Every action taken is like dropping a pebble in a pond, creating ripples that extend ever outward. Every choice has consequences, good and bad... Putting on a Crown may have changed Sunset Shimmer's life...but it also Changed two worlds...
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weird question how tall is sunset
Thanks for the chapter! As for your authors note, more people need to bring this up. The way we are treated is unacceptable as well as the punishments for the crimes, if the person is even caught, are vastly disproportionate to the crime. Thank you for bringing attention to these topics with your work!
Loved the banter between Rares and Sunny this chapter. Also, Rares' need to "go back to her bunk" with AJ in tow was a fun little touch.
Now, serious talk.
Something that I've held as a fundamental truth about one's body: your body is your sovereign property. You are free to do with your body as you see fit, but anyone who wants to do something to you needs your express, full and un-coerced consent. Violation the sovereignty of another's body is grounds for punishment, up to and including forfeiting your right to your own. Male, female, neither, both. Your body is yours, and yours alone, to do with what you will.
And I think, at a fundamental level, the biggest paradigm shift that needs to happen regarding the cultural view of rape and sexual assault is that we a) need to acknowledge that it exists, b) be willing to address it and fully denounce it (looking at you politicians who claim that rape doesn't happen, or that you can't get pregnant from rape), c) focus on changing the cultural paradigm from "don't get raped" to "don't rape", and d) stop victim blaming. If we're supposed to be better than non-sapient animals, then you can't make an argument that essentially equates to "I was just following my instincts when I violated the bodily sovereignty of that other person."
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Amusingly, i have notes on the height, body type, and other notes on the girls for the purpose of descriptive writing. In Rubicon, the heights are as follows:
Applejack: 5’11”
Princess Twilight: 5’8” (its that alicorn growth spurt, lol)
Rarity: 5’7”
Sunset: 5’7”
Fluttershy: 5’5”
Pinkie: 5’5”
Sparky: 5’3”
Rainbow: 5’2”
All well within the normal range for young women, and while for the most part, theyve all topped out on their height, a few of them might add another half inch before they stop growing completely.
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I’m mostly just glad people seem to take what I’m presenting In the story the way I’m intending it. At the same time, this particular subject...I felt like it deserved more if an authorial explanation than just “Trigger Warning.” I agree its a dialogue that needs to be had, but its one that needs to be had with respect to the victims. And if my story makes just one person stop and think, then...i’m Content with that.
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One of my favorite things about Rarity is that she has the potential to be incredibly witty—we see her sarcasm crop up in the show form time to time, and its always glorious. And putting her with another character who can also do witty and/or sarcastic makes for a great dynamic. When you couple that with her social awareness and fairly high emotional intelligence, it makes her perfect to play off Sunset in one on one interaction.
As for the serious side of things: i agree with everything you have said, 100%. Ive said for years “Your rights, beliefs, and freedoms extend so far as they do not interfere with the rights, beliefs, and freedoms of another individual.” That includes the right to be safe from unwanted touch. I’m huge on consent, and on the idea that consent isn't a one time carte blanche that’s good forever. (I probably drive my partners nuts with how often I check to make sure Im still good to proceed, tbh).
Its a complex issue that’s slowly getting better, at least in certain parts of the world, but its not there yet, a good deal of the problem is that we dont talk about it because it makes people uncomfortable. ...but we need to.
I immensely enjoyed this chapter. I know I am going to be going over a lot of this soon with my ten year old who is already starting to develop and has no idea what that means culturally. Looking forward to next week
Welp! Finally catching up with this!
I think I've said it before, but the chemistry Sunset and Rarity have here is just delightful!
Sorry Rarity, but I have to side with Sunset in this. She looks much better in pants that skirts IMO.
George Takei's voice: Oh myyyyyy~
*Insert Sci-Twi sneezing*
Of course if anyone's got Applejack into that it'd be Rarity
D'awww, this was really sweet~
You know, if we didn't already know they each were already taken, a lot of this chapter could make for some spicy ship fuel~
Mmm, you know, I know why the show made it like this, even if I think it's a bit too contrived... but I've also read a handful of stories that end up having Sunset come through naked resulting in some interesting scenarios, ie, a Warcraft crossover had her come out through a mirror in a rogue wizard's lair as it was being raided by the Kirin-tor and that made them think she was being kept captive by said wizard.
That's an interesting worldbuilding hypothesis. I think I was discussing this sometime ago with a friend and IIRC we tossed around the idea of ponies maybe having developed some sort of plant-based leather equivalent since so much of the horse-gear they use is made of leather, at least on Earth.
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Funny, I have some notes myself for anthro versions in a story I've been brainstorming, and they're pretty close to this.
Not sure where I read it but I think one of the MLP creators claimed the pigs are used mostly to find truffles.
Now....the biggest thing is that no one has bothered to mention to Sunset that she is wearing dead cow skin. It hasn't occurred to them to ask, and it hasnt occurred to her that it might even come from Bessy and not Wilbur.
That's dark author