Shipping Thread

@Ranch  
Not really, no.

BlueTrix deserves to die out for the same reason FlutterMac should.

@PonyPon  
But Fluttermac is still around. I saw pics of the ship a few days ago.

@Meanlucario  
I know, that’s why I said ‘should’, as opposed to ‘is’.

@PonyPon  
I don’t understand why it’s popular. I get why it exists since anyone can be shipped with anyone, but why did this one suddenly gain traction?

@Ilovemyoozik  
Because people see Mac as shy, and ships people who are similar in their eyes.

@Meanlucario  
I meant BlueTrix, not Fluttermac.

@Ilovemyoozik  
Because jerks like jerks. People like to ship similar characters.

@Meanlucario  
Well that I kinda get, but the popularity I don’t. Like, was it featured in a fanfic or something, was there a fad of shitposting this type of stuff?

Look at what I just found:  
>>1518318p (deleted)
 
I know I should stop talking about Lop, but seriously!? You take the word of the son of a bastard, who is a complete asshole to his mom and her lover, and who shows to emotional connection to others, than your daughter’s friend (if I’m reading it correctly). Applejack007 could write better stories if she just wanted to write something to arouse her.

@Meanlucario  
We talked about this awhile ago, but yeah.
 
Supposedly, Dreads was a bad influence on her.

@Meanlucario
 
Chakra also had a long history in-universe of being a shameless liar and con-man who’ll say anything to manipulate people into doing what he wants. His main claim to fame in the stories so far is manipulating another character into an emotionally abusive relationship and deliberately damaging his friendships with others to keep him from people who could realize he was being used. He spent most of life as a professional parasite who found gullible or vulnerable ponies, attached himself to them and promised them everything they wanted to hear while leeching everything he needed.
 
He’s stopped doing that by that point, sure, but Starlight and Sunset have no particular way to know that. From their point of view, it’s the word of an old family friend – whom they have known since before he could speak – and the child of one of their closest friends versus that of one of the most manipulative and untrustworthy ponies in town. They have no particular reason not to trust Moondancer, unless that are for some reason judging him using the character of a biological father he has interacted with once in his life.
 
Further, it’s worth keeping in mind that their daughter just died. Neither is going to be in a rational frame of mind for quite a while.
 
The only thing against Moondancer that they have any way of knowing is his terrible relationship with Trixie, which is still mitigated by the fact that a) this does little to impact the current situation, and b) he has a much better relationship with Maud – there aren’t, at least, any depictions so far of him having anything short of a perfectly cordial relationship with her.
 
Lop’s universe certainly has its issues, but this is something of a reach.

Forgive me for being naive, but who’s Lop and what’s their deal?

@Ilovemyoozik  
A somewhat popular next gen artist who can have some pretty terrible writing..

@FrustrationInExcelsis  
Wow, i had no idea he was that bad.
 
But then again, he is his father’s son.

@Ilovemyoozik  
She’s an artist that likes drawing next-gen characters.

@PonyPon  
Only if we’re using Lop’s Blueblood.

@Ilovemyoozik
 
Lopddity is a next gen artist who’s generally more popular on Deviantart than here. Her next gen started around Pandora (a Twilight x Discord next gen) and sort of grew from there.
 
The whole thing has recently moved from typical character work and slice of life to a directed plotline, and opinions differ on the quality of that.

@Meanlucario  
I meant Dreads.

@Applejack007  
Really? That reminds me of a crossover artist from back in the golden years who had a passive aggressive hatred for MLP, but would include ponies in their pics for views anyways and would often use the crossover characters as mouthpieces.

@Meanlucario
 
… Chakra isn’t Blueblood’s son.

@FrustrationInExcelsis  
It’s my fault, i didn’t clarify.

@Meanlucario
 
@FrustrationInExcelsis  
Oh alright. I checked out the artist and she has a unique art style.

@PonyPon  
But wasn’t Zephyr just lazy, and occasionally pulled a Tom Sawyer on people like Spike?

@PonyPon
 
Ah. Never mind, then.