DVD Extras, as it were · 2:19pm Aug 8th, 2018
As I was replying to Ri2's comment/question on Whom Gods Deflower, I realized the post was getting pretty long and also contained good information, so I'm reposting it here for the edification (if not entertainment) of all my readers. Kinda "author's commentary."
It's been a while since I read the original story, so...who's impregnated who, exactly?
And when did all the girls wind up joining Sunset's harem?
Believe it or not, I actually had to go back and re-read my own story to make sure I got the pregnancies right.
Pregnant EQG:
- Fluttershy
- Rarity
- Sci-Twi
Pregnant Ponies:
- Princess Luna
- Applejack
As far as who got whom pregnant, in the narrative I'm leaving it implied that since everyone slept with everyone, at first they couldn't be sure who got whom pregnant. Something that I'll probably never write into a story is the testing they would have to do to determine parentage; in Equestria they would have a magical test that can be performed by any sufficiently skilled medically trained unicorn pony (though some earth pony midwives of the old traditions would still know the right earth pony magicks to do the test as well) once the fetus is developed enough to generate a strong enough magical "signature" to be detectable even through the mother's magical signature. Luna would certainly have had this spell done on her, and Applejack may have had Twilight use the spell, visit Ponyville General, or had an older midwife in the Apple clan do it. (Also, Zecora is an option)
As for the humans, there is a genetic test that can be done, but it'd be rather expensive for a pack of high-schoolers, is a very invasive medical procedure that can endanger both mother and child if done wrong, they'd have to explain how and why duplicates with apparently identical genetics are being tested against each other (smacking of possible incest and drawing attention to the fact that at least half of them are on the opposite side of the statutory rape line from the other half), and possibly alerting the authorities, so they're waiting until the babies are born so the much less invasive (a simple cheek swab instead of a needle that could damage the amniotic sack, womb, and baby), less expensive, and less attention getting tests can be done, and Sci-Twi would be able to cobble together the equipment and computers needed to run the tests on their own without contracting out to a lab.
As it'd be tremendously unlikely to be a scene that I'd ever write into a future work (it's too...meh and 'who really cares?' to be anything more than a passing mention), here's the parentage breakdown for you:
- Sunset Shimmer is the 'father' of Princess Luna's and Sci-Twi's babies
- Human Rainbow Dash is the 'father' of pony Applejack's baby
- Pony Rarity is the 'father' of human Rarity's baby (yes, the baby will essentially be a Rarity clone)
- Pony Rainbow Dash is the 'father' of human Fluttershy's baby
As Sunset Shimmer is the "leader" of the HuMane 7 already and is the father of a royal baby and is the only one in such a position to not be bogged down with other leadership/royal duties and also is the only one who regularly crosses between the two universes, she's somewhat the leader of the herd by default.
Seems like a quick jaunt to Equestria for a bit of paternimancy would be the fastest, safest option for the humans... as long as everyone could keep everything in their no longer existent pants.
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I'm going with, as it's the most obvious and best solution, it's one of those, "right under their noses" things and they're not thinking of it for Reasons(tm).