APRIL FOOLS!
Although I have two next gen projects well underway, Iâm always coming up with new ideas for stories or tropes to explore, and some of them donât fit in my existing projects. I know this may seem impulsive, but Iâve actually been planning this privately since November so it isnât at all. I am proud to introduce my fourth next gen project, which for now Iâm calling the Fourthverse!
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Twilight Sparkle is a proud single mom to two adorable twin fillies! Theyâre as close as can be, joined at the hip on all levels except physical. They finish each otherâs sentences to the point where they almost look like theyâre speaking in unison, they follow each other everywhere to the point where theyâre absolutely never apart, down to sleeping togetherâŠnot that anyoneâs seen them sleep. Whoâs the sire? Where are they? Did anypony even see Twilight pregnant? Twilight wishes ponies would stop asking all these questions, and sheâs tired of seeing even her closest friends avoid eye contact with her beautiful creationsâŠI mean children. They were created completely naturally and ethically, I promise!
Fluttershy may be good with animals, but that doesnât mean sheâs good with children. This is a lesson she learned years ago when caring her her friendsâ sisters, but she forgot about it by the time she decided to have a child of her own and insisted it would be easy. If she can wrestle a bear, she can put a foal to sleep! Well, that logic obviously proved itself wrong as parenting turned out to be far more than Fluttershy was prepared for. Somewhere along the line she lost her mind, completely giving up on motherhood and throwing herself back into her role as an animal caretaker. She throws a birthday party for each and every one of her bajillion pets, all the while forgetting to care for her own foal, let alone celebrate the day she became a mother.
Pinkie Pie wants to make every foal smile, but once she had her own, she had to learn that life wasnât all sunshine and rainbows. Thereâs a lot of responsibility just to keep them alive. She may have figured it out for babysitting the Cake twins on occasion, but with her own foals there wasnât a single break from responsibility. Eventually she realized that a lot of things about her own lifestyle were not suitable for raising a foal. Constant fun, constant sugar, constant energyâŠit was not the key to a balanced upbringing. But her parenting style became unbalanced in the opposite direction where she now gives her kids a life of constant boredom and no sweets at all. Pinkamena makes her own parents look like party clowns. Itâs not the life she likes, but at least her family is safe and healthy.
Rainbow Dash is the menace of EquestriaâŠor an icon, depending on how you want to look at it. No adult female of any species can resist her electrifying energy, the deep allure of desire that she invokes just by her mere existence. Wives have left husbands, heads of state have caused scandals, all for just a chance to taste the rainbow. Citizens are divided over whether this world savior is really a benefit to society anymore. If she still deserves to be called the Element of Loyalty. Well, to that she would say, sheâs not the one encouraging creatures to betray her vows for her. Sheâs not making any promises she would break. They just stick to her like magnets without her even having to do anything; she canât help being this awesome and irresistible. One thingâs for sure: she is contributing to a whole lot of population growth. This is only a fraction of it.
Applejack has fallen head over hooves for a very special stallion! Blank Sheet, a paper company executive, is the apple of her eye and nopony can convince her that he isnât the one. Family members ask how she fell for a stallion that isnât even a farmer, isnât farming the core of her very being? Well, paper is made of trees so it still counts, darn it! He ainât much into music, or athletics, or even really a conversationalist. He doesnât smile a whole lot, if he ever has. He isnât really a family stallion eitherâŠdoes he even have a family? But consarnit, Blank Sheet really does have a fascinatinâ personality once ya get to know him! Itâs just that nopony but her can see it. AJ may be fighting for her life at the Friendship Council meetings every time she speaks of him, but there is no doubt in her mind that heâll make a fine Apple one day.
Rarity feels as if the universe has put a curse upon her. All she wants is to settle down and raise a family with a good and generous stallion, but itâs like the universe pulls the rug out from under her every time she gets close to that goal. Each time she thinks she has met the love of her life, he dies tragically in some ridiculous and unbelievable way. Lost in the Everfree Forest, fallen into a pit of lava, even crushed by an anvil falling from the sky! One even died from a sprained ankle for some Celestia-foresaken reason. Rarity can never feel too safe, as tragedy can strike anywhere from early in the relationship to over a year into marriage. This poor stallion met his demise in the jaws of a bugbear, leaving Rarity to raise yet another foal alone among the many others her lost lovers have given her. Will she ever get a break?
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Iâm really excited to start this project and introduce you all to the kids in between Auraverse and Thirdverse work. Iâm excited for those verses as well ofc but Iâm starting to think these are some of my best ideas yet!