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Flash: Soooo, you’re a horse?

Sunset: Was. And a pony. But yeah, basically.

Flash: With like hooves, and walking on four legs?

Sunset: Yep.

Flash: And there’s magic instead of technology?

Sunset: Yeah. Look I know I’ve told a lot of lies to you, but I promise–

Flash: What? No! Every weird thing about you suddenly makes perfect sense! I mean, what teenage girl knows ancient magic runes, but doesn’t know what a car is?? Like I honestly thought you escaped some weird cult or something.

Sunset:…. >:/

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i don’t think i would have cared about Flash and Timber nearly as much if the fandom hadn’t collectively lost their gd minds over them.

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is sunset shimmer appreciation day !☀️ was invited to join the #MyPastIsNotToday2025 collab and had so much fun doing this little gift for one of my favorite mlp characters <33

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See you Friday, Rainbooms...

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tbh, sometimes the “platonic explanation for this” is the more interesting one

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flirty boys with zero experience that use their words to cover up how awkward they really are (timber spruce)

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Flashspruce and sciset are actually such funny couples because all four of them are exes at some point so it's just exes dating each other and it's so funny

Legit imagine being flash and ending up dating the ex of your ex crush and also your ex is dating that ex crush that's so fucking funny

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I think sunset shimmer and Tai lung from Kung fu panda have similar complexes. They feel like kindred spirits to me

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horse.

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Roier: I love you. You're the best Egg.

Jaiden: You're gonna grow to be big and strong, Bobby!

Happy 1 year birthday to the original QSMP Eggs and my favorite little guy of all time, Bobby! Here are some highlights of Roier and Jaiden's first interactions with Bobby. 🥲💙

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I think sunset shimmer and Tai lung from Kung fu panda have similar complexes. They feel like kindred spirits to me

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i’m not going to talk much about everything going on with cellbit, because a lot of the things he’s gone through hit far too close to home for me, but i just wanted to say that i support him 100% and my heart breaks hearing everything he’s been put through. no one deserves to go through that. as someone who is both acespec and an SA victim, it is genuinely horrifying to hear about all the things he’s been forced to endure publicly about everything. my heart goes out to cellbit, anyone who has been told they are broken for their asexuality, and anyone who has been forced to stay quiet about the abuse they’ve endured. this is probably the most personal post i’ll ever make, but so much of what cellbit has gone through is horrifically familiar, and i wanted to show my support to him and to anyone else who has ever been in a similar situation.

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i keep seeing that post about how frustrating the buff guy -> petite girl type genderbending is, and i wanted to add my two cents regarding the addition of ‘just swap pronouns and don’t change the design’ approach because i think these are two sides of the same coin, as they both fail to really delve into what i think is the most interesting aspect of this design exercise.

the reason i find genderbending to be such a fun and interesting challenge is because, if you actually want to be good at it and put thought into it, you have to really consider the character’s canon gender expression and think about what it means to them and how it reflects in their outward appearance and presentation.

is this male character buff because he likes to work out / be strong, or does he aspire to achieve conventional heteronormative male beauty?

is this female character a tomboy because she likes to express herself in a more masculine way, or is she doing it to fight gender norms?

the answers to those questions should produce very different designs!

this website loves to say that gender is a spectrum, but sometimes i genuinely wonder if people actually understand what that means. 

gender expression, much like gender, is also a spectrum, which is why keeping the character exactly the same won’t always work, in the same way that just making the character conventionally attractive won’t always work. but sometimes, a buff dude would actually just be a hot girl. lady bane, however, would 100% look exactly the same.

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so you know how flash has his little cute moments with his little pouts and flowery words?

i feel like Timber would take EVERY POSSIBLE CHANCE to record it

Timber would defo have an ENTIRE photo album on his phone thats just filled with short videos and photos of flash being a cutie pie

oh ABSOLUTELYYY

and he keeps them all to himself, only occasionally posting one on social media and everyone is like flash bro timber is so in love with you wtf

they're so EEEEEE

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so you know how flash has his little cute moments with his little pouts and flowery words?

i feel like Timber would take EVERY POSSIBLE CHANCE to record it

Timber would defo have an ENTIRE photo album on his phone thats just filled with short videos and photos of flash being a cutie pie

oh ABSOLUTELYYY

and he keeps them all to himself, only occasionally posting one on social media and everyone is like flash bro timber is so in love with you wtf

they're so EEEEEE

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Awe shit. I just heard about the forever situation. Thats...dammit. I really enjoyed him as a creator and as a part of the qsmp, as well as his character.

I haven't been keeping up with streams lately but I do love qsmp, and I hope the project and the creators can find a way forward