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I like writing about the worst day of a character's life; it lets us see the mettle inside. (Pronouns: RB/20 )

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The ponies become very popular streamers.


Cover art by Pabbley. Thanks to brainstorming help on Discord, and to Majin Syeekoh, Samey90, and Mockingbirb for pre-reading.

Inspired by this tweet.

Note: "Teen" content rating pre-approved by Majin.

Audio Reading!

Chapters (1)
Comments ( 40 )

Starlight knows... :trixieshiftleft:

Also, Yaks best at smashing, so smash like button, smash subscribe button, smash bell, smash everything!!!

Yes, this is what I would expect from a fic called PonlyFans. It had to be done and I'm happy it was.

By Luna's Moon! This story was sooooo funny. If I could give it 2 or more 👍 I would give it 👍👍👍👍👍🫶

Yeah... we can all see this happening.
Oh the innocence of ponies!

My only critique is that the Apples' segment was the funniest and you probably shouldn't have led with it. Incredible, LMAO.

The timing of the jokes here is spot on - you didn't give away too much information about the true nature of the request until near the end of each segment, and then let the punchline hit and moved on. Your technique was solid and slick.

And the real question is, did I say that your writing was "solid and slick" as an intentional double entendre, or was my compliment totally innocent?

Either way, the compliment was genuine! This is a well done story - and I needed a good laugh today.

Isn't cultural exchange a wonderful thing?

Just wait till ponies find HFY or Humans are Space Orks stories. This is just confirmation that humans will pack bond with anything, and then try to have relations ( yes..those type of relations) with anything too. GREAT STORY!

"See bea tea" you already had me dying there :rainbowlaugh:

"Well, all righty then, Apple Bloom, I ain't see any reason why you can't give it a buck."

O.o oh no

Oh dear Celestia help i can't :rainbowlaugh: this whole story was just too perfect xD

Yeah you could say this story BLOWS me away:rainbowlaugh:

It's rare for me to actually, literally laugh out loud while reading a fic, but this did it. Very well done! :rainbowlaugh:

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Thanks! I've struggled with timing of jokes in the past and have dedicated effort to improving them. (I used to always cut off the last paragraph in revision; now I've learned to just not write the last paragraph in the first place!)


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Hah, I actually thought the Apples' was the weakest is why I led with it! Thanks for reading.

"Come in, girls. Hello, stream viewers, Darlings. The weather forecast for Nightmare Night—I'm sorry, Halloween , on this side of the portal—is for frigid cold and possible sleet. Therefore, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, and Apple Bloom here... oh, hello, Diamond Tiara, so good to see you too! ...will be helping me show you how to sew warm, tight-fitting stockings with good grip on the hooves for the freezing rain. Scootaloo here is wearing a 'Kerbal Space Program' astronaut costume, so she shall need orange stockings that resemble her space suit. Scootaloo, turn around and give me your back leg—"

Oh sunset you silly
ALSO KSP FTW!

The assistant grinned at the camera and winked.

Oh she absolutely knows what's up

Oh, Lord, I'm wheezing. :rainbowlaugh:

The Great and Powerful Trixie's assitant certainly knows how to make the fans happy! :rainbowlaugh:

I both love and admire the fact that Yona is aware of a liability release for her smashing. :raritywink:

This is just wonderful. Thanks for the chuckle.

I've often maintained that ponies genuinely don't understand our . . . well, let's say 'concepts of modesty.' Like, depending on the situation it can be explained to them as a rule (i.e., if you want to stream on Twitch, you can't show anything under your tail) and they'll follow it, but they won't really understand why. Not beyond the baseline of 'humans have weird rules' anyway.

To keep the comments with the story rating, nowhere in their experience has it been expressed as unusual or undesirable or immoral or whatever for anybody who happens to look--in person or through a camera--at certain parts of their anatomy which they never bother to cover. Obscure sometimes, yes, by tail or by their normal stance (and I would imagine that pegasi and batponies have the least that they hide in their day-to-day, just by nature of flying and observers looking up).

I've also postulated that the idea that most humans wear at least some clothing everywhere, all the time, is a baffling concept, and I can't help but wonder if some pony psychologists are guessing why that might be. Lack of fur? Maybe humans are always cold? Some strange cloth fetish? A successful campaign by Big Clothes?

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"A successful campaign by Big Clothes" :rainbowlaugh:
Welp, there's my second snorting laugh for the evening, my thanks! :moustache:

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Certainly your Gamer Girl fic was one of the inspirations for this one! (She was one of the launch titles for my "Streams Lewd" group.)

Ultimately, I asked myself, "what would different canon characters do in that same situation?" and boiled each answer down to 100-ish words.

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Is this Sunset? I was thinking Rarity, because of the sewing.

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Judging by the fact she said Halloween
Yes

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"Darling," is fiction shorthand for Rarity speaking typically. Either her speaking, or somebody mocking her.

Oh poor innocent ponies. Well not so poor with the cash they're gonna rake at this rate:rainbowlaugh:

"Hey wait, AJ, hol' up! CBT here's request is for me to buck it."

"Well, all righty then, Apple Bloom, I ain't see any reason why you can't give it a buck."

Aw hell naw💀💀

i need to stop reading and i needa check the frontlines
anyways 8/10 story

Most interesting.

The ponies become very popular streamers.

Makes sense!
Just like the rest of the story.

Good work!

I loved everything about this. Both the ponies not understanding (sans Starlight, why just her?) seemingly innocent requests and also the human elements complaints.
It's not often I read a story and can actually see it working out that same way in meat-space. Hats (socks?) off, Sock.

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Certainly your Gamer Girl fic was one of the inspirations for this one! (She was one of the launch titles for my "Streams Lewd" group.)

Huh, well that's a group I've only just heard of . . . maybe I'll have to write something else that fits the group :heart:

There were some conversations in the comments of Silver Glow's Journal about the subject; sometimes when she got filmed by people she showed off more than YouTube would allow (or would they; their rules apply to humans).

I do think that some of the bigger streaming services would probably clamp down on it quick, while others might wait and see what the government makes them do about it, especially if the ponies are drawing in big audiences (and big ad revenue). And I think some ponies and other sapient would take advantage of the opportunity to earn quick bits while they can

Probably while a bunch of humans are frothing at the mouth about it, and none of the ponies are fussed at all.

Recorded reading this for an audiobook version soon.
Although I'm a little worried that Youtube might consider this inappropriate content.
I basically have to assume the worst about Youtube's puriticism ever since they shut down my last channel.
Might have to put 18+ on it for the first time since I started doing only readings that would be allowed on Youtube.

But this is a very interesting little story and I am eager to share it with more bronies.

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Well, good luck! I'm sure the reading is good!

One could say it's satire of 🔞 internet puritanism—because it is—but YouTube lacks a sense of humor.

Yeah work out streams, sure, but when are they gonna stream Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 together? I wanna see Fluttershy do an infinite.

Sweet Jesus Christ, your comedic timing is simply impeccable. These vignettes feel extremely trimmed down to perfection, something that took a while to give proper form, and if that's not the case color me impressed. What really makes these work so well is how astonishingly credible the ponies are. If this characterization was askew or forced to fit the situation then it could still be funny, but it would not be this funny. On that front, in placing them in absurd situations and making them act coherently, you are 100% successful and that's what makes this work so well.

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