"Neat ribbon, Adagio."
That was all it took for her entire first-period class to stop what they were doing and turn their heads, even if most immediately turned away again. Once more, Adagio distantly sympathized with Fluttershy, but kept any reaction from her face as she replied. "Thank you, Flash."
The instructor started things up a minute later, but there was no doubt that the bow had been thoroughly noticed now. She got more than a few stray glances through the rest of class, but pretended not to notice. Walking down the hall yielded similar results to the day Fluttershy's sketch went up; some students would turn, look at her with a collective blend of disbelief, confusion, and those little smiles before turning to get the attention of nearby friends and whisper their immediate thoughts. The ones Adagio made out were mostly somewhere on the spectrum of "Oh, man, she's up to something!" and "Omigosh, she looks like a doll!"
Adagio surprised herself in finding that she hoped they meant the soft, non-threatening kind, as opposed to the ones whose eyes were rumored to follow people around the room. Her dark eyeliner probably wasn't doing her a lot of favors in that department.
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A little later, Adagio again paced the halls while reflecting on the looks she'd been getting. It might have made her a little self-conscious, but the overall response so far seemed to be positive, though the face Trixie made had suggested utter bewilderment. Still, people were smiling at her a little more, and she didn't quite get the impression that all of them were giggling behind their hands at her. A few, she was sure, but not all. It was a little embarrassing, but she found herself not hating this kind of attention.
Huh. Does this make me an exhibitionist too...?
Speaking of which, she approached the gym doors. Peeking through the little door-window, she saw exactly what she'd hoped to; her Sweetie strutting her stuff, her back to the door Adagio stood behind. She was apparently doing a return trip at the moment, leaving several seconds in which to enjoy the show. Grinning deviously, Adagio glanced around to confirm that the hallway was otherwise empty, flattened up against the wall when Fluttershy turned around again, and waited until she stepped out, looking quite pleased with herself.
Adagio called out to her. "Excellent form today!" To her immediate delight, Fluttershy froze where she stood and slooowly turned her head to reveal that precious little face, flushed crimson as it formed a guilty little smile.
"Uhm... t-thank you, I-"
"Although," she said with a coy grin, "I don't think I've ever seen you do it in heels, which-" she took a few steps to the side, facing away from Fluttershy and lightly brushing her hair aside to demonstrate, "-add a little more sway to your swing, if you see what I mean."
By the look on her face, eyes downward, Fluttershy very much saw what she meant, leaving Adagio to appreciate her admiring expression for a few seconds. However, as she knew the spell wouldn't last long, she opted to bring it to an end herself, primarily by bringing a hand to her own end with a sharp, percussive smack. Fluttershy shuddered as though she'd been the one slapped.
Grinning with impish glee, Adagio chuckled. "Just a bit of advice. Don't hurt yourself, Sweetie!"
More and more, she wished she could see things directly behind her somehow as she walked away, continuing to demonstrate the effect high heels had on leg and hip movement and leaving Fluttershy to continue in her studies.
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After nearly a full period spent with her face buried in her textbook, Fluttershy's heart began to beat normally again. She was thankful for this, because there wasn't much to hide behind at lunch. Adagio's demonstration had been... educational, but more prominent in her thoughts were the whispers she'd been hearing from other kids about the ribbon tied in her hair. "Gossip Queen" Rarity in particular had a lot to say about it.
"-offsets the light theme of spikes she had going with her boots, belt, and the other hairband, but definitely her color!"
Fluttershy was quietly proud to have chosen well.
Chuckling, Applejack shook her head. "This is gonna sound a mite strange, but she reminds me a little'a Applebloom this way."
Pinkie beamed. "Ooh, does that make the other two Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo?"
Rainbow snorted. "I can picture it; they'd be all-" She, Applejack, and even Rarity performed the revised shout (though not actually shouting) in unison. "'DAZZLING FRIENDSHIP-FINDERS, YAAAAY!!'"
The whole table giggled, and Sunset in particular was all smiles. "I saw it myself third period, it's not a bad look for her! Makes me wish I'd actually gone and changed my look, who knew a bow could make such a difference?"
"I knew," said Rarity with a meaningful bat of her eyelashes, "and it's still not to late for you, Darling. Stop by my workshop later today?"
Smiling somewhat hesitantly, Sunset nodded. "Uh, sure, okay. Just, nothing frilly, please."
Rarity scoffed good-naturedly. "Spoilsport."
There were more giggles, but Rainbow was the first to stop laughing. "Really though, is anyone else just a teeny bit worried about Queen Fluffylicious? She's been acting a little weirder every week lately."
Sunset frowned. "Oh, come on, who around here doesn't act weird now and then?"
"I mean like, weird even for one of those three, y'know? Scary-weird."
Applejack visibly chewed her thoughts. "Ah don' wanna go startin' nothin, but Ah reckon she's got a point. They're all actin' fine now, sure, but weren't that their whole song an' dance before? False sense'a security an' all that?"
"Huh," Pinkie thought aloud, "ya think they're doing the didn't-know-that-you-fell, oh-woah-oh thing with cute hair-wear instead of butt-shaking?"
Skeptical, Rarity crossed her arms. "You don't think Adagio might just be trying a new look?"
Rainbow shrugged. "I'm just trying to play it safe here, 'cuz no matter how I look at it, we got lucky last time. If they've got something else up their sleeve, who's to say we don't get Vinyl or somebody to help us out again?"
Frowning, Rarity nodded. "I suppose that's true..."
Scratching her head, Rainbow looked down at the table. "I mean, I really don't wanna go burning bridges or anything, but we know those three can be dangerous when they put their minds to it." Looking up again, she turned her head. "What do you think, Fluttershy?"
The table was silent as the group collectively took in her sad, almost pained expression. "Has anyone gotten hurt?" she asked quietly, "have they really been bothering anyone?"
"Not yet," answered Applejack, "but-"
"But what? 'But we should watch them like a hawk until something happens? Make them feel guilty even when they've been on their best behavior?' No one should be treated that way." Fluttershy wasn't sure if it was the statement or that she had interrupted someone that stunned the others, but she calmly kept going. "I won't say you should never be careful, and I haven't forgotten what they were like before, but if we never let go of what they used to be, how can they hope to?"
There was a short silence.
Sunset frowned too. "She's right. I mean, you guys gave me a chance when nobody else would, why are the sirens any different?"
Rainbow answered with a perfectly straight face, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. "They never even said they were sorry."
For a moment the table was silent. Sunset glanced over her shoulder at the Dazzlings before looking back at her friends, raising a hand to her throat, and whispering. "You probably wouldn't either, y'know?"
By the way their eyes widened, the others very much understood, Rainbow in particular wincing. "Ooh, dang, yea... forgot about that." She glanced over at the Dazzlings' tuneless table. "No way to fix that, I guess?"
Fluttershy paid close attention to Sunset's answer.
"Twilight's been pretty busy with other stuff, but when I asked, she said even she has no idea how to bring back their voices without also bringing back their magic." And nothing more needed to be said.
Rainbow shook her head. "Oh, well." She managed to crack a little smile. "Maybe I'm just weirded out by her of all people wearing a pretty little bow in her hair. Reminds me of one of those creepy dolls in that one cabinet at Applejack's place."
The farmer scowled. "They're heirlooms."
Pinkie giggled. "Creepy heirlooms!"
Raising her nose in mock indignance, Applejack hmphed. (Rarity squee'd a little) "That's how ya know they're authentic."
The tension broken, the table giggled once more, Fluttershy glancing over at the Dazzlings table. What she saw made her jaw drop.
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Adagio, well across the room, but still quite visible, was eating a taco. It was Taco Tuesday. The manner in which she was eating it, however, was what drew attention from more than just Fluttershy. She slowly, tenderly licked the edges of the shell to savor the flavor, delicately nibbled and gnawed pieces off, and gently pulled them in with her tongue before going in for more.
At last, she understood Sonata's fascination! Or so she'd thought, because looking up at her companions, she found Sonata blushing brighter than Fluttershy usually did and Aria looking at her wide-eyed.
"Uh... D-Dagi? What are you doing?"
She gave them a completely natural smile. "Just thought I'd try savoring it." Following a moment's silence and two bewildered stares, she shrugged. "No good? Very well." She then tore into the taco with reckless abandon, crunching and shredding it to pieces in her teeth. Doing so helped hide a wicked grin as she glanced at the Rainbooms' table to see five of them standing up and gathering around a fainted Fluttershy.
Not sure how to interrupt the freaky feeding frenzy, Aria looked at Sonata, whose nose had started bleeding while she stared at their shameless leader. "Nata? You okay there?"
Sonata wore a happy, dazed expression that could only be called 'love-struck schoolgirl' as she dumbly nodded. "Okay."
"No, no, I'm asking if you're-"
"Uh-huh."
Aria said nothing.
"Yup."
"..."
"Uh-huh."
Aria returned her blank stare to Adagio, who was tasting her yellow fingertips after having finished her war crimes on that taco.
Adagio looked back at the two of them, her expression cheerfully innocent. "Something wrong?"
Sonata finally snapped out of her stupor, blinking rapidly. "Eh, huh, wha? What year is it?"
Glancing back and forth at the two of them, Aria facepalmed. "You guys are so embarrassing."
Chuckling as she saw Fluttershy being carried off the nurses' office out of the corner of her eye, Adagio gestured to the bow on her head. "On that note, what do you think?"
Aria tilted her head a little. "A... bow? Is that what people have been yakkin' about all day?"
Sonata beamed. "It's shiny!"
"You would notice that, Nata."
"Bite me, Ria."
Giggling at antics that once only served to aggravate her, Adagio took a moment to appreciate just how much she'd come to enjoy her companions' occasional banter. When she was done, they were smiling at her too.
"So," Aria guessed, "this is that plan you were talking about? Play up the 'cutesy' thing for all it's worth?"
She nodded. "Something like that, but within certain constraints. For one, I maintain that putting on an act won't do us any favors in the long run, but an accessory or two won't hurt anything."
Aria disagreed. "Other than our dignity?"
"Not as much as you'd think, and it's a worthy sacrifice, I assure you." She grinned cheekily. "In fact, you might pull it off even better than I do. You've already got that hairstyle, that little vest, not to mention that pouty widdle face you make~!"
Tinting red, Aria crossed her arms and grit her teeth, grumbling in her usual, pouty-faced fashion.
Sonata, ever the team-player, beamed. "Agitated growling, not bad either!"
Aria turned away. "You both suck!"
Despite her blush as the others giggled at her expense, Aria felt a little lucky, a tiny smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. She knew how most of the school reacted to her 'grumpiness,' but the way Sonata and Adagio could see a little more than that always meant something to her.
...I'm not wearing any damn ribbons, though!
I'm glad to see the other dazzling's interactions with Adagio, and I'm sure that taco eating was for FS's benefit. Only adagio would turn eating tacos into that.
*record scratch* What?
(Read again)
This fic keeps making me happier.
This just in: Canterlot High has burned to the ground. Eyewitnesses say the fire was accidentally caused by a student named Fluttershy when her face spontaniously combusted.
So,
Damn,
Adorable!
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She exploded.
Twice!
Well, it's official. Adagio can drive folks wild just by sensually eating something.
Hey! Maybe she can get a job doing commercials for a fast food restaurant!
Pick an option:
(Too bad/At least) it wasn't a puffy taco...
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Her tongue slowly snakes around the rim of a burger patty, eyes seductively staring into the camera...
McDonald's! Ba-da-bum-ba-paaah~!
6640620 Meh. McDonald's is too family friendly. Hardee's would work, though.
I think so long as this doesn't evolve into a clop-fic the Teen tag is fine. If the Mods have an issue they'll prolly say something first so you have a chance to change it anywho.
Worries aside, this is awesome and you should feel awesome about that!
6640038 How her face was capable of such a feat, no one knows. Strangely, a Miss Adagio Dazzle was later found with tears flowing down her face and hugging herself from uncontrollable laughter
First off, I scared myself with the laugh I gave when I saw the update on my feed. It was a very.... Higurashi type of laugh.
Second
Nothing wrong with that. At all. Sometimes, you just gotta beam the reader over the head with blunt exposition. It was still an enjoyable chapter.
Tacos!
wait, so was Sonata turned on by the way Adagio ate the taco as well as FS?
Also, not sure if I mentioned it before, but be careful with the POV changes. Yours tend to be a little jarring and confusing at times. Ideally, it should be one scene/one POV, but if you're going to change at least indicate the change. I'm trying to wrack my brain if you're doing some POV I don't know of, but it seems to be third person limited omniscient i think. Even so, be careful of the changes.
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I was worried the flip in the middle of the lunchroom would make things confusing, but wasn't sure how to manage it without breaking the flow of the scene. Will try to be more careful with that in the future.
And yes, it's been hinted before that Sonata is... honest with herself.
Good chapter, nice POV change, falic symbolism food eating...that's what I call a good day
Nonsense. All you did was describe someone eating a taco. The food, not the common euphemism.
If any confusion and or ideas come from said euphemism then it's no fault of yours.
As for previous chapters... Its been close, although I don't think anything too explicit has been written.
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Probably.
Probably not.
Refer to my argument from before.
Tease.
Well, Scootaloo is the most abrasive of the three, much like Aria, and both Sonata and Sweetie are the most innocent of the tree, oh god they ARE!
That is hilarious.
Doubt it.
... She has a point.
She's also got a good point.
It's like a good point smorgasboard.
... She's right.
Of course.
Takei, do the thing.
Thank you Takei.
Oh dear.
Didn't know there was much a thing as tacosexual. Then again, Sonata being Sonata...
Indeed.
Fair enough.
HEH!
She did come off as healthily cautious, so, mission accomplished. Yes Rainbow may be somewhat abrasive, but, yeah, her being a Jerkface gets old. FAST.
For someone who claims to never write clop, this chapter has a surprisingly good amount of food porn (look it up on tvtropes, its not what you think).
I don't think Rainbow's being a jerk at all here. We know the Sirens are sincere in their efforts to reform, but we also have a ton of knowledge that Rainbow doesn't have access to. And manipulation was how the Sirens accomplished everything they ever set out to do, even if they no longer have hypnotic powers to make it easy. It's good that someone was willing to at least bring it up.
6641398 oh god, I'm just imagining FS and Dagi doing food play and then Sonata bursts in wearing a taco suit, completely edible
So, I'm just gonna throw this out there, but would it really be so bad if the Dazzlings got their magic back? I mean, I know that Princess Twilight and Fluttershy's friends don't really know much about them now that they've lost their power, but once all of that comes to light, would it really be so bad? Dagi's already admitted that they haven't always used their powers for evil, that they used to only use them to protect themselves, so I'm really hoping they do just get it back in the end. They really did kind of get shafted in this whole exchange.
And I still need to know what's up with Dagi and that eyeliner. This is like the fifth time she's mentioned that it hurts her image, but she keeps wearing it. And we still don't know what it was that Fluttershy overheard Adagio and Aria talking about back near the beginning of the story
Wonderful chapter, as always. Glad to see a bit more of the magic/throat plot pop up again. I do wonder if Flutters is going to find a way to help at least Adagio with that.
I will say, I can't tell if it would have been too much, or just enough for Fluttershy to cry out "Squirrel!" before fainting like she did in the cafeteria. It just would have added to the ridiculous confusion for her friends to me.
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I almost wish I'd done that now, it would have been brilliant! She fainted from the sudden shock of Adagio's change of pace, so I'm not sure it would have worked, but it would have been darn funny!
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Couldn't agree more. I can't help wondering why Nightmare Moon was 'turned back to good' the second time and pretty much everyone since has either died, been locked away to go mad in isolation, or had something that 'meant an awful lot to them' permanently destroyed. Sunset might have been blasted into a crater, but it looks like she walked it off without much problem.
I know it's possible that their voices actually came back to them later, and if anything, it's the outcome I'm kind of hoping is canon, but we'll apparently have to wait another year or so to find out.
To answer your question, no, it probably wouldn't be so bad, but even if Twilight and the rest knew what we know, there'd always be a hint of doubt. Given that friends fight sometimes, who's to say that the Dazzlings (or even just one of them) don't feel like they've been snubbed one day (Not getting invited to somebody's wedding, feeling unwanted or under-appreciated for some reason, etc.) and go draining negative energy in secret to cope? Or heck, if they're present for a fight that they didn't cause between the Rainbooms and see a chance to get everything they once dreamed of? 'All we want and more!'
That the Rainbooms were immune to their magic at all the first time might have no better justification than plot convenience (I would have liked to see them at least struggle to resist a little bit, even if they completely shrugged it off from then on), so there's no guarantee anyone else will have the same protection. If they became friends, learned where the portal was, saw a chance to get their power back and did, then bolted for Equestria, there might be very little that could stop them this time, which Twilight realizes and doesn't want to leave to chance.
So, as it stands, the Just Fix The Gems route seems a little bleak.
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I feel like if Princess Celestia trusted the pony Fluttershy to reform Discord, the human one can be trusted with the Dazzlings. One of the big things that's come up in canon is the possibility for redemption; that anyone, no matter what their sins, can be a different person than who they once were if they try and have friends by their side to help them when they feel weak. If we're just writing people off because they might do something bad again then Sunset, Luna, Discord, and Trixie are gonna be in for a bad time here pretty soon when they all get locked away or worse just because they might do something bad.
And you know, they should probably add Twilight to that list for the whole Want It/Need It incident, and AJ for terrorizing the town through her recklessness, and Rainbow for that whole Rainbow Factory thing. Really pretty much everypony, since they've all done something that was "bad" and they might do it again.
It would be very in character for them to at least give the sirens a chance, once all is said and done.
Not to say that they would have to give the Dazzlings carte blanche to do whatever they want once they have their powers back, but I'm sure Twilight could put a few anti-enchantment spells and such around her side of the mirror, maybe beef up the defenses on the portal itself or something, just in case.
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True, but they took a chance with Discord and he burned them at the first opportunity he got, nearly costing all of Equestria (and him) it's magic, and presumably countless lives if Tirek hadn't been stopped. I know that they've since decided to trust Discord again, apparently with no penalty whatsoever for his betrayal, but redemption theme or not, it's a risk I think they (the princesses, I mean, Twilight included) would at least be hesitant in taking again. This probably goes double for anyone vouching for those known to have a way of swaying people to do what they want, even without magic.
If things were perfectly fair, yes, pretty much the entire cast would have to be given the same scrutiny, but things usually aren't fair, most of all for the villains. Rainbow could have destroyed anything from a factory full of expensive equipment (which she actually might have) to two whole towns (Cloudsdale and Ponyville, I mean), nevermind the possible damage to the weather system, and got off scot-free. Meanwhile, Lightning Dust apparently has her career prospects trashed for doing something similar in terms of weather-based recklessness. Justice plays favorites in Equestria, I think.
Anywho, I agree that giving them a chance despite all of this wouldn't be unthinkable (Sunset was working on it before even Fluttershy was), but can you kind of see why it isn't Twilight's top priority?
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Oh, certainly. I don't blame them at all for not looking for a solution that doesn't give them their magic back. I'm just saying that, in the end, would it really be so bad if they ended up getting it back? I can't speak for them in canon, but in this story I feel like they could be trusted with a second chance.
Aw yeah now this is my kind of character exploration.
Loving Aria and Sonata's word play and Fluttershy's little speech was great.
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Why would you give them their magic back? From what I can understand, their power came from the gems, which gave them voice AND mind controlling abilities, as in the gems were WEAPONS. And they were used for nefarious purposes and once they were taken away from them, suddenly they aren't doing anything wrong (trolling in rl or internet aside). This power was never theirs to begin with, unlike magic of unicorns or Discords reality manipulating powers. That's kinda like (half minute pause to think of a good example) giving Sinestro (Green Lantern villain) his ring back and then being surprised he was suddenly evil again. The temptation is still there.
And honestly, what did they lose, even if they didn't go evil again? They can't sing. Big deal, neither can half the population of the world (though to be fair, EG world is more like 90% made out of singers). Yes, it's a bummer, it was a big part of their lives, but tough luck, suck it up and keep going is all I can say.
(all the comic book lore in the world and all I could think of is Sinestro I need to read more comics)
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Really? Just tell them to "get over it?" How would you feel if you suddenly lost the one thing you love doing more than anything else. And on top of that, then had the people who took that ability from you just sort of shrug and say, "Yeah, well, that sucks. Get over it." It's almost like you want them to be evil again. There's a very good reason that kindness and generosity are part of the Elements of Harmony.
Yeah, the gems were weapons, and yeah, they could use their singing as a weapon. But Adagio has already said that they weren't always the bad guys. They used to only use their power to defend themselves, but nobody ever remembers that part of their history. If we're going to start taking away things that someone might use for evil, you'd better go throw out everything in your house that's on the TSA's check list, cause every bit of that might be used for evil.
Much like the thing with the gems, if you start turning on people because they're tempted to do bad things, you'd better be ready to lock up all of humanity, because we're all tempted to do bad things sometimes. It's just a fact of life. What's important is what you do, whether or not you actually give in to that temptation.
In the end it all boils down to the individual people involved. In this case, the sirens aren't just "playing nice", trying to be inconspicuous because they're powerless to do anything else. They genuinely try to be good, or at least better than they were before. A big part of this whole story and the whole relationship between Adagio and Fluttershy is the fact that Adagio doesn't want to be who she once was. We've had more than a few chances so far to see her get seriously upset at the thought that she might push Fluttershy too far and drive her away like she has others in the past. She has that fear because she genuinely cares about Fluttershy's happiness, and that's not something the old Adagio would have given a single thought towards.
A lot of characters in the MLP universe have been given second chances, and from what we've seen f them in the story so far, I don't see why the sirens shouldn't be given one as well.
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In the sirens' defense, they are trying to 'suck it up and move on' here, it was part of the reason they came back to CHS to begin with. The line of thought from Chapter 1 was that while they weren't happy to have lost the gems, their magic, and their voices, there was really nothing they could do about it. As such, they tried other things for a while (video games, stuff around town, home decorating, etc.), talked to Sunset again, and opted to give the Magic of Friendship the old college try.
The hope they went in with was that time would heal all wounds. Saying any more would be spoilers.
6645220 If the thing that was taken from me was a threat to others WHICH I ACTIVELY TRIED TO USE AND WAS BARELY STOPPED, then yes, you have all the right to take it away and punish me, even though I don't want to be spanked.
You're misunderstanding a crucial thing in my entire post- I'm not saying they should be shunned or not given a chance, heck no. I'm saying that they shouldn't be given their powers back, for many reasons. For one, what would it accomplish? They could sing again... and that's it. They won't starve to death now that they feed on regular food (which they don't lack), so what's the point of even having that anymore?
And as for temptation of power given to entire humanity, see, there's a subtle difference between a butter knife and a mind controlling device. What's the point of having a bazooka if I can't blow something up once in a while? Not everybody thinks like that, but the trio lived their life like that all this time, so yeah, people are fully justified being scared of them. A bully hwo stopped being a bully is still more feared than someone who never was one to begin with.
And them having to "suck it up" is something that everyone who seeks redemption has to go through, no exceptions. Luna went through it. Sunset went through it in second movie and earned her happy ending with her own will and hard work, with some help from new friends. Which is exactly what's happening to Dazzlings right now, though their start is a lot slower, but steady.
6645265 And it's good that they keep on trying. They are former villains, if their redemption was fast and easy it wouldn't mean anything. That's why I didn't like how they handled Discord in canon- it was too fast and while yes, Mane6 minus Fluttershy didn't trust him completely, but he was given a free reign anyway, which lead to, well, season 4 finale.
Personally, I hope they get their singing/magic back, but honestly I think y'all're taking this way too seriously.
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So... Sunset works to be a good person and is forgiven, gets back what was taken from her, and has a happy ending, but the Dazzlings do the same thing and get permanently shafted? I never once said that the Dazzlings should be given "free reign". I never once said that Princess Twilight shouldn't take precautions if they are given their magic back. All I'm saying is that they deserve the chance, just like Luna and just like Sunset.
You can say that you're willing to give them the same thing, but what you're offering is a pale shadow of what so many other villains in canon have been given, including Luna and Sunset. You're offering to give them a chance as long as they spend the rest of their lives as cripples just because you're not willing to let them earn the same trust that villains that have done much, much worse have from the ponies and people they once hurt.
In the EQG universe, Sunset got off basically scot free, despite committing crimes that should have landed her in prison for life. Yes she had to deal with people being afraid of her, yes she had to earn their trust back, but once she did she got back what the Elements took from her and more. But the sirens shouldn't just because them losing their voices "isn't that big of a deal"?
Taking away their voices isn't some minor thing. They are sirens. Their voice is an integral part of them. It's like taking away a unicorn's magic, or a pegasus' wings. Equestria would be a very different place if they had cut Lightning Dust's wings off because she used her pegasus magic to try to hurt people.
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Nah, this is an internet argument. Everybody knows that these don't actually accomplish anything. We're just gonna keep going back and forth, me making a point and him saying that I misunderstood some crucial aspect of his response, and then I'll compare him to Hitler and we'll both give up in disgust.
That's just the way these things go.
6645606 I am ending this conversation now, before Eyeswirl has to stop us. I love this story and I have my beliefs, but there's no point in flooding comments with pointless arguments.
6645420 Yeah, that's what happens when you're invested in the story. No worries, I'm ending this right now.
A tiny bit of hope for those who want the "official" redemption – Ishi Rudell, the guy who directed EQG3, now has a siren header on his twitter @ishiH3Art . It has a potential to mean something.
Any kind of negative tension was completely nullified after her comment on Adagio's new accessory.
Rainbowgoof >> Rainbowjerk
No, you're not. You prude.
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You've missed a lot
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...I should start hiding actual messages in these things.
6655215 You devious mastermind!
...Do it.
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Irony: I have no idea what a selkie is.
And, that link was an... interesting story premise. Principal Celestia must not be as incompetent at managing a school as I've sometimes thought to not be fired on the spot for that one. Then again, clop tends to be on the 'anything goes' side. To answer the original question, no, not related.
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I don’t think that’s the kind of symbolism she was going for…
6653450 Dammit Jim I'm not a doctor.
I was at work one day and the thought popped into by head that a certain song plays through Flutters' head while fantasizing about Adagio:
6657996 I guess that sorta fits, though I'm not sure where someone like Fluttershy'd have heard a song like that to get it in her head in the first place. Then again, she already knew what a safeword was, too...
And, "I'm trying to find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful" got a laugh out of me.
For what it's worth, I'd be very interested to see the Sirens appear again in EQG (or at all again in the show or comics, if I'm honest). Their little villain song about a 'battle of the bands' struck a chord with me (if you'll pardon the pun).
In any case, I can't fault Rainbow for pragmatic thinking (and also applaud her for being conscious of how close they were to losing). Well written.
6658015 tacos sound good right now for some reason also sorry cant help myself
Is it just me or did I just notice a SunsetxRarity thing going on here
Ok, this chapter is hilarious, but how did the whole "Sonata loves tacos" meme get started? I can't recall tacos ever coming up in Rainbow Rocks.
6987989 A little late, but I haven't seen anyone answer yet, so...
Right before they sing "Battle of the Bands" the Dazzlings are talking about their plan outside the cafeteria. After Adagio makes one of her dramatic declarations about getting the world to obey them, Sonata follows it up by saying (in a really excited voice) something along the lines of "We can still get lunch after though, right? It's Taco Tuesday!"