James finally makes it home only to find out it's not at all how he last left it. He's determined to get to the bottom of it. Things only go from there.
...You know, i think that this is one of the first examples of justified physical agression toward children that i have ever seen; he can't just stop, supporting since she had blackmail, but this isn't a thing that she's not repaying him for, like cleaning up her dishes in return for his giving her food, but instead a active disalowment of default living (that meaning that she didn't let Sweetie Bell live with unbrused eyes).
I guess that taking something from him without repaying him, like taking food without cleaning up after herself (or a equivalent task if he cleaned up before she could), would also count, but not if he put her serving on the dishes since that would make it his decision and thus his responsibility; she could very well just not serve herself if she didn't feel like the food was worth the trouble of cleaning (or, alternatively, she could do the clingwrap-on-plates trick to make it easier) or not use her room if she didn't feel like bothering to clean it, but the second that someone else uses it to house her, rather then simply alowing her to house herself, or used it to serve her, rather then alowing her to serve herself, then it would be their responsibility, assuming that she didn't request that they did it (even then i would think that they should get her to agree that them doing it for her would be in return for her cleaning it after she's used it).
Bah; i'm getting wordy about ethical exceptions to the sanctity of the self and/or body.
Maybe he should have told Sweetie Scoots' plight long ago, but this way at least she's not starting out with pity. Still, one way to stop being worthless is to stop doing worthless things...
Well...
Really is hard to visualize dumpster babies being a thing on Equestria
I mean the show tells you clearly that the ponys are more of the subtlety moral abandoning (spoiled bit#h and the phantom parents of scootaloo)
honestly i was expecting it for her to get a good spanking for her behavior at some point, but did not anticipate that grave reason.
good setup for some more background i love it, its getting even more interesting for the next chapters. good work :)
...You know, i think that this is one of the first examples of justified physical agression toward children that i have ever seen; he can't just stop, supporting since she had blackmail, but this isn't a thing that she's not repaying him for, like cleaning up her dishes in return for his giving her food, but instead a active disalowment of default living (that meaning that she didn't let Sweetie Bell live with unbrused eyes).
I guess that taking something from him without repaying him, like taking food without cleaning up after herself (or a equivalent task if he cleaned up before she could), would also count, but not if he put her serving on the dishes since that would make it his decision and thus his responsibility; she could very well just not serve herself if she didn't feel like the food was worth the trouble of cleaning (or, alternatively, she could do the clingwrap-on-plates trick to make it easier) or not use her room if she didn't feel like bothering to clean it, but the second that someone else uses it to house her, rather then simply alowing her to house herself, or used it to serve her, rather then alowing her to serve herself, then it would be their responsibility, assuming that she didn't request that they did it (even then i would think that they should get her to agree that them doing it for her would be in return for her cleaning it after she's used it).
Bah; i'm getting wordy about ethical exceptions to the sanctity of the self and/or body.
You know i always wondered why some authors dp this....
....bc i thought a nod was yes and a shake of the head was no?
Maybe he should have told Sweetie Scoots' plight long ago, but this way at least she's not starting out with pity.
Still, one way to stop being worthless is to stop doing worthless things...
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Yeah. Maybe it's an American thing?
This was adorable