Page 192 – Downhill From the Table

Author: Jovey4

No author’s note, but today’s guest will no doubt be quite willing to respond to the comments below.

Much like his previous work, this is Jovey4’s reinterpretation of page 152. (>>1208144)

The artist just sent me a slightly corrected version of the comic, as well as a

Guest Author’s Note:

“Hoo nelly, I’m glad NewbieSpud puts up with me when I do these! For those of you who aren’t in the know, I generally finish these about 2 hours after I say I will. So to make up for late submissions I tend to leave some small details here and there to make up for it. I can guarantee though that the next comic I’ll be doing as a guest artist for NewbieSpud will involve talking magical horses AND humans. You have been fairly warned.

“A couple of changes in the design in the characters from the last comic: made them less masculine and gave them some cold-weather-clothes. I originally had a wacky Groucho Marx outfit planned for Pinkie, but it didn’t sit right with me, so clown wig it was (I’m also sincerely hoping y’all noticed the Pink breaking the fourth panel). There are some folks who asked me what the hardest part of drawing the Humanized ponies is. My answer: trying to keep them within the bounds of ‘reasonably realistic’ while still having the flair that makes them who they are. On that decision, it was a toughie deciding to go with eye colors that more resembled the show instead of the natural eye colors from last comic; I thought it would help distract you from the boring fact that you’re reading a comic about 7 people sitting at a table, but lucky for us, NewbieSpud does that quite easily with his epic joke-telling abilities.

“On that note: Enjoy the comic!”

Twilight Sparkle: It’s time. And I have our plan of attack all figured out in advance! Rainbow Dash will fly up and start clearing the smoke. We’ll be able to breathe and see easier that way.

Rainbow Dash: Huh, that’s actually pretty smart. Alright!

Twilight Sparkle: If things go wrong, Pinkie Pie will distract the dragon, allowing Rarity to get her sneak attack.

Pinkie Pie: I’ve got JUST the thing for a distraction! TADAAAA!

Rarity: You… actually brought…? Oh heavens, she’s a LARPer.

Applejack: …Anyway. Ah’m guessin’ Ah’ll mark the dragon with mah Hunter’s Quarry?

Twilight Sparkle: Exactly. But it shouldn’t come to that, because Fluttershy and I should be able to…

Fluttershy: Animal Empathy doesn’t work on dragons.

(beat)