i like to imagine Pegasus as a chimera race like griffons, hence the good relationship between the two of them
griffons would be a carnivorous chimera of predatory birds and cats. Pegasi would be a herbivorous variant between ponies, birds, and cats
I feel like the other two pony races would find the pegasi vaguely off putting bc of that. Pegasus would look very different from each other, and unicorns/earth ponies would struggle to see where the griffon starts and the pony begins
Fluttershy is likely seen as rather undesirable by other pegasi bc of the fact that she just looks like a winged pony. She doesn’t look particularly unique, and she isn’t a strong flier or powerful in general, so other pegasi would probably rate her a tentative 3 at best, and that’s only bc her lion eyes are insanely wicked
however, the other races would think she’s insanely stunning bc of that. They’d consider her ethereal and almost angelic, and that’s definitely one of the reasons she’d be hiding out in the fringes of ponyville. She’s either mocked in the sky or stared at in the towns/cities, so there’s rlly just no winning
element of magic vs element of magic!!
quick colour blocking and sketch. how would a Celestia of thousands of years ago react to a bunch of her (supposed) subjects rejecting her commands and defending a tyrannical (albeit depressed) discord?
WELL
I imagine that, similar to how twilight is a prodigy of magic in the modern age, Celestia was the same back in her prime. the key difference between the two is that twilight wanted to learn everything, while Celestia and Luna were forced to prioritise and develop combat magic over everything else due to how violent the world was back then
imagine your first post being httyd jaskier fanart for my newest favourite fic in existence, Shining by Nemainofthewater on AO3
it’s amazingly wholesome and adorable, go read it right now for quality Good Vibes
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22562836/chapters/53916619
i posted this ages ago on reddit and twitter but never here, late gang OOP
fare thee well, among us era. you did us a world of good.
unicorns!! specifically, rarity!!
in the polar opposite direction as pegasi, i think that unicorns would envision 'beauty' being decided by either how magically gifted you are. or, in rarity's case, how close you are to looking like a de-winged alicorn!
more than pegasi or earth ponies, i think that unicorns would hold the alicorns in extremely high regard, and set the majority of their beauty standards up against them. a unicorn is attractive based on:
1) how tall they are
2) how powerful they are, and
3) how distinctly their colouring sets them apart from the crowd while still looking clearly like a pony.
as a rare white unicorn w an incredibly stark purple/blue mane, rarity has the third in spades, along with the first due to her ancestral relation to felines.
while not having the sheer magical power of twilight, rarity has incredibly refined control that lets her levitate a large amount of different objects without ever making a mistake. i.e, controlling needles, spools, measuring tapes, and bolts of fabric while using the sewing machine at the same time.
this is all to say. the world is very very lucky that rarity became a seamstress instead of a model, bc the world would've been extremely screwed!!
oh!!
rarity had a bit of a wild youth in her teen years. she subscribed to the philosophy of 'work hard, party hard', and probably still would be if her friends weren't so allergic to canterlot!! one day she'll get fluttershy and applejack into a nightclub, mark her words!!
mlp infection in 2025 yahoo
a vague idea. An au where, after the infection spread, discord only had the power to snap it out of existence by combining his own pool of magic with another entity that had just as much power- which, in this Equestria, doesn’t exist. The only other alternative was siphoning the magic out of enough creatures to amass a similar equivalent- which would’ve wiped out the entire nation.
instead, twilight came up w the idea of siphoning the magical potential out of one pony, but across every currently existent multiverse- which is the equivalent of infinite power, due to there being infinite possibilities. However, it comes at the cost of erasing one pony completely out of existence
all of them were willing to sacrifice themselves, but everyone had someone relying on them— except for Fluttershy. Her parents, much like the others, had died early to the infection, and her brother is plenty able to take care of himself, unlike the young foals and children that rely on her friends. Plus, already at risk of turning due to recently being bitten, she’s the most reasonable one to sacrifice since she’ll die anyway
they do it. discord looks her in the eyes as he snaps his claws. and then she’s gone.
Except, she wakes up.
sketches!! there’s a ton of fun to be had w the using thicker brushes and a simpler style, but I did miss fine lining
applejack prettyyyyyy
guy discord is an eccentric weirdo w no social skills who manages to, somehow, consecutively trip upwards from rock bottom. gal discord is walking sex w a wolf cut, a fantastic sense of humor and a revenge streak
Fluttershy is down bad
idk if anyone remembers that post on tumblr abt a what if situation, with Fluttershy returning to the past and having to befriend pre-stone discord in order to go home, BUT……
the mane 6 ends up somewhere due to an Magical Incident!! Wowie!!
is this their timeline’s past? Who knows! Have they accidentally dimension hopped to the next universe over? ¯_(ツ)_/¯
All they know is that they’ve wound up in an era of Equestria that’s under the rule of discord, while their once peaceful princesses are waging both a civil war against him, and a first contact war with the countries around Equestria in order to maintain their country’s border
things are going Down
twilight is now a third alicorn that Celestia and Luna are very interested in. fluttershy desperately wants her highly traumatised and distant best friend back. dash and aj are very quickly becoming legendary heroes. and rarity and pinkie pie are single hoofedly making world peace a viable option