After two days of a horrifying political whirlwind concerning Filthy Rich's disastrous bid for mayor and the horrible, sexist remarks he'd been caught making, seven girls sat together at a pizza buffet, enjoying a Sunday afternoon of normalcy.
Then, out of nowhere, Pinkie Pie suddenly said, "You know, I just figured out what bothers me the most about this whole Pussygate thing."
"Oh god," Rainbow Dash moaned, burying her head in her hands. "I thought we were done talking about this..."
"No wait, listen!" Pinkie Pie said, holding up a hand. "I'm serious."
Rarity sighed. "Fine. What is it, aside from everything that disgusting man said?"
Pinkie raised a finger. "It's the whole 'grabbing' thing. I mean, grabbing? Really? I mean...grabbing ass? Grabbing boobs? Okay, yeah, that I get, but grabbing pussy?" She shook her head. "That's not something you grab. That's something you rub. Stroke. Finger, even. But grab? Nuh-uh."
The others stared at her, stunned speechless, most flushed in the face.
"Erm..." Rarity coughed. "Well...you do raise a valid point, darling."
Fluttershy frowned. "So what you're saying is he even fails at being a disgusting sexist pig?"
"Pretty much!"
Well, this was actually kind of funny.
I don't know if that's because I tend to not care about politics, or because of the way you write.
... I want to laugh, and yet I don't want to, I'm honestly torn, why do you do this to me, Moth?
Yes. All my yes.
I don't blame you for writing this. If this doesn't ruin Filthy Rich's campaign, nothing will.
Uh... Is Filthy Rich = Donald Trump? If yes, then I completely agree!
You should never have to apologize for what your characters say. Clarify, sure, but not apologize. You are not your characters, and unless you're writing an author tract (which is likely not the case), of course your characters will be different from you..
Where did this even come from?
Aaalright, I don't pay attention to Burgerland politics beyond what's on the news sometimes, so can anyone clue me in on what's this whole thing about?
... Pretty much, yeah...
Pinkie... I think that you may be missing the point here. It's even possible that you're mistaking metaphor for literal action. Like you say... I can't see anyone (and I mean anyone) trying that; it's just too... difficult to get all the parts in alignment.
Least they didn't say anything about a giant-sized Ass Cream.
The only reason he got that far was because of who his opponent was I bet. Heck that is the only reason Trump gat as far as he has.
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7629452 On Friday a video was released of Donald Trump and Billy Bush on a hot mic driving to a thing, and Trump made some incredibly filthy and disgusting sexist remarks about women in which he not only advocated predatory behavior, but bragged about it, saying that because he's "a star" he could, quote, "grab 'em by the pussy". Suffice to say, the Republican party is now abandoning the Trumptanic, which is on fire and sinking fast, and with Trump's "apology" sounding more like a petulant threat and a Presidential Town Hall debate tonight, this video has effectively killed his campaign. Not that his supporters will admit that.
...and "Burgerland"? Really? Dude. Not cool.
I'd much rather listen to Pinkie clarify what one would actually do with pussy rather than hearing what Trump has to say.
7629408 Nope. Filthy Rich doesn't use a dead tribble for a wig.
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Seriously Moth, you write the best Fluttershy. I know I've always said that, but with both Fluttershy from Persona EG (still my favorite character) and the Fluttershy you portray here, you're my favorite author just from how you portray Fluttershy.
Seriously, she stole the show here. Fantastic work.
Funny.
But I think we all agree we will be all glad once this presidential run is over.
Honestly, even knowing what your actually talking about, I'm more upset at this characterization of Filthy Rich. Even though he was more of a jerk in Equestria Girls.
7629527 Agreed. I'm very interested in Pinkie's opinions on the manipulation of pussy.
7629543 Thanks I love my take on Equestria Girls Fluttershy and how she's just ever so vaguely bitchy and snarky. It just feels right, y'know?
7629557 Eh, the comics gave me the idea to use him instead of making up a Trump expy. Blame the comics.
7629504 Where is this Video, I aint seen anything like it mentined in my Feeds on twitter and facebook?
not remarks on how spoiled is trying to salvage his reputation?
7629570 Exactly! It's like the reason she's so shy isn't because she's "just that nice", but rather she has a lot of bitchy thoughts about people and things around her, but doesn't feel right letting them out.
Makes you wonder what other twists and turns you can give the other Mane 6 from EG. I don't know why, but it seems easier to do this stuff with the EG universe than the canon universe. At least to me.
Thank god I'm not alone in being annoyed at the wrong word used there. Grab is just so not acceptable on so many levels. One of those levels is pedantry.
A 200 word chapter?
...really?
This story has so much heat that when you publish a chapter of any length, it gets featured. Publishing a 200 word chapter seems like you're intentionally trying to get featured with minimal effort.
I just spend the last hour reading up on the chapters that I missed--there were a lot of them--and I have to say that this is a fantastic take on the Equestria Girls series. My favourite chapter without a doubt was the one where Princess Celestia and Sunset reconciled with each other--considering how many have depicted such a scene through writing, art, and more, you'd think the writers would've gotten the memo by now--followed by the chapter revolving around the journals. I'm surprised not more people have written about the possibilities of the magic journal running out of pages.
I'm also loving the vulgar humour and various innuendos that each chapter contains, definitely brought a smile to my face. With regards to your most recent chapter, I'm okay with what you did regarding the U.S. election. You don't need to be afraid to express your opinion on something because someone is going to disagree with you over it.
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An audio recording of Donald Trump emerged (from 2005, I believe), where he said that he would like to grab a woman "by the pussy."
7629504 Nevermind, I found it........and its 11 years old Are you really going to give him rief over something that over 10 years ago? That'd be like me running for President, only for a video or Document being found saying that Use smoke pot in school 20 years ago,and people using that to label me a druggie that would try legalize it, even though It happend long ago.
P.S: I am 26, and never did drugs.
P.S.S: Even then, I would still vote for trump. I'd rather have Pervy Clown then a Shallow, Traitorous, Lying Bitch who would sell out the country just to save face.
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You've just described Donald Trump
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He dedicated a story to it: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/260030/the-fart
7629744 Keyblade hero said it all!
7629770 Thank you Bro for for the Support!!!
7629555 Hopefully, we'll all be glad when the next presidential term is over.
I really want to see how Diamond Tiara reacted to hearing about Filthy's...remarks.
7629809 Epic BROHOOF! Bump fists which Causes a Lightingbolt to shoot down from the heavens above!
7629531 Hey! That is offensive to Tribbles!
7629665 Yeah, it's fun to take the "teenage girl" aspect of them and their different environment and culture and see how it changes them from their pony selves.
7629720 Do you also complain when one of the Letters anthologies with 500-word chapters updates and goes to the feature box? I'm sorry it offends you somehow that this story gets into the feature box when it updates, but that has nothing to do with me. I just write this for fun. When I have an idea and feel the need to write it, that's what I do. This story supports long slice-of-life chapters and small, Letters-like chapters. That it's in the bottom tier of the feature box for "Repeat business" when I update it is inconsequential--I didn't code the feature box to do that, and I honestly forgot this story was a featured story. Again, if that somehow offends you, I'm sorry, but it's also not my concern. That you take offense over something so trivial when there are so many more important things to take offense at in this world is your business, of course, and while I question your choice of things to take offense at, I will respect your right to be offended by irrelevant things.
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7629770 Erm...every single day of his campaign practically, Trump has said something offensive and inflammatory. He's offended women, immigrants, families of fallen soldiers, blacks, and Muslims. He's bragged about avoiding paying his taxes. This isn't "the only dirt", it's just further dirt. Donald Trump is MADE of dirt. He is a walking EMPIRE of dirt. It's just that this video is something even his supporters can't ignore or whitewash and is finally the straw that broke the camel's back.
But seriously, I do NOT want to get into a political flamewar in the comments section of this story. I did ask you guys not to do this, right?
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Then you're going to be waiting for a very long time. Because I have no intention of ever writing such a chapter. Especially not to appease you because you feel slighted by its absence.
7629854 Wow, you love to make assumptions, don't you? This is life, not binary code. Everything isn't 1 or 0. Also, can you please tone down the aggression and hostility a notch? You're attacking me for not writing something you want me to write because something else I wrote made you feel slighted in some way. Can you not stop, take a step back, and look closely at yourself and your behavior here?
7629843 1. You bought Politics into this, not us. If you didn't want Politics involved, then you shouldn't have posted a political Chapter
2. Trump may be an Empire of Dirt, but Hilary Clinton is an Galactic Empire of Shit, and last I checked Dirt can easily be washed off, but Shit can't and the Smell will linger for days!
7629875 I "brought politics in here" by making a joke about the semantics of what was said in that video.
Sure, okay. Why not.
(Also, my story, I asked you all NOT to do SPECIFICALLY this, you did it anyway. So yeah.)
7629892 So? Your point? That's true, obviously, but that doesn't automatically mean I am compelled or obliged to write about it. Did it ever occur to you that maybe I simply don't want to write about that? That maybe it just isn't something I'm interested in writing?
I mean, really.
7629883 This is the Internet, maybe you have heard of it? Did you really expect people to listen to that Line? You bought Politics here, even if just to make fun of them. You had to know that there were gonna be people who get defensive, enough to speak out.
Look, you are a good writer, I have read a few of your fics, and enjoyed them, Including this one. I have plans to read your Persona EG fic cause I am a huge Persona fan.,
Slice of life is ok, But this is hittin to close to home, besides High schoolers that pay attention to Politics? Maybe things have changed in the few years since I graduated, but I remember that unless it was Homework, High schoolers did not pay attention to Politics.
7629883 Moth, if you want people to stop arguing about politics in your comment section, THEN STOP CONTINUING THE ARGUMENTS! Seriously, not only did you explain what was going on, which would have been perfectly fine, but you also presented your explanation in a way that just invited more arguments. Then, you kept arguing your side! If you want people to stop arguing, then you need to stop first.
7629843 It's not that I'm offended by it, it's just like... why only 200 words? For a story that has this many likes, why not write around 1k or so? It would easily give the story more substance.
7629883 Eh, skimmed through it. Saw this comment, yeah you kinda brought this on yourself, man. Lol
7629976 Because this is an anthology story based around girls talking about this and that. And sometimes that only amounts to a couple hundred words. *shrug* This chapter only existed to make one joke, and I did that in 200 words. That's how anthology stories work sometimes. I've got four or five of them of my own and I follow six others, it's just the way this kind of story behaves.
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Here it is. And, in my opinion, the outrage over it is overblown. He specifically says "And when you're a star they let you do it." just before the line about being able to "grab them", with that context, it would seem that the "them" being grabbed and the "they" letting "you do it" are referring to the same women. Furthermore, he appears to be speaking hypothetically, not literally advocating for anything.
7630061 Thank you.
7630022 Fair enough, then. I'm not too familiar with how anthology stories are written, but nevertheless, I wish you the best of luck with this.
I spose everybody has their own way of dealing with pussygate... And let's be honest, this really needed to he said