Talk Nerdy To Me (WIP)

I have been thinking about this and I really feel like he'd give a lot of very astute observations about classism being a fundemental aspects of "Of Mice & Men" type literatures (Of Mice and Mares/Neigh Country for Old Mares/etc ..I'm sure there's better punwork to be done here)

Jam Gram

Y’all are gonna be the death of me 💗

Lopoddity

(In the show his back leg is like the width of a regular pony's head, he BIIIIIIIIG)

Amber

Not sure about the dialogue but is it ok if I make a suggestion? In the show he's enormous and you headcanon Twi as being kinda short so I think it'd be more accurate if he were a bit more huge https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/mlp/images/4/4b/Trouble_Shoes_appeals_to_the_crowd_S5E6.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20150505022647

Amber

"Ah, yer Highness, but you've left out a key piece of Frost's intention in 'Dust of Snow' -- the ending reconciliation with the narrator's understanding of life and death," Trouble pointed out, almost off-handedly. "The snow and the hemlock tree are meant to be 'bout death, sure, but that some part of the rued day bein' saved by th' beauty of nature, and the natural way that death shines light onto the beautiful qualities of life," he finished easily, only to look over and shift uncomfortably at the gobsmacked expression Twilight was sending him. "...What? Aw, shucks, did I mess up again?" // "Wh-" Twilight sputtered, nearly dropping her own collection of Frost's poetry and prose in her shock. "No! No, not at all," she assured the stallion in front of her, before sheepishly admitting, "I suppose I just... Wasn't expecting that." // Troubleshoes gave a weary smile that seemed a bit too heavy to truly be a smile at all. 'Oh, no worries, Princess," he assured her quietly. "No one ever expects much o' me, anyway."

Colbyr

yeah so I’d def read a whole fic about Coal Tender and his meditation on identity

Lopoddity

Despite being an Earth pony he's actually well studied on magic theory even though he can't use any of it.

Non-Euclidean Cat

I really want to keep seeing more of this. I adore him too.

pookaWOODS

I put all my bullshitting powers from high school and college together for this, making up an Equestrian classic novel. It's dumb, and probably a bit too long for your use, lol: "The struggles of Coal Tender throughout the novel have always been seen as emphasizing the trials Earth Ponies have gone through historically when rising through society. From his upbringing working for the rail company, to aspiring to become a professor of thermodynamics in Canterlot, it's seen as a tragedy as he discards pieces of his old life to 'fit in' better with the upper crust. But what I never see talked about is throughout the entire story, he holds onto his mother's candlesticks. Those simple, unadorned pieces of metal are a fixture in every place he journeys to throughout the book. From the shared bunkhouse when working on the rails, to his ornate home he purchases at the end once he's ensured his professorship from Celestia herself, he places them in a prominent place and ensures their use. Some ponies simply think it's meant as a reminder of his mother, a driving force in his life that always wanted more for him. I don't think that's wrong, but I think it goes deeper than that. Unicorns can make light using their magic. Pegasai live above the clouds in constant sunglight, or moonlight. But Earth Ponies have always had to use candles or lanterns to provide light. I believe these candlesticks not only represent his relationship with his mother, but represent his identity as an Earth Pony. That, even when he moves into that house in Canterlot with magical lighting, he /still/ chooses to light two candles. Staring into the flames, he still knows where he came from, and he's choosing to not leave it behind. He knows he had to schmooze and appease his way up the ranks to fulfil his dream, but now that he's secured it, he's comfortable looking back with love at his roots, and not looking down with contempt. In the final few paragraphs, where he muses about staring into the flames, too many ponies see it as the last echoes of his old life burning off, but seeing as he relates it to the shimmering pheonix he saw when meeting Celestia, I think it's meant to represent rebirth. A new beginning."

Beatleboy62

One of my fav takes from Hamlet is how he's supposed to be depicted as someone in his 40s, but based on the time period and context of the play there's no possible way he could've been older than mid 20s at most; he's unmarried, has no children, and while he's being pushed to marry Ophelia it's never seen as a massive emergency (considering that he has no younger siblings, it would've been a big deal for him to continue the blood line if he were older. Additionally, his mental state is much more fragile, and he seems more estranged from the rest of the court, considering he has minimal interaction with anyone besides Ophelia, Laertes, Horatio, the parents, and a handful of others. I see the play less following the dissolve of a grown man and rather the spiraling of an arguably already mentally unstable young adult, who's impulsive nature and trauma from the circumstances of his father's death drag him even faster along a path to madness that he might've already been on.

Ha, that’s crazy, when I first doodled this in my notebook I slapped some filler “smart” dialogue in there so I could remember the punchline, and it was “Not to disagree with yer analysis, Princess, but I reckon the author could’ve meant the work as a criticism of the anti-Calvinistic image of the Equestrian dream”. I like yours better, I just think it’s funny we both thought of Trouble linking the book to societal issues XD

Lopoddity

The thematic dualities of Frankenstein

Hm. I'm a sucker for when someone is able to link a longstanding societal issue in a new look at an old piece...and I kind of like the idea that Troubleshoes has actually read A Lot between jobs, because hey, a library is free. So...hm. Maybe something about how the assumptions of the Canterlot nobility are linked to restrictive Calvinistic virtues, thus giving them moral high ground, and it's interesting that you can see the flip in attitude in children's media as a unconscious societal inculcation. If you consider the works that survived through the ages, those that originally valued cleverness against more powerful foes have more or less been discarded, to be replaced by tales of princesses as moral standards. In this TED talk I will....

Scyllarus

How do you just will these expressions into existance?

ApofisNecros

"-and so rather than simply appealing to the target audience perspective, the true message is regarding the acceptance and inclusion of those born with gigantism, or being of an abnormal size. But do you see what the as yet unexplored thematic attribute of the character is saying?" "That... That the dog is just... Red...?" "So Bridlewell would have you believe-!"

ApofisNecros

MORE PLZ I LOVE THIS SHIP

I'm a sucker for the epic of Gilgamesh, so maybe he's talking of his feelings about the deep heartrending sorry of horse Gilgamesh after the death of his dear friend/boyfriend Enkidu the Wild Horse

Emma Breslauer

Perhaps something political relating to celestia and luna? I know you have a few old doodles of Celestia talking about communism, so perhaps some unexpected, yet brilliant political commentary? Lol

MusicallyArtisticJen

the deeper meaning behind his favorite line of books clifford the big red dog