Every action taken is like dropping a pebble in a pond, creating ripples that extend ever outward. Every choice has consequences, good and bad... Putting on a Crown may have changed Sunset Shimmer's life...but it also Changed two worlds...
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Well, at least AJ, Pinkie and Luna are standing by Sunset. Good on them.
I really appreciate all those details on how different and *not* human Sunset is in truth, and how awkward/skittish she feels presently.
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Well, truth is, at the end of the day, she isnt human...and from what we see of it, pony culture is very different from human culture, despite surface similarities. Humans are violent, aggressive, and even in first world countries have societies and behavior heavily influenced by centuries of male dominated culture wherein most cases females were considered subservient if not out right property in some places. We have much greater gender dimorphism, tech versus magic, and we dont get a magical “eureka” moment in adolescence where we figure out what makes us happy and content in life. We go to war at the drop of a hat, and murder and violence are sadly an all too common thing in any city you can name.
Ponies have their own struggles, but they are different from a bunch of psychotic bipedal apes. I’ve always considered the differences in stuff like that for characters—as a roleplayer, it was always a huge pet peeve. Theyre elves, dammit, not just skinny humans with pointy ears. Im trying to apply the same approach to Sunset—picking apart and extrapolating everything i can see in FiM to build an in depth cultural profile on ponies and then using that to say “whats different?” and “how would she view this?”
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Yeah,, lots of research—ive driven my spouse a tad insane with my rambling on this story, and my beta reader and i spend hoooours pouring over character psychology. Its proved...helpful, long term.
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Trust me, after every storm, theres a rainbow and sunlight. We just have to weather the storm first. *grins*
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