Are You Sure? She Seems Normal To Me

Even if it's hard to see or feel progress in the day to do day, the longer it goes the easier it becomes to look back and see how much things have changed.

I felt really stupid earlier this semester for dropping out of pre-calc two weeks in, like I was crazy because the "review" section made me doubt that I had ever learned math right in the first place. Found out today from a former classmate that their current class average is "failing", so guess my instincts called it right after all.

I cannot even begin to contain the hours of rambles I could share of how complicated the Royal family has gotten in my writings in the span of a month. Sunset hasn't even been properly adopted (yet) and already Celestia's up 2.5 children, with an in-law situation that will only get more absurd as

time goes on. And yes the prep-goth balance is kept immaculately.

Ah the dichotomy of the Celestia family... The preps and the goths

I've been sick all week. Have story progression. New magic is being invented in the realm of dreams. But what does it do?

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sure that was probably pretty vague!

Well, I'm not really sure how to put it other than that we got mostly cut off from all but a handful of worlds. But uh... well okay actually I'm not really an expert on this science, I'm just kinda projecting thoughts into some of the shards we've got and it seems wherever you're at has been getting the signals! It's like putting a bunch of antenna together and finding a new show in the TV static! But if you don't know how to reconnect to other places than... well I don't have many ideas either. I guess I'll have to keep broadcasting? Maybe you know someone else who could help?

I suppose I'll just have to... monitor this channel and keep in touch from time to time!

Hi there! I hear you're stuck in between universes! As someone currently trying to uh... fix some of my own universe mirrors, would you mind lending a hoof and describing some of what you've seen from over there? It'd be really helpful to see what's going on on the other side while doing this!

Well, I’ve learned things are constantly coming and going! You meet a lot of different creatures and entities, and so many different cultures!

I don’t quite know how to help fix anything though. Could you elaborate?

Adore this take, and strongly agree with it. If Discord had ever actually proven himself capable of half-functioning independently I'd have accepted his "redemption" more but as it went he was always more of a problem than he was worth.

I'm invested now, why don't you like fluttercord?

Okay, here we go then, why don't I like one of the most famous and prolific ships on the fandom?

First of all, there's a major power imbalance at play, you know, chaos god that can reshape mind and reality with a snap of his fingers matched with a regular pegasus girl, and an drastic age difference (which could be discarded cause Fluttershy's an adult, just worth a mention.)

But the primary issue comes from the canon itself, especially with how they came together. Fluttershy was just shafted for her full responsibility to be to make sure Discord gets better; Something that already was a strange choice of Celestia (like girl why are you throwing a random mortal you dont know that well onto a godlike chaos being even you struggled with? It reeks of writers already having come up a solution and not wanting to build a foundation to lead there.) and canon proves again and again that if discord doesnt have fluttershy around, he will make bad choices and hurt people, something that gets proven again and again all the way to gen fucking five. That's textbook codependency and it makes it even more weird by the incredible, terrifying power imbalance. Discord isnt just an alicorn, hes the only one of his kind because of how powerful he is, and his powers are insanely dangerous to have on a relationship with a mortal. Like, you saw how he was when he was jealous of Fluttershy for having a diffrent friend. Can you imagine what he'd do if somebody flirted with her? (even if they weren't dating, if Fluttershy said she got a girlfriend or whatever, Discord would straight up throw rainbow dash on a labyrinth of infinite agony)

I think my primary issues come from the canon because he is always abusing his powers, never using them wisely, and always causing trouble (WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL POINT OF EVEN BRINGING HIM BACK TOO)-- And the ratio of slaps on the wrist lower dramatically by the end (the final conflict is entirely his fault purely because he thought having a conflict would be cool)-- All of which just makes him untrustworthy to be on a relationship with a mortal hes obssesed with. He'd be like a yandere boyfriend exept a chaos god, which, yikes!

Srsly the fact that cozy glow the toddler gets sent to hell and turned to stone instead of the chaos god that sponsored her is just plain WEIRD. It's a writers problem.

There's a reasons why Alicorns have to ascend, earn their power-- And why they tend to abuse it less. Being born with power just begets a diffrent attitude towards it; Which is smth that the writers do interpret quite well, with how Discord acts. he has no empathy, he doesnt need to care, because reality is his to shape, and then boom, teaching someone to be better just became a lot harder. Good character! Very funny, very well designed and voiced-- But goddamn he's weirdly written as a ""Good"" guy.

Now lets finally turn to the woman in the relationship. because Fluttershy is a normal mortal gal with a normal mortal life with her own needs, which generally shouldn't have to involve her entire life or routine on making sure a godlike manbaby does the right thing with his powers. it doesn't feel like the kind of thing that has any consent to it, after all, discord doesnt need to ask for anything, he can just do. (THANKS FOR THE IDEA CELESTIA) It just reeks of a kind of misoginy-ass writing where the woman has to bend over backwards for the man.

Its like the shy pegasus was just. Set up for LIFE on this strange relationship. Its kind of creepy.

And Fluttershy just deserves better than him in my opinion; And she can do better, too. Also it doesnt help that you know-- 99% other ship with fluttershy dont have any of these issues lmao. Even canon Rainbow Dash would treat her better, so i dont bother with Fluttercord ever!

gives u a banan

Azure's Highlights are kind of like little bananas in her hair, though she magically hides them in public.

I Found the Ask button!

I've enabled it. This is half ask-blog now. Ask me whatever you want about my silly Ponyfinder AU horse and their adventures. Please. Can't promise art for every response but... when I get better maybe I'll move this to a full on secondary ask blog.

I told my partner I'd try to keep regularly uploading whatever I make, so here's another shoddy referenced drawing.

Nightmare Star. No not that one.

Despite all the art otherwise here, Azure Star is (at the time of this post) still canonically a Unicorn, albeit one working diligently to change that. The only solid visions of possible futures where she's ever actually seen that she really could become one for certain are actually of timelines where she fails to save Luna and instead takes her place by Nightmare Moon's side upon her return. But that's not the only way for her to do it, right?