Short Hand: Celestia's Plan 3 · 3:31pm Apr 16th, 2021
Shepherd and Twilight talked at length about the situation, and Twilight promised to be supportive of any decision he made. Though she was still hoping it would be her. She was at the very least honest and restrained, so he really appreciated that about her.
She was learning so much. Honestly she had grown up, and he'd helped her. It made him feel very fond of her. Almost as fond as-
Shepherd: "Oh shit."
He turned and ran for Fluttershy's cottage. Shit, he really needed to talk to her about this. How had he forgotten her?! God, he's such a bastard! He couldn't believe it!
He ran as fast and hard as he could, and got to Fluttershy's front door only panting a little.
Shepherd: "Thank... God... I train... With Chewie... Phaw..."
He knocked on the front door. Fluttershy opened the door.
Shepherd: "Fluttershy... I need... To-"
Fluttershy: "Come in."
She sounded very calm. Shepherd immediately felt worried. He followed her in, and sat down on the couch with her.
Fluttershy: "I know about Princess Celestia's offer."
Shepherd: "... How?"
Fluttershy: "Um... A little bird told me?"
Shepherd: "I'm surprised you haven't told me that joke sooner."
Fluttershy: "Joke?"
Shepherd: "Nevermind. Anyway. What do you think?"
Fluttershy: "Well... It's a great honor. Princess Celestia is incredibly beautiful, and being willing to bare your foals-She's such a kind leader. You could become her consort!"
Shepherd: "... It may be a bit presumptuous but I thought you'd be less happy."
Fluttershy: sigh "Well I'm not happy... But how could I compete with a Princess? I'm willing to let you go if it will make you happy. You'll be a Prince Consort! If you were with me, you'd just live in a cottage."
Shepherd: "I like your cottage!"
Fluttershy: "It's not as good as a palace!"
Shepherd: "I don't know if it will. I'm thinking about it. Twilight is offering to be a mother too." He rubbed his temples. "God, what do I do? I'm trying to be open and honest about this. Now I feel worse!"
Fluttershy: "I'm sorry Shepherd. I made things worse."
Shepherd: "You'll be an amazing mother, Fluttershy. The only way you'd guilt people better is if you were Jewish."
Fluttershy: "Thank you... I think?"
Shepherd: "You're welcome. I'm just not sure what to do. She did just drop this in my lap out of the blue."
Fluttershy: "Well, I'd say you should try to breed as much as possible. You are an endangered species on this planet, after all. I'm just happy to be one of your partners."
Shepherd: "Very practical Fluttershy, but what about inbreeding?"
Fluttershy: "Oh! We can just have some stallions turn into human studs and it should be all right."
Shepherd: "I suppose... But like I said. I need to be open and honest about all this."
Fluttershy: nods "I appreciate that. I'm sure the others will, too."
The door explodes off its hinges, and Rainbow Dash appears. She pounces on Shepherd.
Dash: "NO WAY! Princess Celestia doesn't get to ride you first! I! CALLED! DIBS!"
Shepherd: "GAH! FLUTTERSHY! HELP!"
Fluttershy: "Well, she did call dibs-"
Shepherd: "FLUTTERSHYYYYY!"
"In that case, why do I even need to be involved?"
"Publicity, mostly. We need a visible spokespo— spokesman for human restoration."
"Huh. I'd expect that from Rarity, not you."
"You can't spend weeks getting fussed over by Photo Finish without picking up a thing or two about media stuides."
(You know, I do have to wonder, why doesn't he just go with a polyamorous marriage to the Element Bears and both Princesses? They clearly all want him, for the magic that is his hands.
And, y'know, Rainbow Dash DID call dibs... that's not nothing. There are dibs protocols you know. You can claim ships with them.)
Horses have a much more complex gene sequence than humans.Your centaur babies will be fine.
Somewhere in the San Palomino desert, Braeburn Apple jerks to a halt and looks stoically into the sky
"My time has come..."
Well, she did call dibs. There's no arguing with that.
This would be when Shepherd finds out, that he is actually married into the "Common Law herd" of the "Element Bearers," and they have been expecting him to start performing his "Duties" soon.
I'm not sure why they're doing this when they've already decided ponies can claim him as "theirs" without his input. Woukd be better without the forced harem stuff honestly.
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Can you get a hobby that doesn't involve whining about your misunderstanding of consent in a fictional story?
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If I was really bothering you that much, I apologize. Maybe im just to dense to see it or missed hwne it actually happened, but it just seems to me that the rewrite has skipped or never gotten around to resolving the issue of Shepard being unwillingly forced into a harem because was unable to say no.
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He found his feet in anime fandom and the unwilling harem plot elements aren't treated as something to despair over in most of the fan-works he's both written and consumed.
It's both a cultural and genre difference, really.
Also, happy 400th blog post.