"It was dreadful." A few of the listeners chuckled I suspected then that, if not exactly alike, the rules- and shortsighted gender biases- of the marketplace were predictably similar here. "Well they made a.a series of moving picture stories, I guess you'd call it, telling about the adventures of these Little Ponies in their magical world.The usual lowest-common-denominator stuff cute pets, trite songs, stories about tea parties and makeup and dress-up and scads of PINK flung everywhere."" I winced. "We do have motion pictures- movies- so we understand some of the concept." Twilight nodded in agreement as well she had been the one to interrogate me about it- and several other human inventions as well. "The moving picture device, yes," Celestia nodded. you recall what I told you about television?" "To promote these dolls and increase sales, Hasbro commissioned artists to create a cartoon. Tiny ponies, actually, in bright pastel colors and decorative marks on their flanks, and- important selling point here," I held up a finger- "combable manes and tails." I smiled slightly in spite of myself. A series of small plastic toys, about yea big-" I gestured-" shaped like tiny horses. "About twenty or thirty years ago in my world, in the mid 1980s, a toy company by the name of hasbro decided to create a new line of toys, especially catered to young girls. I puffed out my cheeks with a breath I hadn't known I was holding, and began. long and complicated, and it will take some time to get to the point." She nodded, briefly. I rubbed my eyes as I tried to compose my thoughts. how is it that you, a creature from another world entire, know so much of us?" "And so," she asked, "now that we have, at your request, dismissed any careless ears. Celestia, alicorn, ruler of the sun, coregent of the world of Equestria, regarded me with cool eyes. It was just our tidy little gathering: Celestia, Luna, the Elements of Harmony. Even the ever present guards had been reduced to a bare quartet around the throne the rest were stationed discreetly OUTSIDE the tightly closed doors. Courtiers, servants, staff, all had been ushered out. Login The Audience by Realitåheck Chapters
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