i think rainbow would be the first to be like "this arrangement is awesome" because she gets a cool job and a fucking wife out of it. i like to imagine they bond flying around at night, dash strikes me as the type to settle into nocturnal life easily lol
forgot to thank folks for voting in my poll! originally i had planned my marriage au to be just a one off, but it's exciting to see people would want to see more! :)
it's april fool's day! and what better day to show some love for my favorite herd, the super duper poly party ponies :)
im out of practice with next gens but i thought these would be really fun:
Say Cheese "Lil Cheese" - daughter of Cheese and Pinkie. Her personality is a lot like her mom's and she will generally do anything to make someone smile
Surprise Party - daughter of Party Favor and Pinkie; despite her name and rambunctious family, Surprise is actually rather timid. She loves all things colorful and might find her talent in a quieter career like art - or maybe working with foals!
Funny Bone - son of Cheese and Party Favor. Originally I thought of him as a comedian but I also see him as rather nerdish and scholarly, making his humor more from quick wit rather than slapstick
just a one off though - i dont know if i'll revisit these guys again although i grew really attached unironically
So in the elements marriage au do events happen in the same order or does twilight go to ponyville earlier? Cause it seems celestia doesn't pick her spouse, so does twilight become a princess earlier?
oh geesh i meant to include in the original description that Twilight would become an alicorn immediately upon unlocking the element of magic but forgot lolol, so yeah she'd become a princess earlier!
with few exceptions i don't ship any of the m6 with any of the princesses but I wanted to challenge myself and do exactly that; I combined a bodyguard au and an arranged marriage au and came up with this! - an au where bearing an element of harmony comes with a union to one of the princesses, and serves functionally as both a spouse and/or adviser, and a bodyguard.
been calling this either the harmony marriage au, or the elements of marriage lol
Rainbow immediately addresses the elephant in the room and all but volunteers to form a union with Luna; something she does partly to prove she isn't afraid of anyone or anything, but also because… look man she said she was sorry and she's gonna start her new rule with everyone against her - someone has to be there for her. Celestia especially approves of this union, as, even if these marriages are largely political, the element of Loyalty would make a true companion for a pony like Luna. Despite that, I think their start would be difficult, given all the ways the two are opposites… but ultimately flying by moonlight is just as nice as flying during the day, and the long stretches of peaceful nights give them plenty of time to get to know each other.
Cadance solves the unbalanced issue and forms a union with both Pinkie and Fluttershy. There's no limit to virtues that are compatible with Love, but Laughter and Kindness just have that little something extra that catches her attention, nevermind how stinkin cute they are. All three take to their new marriage well. It’s especially helpful that Pinkie and Fluttershy have a pre-established friendship that could easily remain platonic, or turn romantic or queer-platonic; there’s also the fact that Cadance herself was once a humble pegasus raised by earth ponies before being thrust into this royal life, which could be why they caught her eye in the first place.
(Shining is still here, as someone needs to train these girls in the art of guarding, and their relationship is still active (although PinkieShy would not be considered his wives); bc if there’s one thing I’m going to do with the princess of love, it's show off some poly pride!)
Twilight would, at this point, ““have her choice”” between Generous Rarity or Honest Applejack; either would be fitting for her new title as the princess of Friendship, and both are good ponies who she could rely on. However, given just how much Twilight’s life is about to be upended with new, well, everything - ultimately Rarity turns out to be her best match. She’s generous with her patience and tact in a way AJ isn’t quite, and more importantly she understands the ins and outs of the high class, making her a real asset in Twilight’s transition to royalty. Nevermind that the two were maybe already a little smitten before their union even took place…
This leaves Applejack sort of “auto-paired” with Celestia. At first Applejack seems like a horrible choice for a princess who is practically a queen, given how very little she knows about this life, and the way the upper class look down on her, but it ends up that her more open/harsh honesty that would have maybe been too much for Twilight in her new role is actually perfect against Celestia. It takes Applejack a bit to learn how to hold her tongue in royal public but she learns to play the game in her own way, and her willingness to speak openly and bluntly with Celestia - in private - is so refreshing to Celestia, who hasn't had a pony tell her like it is in ages. That said, i think this learning curve takes quite some time to even itself out, and in the beginning they spend a lot of their marriage clashing with each other, though ultimately i see Applejack as a respectful enough horse that her southern charm does just that, charming the princess in a way she couldn’t expect.
The six are still all friends with each other, although given the sister pairs some of them see each other more often; Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie, and Fluttershy are a bit closer in that sense, while Applejack and Rainbow consider each other best friends. I’d be willing to say maybe something is going on between them, if i didn’t think that went against what the element of loyalty stands for, but there’s definitely rumors…
