a couple of folks sent asks regarding ships with the Flim Flam Brothers, so i thought it could be fun to talk about!! :3c i'm not deep enough into the series to speculate much on background characters and crackships, but i do have some thoughts on shipping them with the Mane 6:
besides shipping Flim with my OC Sugarfleece, my guilty pleasure is Flimlight/Twiflim, or Flim x Twilight Sparkle! 🥰💖 their interactions in Friendship University really crack me up, and i find something so intriguing about a bookish, straitlaced pony being charmed by a smooth-talking con artist...particularly with Flim canonically being the showier of the pair 😉
it's also canon that both Flim and Flam have a thing for librarians!! there's a very funny The Music Man reference in My Little Pony: Friends Forever Issue #9 where the brothers fight over the same pony, Marian (implied the Librarian). to clarify, i don't mind Flamlight/Twiflam at all!! it's just that according to Viva Las Pegasus Flam is the smarter brother, and i prefer the 'opposites attract' vibe of Flim being such a showpony and Twilight being this socially anxious know-it-all. it's cute!! 🙈💖
i'm also a big fan of Flamity/Rariflam, or Flam x Rarity! this one doesn't need much explaining: Rarity literally swoons when Flam speaks to her (what a mood) 🫠💖 whenever Rarity's expressed an interest in another pony it's always been a stylish, well-spoken type, and i think Flam's combination of good looks, charm and smarts would appeal to Rarity hugely 🥰
not to mention whatever was going on when she was pretending to be 'Plainity'...Rarity, you could have done a lot of generous things which weren't feeding him grapes? 🤔 i think in a genuine romantic scenario, Flam would treat Rarity like the lady she is! 💖
and of course i greatly enjoy the enemies-to-lovers hilarity of Flimjack/Appleflim and Flamjack/Appleflam (Flim or/Flam x Applejack) 😂💖 what's there not to love? the pony who represents the Element of Honesty falling for conponies who lie as often as they speak? not to mention the family drama, oh my god 😶 i can't tell whether i like to ship them with Applejack or headcanon them as distant, estranged Apple family members instead...either way, Applejack being subjected to their antics is always entertaining 🙈💖
that's all for now!! very curious to hear if anyone else ships Flim and Flam with any specific ponies (OCs or canon!!), i want to be convinced 😉
I decided to give Flam and Twilight a son, meet Burnt Cider!
Name: Prince Burnt Cider
Nickname/s: Cider
Species: Unicorn
Pronouns: He/Him
Cutie Mark: A tankard of cider with half an apple behind it.
Info: The son of Princess Twilight Sparkle and Flam, he grew up living in Twilight's Castle in Ponyville with his older sister, Summer Solstice, he learnt the value of friendship, magic and knowledge from his mother and his love of cider making and the machinery involved from his father, he heard stories of The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 from Flam and became fascinated with how it worked, much to Applejack's dismay, Flim gave Cider the blueprints for it which inspires Cider's experimentation and tinkering, which sometimes leads to hilarious mishaps in his attempts to improve the cider making process. Burnt Cider and Lightning Storm have been best friends since they were foals, Cider's technical expertise and magic skills paired with Lightning's athleticism and guts make them an unstoppable duo.
Inspired by stories of the Flim Flam Brother's entrepreneurial ventures in the past and their legendary cider machine, Burnt Cider spends his days experimenting with apple varieties and cider recipes, blending them with magic techniques he learnt from Twilight. He always can be seen wearing one of his Dad's old hats.
Since it's Hearts and Hooves day I thought I'd finally post the ships for my next gen, Rarity is missing because I'm still figuring it out.
The pony with Flim is an adopt I got from Unknown-Artist99 on Deviantart and I've already got the names for the foals of AppleDash and CheesePie and the design for a FlamLight foal too.
Probably the ship most wouldn't expect out of all the mane 6 ships, but here we are. Also, this is the first drawing featuring my design for Twilight, I love all their original designs so my redesigns just add a little more ✨flare✨
Turns out Flam loves reading almost as much as Twilight, after the incident, Twilight brought Flim and Flam a whole lot of books to read while they recovered. This lead to Flam and Twilight's late night book discussions.
bonus image of Twilight's redesign without all the shading and such.
We got another next gen kid, Princess Summer Solstice is the daughter of Flam and Twilight Sparkle, she's the princess of summer.
Name: Princess Summer Solstice
Nickname/s: Summer, Sol
Species: Alicorn
Pronouns: She/her
Cutie Mark: The sun surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves
Info: Summer Solstice is the Princess of Summer, or she will be when she grows up, she has the ability to manipulate plant growth as well as pyrokinesis, and when angry becomes engulfed in magical flames. She’s a bubbly pony who loves spending time with others but one who also loves spending time alone. She’s fiercely protective of nature and is in charge of summer related festivals in Ponyville.
