us with another anonstallion paste one day.

https://ponepaste.org/11648

>>43563079
Changeling anon has a lot of potentional, but I would be a little careful of accidently copying "The Changeliig of the Guard" (great story, wish it was updated more frequently tho). A crossover of prankster guard anon meeting stoic Idol would be funny.

>>43563245
>>3pm: Join me in my study for tea as Twilight Spark. Tell me about a book you've read and call me by name without title.
fuck that's sad

>>43563245
>>43563278
>it's not clear if Cadence has any official responsibilities because she seems to spend every work day playing secret match maker
>and she has upped her game by employing you
>background checks and PI work
>eavesdropping on dates
>forged letters
>home invasions, reading diaries
>emotional response profile analysis
>impersonations with scripted dialogue trees and precise acting direction, all written by her
>genuine changeling infiltrator shit
>you once had to infiltrate a hospital as a nurse and arrange for two patients to be in the same room
>somehow, they were married a week later
>she demands extensive reports on everything and compiles it all into dossiers
>she has thousands of them in her office, which is filled with conspiracy boards and trophies of successful "romantic ops"
>it's a harrowing invasion of privacy and the most egregious nanny stating you can imagine
>it's also the most serious governance you've seen in pony land
>you are effectively the only agent of Equestria's only intelligence agency
>all for a romantic princess to giggle like a school girl over two random ponies having a first kiss
>you would object to the violation of it all, but a head pat from the Love princess fills you to bursting and energizes you enough to go a week without sleep
>Celestia assured you it's just a phase and she will get over it in a century or two

>you're Luna's "personal guard"
>she uses you as a jester, which went extinct like 600 years ago after a Celestia-cake-fat joke gone wrong
>has you turn into ponies she doesn't like to perform slapstick or lose arguments against her
>makes you turn into horrifying monsters for her to beat up
>kind of a larper, really
>except instead of cardboard and spray paint, she conjures giant ass anime attacks made of moon energy that you're pretty sure could instantly kill you
>apparently it's all very nostalgic for her
>you watched in horror as Cadence introduced her to Shining Armor and he explained his ttrpg hobby
>she was interested
>she shamelessly forces you to attend their games, using you as a character creator and making you turn into every character to act out scenes for them
>you would complain more, but Luna is also deeply insecure
>she keeps you close to watch the emotions of ponies she interacts with
>after every meeting she asks you if the other pony liked her, and if they liked her as much her sister, and if they thought her joke was funny, and how funny, specifically
>you can really only tell if someone's emotion would be tasty (positive) or not (negative)
>just tell her they all like her
>after venting about it all to Celestia during a prank debrief, you suddenly found yourself the highest paid guard

>even in pony land, the military recruiter deceive you
>they'll promise things like "you'll stand in front of a door for 8 hours a day and probably never talk to a princess"
>lying bastards

>>43559131
King Anon, trying to preserve the show, does whatever he can to keep Equestria in-line with how he knows it, but no matter how well or precisely he sets up events they're never the same, always different in one way or another.

Until eventually his increasingly forceful meddling breaks something essential in the universe, leaving him with not only a broken world but a broken relationship with the characters he loved so much.

He ends up throwing away a perfectly fine Equestria for one that couldn't exsist because he was never part of it.

>>43563597
Cadance making Chrysalis look like a bozo and they haven't even met yet. Deviously using Anon's power.
>"So Anon, who's your special somepony?"
"My Princess, I am a love sucking bug. It isn't advisable."

>>43563597
>”You’ve earned a higher pay.”
“My Princess Celestia. I don’t need higher pay. Your sister needs a therapist. I’m unsuited for the role as I am a tool for all of you.”

>>43562762
Honestly, a pegasus makes the most sense to me, but any tribe works. Play it straight, avoid "I'm doing this because of my traumatic childhood" nonsense and "self-insert wants to bang canon character", watch interviews with actual soldiers for inspiration. Or at least read some good military fics and greens.
And you can write all the overlooked parts that still have to happen even though Princesses and Elements save the day, like dealing with the Big Bad's underlings and lieutenants, minor infiltrations by griffon bands, changelings, smugglers, that kind of thing. The main characters may be powerful, but they still need someone to watch their back.
And there is still room for conventional warfare. It may not be shown explicitly in the show, but a standing army is a deterrent, and they may have to make a show of force from time to time to remind Equestria's rivals what they're up against.

>>43563597
>Condense's personal match making secret agent
Fucking brilliant, I'd read a green like that in a heartbeat.

>>43563320
>Whatever happened to SQAnon?
No idea, sadly.

>>43561673
>Celestia's eyes quickly check you.
>Immediately try to stop your stupid pony fear reflex responses.
>That needs to get under control again.
>"Everypony. Let's go enjoy lunch. Please, come with me, my little ponies."
>Sunbeam looks up to her mom for affirmation.
>Dawn Breaker nods as she starts to follow Celestia and have her daughter saddle up next to her.
>Dash raises an eyebrow as you all enter the court room.
>"What's going on now?"
>Celestia raises a wing with that golden friendly smile.
>"Come and enjoy lunch with us Dash family."
>Pure diplomacy face right there.
>As the sizable herd makes their way down a back hallway, Celestia tilts her head back.
>"What's everypony in the mood for?"
>"Grill cheese sandwich."
"Grill cheese sandwich."
>Both foals answer her at the exact same time.
>Earns you a glance from Sunbeam and a happy smile from Celestia.
>"Excellent choice. Come along, we have many cheeses to choose from."
>American cheese.
>HA!
>Oh that was terrible, could you imagine?
>Move into the dining room, you end up situated between Posey and Bow.
>Dash is sitting right next to her mom.
>Normally Grandma Whistle would love that, but Dash is in the mood of 'no stupid nonsense' to keep her from antagonizing Dawn Breaker.
>Look over to Sunbeam as she stares at her empty plate.
"Tell me about your school."
>"Hmm? Right. You're still interested. Why?"
>Celestia leans over with her swan-like neck.
>"I'm interested! I may be retired from teaching, but I still would love to know how you are all doing."
>In a moment of sassy snark, Sunbean grins.
>"You can walk down to the school anytime you want. Why are you interested, Anon?"
"What can I say? I find magic fascinating."
>Expect her to point out being a pegasus.
>Instead she thinks for a moment, flickering her ears.
>"So kind of like Mage Meadowbrook. Did you know she was an earth pony?"
"Yup. Read about her."
>"Well magic school is obviously magic focused. While our school is under the EEA guidelines we do have some deviations allowed to let unicorns accelerate the learning process."
>She continues on, which you eat up like a cheese sandwich.
>Eat that too.
>Poke her with a few questions like alchemy, summoning, divination.
>Last one earned a confused pause.
>"I've never heard that one."
>Celestia quickly comments on it.
>"Worry not young student. That field is something arch-mages dabble with. Based on what they've told me, it's unreliable and a frustrating study."
>Yet she IDs yours as clairvoyance.
>"Sunbeam, your description of school has been excellent. Don't you agree, Anon?"
"Love it."
>That little bit of praise makes the filly beam.
>"Would you like to show Anon around it?"
>...
>Wait, why is she letting you go?
>A quick study of her face, she's smiling, but hiding that one eye behind her mane.
>If you had to guess, the pony she sent to investigate would be back soon.
>Celestia doesn't want you to know how bad it could be.
>"Well I guess."

>>43563396
Yeah that one got me, that's all Celestia really wants and she has to outsource that shit.

>>43562800
>>43562843
>>43563784
I'll keep these in mind, thanks.

>>43563370
Thanks.

I haven't written and posted anything in a long ass time, my head just isn't in it anymore. Anyone got any ideas for short Kingnon greens?

>>43564032
>Grill cheese
tonal fucking whiplash

also, isn't it grilled cheese?

>>43564082
Force him to babysit Cozy Glow since he was too wimpy to turn her into a lawn ornament

>>43564360
Probably, but I always said it as written.

If you actually exist in the mlp world at the time when cozy and crew are de-powered, and so all the long-term ramifications of real life exist and the simplified narrative expressions of events within fictional contexts do not exist, then most of the reasons why it is bad to stone the mean 3 evaporate. It stops being the final word on the situation.

It's still kind of fucked up that you're using force on someone who has become powerless magically, physically, and socially. Like, you know the mean 3 would do bad things if they could, but they can't, so even arresting them doesn't make you any safer. But, other than the horror of it, putting them in stone just doesn't seem to do any real harm if it isn't the final solution at the end of a show and framed as an unarmed public execution. If you know you plan to, like, let them back out, then the stoning wasn't actually your solution to the challenge which the m3 pose. It's just stalling. And that's fine.

So if an anon gets in that situation and refuses to stone them, it's either because he's still treating this as the finale of a show, which is no longer accurate, or it's because he thinks that the ponies will refuse to unstone them and are actually using this as a permanent solution.

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>>43564405
That is the most correct answer.
godspeed, lisp-boy

>>43564032
Good to see how quickly the filly and her mother came around after having witnesses the truth. They really appear to be genuine and well-meaning in their aspirations.

>>43563159
>hiring a changeling as a princess body double... hmmm, I wonder how that could turn out.
>Chrysalis never beat Celestia
>she beat her body double

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>>43564425
finale or no, petrifying them flies in the face of the show's philosophy regarding villain's that are just as bad (Starlight) or worse (Discord), in that they can be redeemed
petrifying the Mean Three is not only a narrative failing, but a moral one

>>43564425
they would have stolen his power too, which would make it a transgression against The King™. IDK bout you but I would take it as a very good reason to punish them with the same fate, if not worse. they are criminals, they had a chance to change for the better, they refused. in FIM as in real life, not everyone released from imprisonment is better off afterwards (and in many cases, people are even worse after their release). releasing them from their stone prison is a bad idea.

TL;DR don't make King Anon a stockholm syndrome wimp / wood cricket. it's pathetic.

>>43564719
you fail to realize there's a difference. Starlight just wanted to be happy after her friend bailed on her because of a cutiemark. Discord just wanted to have fun and didn't know that life can be more fun with friends. it wasn't hard to reform them as they weren't evil in the first place (I personally believe so).
Chrysalis, Sombra, Tirek and CozyGlow wanted power and/or control, as did POS. you can even see on Crissy's face that she was seriously considering taking Starlight up on the offer, but ultimately she figured out that she would have to relinquish her control over the hive, and she was simply too much of a control freak to give up on that.

there is no narrative failing in saying that some people cannot be redeemed, tho everyone should have the chance. and all were given the chance; even Sombra, judging by the fact that he was indeed brought back to life. the mean 3 were truely evil, and they had to be disposed of - permanently.

>>43564719
That assumes that petrifying them is incompatible with befriending and redeeming them. If stoning is a painless process and time in stone is not perceived by those who are stoned without extra-sensory reality-warping power like discord, then it's not any different from teleporting them across time to whatever place you choose to unstone them. It's just secure storage of what was just a violent threat a second ago.

It's a narrative and moral failing if it implies that some people are irredeemable, which it does not if the situation is real and literal but it does if the situation is the end of a story.

>>43564751
Starlight just wanted to "be happy" and so she spent years being violently angry and oppressive at her loyal followers.

Queen chrysalis just wanted to be a bug queen and feed her hive, which was possible and happened, and she is currently mad because her hive directly rejected her within her interpretation of events.

Tirek wanted strength initially, and got along well enough with his brother that his brother was capable of betraying him effectively. By implication, strength is something his culture likely valued, and this was likely an attempt to meet the masculine ideals of his people at first. He got considerably worse after being betrayed, just like chrysalis, and now seeks power in order to protect himself from the possibility of betrayal, even when it involves using betrayal to get more power.

Cozy gets no backstory, which can mean that she simply has no reason for her actions, but that's nonsense. In their attempt to create a character who has no excuse, the writers failed to actually show that she has no excuse.

All three are retarded. All three also get worse every time they are thwarted. The same thing happens to flim and flam, and to bulk biseps, and to trixie. Trixie is a character who did nothing but feel sorry for herself after her second highly violent appearance, until she and glimmer bonded. Their first conversation was about how they both feel the pain of people judging them for doing horrible things, which they did.

Starlight directly challenges twilght multiple times on the hypocritical limitations of the extension of her mercy. Starlight is always correct when she does this. Trixie, though a dumb retard, shows a model for the redemption of evil people who literally like being evil, like starlight and somewhat like trixie.

>>43564808
>Queen chrysalis just wanted to be a bug queen and feed her hive
then why did she reject starlight's proposal which would have kept her on the throne of the changeling hive?

>Tirek wanted strength initially, and got along well enough with his brother that his brother was capable of betraying him effectively
here you're admitting that Tirek only wanted power. which is why his brother betrayed him; he saw that Tirek would only ever get more greedy, which would be nothing but trouble.

>Cozy gets no backstory
>All three are retarded
those are the real narrative failings, if you ask me. one thing I will agree with you on is that the writers fumbled the backstories of all these characters. but a permanent punishment that leaves dangerous criminals who have demonstrated that, no matter how many chances they are given to turn themselves around, they will always do the same evil shit, is just the logical conclusion.

ultimately the point is that not everyone can be redeemed. I agree that this moral was executed poorly, but it is not, in itself, a moral failing, and I still think it's also not a narrative failing if you isolate the fact that those repeat-offenders got permanently dealt with.

anyway, we're starting to go in circles, so can we agree to disagree at least?

>>43564829
>then why did she reject starlight's proposal which would have kept her on the throne of the changeling hive?
Just went over this. She believes her hive rejected her. What is a queen who is handed a hive that does not obey her by an enemy? She rejects that bond, because that bond just now failed her.

>those repeat-offenders got permanently dealt with
>repeat-offenders
luna, discord, starlight, trixie, flimflam, bulk, PoS, diamond(lesser), bugbear, thorax at the moment where spike was vouching for him,

>>43564858
bro, what are you even saying? some of those aren't even anywhere near villains. also, have you lost the second half of your post somewhere?

whatever. I'm not going to continue arguing over this, as there's nothing more to say. let's agree to disagree. the next post continuing this arguement will get ignored and hidden.

>>43564885
you're saying that diamond tiara isn't a recurring villain in the tv show my little pony fim?

>>43564858
>luna
Should have been turned into stone desu

>>43564032
inb4 sunbeam becomes anon's adventuring partner.

>>43564889
I don't think Diamond Tiara is the same level as Chrysalis who tried to forcefully enslave every single pony and invaded the capital or Tirek who stole every creatures magic and detroyed multiple towns. There's a very big difference between the small villains that have a couple small appearences and are usually only impactful on a town level and national threats that actively want to take over the country. Luna already served 1000 years on the moon and after the friendship beam she was redeemed. Starlight almost ruined the timeline but she still came around at the end of her 2nd appearance. Discord is iffy cause he did come around to friendship but he did also betray the main cast twice, though the 2nd he was trying to act like Celestia and set up Twilight for success and did support them in the end. Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy, all rejected multiple attempts at friendship and showed no hint of any reflection on their actions.

While the morality of putting Cozy in stone is questionable, it is somewhat dependant on whether they are concious throughout their imprisonment or when they are let out. We do not know either of these facts which leads to the debate usually involving headcannons which are iffy arguments (same with Cozy's backstory). I personally don't think Twilight and co are going to let them rot in stone forever, or atleast they will try again with Cozy, but again that's headcannon.

>>43564885
>Discord (who is responsible for everything the LoD and Sombra did in S9, repeatedly explicitly betrayed the ponies, and in general is strictly worse than Tirek in every way) isn't a repeat offender
>but Chrysalis, who was given one (1) chance at redemption at the literal lowest point in her entire life, is
uh huh

>>43565008
if Celestia and Luna turned that fucker back into a bird toilet when he went up to the Legion to gloat after enabling everything they did I would've forgiven Season 9.

>>43565039
It would have been a coherent message. You could argue that it's about scale of danger, self protection, and that can be more important than redemption past a point. You could say starlight's damage was all theoretical.

Instead there's.... well I have a very strong opinion about why the line was drawn where it was drawn in mlp. It's not right, but I think it's what is in the show. Basically, the main 6 characters never actually make the choice to save anyone, not once. The most exceptional case was starlight, and twilight needed starlight to surrender because starlight held all the power in that moment. There's also the manticore, who never did anything wrong but defend himself and be an animal in the first place.

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>>43565053
>Basically, the main 6 characters never actually make the choice to save anyone, not once.
Arguably Stygian, but the one actually pushing for that is Starlight

>>43565056
Exactly, same with trixie.

>>43564389
>>43564082
On the topic of Cozy, how much more ruthless is Kingnon’s history considered publicly compared to Celestia’s? I can see Cozy decide to take her chances trying to learn from such a ruthless alicorn over Tirek.

>>43565107
I think it's pretty out in the open. Lots of other countries tried their luck when both the Princesses left and got replaced by some random green guy.

They learned. Some of them are still in the process of learning (I imagine gryphons are both just too stupid and constantly changing leadership to really get the idea that fucking with Equestria is a bad idea.)

Thinking about it for an extra 2 seconds, wasn't cozy's motivation to remove magic so that she wasn't permanently worse than a unicorn?

If so, that means all 3 of them are motivated by distrust and self protection.

>>43565107
>>43565137
Sunset might thrive under Anon’s rule. She’s very similar to Cozy.

>>43565143
I don’t disagree but it was already established Sunset ran off to the human world because Kingnon daughter zoned her advances. That said I’d like to see her and Cozy competing with one another as students.

>>43565147
Unless Anon broke that mirror.

>>43561560
i really like this, i was always a big fan of the angry sickly moonbaby alicorn so its a shame he never got any full greens like kinganon did. give him the moonlight greatsword

>>43565432
Not the worst course of action.

>>43564032
>Well this is just great.
>"What a big building."
>"I can really feel that school spirit."
>"Please wear the safety vest, Anon."
>Entire family is here.
>Urge to scream rising.
>How!?
>How can you do this with all these eyes watching you?
>Can't use the bathroom excuse.
>Slip around the corner and pretend to get lost?
>Ha, not fast enough to pull that one off.
>Need opportunity and a good diversion.
>See an explosion go off in one of the higher floors.
>Just in time for your tour guide to whip around.
>"Welcome to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns!"
>Not sure why Sunbeam Glory is dressed up in a uniform, but you are impressed by her small wizard hat.
>Her ropes fly dramatically as the shockwave hits, the tie almost frees itself.
"You have a dress code?"
>And why does it include leggings?
>Glory laughs, pleased that her attire caught some attention.
>"For special events and presentations we have dress uniforms to symbolize status. As you can see with my ribbons, pins, and marks I am top of my class. Also these clip cloppy horseshoes as you can hear."
>Trotting towards the front door with head held high, she swings open the doors with her magic.
>"Be honored, for normally a green ribbon would be assigned for this role."
>Well this is certainly a wizardry school.
>Students mill about with hovering books by their side.
>Age ranges from magic kindergarten to ponies chasing after archmage status.
>Not many pegasi or earth ponies, which isn't surprising.
>A gurney with a crispy unicorn is rushed down an upper hallway to a nurses' station.
>"We have classes for transformigeration (if you want a pear instead of an apple), escalating escalator elevator (not helpful for a pegasus I suppose), or do you fancy raising magical beasts like this horned rabbit? We got it all for we are Celestia's best!"
>Grandparents 'ooh' as they politely clop their hooves.
>Dash is raising an eyebrow at a unicorn walking on the ceiling.
"Gravity spell."
>"That seems like a bad idea for anypony without wings."
"I'm sure they have safety features to prevent any accidents."
>You say with the smell of a failed fireball is in the air.
>"Follow along Dash clan. Magical mysteries await!"
>As you canter along, see Chancellor Neighsay look over a balcony with a curious look.
>Wave hello to him, and he slowly returns the gesture.
>Pretty sure you saw him this morning at the opening of sun court.
>"This room is the project room. As you can see somepony left their sun on."
>See a basketball-sized ball of plasma wrapped in duct tape.
>'K.
>"Graduate level work. I'm thinking of making my study on a cookie replenishment jar."
>Sure, that's equivalent levels of study.
>Infinite cookies vs a tiny dyson sphere.
>"Here is the cafeteria. Alfalfa salad today."
>Starting to get more eyes watching you all from students and teachers.
>"Sunbeam’s back? Who's that with her?"
>"I heard Neighsay talk about this morning. That's Anon. Princess Celestia adopted him."

>>43566108
>someone just casually forgot their pet star
>'K.
kek

>more eyes watching you all
great. first the entire family follows him around, and now the whole school. how the fuck is he supposed to give all of them the slip? that is one hell of a challenge.

>>43566342
>how the fuck is he supposed to give all of them the slip?
Find and hire a changeling? Pull the fire alarm and get lost in the crowd? Phone in a bomb threat?

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>>43559066
imagine not having the original sketch of the op image

>>43566377
I'm not the artist, I found it at mare fair on one of the bulletin boards

>>43566108
>Infinite cookies vs a tiny dyson sphere.
Hey, both of them have their advantages.
When you can have both, why not both?

>>43566377
Under all that bravado, is a mare who wants to be feminine.

>>43566578
she just needs the right anonstallion to bring out her femininity.

>>43566578
>>43566633
I need to explore this in future Anonstallion x Dash pieces...

New Anonstallion x Derpy green
https://ponepaste.org/12184

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>>43566108
>Neighsay mentioned
why do I get the feeling he and one of the previous Anons might have had a history?

>>43566896
kino! i need more, writechad!

>>43567143
I'll bet that anon helped shape Neighsay's views on lesser creatures. Seriously, who would want uncultured yaks, greedy cat birbs and so on into civilized society. Kirins might get a pass, though they probably would be recommended anger management courses on top of their standard studies.

>>43567233
I doubt pony magic schools would ever see kirins as those don't go outside their little secluded valley. at least most of the time
tho I do wonder if the kirin anon would ever dare to venture outside. I can't imagine one would not at least think about traveling.

>>43567233
Hey now, Neighsay is his own self made racist. Let him have his medal.

>>43567736
Neighsay didn't do anything wrong.

>>43559131
>Anon is a successful musician who has to relearn how to play after his hands turn to hooves. He wants to play all his favourite songs from Earth but would have to pretend they're original compositions.

>Anon gets isekai'd in a very public spectacle that attracts the attention of the Princess, who assigns her best student to study this anomaly. Anon is shocked to find out that this student is Sunset Shimmer, who is growing increasingly frustrated with these sorts of mundane assignments. Anon is torn between letting events play out as they should vs. trying to help Sunset at the cost of deviating from canon.

>>43567910
Interesting idea, I really like-
>Sunset Shitter
Oh nvm it's shit

>>43568028
It seems she is still pony and no EQG stuff.

>>43566108
>Would it be contrived to hope a group of jealous bullies try to kidnap you and stuff you in a locker so you can sneak away?
>Not with Dash around would that happen.
> A book was shoved into your hooves.
>Sunbeam distributes yearbooks to your family from a bookshelf of yearbooks.
>”This will give you context. Behold, our proud history of professors!”
>While the family is following Sunbeam's talk, you slip out an older year book that should be the year Anonymous Letter taught.
>See a room number by him.
>Trot through a hall with portraits of very important unicorns.
>A bored Dash feathers through the pages, but quickly doubles back to Twilight’s picture.
>”There’s the bookworm. She’s not even looking at the camera, nose right in her book.”
>Curious about another pony.
>Flip through the pages to find Moondancer.
>A forced smile on her, but you see the accolades under the picture.
>Who did she do her undergraduate studies under?
>There she is, the only teacher who wrote more details than congratulations.
>'Excellent work, you will succeed as long as you don't give up. Don't let other's mistakes drag you down.'
>Professor Gingersnap.
>She shared the secret stash of alcohol with Moondancer.
>Looks like Gingersnap has Letter's room.
>How to get there?
>"Listen, you guys have a gym, or is that too much physical activity?"
>Rainbow puts her book in a mail slot for one of the rooms.
>Sunbeam frowns, but simply shrugs.
>”We don’t have a gymnasium despite our size and funding. All activities happen outside. I guess we can make a detour to see it."
>Yeah, it seems like the school didn't put much funding into the P.E.
>An open field.
"They're playing dodgeball."
>Glory scrunches up her snout.
>"And my classmates."
>"Glory! Hey Glory! You're back! What are you doing in your dress uniform?"
>An aquamarine filly waves enthusiastically at Sunbeam Glory.
>Just in time for a ball to smack her right in the face sending her spinning.
>"Keep your head in the game!"
>"Guess I'm out. Sunbeam, don't leave yet!"
>Glory can barely contain her annoyance.
>"Hi there! Wow, a whole family and a colt. Are you here to enroll him? We don't get many pegasus, but he can fit right in! I'm Comet Song!"
>Reach out a wing to catch another ball heading straight for her head.
>"Wow, good catch. Didn't see that one coming at all. Sunbeam, did you see that? He caught it no problem."
>Dash shakes her head at the energetic filly.
>"I don't really want my colt to become a nerd. That ball you threw was really slow."
>Think you heard the entire class gasp at the 'n' word.
>"We're not nerds!"
>You toss the ball back at the colt who threw it.
>Thunks him in the head.
>The teacher looks up from a book hearing the class protest in unison.
>"Hey, um, can you not bother my class"
>Glory Sunbeam clears her throat.
>"I have direct orders from Princess Celestia to escort them for their tour."
>P.E. teacher rolls his eyes.
>"Fine. Just don't be disruptive."
>Sure.

>>43568353
>n-word mentioned
https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxVWz33A-Fn0juwKj8tT0zP6b2-00SZTV2

>>43568353
This is the problem when all the bullying is social and not physical. The notion if Twi being the nerdiest of the nerds makes perfect sense, though.

>>43568353
>Gingersnap has the right room
Couldn't Anon ask about seeing her? Since everyone in the group knows Moondancer, it wouldn't even be too far out of left field to request that.

>>43568824
then everyone will follow Anon into the room and see him opening the secret compartment with the things that are supposed to be a /secret/ that only Anon knows about.

>>43568828
That would be very bad.

>>43568824
>>43568828
>Anon turns up the nerdiness to eleven until Rainbow and the rest of the family leave in disgust

>>43569244
that's a good plan for repulsing the family away. now how should he ward off the nerds? bullying them would only draw more attention from the school staff, and certainly from Neighsay.

>>43568353
>"Hey, um, can you not bother my class"
Shut up nerd

>>43569244
>>43569303
Posey and Breeze are immune to nerds. Have you seen how weeby Fluttershy is?

Anon's best bet might be to try and start a musical number then slip away in the chaos.

>>43569580
nerd != weeb
also fluttershy doesn't have an inclination in favor of foreign cultures /that I noticed/.

>>43569587
bingo!

>>43569604
>nerd != weeb
I'm not sure if ponies actually have a concept for either of those.

>>43569792
well, there is "egg head" used in FIM at the very least. plus, all those nerds got offended at being called nerds in the dashmom green, which is kek.

>>43569303
>>43569580
You're right, and getting too nerdy might have unwanted side effects.
>Door slams open
>"It's Goofy time!"
"No Twilight, no!"

>>43569587
That's it, and clearly the most show accurate form of distraction too.

>>43569587
While that would have worked, I have a different idea.
The song number will happen with Zephyr.

>>43570038
>spoiler
I was about to ask how that's supposed to play out. But then I broke past my PTSD and remembered that his episode actually featured a song.

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Could somebody here help me find a green text? it was about how Anonstalion show up in Ponyville and Dashie was accusing him of being some kind of space alien or other mystical shape shiftier, story ends with Anon married to Dashie and they are having a kid and then Anon confesses to Twilight his isekai nature just because he wants to fuck with her for lulz.

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>>43570124
>https://desuarchive.org/mlp/thread/42190053/#q42226895
Can't be bother to look through my entire img folder, so here's a link to desu

>>43570124
bruh

>>43568353
>"Glooory! Guess what you missed out on yesterday?"
>Sunbeam groans as she allows the distraction.
>"Yes, Comet?"
>Tapping her hooves together and playfully looking up and away, she continues.
>"Wasn't going to be in your homework, but a special demonstration with a magical artifact."
>That gets Sunbeam's attention with perked ears.
>Yours as well.
>"Tell me."
>"So you know ancient earth ponies used songs in their magic to help make up for their lack of horns. This artifact was made to try to study those. It can duplicate their magic to a lesser extent. Just got to know how they work! Professor Inkwell is so cool to bring it out."
>Glory 'oohs' at that.
>"Darn, that does sound fun."
>A brilliant idea comes to you.
>A wonderful, maniacal, chaos creating idea.
>Smile broad like the Grinch.
>Immediately hide it when Dash feels something off and looks down at you.
>Comet nods gleefully before turning around to you, and the large pile of balls next to you.
>"Wow! Were all those aimed at me?"
"Yup."
>"That's so cool! You must be fast."
"Just a little."
>They were all just trying to nail her despite you catching them.
>See most of the classmates are annoyed that they've lost the majority of their balls trying to hit Comet.
>A large colt calls out.
>"Throw them back!"
"You sure?"
>"Yeah, why would you? Oh! No, no, no!"
>Rubber hitting foals rings out with barbaric violence that your pegasus ancestors would be proud of.
>One nerd, two nerd, three and four nerds with the same ball!
>At some point, Grandma Whistle, Grandpa Bow, and Comet cheer as you peg horn heads.
>Sprawled before the battlefield, your foes twitch on the ground.
>This would not go this easy if they were older with actual magical experience.
>The teacher gets up with an annoyed huff.
>"Enough now. Y'all need to check out the rest of the school."
>Dash pats you on the back.
>"Well done, Anon."
"Well that was nice to stretch my wings. Sunbeam, wanna see that magic artifact your friend was talking about? It sounds pretty cool."
>Her eyes widened in protest before Comet leans up next to her.
>"See, even he says we're friends!"
>"He doesn't know how annoying you can be. Yes! Let's go see Professor Inkwell. I'm sure she still has this magic artifact around for the other classes to see."
>Wave bye to her class, they still look scared.
>Wonder if Sunbeam Glory is the Diamond Tiara of the group.
>Or maybe the Sunset Shimmer of the group is more appropriate.
>"I would have created a wall to keep you from hitting me in case you were wondering."
"A little. They all seemed a little slow."
>"Well, I am the top of my class magically and physically. I wouldn't fall for your tricks."
"Oh that wasn't me being tricky. Just fast. If you put up a wall, I would put up clouds so you will never see the ball coming."
>Anyway, one trip back onto campus and you're all led to a classroom in session.
>This is more like a college setting, so you sit off to the side to not disrupt the presentation.

>>43570386
>>Smile broad like the Grinch.
>>Immediately hide it when Dash feels something off and looks down at you.
cute

>>43570386
Anon may not be the Lord of chaos, but something tells me he's about to become its Knight at least. (which is, AFAIK, the lowest aristocratic title)

>>43570386
>At some point, Grandma Whistle, Grandpa Bow, and Comet cheer as you peg horn heads.
gotta teach 'em 'bout the race war young

>>43570776
Commander Hurricane would be proud.

>>43570386
>Professor Inkwell.
As in Raven Inkwell?
Or are we talking about another pony?

>>43571136
>Professor Inkwell is a female unicorn pony who appears in IDW's My Little Pony Micro-Series Issue #8. She is a close friend of Princess Celestia and a senior teacher at the School for Gifted Unicorns.
https://mlp.fandom.com/wiki/Inkwell

>>43571489
Oh, comic stuff.
No wonder I didn't recognize the name.

>>43571567
I had to look it up in the fandom wiki as well.

>>43570386
any information relating to how non-unicorns can use magic would be pretty useful. and would also mean that our Anon would be OP as all hot loving fucks.

>>43575776
Kiss her and have sex with her.

>>43570386
>Professor Inkwell is an elderly teacher, but you can tell she knows how to keep her student's attention.
>"Now studying magic from other sources has proved to be difficult even when finding a pony's artifact. Earth ponies and pegasi-"
>She winks at your family as she speaks.
>"Create, express, and perform magic in unique ways. The older the language, the more you have to work to understand it. As for other beings, take a former student of mine for example, Twilight Sparkle. She has a young dragon companion named Spike. It was found that the Ashes to Message spell works with his fire."
>A bottle of green flames flickers on the table.
>Inkwell picks it up with her hoof and starts to flip it up and down.
>"Sometimes natural magic can substitute for spells, or rather spells imitate magic innate to a different source. There are studies dedicated to just finding those. Our world is overflowing with the magic that ties our lives together."
>Without warning, she tosses the bottle higher than usual and lets it shatter on the table.
>Students gasp as green flames consume the shards and rise into the air.
>Smaller licks of flames break off the main fireball and land in front of each student.
>A small letter appears in front of them.
>One floats right in front of you.
>Opening it up, you find it says 'Hello!'
>"Now for a special presentation. This artifact is called Earth's Gift."
>Inkwell takes out an orb to ponder upon.
>"This was made by a team of scholars to learn secrets of pre-unification earth pony tribes. Let me demonstrate."
>An apple tree is rolled into the room.
>"Just for today, everypony will be allowed to eat in class."
>With a grin, Inkwell starts skipping!
>All the while she sings in a song in a language you haven't heard before.
>Germane.
>Inkwell skips from one side of the room to the other, then flips around to buck the tree.
>The orb glows briefly.
>Tree doesn't budge, but apples fall from it like Applejack just bucked it.
>She grabs all the falling fruit with her magic and gives them out.
>"We don't know why they made a 'Fruit Falling' spell. Can anypony in class hazard a guess?"
>You raise your hoof.
>"Excellent! The new face. Come up front young colt and introduce yourself."
>Perfect.
>A short flutter brings you to the front of the class.
"Hi. I'm Anon. Visiting here from Ponyville."
>"Lovely to meet you Anon. I'm Professor Inkwell. What are your thoughts on the seemingly redundant spell?"
"While it is true that an adult would not need this spell. In a time when food needs to be gathered, and idled hooves are wasted hooves, everypony contributed. Elderly and children. I've watched an Apple filly try to buck a tree and she fails every time despite her efforts."
>"Well done, Anon. The spell becomes more effective when more ponies are present. Like a family unit."
"I know another earth pony spell if you want to see it."

>>43576336
>Inkwell's eyes flicker with excitement.
>"Oh really, young colt? Show us."
>You reach out for the orb and pause to get permission.
>She nods.
>Take the orb to ponder, and start to sing a familiar rhyme.
"Where the brambles are thickest, there you will find
A pond beyond the most twisted of vines.
And into his own reflection he stared,
Yearning for one whose reflection he shared,
And solemnly sweared not to be scared
At the prospect of being doubly colted."
>Orb starts to glow and now there are two of you and the orb.

>Be Anon, pone
>....well now what?

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>>43576339
oh, that devious genius. this is how he can escape containment and begin the shenanigans.
what rhyme is this? if this is a reference to a fanfic or other fanmade creation, I don't get it (i'm not big on fanfics). did you come up with this, writebro?

>>43577700
Seems like a reference to the mirror pool to me.

>>43577732
yes, but was there a poem associated with it? maybe I need to go back and rewatch that episode to jog my memory, but I don't remember any such poem.

>>43578121
It's the poem presumably required to make the pool work at all. Pinkie and her clones recite it every time they use it.

>>43576336
>Germane.
>Kraut song for a harvest spell
I see what you did there.

>>43578232
I guess I have to rewatch it now.

>>43578232
Yup, it sure is. Though I had to break the rhyme as it was Pinkie singing it and thus mare focused.

>>43576753
Well that was fast.

>>43578891
replace "doubly mared" with "doubly there"

>>43576339
So... so it's not a drum or totem which, when triggered, turns earth pony magic into harvested fruits, it's a device which reads any spell from a spoken chant and then casts it while mimicking the properties of other magical objects needed for the spell?

And that's considered redundant?

>>43579556
this. I think that's a good idea.

>>43576753
Cute!!! having foals with fluttershy :D

>>43579702
The spell helps the harvester get the apples out of the tree. Doesn't make more apples appear.
The magical artifact helps cast unicorn magic as earth pony magic. Very strong.

>>43576753
Best outcome.

>>43576528
Now you enjoy your jackpot.

>>43576339
"It even works when a copy says the rhyme!"
>"I can tell! Stop that, all of you. I don't know how much the artifact can handle."
>Professor Inkwell is trying to bring order to the madness you've inflicted.
>Anondashies have poured out of the classroom into the hallway.
"An interesting fact is that the copies degrade with each new one made. Until they become one note with their desires."
>There's an Anon in every seat right now.
>One is hugging Dash, the lucky bastard.
>Sunbeam is staring wide eyed at an Anon sitting close to her.
>Each family member gets their own Anon.
>Rainbow puts her hoof down.
>"Okay enough of this, where is Anon?"
"Right here, mom."
>"Right here, mom!"
>Many voices answer her at the same time.
>"The first one! Stop singing that song! I don't need more of you."
"Aw. Well I'm pretty sure he got pushed out with the wave of other Anons."
>Inkwell is a little more on the ball.
>"How do we fix this?"
"There is a spell, look up the subject Mirror Pool."
---
"Chancellor Neighsay, I just want you to know that you did nothing wrong."
>Several Anons are around him asking him random questions as he tries to understand the situation.
>"Why do you have that artifact? We got that on loan. Why are there several of them? Who are you!?"
"I'm Anon! We all are actually. We should do something about griffons."
>Anon on his back raises his hoof.
>"Kirin are honorable ponies."
"Agreed."
---
"I want that one, and that one, ooooh those brownies look tasty."
>Cafeteria lady raises an eyebrow as several dozen Anons stand in line for lunch.
>Her ladle is ready to lay down the law.
>"Which experiment did you all crawl from?"
"My own! Hey, hay!"
>"Get out of the hay bucket."
---
"I'm back nerds!"
>Many foals scream as an army of Yous leap back to the dodgeball field.
>Comet is the only one that seems happy to see you.
>P.E. teacher is already failing to chase down one of the Anons.
---
>Books!
"Just one chapter, please."
>Librarian is seething at you for no particular reason.
>"All of you, put back those books."
>Each Anon has a book.
>Which is almost all of them on the shelves.
>Books!
---
"So what happens when you touch the giant ball of plasma?"
>"I'd rather you didn't."
>A particular perturbed grad student looks at all the Anons dressed in PPE around him.
>Reach out with a fork in your mouth.
>An Anon turns to another Anon.
>"5 bits he turns to ash."
>"Spaghettification."
>"All right all of you out!"
>The student grabs all of you with magic and throws you out.
---
>You can hear the song echo down the halls as you safely tuck the original under your wing.
>Welp, this is going to be a future problem.
>In about 15 minutes.
>Stand in front of Anonymous Letter's old office.
>Slowly listen to make sure Gingersnap isn't in, and open the door.
>Don't have a lot of time.
>Look over every detail of the room.
>Remember where Star Swirl put his hidden compartments.
>If tradition is upheld, you know these guys would follow his example.

>>43582110
>"Chancellor Neighsay, I just want you to know that you did nothing wrong."
BASED

>>43582110
so good i need moar green!

>>43582110
Anon is such a motherfucker.
I love it.

>>43582110
such chaos.
such mayhem.
such confusion.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL!

>>43582151
It's the truth. He was right all along.

>>43578723
The mirror pool ep is playing on the Anni now.

>>43585961
That episode is messed up. Twilight blasted Pinkie away with no remorse.

>>43585961
I watched it on youtube.

>>43582110
so... what's in AnonLetter's secret box? is there a fingerbox in there labeled "snowpity"?

>>43586133
>That episode is messed up.
It is. The concept is kind of interesting, but the way how it was implemented borders on abject horror.

>>43582110
>Just like Star Swirl, the hidden compartment is on the wall after you push the hidden button under the desk.
>However, all that reveals is a blank wall.
>Moondancer told you that a spell code is needed to open the alcohol stash.
>Which means if you input a different code there should be a different result.
>Anonymous Letter put 'loss' in his abstracts in human letters.
>So you draw the symbol of loss on the wall.
>Just to cover your bases you make it a four panel comic as well.
> I Ii
> II I_
>Wall glows as you draw the lines like some kind of rune of power.
>A black void appears before you.
>Dark hallway stretches for what seems like to the horizon.
>Don't have time to play, just have to trust this is legit.
>As soon as you step through, you get warped all the way to the end.
>Wall reforms behind you instantly.
>Guts lurch as the sudden momentum changes, but thanks to your pegasus lifestyle you can handle it.
>Candles light up around you, illuminating a semicircle room.
>At the center is a round table with an orb.
>Crawl your way up the table to find a note in English.
>'The Game.'
"Fuck you asshole."
>Orb lights up.
>"Correct response. Booting up."
>Wizards orb glows blue with chirping start up sounds.
>A pony's mug appears on the crystal ball.
>"Hello. I am a limited arcane copy of Anonymous Letter. Who are you?"
"I'm Anondash."
>There's a pause as it processes.
>It's kind of strange to be speaking in human tongue again.
>"Pegasus I see. Going by my internal calendar, you are the one we've all been waiting for."
"Living through the events of the show, yeah. Rainbow Dash is my mom."
>Another pause.
>"Did not see that coming. Most unusual. That is a major deviation."
"I'll give you a quick speedrun. Pony of Shadows claimed he brought me here, but never mentioned any of you. He was riding host inside me until Nightmare Moon."
>"That does not make sense. Stygian does not have any fingerprints on any of this based on my research."
"Who did you narrow down?"
>"Despite my best efforts, I could not figure it out. Someone from the future is throwing humans into the past."
"So someone we don't know. Well that's just great."
>"Whoever it is, they know a great deal of magic. Dark magic if you are dealing with PoS is any indication. Hold on."
>Orb pauses as it turns green.
>'Soft reboot. Memory saved.'
>"Sorry, this thing is limited. Whoever it was, you were the final product to their plan."
"I've been trying to figure it out, but I fear I've only made it worse. Celestia and Luna love me, I'm about to be famous countrywide, and worse I'm the Element of Loyalty."
>Letter pauses at that.
>"You really did fuck up."
"I’m aware. Despite my efforts to keep things under the down-low."
>"Any other information?"
"My cutie mark was stolen. I can't get it."

>>43588635
>"Starlight? No, that doesn't line up. Maybe we are a divergent timeline created by her. Doesn't line up, no way that she could get Dash pregnant."
>The orb pauses for a moment.
>A long moment, you hit it over the top like a slow computer.
>"Sorry. Memory shortage."
"Starlight couldn't have done it. She tried to change the timeline during the first Sonic Rainboom. I was born way after that.”
>Anonymous Letter flickers a bit as it thinks.
>”Whatever the plan is, you are their final piece. Have you been preparing?”
“Gathering what I can. Can you help?”
>A secret compartment opens up with a scroll.
>Take it and open it up.
>Wait, this is a magic language codex.
“Hold on! These are different! You translated the unicorn spell language into human spell language!”
>”My life’s greatest secret work. Something I had to keep hidden. I must stress. Do not cast magic like a human unless you absolutely have to. Any pony who sees it will know that it ain’t normal. You will get discovered so quickly. The ability to cast magic like an unicorn. Did you go to the old castle?”
“Yeah, I got your scrolls you hide there. Since I am the one, I want to try to figure out the truth. Please show me the clairvoyance spell.”
>”I never got that to work for me, and it is not very reliable.”
>Orb changes to script for you to reach.
>Grab a wand hanging up in the room and hold it like a human would.
“Future past, hidden truths, tell me what I need to know.”
>So much easier when you have a cheat sheet.
>Wand glows as a white light outlines you briefly.
>Wait a moment.
>Nothing happens.
>”Seems whoever sent us might have foreseen you trying that. Never was a helpful spell.”
“So much for an easy solution. I worry I’m stumbling right into his trap.”
>”Maybe so, but such villains eventually reveal themselves in time. Trust in friendship and all that other stuff we love about ponies.”

>>43588635
>>43588642
>turns out all the isekai'd humans were prepping for the m6 story and catastrophe
Well fug. Gotta be a shitton of pressure on the anon who's to be the chosen one to see things through.

>>43588642
It's kind of funny that there's a generations spanning secret society of Anons and Celestia apparently has no idea about it

>>43588635
>>43588642
I love this story, well done kind writefag.
This might be a good place to reread it from the beginning now that things really seem to be coming together.

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>>43588642
I know the orb is probably just like a magic ai, but the thought of Anondash coming back with Anonymous Letter's orb to his family and saying something like "found great grandpa thrice removed" and just having him around like Navi.


"Hey listen!"
"Hey listen!"
"HEY listen!"
"Listen here you little shit, I graduated top of my class in Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, and I've been involved in secret raids to the Castle of the Two Sisters, and I have over 300 confirmed frendship reports. I can..."

*pic* Dash hearing her son's orb from across the house start ranting


If Celestia remembers him it would be funny to see their reaction to him returning considering they try to not interfer with the timeline. I wonder if they meet only for like graduation or something and she suddenly sees what looks exactly like anon's dad if she didnt know Zephyer existed. Thus the unravelling as Celestia remembers more anons popping up throughout history. She has a sudden flashback to the first anon who she meet on the road during her and Luna's adventure to claim the throne/gain their celestia powers. Was there a note on the earliest Anon in the old castle?

I am so starved for preunifcation anons that I'm making my own headcannons of another green, I'm too far gone.

>>43590721
more like Alexa
>"Turn right now"
>look to the right, it's a cliff
>if you turn right you will fall into the abyss
"NO, ALEXA!"

>Celestia seeing the AnonLetter orb
that'll be a huge risk of blowing their cover.

>I am so starved for preunifcation anons that I'm making my own headcannons of another green
new green incoming? the Anonstallions are spreading... maybe some day I'll catch that disease as well and start writing my own green... [shudder] I dread the thought of that...

>>43588642
Ooh, the tension is rising again.

>>43576753
we need one of this but Rainbow Dash and their kid

>>43588642
good shit as ever, I've been caught up in the anni stream, but I wanted to pop back in and catch up on any updates
Chancellor Neighsay briefly meeting two dozen colts who share his mindset is truly kek worthy and the previous Anon setting up failsafes and passwords that only someone of human culture would know is great

I wonder if AnonDash will ever get to talk to AnonLetter again... being able to maintain a link to your fellow anons could be a big help, if it can be done without breaking cover. (which is a big if, I admit)

>>43588635
>>43588642
who else can it be, if not PoS?

>>43592966
Maybe a certain fan of puppeteers?

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>>43593370
sadly, I can't say that rings any bells...

>>43593511
Howling at the moon?

>>43593370
>>43593833
He can plan, but he is shit at the execution.

>>43592966
It would be kino if it's Grogar.
The actual one, not Discord disguised as Grogar.

>>43594481
How about those three witches? G1 is full of villains to pick from.

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>>43592966
>>43593370
>>43594481
Guys. It's obvious.
>someone from the future
>uses minions to do the dirty work
>steals cutiemarks

>>43588642
"Well okay, we're working with someone who is using time travel to a greater degree than the time travel scroll is capable of, so he must have an artifact to power it. Was able to get into contact, or make the same magic that powers the Pony of Shadows. Which was compatible with Nightmare Moon. Steals cutie marks. Anything else?"
>Orb screen freezes a bit before Anonymous Letter answers.
>"Quite the selection."
"How about Grogar? We never knew what happened to him."
>"He was defeated by Gusty. No one knows any more than that. I know an Anon tried to get to the bell, but failed."
"Well Celestia is going to know it's going to be a problem after she rooted around my head. She might decide to do something about it."
>Opaline?
>Ha, no.
>She's had a safe for your kids death.
>Unlike Sombra who got vaporized.
>"Does Celestia know about us?"
>Wave your hoof to dismiss the idea.
"Naw, just my memories of the show. She thinks I have clairvoyance."
>Feels like you barely progressed in figuring this all out.
>"I'm almost out of power. This orb will self-destruct when it does."
>Oh, okay.
>Was kind of hoping to keep talking with this guy in the future.
>However, safety is the better policy.
"I need the spell to dismiss the mirror pool clones."
>"Here."
>Read it off the orb and quickly cast the spell on the orb you have.
>"I need to warn you."
>?
>"A human is a being made up of a body and soul. Cognition and conscience in communion. We got split up to be made into a pony. Somewhere out there is your body."
>Your what?
"My body? As in my human body!?"
>"Another Anon, who was a mighty wizard in his own right, figured out how we were brought back. Our perpetrator did a lot of work to get this all right. A lot of bodies."
>Bodies.
>Oh.
>Oh no.
>"Is it dawning on you? We might be victims of a mass human traffic to human experimentation scheme. We got lucky. I can only imagine what happened to the first test subjects."
>There is a chill crawling up your spine.
"Where's our human bodies?"
>"None of them have ever been found. Maybe they get disposed of like trash after we get sent back."
>Some serious dark magic going on.
>To what goal!?
"Nothing good. It has to be a villain. Who could stomach doing all this unless they got black hearts. Even Discord had his limits."
>Need to leave.
"Thanks for everything."
>Orb Anon salutes you.
>"Stop fucking up. Good luck."
>Salute back as a time counter starts ticking down.
>'10'
>Don't even see 9 with how fast you are.
>Bowl into the hallway.
>Time to face the music.
>You were a bad colt.
>Fly down the fall towards the class.
>Only to get stopped in the main lobby by many confused ponies.
>"There he is? What was that? Who are you?"
>"They were called Anon. He must be Anon. Can you tell us what happened?"
>"You ate my donut! Well, a copy of you did."
>Dude needs to stop eating donuts, your copy did him a favor.
>"ANON!"
>A voice that demands attention and respect makes the entire room shudder.
>Mom.