Brotherhooves Social spoilers · 3:43am Oct 4th, 2015

Wow, Big Mac made me cry. First, of course, from laughter. I cringed at their song almost as hard as I cringed when Spike was fumbling his way through the anthem---Christ, that falsetto was like nails down a chalkboard. I really hope they filmed Peter New while he was doing Orchard Blossom's lines, because I'd like to believe that, even though he's a voice actor, he hammed it up with dainty little finger movements. (I can't put on a girl voice without doing that!) And Rainbow Dash's line was a nice subversion of the "Go easy on girls" trope. Now, they did use a lot of man-in-a-dress shticks, but I liked how Mac could be feminine and masculine at the same time. He had a few hours between getting the idea and performing it, so I'd like to think he went up to his room and wrote out Orchard Blossom's backstory to get a better feel for her character---though I have no idea where he got a dress with those proportions at the last minute, especially since Rarity is out of town.

And, the ending. I can't write too much about it now, since I'm still kind of choked up, but that hit hard. Some of you know that I'm disabled, but what I don't think I've talked about much (save for in a story) is how much that derailed my life. On my palm, my head line is broken cleanly, which is rare, or so a palm reader told me---I don't normally put much stock in those things, but she said, before I became disabled, that something huge would happen to me soon that would change my life completely. And it did. I went from being an A-type overachieving biochemist to a moody, eccentric artist, with some broken, horrible years in between. I've had so many "never"s in my life, including the fact that I may never be able to bear children (that's still uncertain, but it's upsetting). And now my brother is getting a lot of acclaim for an achievement he's done---and while I'm happy for him, he just did something I'm physically not capable of doing anymore, and I feel useless because of it. So Mac's startling confession at the end was really amazing to hear.

Now. The old dude. "Guy falls for a guy in a dress" is pretty old, but I like the subtle implication---the other judge said that they all knew all along, so is there a chance that was an old queen who realized he had a shot with Big Mac? Yeah, yeah, I know, he looked confused when he saw the ripped clothes, but maybe he was thinking "How did s/he wreck her wig?"

I really wanted this to happen. I actually had a sequel planned (possibly about a wedding) where Big Mac meets someone who has been obliquely mentioned in a long-ish story of mine and finds out she's not what she seems, based on this movie. Enjoy the clip, but be warned! Spoiler for "Some Like It Hot"!