Sugarcoat Interferes In Pony History

by Twinkletail

Ponyville Confidential

"Were you guys feeling guilty about all the gossip too? Like...maybe we could be hurting other ponies' feelings?"

Sweetie Belle could tell from the looks on the faces of Apple Bloom and Scootaloo that such a question didn't even need to be asked. Guilt was written all across the fillies' faces, clear as day. Publishing a gossip column under the pseudonym "Gabby Gums" had seemed like such a good idea at the time, back when it was simply talking about a silly mishap involving two of their classmates. The wild success and the pressure from Diamond Tiara to keep it going, though, had led to it spiraling out of control.

"Yeah, I didn't wanna say anything because everypony loves Gabby Gums so much," Bloom said, ears folded sadly against her head. "But...I was sorta hoping we could start writing more stories like this one."

"Me too," Scootaloo sighed. The article they'd written on Spike had been a nice, informative piece, devoid of the sensationalism found in their earlier articles. For that very reason, it had been summarily rejected by Diamond.

"If we're gonna get our cutie marks," Sweetie said, "we've got to give the ponies what they want." She wasn't sure if she could remember a time where she was so disappointed about doing something that could potentially earn her her mark, but here she was. From the disappointed "aww" that she shared with her friends, she could tell that she at least wasn't alone in feeling like this.

"Just write the piece you want to write."

The Crusaders looked up to see the familiar face of Sugarcoat standing by the door.

"Sugarcoat?" Bloom asked. "I thought you weren't helping us with our cutie mark stuff."

"Yeah, cause you didn't want to talk about our butts," Sweetie said.

"Eh, I'm over that," Sugarcoat stated. "This world's a lot different than mine and apparently the adults here help kids with their cutie mark problems and don't get arrested, so whatever."

"Well that's great!" Scootaloo said. "Because we're trying to figure out what to do about-"

"Like I said," Sugarcoat said simply. "Write the piece you want to write."

"But Diamond Tiara said..." Sweetie began, but she was quickly cut off.

"Yeah, about that," Sugarcoat said. "I went to your teacher and told her that Miss Pretty Crown was busy making unfair demands and taking advantage of her position. She made that Featherweight kid into the new editor. That's the kind of thing that happens when you actually tell a teacher that another student's being unreasonable. You should really consider that in the future."

The three fillies' jaws dropped. As was becoming the norm with those who interacted with Sugarcoat, they found themselves at a loss for words.

"You probably won't though," Sugarcoat said as she turned tail, leaving the stunned fillies to their work.

Comments

[Foxtail Ruby]

nice and easy way to avoid disaster

[silvadel]

Congratulations on working through your block and coming back to give us more sugarcoating.

[Shadowmane PX-41]

An exceptional performance, Sugarcoat. Just as I would expect from Crystal Prep's best diplomat.

Thank you, Principal Cinch.

[Pause]

This was one of the very few episodes I thought was objectively bad.

Nice to avoid that trainwreck.

[ZanyZapper]

Great to see an update! Good one too!

And I need to rewatch Friendship Games - I've forgotten what Sugarcoat's voice sounds like and I read her lines hearing Maud's voice instead.

[BigD]

Huh, surprised you have her giving a genuine smile in the pic.

[Donraj]

Yay it's back!

[MythrilMoth]

Great way to bring this one back. Sugarcoat doing the obvious thing the CMC never thought of doing ever.

[Dilos1]

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[Frankie2]

First:

Welcome back.
Second:

That's the kind of thing that happens when you actually tell a teacher that another student's being unreasonable.

My main thing was why didn't Cheerilee interfere sooner? She had to have read those articles like everypony else?
Finally:

You should really consider that in the future. You probably won't though,

As such is Equestria.

[TheVirginianist]

Good to see that you're still alive, Twinkletail. And is back with a New Chapter of this too.

Good Job!

[Seether00]

She offers simple solutions

[Little Voice]

I still stand by the thoughts I gave about this fic in my review of it here: Link.

Still, good to see that it's still up and running. Keep it up.

[Twinkletail]

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I very much like this solution and hereby canonize it, since all the thought I'd put into how she escaped prior to this was "it happened."

[Tatsurou]

Nice way to bring this back.

[Twilight_Shimmer]

Glad to see this story has life in it again!

[DanceMagicPony]

IT LIVES! IT LIVES!!!!!!!

On another note, welcome back!

[Feather Book]

This is simply brilliant. I've laughed out loud in each chapter.

[Jake Witt]

The story has been gone for too long and needs to continue.

...that's my impression of Sugarcoat. Though, in my honest opinion: life first, FiM fiction last. Can't have a dead/uninspired writer gnawing at our conscious.

[Highlord Langslock]

Man, it's been so long that I've forgotten about this fic. Thank goodness it's not dead.

[Emperor]

I'm disappointed. The CMC never got to the point of writing a sensationalist article on Sugarcoat. That would have been something!