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by Wick
Shenanigans, The Epilogue
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Cottontail & Ink Blot Doodles
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Shenanigans, The Epilogue
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Cottontail & Ink Blot Doodles
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Long time coming but here it is at last folks. Hope it was worth it >3>’

Despite being gifted at a young age (something she would always gloat about over others) this version of Twilight was denied acceptance into Celestia’s school for gifted unicorns. Outraged, she set out to go do something that would PROVE that she was good enough. What followed was a lot of fire, a lot of scars, and one very large and very angry dragon. Her actions did not go unnoticed though, and in fact it was the Princess herself that found her.  The princess acknowledged that she was indeed talented, but had denied her into her school due to her arrogance. The princess did see potential in her though, and allowed her to attend under one condition: taking responsibility for her actions. Namely in the one lone egg left in the wake of her fight with the dragon…

This Twilight seeks mastery in all things magic, and constantly puts herself in life and death situations to do it. She was one the first to enlist in Celestia’s Monster Defense Force and excelled at it, putting quite a few feathers in her cap… as well as horns, fangs, scales and various jars of unidentifiable liquids (She eventually got rid of the cap.) She’s brash and at times quite a little full of herself (she’s improving) but that’s all hopefully going to change once she finally makes some proper friends.

Need to schedule a rain session? Flight routine? Just want to know how to fly properly? Then chances are this version of Dash will be involved somehow. There is not a drop of water that falls from the sky without her inspection, examination, and signed seal of approval. Though she keeps a firm grasp on all Equestrian weather her true passion comes from attending flight shows and choreographing flight routines. Quite a few teams have come to her looking for her to design unique flight routines for them, and quite a few of them have walked away with the gold. She’s met and designed routines for teams from all over… all but one. She aspires to design the ultimate flight routine for one of the most pristine and elite flying teams in all of Equestria: the Illustrious Wonderbolts.

She spends a lot of her time researching famous flyers and studying highly advanced flying maneuvers developing a keen wing-eye coordination. Many question why she herself does not  compete in flying shows, and while she tells them she is simply not interested, secretly her desire to fly is tethered by her anxiety. Besides, she’d much prefer to watch from the sidelines, knowing that at least some of her influence guides those flyers to glory.

Pheeeeew glad I’m done with all of them now, but chances are I’m going to do some tweaks and edits down the road. Also hopefully I’m going to be moving all this AU stuff to it’s own blog sometime soon so keep an eye out! This has been a pretty fun little project I have to say :)

Edit: Seems quite a few of you dialed in on Prism Wing for this dash. I like it! Now we just need one for Twilight :v

Edit Edit: Hmmm, you guys made it tough but I quite like this name. So here they are, Prism Wing and Stardust Nova!

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female 1,070,028, anthro 211,141, pony 106,642, my little pony 64,633, unicorn 30,220, my little pony friendship is magic 25,679, females 24,724, pegasus 20,905, twilight sparkle 8,692, rainbow dash 6,763, spike 6,337, alternate universe 2,136, prism wing 7, stardust nova 6
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Published: 9 years, 5 months ago
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Stryderfox
9 years, 5 months ago
Looks awesome!
Drakue
9 years, 5 months ago
Fucking beautiful. o3o
rolandguiscard
9 years, 5 months ago
Now make them kiss!
Littlemario
9 years, 5 months ago
We need the "Like" option here.
SloththeChaos666
9 years, 5 months ago
I love it! XD
Snowfirechakat
9 years, 5 months ago
wow this looks amazing
BerretMC
9 years, 5 months ago
Do Spike! @w@
lerwin
9 years, 5 months ago
so that means fluttershy and pinkie pie will be the opposites.
Wick
9 years, 5 months ago
yup
BeatBox666
9 years, 5 months ago
Yeah, now Siden AU if finally complete :)
oh how i wish for this day
Firerush
9 years, 5 months ago
Been waiting to see these for a while, good backstories.

Is it wrong that I prefer these ideas, all six of them, over what the shwo actually did even from the get go? I mean it's an interesting take on stuff that you just don't see in kid's show, even disregarding any sexual content.
qeveren
9 years, 5 months ago
I'm absolutely adoring your pony-inversions.  *squeeeeeee!*

My first thought was Twilight Sparkle: Gentlemare Adventurer. :)
ArcCahlon
9 years, 5 months ago
now only if we can get this picked up by a studio and put to film.
henness
9 years, 5 months ago
While really good, these two aren't quite as interesting as the others. It's probably because they're quite a bit more similar to their canon selves, Twilight being trained by Celestia and Rainbow being obsessed with flying and the Wonderbolts. Oh, well. Still a great addition to your AU. I'm curious if you plan on doing more, like giving a bit more on Spike.







Still think my idea would have been better ;P
Wick
9 years, 5 months ago
Weeeell, them being similar to their canon counterpart was kind of the point here. For all of them, since the idea was to swap their personalities and mannerisms while still keeping their interests/hobby/job so I'm not sure how these two differ from how I approached the other four? Also I'm not sure what you mean by your idea being better as I don't see it on any comment section.
henness
9 years, 5 months ago
The best thing about these is the perfect balance between new and familiar. We can still see our favorite characters, but at the same time, they're new enough to get our interest. These two just tend to lean a bit more toward 'familiar' than the other four. Again, I do still love them, just not quite as much as the others. Kind of like how Rarity is my least favorite of the Mane 6, but I still love her.

As for my ideas, I sent them to you in a PM a while ago.
henness
9 years, 5 months ago
Looking back at these two, I think I've pinpointed exactly what issue is. Before I was looking at this as a single entry to this series, as opposed to two, separate but related entries. What makes this AU my favorite is, like you said, you kept their drive and passion the same, but swapped mannerisms.

Sparkling Cider still loves apples, just instead of farming them, she makes various classy products.

Ivory still loves beauty, only instead of stitching it together, she digs it up.

Cotton Tail still loves animals, but instead of caring for them, she imitates them.

Inkie still loves to see bright, cheerful faces, only instead of making them in real life, she makes them in art.

Stardust still loves magic, but instead of academic pursuits, she prefers the more practical.

However, Rainbow Dash's passion is being the best flier she can be. Prism makes others the best fliers they can. She plans, organizes, and teaches, but that's not Rainbow's passion, it's closer to Twilight's... or Cheerlie's. She's is too familiar, like I thought was the problem before, but just not familiar for Rainbow Dash. She's too much like Twilight. Again, she's still a great character, and I could see all of them being in a canon episode involving dimension hopping. She's just a great character amongst phenomenal characters.
Wick
9 years, 5 months ago
Couple things first off: All entries are part of the same universe. I picked the pairs based on who (imo) had the most opposite and conflicting mannerisms.

I see what you're saying but there's something you missed here, and it demonstrates why Twilight and Prism aren't really the same and that Prism and Rainbow do indeed share the same passion. The important factor at play here is: Both Twilight and Stardust still have Celestia's tutelage.

The way I see it, Prism's goal to be the best flyer she can be would be is stifled by the anxiety and self-doubt she and Twilight share, but since Twilight had the guidance and confidence of her teacher to help her through it (because Celestia was teaching Twilight to reach her full potential) she managed to overcome it.

Prism, on the other hand, does not have this. She still possesses a burning passion for flying (as with Rainbow) but she channels it into others using her studious nature and technical know-how (which she shares with Twilight) to teach them to achieve a dream she feels she never could. That is her struggle.
henness
9 years, 5 months ago
I can see your reasoning, and again, I do like the character a lot. Of course, Cotton Tail's my favorite. I can just picture Mrs Cake sitting at the counter when a Fluttersnail inches in, orders a dozen cupcakes, and inches out, Mrs Cake totally used to it, while some out-of-towner watches in shear bafflement. Also, I would love to see more on this Spike

P.S. I was thinking about story ideas (I'm a writer on Fimfiction) and was wondering if you would be alright if I used your AU? Of course, I'd give full credit, and link to these amazing pictures.

P.P.S. My version of Rainbow is still better ;P
Wick
9 years, 5 months ago
Sure, go for it :v

P.S. Still don't know what 'version' you're referring to as I do not see any PMs received from you ;P
henness
9 years, 5 months ago
Thanks, I'll send you a link to it when it's ready if you want (though one of the ideas I have is a bit more... adult in nature).

Anyway, since you can't find the PM, I'll just tell you here;
Rainbow (I had the name idea of Prism Sprocket, which is kinda funny) always dreamed of being the fastest flyer in Equestria, and even soaring with the Wonderbolts, but her wings were too weak to do much more than get her a few feet off the ground or slow a fall. Therefore, she turned to magic to see if she could find an answer. She discovered a unicorn spell for that, but it was temporary and unicorns were hard to find in Cloudsdale. In her search for an answer, she discovered there are magics that anyone can use. one in particular caught her attention, one called arcana-tech. She put every thing she had into leaning everything she could, until eventually, she did it. She made herself new wings. Now, on top of flying every day, she studies arcana-tech in the hopes that it can help others, just as it helped her.

My Twilight idea honestly wasn't very good. Yours is ten times better.
Wick
9 years, 5 months ago
Ah. Interesting :v

You could shoot me a link sure, I would be totes down with that. Good luck with the writing brah o3o

LatinoOso1965
9 years, 5 months ago
I like the Dash backstory in this AU but what is the anxiety could it be she is afraid of heights?, air sickness, what could it be something very tragic like her mom was straight laced like Dash now when Dash was younger was crazy and on a adrenaline high doing crazy stunts and tricks and getting into trouble until that fateful day she died saving Dash and because of her actions she chooses her mom way and not wanting to be a wonderbolt after what happened she became more by the book and sort of a voice to inspire and pass along her knowledge to the younger pegasi.
somercet
8 years, 2 months ago
I read the arguments above and now I have my own doctoral thesis on Prism Wing.

Wanna read it? I know you said you're moving off ponies, you don't need to read it.
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