Oh, god, Anon's so screwed. As is Sweetie Belle.

"Hey, Rarity, mom was on the cover of one of those magazines!"

Wait. Wot?

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Apparently Rarity and Sweetiebelle’s mother is a MILF... poor dad

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Who say he's not in the magazine too.

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The REAL reason they're away so often. "Vacations," huh?

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And this is why we respect people's boundaries, kids.

“Well this has been fun, I’m off to slam my nuts in a drawer, bye!”

Oh sweet Jeezuz

The last line of this chapter alone deserves the like.

I lol'd hard.

Make a porno starring Cookie Crumbles and deliver it to Rarity. With a hillbilly theme. Never let her live it down.

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Unless your a parent. Then you privately investigate to discover where your offspring's interests lie and if it something dangerous or illegal.

Okay, I'm in the middle of the chapter and... You have the therapy scene, you introduce Tree Hugger and then subvert Anon's expectations. You have actual Character Development, as he realizes that Tree Hugger not only has a Job, but is a professional. And then, after setting the scene really well, just when their Characters can start producing actual plot development... She tells him to go buy porn and see her next week.

I felt as if the floor dropped from under my feet.

You set up a really good scene and then just threw it away. Also that was a five minute session of therapy. That is crazy. Also a Therapist reccommends porn. Porn is supremely unrealistic and reccomending it to a patient who can't find his peers attractive is wildly irresponsible.

Better would have been if Tree Hugger went away for half a minute and returned with some porn. Then they could have talked about that, then, when Anon doesn't find it appealing she could have read some written smut to him. He doesn't have to imagine them as ponies, just focus on the voices of the characters.

Maybe explore that ponies ARE sexual creatures, weather Anon thinks so or not, that they are people, not animals in any way shape or form. That, and this is the essence of clopfic, that the personality, the mind is sexy.

There was so much potential there, that I was shocked and discombopulated when you just... dropped it.

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They're writing a story for entertainment purposes. They're not aiming to write a thesis for a psychological doctorate.

I do agree that if this had aimed to be a professional grade published work, that research into psychology as a practice and perhaps some consultation with practicing psychologists would be necessary. However given that this is a work of fanfiction and not intended to be published for a highbrow literary audience, I do believe that the story's journey is the focus, rather than any accurate depiction of psychology as a practice.

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This is porn.