Call of the Cutie
Apple Bloom took a deep breath. For what felt like the hundredth time today, she was about to pour her heart out to somepony over her problems. She had already tried to get advice and help from so many ponies, but nothing had helped. Selling apples with Applejack did nothing. Trying next to everything with Rainbow Dash yielded no results. Baking cupcakes just gave her a tummyache, and Twilight's attempts proved to be fruitless. Right now, she needed somepony who could really take care of her problem, somepony who she'd seen approach problems and solve them without issue.
"Tiara's cute-ceañera's today and everypony in my class will be there and they'll all have their cutie marks and I want to get my cutie mark but I'm no good at selling apples or hang-gliding or making cupcakes an' magic doesn't work, but I wanna go to the party but how can I go to the party if I don't have my cutie mark, which Pinkie Pie says I can't just make appear, but I need it to appear, RIGHT NOW!" Apple Bloom panted as she finished that diatribe, staring desperately at the pony whom she'd come to for advice.
"I don't care," Sugarcoat responded.
"What?!" Bloom cried out. "What do you mean, you don't care?"
"I don't care," Sugarcoat repeated. "And you shouldn't either."
"How could I not care about getting my cutie mark?" Bloom asked desperately.
"You'll get it eventually," Sugarcoat said. "Whining won't do anything. And you're letting yourself get all riled up by two annoying little fillies whose special talents are being spoiled brats. Just go to the stupid party, and ignore them if they bother you. Now can we stop talking about this? The less I talk about childrens' butts, the better."
Bloom stared at the powder-blue unicorn. The way she said it made it sound so simple...and yet she still didn't quite feel it. Cutie marks were super-important and she knew it. She'd have to come up with some manner of plan to still go to the party and not have her lack of cutie mark noticed. Either way, though, she felt the need to thank Sugarcoat for her advice. It was just the way she was brought up.
"Thanks, Sugarcoat," Bloom said, getting ready to head off. She turned back to her, giving her a smile. "You gonna go to the party?"
"Is Big Macintosh going to be there?" Sugarcoat asked.
"Uh...no, he's gonna be working," Bloom responded.
"No," Sugarcoat replied. Bloom shrugged and gave her a wave before heading off.
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Huh... Just noticed; it looks like Sugarcoat isn't actually changing things all that much. Speeding them along in some cases, perhaps, but not interfering with canon events to any great degree. I guess that'd be a bitch to write, though, having to work out the events of an altered world with each new deviation from what we're familiar with, doubly so for what I think is just meant to be a bit of fun with Best Shadowbolt.
Oh.... Somepony has a crush!
I ship it.
.hmm
You know somewhere out there there's almost certainly an actual pony Sugarcoat.
I want a Sugarcoat x Big Mac spin-off.
Sugarcoat doesn't sugarcoat things.... Wait a minute. Do you think that's a her thing? Because of her name?
Priceless!
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I fear what kind of absolute and utter doormat Mac would become. Ponies don't exactly have a strong reputation for confrontation of that type.
OK, I still think we need to see the scene where Midnight Sparkle dooms Sugarcoat to Equestria during her rampage of rift-opening...
...what is it with me shipping characters in the Equestria Girls movies?! First, there was Sonata/Flash. That was somewhat understandable! And now...SugarMac...?
...I can't explain it...but I like it! Therefore, I ship it...!
WAIT A SECOND.
According to the Equestria Girls movies...isn't Sugarcoat a little too young for Big Mac? Like...at least four years or more?! If Cheerilee is working as a librarian/teacher, and Big Mac is roughly the same age as her, and Sugarcoat is a high school senior, then..
*mind explodes*
Sugarcoat: Stop trying to write witty reviews.
6498208 Four years is nothing. My parents are five years apart.
6498471 Oh, I know, four or five years isn't a big deal! My parents have a four year age gap. But I'm guessing (from the comics and the Equestria Girls movies) that Big Mac, Cheerilee, Mayor Mare, Shining Armor, and Princess Cadance are roughly eight years older than the main characters. (Mayor Mare colors her hair to look older!) I say this because:
The comics show Shining Armor, Cadance, Cheerilee, and Mayor Mare attending the same high school. If Cadance and Cheerilee are old enough to be teachers/assistant principals, then Shining Armor, Big Mac, and Mayor Mare must be roughly around that age area!
...this is all just theory, originating from the Brony side of my brain! ...which is pretty large...the Brony section, I mean!
6498595 Big Mac appeared to be a student at CHS.
6498013 It's the classic paradox of any kind of "retelling of the show episode by episode" story I've ever seen. The author introduces a new element that shakes up the events of each episode, but then that leads to a possible butterfly effect which A)Is an ungodly pain to write. B) The story would have to veer off completely from an episodic format, which turns off the readers who have been enjoying that feature of the story.
In the end, the usual response is to keep things pretty much the same, but things go faster/easier for the protagonists. The only story I can think of that dramatically broke the confines of that structure is 3:14 PM, or stories that change the setting more substantially, like replacing the Mane 6 with other characters.
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True that. It happens I have some experience in writing for a full-fledged AU, so I can respect not wanting to step away from canon, even if there is quite a bit of fun to be had in that freedom.
6499112 Right, and you know the time and effort it takes to crank out a single episode/story from scratch.
One thing that some of the best re-teller stories do is add a single unique continuing side piece that kind of pops up from time to time, letting them tell a small unique story within the context of the familiar episodes. There was one, I forgot the name, that had Rarity become a vampire, and slowly developed that on the margins of the story, adding a bit each episode. Here, Sugarcoat crushing on Big Mac looks like it might play a similar role.
Oh my -- I can see her trying to be the perfect pony for Mac instead of Cheerilee.
You made me ship SugarMac. I don't know what else to say about it. Onto the chapter, short, but effective, and it was great to show that AB still had her doubts even though Sugarcoat was still very blunt about it.
Also, if that Hearts and Hooves episode doesn't have Sugarcoat getting jealous, I dunno what to tell you.
6498013 Well, she did save Trixie's career (unless the Ursa happened anyway, and I can't see Sugarcoat passing up the opportunity to tell ponies off for all that), so presumably Magic Duel won't happen. Unless the author invokes negative continuity just so Sugarcoat can criticize Trixie some more.
Sugarcoat: I thought you had at least half a brain, but you're just as dumb as everypony else in this town. This is your plan? To make yourself look like some kind of evil villain in front of six ponies who have a history of putting down evil villains? Besides, you have incredible power now. Can't you just use that to restart your career instead of being a pain?
Trixie: Trixie never thought of that! Bridleway, here I come! [leaves]
Twilight: Thanks, but won't that amulet still corrupt her?
Sugarcoat: Not my problem anymore.
6501237 THIS. THIS MUST HAPPEN.
6498113 thats what came across my mind when I first learned of her today.
6498113
You only just now figured that out?
Well, there's hint number one from Sugarcoat to Apple Bloom that she wants Big Mac's Little Mac (she went native rather quick). If the CMC still decide to try to hook up Big Mac and Cheerilee with a love potion, Sugarcoat is going to be livid.
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That is the joke, yes.