It Is Recommendsday, My Dudes #11 · 5:35pm Jun 2nd, 2021
I'm going to lead off today by pointing out that Pride And Positivity is back for 2021! Expect to see my contribution once Calliope decides to behave a little and let me write instead of obsessing about frankensteining up the perfect cover art.
And in the spirit of the month, let's get out a pair of thematic choices this week!
Our first is Daddy Saw Me Smooching Apple Bloom by Professor Donger.
One of my low-level ships of choice is DiamondBloom - the whole 'bully actually likes the bullied' is a lousy trope but for some reason it just seems to work with those two. It feels right. Also they're hella cute so nyah. This one is an adorable piece as the Apple and Rich families get together for Hearth's Warming. And Diamond Tiara loses her goddamn mind trying to plan out the perfect foolproof way to let their families know that they're dating. Apple Bloom is hilarious as the straight pony to Diamond's lunatic, and it all ties up nicely, sitcom-style.
It's light. It's fluffy. It's cute as hell and Diamond is a wonderful disaster.
Our second today is Braeburn... You Can Come Out Now by CrackedInkWell.
The story is, in essence, simple. Braeburn is gay. He knows it. His parents know it. He does not know his parents know it, and they're getting kind of frustrated.
Similarly in a sitcom-style, Braeburn's father Johnnieseed Apple attempts to signal to his son that he knows and he's fine with it to get Braeburn out of the closet. The attempts are... well, quite honestly he's an idiot. Each attempt is more stupidly contrived, but that's the comedy of it. It's a farce as Johnnieseed tries desperately to say everything's fine without actually saying things. But it's damned funny to watch him haplessly flail in an attempt to be good by his family, and to watch Braeburn totally miss it all.
Good laughs all around and it warms the heart.
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Who's Calliope?
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Greek muse of epic poetry - in modern parlance, of writing.
Gotta blame somebody for waking up at 3am going "I should write a story about Trixie and Yona going to speech therapy together."