Chapter 1: Opening
A young filly sat in class, watching the teacher walk around the room. “Now class, remember, Hearts and Hooves Day is coming up!” she sang, smiling at the students. “Make your drawings nice and neat so we can hang them on the wall~!”
The filly looked at her drawing. Her crayons were able to sketch out two couples, one with two mares, and another with two stallions. She smiled, beginning to draw hearts, among other things.
After a long time, she was done. She smiled at the picture, wondering how much the teacher would like it.
Soon, the teacher called for the class to show their drawings. They all rushed up, all eager to show off their drawings.
The teacher giggled. “One at a time class.” She then turned to the filly. “Ah, Merry? Why don’t you come up and show your picture?”
The filly looked up, smiling. She stepped up to the front of the class, ready to show her drawing. When the teacher nodded, Merry held up her drawing. Everyone was excited to see, but then looked confused. Merry smiled.
“Uh… Merry? Why’d you draw… that?”
Merry blinked. “Uh… what do you mean?” Merry asked, confused.
The teacher opened her mouth, but closed it. She then motioned for Merry to sit back at her seat. The filly reluctantly sat down, and the other students went.
Soon, class was over and the students began packing up. However, the teacher then called Merry over. The filly walked over, wondering what her teacher wanted.
The teacher sighed, holding up Merry’s drawing. “So uh… about this… drawing…”
Merry blinked. Why’d she put so much emphasis on the ‘drawing’ part? “Yes ma’am…?”
She smiled at Merry. “Merry, why don’t you draw something else? Like a mare and a stallion in love?”
“Because… I don’t want to?”
The teacher blinked. “Why not?”
Merry didn’t know how to respond. She just gave a small shrug. “Because I don’t want to draw that…?”
The teacher sighed, standing up. “Merry… I…” the teacher struggled to piece words together. “How do I explain this…”
“Explain what?” Merry asked.
After a long pause, the teacher turned to her. “A… A mare and another mare don’t belong together romantically. A stallion and stallion don’t belong together romantically.”
Merry blinked. “Why’s that?”
The teacher walked over. “You see, it’s evil if a mare loves a mare. Celestia will never forgive you.”
Merry stared at the older mare. “But… why…?”
“That’s just how it is.”
Merry pouted. “That’s unfair…”
The teacher placed a hoof on her shoulder. “It’s okay, Merry. Just try to draw something else next time?”
Merry felt a whimper escape her muzzle, but sad nothing and nodded. The teacher smiled, leading her out of the room. Merry waved goodbye, trotting away.
The teacher went back into the school. Her smile faded, and she looked at the other drawings hung on the wall. She then looked at Merry’s drawing, a hatful gaze filling her face. Without hesitation, she tore the picture up, throwing it in the trash.
Marching Colors
By MlpHero
Merry, now sixteen, trotted through the streets of Baltimare. She looked around, watching as ponies went on with their day. She began trotting faster, noticing the time. Slipping into her house, she walked into the kitchen. Her dad was cooking food, whilst her mom was reading from a newspaper.
“Hi mom, hi dad.”
Her mom smiled. “Hello Merry, how was school?”
Merry shrugged, heading up to her room. Stepping through the halls, she quickly maneuvered into her room. She threw her book bag onto her bed, sitting down at her desk.
Her mom knocked on the door. “Sweetie? Is everything alright?”
No response.
“Merry…? I’m coming in.”
The handle twisted and the door opened, allowing her mom to walk in. She looked over to Merry, who had her head on the desk.
“Merry?”
“Yes…?” she asked.
“Are you okay…?” she walked over. “You’re more quiet than usual…”
Merry sighed. “The other students were singing that stupid song…”
“Merry the mare married a mare?”
Merry groaned and slammed her head into the desk. Her mom walked over, rubbing her back. “It’s okay Merry…”
“Ugh…” Merry sat up, looking at her mom. “Why do they hate me…”
“I don’t know sweetie…” her mother hugged her tightly. Merry buried her muzzle into her mother’s shoulder. Her mother rubbed her head gently. “You know, today’s the day that the princesses debate comes to an end. If the princesses wins, gay rights are legalized.”
Merry nodded. “I know. I already voted.”
Her mother smiled, leading her out. “Come on, I put tea on.”
Merry smiled and followed her out.
~~~
Luna stared at the envelope, nervous to open it. Her sister was equally nervous. Celestia rubbed Luna’s shoulder. Luna looked over to her. “We don’t have to do this… we could just… shift the vote in our favor…”
Celestia shook her head. “You know we can’t. If our ponies want this, they want it…”
Luna felt her heart skip a few beats. This was hit or miss. And she prayed it was a hit. With a heavy sigh, Luna opened the envelope. She pulled out the paper, and her eyes widened.
The anti-LGBT ponies had won by a landslide.
~~~
Merry and her parents stood in the crowd, waiting for the results. The mayor was looking anxious. The crowd was split in two. On one side, the homophobic ponies, who were glaring daggers at the other side. The gay side.
Merry tapped her hooves anxiously. This would be the vote that decided if they were free. If she and the other LGBT ponies would be free.
And there weren’t just ponies either. Griffons, hippogriffs, yaks, zebras, probably a few changelings, small dragons. Practically every creature of every race was there.
Soon, a pegasus flew down to the mayor, delivering an envelope, before flying off. The crowd silenced. They were very rowdy, yelling and threatening each other. Now, it was so silent, that when the mayor opened the envelope, the tear was able to be heard.
He lifted the paper up, taking a breath.
The crowd leaned closer, waiting to hear the tallies.
The mayor hesitated, then spoke.
“LGBT, one hundred, forty votes out of five hundred votes…” he spoke. “Anti-LGB… three hundred and sixty votes…”
The LGBT crowd felt their hearts plummet. Even more so, when the mayor announced that,
“LGBT rights will not be legalized.”
The anti-LGBT crowd erupted into cheers. They’d won.
Merry felt her brain jam for a second. She couldn’t process what she’d heard. They’d worked so hard, but it was in vain. They’d lost the most important vote of their lives.
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Ah, so this is gonna be more than one chapter then?
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Just one more
I love it so far! Keep up the good work Hero!!
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Yay
Wonder what’s with the downvotes tho
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Stupid people
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There’s gotta be a specific reason for them. Like, is there something wrong with the story or how LGBTQ is portrayed? I’m so confused.
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It's a queer related story. Sadly for us queer folk, any kind of queer related story tends to get bombarded. Keep on keeping on.
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Yeah…
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Yeah…
I did end the chapter with the LGBTQ side losing the vote… is that why?
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Okay then
love is where you find it
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Mhm
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Mmmaybe?
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Oh? What do they have against queer?
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Or the term LGB instead of LGBTQ?
Or maybe it is just because it’s an LGBTQ fic
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Sadly...
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They likely saw the pride flag and just downvoted automatically
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Mhm...
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We’ll likely never know until someone states their opinion.
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I dunno about that.
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True
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That's what usually happens
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When was the last time it happened?
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I wish I knew. As far as I'm concerned, being something other than cishet shouldn't be treated any differently than cishet. But a lot of people don't see it that way. There's a reason I stay home most of the time. Trans women in particular are one of the most endangered minorities period. We get murdered so often, and so rarely does anyone even care. Add in complex sexuality to that and it gets really sad and worrisome.
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Really? That’s horrible!
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Anytime there's a pride fic with a rainbow on it? It's pretty common Bez
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Hmm... I need to get around more
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Wanna know the ironic part? When I posted that art with the burning flag, people hated me. Now that I have a pro-pride fic up, it’s unpopular
So what the fuck am I supposed to make?
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I... I don’t know. I just wish we knew what was wrong so we could possibly fix it. If it really is people downvoting it because it’s LGBT then...
FiM Fiction users: Love lesbian clop fics, but hate the gays.
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Sounds about right…
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Just ignore them.
10853057 And don't even start on the futa porn!
I think the downvotes are the fact that while the message is good, the execution is.... Off. Like, there's several spelling errors and confusion, why is Luna homophobic, When is this set, ect. So I think the story just needs to be read by an editor. But again, I do like the story idea. :) Happy pride, now excuse my asexual ass as I leave to consume the garlic bread.
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Thanks. Also, Luna isn’t homophobic (or, I wasn’t trying to make her homophobic), it’s more of a, “if I do this even though I don’t agree with it, more people will like me.” kinda thing
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Wait a minute...
I think you’re right.
I can see your heart is in the right place with this story, but there are some pitfalls. Luna being against gay rights, or really any of the good guys from the show, is very strange. I can see your thought process with people not knowing what "trans" means, but you should know (1) that it's very common for bigots to leave the T out of LGBT+ to pit gay people against trans people, and (2) trans people were the ones driving LGBT+ rights movements, a fact that often gets whitewashed when telling the history of the movements. I strongly recommend just including the "T" in chapter one and the story description, and adjusting the rest of your story as such.
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Alright then
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He said there was a reason for it, it's supposed to be historically accurate
I'm assuming that this is 1,000 years before the show's era. Might wanna fix the description, because it doesn't make any sense for establishing the time frame as is.
Luna's attitude doesn't help either. Yes, it is a different time to what we know, and she and Celestia wouldn't be 100% the same as we knew them from the show. But still.
Downvotes from that, more than likely. Plus the usual homophobic downvote bombing, Pride and Positivity always brings out for any story that's part of it 😑.
I liked the edited parts, it was a very good way to introduce Luna's perspective on the matter. Great job Hero
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Thanks.
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True
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Of course
First off, I have some facts in here, but it is still mostly just opinion... I hope you at least think about what I have to say, it is ok to dissagree openly with me. I understand I could be wrong and am open to discussion.
The majority of ACTUAL Anti-LGBTQ groups are extreme religious folk. Think of religion like a government... there is central, left, right, FAR left, and FAR right...
The FAR right are religious extremists that belive humanity is filth and we need to obey the word of God EXACTLY in order to ascend. THESE are the people who make up tha majority of those that oppose LGBTQ.
The FAR left are Satan worshipers who believe humanity is greater than the Angles, Demons, and sometimes even God!... humanity should do what it wants.
These people would hold you up and REVERE you.
Centralists just don't care what you do as long as it doesn't affect me too much or actually hurt me.
Religious-Leftist like me want there to be freedom and acceptance but also awareness that certain actions affect other people, sometimes negatively...
The Bible was more than a religious text, it held the values and laws of the age... in this case, homosexuality was wrong because ANYTHING that was out of the ordinary back then was. People back then didn't understand it...
So, let's get into the criticism, shal we?
Uhhh... why? Are you saying Celestia is like God? Where is her Bible saying it was wrong back when?
Where is the propaganda saying it is wrong? And WHY are they saying it is wrong?
And if this is NOT religious... you need to give a REASON they believe it is wrong.
I need to see WHY the other side is the way they are so we can work towards fixing it.
Man, I remember when people made fun of me because I couldn't remember stuff and because I walked like a penguin... I remember my nickname was "yellow bird" because I didn't like the color yellow...
Then high school hit and everyone was chill. A lot of my old bullies became my friends...
No, but they could get the news to over time release proglpaganda that paints guys in a positive light and condems bigots... maybe a "I have a dream" speech here and there... I feel this is not realistic... they don't seem to have a REASON for this...
What? During such an important event, propaganda would FLY around and WAY more votes would be made than that...
Especially if other races/countries got involved in the propaganda.
Untill Celestia hears of the REASON the ponies are against LGBTQ rights and then she developes a plan to spread acceptance and harmony and allow LGBTQ to WIN next time the vote is made... THIS IS NOT a one time thing... they need to pick their heads up, and try harder next time to win hearts and minds. By NOT being violent or toxic...
Last but not least... this doesn't SEEM positive AT ALL. This doesn't show any deep lessons or meaning so far... This LOOKS like it is just "hey, ponies are discriminative for not reason at all and that blog made it seem like they won't change unless violence is applied...". And that's REALLY annoying.
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I hope I can have a calm discussion of what I think MIGHT have wrong or why you think I am, because there ARE other LGBTQ fics out there with decent and even good ratings...
What I am saying is, there MUST be something that can be done...
I suppose it doesn't matter that much, the downvotes mean FAR less than the upvotes. Take "PRIDE" in those... heh...hahahahaha, ahem... sorry.
In the mean time, enjoy some weird facts...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_ancient_Greece