Hi! This is a big ol' thank-you post for all of the lovely creators who helped me out on my anthropology final last semester <3 They were all kind enough to fill out a nearly 50 question interview for my ethnography on MLP ask blog culture.
Also, just a side note, I will not be posting again until February 16th, since that's my blog-iversary. Hoping to hit 400 followers by then, and I'm super close, so any support helps!
Again, thanks to these amazing people for their time and help ^^ -Mod Doe <3
Ponies featured, left to right, top to bottom:
Aerial Aim from @aerialaim
JetStream from @ask-jetstream
Musical Mishap from @ask-missy-mlp
Summer Epos from @ask-summer-epos
Tay Relic from @ask-tay-relic
Albino Pie from @askalbinopie
Dark from @askdarkpony
Nigel Hugsworthy from @askhugsworthy
Inquiry from @askinquiry
Dash from @distorteddash
Sombra from @ex-king-sombra
Flash Wind from @flashtheponyofwind
Princely from @theblindfoldedprince
Lea from @the-endless-archive
Paint Tastic from @unlocktheaskblog
Theodore from @velona-pony-fashion
Whirlwind Flux from @whirlwindflux
I normally dislike crossovers between franchises. No hate if that's your thing, it's just not for me. However. The idea of a TMBS x ASOUE crossover intrigues me, not because I'm interested in seeing the orphan genius kids interact (although that would be cool), but because the fact that both Show Curtain/Nathaniel Benedict AND Count Olaf are both canonically insufferable theater kids who keep getting beaten by groups of children has such ridiculously high comedic potential it would be a crime not to consider it.
Not because I think they would team up. Oh no. They both need to be the center of attention at all times. I also feel like Nathaniel was the type of theater kid who bossed the other students around, treated every high school performance like there were talent scouts coming specifically to see him (and insisted that all inferior actors that made him look bad needed to be cut from the cast), and was also on math team/in science club (and bragged about his academic accomplishments constantly), whereas Olaf was the type of theater kid who was late to every rehearsal, didn't even try memorizing his lines until the night before the performance, and was constantly in danger of being expelled and kicked out of the production because he refused to do his school work. They would HATE each other (and frankly, so would everyone else in the drama club because they both throw tantrums whenever they aren't cast as the lead, as they both insist they are the most talented student in the school).
If you listen closely
Your heart is dripping gold
Everything about you
Is something that you stole
Now you're feeling lonely
Well, I told you so
If you wanna love me
I don't wanna know