Fluttershy would be too scared to even use a smartphone, I bet
Twilight Sparkle would totally be an Arch Linux poweruser.
Rainbow Dash would probably use a decked-out Windows PC for gaming, but fall shitty tech trends without question (AI art, NFTs, etc)
(Flim and Flam would be the ones pushing the AI art and Web3 shit)
Rarity would probably be snobbish and use a Macbook, before either raging like a beast or sobbing whenever it randomly breaks.
Fluttershy would be likely be way too scared to even use a computer, until her friends pressure her into getting a cheap Chromebook so she could at least get online. Even then, she would mostly use sites like Facebook to post about the most mundane shit imaginable, while likely unaware what exactly a "meme" is.
Pinkie Pie would be extremely reckless and use an outdated version of Windows without being aware, while constantly infecting her PC with viruses and crapware. In addition, she would probably get frequently contacted by tech support scammers, think they're actually from tech support, but annoy them too much with her Pinkie Pie antics for them to really do anything.
Applejack would be total luddite who only upgrades Windows very reluctantly. She doesn't even like to use her computer that much, but when she does, she just wants it to "get shit done" without having to deal with annoying gimmicks.
I bet I can ruin* the Infection AU by making it wholesome.
Like, keep the body horror and shit, but have it so no one dies. Have it be so the Infection only distorts the body, and makes it look horrifying, just so everyone would be too scared to try and treat it. Plus it would deliberately put the infected in question into this extreme panic, where they're convinced that they've become uncontrollable, flesh-eating monsters.
One of the main characters, however, finds out that the Infection doesn't turn ponies into flesh-eating monsters, and it just makes it seem like that to scare other ponies away.
So, then, the infected get proven to be safe, and they all get cured.
So, kinda like this drawing I made, where it was originally supposed to be a two-panel joke emphasizing an ironic reaction to a horrifying sight, before I kept building upon it, making it wholesome (not mlp-related; just wanted to share it) š
(cw: demonic possession/curses; references to pet/animal harm, though nothing actually gets hurt; embarrassing spelling error)
(*I mean this in a silly way; I don't actually have a problem with the AU)
I struggle to get myself to like Gnome.
Like, if I feel more comfortable using Windows 8, then something is wrong.
Stop talking shit about Linux Desktop Environments!
KDE is Pretty! XFCE is Efficient! Gnome... Mate is Traditional!
Bad drawings of edgy, abstract kitties
Should I work on refining this kind of style?
Following the vibes
Comment pls!
Holy shit, my future partner better live like this
I completely agree.
Like, I love Starlight as a character. But her "redemption arc" is hilariously bad. Those she literally held hostage as part of a cult just welcome her back warmly. And Cozy Glow gets thrown into Tartarus (and eventually frozen into stone)?
And, like, having the creatures of other species rescue said racist chancellor and give him a change of heart is just fucked up. It's like it's a whole trope in media where bigots are supposed to be given a "change of heart" with friendship, ignoring the fact that actual hardcore bigots are fucked to the core (e.g. Steven Universe finale).
And the Yaks, I can't stand them. They're like a collection of stereotypes from other cultural/ethnic groups Frankenstein'd together, but you can barely tell what most of them are. The ponies attempting to make Yona speak and act pony-like for a school dance didn't help, even if the whole point of the episode was that it was a terrible idea.
Wait what--
So, it looks like that one artist who did the MLP comics drew Twilight Sparkle as a Nazi
Reblog so people are aware
Here's a low-res, monochrome Fluttershy I drew months ago
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