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                                            >You stand beside her, beside Pinkie Pie the greatest mare you've ever known, while the whole board holds its breath.
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                                            >Tonight decides it all.
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                                            >The /pink/ headquarters is bathed in her pink light, the color of her, the color of hope, the color of laughter.
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                                            4.
                                            >All your fellow Anon brothers wait with bated breath to see if this mare from Rockville can take home the crown, to be this year's Miss /mlp/
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                                            >You all know she's the best. All you have to do is prove it to the rest of the board.
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                                            >As for the element of laughter herself, she stands next to you, waiting to see the votes come in.
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                                            >Her hair—fluffy, wild, untamed, and brimming with manic energy, is haloed by the glow of the computer screen as the final results trickle in.
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                                            >You can feel the pulse of the moment in your chest.
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                                            >Every laugh she’s ever shared with the world, every heart she’s ever touched, every mile between her family’s old rock farm and this night, all of it leads here.
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                                            >Minuette is a tough opponent, backed by the autistic might of /mlpg/ and their legion of Anons whose only job it is to type "mare" and keep background mare threads alive.
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                                            >But you feel it in your bones. You know tonight is with your waifu, the momentum of history cannot be stopped by any Anon or offboarder.
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                                            >Not tonight.
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                                            >So try as they might to create sockpuppets and rig the polls, you and your brothers stand firm, a solid wall linked by your shared love for the pony in pink.
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                                            >You vote in droves, casting your ballot for the most beautiful mare in the world.
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                                            >And you hope it's enough.
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                                            >Pinkie doesn't move. She doesn't even blink. She just stays there looking at the monitor waiting for the results.
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                                            >You never thought you’d see her this still.
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                                            >But you look closely and see her entire body is racked with small tremors. She's vibrating in place.
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                                            >Pinkie Pie, the pony who could make an entire room laugh with a glance, is silent. You place your hands on her hooves and feel the vibration travel from her into your body, so much so that your fingers are starting to tingle.
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                                            >Then it happens.
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                                            >Pageant Anon types the magic words, and a song begins to play https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTJ0YMy5g84 [Can't Smile Without You], clear and calm, but to you it sounds like thunder.
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                                            “And with the final votes counted, 343 in total, we can now project Pinkie Pie has won the race! At 51.9% to Minuette's 48.1% in a nail biter of a race, I can now say Pinkie Pie will be Miss /mlp/ 2025! Congrats to the new Miss /mlp/!”
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                                            >The board explodes.
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                                            28.
                                            >The thread moves faster than you've ever seen it, update after update, new posts get added.
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                                            >It takes you back to the beginning, and the very end. Only during those days can you remember the board feeling this alive.
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                                            30.
                                            >Anons scream, cry, cheer.
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                                            >Confetti—pink, of course, bursts into the air, raining down in slow, shimmering waves across the thread.
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                                            >/pink/ browsers are hugging, memes are being posted, shitposts and accusations fly, and monitors across the board are flashing **MISS /MLP/ 2025 PINKIE PIE** in bold, glittering letters.
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                                            >But you barely notice any of it, because she’s turned to you, tears streaming down her cheeks, her mane looking poofier than ever, her smile trembling like it’s trying to hold back a thousand emotions at once.
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                                            >“Anon,” she breathes, her voice cracking with disbelief. “We did it. We actually did it.”
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                                            >You laugh, a sound half-choked by your own tears.
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                                            “You did it, Pinkie. The little filly from a rock farm just turned dreams into reality.”
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                                            >She lets out a shaky giggle, the kind of sound that once filled the tv screens all those years ago, and one you will always cherish in your heart.
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                                            >She looks over to the Anons screaming her name, “Guess the laughter meant something after all, huh Nonny?” she whispers.
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                                            >You pull her close, feeling her heartbeat race against yours. Her nose finding its way to boop yours.
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                                            >"Boop."
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                                            42.
                                            >You smile and look into her blue eyes.
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                                            43.
                                            “Pinkie, you never fail to amaze me. You gave this board something it hasn't had in a very long time, you gave them joy.” you whisper. “It's not like the old days, maybe it never will be again, but for just one moment you made a bunch of sarcastic assholes like us laugh again.”
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                                            44.
                                            >She looks up at you with tears flowing down her eyes, and gives you a light kiss before turning her head back to the increasing noise around you two.
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                                            45.
                                            >The board chants her name now, correctly for once, *Pinkie Pie! Pinkie Pie! Pinkie Pie!* and she looks out at them, radiant.
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                                            46.
                                            >Her opponent, the blue dentist that could, supporters had called her a clown during those debates in the threads. But tonight, the clown won.
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                                            47.
                                            >The mare who brought laughter to everyone just claimed the role of best pony. Even if only for just a year.
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                                            48.
                                            >You feel Pinkie pull away from you, her entire body glowing with a joy you can physically see.
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                                            49.
                                            >Before she trots toward the podium to give a speech to all your fellow Pinkie supporters, she turns to you one last time.
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                                            50.
                                            >Her eyes are shining, her blue eyes vibrant, no longer filled with tears, but with warmth.
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                                            >"Tell me something Anon, when I'm no longer the new it girl, will you still be there? When Miss /mlp/ goes to some newcomer from G6, will you still love me Anon? Even when this site finally goes down?"
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                                            "I will ALWAYS love you Pinkie. No matter what."
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                                            >“Then promise me then something, Anon,” she says softly, “When I’m being celebrated, surrounded by all those new and serious people who never cared about me till I was number one… don’t ever let me forget how it feels to make someone smile.”
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                                            >You nod, too moved to speak.
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                                            >Then with one last hug, she steps away from you and walks forward into the light, the crowd roaring her name, pink confetti swirling like a storm of roses around her.
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                                            >And in that instant, you know that the fandom will be alright; not because she won, but because so many came out to support her, both oldfags and new ones. And maybe just maybe the board culture will live on, even past your time on this wild ride.
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                                            >Miss /MLP/ 2025 Pinkie Pie.
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                                            >Your wife.
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                                            >The pony who brought laughter and joy.
 
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