more post infection fluttershy!!
she wakes up and miss maam has been turned completely to stone. she doesn’t have the need to eat or sleep or anything, and she doesn’t have any sense of sensation. she can hear and see, but doesn’t feel or smell anything. She’s able to talk but only barely, and her voice fails more often than not.
her body is almost wholly stone, except for the magic that holds her together. it’s an incredibly strong magic that doesn’t seem to diminish— which is rlly good, bc the moment she’s not stone, the infection will finish running its course and it’ll be a ✨shitshow✨
might tweak the design more as I fiddle around with this!! For now, I think the stone skin and the forget-me-note are pretty integral parts of her design
there u go!! Discord was originally on ye olde existential chopping block, but Fluttershy put a stop to it somehow. Whew!!
the idea is that, while a pony’s entire existence was required to power the spell, it’d only take this universe’s discord and another universe’s discord to have the magical power required. Other discord is totes down bc primordial spirit afterlife sounds wild and he’s bored as hell anyway
Fluttershy!! Evidently!! Does not like this!!
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.
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
guard dog rarity scaring away the big bad ponies while fluttershy goes for a walk, yeehaw
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
eldritch dragon misses pony friend, more at 11
I love her
first is based off the colour palette of the moon that I saw in a space photography exhibition in Hamilton!! A Visit to Tycho by Andrew McCarthy ❤️❤️
second palette is a bit closer to canon colours!! very blue toned but still wanted that patchy crater moon vibe
had fun w the horn tho!! Had the idea that alicorn funky magic personalises their horns somewhat. Her, luna’s horn is held together w a lil singularity!!
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
rainy day!!
a lil wholesome sketch of fluttercord protecting each other from the rain. had a rare summer storm over here, so the cozy vibes were through the roof!