no one understands these horses like I do

(intimately) ✿ nsfw; no dni just understand what you're getting into

[pseudotwily]

severe mental illness // if ur squeamish about dark topics this blog probably isn't for you

✿ my mlp favs are twilight sparkle (figures) and princess celestia. having the worst twilestia brainrot in the year 2024. there will be twilestiaposting.

✿ main ships are twilestia, sciset, fluttercord and a few assorted mane 6 ships. multishipper. generally open minded unless it's celestia shipping, in which case twilestia 🔛🔝 and I'm mostly okay with just princest, twilunestia and twilunestiance.

✿ just a casual mlp thought dump blog really, I've seen it done before and really wanted to do it too so here it is. profile theme is bi lesbian twiligh.

✿ account tags

#nsftwily - nsft mlp posting

#cwgalore - probably has commonly triggering content mentioned

#twilighting - sfw mlp rants

#asks - answering asks

✿ asks are incredibly welcome!

✿ hate asks will be discarded because i do not care

[pseudotwily]

Any good episodes for twilestia shippers?

oh boy.

disclaimer i can be absolutely missing some things, fuzzy memory. add / correct if you can!

season one

- friendship is magic

first episode, adorable twilestia nuzzle scene!

- a bird in the hoof

celestia messing with the mane 6 and especially twilight. hilarious. twilight implying celestia would go easy on her.

- the cutie mark chronicles

brief, but twilight's whole cutiemark story.

season two

- lesson zero

celestia messing with twilight part two, and twilight being a wreck. ohh it's great.

- a canterlot wedding

if you like angst this has a brief moment just for that!

season three

- the crystal empire

twilight's biggest fear being disappointing celestia..

- magical mystery cure

the SONG? oh!!

season four

- princess twilight sparkle

if i remember correctly (this info is all on no recent rewatch of mlp), there is some twilestia here.

- twilight's kingdom

same as above. also you should watch it just because twilight is awesome.

season five

- make new friends but keep discord

the entire ending scene alone is worth watching for. celestia dragging twilight to the dance floor;

season six I can't think of any moments for! :( luckily, following seasons more than make up for it, in my opinion.

season seven

- celestial advice

the WHOLE THING! i need to do a twilestia analysis on this.

season eight

- horse play

ANOTHER TWILESTIA THEMED EPISODE! start to finish this is one of my absolute favorites.

season nine

- 2, 4, 6, greaat

celestia getting called a jock is good on its own, but it has some lovely twilestia interactions.

- the ending of the end (I believe? I could be getting this wrong.)

no words.

[pseudotwily]

what’s the flag in your banner and profile?

hey hey! in my bio i wrote profile theme is bi lesbian twilight. (mainly because I just think the color scheme is so her. i don't have concrete headcanons for her.)

[pseudotwily]

psuedotwily's core twilestia tenets (typically, a checklist for how deeply I can sink my teeth into fiction)

Mentor, Mother, Lover

the pupil's graduation doesn't rid the years of schooling. It's complex because it can't not be.

celestia is one of the only ponies around twilight during her formative years that isn't her immediate family. she's her personal mentor and it's safe to assume she's being entrusted with the care of a filly during that. I don't think their relationship and its many stages and dynamics through the years fade into nothingness.

regardless of how it's done & acknowledged in the art / fic (i.e. is the romance fresh? is it something long seated? is it something undefinable, just for twilight and celestia?), I'm just glad to see it played with. anything that depicts complex dynamics and ships that tie in multiple types of relationships has my heart.

Above Romance, There is Twilight and Celestia

needless to say, twilight and celestia are not a traditional couple. mentioned previously, this just means that instead of trying to fit that mould, i love to see twilestia exploring what their relationship means for them and not for anyone else.

romantic love is the undercurrent, always there and undeniably one of the things tying them together... but there's so much more. I think it all blends together and often can't really be defined by a generic label.

I think twilight loves in a much more mortal way, and celestia loves in a much more unconditional, no matter what it's going to be labeled way. even so, celestia is pulled into being more mortal via twilight's love for her, and twilight is pulled into being an alicorn because of celestia's.

(a separate thing this makes me think is that I can't assign queer labels to celestia. not in a "she's above them" way, but in a way that i just can't picture her being anything for anyone but twilight.)

Slow and Steady Wins The Race (Intimacy)

(rainbow dash reference...)

they take things slow, mainly because would it not be overwhelming to twilight to be with celestia at first? would it not make sense for celestia to be patient — she has all the time in the world, after all, and eventually, twilight does too.

and would it not be weird?

I deeply enjoy celestia not having lovers, not in a long time (or even never, really), and twilight, who's only ever really had eyes for her mentor. twilight's still unlearning her need to please celestia, and celestia's still learning she doesn't have to be alone — and that she isn't.

they're both unprepared, but they learn from each other in many ways.

[pseudotwily]

twilestia shipper, before you is the song "at the gala" and the episode with it. your task is to not be insane

AKA tumblr user pseudotwily being insane

it's so incredibly telling that the whole song is about these ponies' dreams, their aspirations, things that maybe aren't exactly likely but damnit, the gala is spectacular, and miracles happen at miraculous places..

..and twilight sparkle, protege of the sun, who's frankly spent the season making friendships and forging (what will prove to be) lifelong bonds with people as well as being said protege practically her entire life, has her own little verse where she sings about having celestia's attention the whole night.

at the gala, with the princess, is where I'm going to be

we will talk all about magic and what I've learned and seen

it is going to be so special, as she takes time just for me!

and towards the end, just to reinforce it

fluttershy: To meet! applejack: To sell! rarity: To find! rainbow dash: To prove! pinkie pie: To whoop! twilight sparkle: To talk!

every twilight and celestia interaction in this episode is so baiting the shippers. celestia you can't be saying this stuff.

Well, I want you right by my side the entire evening, so we'll have plenty of time together!

the look on her face?

they're the only two that don't go insane in this episode and it's so fucking cute. celestia has fun, and twilight still gets to spend some time with her. every gala episode is twilestia.

[pseudotwily]

I had not thought that I would come across another twilestia shipper in 2024 - if ever again. I'm so glad to see that there are more of us !

ME TOO, anon. Me too. I haven't been too active but twilestia is number one in my heart, now and forever.

[pseudotwily]

twilight and celestia have long dropped calling each other by their titles. twilight freely calls her celestia, and celestia is overjoyed about it.

but in her royal chambers, from under the sun goddess, twilight can't help but call for help from the Princess, calling her nothing but princess celestia. celestia recognizes this state, and only soothes her in it, preening her wings a bit and making calming motions with her magic on her lover's coat as her hooves are quite occupied at the moment. twilight might be a full grown mare, but her Faithful Student needs her just as much as before.

[pseudotwily]

thinking about how twilestia fanfic writers will often employ the "we've grown out of the student and mentor dynamic so now its morally fine" angle and I do respect and enjoy that approach, but I think there's something so special about the idea that maybe we never fully grow out of that dynamic, maybe twilight just doesn't forget how celestia practically raised her, but they just look at that and go "well, we can make something new. we don't have to forget the past to make room for the future." and it's different because it can't not be. twilight is still comforted by celestia's motherly aura and celestia still enjoys caring for one of her little ponies, it's just something else now too.