Majesty's Wicked Ways: Lickety Split's Long Gallop

[Taffeta]

I keep mentioning this story in discussions on Majesty, and going through book doubles I realised I have it to hand. I apologise for the images not being perfect scans, I don't have a working scanner here - but it's still legible.

Here is the story of Lickety Split's Long Gallop. Which demonstrates quite nicely the cunning of Majesty...originally from the comic, but also printed in the Favourite Stories book.

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[Ponyfan]

Thanks for posting Taffeta. I love reading the UK stories. This one never gets old for me. I also like the one where Majesty replaced the apples on Applejack's favorite apple tree with crabs because Applejack was eating too many apples.



Ponyfan

[Artemesia's Garden]

Bookmarking for later, thank you!

[Al-1701]

Who needs Weight Watchers when you have Majesty around?

[lovesbabysquirmy]

*shudder*  Such an unhealthy attitude about food, exercise and weight ... ah such was the 80's sadly...

[LadyMoondancer]

Oh Majesty!  You're such a troll!  LOL.

*shudder*  Such an unhealthy attitude about food, exercise and weight ... ah such was the 80's sadly...

For real, though!  I remember an episode of MLP Tales where the other ponies made fun of Bon Bon for eating breakfast.  (Okay, I guess that was the early 90s and not the 80s but still.)

[Taffeta]

Oh Majesty!  You're such a troll!  LOL.

This is the story I always think of when people talk about evil Majesty. It some how sums her up, especially the fact that she doesn't want to stop Lickety making ice cream because she wants a share of Lemon Drop's sorbet - and she corrupts Lemon Drop into the whole plot as well! AND then to round it off, she makes her jump the hoop in public even though Lickety is uncomfortable about it. Body shaming? Yes.

*shudder*  Such an unhealthy attitude about food, exercise and weight ... ah such was the 80's sadly...

For real, though!  I remember an episode of MLP Tales where the other ponies made fun of Bon Bon for eating breakfast.  (Okay, I guess that was the early 90s and not the 80s but still.)

Yeah, I remember that.

There were some ideas like that floating around. It's like the Jem episode which patronises Roxy horribly because she's illiterate, when it seems pretty likely that she's dyslexic and in a modern sense that kind of attitude of "you can read if you try harder" wouldn't happen. I remember one of my close friends at school had severe dyslexia and his mother had to really fight to get him support in the middle 1980s.

So many things just blamed on the individual.

[Al-1701]

I picture Majesty as being that old person who expects everyone to live up to the expectations and traditions even if they're dated.

Don't get me started on the way cartoons try to handle disabilities.  They either treat them as hoaxes or that the person is somehow better off for being disabled.  They don't respect the struggle it is to be disabled and the efforts disabled people have to make to function in society.

[Mewtwofan1]

I’m not applauding their actions, but majesty, you clever girl! Not the best way to loose weight, but well done getting everybody involved.

[Leave a Whisper]

I enjoyed the story.

[Gizmo]

I was thinking of displaying Majesty recently and this gave me the extra nudge to do it

"Pony feathers, please don't be cross"  😂

Thank you so much Taffeta for sharing this, loved it!

[Strawberry Swirl]

I think I would be able to come up with a quip if I wasn't so tired. Cute story regardless!

Although I also agree that the standard idea of society about body image and weight and such shows quite clearly. Personally I think Lickety would look just fine being a bit rounder than her friends. As long as she's still healthy of course, bodies come in all shapes and sizes. /shrug

Post Merge: June 20, 2018, 06:23:08 AM

I was thinking of displaying Majesty recently and this gave me the extra nudge to do it

"Pony feathers, please don't be cross"  😂

Thank you so much Taffeta for sharing this, loved it!

This, too. "Whoa, dude, all I did was make you run around for no reason! Take a chill pill!"
Just makes me love Majesty even more.

[tailrustedtealeaf]

I do love reading the UK stories, even if Majesty needs to stay in her lane!

I was thinking of displaying Majesty recently and this gave me the extra nudge to do it

"Pony feathers, please don't be cross"  😂

Thank you so much Taffeta for sharing this, loved it!

This, too. "Whoa, dude, all I did was make you run around for no reason! Take a chill pill!"
Just makes me love Majesty even more.

Pfft, now she totally sounds like some snobby princess.

[Strawberry Swirl]

Pfft, now she totally sounds like some snobby princess.

She totally is.
“That’s Queen Majesty to you!”

[Ponyfan]

“Trust me, my subjects. My methods might not seem best to you but I’m the Queen”-Majesty

I wonder what Majesty said to the Rainbow ponies after the man from New York City cut their manes to make wigs? Maybe she was teaching them not to be so vain?


Ponyfan