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Oooooyyy. Moar, please.

Oh boy. Sh*t's about to hit the fan...
Can't wait to see where this goes. Keep up the good work, mate!

Gah, you totally stole my pony-resorts-to-smutty-photoshoots-to-pay-bills idea! Still, color me intrigued—I can't wait to see this blow up in Rarity's pretty face.

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In more ways than one.

Good start but judging by how this is going so far, I'm guessing Rarity is gonna start having sex with ponies (stallions and mares) as well as the rest of the Mane 6 for money but Spike is still gonna get shit on by everypony cause he's a 'baby dragon' cause of his body size despite being about 6-7 years younger then Twilight.

Heh, looks like Rarity's found herself a new calling.

And look at it this way, Twilight. Least it isn't Fluttershy.

You've no idea.....

At least the pictures are tasteful.

ANOTHER !!! *smashes cup*

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I kinda agree with this, but I also could see this as Twilight doesn't want anypony else to know that her "brother's" marefriend (implied) has resorted to adult photography. Especially if Spike found out. She would think that he would be devastated.

Personally, I think he would be disappointed, but understanding once he learns straight from the mare's mouth why Rarity had to resort to this.

I wonder how far Rarity is willing to take this. I'm not sure if I want to know, but I'll read anyway.

3113238 Pretty sure Spike is still being 'friend-zoned' by Rarity. In the prologue Rarity mentions hoping that with this photo shoot that stallions will give her more then a glance. I'm pretty sure after this she'll have stallions and mares coming by to offer her bits to plow her flank.

Lookin' good, Rarity, lookin' real good. I started this expecting sparity, but it doesn't look like that's where we're going. I like to think Twilight's reaction to being kissed is just to foreshadow her sexual orientation.

What I'm hoping more than anything else is that you're going to pull the same brilliant trick that the best author in the fandom does: playing our low expectations of Spike against us by revealing that he's more mature than we give him credit for. That's who he is: a mature young fella who hangs out with grown mares, not some sheltered kid. More likely than not, he has his own hidden stash of Playcolts.

3113441 Which makes Spike the only male companion she has who's interested in her as more than a piece of meat.

Please please PLEASE have a small scene where twilight walks in on spike with the magazine!! XD that would be brilliant!!!

3113441..

That may be.... but it's still just chapter 1 and the prologue. I think for both of our sakes, let's find out a little more about what's going on before we judge.

I think for now we are putting the wagon in front of the earth pony a bit. All we see at first glance is:
-- Rarity's business is floundering (beg pardon, but ponies usually don't wear clothes)
-- None of her friends can provide financial assistance
-- She received a "opportunity" from a previous time with Photo Finish (makes me wonder if Fluttershy has a couple of centerfolds herself )
-- Once there, and getting started, Rarity realizes that she sort of likes this (and not just because of the bits)
-- Karma: Twilight finds out.

Everything else about the details is speculation. That is our job!

I can bet this will be a Rarelight fic; but at one point in this story, let my nigga Spike get in the fashionista!

3113622 Not trying to judge but Rarity liking posing for that magazine really could lead her to do things she'll eventually regret.

What I'm hoping more than anything else is that you're going to pull the same brilliant trick that the best author in the fandom does: playing our low expectations of Spike against us by revealing that he's more mature than we give him credit for. That's who he is: a mature young fella who hangs out with grown mares, not some sheltered kid. More likely than not, he has his own hidden stash of Playcolts.

That's basically been my headcanon from the beginning. Spike can be childish at times (blame slow dragon aging, I guess?), but he's also shown that he's more mature and perceptive than most ponies realize.

BREAKING NEWS: SPIKE FOUND DEAD INSIDE GOLDEN OAKS LIBRARY!

Our Ponyville reporter confirms that after finding the last issue of Playcolt, the young dragon died from lack of blood caused by a massive nosebleed together with a raging boner. This unlucky circumstances led to the departure of Twilight's #1 assistant. The dragon could have survived the nosebleed if all of his remaining blood wasn't concentrated in his crotch. Rumors say that even Big Mac is in ICU.

"At least he died happy"
"was it a bit too much?"

as for me, the only thing I can say is MOAR!

Coming soon: Twilight learning a valuable lesson that what a pony does for a job has nothing to do with how they are in real life.

This is going to be good. Hopefully.

Yep. I'ma gonna follow this one.

~Skeeter The Lurker

But... how can they have a porn industry? Ponies don't normally wear clothes!

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There's a lot more to porn than nudity. And a lot more to making an image sexual than having the subject be naked.
Which strikes you as more sexual, a pony strutting around naked, or the same pony in panties and socks posing on a bed giving the camera naughty eyes?

Considering the fact that her talent involves finding gems and making a shit ton of money, including the fact that she also has high moral standards, make this seem pretty far fetched.

3113964 XD Ten bucks (Ten bits?) says he finds the specific copy Twilight hid. Maybe she forgets about it and reshelving day hits.
Huh. what's this? I - *BOING!* ... *THUD, unconscious!*
...I knew I forgot something...

3115060 There'll always be a market for guys who wanna watch hot girls groping themselves.

3115729 You have a point, but there's no way to make it sound like Photo Finish's voice without throwing the alternate spelling in there. I have the same problem with her that I do with Applejack writing a letter. It wasn't an easy decision to make it, to put it dramatically.

3116225 Not to spoil too much, but Sweetie Belle will make an appearance in this story.

3116344 Not in her own photoshoot I hope.

3116363 Well, you'll just have to wait and see about that...

I'm kidding.

3116365 Damn, that was fast. :P

3116368 Almost like I READ YOUR MIND!

Or not.

3116371 Oh you wouldn't wanna read my mind, it's all kinds of fucked up in there.

oh boy, Spike is about to find out one way to get "together" with Rarity

I'd like to see Spike find Playcolt. It would be hilarious.

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I'm not sure it needs to sound like it's in Photo Finish's voice, though. It didn't bother me as much as it probably bothers others, but it was a bit unusual.

I myself had wondered what it would be like if Photo Finish was in the porn industry (I think you should list her as a character here, btw).

I'll be sure to check this out soon!

3116365 Is that a for sure?

I think Rarity's opulent customers that actually get her the big bucks are mostly unaffected by economical issues...

uuuuh oh! raritys in trouble :P
hope to see the next page soon X3

3116881 I remember some incidental character doing it during the description of a scene. Just a sentence that I remember for some reason, not sure where it was said.
I don't recall any of the relevant characters doing it, though.

Ok... Normally I avoid this kind of story, but when I saw the PlayColt thing, I had to take a look....

Now I really wonder: have you ever actually picked up a PlayBoy? They're really not THAT dirty: 90% of the photos in there could be in a museum painting, and I've never flipped past one where they were actually pleasuring themselves. On top of that, they usually do a several page spread of text about each model, including a short auto-biography for that month's model. It's all surprisingly tasteful...

What do I know though, I only read 'em for the articles... (Have you READ those things? The stuff is journalistic GOLD!)

Edit:
Oh, you did get one thing right: being in PlayBoy is pretty much a guaranteed influx of customers for a model, as it's pretty much the magazine saying that you're a specimen to be desired. Probably because PlayBoy is really selective about their models...

That was cool and they was in character

3118321 To be fair, it's probably hard to make a pony pun for Hustler...

3111217 Well he's a "baby dragon" because everyone in the show keeps referring to him as that. I don't get how hard it is for people to accept that Spike's a baby, especially when he seems to be about the same age as the Cutie Mark Crusaders, so I guess if people are cool with Rarity dating someone about her sister's age.

3113475 When has Spike ever shown interest in Rarity beyond the fact that she's hot? Literally every time he's complimented her it's been because of her looks.

Well here's just hoping Twilight isn't played off as the "Slut-shaming moral crusader" like she has been in other fics. Other than that this could be an interesting, especially if it becomes RariLight, because I really like RariLight

3118815 If Spike really was around the same age as the CMC then Twilight would barely be even 15.