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May
23rd
2021

Let the Children Play · 9:32pm May 23rd, 2021

Comments ( 51 )

Every time Sunset talks about the Cake Twins, I'm self-inserting.


Oh yeah, also, Discord server to discuss the comics.

Sunset and SciTwi are the perfect couple and I will die, be buried, get dug up, undergo sacrilegious resurrection by a mad scientist in full defiance of God’s law and man’s, go through a full character arc about what it truly means to be human, and finally die again on that hill.

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It's good to admit your strengths.

Hilarious as usual, love it!

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This is true art. Your entire comic history/practice/talent was leading to this shot.

I love the Pinkies here so very much.

As someone who proudly proclaims Luna as Best Pony, she is utterly, absolutely flawless here and I love her.

also how did you know about the Hell thing that's supposed to be classified

Rarity has a gun. She is in no way ever gonna be a nun.

The world is perfect. Rarity has a gun.

As of the point that time travel happened, the only villain and timeline unaccounted for are Sunset Shimmer and a barren wasteland. Just saying, Sunset Satan might be more dangerous than you're giving her credit for.

Nightmare Mom is possibly the greatest concept I have heard of in at least the past 365 days, if not longer. Well done.

These are all so wonderful.

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Author Interviewer

I hate when something has so many best things, I can't even begin to point them out because I've already forgotten the early ones by commenting time! >:B

What was Twilight drinking?

I pretty much consider this series to be a spiritual season ten.

I friggin' love this one so much. "I don't care if the world burns— we let the children play." Nightmare Mom indeed. [still need Luna emoji]

NAH-MAH-MAM! :pinkiehappy:

Too many "best panels" this time to call out just one, but 52, 58, 77, 85, 87, 88, 91, & 108 are right up there! I also like how you represent the differences between the ponies' physiques with just a bit of variation in the outlines.

Absolutely a joy to read!

Sunset and Sci Twi are always fun to watch.

reading these is a constant exercise in expecting the punchline only to find out that there’s still an entire half of the comic left (this is a good thing)

Ok, now I've finished it, and this was such a blessed comic, kudos for that

this is absolutely amazing and might be my favorite thing out of anything i've ever read on this site. all of these hilarious character recontextualizations put together in a way that just work with each other and the canon depictions, as well as knitting the events of the canon into a coherent whole. i am in awe.

Such wonderful chaos. Has Discord ever featured in one of these? I honestly forget.

Things I love, here:

-Luna being protective of her older sister.
-Applejack being perfectly wholesome (I do hope you do more with her. :3)
-Rarijack :heart:

And as always, a delightfully funny and insightful story about humans and ponies barely keeping it together. Well done!:ajsmug:

Perfection

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In the previous comic, Cosmic Outlaws Part 2

Excellent as always.

I feel like these comics of yours, which started out good, are only getting better. They always brighten my day.

Gotta love when your release these, they're perfection. Just like Rarity :raritystarry:

Your Luna is delightful, and I speak as someone with Opinions on Luna's character.

aaah man I wish this was animated with voices, it's so good!

Yeah, I get them. Someone hurts those babies, then someone is going to Hell.

Also, good on Twilight (princess) for preemptively fighting dirty by bringing Pinkie Pie as a deterrent.

Incredible as always, thank you ever so much.

Alright I always love your writing immensely, but the cut from looking at the twins to "we gave Pinkie a sword!" for real made me snort out the water I was drinking

Reading every single one of these comics is always an enlightening, frightening, stupefying, and electrifying experience. Somehow I feel as though I perfectly understand each panel and yet come away not truly grasping what I just witnessed. Perhaps it is madness in an as yet undiagnosed form, or a glimpse into a high tier of sanity that comes with full realization of the self and the universe.

Basically I love these very much. Thank you for making them.

Honestly, my favorite bit was Luna defending her sister. Whatever her faults, she loves Celestia dearly.

Twilight holding onto Pumpkin's sword is the greatest thing. Followed closely by the demon girlfriends of Canterlot High being demon girlfriends... and learning that they just aren't cut out for evil.

I didn't understand a portion of this.

Didn't need to to love it.

I love just how deeply offended Sunset looks at the idea that she sucks at being evil.

Your writing style is so good. Gold, as ever.

10/10 loved this comic

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Demon girlfriends are indeed wonderful. Demon or magical human, I still ship them. And I still hold you entirely responsible for that.

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Pinkie Pie is a cuddly weapon of mass destruction, it is known.

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The offhanded note that Applejack is just utterly incapable of being evil is too perfect.

I love your comics! Honestly, they're just so dry and funny, I can't get enough! Definitely joining that there Discord to keep updated :twilightsheepish:

Oh this. This is beautiful.

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Oh, I never replied to this, sorry.

One of the many, many jokes I had to cut out of the script while making this comic for pacing and length purposes explained it, actually. Idea was that Sci-Twi had asked for "the Twilight Sparkle Special" because she'd seen it on the menu and was curious about it, and the Cakes, not knowing she was a teenager (since she just basically looks like the princess with a ponytail) had given it to her. Princess Twilight was supposed to point it out, and explain that minors really shouldn't be drinking that.

"You know all those nutrients coffee has? Manganese, potassium, magnessium...?"
"Yeah?"
"Swap them ALL with more caffeine".

Joke got cut cause honestly, the original was "swap them with methamphetamines", but that felt too mean and just, not jiving with the comic at all (and it kinda felt like I was suggesting doing drugs like that is Super Cool, which I disliked; one's gotta be careful what message the jokes portray) -- and 'caffeine' is just not as funny. So, out it went. I felt not explaining it, and having Sci-Twi go "whatever's in there, it's not legal" was a way better way to finish that bit.

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Ah, yeah, while that's certainly amusing, I agree leaving it vague and focusing on the other comedic throughlines was the right call. You did give Rarity a gun, though, so in the grand scheme having Twilight get high wouldn't have been the most objectionable thing by that much.

I actually feel disgusted by how good these Comics are. Though you did dodge, as many have before you, answering exactly how old Sunset Shimmer is.

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I mean, drugs are super cool.

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I mean, drugs are super cool.

I'm all for decriminalization, but also, implication would've been that Human Twilight didn't want the drugs on the coffee, it was just a fun surprise, and "hey kids, it's good to throw stuff into people's drinks without their consent" is not a reading I think many people would've gotten out of the comic? But it's one I myself couldn't stop seeing in the original draft. So. Better safe than sorry.

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valid. thanks again for making these awesome comics. By the way, I mentioned you in my latest story and how one day I want to commission you when I have a bunch of money floating around

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