Fluttershy would probably write either cutesy adventure stories with little animals as the heroes, incredibly bloody and gorey horror pieces under a psuedonym to unleash her darker impulses, or both.

I don't think Pinkie would have the patience for reading a large book, let alone writing one. I could see her designing a pop-up book though.

Rainbow Dash would just write an auto-biography detailing her awesomeness.

Ah, pulp. The most noble of all things.

I imagine Twilight being big into Sci-Fi, maybe. Thing is, the only one who I can really imagine sitting down to write something serious is... Fluttershy.

I sort of imagine her as a columnist, or a serial writer. Some little thing that gets published in the news, or in a magazine every week or month or whatever. About animals, obviously. A pet care column, or a kids fiction story about an animal. Could be pretty interesting, actually. Of course, she would write under a pseudonym, she'd be far to shy to ever take credit for writing it.

Pinkie totally writes stories like Shel Silverstein did.

Fluttershy would be that girl who is always writing "The Encyclopedia of Cats" or "The Complete Book of the Yorkshire Terrier." Her pseudonym would be Puppy Love, which would then become the fanon name of yet another background pony.

I can't see Applejack being a novelist either, but Big Macintosh probably contributes to the Farmer's Almanack.

edited 10th Jan '12 8:40:14 PM by MoeDantes

Watch out for Twilight's new column in the Daily Equestrian, "Simple Magic". Like her friendship reports, but written more like anecdotes.

Ugh, all this talk about books and writing is making me want to read.

Or, you could say "Confound these ponies! They drive me to literacy!"

So I'm gonna go crack open a novel. Be back later!

I can sort of see Big Macintosh trying his hoof at writing, myself. Then again, my fanon is that BM was adopted and is actually the son of an author, so...

Actually, this reminds me. The episode "Read it and Weep" is about Dash discovering a love of reading when she gets laid up after an injury, right? Setting aside the Dash being injured part, what are the odds that this is going to a duo episode with Dash and Twilight? and if it is, exactly how hard is the Twi/Dash ship going to explode?

edited 10th Jan '12 8:53:15 PM by kegisak

Fluttershy would probably write James Herriot-esque animal related stuff. Pinkie Pie would probably write joke books.

edited 10th Jan '12 8:57:20 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Ships explode if two characters even make eye contact, so yeah, it'll blow up big.

Could blow a hole in the space-time continuum the size of... well, actually, the exact size of Belgium.

That's a bit undramatic, isn't it? Belgium?

So, does this mean Twi will make Dashie her pet while she recovers from a particularly bad crash?

Meanwhile, RD's weather duties are temporarily taken over by...

Pinkie Pie, who else?

Maybe Pinkie Pie would write something in the style of Adventure Time.

Oh, Silly Big Macintosh.

Pinkie Pie, who else?

"Maybe I can just free Discord long enough to make the chocolate rain come back."

So EqD is doing a Newbie Artist Training Grounds again (although only 5 themes this time, with 4 remaining). For anyone who doesn't follow it closely. I highly recommend it for anyone wanting to get into drawing and has no idea where to start (and even if you do and/or are experienced, I encourage joining in as it's really great fun and joining the June one on a whim is what got me on the path to where I am now).

Ahhhh, nostalgia... feels just like June all over again. Have my armoured pony.

This is really weird and kinda out of left field, but does anyone know if there's a technical term for the mammary glands of a horse? For some reason they came up in a conversation I had today and I couldn't help but think... If someone would know, it would either be a livestock veterinarian or the brony community (and I don't know any livestock veterinarians!).

I was thinking maybe "udders" but then the wikipedia page for udder is tagged as a stub for even-toed ungulates, which horses are not, but then maybe the stub tag thingy isn't the best indicator of what's correct.

^I... have no idea. Perhaps teats?

We're entering the 'Gross Animal Anatomy' discussion, aren't we?

Probably not. It's a fairly simple question of terminology; not much to discuss.

Hm... Teats makes sense, even if it does seem a little nonspecific. Thanks!

Ah, the pony thread.

Question asked, question answered. Hush, you. =)