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bigshepherdrascalmug · 7 months
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Saw this on Pinterest... Though the only thing I would change in this was like her curse was being a vampire but yeah, I guess that's fair lol.
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punkitt-is-here · 1 year
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itsso funny to me that people think flutterdash is a normal woman x stinky loser ship. gamers, fluttershy lives in a cottage out of town directly next to the eepy ouuper forest. she has like 10-11 friends if you dont count the animals she can somehow talk to and one of those friends is a god of chaos. whenever she gets intoa role she fucking forgets who she even is and needs somepony else to remind her. her friends make a point to not prank her to not hurt her feelings but shes canonically a neon genesis evangelion fan. fellas flutterdash is a freak4freak friendship fluttershy is just marginally better at masking
Fluttershy freak appreciation post
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redactedrem · 5 days
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You know what? Fuck you. *Ponifies Batman*
Guys I'm so excited to share my newest project of ponifying the Batfam, it started out small with the hypothetical "I wonder what Batman would be like in a mlp universe." And then the project kept getting bigger and bigger.
If anyones interested in my world building/ headcanons surrounding this project, you can see it under the cut. (I didn't want to make the post too long.)
Incase anybody couldn't read my bad handwriting, I gotchuuu.
-(First pic) Bruce Wayne: Bruce had got his cutiemark the night of his parents death, after the grief had broken his spirit and he realized that he never wanted anypony else to feel the same pain as he does. (He has a fake cutiemark to cover up his obvious destiny)
- The first pic is pretty self explanatory, but I want to make it clear that Bruce's destiny isn't "My parents are dead so now I dress up as a bat and beat up mentally ill folk". Because I've seen people on here give hot takes on cutiemarks that directly link them to a ponies destiny.
This goes for specifically in the mlp fandom but (for the sake of being on topic) I'll use the the example of that one post where someone gave the hot take that Jason would get his cutiemark in the warehouse right before he dies (or after he dies? smthing like that) because "It would be really fucked up to know that you were always destined to die." And listen, I can appreciate some good Jason Todd whump as the next guy but knowing that this would be based in a mlp universe . . . just doesn't sit right with me.
It sounds less magical that way. Its like saying that Rainbow Dash was always meant to be the fastest flyer, so theres no point in trying to compete with her. So uhm, trying to stay on topic here. My personal hot take is that a pony's cutiemark is symbol of something that they do/ a skill or talent that they have that makes them happy. And whats a more magical and fulfilling destiny than doing something that makes you happy for the rest of your life?
Looping back to Bruce, he didn't get his cutiemark the moment his parents died, but I like to think that he got it sometime later on in the night. After hours of being checked on by the police, getting looked at by the paramedics, and after Alfred took him home. Its 1:40ish in the morning and tiny foal-Bruce is just staring at his bedroom wall feeling numb and dissociated to hell. And sometime after processing everything that night- he just decides that this is the worst thing that has ever happened to him and that he will do anything to make sure that nopony will ever feel the same pain that he has felt. And then-- Ta da!! Cutiemark!! Too bad neither he or Alfred got to experience the excitement when they both saw it the next day :')
(Edit: I didn't know where to put this detail, but Bruce's fake cutiemark is based off of the "Make It Wayne" TV logo from this fanfic here )
-(Second pic) The Bat: This is heavily inspired by Flutterbat, I know theres canonically already a race of bat ponies made from Lunas stunt as Nightmare Moon. But I chose to go through with the Flutterbat route because batponies are a race, and have bat-like features 24/7. In comparison Fluttershy maintains her pegasus appearance by day and transforms into Flutterbat at night (ALSO with there being implications that there are "Triggers" for her transformations in the day too!!) Which adds the "Vampire." right in front of her batpony title.
I might do a lil comparison chart between vampire batponies and regular batponies in the future or something. But for now I'm focusing on my batpony Bruce Wayne headcanons so yea. My point is that I felt like making Bruce a "vampire" batpony would give him a more solid secret identity with also the bonus of a really metal origin story.
Now we all know that the canonical origin story of batman is that a few months after the tragedy of his parents death, Bruce had fallen into a cave? a well? a pit? of bats and triggered a fear of bats since then. Later on he decides to become Batman so he can invoke the fear of bats he once had into the criminals of Gotham. Yadda yadda yadda.
Now canonically, we don't know the exact science on how Fluttershy turned into Flutterbat. What we do know is that at the time, pony magic is not researched enough for Twilight to be aware that Fluttershys "Stare" is her own form of pony magic and that it would interfere with Twilights spell.
Do you see where I'm getting at here? Uhmm don't ask me what exactly happened in the cave, I'm doing this for fun and thinking about it too hard makes me spiral. But uhmm something something- Bruce looked at a bat in the eye and decided to embrace his biggest fear to fuel his cause, and his already traumatized and fucked up pony magic had transformed his body- something something. (Edit: I didn't think about this until now but maybe Fluttershys "Stare" and Bruces "Bat Glare" could be a usage of the same form of magic? Just a thought)
I'll probably come up with a more suitable explanation in the future, but like I said. All of this is just for fun.
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fruitkingfrog · 10 months
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[ID: Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic flying in the air, with clouds all around them. Rainbow Dash is looking over her shoulder at Fluttershy and smiling, Fluttershy is flying towards her and looks worried. Text under her says “Just watch, It’ll be fine! said Rainbow Dash, but Fluttershy was still worried”. End ID]
fake picture book page. excited to rewatch this show soon :D
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askthequeen · 6 months
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I found this on the internet after Caine gave me a computer, it’s the closest thing I have to connecting to the real world right now
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Ask box is open
If I do not answer your question it’s cause it made me uncomfortable, I can’t answer it, or something personal
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Queenie Headcanons
When she is stressed or all hyped up she bakes to calm down, everyone gets worried when she bakes to much cause she'll do it for hours without stopping
She likes to constantly pick up Kinger like a baby so she doesn't feel weak, that and she likes holding her husband
Queenie was married to Kinger before the digital world thing and still is now
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Voice Claims
Queenie Megara (Hercules, 1997)
Clover Low, quiet pitch - Fluttershy (mlp) Normal pitch - Vee (toh) High pitch - Niki (Genloss)
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(Art 1 by @clear-chaos-collection || Art 2 by @artsy-anonymous)
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Appreciation post
Mod's Own TADC AU Ask Blog:@ask-tadc-school-au
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Rating my mooties (mutuals)!
(The ratings are mainly based on how much we interact!! It has nothing to do with whether or not I like you as a person BECAUSE I LOVE ALL MY MOOTIES🤘🤘)
@snvffsoda - 7.5/10 you’re REALLYY cool, (lowkey you give off like System of a Down ORRRR Mayhem kind of vibes idk how else to explain it) you almost always likes my posts which I appreciate IMMENSELY 🙏🙏, I wish you would post more often low key since I don’t see you too often, BASED NU METAL FAN 🫶🫶🫶, wish we could interact more often, once I get the balls to post my discord on here you’ll be one of the first to know trust cause I’d kill to get to know you more
@bignasty001 - 4.5/10 I LOOOOOVE YOUR ART OH MY GODDDDD ITS SO SOSOSOS GOOD you seem pretty chill but we don’t really interact too much for me to form a proper opinion so that’s why the rating is kinda lower
@cyb3r-pri3st - 5/10 ur really opened minded and overall pretty nice (you give very like down to earth relaxed vibes, like shaggy from scooby doo idk how else to explain it) and I think you might be my first mutual tbh but we don’t talk too often or at least not often enough for me to have a lot to say about you (but I’d kill to get to know you better!!)
@snufflvr92 - 9/10 ONE OF MY FAV MOOTIES 🙏 I always see you liking my posts (especially back when I used my rp blog a lot more often), I LOOOOVE FELIX BTW HE IS SO COOL AND AWESOME AND OH KY GOD- and also ur just overall a real supporter and super cool and lowkey I was kinda nervous to interact with u at first (ALSO WE SHOULD RP SOME TIME MOOTIE WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGEEE MY DMS ARE OPENNN /nf)
((ALSO ALSO that evelix shit post is uh on its way I can’t say that’ll be done *soon* maybe give it like a week or two😢))
@adviw - 5.5/10 SUCH A CUTIE PATOOTIE HOLY SHIT??? but ur really sweet you give off like fluttershy vibes but like that episode where she went goth I forgot which one but ur like that version of her if that makes sense- I like it whenver we interact it’s nice to chitchat with u!! the score is only in the middle cause ur like a super recent/new mootie if that makes any sense
@m0rtisxfuchs - 9/10 ONE OF MY FAV MOOTIES!!! I love interacting with you ur literally insane and deranged /pos and you have AMAZING music taste AND ALSO I LOVE UR BTD/TPOF OC/SELF INSERT HE IS SO COOL AND AMAZINGA ND I LOBE IT YOU NEED TO DRAW HIM MOREEEYou’re like super awesome and friendly and Omg so cool like wtf (but I wish you would interact with my posts a little more 🤬 /silly) ((AND LIKE WITH SNUFFLVR WE SHOULD RP SOME TIME MOOTIE WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE MY DMS ARE OPENNN/nf)) and also based strade lover, i personally don’t fw him (except for THAT ONE TIMEE) But i understand the hype bro fr 🙏
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moodooivy · 3 months
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Headcanons
(I'm starting to feel more comfortable posting stuff without having to attaching art. I'm going to start saving up to get a drawing tablet so I can draw again because I like to, but it's nice to just post without drawing for 2 hours straight beforehand. So yeah, it's going to be a long while still I draw again. Once I can I'll probably start drawing more of my AUs like Equustale and my ship kids. Until then, you guys don't seem to mind this. Thank you, I really appreciate the support. I know I don't make money off my art yet, but I hope I will someday get to the point where I can and the support makes me feel hopeful. Anyway, I'm going to shut up now. This isn't a comic. Since I now don't feel obigated to make a piece of mediocre art alongside it, I want to share some personal headcanons about our fav Sansy boys)
I know they are all Sanses so they technically shouldn't be any physically different than Classic, heck they probably shouldn't even be shipped together, but we're going to ignore all that because this.
Nightmare
Nightmare is naturally short. But he can shapeshift, so he makes himself tall. 4' 8''. If he didn't do this he'd be 4' 0'' (Not the same height as Blue because he aged). He uses silverware..... Horror disapproves. Probably sings Disney villain songs in his pastime.
Error
Erorr is a tiny Oompa Loompa at 4' 2''. Blue's personal bodyguard. Prob steals Cross's chocolate. Possibly Ink's ex. Oooh drama.
Cross
Cross is 4' 7''. That's all I have.
Dust
He's just as tall as Cross. He just looks shorter because he slouches. A lot. He liked My Little Pony............ (Fluttershy of the group. He best Bad Sans. If Blue is my waifu, Dust is my husbando lol) Rabbit person.
Killer
Killer is also tiny gremlin at 4' 3''. Only one who knows Dust is a bronie. (Pinkie Pie of the group lol) Cat person.
Horror
Tall boi at 5' 5''. Glorified doggo when he wants to. Murderous. Rabid murder pup person... Or dog person I guess. He files down his teeth and sharpens his fingertips. Will eat anything he can fit inside his mouth. He wants to eat Killer... Don't know how that would work.
Dream
Dream is taller than Blue only because the gold apple he ate during "the incident" gave him height. He's not 4' 0'' because he spent the years Nightmare grew trapped in stone. Can't read worth a crap. He uses Blue for positivity.
Ink
Fresh's bestie lol. Personal bodyguard. From Error. Naughtiest little sinnamon roll to walk this earth.
Blue
Secretly likes to crossdress lol. Could prob lift 200 pounds. For 3' 6'', that's heavy. What can I say, everysans loves him.
Undertale: Toby Fox Blue: Popcornpr1nce Ink: Comyet Dream: Jokublog Nightmare: Jokublog Error: Crayonqueen Horror: Sour-Apple-Studios Killer: Rahafwabas Dust: Ask-Dusttale Cross: Jakei95
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Planning on having the hiatus end on Feb 1, when I do, how do we want it to be structured
i want to make the blog fairly regular, but maybe a little less strenuous on the upkeep (i was doing 60 edits a months for half a year after all) so y'all's opinion is much appreciated!! Thank you if you vote!!
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danganronpa96 · 6 months
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The most recent asks made me think of this.
How would the victims in 69 react to their Killers' execution? Same with 96, but cut out poor Bojack, for obvious reasons.
I assume by “most recent” you mean the slightly older asks by now (you can tell how long it has been and I will not stop apologising)
Now we can only hope no one who hasn’t read the fics comes across this post
DR69
Mr. Krabs (-> Mario): Krabs wouldn’t have appreciated being tricked with money like that, so going in he feels a little justified. However, upon watching Mario’s determination, and acceptance, he can’t help but feel a sense of sympathy towards his strength, especially facing death in front of his brother.
Dedede (-> Ashely): Dedede was pretty angry for being killed, especially by someone he deemed rather small. He was shocked when Red saved Ashley from falling, but a part of him felt bad once the two were both killed, their friendship reminding him of his own with people like Escargoon (and Kirby to a degree).
2D (-> Teto): As he didn’t see his killer (as that hand message was created by Miku), if we assume 2D thought it was Teto at first, he would be pretty devastated someone who he thought he could trust by proxy of Miku would do something like that to him. He’d watch her get executed, but he wouldn’t have much of an opinion. I say this because he often puts up with harassment from Murdoc, so he’d just be more or less speechless this is how things came to be.
(Bonus, Miku -> Teto: You know a bit of Miku’s reaction at the end of chapter 3, but for more detail, she found it entertaining but a little depressing. Even if she knew the execution was fake, a part of her didn’t want to see Teto partaking in it).
Peter (-> Sans): Peter wouldn’t really know why Sans was in a giant hall, or why the bear kept multiplying like a sci-fi clone movie, but it was a bit cool to watch, to say the least. That was, until the weirdo stepped in. If it was early seasons Peter he would be more sympathetic to the situation is all I’ll say.
Fluttershy (-> Brian): Hopeful their plan would work, only to see it cause another death did hurt Fluttershy. However, as Brian exposed himself to protect Parappa, she understood the sacrifice. She definitely cried a lot when Brian was being approached by the car, and a small part of her knew he was going to do something with the gun I believe, from what she knew previously.
DR96
Walter (-> Hiroshi): Walter Hartwell White pours himself a whisky and takes a big sip in lawful justice… sorta. He was pretty mad he was bested by some young man he hardly knew, and didn’t feel all that bad watching him die. Maybe it’s that idea that he would be okay with poisoning a child but that hasn’t happened so what does he know (dripping in sarcasm).
Retsuko (-> Kaidou): Retsuko was pretty upset dying so young, especially with a close call in the past. However, she can’t really bring herself to hate Kaidou, and got a bit teary at the end of his execution when Saiki showed up. She doesn’t know if she can entirely forgive him, but she feels horrible about the punishment he faced.
Yuri (-> Mai): For ruining her plans, Yuri is pretty peeved at Mai. She feels as if it was an “I told you so” moment as she gets executed par the death game cycle. Even if so many of her friends were affected. Although… No. No change of heart here. Those final moments were just human instinct.
(Bonus, Ena -> Natsuki: I feel like Ena would handle death quite differently from most people, being pretty indifferent towards their killer. Considering the circumstances as well, Ena is happy Natsuki wasn’t executed.)
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lammienade · 1 year
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welcome 2 mi blog !!!!
hi !!! call me bug, buggie, or sheepie!! i’m an irl angel lamb <3 (he/him, they/them, or it/its)
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💫about me!!💫
20 years old
autistic & agender (i don’t really have a gender) i also have social anxiety disorder (please be gentle speaking to me + tone indicators are appreciated!!) so i’m very shy
i love bugs and sheep !!!!!
my special interests are: mlp, collecting (anime merch & toys), and horror games
i age regress to help cope with my mental illness/neurodivergence/trauma/etc.
i love all gens of mlp. my fave ponies are minty, izzy moonbow, misty brightdawn, and fluttershy
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gorgojijijijito · 2 years
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im gonma make bride of discord relevant againt i sweer
anybody else remember bride of discord (and daughter of discord) by that disneyfanaticbunchofnumbers on youtube? yeah i freaking loved it as a kid. still do now honestly, it was honestly one of the cornerstones of my childhood and it's my favorite thing to listen to while i work. i call it my soap opera.
that being said 90% of the morals are AWFUL holy shit. i still appreciate it because it's heartwarming as a passion project and comparably more mature piece of fanwork considering the my little pony fandom at the time; but the toxicity between discord and fluttershy? the homophobic undertones in the sequel?? the treatment of rarity as a character??? THE APPLESPIKE??????
that shit has GOT to GO. so im writing a fix-it-fic for my own self indulgence lmao. i'll be posting my progress and some tidbits here, but i'm not even halfway done with transcripting the episodes and planning out my changes, so it'll be a long while before the final drafts are ready to post. when they are, they'll be posted on archive of our own, but until then, everyone and anyone is more than welcome to offer changes that they would like made, or factors of the story they'd like to be kept. theres no guarantees that they'll be included, but it's still so fun talking about this thing with other people, and it's always good to engage with others in this phase of the process. below is a list of major to minor notes i've already got in mind.
I want to keep the serious tone of the story. By far I think the thing that kept me attached to this series for so long is how the mood differs from so much of the fandom back then. the stakes in the beginning were legitimately high, the conflict took itself seriously, and the production quality was through the roof. this is the audiodrama's hallmark, it's iconic and must be kept in mind when contemplating changes.
Many smaller changes must be made to the Fluttercord plot in order to make it healthier and more natural: the infantilization of fluttershy, discord's overbearingness and harrassment, literally nearly all of episode 9. red flags. i think the biggest issue is that the character arcs are based more on shipping and tropes than the actual characters. there's nothing wrong with this in moderation, but in this case, the relationship is unbearably toxic. the arcs in the rewrite will be a lot more character-focused.
Instead of applejack and spike being the secondary romance, i'm going to make it applejack and rarity. yes i do ship rarijack, but this decision was primarily made in order to get two birds with one stone with applejack and rarity's depictions in the series and its sequel. free my girl rarity and leave my boy spike alone :(
Take pinkie pie more seriously as a character. this isn't just a problem with BOD but also the actual show FIM. she just gets annoying sometimes and her lack of depth really irked me in BOD.
GET RAINBOW DASH AWAYYYY FROM SOREN GET THAT OUT OF HERE
i feel like fluttershy's "tragic" backstory explaining her hesitance as being adored is kinda underwhelming. so is her insecurity, her insecurity not expanding beyond the "doesn't know she's beautiful" trope just rubs me the wrong way, she deserves more depth than that.
discord. discord. the relationship is so one-sided to discord that i think i can only name 2 things he legitimately done for fluttershy's happiness (both of which he lowkey ruined not a day later. most of their "bonding" scenes are just him trying to distract her from her tragic reality and her desires by doing stuff he wants to do, which btw is a manipulation tactic so GET THAT OUT OF HERE)
theres quite a few weird undertones and stereotypes. the pedo and "nice girl" stuff with applespike is the most obvious one, but theres also some lowkey misogynistic quips thrown in there and, although this might not have been an issue at the time, zecora does fit the "wise black woman" trope that's been pointed out many times in recent media, so i do need to adjust how she's portrayed.
another problem that FIM also commits, but rainbow dash just feels so mischaracterized as an element of loyalty at some points. i want to make her loyalty more prominent, to the point of putting her career on the line because she couldn't abandon fluttershy or her friends when they were breaking down. that would be real sweet.
i dont know if im also going to rewrite daughter of discord, i might consider it after im finished with this one, though. also i promise i write way better than i do here when i try lol
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It makes me kind of sad of how much people can't see how good of a character Fluttershy is; like if this was an anime people would be like: 'wuw wifey, love me" or whatever and regarding her as the best character in the show, but some people still think of her as less. She is assertive, introverted (most of the time) but is still extroverted when the time calls for it, is sweet, empathetic, likes animals, manages her family problems, is a good older sister, good friend, is A VAMPIRE, and is married to a LITERAL GOD OF CAOS; that she got with because she treated him as a person, not by force, subjugation, hate or anything. Like what do people want more of her??
And also her storyline with. Discord in G5 makes me wonder what happens to an imortal character so powerful like Discord when he realizes he can't die; and that everything around him is turned to dust... Like seriously the way it was made (I hate G5, hate the war arc; but I really liked this story with them; because we'll, it was inevitable that Discord was going to live and Fluttershy was going to die of old age) in such a good way; like??? All of these are stories/plots in my little pony. And I could talk all about how great this show is, like the sombra comic arc, tirek arc, the three villains story arc (I excuse Discord, because he is a god of chaos that does not understand morality, and his story arc is him basically learning to live as s mortal person dispise being a god); but well it won't matter. I just wished people appreciated this show writing a little bit more; is inconsistent sometimes but most of the time it hits all the right marks. (Also some Fluttershy fanart because she is great and I love her)
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THIS IS A SIDE BLOG STEMMING FROM @atbussysparks! That is also me!! I will be attempting to re-write bride of discord
Respect for the original property goes to DisneyFanatic2362, writer of bride of discord. This fanfiction was not meant to be "better" but to be a love letter to the original author.
If you or your friend is into MLPFiM, please tag them in my posts!! I want new fans to be able to experience a modern take on a classic fanfic (⁠^⁠^⁠)
Others may write chapters, and I will reblog that! I will write them, but if someone has a better written chapter I'll reblog that instead
THERE WILL BE NO NSFW. While many people have been touched by this series, far too many have touched themselves to it.
I will omit some ridiculous examples of discord being emotionally or mentally abusive past the point in which he has fully developed as a good character. Instead he will face consequences for his abuse.
This is not a safe space for pro/comships. No questions asked
Spike will still have a crush on rarity, but spike being a romantic interest for adult ponies, or having his feelings reciprocated in any way will be removed from the story.
Music and silly corny early 2010s Disney channel humor will stay, unfortunately. BUT! WE WILL MAKE MORE FUNNY JOKES I SWEAR
No cursing within the story, and if they curse it will be subtle. Horse related. Replaced with @$#&*!?¥£€.
Hell, damn, frick, frack, crap, darn, dang, shoot, balls, loser, shut up, fools, doofus, dingus, and ugly are allowed.
The word "ass" will only be used 3 times. Make it count.
Topics such as death should be handled with care and emotions. It is okay to say stuff related to dying.
Characters can be LGBTQ, but explicit sexual references to ponys' relationships, homosexual or heterosexual, are not tolerated. these horses could be sequential hermaphrodites OR self fertilize through an asexual manner called parthenogenesis, and give birth by teleporting the baby horse from their stomach to the ground via magic nurses. But that's not for us to know.
SOMETIMES dirty jokes are allowed. Like, really subtle ones. BUT NO HORSES DO THE NAUGHTY IN THE PLOT. NEVER MENTION IT.
Please write zecora doing actual Hoo Doo. And respect it, as it is cultural magic. Where used to live people did not respect hoodoo and voodoo as actual lifestyles, and viewed them as Halloween gimmicks. In the same place, many black people practiced voodoo.
I'm sorry I will reference fat Albert. I used to watch reruns of it. Fluttershy will explicitly say "HEY HEY HEY" like in the damn YouTube vid. I'm sorry I loved fat Albert.
Rarity will have a daughter from a previous relationship, and the fully will not have that weird diet culture obsession.
Also justice for rarity what the heck did she do to deserve such a horrible life 😭😭😭
If Applejack's speech is funny y'all don't get to say nothing because I'm southern and i am clearly supreme in this area of expertise. She's probably Georgian but that's not my accent so suck it.
Bigots of any kind are not tolerated. Read my main account, (atbussysparks) about section.
And remember! This project was born of love for the original, appreciation of everyone involved with the creation of the audio drama, and the opportunity to make fat Albert references.
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How did the Mane Six meet their partners in the Thirdverse? (You can leave out Rainbow Dash since I know it goes into spoiler territory)
The great thing about the Thirdverse is that most of the Mane 6 have already met their partners in the show, so that’s checked off and I mostly just have to figure out how they fall in love!
Twilight Sparkle x Sunburst: They made Starlight their third wheel in that one episode and they would just keep doing that until they figure out they’re in love /hj Jokes aside, “Uncommon Bond” did establish a mutual love of nerdy things (and I think a common love of learning itself) that Twilight and Sunburst would continue bonding over even if they haven’t admitted their more-than-friends feelings to themselves yet. Eventually Starlight has enough of the “will they, won’t they” and decides to make it known
“What are you two, a couple?” “Oh wow maybe we are”
Cue Twilight doing a week of research into what qualifies as a couple and the two of them making their relationship official. The process of marriage and conceiving their first child went fairly quickly after that; once everything was out in the open they just couldn’t get enough of each other
Fluttershy x Quibble Pants x Pharynx: Fluttershy was put in touch with Quibble both through her childhood best friend and her own role as an athlete in his (at the time) almost-stepdaughter’s favorite sport of buckball. I think they’d hit it off as friends, and she’d especially appreciate the side of him that’s so devoted to doing his best for those he loves. Well, Quibble and Clear Sky eventually break up, probably for something that’s not Quibble’s fault like her realizing she’s not interested in stallions. In the long run I think he still stays in touch with her and Wind Sprint (who still sees him as something of a “dad”) and goes on the occasional outing with them. At the time, Quibble is super broken up, thinking something about him was not enough for them. But he has Fluttershy there to comfort him and be his friend. I think that vulnerable time, with Fluttershy’s empathy, would really draw them together and lead to their eventual romance.
Sometime early in her and Quibble’s relationship, Fluttershy takes him to the changeling kingdom to admire the greenery with her, where they meet the changeling prince Pharynx. This guy, always one to show off, shows them around, with Quibble making snarky comments as he does. But they’re lowkey subconsciously flirting and Fluttershy finds it hot lmao. Eventually one of them tells Fluttershy they caught feelings, expecting her to cry and break up with Quibble, but she ends up being thrilled! “Yay two boyfriends 🥰”
Pinkie Pie x Tempest Shadow x Luna: I like to think that Tempest hung out with Twilight (platonically) a lot after her redemption, and Pinkie Pie came around during those times a lot because she was just so thrilled to make a new friend. Upon learning that her birth name was Fizzlepop Berrytwist, Pinkie would naturally assume that she has some sort of background in the sweet treats that she loves. This leads to her taking Tempest to Sugarcube Corner a bunch to bake with her or do taste tests or whatnot, which Tempest would enjoy despite her attempts to downplay it. Any sense of humor Tempest did have in the movie iirc was kind of snarky and consisted of chuckling at Twilight’s misery, as villains do, but I think she still maintains a dry humor post-reformation that Pinkie would find endearing.
Around this time, Tempest was also working with the royal family, first on some basic post-Storm King cleanup and then on some friendship rehabilitation and scientific research endeavors. With Tempest’s willing participation, I think the royals would be interested in learning how magic works in broken unicorn horns. Luna has a tendency in the show to bring up her Nightmare Moon era during conversations quite often, usually to teach some sort of lesson. With her own past, she would easily sense Tempest’s own guilt over her actions under the Storm King, and offer anecdotes on her own redemption journey. From there, the two of them would bond over their trauma even more, along with other interests such as discussing military strategy or their common magical strengths.
I think sometime during these two bonding processes, Pinkie would hear about Tempest becoming closer with Luna and suggest that the three friends hang out more. Either she would accompany Tempest to (probably Silver Shoals by this point) or she’d invite Luna to join them in Ponyville. One thing that was made evident in “Luna Eclipsed” is that Luna also has a love for fun and games, much like Pinkie, so the three of them would be able to find lots of ways to enjoy their time together. The friendships between the three of them continued to blossom until one day Pinkie, always very open with her feelings unlike the two more reserved mares, confesses that she loves them both as more than friends. Tempest and Luna realize that they feel the same and things blossom from there!
Rarity x Filthy Rich: Rarity and Filthy—er, Rich as he likes to be called, met in “It’s Not The Mane Thing About You” when she helped him pick out flowers for Spoiled, so their meeting in Thirdverse canon wouldn’t be the first time they’ve ever spoken. This interaction was small and by no means the beginning of their relationship; that comes quite a bit later, after Rich has bitten the bullet and gotten divorced from Spoiled. Now a single stallion and the primary caretaker of his daughter (by her choice), he needs somepony to help his daughter pick out a new dress for a special occasion. As much as he loves Diamond Tiara and makes an effort to spend time with her, a traditional stallion like him needs a little help to learn about matters of fashion. Who better to help than Ponyville’s resident fashionista? Rich comes in with Diamond, meekly explaining that she didn’t want her mother to help her, but he was feeling a little lost. So Rarity works her magic, not only helping Diamond pick out a dress that she loved, but explaining the basics of color, fabric, and cut to Mr. Rich so he could do this with his daughter more often. He picks up on it as well as he can but still needs another set of eyes most of the time, thus turning the Riches into regular clients for Carousel Boutique. Rarity and Rich’s conversations eventually turn to matters like business and family, in which they have a lot in common—both being highly successful businessponies, well-known in their social spheres, and most importantly, each having a young family member that they adore. It’s only natural that their relationship would develop from there until it is no longer just a business relationship.
Applejack x Sugar Belle: They first met during the cutie mark cult debacle and then got to interact much more once Sugar and Big Mac became an item, just like in the show. I can’t say too much else about how their relationship began yet, except that Sugar Belle did not have an affair /srs
Rainbow Dash x …all of her partners: You were right this would definitely be spoiler territory but I’m still really excited to reveal it all
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here are some ponies I cut out from various pony life episodes and made into transparent png's, I figured I'd post them in case anyone else was in need 😄🧡
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Ranking the Warriors of other Worlds Death Battles:
//Recently, I ran a poll asking everyone in the audience what their favourite Death Battle to come out of the Warriors of Other World's arc was, and I'm grateful to all those who voted.
//So before I get into the purpose of this poll, I wanted to quickly announce the results of said poll, and go over the community ranking of the series. These are the fights from least popular to most popular with their final percentage of the votes.
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9th Place: Seiko Vs Lizard - 1.3% Tied 8th Place: Peko Vs RHM & Sakura Vs Jonathan - 2.7% Tied 7th Place: Akane Vs Chie & Narumi Vs Toga - 4% 6th Place: Komaru Vs Katie - 5.3% 5th Place: Mukuro Vs Kayano - 6.7% 4th Place: Mikan Vs Fluttershy - 9.3% TIED 3RD PLACE: Junko Vs Monika & Kaede Vs Sara - 12% 2ND PLACE: Makoto Vs Phoenix - 16% 1ST PLACE: Hajime Vs Deku - 24%
//With all that being said, while I do appreciate the feedback, I do have my own personal takes on the matchups and how they actually turned out in the end. So I imagine people actually wanted to hear my thoughts and opinions.
//This arc ended up being even more successful than I thought it would, and that makes be pretty chuffed. I was excited for this, and based on the feedback, everyone else seems to like it a fair bit as well.
//So yeah, I will probably be doing this again in the future. I won't, or rather can't, say when exactly, but if this is a concept people can get behind, then there's no reason to end it here.
//That being said, while this is definitely a new style that I'm not used to, I definitely did my best with the writing of this fight, and having my friends IRL help me with the analyses was great. But there are some battles that turned out greater than others.
//So I'm gonna be ranking them, because I know some people really wanted to hear my own personal reflections and feedback on this event, and I'm more than happy to provide it. Going into it though, these are the criteria that I will be judging the final products on, and things to keep in mind.
This will mainly be judged on quality of the analysis, how deep it goes, and how good quality the fight turns out in the end.
Considering we remain unbiased to each fighter, the verdict does not wholly matter.
A lot of this will be judged on the matchup itself, how strong the connections are, and whether or not I would want to see it happen in the actual series.
This is my own personal opinion.
//Alright, without further ado, let's get ready for a RANKIIIING!
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#12: PEKO VS RHM
//I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, this FUCKING SUCKED.
//So after I went back to polish and edit the original script to post on Tumblr, this fight and analysis ended up improving my opinion of it, and I don't HATE it anymore, but it still doesn't save it from being the worst matchup in this event by a long shot.
//First and foremost, the reason Right Hand Man ever ended up on Peko's list of combatants was honestly originally done as a joke. We found some loose connections, and decided that he could be a potentially interesting combatant to analyze if he DID win the vote.
//Which we were so damn wrong about.
//But he was by far the character on Peko's list of combatants that we were not only the least excited to do a battle for, but also the one that we least expected to win. But we figured out pretty quickly that he was picked due to the Henry Stickmin games being the most widely popular and well known at the time compared to Peko's other matchups.
//When I first ran the poll for people to vote for who wins this fight, it actually made me laugh to see Peko win the audience vote by a country mile, because to be perfectly frank, not only does this fight have the least amount of serious connections between the two fighters, but it's also the MOST one sided fight in the whole series.
//Sure, Mikan Vs Fluttershy was similarly one-sided against Mikan, but even Mikan Vs Fluttershy still has the benefit of the two characters being fundamentally similar in a way that gives them opportunity to interact.
//These two don't have that excuse because they have some of the most bare-bones personalities in their respective series. RHM is a one-dimensional jackass who's rude and hates everything, and there's no layers to him; not even a real name or a backstory. And while Survivor Peko definitely has grown from her canon iteration, she's still fundamentally a stone-faced warrior with little screen time to help improve upon that.
//And what makes it worse is that with that in mind, an analysis would mainly pertain to the characters unique abilities instead of their personalities and stories. But in that regard, RHM has so much to cover, and by comparison Peko has...NOTHING.
//She just has a sword, and if this was a battle between herself and another sword-user like Afro Samurai, it wouldn't be as much of a problem to cover it, since Afro also has limited weaponry. RHM however, is a machine of destruction with so many tools in his arsenal
//You'll notice that this is the shortest DB in the series because there's so little to actually cover and no way to drag it out in a way that's interesting. The saving grace is that the fight turned out to be alright in the end, but there was no way in a million years Peko was ever going to win this, and that upsets me immensely.
//I don't hold it against the voters obviously, since we were the ones who put the damn stick figure on the list in the first place, but this was not the right call in the end, and I regret it.
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#11: MAKOTO VS PHOENIX
//Haha jokes on you muppets, I put your second favorite second from the bottom!
//Why? Well, no reason really! I just...kinda got bored of it?
//This fight has far more connections than Number 12, but still, it didn't turn out to be the spectacle I'd hoped it would be. It turned out to be really hard to portray Phoenix and Makoto in a hostile setting where they're at each other's throats and trying to kill each other. Upon reflection, I think this fight turned out ok, but it still could have been leagues better.
//If actual DB ever decided to do this, I imagine they'd do it better, but also they wouldn't use Survivor Makoto, so I doubt he would really win.
//The analysis was fine, but again, this being the first chapter in the series, it's really supposed to set a boundary of quality more than anything, and every episode that comes after it, save for Peko Vs RHM, just turned out to be so much better. And keeping both of them within character while also making them try to murder each other was far more difficult than it should have been.
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#10: SAKURA VS JONATHAN
//The best part about this fight was that I genuinely wasn't expecting Sakura to win going into it. And the fact that she was the first actual fighter who won her battle made a lot of people very happy. Aside from that, there's not much to say here.
//It's a very standard fist fight between two beefy people. and honestly, I feel that Jonathan, as much as I love JoJo, was among the opponents I DIDN'T really want to cover.
//And while I know I said I wasn't taking the verdict into account, part of me is not wholly sure our judgement on this one was correct, and we were worried about facing backlash, but fortunately, everyone seemed to agree with our reasoning in the end.
//But other than that, while there is style, there's little substance. Analyzing both these characters was fine, but not something I remember being that exciting. Similarly to Peko Vs RHM, Jonathan is capable of so much with Hamon, and Sakura is just a regular fighter who turns out to be super duper powerful, but describing her techniques was a bit of a chore.
//What was nice was explaining how the functionalities of breathing work in a fight. That was pretty fun.
//But yeah, while I don't dislike this matchup at all, I still feel like both characters have far better matchups that can happen instead of each other.
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#9: KAEDE VS SARA
//Given that she's hands down my favorite character, I was super disappointed with how Kaede's episode turned out.
//Part of it was because we were fully prepared for Kotone to end up winning the poll, but right at the VERY LAST SECOND, Sara swept it out from under her. So we ended up abandoning our planned script and instead rewrote about half of it to make up for it.
//That, and I unfortunately did not time this release well. This fight dropped IMMEDIATELY after Kaede achieved her latest and greatest feat in Survivor, and it made it clear to everybody that she had this one in the bag. Of course, that chapter and this fight were all pre-planned, so I can assure you that it's not unfair or cheating, and Kaede would have won regardless of whether she had taken down Himiko's robot or not. Even still, I do realize just how cheap it might seem from an outside perspective, and I acknowledge this, but trust me when I say that this was little more than poor planning on my part.
//But weirdly enough, what I enjoyed so much about this part wasn't analyzing Kaede. It was analyzing SARA.
//Going into it, we all knew that Kaede was going to win, because she's insanely powerful in DR Survivor, and against Sara, we never thought she was ever going to stack up.
//But our expectations were rather subverted when we started doing the analysis for her. While we were right in that Sara didn't have what it took to beat Kaede, we were pleasantly surprised by how much she DID have going for her, and how squaring up to the Ultimate Pianist turned out not to be such a pipe dream.
//One other issue I have with this part of the series is how much both characters analyses focused on their STORIES more than their capabilities in a fight, but again, like Peko, Kaede's lineup of abilities is rather straightforward and simple, and there wasn't any need to discuss the functionalities of the hacking gun, since Komaru Vs Katie already went very deep into that, and repeating it immediately afterwards was pointless.
//And as someone who loves writing Kaede, it became very difficult to have her and Sara interact in a way that was interesting without breaking character for either of them. The final result and the way they were both portrayed wasn't exactly what I wished for, even if it was...acceptable. It was just very hard to imagine how a fight would start out between them, given that both are very logical and try to assess a situation before deciding to leap into battle, so we were forced to get a little OOC.
//But while it could have been better, what we ended up putting together was pretty fun in the end, so it gets a little higher than some of the previous matchups.
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#8: AKANE VS CHIE
//The reason why this fight ends up in the lower half of the countdown is because a lot of the actual fight is just Akane and Chie smacking each other. Chie uses her spells sparingly and there's not much substance to their actual duel.
//But the thing is that it's perfectly in character for both of them, so it's not really a good idea to change that aspect.
//Akane is already a character who I wasn't looking forward to analyzing, since while I don't HATE her, I certainly don't like her as much as ANYONE else in her home game. And a lot of it, for both of them, was going to pertain to their abilities more than their personality and history, since Akane is very one-dimensional, and Chie is a very standard character as well.
//But this was the first fight where I really felt like we were making something special, and again, while I said the verdict does not ultimately affect my ranking, this one is an exception, since I was VERY surprised that Akane pulled out the win.
//I'm GLAD. But surprised.
//Especially given how much people were underestimating Akane prior to the release of the fight, it was fun to see people react to Akane actually beating a character who comes from a series full of infinitely powerful magic users, since I, and everyone else, really underestimated how ridiculous Danganronpa scaling could be.
//And this was the fight that I think got a lot of people hooked on the concept, so I'm grateful that we ended up doing it. If either of these characters ever got into DB, which is quite unlikely, this is a matchup I would really like to see.
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#7: MIKAN VS FLUTTERSHY
//Say hello to the thing that made me a Brony.
//Yeah, I had a LOT of fun with this one. I already knew that My Little Pony's lore ran deeper than it really should, especially with the latest DB season running Bill Cipher VS Discord, and I had guessed in advance that Fluttershy would somehow end up taking this.
//The fight is incredibly one-sided, even though neither Fluttershy, nor Mikan are really "fighters" per se. Given the fact that Fluttershy has access to so much powerful magic, there wasn't any way that Mikan could contend with it.
//Even so, the reason why this ended up being a rich man's version of Peko Vs RHM is that Mikan not only has so many more gadgets to work with, but both these characters have interesting, cute and well-made personalities that clash with each other PERFECTLY.
//Of every fight in this arc, this one is the one I feel has the most interaction potential. And in my mind, that tea party absolutely happened when Mikan broke out of that stone.
//When this fight won the poll, I wasn't particularly happy at first, and I still think Medic would have made for a more interesting fight, but I ended up falling in love with this one more than I meant to, especially with how much I learned about My Little Pony, and how much fun I had explaining the lore and scaling of Fluttershy.
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#6: MUKURO VS KAYANO
//I had this one a lot lower originally, but when I went back to edit it and reread it, I fell in love with this one all over again.
//Danganronpa and Assassination Classroom have always been fundamentally similar stories, and not just because Monokuma and Korosensei are in similar positions in both.
//This fight was less of an argument between who would win between Mukuro Ikusaba and Kaede Kayano, and more of an argument between Danganronpa and Assassination Classroom, and which one has the more crazy scaling. And it was a BLAST.
//This is one of the few examples in this arc where both fighters are fundamentally similar and formidable warriors, in a way that I felt was akin to Black Widow VS Widowmaker, which to this day, is still one of my top DB episodes.
//And originally, this fight was going to be similar to that Assassin V Assassin fight, but factoring in Mukuro's Battle Trance and Kayano's tentacles, this was going to get anime as fuck at some point, and it did, and I really enjoyed it.
//Mukuro losing kind of sucked, but it didn't affect my enjoyment.
//And while I fully expected Reze to win the poll, given Chainsaw Man's popularity, I think that this is genuinely Mukuro's best potential matchup if she ever became a canon Death Battle character. And you know what? I'd actually like to see it.
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#5: NARUMI VS TOGA
//So this was the first fight where I actually thought to myself, "yep, this one is my favourite."
//And as mentioned in the episode itself, we had FAR MORE trouble analyzing this fight than we thought, and we honestly didn't know if Narumi had it in her to beat Toga. It was only after hours of deliberating and getting all our facts together that we decided on a verdict.
//Toga being able to survive explosions that happened INSIDE her body as a result of her fight against Curious was the biggest outlier for us, and we read over everything that both these girls had done before we decided our final victor. And it was a fun ride throughout.
//Especially because I never quite realized just how many connections there were between Narumi and Toga, not even the fact that they're both yandere's for the main protagonist of their series.
//But the fun part was seeing how their own unique styles of fighting, which are REMARKABLY different, stacked up against each other. This fight will never happen, since Narumi Osone was never an official DR character, but if Survivor was canon, I'd love to see it. I've thought of some matchups for Narumi since, but Toga still retains her crown as the one with the most connections.
//Some of the later episodes dethroned it, obviously, but it's still one of my favourites, kicking off the top 5.
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#4: JUNKO VS MONIKA
//I was really really worried that this finale was going to suck, and I'm super glad that it didn't. It was by far the most difficult matchup to write because we wanted to make it a spectacle, but were struggling on ways to do that.
//What made it so difficult was the analysis portion, not the fight, and the reason for that is because this is a composite version of Junko, which means we have to go over EVERYTHING she has across the whole series. And given the fact that Junko pops up in basically EVERY ONE of the series iterations, that's a LOT. Monika, in contrast, does not have NEARLY that much, so a lot of her analysis, at least in the beginning, details her origin story, then breaks down her powers and what she can do with it.
//And learning about the actual lore of how DDLC came to be in-universe was super fun actually.
//This was also probably the most even fight in the series, barring one particular fight that we'll get to next, for obvious reasons. Even if the setup is a little convoluted, it's not hard to imagine that someone like Monika could exist in the world of DR Survivor, especially given that there's already a chunky handful of AI characters in the main cast. And in the case of her and AI Junko, when they are at their best, they can both manipulate space and time in the digital world they live in to such an extent that stats practically mean nothing. The real fight comes down to which one of them is the more parasitic AI, just like in canon episode, Ultron VS Sigma.
//And that's what I think really sold this one for me - the fight, and the way it turned out. Junko was smarter, stronger, and generally had so many legs up on Monika that makes it almost impossible to beat her normally, but she didn't have the advantage in the ONE deciding factor that dictated this fight.
//And I think there's something really ironic about that, especially considering that's typically how Junko's plans fall apart in Danganronpa. The only reason that anyone ever beats her despite being so cartoonishly powerful is simply by never giving up, and exploiting the one weakness she has. Something that Monika does professionally.
//So while I do prefer Junko Vs Springtrap as a concept that I would like to see, this one turned out to be way more fun than I thought it would, and I'm glad we did it.
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#3: KOMARU VS KATIE
//There's really not much to say about this one, it's just a fun time. But that's what you should expect when you put the goofiest protag herself against the protag of the Mitchell's Vs the Machines.
//Katie's analysis is one of the best in this series, and one of the most fun I had writing. Komaru's isn't AS good, but I still think both were solid sequences detailing the characters and their stories, even if in Komaru's case, it had to be cut a little to go over the important origin points.
//But the very obvious reason why this fight and its conclusion ended up being so good was obviously because of the verdict, and what we broke down in the conclusion. In that from the feats we see of them, Komaru and Katie are fighters on a near equal level, to the point where it's hard to know for sure which one of them could win if they did fight. Thus, it ended up as a draw.
//And I think that's a really solid way to conclude this thing. Both are (originally) gun-wielding teenage girls fighting against a robot apocalypse, with their stories throughout the entire series putting a heavy emphasis on family, and the importance of it. In a way, that makes these two perfect opponents for one another, and the way this fight ended up portraying that in the end was pretty fun to watch.
//And the interaction potential as a result leaves very little to be desired. Their personalities clash perfectly, as do their goofy little quirks and interactions, and the fight itself was also fun, especially with how it takes them across the city scape and forcing both of them to get creative, something they both excel at.
//Like I said, there's not much to say here. This one was just super fun and I like how it turned out.
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#2: SEIKO VS LIZARD
//So you know how only like, one person voted this one as their favorite one? Yeah, fuck the rest of you, lol.
//This battle gets my verdict for biggest surprise of the series. Because this one turned out amazing and I didn't believe it would.
//I might have mentioned this before, but originally, the 10th battle in the original lineup was going to be Kuripa, but he was swapped out for Seiko last minute. This is because Kuripa still has some more insane feats on the way in future arcs when he makes his grand return, and I wanted to save his fight for a potential future season lineup.
//Seiko was a GREAT substitute though, especially with her fight against Kanade in the main series coming shortly before this. And weirdly, from both the analysis, to each characters similarities and stories, to how an actual fight between them would go, all of it FUCKS HARD!
//One thing you might have noticed with the lineup of this arc is I really really REALLY wanted to avoid putting any Marvel characters in the polls. The simple reason being that Marvel and DC are so drastically fucking overdone in Death Battle, and I didn't think anyone would want to see it in this because I know I certainly wouldn't.
//This however, turned out to be a GREAT exception. If Lizard ever got into Death Battle, there's quite a few opponents he could go up against; Man-Bat being his biggest contender IMO, but Seiko, I think, is an underrated alternative.
//The big thing that sells this fight for me is that it somehow succeeds at being both a Brains Vs Brawn battle, AS WELL AS a feral monster battle. As mentioned in the post-analysis, Seiko's genius with medicine is so potent, it's not impossible that she could have fashioned a cure for Connors, especially since unlike him, her bestial form still retains some of her humanity. But not only was Connors just too insanely powerful compared to her, he actually had the means to COUNTER this weakness!
//Connors winning was pretty obvious, considering Marvel scaling gets insane, and he was several hundred times more powerful than Seiko, but even so, this fight didn't feel totally lame and one-sided, likely because even though they take different forms, both characters had strikingly similar abilities and feats.
//And one thing everybody knew going into this that I'm so glad we were able to deliver for this was this fight needed to be VISCIOUS. It's basically the epitome of two mutant monsters trying to tear each other to shreds, very much like Beast VS Goliath or Sabrewulf VS Jon Talbein, and the sewer system made for an appropriate and gritty setting.
//This was certainly the most pleasant surprise of the series, and had it not been for one little thing, this would have EASILY been my favourite fight.
//That one thing being...
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#1: HAJIME VS DEKU
//I mean...COME ON! How could it NOT be!?
//This is my most wanted Death Battle of all time, and it seems to be the most wanted for the voting audience as well, since it won the poll in an ABSOLUTE LANDSLIDE!
//And unlike the other top spots on the community poll, this is the one that we all actually agree on.
//Not just because Hajime would hands down be the best Danganronpa character to premiere in Death Battle (besides maybe Junko), but personally, Deku VS Asta, Deku's canon episode, left a lot to be desired. It feels like the team were trying to ham up the fact that they were finally getting Deku in Death Battle, but then put him against a super mediocre opponent with surface level connections
//The way THESE TWO contrast though? It runs a LOT DEEPER than that.
//Hajime and Deku's stories are basically the exact same. The only difference is the story beats and the outcome, with Deku's story being that of a rising hero, and Hajime's being a fallen hero. And as a massive fan of both Danganronpa and My Hero Academia, it was my duty to make certain that this one turned out the best it could be.
//Which is the reason why this is so goddamn long. In an actual Death Battle episode, a lot of this important info would be reserved for the black boxes, but since we don't have those, we went over BASICALLY EVERYTHING. And what helped with it is that both characters have deep lore, interesting personalities, awesome powers, and everything we could possibly need to rant on for ages without seeming contrived or bored.
//Essentially, it's the complete reverse of Peko VS RHM, where both characters have abundant content and character, as opposed to basically no content or character. Aside from that, there are three big reasons why this is my favourite one of the lot.
//Exhibit A: Symbol of Hope.
//Up until this point, I have never brought up the music tracks for these battles, simply because, like early DB, a lot of them aren't original music composed for the specific matchups, being either a random video game music track, fan song, or a commissioned matchup track by Brandon Yates, and some of them work better than others (personally hated the Mikan Vs Fluttershy one, but I legit had no other option when it came to a gritty, despairing track that also featured chipper-ass MLP.
//Symbol of Hope is one of the commissioned Brandon Yates tracks that wasn't made for an actual DB episode, but it's one of his best tracks ever. If I have anything to be concerned about, the lyrics of Symbol of Hope contrast quite heavily to the theme of the actual battle we presented, where in the song, Hajime and Deku seem to be at odds with one another, fighting for the same reasons, but are against each other because of their different philosophies. I think this is pretty realistic though, and it doesn't take away from the fact that I still love the track. Plus, it's pretty long, which is good because this fight is also pretty long.
//Exhibit B: Character interactions and dynamic.
//Speaking of which, in this battle, Deku and Hajime's dynamic in this episode is mainly inspired by All Might VS Might Guy, Goku VS Superman 3 and Saitama VS Popeye; kind of a mesh between the three. Throughout most of their fight, Deku's main goal isn't just to win the fight, but it's also to show Hajime the respect he deserves, and give him a battle to remember. Hajime, who doesn't take Deku seriously at first, going along with it for the sake of appealing to this kid, eventually starts to break out into a joyous sweat when Deku raises the stakes and starts fighting him on an equal level; something that Hajime has never gotten in his life since becoming an Ultimate Hope, not even from the likes of Fujimori or Komaeda, other Ultimate Hope's.
//Having Deku's optimism break through Hajime's apathy, even though it costs him the fight, turned out to be a heartwarming, fun ending, and a great way to end the semi-final match.
//And exhibit C: their powers and abilities.
//Analyzing the full potential of One For All and the full potential of the Ultimate Hope was AMAZING, especially given how much we needed to consider for the verdict. As we mentioned, and we stand by this, it's likely that Deku at his full potential is actually physically stronger than Ultimate Hope Hajime, even though his strength is supposed to be the peak of humanity.
//But even if that is the case, there's still the powers themselves to consider, Ultimate Luck being a VERY big caveat to take into account, but the fight we ended up coming up with showed off basically all their abilities and powers without being too weirdly contrived, and I absolutely dig it.
//If there are any issues with this, it's that the setting can be a little confusing, that much I am aware of. Halfway through the fight, it's revealed that Hajime and Deku are fighting in the Neo World because their power threatens to create potential world destruction if they clash, but since all these fights are taking place in a simulation already, it left a few people confused about the situation and...yeah I didn't really think that through, I'm sorry about that one.
//But yeah, that doesn't take away from how much I enjoyed this one, and it's easily my top pick for this arc.
-Mod
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