D'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaww!!! I love your Lunaverse Six as you call them...well, I'm still warming up to Trixie but Cheerilee and Ditzy are so eeeeeeeeee! I just want to hug Ditzy SO hard...she deserves it.

Nice writeups! I didn't think Cheerilie would be so tough, but reading through your synopsis tells me you put a lot of thought into her character. She's got some complexity for being rather straight forward in the show.

And Ditzy. What's to say about Ditzy? She's got the weight of the world on her wings but still manages to pull through. I'm hoping exposure to her new friends will lighten the load. From what we've seen so far, Trixie seems to have taken Dinky under her horn, becoming something of a godparent. So cute!

Peace!

Ah, I've been waiting for those. Now the set's complete :)

So, what's your take on Dinky's father? Run off or dead? A comment by Ditzy in the last chapter makes me think he ran off, but I'm not 100% sure.

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Ran off. My line of thinking is that Dinky's father is noteably older than Ditzy and had a family of his own, including Amythyst Star ("Sparkler"), Dinky's older half-sister. He had an affair with Ditzy, and Dinky was the result, but didn't want to take responsibility for Dinky and so broke off the affair.

What this has done to his marriage, I don't know (it's possible his family doesn't know about it). Also how Ditzy and he met, I don't know. I do know it was entirely consensual and a protracted affair (not a one-night stand), but I don't think Ditzy was aware of his already being married with a kid nearly as old as Ditzy already.

Who broke up with who is also up the air, but either way Ditzy was probably torn apart before forcing herself to get over it for Dinky.

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I want to read this!

D'Awwwwww

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She has, however, learned to put a brave face on things, I've noticed. That being said, it seems to me that there just might be some ponies out there who look askance at her for that. Ponies that think that if they don't have a stranglehold on the local economy, they'll be destitute, sugarcube.

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Nah, if anything, I think Luna!Applejack (and main Applejack, for that matter) would respect Ditzy for that. She might not approve of the whole "yearling mother" thing that Ditzy Doo had going for awhile (I'm not even going to begin to guess at age equivalencies between humans and ponies, but suffice to say that Ditzy would not *quite* have been entirely legal when the affair started, though it's possible she lied about her age to Dinky's dad so he didn't know, or was close enough to legal to not care), but Ditzy's ability to soldier on would rub Applejack the right way.

Hmm, interesting. You did rather well with Cheerliee. I would've switched them, but I think it works better this way, now that I ponder it.

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I like that background for Ditzy. Don't really know why, I just never cared much for the "Dinky's father died a tragic death"-version some authors use.

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Oh, I wish I hadn't read that. Now I'll have to change something I was working on. You fiend, you.

I'm with Paleo Prints, though. I totally want to read this.

I've loved these profiles. It's great to get a little insight and background on the Lunaverse heroes without having it be an info dump in the middle of a story. (And I have to admit I prefer the clumsy but not stupid Ditzy compared to other versions.)

Any plans to continue these Bios with other major characters (Luna, Corona, for example)? Or even with Lunaverse versions of the main six to see how they have (Or haven't) changed?

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I don't mind it, as long as it's written well (I don't mind anything, really, as long as it's written well. The only thing I hold sacred is characterization). The problem is that I think a lot of authors use it as an easy solution to explain why Dinky's dad is absent, while simultaneously adding instant drama and angst to the story. Not every author, mind - but a lot.

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You are right, of course. If it's written well, anything can work. I just haven't come across a story yet where it wasn't a cheap chop out.

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I thought it was okay in "Shipping & Handling."

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I've also read a story ("Shimmer") wherein Dinky and Sparkler were both adopted by Ditzy after their own parents died. It can work reasonably well.

I really love your depictions of both Cheerilee and Ditzy here! They both have to work pretty hard, which makes sense - Ditzy has a lot on her shoulders, and being a teacher is an exhausting and often thankless job.