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"We're going to make such beautiful research together!"

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I think I figured out why I burned myself out on pony stuff. Years ago when I first started, I could just draw whatever dumb idea/crack ship/AU I wanted, whenever I wanted, and it was fun! But as the pandoraverse developed, I kinda got locked into this established storyline. Couldn't deviate much from it (eg. draw some Blueblood/Big Mac ship art) without confusing my readers ("Is this canon now? What about Blueblood and Pharynx? Are you getting rid of Peachy then?"). I meant well! Buuuut I ended up stifling myself and shutting down a lot of my sillier, impulsive ideas, which ended up making drawing ponies very not fun. I think for now, I'm not gonna worry so much about keeping up a tidy story and just try to have fun again. :)

So here we have Sunburst and King Sombra. This is not canon to the Pandoraverse~

I had an idea that following the MLP finale, Twilight would eventually remember it's kinda fucked up to leave four villains to suffer a fate worse than death. She sets her mind to reforming Cozy Glow, King Sombra, Tirek, and Chrysalis....but this is a monumental task. Where does she even begin? She asks Celestia for advice, and Celestia, with her usual disregard for her subjects, says "lol, just make somebody else do it". And so, Twilight did!

Using the power of math, analytics, and maybe a little too much coffee, Twilight calculates the perfect ponies suited to reforming Equestria's most dangerous villains. Assignments are as follows:

Cozy Glow is assigned to Sunset Shimmer

Lord Tirek is made the teaching assistant of Cheerilee

Queen Chrysalis is dumped off to mine rocks under Maud Pie

and King Sombra (stripped of his powers, naturally), is assigned to Sunburst. 

Sombra is not happy about being made to live in the cluttered home of a chubby little shut-in. He's a king, damn it! He should be drinking wine out of his enemies' skulls! Being fed grapes by beautiful servants! Not.....not being served microwaved hot pockets and asked a million questions about magic! And while a toothy growl used to be enough to get Sunburst flinching away, now Sunburst is all too assured in Sombra being harmless without his dark magic. He has the nerve to waggle his finger in Sombra's face and tell him "murder is bad"- even squirting Sombra with a water bottle whenever he schemes to take over Equestria! How dare you?? The moment Sombra figures out how to get his powers back, he's going to unleash a torrent of darkness the likes of which the world has never seen before, and Sunburst shall be the first to be consumed by the shadows!!!!

Uh. But in the meantime. Maybe hot pockets aren't so bad. And those pop tarts with the strawberry filling. Maybe Sunburst's company isn't completely horrible- it beats being buried in ice for a millennium, at least. Maybe modern ponies are onto something with their cozy pajamas and daytime naps and soap operas, hm. Maybe Sunburst is very soft and cuddly and turns a most delicious red when Sombra says anything even slightly suggestive....

Welp. Gotta find something to keep him occupied before he can begin his evil conquest. Might as well spend his time recounting history to an awed Sunburst. Foolish little pony. So easily impressed. Perhaps when the reign of darkness begins, Sombra might just keep him as a pet.... 

meanwhile, Sunburst to the pizza delivery guy: oh gee thanks for delivering this late, my boyfriend really had a hankering for garlic knots