“We don’t have time to play twenty questions,” Coil said. “Would you rather die?”
Good question.
Would she? She wasn’t sure. Death was bad, but at least then she’d go on to the afterlife. To heaven, she hoped. Finding an answer and surviving would mean days and weeks of absolute hell, of constant pain and not being able to use her power.
This twelve year old girl is seriously considering whether death would be preferable.
Fuck you, Coil, for putting her in this situation.
“Pet,” Coil said, when she didn’t give him an immediate response, “Do it now, or you won’t get any more candy for a long while.”
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That was another fun ride! We got to meet Mannequin, who has an interesting backstory and a kind of whimsical body that… actually doesn’t have anything to do with the main focus of his tinker power. It seems like, in theory, almost any tinker might be able to do something like what he did, if they were mad enough to do it.
Honestly more interesting than Mannequin himself, though, was Vriska, our POV character for the day. We didn’t really learn much new about him, really, though we got reinforcement of the idea that he isn’t all about his reputation. He does try to help people. Maybe the focus on reputation came second, after some time as a bigshot hero?
On top of an awesome but insanely stupid display of his reckless, wrathful side against an enemy who claimed they were alike, we also got some delicious development for the Dragonmaster ship. I’m a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see Vriska’s reaction to Dragon revealing her true nature, but I recognize that ending the chapter like that is good writing. For now, I’ll trust Vriska to be good enough that it went over better than Dragon had feared.
So yeah! That was fun. See you next time!
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…potential romantic relationship with a character associated with drAGONSMISTER COLIN SERKETYOU COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW AND EXPLAIN YOURSELF–
He wouldn’t be able to distract the lunatic with words while he acted. He could only pray.
Good luck, I guess. I don’t think you’ll be able to kill him, but I guess you might be able to severely hamper him.
Don’t do it for me, God. I probably don’t deserve the chance. Do it for every soul this motherfucker would kill from here on out if I fail.
I guess he does care on some level. Good to know. 🙂
He thrust out the knife, swept it towards his opponent’s chest cavity. His hand stopped.
Hm?
With his vision in his good eye failing him, it took him a second to see why. Mannequin’s hand gripped his wrist.
Ah.
He pushed, as if he could beat this monster in strength. By some miracle, his hand moved a fraction closer to his enemy’s chest. He redoubled his efforts, and it moved still closer.
To beat this Mad Dummy, you gotta have DETERMINATION!
Mannequin slammed him into the wall with more strength than he might have expected the artificial body to have.
And there we go.
You officially poked the bear.
Or, uh, verbally assaulted the mannequin. Doesn’t sound as good, though, and it might cause a floating training dummy to attack you later, if you survive this.
…wait, he’s already being attacked by a “Mad Dummy”.
The blade came next, springing from Mannequin’s hand to pierce the shoulder that led to Colin’s stump of an arm and stick through the wall behind him.
April Fool’s Wrap-Up, April Fool’s Wrap-Up, let’s finish our holiday pranks…
So! What the hell did I just read, the uninitiated wonder?
That, my friend, was Cupcakes, a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanfic by Sergeant Sprinkles that is infamous for its brutality and its disturbing take on Pinkie Pie. The thing that hits about Cupcakes’ Pinkie is the fact that she’s almost entirely in character in terms of attitude while performing the grotesque and psychotic actions (that thankfully aren’t in character… right?). I think that was the point of the whole fic, really, to showcase how Pinkie’s enthusiasm can be twisted and creepy.
The fic is very well known in the fandom. It was the first fanfic to get rated on the fansite Equestria Daily as not only “Grimdark”, but “GRIMDARK AS FUCK”, marking the only context I’ve personally seen “grimdark” in other than Homestuck (though I’m aware it’s also used in Warhammer 40k). It has spawned tons of parodies, alternate endings and unofficial sequels, and various fanart, both silly and serious. Speaking of parodies, if you need some nightmare retardant, have this retelling:
(It ties in with an abridged series, so that’s why the voices are weird.)
As with the previous April Fool’s liveblog, this wasn’t blind. Amusingly, it still ended up feeling real to me at points, even though I relistened to the story just a couple days ago. Such is life, I guess!
It also wasn’t live. Right now it’s 2:52 AM on the night to March 30th, and I’ve been making these posts as drafts for, what, eight hours? Ten? I didn’t mean to do the whole thing tonight, sheesh. But yeah, I did it this way because I realized that Cupcakes is almost as long as Interlude 11c (it’s 252 words shy) and I had already been worried about my time on the day proper, since it coincides with D&D night. So if the posts have seemed to come a little quicker than they usually do, that’s because I’ll have just been spacing out the time between clicking the “post” buttons and not doing much else.
So yeah! I hope you enjoyed this “live”blog of “Interlude 11d of Worm”! I’ll leave you on this note:
A few seasons later, we learned that Pinkie Pie canonically
Swallowing, Pinkie turned her attention to a small can on the tray. She
removed the lid, revealing that it was filled with red-hot coals. Lying on top
of the coals were several large nails.
Oh, hello there.
As the adrenalin filled her veins, Dash began to panic again. Picking up
the can, Pinkie walked over to Dash’s left. Holding some tongs with her mouth,
Pinkie carefully picked up a nail and positioned it at the seam between her
victim’s front left leg and hoof. She then grabbed a hammer and took careful
aim.
“Just gotta check your reflexes!”
So is she about to take the hoof… right off?
“No Pinkie!” Dash screamed. “NO! NO!”
The hammer came down and
the nail punctured Dash’s skin. The white hot burning was too much. Dash
screamed as she pulled and thrashed at the braces, causing her raw skin to rub
and tear.
Seriously, what’s the point of this from Pinkie’s perspective?
Pinkie tried to line up another nail, but couldn’t
find her aim, and let out a frustrated grunt. When Pinkie brought the hammer
back to take a wild swing, Dash burst out crying and begging.
“PLEASE STOP! PLEASE,
PLEASE STOP!”
Sorry, pal, she ain’t gonna stop. And the only thing I can do is sit here and watch the words with morbid fascination.
“So, you ready to get started, Rainbow Dash? I’ve
got everything all ready,” the pink pony said.
Dash psyched herself up. “You betcha, Pinkie. So
what do ya got planned? We gonna prank somebody? I got a couple of good ones
I’ve been thinking about. Or maybe you’ve got some stunts you think I should
try? Or perhaps…”
“MAKING CUPCAKES!” Pinkie happily announced.
Hm. Alright, I’m down. Not really seeing what this has to do with anything, but it sounds like a good time.
Maybe this Interlude is just a lighthearted pause from the dramatic Slaughterhouse action, at the cost of one Slaughterhouse member not getting an Interlude, or two of them having to share.
…also apparently Pinkie Pie is actually pink? Like, in clothing, or is she a cape with an abnormal skin color like Dash? Maybe Pinkie Pie is a cape name after all?
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