"You know, I still don't get it," Rainbow Dash said as she tuned her guitar.
"Don't get what?" Sunset asked, frowning as she replaced a string on her own guitar.
"The car wash," Rainbow said. "I mean, we shoulda raked in a lot more with that than we did!"
"Yeah," Sunset agreed. "I mean, half the student body at CHS has cars, or their folks do. The teachers too. It should've been easy money."
"What should've?" a voice intruded. Flash Sentry peeked in. "Hey girls."
"Hey Flash," Sunset greeted. "What's up?"
"Was just checkin' to see if the practice room was open," Flash said. "Guess not, but...overheard that last bit."
"Oh, well," Sunset said as she tuned up and adjusted the knobs on her guitar, "we were just talking about the car wash. You know, for the Camp Everfree fundraiser. I mean, sure we raised the money thanks to the Chance to Prance contest, but..."
"Our car wash idea totally kicked butt!" Rainbow complained, playing a harsh chord. "What gives?"
"Oh," Flash said awkwardly, scratching his cheek. "Well. Umm."
Sunset gave him a look. "You know something," she said.
"Heh. Me? Know something? When did I ever know anything?" Flash hedged, chuckling nervously.
Rainbow narrowed her eyes. "Okay, dude. I never dated you and I barely ever talk to you and even I know you're hiding something. Out with it."
Flash quailed. "W-well," he stammered, "th-the thing is..." He coughed. "Umm...well...y-you see, word on social media was everybody was expecting, umm...something a little different, and then a couple guys drove by and saw what, umm...what you all were doing, a-and word got out, a-and...well..." He jammed his hands in his pockets. "Yeah."
Sunset raised an eyebrow. "Uhh...wanna try that again? Maybe with some details?" she suggested.
Flash averted his gaze. "I think, well...a lot of guys were expecting it to be, umm...kind of a...well—"
"SPIT IT OUT!" both girls yelled.
Flash jumped. "A bikini car wash!" he yelped. Then flinched.
Rainbow and Sunset blinked. They slowly turned to look at each other, eyes wide.
Rainbow facepalmed. "NOW he tells us," she groaned.
"We really should've thought of that," Sunset said, shaking her head.
I can't say that surprises me.
Well of course, I mean when was the last time you saw high school students wash cars fully clothed, especially when it's so hot out?
You know, Just because a bunch of girls put a wash car it doesn´t mean they have to wear bikinis. There is such thing as "dignity".
Also, a teen bikini car wash is screaming "jailbait".
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When I was in high school, our drill team (comprised of a lot of the hottest girls in school, I might add) did car washes in daisy dukes and thin T-shirts. Annually. They raised a lot of money doing it, too.
Maybe you don't know as much about high school girls as you think you do.
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The reason they do it in movies had to have come from somewhere.
Heh, I was thinking the same thing... Then again, the very next special had the girls in skintight leotards.
You can't say that word.
Oh! Shut up, you!
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Glad I'm not the only one who thought something like that could've been an option.
You know, I was thinking about a story where they're still doing the car wash, but this time Princess Celestia walks in.
Seeing how few they're collecting, she shows the girls how it's done.
And this is the story of the biggest road ingestion in Canterlot.
(In the second chapters, all the girls try to do that and have to deal with a lot of annoying customers)
Hmm... I apologize in advance, but I'm going to think about this concept in more depth than is necessary.
Applejack: Might accept the pragmatic fact that it's a good way to deal with the heat of standing around on asphalt all day. Might object to bikini briefs.
Fluttershy: On the one hand, Fluttershy. On the other, she was already operating the hose while wearing a white tank top. This could go either way.
Pinkie Pie: Likely all for it. Increased happiness without needing to do anything genuinely skeevy? Win-win! Her bouncing alone would likely increase their earnings by 15% at minimum.
Rainbow Dash: Does all the sports; more than accustomed to people watching her in a swimsuit. Getting a chance to flaunt her assets and get people to pay for the privilege? (And now I'm trying to find a way to back out of the corner I've painted myself into...)
Rarity: Likely caught between ladylike dignity and willingness to employ her feminine wiles to further her goals. Again, could go either way.
Sunset Shimmer: Probably wouldn't have any issues with this. Silly balding apes and their nudity taboos.
Twilight Sparkle: Definitely the least likely to want to join in, and her skin is likely unprepared for hours of direct UV exposure. However, she wasn't participating in canon either, so that's probably not an issue.
Yeah, this largely checks out.
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Why would Princess Celestia walk in?
What would Princess Celestia know about washing cars?
Princess Celestia randomly shows up in the human world and teaches the girls how to eat roads? What?
I'm sorry, that...you lost me. I don't think I could drop enough acid or smoke enough pot for that to EVER make sense.
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Agh... No! I meant... Principal...
Aw, buck.
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Principal Celestia is going to teach them how to eat road? That raises further questions!
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Yes, that. I think. I meant a huge line of traffic.
*Sigh*
But you know, I'm considering if it would be possible to write a funny story following all those mistakes.
...
Maybe not.
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"I'm here to chew asphalt and kick bubblegum! And I'm all out of bubblegum."
Yes, Sunset, you really should have. COME ON!!!
The nice thing about Flash is that he's decent enough to be embarrassed about bringing up something like this. Well, I say decent, but I know for others that mean boring/generic nice guy (and I don't completely disagree either).
The Principals might not have been on board with that kind of idea though (although I could see Pinkie, Sunset and Rainbow being willing at least, Twilight probably not especially if her brother heard about it, and Fluttershy's outfit doesn't really fit with her personality anyway). Unless the Principals actually joined in? Or I've been looking at too much of uotapo's Principal artwork.
8270171 Well, maybe they used to do that, but now they don't because they don't want to run into controversy. You know that's the sort of thing someone would inevitably complain about.
8270903 Yeah they do great artwork! But out of the group I would expect: Sunset, Pinkie, Rainbow, and Rarity for the typical two-pieces while Flutters, Applejack, and Twilight (if she joined in and didn't just sit aside like it appeared) would probably be closer to one-piece bathing suits. I'm also sure that would have attracted both guys and some girls to go "experience" the car wash. The P & VP would probably have been there more to make sure people weren't taking pics & vids of the seven.
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Applejack would probably go for the stereotypical Daisy Dukes and tied-off Western shirt (you know, the outfit about a thousand fanartists draw human/EG Applejack in).
8272563 Hrmm.... Good point! And a good idea!
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Yes it would. I'd read any story with the description "Princess Celestia randomly shows up in the human world and teaches the girls how to eat roads."
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There are those who argue that Doctor Doom would actually create a utopia if the world leaders gave him their jobs.
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What are you talking about? I still see bikini (top) car washes from time to time. Of course I live in Florida where it's not to uncommon for that to be worn in the late spring - summer where it can reach 90+ F with 100% humidity.
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The problem was many fold. I mean Discord did a lot worse than Starlight (although he never destroyed all life on Equestria like she managed in at least one of her timelines) and was turned to stone, and when 'forgiven' took 3 seasons for him to be truly forgiven. Chrysalis wasn't easily forgiven and of course is still a villain, and fark Throax wasn't instantly forgiven for being the wrong race in the Crystal Empire.
They built up her super villainy. Raped the timeline. Assault on a minor (a few counts). Brainwashed an entire city (which is illegal). And built up the entire time-travel / destroying existence spell. And all that build up, they end it in a lazy montage. And unlike other's who've done worse (or Trixie who has done a whole lot less) were treated like garbage / trash.
I mean fuck. Trixie had her life ruined by Ponyville after Boast Busters when her show (which was pay by donation. So none of the ponies needed to start shit, they could've left) was heckled from the start by Spike, Rares, AJ, and RD. Then the parents let their kids go to Pony Murder Forest. Trixie takes 100% of the blame and ruins her life, driving her to Magic Duel. At the end of MD Twilight 'forgives her' only for in 'No Second Prances' to be an utter c***t to her and not show an ounce of friendship (despite offering to be her friend at the end of MD).
But Glimmer? Steals their Cutie Marks, tries to brainwash them over the course of at least a day and a half, then goes through time that causes Twilight to see numerous horror timelines, plenty of which she almost doesn't escape from. And Glimmer till near the end still didn't care and was willing to kill everyone for the lolz.
Nothing gets addressed. Nothing gets commented on. And unlike the others who get shitted on for their actions. Glimmer is treated (even after slipping up and going Super Villain again, twice) gets treated as if she does nothing wrong by the end of the episode. It's cheap. It's poorly executed. And makes the Mane 6 massive douches in comparison to how they treat Discord and Trixie.
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Heck Latveria, in most incarnations, despite being under a despot, is prosperous and well governed
Yeah, that would do it.
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And if Just Girls Talking comes into play, white tank top + water = Fluttershy is accidentally the one with the most revealing outfit... unless Rarity warned her that that would happen and she endured the physical discomfort to minimize the possibility. (Otherwise, there really would be road congestion.)
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Have the story being Sunset writing a letter via journal to Twilight about the events that happened, but because she's distracted those errors slip in.
Twilight then reads it aloud to the others, just as confused, leading to each of the others speculating what they think it means.
End it with Spike looking at it and idly proofreading it, making Twilight realize what happened.