With horror, Trixie realized she’d forgotten to cloak her face in disinterest after the shock of Fluttershy’s unwitting betrayal. She quickly tried to twist into a bemused grin, but it was already too late. Twilight just exchanged a knowing look with Trixie for a moment before she turned her attention back to Fluttershy and motioned to the closet.
"The closet, eh?" Twilight repeated, and shot Trixie a brief glance, then smirked.
“Over there?”
"W-well, yes. B-but you shouldn't go through it without Trixie's p-p—"
“Thank you, Fluttershy.”
Twilight’s voice shook Trixie from her daze, and she found herself giving a sideways glance at the closet. What? No! She quickly returned her gaze back to Twilight, but the damage had been done. To her horror, Twilight was staring right at her hiding place. “T-there’s nothing in there. Hey! Get back here!”
Ignoring her, Twilight made her way toward the closet.
Meanwhile Trixie could hardly breath as her mind raced. It was as though she’d suddenly been dunked in freezing water, her body felt numb and sluggish. It was difficult to think straight in between nearly every part of herself screaming at her own idiocy. She had to do something, anything! “W-wait!” she yelled, and stumbled after Twilight as fast as she could. She managed to catch up and put herself in between Twilight and her destination. “Hey! Don’t you walk away from Trixie! Just who do you think you are, violating Trixie’s privacy without a shred of evidence?!”
Twilight paused as Trixie blocked her way. She looked remarkably more collected than she had a moment ago. “Obviously I am about to find some. Step aside, Trixie. I’m sure you’ve got nothing to hide, right? I’m sure there’s a perfectly good reason why the book is gone that has nothing to do with you.” She sidestepped in an attempt to get around Trixie.
“Trixie has no idea what you are talking about. Uhm. Wait, wait! What about the pony that Trixie got the book from in the first place? He knew about it. W-what if he followed Trixie to see where it went?” She said, while consistently mirroring Twilight’s every attempt to walk around her.
Looking frustrated, Twilight stopped moving and glared at Trixie. Still, she did appear to consider the option for a time, then nodded. “That is possible. I’ll be sure to test out that hypothesis.” With a flash of her horn, Twilight’s aura wrapped around Trixie. “In a moment.” keeping Trixie locked in place, Twilight stepped around her.
“No! Let Trixie go!” She pulled against the magical hold, but no matter how much she struggled, she couldn’t get Twilight’s magic to budge in the slightest. Not without a high level counter spell that would most likely make her pass out just from trying it in her current state. Very briefly, Trixie considered doing exactly that, and hope it would force Twilight to abort her search in favor of a trip to the hospital. No, that’s stupid! It will only delay her.
Behind her, Trixie heard the distinct sound of the closet door creaking open. She bit her lip till it stung painfully. What was she going to say? Perhaps she could try to spin a story that she was being set up? Or even pretend that the book just magically appeared there? These were all terrible ideas. The only thing she could do now was fight Twilight, if only she could see her.
Meanwhile, the sounds of books, boxes, brooms and whatever else was being moved around continued on unabated. Panicking, Trixie fought against the magical bonds with all her might, straining her every muscle as she shook and thrashed as violently as the omnipresent glow around her would allow. All she had to do was turn around. How hard could it be?
Rock hard did not begin to describe it.
A faint glimmer of magic made the fur on Trixie's neck stand on edge. But, she couldn't tell what spells Twilight was casting if she wasn't allowed to turn her head to observe the actual spell. Trixie redoubled desperate, hopeless struggle against the holding magic to stop Twilight, but all she managed to do was cause her joints and muscles to ache.
By the sound of books opening and closing, Trixie could only guess that Twilight had already found the spellbook, and was now in the process of magically checking the rest of the books she had hidden away for more illusion enchantments.
She had to stop her! She didn’t know how, but she had to. It didn’t matter how much it hurt, she had to break free right now! Trixie clenched her teeth so hard she could have crushed coal into diamond while she fought. Despite the pain, Trixie's horn began sputtering uselessly, emitting little sparks as she tried finding some kind of crack in Twilight's magical hold. Even if it sent her back to the hospital, she had to break free!
“T-Trixie?” Fluttershy trotted down the rest of the stairs in a hurry. “Twilight! S-something’s wrong with Tri-Uwah!” In her haste, she tripped on her way down and crashed, sprawling out at the bottom of the stairs. Fortunately she only had two steps left to go.
“Ah! Fluttershy, are you okay?” The sound of several books dropping unceremoniously to the ground was followed by an audible cringe, coming from the librarian mare. Still, she quickly abandoned the books in favor of speeding past Trixie, and helping Fluttershy off the ground.
“Look!” Fluttershy pointed at Trixie.
As soon as Twilight turned around, she gasped and the glow around her horn vanished. “Trixie! What are you doing!?”
As the magic around Twilight dissipated, so did Trixie’s restraints. The moment she lost the spells support, her legs buckled and she crashed to the floor. Trying to right herself just sent another aching wave through her body, so she stayed slumped to the ground. Dazed with her sudden success, Trixie stared at Twilight and Fluttershy for just a moment. Trixie’s free! Quick! In an instant, Trixie recalibrated her options. Twilight was on the other side of the room. Twilight was a hard target. The book was right behind Trixie. The book was flammable. This was her last resort.
Her neck felt stiff as a board, and even creaked, as she turned towards the books behind her. Her eyes darted along the ground and scattered books in search of the black cloth and the spellbook while she readied a fire spell. Twilight might catch on the moment she saw the flames, but Trixie would only need to hold out a couple of seconds.
It wasn’t there.
Trixie blinked, then quickly looked back at Twilight. Twilight didn’t have it either. Her brain felt like it was exploding. This didn’t make sense. “What?”
The next second, Fluttershy was beside to her, and wrapped her in a hug. Then immediately retreated at Trixie's gasp of pain, “Sorry! Sorry!” she whimpered. “A-are you okay? Where does it hurt? I-it looked painful. What ha-happened?”
Twilight rolled her eyes. “It’s okay, Fluttershy. It was only a simple holding spell. It can’t hurt a pony unless they do something monumentally stupid. Like say: keep fighting it instead of holding still, but even then it essentially only bruises.”
“S-she’s right. Trixie is fine,” Trixie said, shooting Twilight a brief glare. Trixie turned her attention to Fluttershy, and pulled her back into the hug. A dull ache through her protesting limbs told her that was a bad idea, but what did they know? The soft, warm feeling of Fluttershy against her fur was much better medicine than taking it easy. And, far more importantly, she felt like it was the only thing that currently kept her from breaking down into blind hysterics. Where is the book!?
“Okay, Trixie. Where is the book?”
Trixie gave Twilight a look that could have petrified a gorgon. “Excuse Trixie?” At least this confirmed that Twilight did not have it, which was good. But then, who did? The only thing Trixie could imagine was that she misremembered where she’d hidden it. Perhaps she had a sudden stroke of genius and moved the book before going to bed.
“You had to be really insistent on escaping if you hurt yourself on a basic holding spell. I am pretty sure you know perfectly well the odds of breaking free are slim to none unless you exceed the force originally put into the spell. What else could possibly be so important as to drive you to try that?” She explained it with an infuriatingly lecturing tone.
“U-uhm, girls? C-could you maybe… n-not…” Fluttershy sputtered miserably to no avail.
Trixie’s blood ran cold. Even now, Twilight was still on this? That she was technically right had nothing to do with this. Now she was just being unreasonable! “Let it go already!” She yelled while she forced herself to her feet, leaving Fluttershy on the floor as she took a few unsteady steps towards the unicorn-pitbull hybrid. “Why would Trixie resist? Gee Trixie isn’t sure! Maybe it was because you were holding Trixie against her will while you rifled through her personal things? You megalomaniacal sociopath! Why do you keep hounding Trixie? You’ve found nothing!”
“I know it has to be you! You were in my house. I show you, and only you, the book, and suddenly it goes missing. There isn’t any other explanation that makes sense!” Twilight glared at her with steely determination, but she couldn’t hide the shimmer of hurt in her voice. “I thought of you as a friend.”
Trixie just shook her head, making her face look hurt, and a touch perplexed. "Do you do this to everypony you meet? Nothing in your story of working to stop Nightmare Moon mentioned you accusing your new 'friends' for being spies with her, or working with her in anyway. But, they were all there when she woke up, weren't they?"
“If any of them had been named ‘stars’ then maybe I would have considered they were responsible for what happened. Of course I didn’t accuse my friends! What does that have to do with anything?”
Trixie pointed a hoof at Twilight in an accusatory manner "Trixie just wanted to try to be your friend! What did she do to get on your bad side like this!? Is this really all about you 'thinking' Trixie stole a book?"
Literal steam was coming out of Twilight's nose at this point, making Trixie a touch concerned about being immolated in fire. Ironic for that dream to come true through her student. she thought wryly.
Much like Trixie's had a moment before, Twilight’s hoof shot out. But, unlike Trixie's, Twilight's actually made contact, pushing the unicorn a little. Twilight pushed with every word she screamed out.
"ONCE A BOOK THIEF, ALWAYS A BOOK THIEF!"
Growling, and feeling a bit sore from the constant pushes, Trixie rammed her head against Twilight's hard. Twilight fell back, actually falling over with a pained yelp from the sudden headbutt.
Ignoring the pain, Trixie glowered down at the lavender mare. "How dare you! Trixie stole a book, and now you brand her a monster for it! Are you going to blame her every time something goes missing for now on!? You paranoid fr—"
PPPSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH!
Trixie and Twilight both screamed out in shock as a line of water came between them. It was icy cold! They both leapt away from one another to escape the stream. Trixie glanced over to where the water was shooting from, only to receive a nasty shock. Fluttershy was there with a hose, giving her and Twilight the closest thing to a glare that Trixie had ever seen on her face.
"S-so, c-can we please stop this now?"
"Fluttershy! You don't understand! She—" Whatever Twilight was trying to say was cut off as a blast of water shot into her face.
"Hah! Serves you right! You... umm...?" Trixie trailed off in confusion as she was introduced to the torrent of water as well, but it wasn’t quite the same. Glancing down at the stream, Trixie saw Fluttershy was indeed hitting her with water again, but was only shooting at her chest, soaking her fur and forelegs as it dripped down. No matter how she looked at it though, it was all together incredibly ineffective at actually forcing her to be quiet. She gave Fluttershy a questioning look.
"W-well," Fluttershy started, continuing to hold the gushing hose pointed at Trixie, splattering the cold water against her chest the entire time. "I can't hit you in the face, Trixie. I-I don''t want you to get hurt again. S-so could you, maybe, please, stop talking for a little bit?"
Twilight finally stopped coughing up water. "Gah… Okay, okay, I'm willing to talk, just stop-ARGH!"
Twilight was cut off again by the hose.
"O-oh... S-sorry Twilight." Fluttershy mumbled with a blush. She stepped on a bend in the hose to stop the water. Her blush only deepened when she found both unicorns were now silently staring at her. Neither of them was willing to risk another shot of water, and that meant waiting to see what Fluttershy had to say.
After a few false starts, Fluttershy finally summoned up enough courage to talk to the pair of drenched and shivering mares. “T-Twilight, you hurt Trixie, a-and I know you're scared. I can't even imagine how bad it was to wake up and find out somepony went into your home. But, that's no excuse for how you're acting.”
Fluttershy swallowed nervously as she briefly looked at Trixie. “T-Trixie. It wasn’t r-right of you to t-talk about Spike like that…” She looked as though she had more to say, but held her tongue while Trixie merely nodded.
Trixie and Twilight exchanged nervous glances with each other. It was amazing how much could be conveyed with a single look between ponies in the same bind. Cease Fire. No sudden moves.
“I-I’m really sorry about this,” Fluttershy motioned at the hose and the pool of water the three of them were standing in, her eyes remained aimed at the puddle, avoiding both of them. “B-but… Rainbow and I t-tried really hard to make Trixie feel safe here… s-so, I don’t think it’s a good idea to come here and p-pick a fight. If that’s okay…
“N-now, I think it'd be best for you to go home, Twilight. I-I hope you feel better, and that you find the book your looking for, but I need to take care of Trixie right now. U-unless you're not well enough to go home. Do you think you'll be okay to go home?"
Twilight just nodded her head, eyeing the hose in Fluttershy's hooves warily.
"O-okay, I'm glad to hear that. I'll speak to you later, Twilight."
Twilight nervously smiled and nodded again before heading to the door. Once reaching it, she turned towards Trixie one last time.
"I'm still going to keep an eye on you, I don't trust—"
She yelped as Fluttershy shot her with the full force of the hose, causing her to careen out of the doorway and land in a wet heap by the fence outside.
"I'll see you later, Twilight."
Then Fluttershy shut the door.
Trixie waited with bated breath for a little while, but she did hear a set of soggy hoofsteps pacing around in circles outside, accompanied by unintelligible muttering through the thick door. Twilight was still out there. Probably working as hard as Trixie was to understand what just happened. Trixie hoped she went away soon. It made her nervous.
“So, uh, can Trixie speak now?” She glanced down at the hose. It remained motionless.
“O-oh, yes. It’s okay now, Trixie. I… well… I’m sorry. I didn’t know how else to separate you two… it works for the—”
“Animals.” Trixie finished for her. “Yes, Trixie gathered as much.” She chuckled lightly, it wasn’t even surprising anymore.
“…I was going to say, the times that Rainbow Dash gets in a fight.” Fluttershy folded the hose up to trap the water as best she could.
Caught off guard, Trixie blinked rapidly. “Huh? Really?”
Fluttershy blushed. “N-no.” She admitted, and swiftly turned around, then followed the hose back to the faucet, shutting it off properly.
Trixie trailed behind her with bemusement, dripping water all over the carpet from her soaked fur. She knew Fluttershy had intervened mostly to keep Trixie from getting hurt. But there was one little detail that seemed out of place. "Be honest with Trixie. You just did that last shot at Twilight because it was fun, right?"
"W-well...m-maybe a little" Despite Fluttershy’s best efforts to hide it, Trixie caught a glimpse between those pink locks, of a smirk.
A sudden knocking on the door made Fluttershy squeak and clutch the hose to her chest. “I-I didn’t mean it. I-it was a j-joke. I’m really sorry.”
Trixie rolled her eyes as Fluttershy’s moment of heroism fell through, and made her way to the door. As bad as her day had been, she figured it couldn’t get much worse anyway. Exactly as that thought passed her mind, she suddenly pictured an angry mob with torches and pitchforks. Still, she opened it anyway. Bring it.
Rather than an angry mob, it was only Twilight. Though Trixie wasn’t convinced that she was the lesser of the two evils. Far from it.
“Hey,” Twilight said flatly. She let her gaze drift from Trixie, to Fluttershy, and finally to the flooded floor. To Trixie’s surprise Twilight’s horn suddenly lit up, and before she could do anything she was engulfed in a flash of bright magenta. Half a second later, Trixie warily blinked the pink spots from her eyes while she heard Twilight say. “I’m sorry.” Followed by the sound of teleportation.
Gah! What did she do this time? It took Trixie a few dazed moments of investigation to really notice what had happened. Fluttershy was still here, Trixie herself was too. All the water had evaporated from floor, carpet, and fur. Twilight was gone.
Further inspection also revealed that the saddlebags whose contents Twilight had dumped onto the floor were back by the doorpost, and were filled with everything that had fallen out of them. Granted all the supplies were in the wrong place, and organized alphabetically, but it was the thought that counted.
With a long sigh, Trixie dropped down onto her haunches. It was over. Twilight had bought the story of her innocence, or at the very least deemed it more prudent to act as if she had. Either way, Trixie felt a massive weight fall off of her shoulders.
It left only one tiny-little-inconspicuous problem. She’d lost the actual book. Trixie knew on some level that it would be something she would lose her mind over as soon as the euphoria of having survived wore off, but that was something for future Trixie to worry about.
For now, present Trixie crawled onto the couch, barely recognizing that Fluttershy was asking her something. She was just too exhausted to reply.
Good luck to you, Future Trixie.
With that last thought, she curled up, and quickly fell into a dreamless sleep.
Its hard to fight when you keep getting sprayed in the face by a water bottle/hose. (I should know shortest fight I ever had with my brothers) whats next Fluttershy beating up the next pony to insult Trixie?
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That's more Rainbow Dash's territory.
(Fluttershy was only trying to stop another 'accident' from happening.)
Ok, now I'm wondering about the big question: what the heck happened to the book? Did Fluttershy hide it? Can Trixie sue Twilight in court or try to get her for criminal charges? It seems like she kind of broke multiple laws. I can see a false imprisonment minimum with a possible kidnapping charge if she ever moved Trixie rather than just hold her. There's also the potential for civil damages for holding her against her will (still false imprisonment but the civil version). Also, why do the "villain" characters usually have some of the better and more interesting fics (thinking Sunset and Trixie)?
That was soooooo cool. Do it again!
But this time make Rainbow do it.
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Heh, well, Twilight kinda woke up to a semi burglarized home for the first time after living in a castle most of her life where she probably never had to think about things like this. Or even needing to lock a door for that matter. Still, she does go off pretty hard on Trixie, but,well, Trixie IS a bookthief, something akin to a murderer almost for Twilight, ya know?
Hmm..wonder if we should have added in her ranting about book thieves, ah well, lost of future potential.
A blue mare with a skilled tongue might work, and this fic has TWO of em!
Heh, loved helping with that scene, I brought up the Fluttershy hose idea and helped, but man Crow sold it well.
For a second there I thought I was going to get more ryona Trixie.... but alas, I'll keep waiting
Great chapter and great story!
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Stay tuned.
It would depend somewhat upon what the laws in Equestria are for preforming a Citizen's Arrest. When a felony has been committed, and Twilight has reasonable cause for believing Trixie to have committed it, then she wouldn't be breaking the law for detaining Trixie, so long as she doesn't use violence. The question is whether you think the things Twilight knew were reasonable cause?
It might be violation of privacy, but Fluttershy's, not Trixie's, since it was her home and property, with the exception of the books themselves. I don't see Fluttershy sueing her friend over basically being protective of her.
I'm not sure that is necessarily true on the whole. However, they do tend to have the largest share in the market on awesome genres that don't work very well for the heroes. like redemption or fallout fics, or being shown their side of the story and motivations. Also, since their characters are less well defined, there is a little more freedom to work with, which might help.
5826396 That would be interesting. Is that like masochism or something?
5827170 Isn't that also limited to law enforcement only? Can citizens barge in and make arrests like that? She technically had no proof after all. Only a guess, which happened to fit the facts.
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You perv. Still, knowing Trixie's luck, it really is only a matter of time.
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Basically yes. There's a bunch of catches though.
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Twi's pretty lucky she failed to convince Rainbow to come with her.
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Ryona is basically Guro-Lite. Hurt, sexy characters, but not as extreme. I may be oversimplifying it a little.
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Ummmm... well it's kinda like when the main character is injured and hurt... and the story revolves around that, but doesn't focus on it. If you search on it in the internet you'll probably be mislead, since for some reason, it has been strictly associated with sexual abuse Kinda like the Swastika, originally a symbol of good luck, fortune and prosperity; now a symbol of racism, white supremacy and other nonsense
While the before mentioned does fall under the Ryona concept; Ryona is not, just that.
Hope it helps
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Awww you replied just as I was replying...
Auhg...what...uhf...huh? Perv!? Why! I've never... Hmpf... *Eagerly sits to wait with even higher hopes with a pouty face* ...you're fortunate the Everfree Forest is a main character in this story, otherwise I would've stopped reading after chapter one.
The hose. A classic
All Fluttershy needs is a portable pool, seventy pounds of pudding mix, and she could really put that hose to good use. Especially for Dash and Trixie (with a little Flutter Butter action).
When are we going to see Trixie form a legitimate menagea 3 with Dash and Flutters? I mean Flutters knows that Trixie is dating Dashie. So I'm guessing that Dash is happy for somepony to watch her Flutters when she's not around. But they need a nice group date. Then to buck Twilight until she starts getting some sense knocked into her. Because right now she's being the dumbest smart pony I know.
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They eventually do!
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5828936 lol
at least it wasn't the stare
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Actually it isn't. The 's makes it a possessive noun. Pirncess Celestia's student, is what she is. But that student's doing it. Technically you can also say that "Your student doing it," is wrong, rather it's either "Your student's doing it," or "Your student is doing it."
And you're welcome.
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Oh no denying she stole the book (which was hers to begin with, and Twilight not only took, but decided to use magic on it without permission. Thus she was technically retrieving her property). Nope, I was talking more along the lines that Twilight said that Trixie's entire life was a sham, that she knew exactly 0 real magic, and that all she did was tricks. Nothing that could be considered actual hard work, training, or magic in the slightest (yet she developed weather magic ... not the strongest, but no other unicorn until Twilight messed up her friends CM's was ever able to make weather Like a Pegasus).
Then there was the condescension, talking down to as if Trixie was beneathe Twilight, then slightly later forceably restrainig her against her will. And seeing 0 problems with the gross negligence of Trixie's possessions (which belonged to her in the first place), Trixie's health (which Twilight ignored as if it didn't matter to her in the least), not too mention Trixie's past (making it seem as if she was nothing more than a screw up, who can't do and I quote real magic, and that Twilight knows the trials and tribulations of rixie when Twilight's been handed everything on a silver platter all of her life (Princess Foalsitter, Prestgious School, Parents who if not minor nobility were at least working with the Castle at some rather high level (a Princess for a foalsitter is something very few can brag about), then from the CMC age on up. Lived in a castle and have a Flutterpony lifestyle (fairytale lifestyle) that 99.9999% of Equestran fillies would sacrifice a small villiage just to have a glimpse at).
So yeah, Twilight was being a douche, and highly insensitive.
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That's not payment. Dragons eat gems, it's part of their diet. But Twilight must rest well knowing that making a child as young as the CMC work several adult Stallions jobs is perfectly okay. Seeing as how she gives him food, and a place to sleep. Not that he could get a job anywhere else. Having lived like that all of his life where he's worked as her assistant All of his life. No real childhood, no being treated as an actual creature with wants, needs, and feelings. I mean beside Power Pony Epsiode where we're given hope that he'd be treated better. Only for him to still be treated the same (besides the Crystal Empire where he's hero worshiped and revered. Even by Cadance, who treats him better in 5 mins than Twilight her entire screen time with him).
But being forced to sacrifice his childhood, as long as she gives him food that he needs to live (in the forms of gems / whatever she feels like tossing his way), and shelter (which he feels as dependant on being her assistant). Than sure, whatever helps her sleep at night. It's not as if she thought of the consequences of her actions on anypony but herself before she learned about friendship. But it's something she never thinks about normally, but now it's been thrown out there she needs to take a look at her abuse of Spike, no matter how unintentional it was.
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Why the cringe when I asked about their eventual (possible) group date? That and we need to see more TrixiDash and some FlutterDash (maybe?), and those three in an awesome sandwhich of awesomeness. That's 20% cooler than other ship fics.
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Are you sure? This is the original line:
I think that the underlined bit would make the the "is or 's" redundant?
Like:
"Your student doing it."
"Your student's doing it."
"Your student is doing it."
- vs
"It is your student doing it."
"It is your student is doing it."
"It is your student's doing it."
I could be reasoning it wrong of course, and I'd like to know if I am.
(Btw, 'student' doesn't look like a word anymore after that. I hope that passes soon. )
I don't really want to defend Twilight's actions too much, since she's being the antagonist for Trixie in the story now.
I'll just say, the scenes are written from Trixie's point of view, and she's predisposed to interpreting anything Twilight does in a negative light. While Twilight is still in the beginning stages of learning to interact with other ponies, so she's not very good at being diplomatic in her wording of her intentions. Beyond that, Trixie is a lot more responsible for the way Twilight speaks to her than she realizes. Mainly due to the web of lies she spun for Twilight when she met her the day before. Trixie just worried about manipulating Twilight's immediate reaction, but she didn't think long term.
To illustrate: Suppose you are a painter, and an unknown painter tells you how much they like your work, and just wish they could be that good one day. If you saw they were able, but lacked education, you might offer to teach them what you know, right? They'd surely like that.
Now, suppose that instead, some other painter who's work you dislike walks up to you, then says he's seen you have a bit of potential and he's offering to teach you how to paint as good as he does. You'd be angry and insulted right? But suppose that in your indignant outrage, you forgot that a while back, you needed to borrow some paint from that painter, and to butter him up, you told him that you positively adore his work, and that you wish you were half as good.
Trixie sorta did the second thing. Twilight believes the first thing happened.
That doesn't excuse everything though. Twilight is definitely in the wrong, just not as much as Trixie makes her out to be.
I generally agree with the sentiment that Spike is getting much less respect that he deserves. He does a great job in supporting roles when he isn't being played purely for laughs. Some of the best moments are between him and Twilight when they have some serious interactions. For instance, despite being turned into a dog, Spike really shone in the EQ movies. He's yet to have an actually good episode focused on him though, maybe he's just not very suited for the main lead?
Anyway, I just thought of something while I read this. The way you describe their relationship. It sounds really bad if you think of Twilight as Spikes mom/caretaker, but when you think of it like they are siblings it actually makes a lot more sense. I have some younger siblings, and I remember phases like this.
Look at Rarity and Sweetie Belle. When Sweetie Belle gets dropped on her, Rarity has to take care of her. Sweetie Belle wants to help Rarity, unquestioningly and enthusiastically, because she loves her big sister and wants her approval. Rarity doesn't want Sweetie Belle to help, because she thinks her little sister loud, distracting, disaster-prone and annoying, but she does love her. But later on we start to see Sweetie Belle becomes more competent at helping her sister out, even if Rarity doesn't recognize the improvement just yet. It's not difficult to imagine that at some point Sweetie will happily be doing chores to help out. It wouldn't be because she is working for shelter and food, she'd get that anyway, but just because she wants to help out. Rarity might take her for granted, as older siblings are want to do, but she wouldn't stop taking care of her if Sweetie Belle stopped doing chores while she was there.
I think a similar Sister-brother mechanic might be at work between Spike and Twilight, except that Spike is already competent at the start of the series. Between 'Big Sister' and 'Mom' I do think the former makes more sense considering that Twilight was only a filly when she hatched Spike. There's no way she would have been able to raise him, but it a lot more feasible she grew up with him as his big sister.
Well... It's been like a year but... do you recall how well it turned out the last time that Dash thought Trixie had put the moves on Fluttershy?
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Brain fart on my part. Sorry .
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It's how Twilight puts it. Sure Trixie wants to see it in a negative light. But it doesn't really stop the fact that Twilight spent a few lines putting her down (as in saying that her magic wasn't real magic. And all she does is tricks (as if that's inferior to what Twilight does). Sure Twilight didn't mean to put down Trixie, and all the hard work she does. But accidental insults are still insults.
That and while yes she's learning about interactions with others. Stlll it's important and something that she needs to learn, not to be condescending, or insult everything a ponies been through when offering help. There were tons of better ways for Twilight to offer to help Trixie and impart her knowledge to her. Rather than saying either she was incompotently trained by her parents, or herself incompotent. And that Trixie knows nothing about magic (ie. everthing she's done has been nothing.)
Using your painter analogy.
It'd be like the gretest painter in the world coming up to you and saying that he sees that you have the artistic experience of a blind hobo with a claw hand. But would love to teach you how to be a real painter (if you were only able to do abstract, and he didn't see abstract painting as actual art.). [a pretty apt annology if you think about it.]
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I don't know about you. But I've never made my brothers do all the cooking, cleaning, housework, write book length missives till they got Carpel Tunnel, then made them organize / reorganize an entire library. Every day of their lives.
There's a difference between chores which are resonable between siblings. And straddling a younger sibling with several adults jobs, all day, every day. Sure it looks bad as a Mom and Son relationship. But even as sister and brother, she works him to the bone, his allowance is basically food that he can choose to skip in sake of buying something he wants (but has to be careful of so he doesn't turn into a rampaging dragon). And is basically treated with the same consideration of a second class citizen. Which in a way is almost as bad as a parent relationship.
Truth be told, Twilight until she's faced with her own neglect and accidental abuse. Doesn't really think of Spike as anything more than an assistant that can send mail directly to Princess Celestia, and do everything for her so she doesn't have to do it. From cleaning up her messes, to making her meals, to doing things herself. She's so focused on studing, and learning. That Spike takes a far back seat to everythng else in her life. Even her friends have more consideration and respect from Twilight than what Spike recieves.
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I thought that was before they started dating, when Dashie didn't see Trixie as more than a petty thug / threat to Flutters. And was more out of worry of somepony hurting Shy than anything else. I mean Flutters knows those two are dating, and she knows Dsahie better than anypony. So I doubt she'd go as far as she's gone with Trixie if it was something that'd hurt Dash.
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All good.
True. She wasn't malicious, but it was still hurtful.
Hah, I like it. That really is pretty apt.
Fair enough. Yes it may be more extreme, but I do think the basic principle may be the same. The main thing that has me troubled with simply writing up Spike as neglected is that I never see Spike complain, except when it comes to rearranging the library, which seems to be more because he thinks it is pointless than dislike of the act itself. Now, yes, there's an argument to be made that maybe he just doesn't know any better, but we don't know that. Though Spike-abuse is an interesting angle.
Those are fair points. Stay tuned.
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Also from cold near-psychopathic angle this is great opportunity for Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash likes (love) Fluttershy, but as far as she knows Fluttershy does not share her feelings. On other hand (hoof) she (Fluttershy) does like Trixie not only enough to date her, but to include her "fillyfriend" (Dash) in their relationship as well. So Rainbow Dash is (will be) given golden opportunity not only to date Trixie, which she sort of likes, but also her love - Fluttershy. Of course that bring us to following question: "Is she smart enough to realize that, not to mention cold and calculating enough to act on it?"
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Excellent questions. And quite the devious plan you've concocted there. Would Dash be cunning enough to think of it?
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Mhm... Maybe. On the other hoof...
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There's one major flaw in the plan though. Just because Trixie is dating Fluttershy and Dash, does not mean Fluttershy and Dash are dating. For an easier point of reference, imagine if Trixie were dating two straight stallions.
I was inclined to a small image or similar to:
Trixie's books are in the closet..
Really?...
No Twilight! You can't go through Trixie's things like that!!
Twilight made her way to the closet opening the first book on top of a neat stack.
What seems to be the trouble Trixie? I thouht you had nothing to hide... ide... what is she doing with that banana?
*flips page*
...oh..... Nope... I'm sorry... you didn't take the book okaybye!
*Teleports out*
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HEY! She took all of Trixie's fruit books!!!
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Not going to lie, that was a scene I planned on, but I couldn't get it to work in this chapter.
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I would of have loved to see that play out
And Then!!! ...they all kissed
And Dashie arrived
And Applejack said: I knew it all along...
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If you think about it, where Spike is concerned. From the time he was hatched, till now he was raised to serve Twilight. What any reasonable entity would see as abuse, is somewhat normal to him. After all he doesn't know what it's like to be a kid. And Twilight never really knows how treat him as something other than someone to do the things that she can't be bothered with since it'd take away from her work.
There's a perfect fic that tells my point for me. But I can't remember the name of it. Luna and Twilight are having tea, and Twilight admonishes Spike for a comment he made. To cheer him up, she sends him to Sugarcube Corner. When he leaves Luna praises Twilight's treatment of her bond servant, which Twilight thinks means slave.
Luna tells her that a bond servant is different from slavery, only for Twilight to tell her that bond servants, and slavery have been illegal for centuries. And then Luna hammers in how basically Twilight's been treating him as one (not in a cruel sense, more in her trying to learn modern customs and a change she didn't know till now).
Now technically on one stand point. It's not nescessarily abuse to him, not ever having a childhood. His entire selfworth tied to service (Something Twilight has unknowingly reinforced. Which legally could be considered abuse as well. Emotional abuse, but that's still abuse), and given wirk that honestly no sane pony would do to the ammount he does it for (with only food and board as payment. Unless he wants to skip meals to buy what he wants).
The other stand point is that yes, it's (as in that fic) not Intentional. But with all the work she puts into learning friendship, if she put half of that into Spike (whom she calls a baby dragon. Who incidentally does all the house work, writing dications, and other errands she gives him), She would be amazing for him, and he'd have something akin to a childhood, or at least treatment equal to if not surpassing an actual pony.
It's an amazing type of neglect. She doesn't mean to do anything wrong to him, and she doesn't act intentionally cruel. But she was recently self centered and interested only in her own life's goals. The thought that Spike being a baby dragon, and that babies / colts aren't given the insane work load he is given on a daily basis. Is something that never crosses her mind. Heck even when adventures happen, Spike was left behind 99%of the time. Or she'd leave him with work, while she dillianced with her friends. None of it (as her cutting words to Trixie) were intentionally cruel or meant to be hurtful. But that's usually the things that hurt the worst / do the worst damage (heck Twilight has some friendship leasons for Spike, and for Trixie. If she's willing to look psat herself for a moment.)
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When things like this exist, why does everyone believe only Rainbow Dash is nothing but an idiot most of the time?
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Well, honestly, they don't believe that. They only say so, because that's the joke. Most people don't seriously believe Dash has the IQ of a pea in a can of paint thinner, but it's funny to joke about like that. Because exaggeration is funny. Dash is the 'jock' of the group. Jocks being dumb is a stereotype, so it's an easy joke to make. A person's actual opinion on a character is likely more nuanced than "Dash is braindead, "AJ is a redneck", or "Rarity is a bitch."
It's like making a joke about Twilight being severely book obsessed that you might say she'd even sleep on a bed made... from... oh... wait.
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Welllll, you get the idea.
Bottom line, It's not serious.
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Yeah... I don't think so. I have seen some pretty serious stories that make her out to be that big of an idiot, just for the sake of plot convenience. But it's not just her character that gets misconceived, it's her abilities. How many stories have I heard about Rainbow Dash crashing somewhere, most likely in Twilight's tree, even so far as just being mentioned in descriptions, just to start up a story?
One was so bad that the plot was literally her house being torn down by a storm, because she was so much of an idiot to ignore the weather conditions while everypony else knew what it would do.
It is so common that I don't even like the jokes that make sense about Rainbow Dash anymore.
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Alright, some people might think that, but certainly not everyone. I'm sure there are stories that have Dash as a complete idiot, but I don't think that is anywhere near the majority.
Every time, except once, that I've seen that one has been when Dash is stunt flying and something goes wrong (Either on her part, or a random duck... ) Which doesn't strike me as unreasonable. Accidents are bound to happen when she's practicing and pushing her limits.
The exception was one story where Dash crashed into Twi's tree consistently, but was secretly doing so on purpose in order to spend time with her. It was quite a nice story.
(Okay, there was also the time Pinkie Pie distracted her. And a couple stories that focused on filly Dash.)
I'm not familiar with the story in question, but I could see that work. Dash's personality does lend itself to overconfidence. Or the storm could be heavier than she expected it to be. I'm going to assume that it wasn't like that though?
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First off, how does this make any sense? She's a weather mare who is led as the captain of the weather team, and even led every pegasus in Ponyville for tornado duty. Why would Ponyville allow her to lead something as big as that if she was that big of an idiot, even if it's overconfidence?
This is what I'm talking about. If Rainbow Dash is a big enough idiot to have her house be blown to shreds by a storm, all of Ponyville would suffer the same fate. Because of all these jokes, no one realizes just how knowledgeable Rainbow Dash really is about the weather, or in what she's actually good at.
While it may make sense that Rainbow Dash may not be that interested in how weather clouds are made or work, it doesn't mean she doesn't know. They even believe Fluttershy is more knowledgeable on clouds, even though we've never seen her interact with clouds at all. But what we have seen is Rainbow Dash giving all of the mane six a tour of the weather factory and even explaining how it works and what each facility does.
And let's not forget my personal favorite. How people view her laziness... ugh... A perfect example would be the story, 'An Expedition to the Crystal Forest'. The way Rainbow Dash just refuses to wake up in that story for no reason at all other than laziness just makes me cringe so hard... The ultimate irony is that Fluttershy is the one who is forgetful when it comes to important meetings, like meeting with Princess Celestia.
Rainbow's House Problem
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I think we have to be careful not to mistake headcannon for cannon.
Just because one can interpret something a certain way does not necessarily make it cannon, so one really shouldn't be crying foul if something is presented differently.
(For instance, it is not cannon Twilight has OCD. It is not cannon AJ's parents are dead. It is not cannon Celestia is a chessmaster. It is not Cannon Pinkie is bi-polar, or Maud is autistic. It is not cannon Dash is an expert on weather. There may be good cases to be made, but it's none of those are cannon.)
That makes her a leader, not an expert on all things weather. Now, yes, some understanding of the weather probably comes with the territory, but you can't justify that she'd never not know something by throwing up a false dichotomy between Dash being a complete idiot, or Dash knowing everything there is to know about weather. She can be somewhere in between and still be perfectly believable as a weather captain.
I'd concede the first point, if the rest of Ponyville were made out of clouds too. I realize there are arguments to be made that pegasi houses might be super sturdy against storms because they live in the sky, but we don't know that they are necessarily sturdier than a wooden house on solid ground. It is perfectly fine to go either way, but I'd again refer back to cannon=/=headcannon.
I'll take a minute here to say: Yes, I do agree that RD probably knows more than FS on weather.
(Though this is not cannon, and thus I wouldn't mind it if a story portrayed FS as some kind of weather savant who chose to forgo a promising career in cloud management because she liked animals better.)
I've read the story you provided now. (Since it was short.) I think Dash being unaware that snow clouds would make her house melt would have worked, if the story had been set during the first year that Dash lived on her own. Like, if it was the first winter she'd ever experienced with her own home, and before that she was in Cloudsdale which presumably has whole teams to make sure no snow cloud ever gets anywhere near it. It would be acceptable to assume Dash was unaware of that particular bit of trivia since it would normally never come up for her. But, it really doesn't make much sense if she'd been in Ponyville for years.
I don't think FS was presented as knowing more than Rainbow Dash in that story. Just, like Scootaloo, FS knew one thing which RD didn't (or that she forgot about). That doesn't mean she knew more about weather overall. Like, It could easily be explained that FS might know it is difficult to maintain a cloud home near the surface because her own parents warned her against it when she moved down. FS still wouldn't necessarily know the first thing about why rain comes out of rain clouds, while Dash might.
I think RD has herself to thank for that one.
You can't say it's something she would never do without treading out of cannon and into headcannon.
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I don't even think there's a 100% case to be made for Rainbow Dash definitely being the weather captain of Ponyville, at least in the head-honcho way that a lot of fics try to fit her into.
In the show proper she's been in charge three times: The opening, Winter Wrap Up, the tornado. Three outstanding circumstances that I believe are also consistent with a young adult who volunteers for significant duties/things she thinks are significant. Between her not being very responsible, going adventuring, and being around her friends all the time, I don't think there's time for her to actually be the pony in charge of every pegasus in Ponyville when it comes to the weather, either.
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That is true, it's not 100%. Though she's definitely on the weather team for Ponyville, given that Spike credits her for the cloudless sky during bridle gossip.
Four. There was also the time she was in charge of providing the breeze for the breezies.
I agree that is a valid alternative.
(Though I'm obviously a little biased, since that's the route I went with till her promotion. )
Interesting idea. Though that may depend on how much there actually is to do.
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5835357 I never said any of this was cannon. I was saying, this is how the majority of the fan base tend to depict these characters, namely Rainbow Dash. There may not be definitive proof that she is that knowledgeable, but these points show that she most likely knows more than people are letting on. Yet, when it comes to other characters, there isn't even supporting proof that they are that knowledgeable.
It works both ways.
But there is nothing that would prove that. It's literally all just on assumption, but people don't care about the knowledge Rainbow Dash already has, and just see her as an idiot while they make others look smart or better in areas that don't make sense.
But in the end, even the cannon becomes irrelevant because of things like this existing. dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6427657/Fiction%20vs%20Cannon.png
Yes, I know Rainbow Dash is lazy, but that story exaggerates that laziness to the max. Just because she is lazy doesn't mean she's THAT lazy. After all, she agrees to wake up before sunrise just to meet with the rest of the group at Sugercube Corner, not knowing why it was so important for them to meet there.
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I inferred that part, because you take it as such an affront when she's depicted as less capable than you feel she should be. I'm not sure what else I could call it.
Well, I agree that it works both ways. I don't mind either way of depicting Rainbow Dash. Though I dislike it when she's depicted as straight, but I don't argue with soarin/dash shippers. I just refuse to read any of their stuff. (Though to be fair, I can avoid my gripe by looking at tags. I can imagine it must be a lot more frustrating when your gripe is something you'd only find out by reading.)
That is true.
Oh come on, that's not fair. The full picture does not conflict with cannon, it even acknowledges it:
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I love that comic by the way.
Yeah, alright. There is a limit to how lazy you can make her, within reason.
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The same episode shows their stamina as equal. That was the reason they both tied for last.
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We don't really know they have equal stamina. They tied for last because they were equally fast. Neither of them was worn out by the end of the race. They even go right back to running.
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The reason why I've been so arrogant about it is that it's so common, people literally believe these things are actual cannon traits for Rainbow Dash. Some may be, but there's a limit.
You know, speaking of that, have you seen that one video that talks about Rainbow Dash being straight to everypony except Pinkie Pie? I've seen comments on fan arts with Rainbow Dash ships literally just saying Rainbow Dash is not a lesbian, multiple times. I feel that that video has to do with that, despite the holes in it, which even the forums here on fimfiction have mentioned.
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So this picture is depicting that after the very first hoof wrestle, Rainbow Dash is all out of stamina? We may not have definitive proof that their stamina is equal, but we do know both their stamina lasts for quite a while. I think all that running would take more out of them than hoof wrestling.
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I see. That is kind of irritating. I suppose I'm fortunate I've not run into that.
I agree there is a limit. (unless the rule of funny is in play.)
I have seen it. I do not think the "not a lesbian" art or stories are inspired by the video. Those were merely a reaction to the people who began claiming RD was a lesbian. In the same vein, the video is one such reaction as well, and came later then a lot of that art.
As for the video itself, I disagree with it, obviously.
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I don't know how we got this split into two posts, but I'm restoring it to one.
No, in the picture RD and AJ appear to have been going at it for quite a while. They are on at the very least round three as per dialogue, but it can be higher. It's also worth keeping in mind that the length of the rounds would increase by a lot once they got more equal once RD began to run out of steam.
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Yes, I agree to that. When the rule of funny comes into play, exaggeration is the best.
I disagree with it not just because of what I ship, but also because of existing evidence that pretty much disproves that video.
Well of course they've been going at it for a while. In the comic, Rainbow Dash is losing every round except the first one or two as stated by Applejack. And she doesn't lie.
Like I said. This comic is depicting that Rainbow Dash ran out of stamina after the first round, which doesn't sound right at all.
Yeah, sorry, that was kinda my fault. I replied one post too quickly.
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Same, but I don't remember any of points it brought up, or the objections I had at the time, so I can't say anything useful about it. It's been a while. I think their whole argument hinged on RD not blushing when she looked at FS?
Second round. It does sound right to me. I like the notion of RD having explosive short burst power, but AJ having lasting power. It seems to fit well with their characters. RD alternating doing high intensity stunts with naps. AJ spreading out her strength over a long day's work.
I imagine RD convincingly winning the first two rounds, but she's a little bit tired by the third, just enough to give AJ a chance, and AJ drags that one out to wear RD down.
(Though, honestly. I am still kind of surprised RD won hoofwrestling in that episode. That's really impressive against an earth pony I would think.)
Though, I will clarify that I'm not saying that is how it definitely would work out. Just that I think it's a viable option to choose from. It's just as valid an option to have RD win constantly, since we never seen her tire out before AJ does in the show. It just depends on what the writer, or in this case artist, wants to do with them.
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It's because they were suggesting Wing Boners are cannon from the sight of a certain scene. And because Rainbow's wings didn't react when looking at Fluttershy, they depicted her as straight.
Rainbow Dash's wings don't react to being tickled in the air.
If that were the case, Rainbow Dash wouldn't have tied with Applejack in that race, and still have stamina to spare...
You wanna know who the real cheater in that race was? Applejack. Rainbow Dash's wings were tied, but Applejack still had her Earth Pony strength. Applejack had a handicap advantage.
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I don't suppose you read the comics? In particular the two plot lines that involved minotaurs?
I wouldn't be surprised if Pinkie stashed it somewhere. She did give Trixie the suit, maybe she knew the book needed a better hiding place.
Onward, to more amusing events. Time waits for no man, and I'm going to enjoy it like a champ.
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"Oh my gosh! I thought somepony named Trixie would super-duper-good at being more tricky than to hide a book next to the rest of her books. I guess she tricked me! Huh? Huuh? Get it? Cause she-oh, never mind."
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That's the spirit.
5839237 I was proud to see you bring the flashbacks, well, back. It's always an enjoyment, to learn from ones past.
I can't help but feel the giant confusion storm, headed towards Dash. The entire time she was avoiding Shy, she never considered what could happen in her absence. All that "friendship development" Trix and Shy got going on, is gonna make her brain shutdown. Poor Dash, we hardly knew ye.
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I'm sure I'll hightail it once Pinkie gets more involved.
Heh, I wanted to have her be illiterate in one story of mine but apparently, according to a tweet from Lauren Faust (which I've never bothered to look for), she went to Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns so that won't work. So her not knowing that word wouldn't surprise me.
And if you've ever wondered why I joked about Trixie being European, here a video:
So is Rainbow Dash. Both of them are even Jerkass Woobies to be more specific.
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I'm not into hoof clam-diving but that'd have been worse, yes.
Spiders get such a bad rap. They should sue humanity for slander.
Maybe.
Someone equalled them to bronies one day. Look funny? Not the sharpest knife in the drawer? Obsessed with Trixie? Sounds like bronies to me.
Yet she'll be the one to bring balance to the Force...I mean the Woob.
I have to stay classy. Besides that'd be out of the blue since the previous acts aren't sexual.
Unless Trixie and Rainbow Dash are exhibitionists.
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...Well, look at that. The story has disappeared and so did the fanart of the scene I described. Damn.
Did I mention I despise Lesson Zero for treating losing one's mind as something funny?
Apparently the human world has the mad inspiration spell as well:
Since Rainbow Dash is evil in that universe, I fear the size of her ego. Must be what the whole universe revolves around.
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The best-written chapter of Canterlust High didn't tip you off?
Dark and gore tags mandatory.
(And maybe an Angry Sex tag too.)
"What? The Stunningly Alluring and Devastatingly Sexy Trixie has had plenty of sex!"
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She's a lesser Discord when it comes to creativity. And cupcakes really doesn't help my view of her, nor does the popularity of this fic. There was a time where you couldn't read a comment section about anything Pinkie without references to "Pinkamena."
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She wouldn't even sell them for all the bits in the world!
(For a hardcore one-night stand with both Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy though... )
Crusaders: "Fluttershy taught us all about the birds and the bees!"
Cherilee:
(Two 'the' too many. )
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It's useful sometimes.
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She's the picture of Tragedy with a big T: everything she suffers, she put in motion herself.
I don't watch the English episodes so I don't know. I don't even know if 'coltfriend' and 'marefriend' are said in the show or if they're brony inventions.
Then I hope she won't meet professor Silence again or it'll crumble like subtlety in Rainbow Dash's hooves.
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Including exhaustring their muscles before they even reached half their age expectancy and not being able to compete or even move without pain for the rest of their life.
According to one Appledash fanfic anyway.
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Town
bicycle.She's also Ponyville's madam.
I'll laugh so hard if I ever see a rainbow-colored bicycle. Talk about fitting.
If I drew, I'd have a three-panels comic of myself in the process of nailing Pinkie to a cross only to stop hammering, turn my head around and say "what do you mean it's symbolic!?"
Yeah, I wish there were more Raridash (not in the shipping sense) moments in the show.
Though I'd like them more in Equestria Girls, and with Sunset Shimmer tagging along. As porn fodder.
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So I read in the comments. :rainbowlaugh. Antagonist bitchy Twilight? All of my yes.
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Close enough.
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Oh you social Darwinist you.
Good thing Twilight never went to that school.
Yeah, I read about the only problem being she got caught. Bigger jerk than Trixie and Rainbow Dash combined, give that man a medal (and strangle him with the string).
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'That little two-timing bitc--wait is that a boner I'm feeling?'
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Good thing Rainbow Dash isn't a shemale in this story.
(I sometimes have half a mind of writing the aftermath of Rainbow Dash knocking up every girl she does in my fic. I don't know whom I'd feel more sorry for. )
I feel Sonata's overrated and more popular than she should be personally.
But that's just me being pissed there are hundreds of Sunata pics and stories while the fanworks for Sundash can be counted on one hand.
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She's Rainbow Dash's match in so many ways.
Good thing there's no natural selection in Equestria (as proven by the numbers of foals who enter the Everfree Forest and come back).
Nooo! Those replies were the best thing that happened to me this whole month.
I never had this problem even though I copy and paste every comment from wordpad.