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0:05[music]
0:28[screaming]
0:30My Little Pony friendship [music] is
0:32tragic. Tonight, we're going to be
0:34learning about the single creepiest My
0:36Little Pony analog horror series. Beware
0:39cuz it's going to get spooky in here.
0:40This was supposed to be out in time for
0:42Halloween, but I was busy doing
0:44Halloween things on Halloween. So now
0:47you're getting it late. When I was a
0:48kid, my sisters loved My Little Pony, so
0:51I ended up seeing the Friendship as
0:52Magic show about seven times over, give
0:55or take. Discord is objectively the best
0:57character. I will fight people on this.
0:59But when I saw it, I didn't have access
1:01to the internet, homeschooled. So, I
1:03didn't discover that there was a much
1:04darker side of the fandom until fairly
1:07recently. Apparently, a lot of the kids
1:10who grew up with this show, which for a
1:12kid show tended to dive into some pretty
1:14mature themes later on, mirroring some
1:17other shows that I ended up liking a
1:18little bit older, such as Gravity Falls
1:21or Star Wars: The Clone Wars. A lot of
1:23those kids grew up and then got into
1:26horror and then they made compelling and
1:28disturbing fanfiction that imagines the
1:30world of the series if it wasn't
1:32confined to [music] the ratings of a
1:34show for children. And the result has
1:36culminated in the infection AUS or
1:40alternate universes. What is an
1:42infection AU you might be asking? MLP
1:45infection AU refers to a My Little Pony
1:48creepy pasta, an alternate universe that
1:50centers on a flesh and mind eating
1:53disease. MLP infection art videos and
1:56content which showed MLP characters as
1:58decaying and cursed almost like zombies
2:01surfaced on Tik Tok in late 2023,
2:04continuing into January of 2024 when a
2:08lot of the hype online kind of died
2:10down. Much of the MLP infection art was
2:12shared via Tik Tok slideshows and then
2:14reposted other places online in a
2:17compilation format, including one analog
2:20horror series on Tik Tok and YouTube
2:22called Divine Swamp Fever. Swamp Fever
2:26is a type of equestrian disease that
2:28both Fluttershy and Zakora had
2:31contracted in the season 7 episode,
2:33Health of Information. Fun play on
2:36Wealth of Information. Haha. The episode
2:39begins at a swamp where Zakora helps
2:41Fluttershy collect crisscross moss for
2:44the sweet feather sanctuary. And during
2:46her moss collection, Zakura slips and
2:49falls into the swamp water, and she
2:51floats past a lily pad flower that
2:54sprays her with pollen. When Zakura
2:56emerges from the water, she suddenly
2:58finds herself covered in orange spots.
3:01This is the first sign of swamp fever.
3:04The main cause of the disease is from an
3:06unnamed swamp flower located within
3:09areas like Hay Seed Swamp and the
3:11Everfree Forest. These flowers release
3:14pollen in a small blast and the fever is
3:17contracted through inhaling the said
3:19pollen. However, thankfully later in the
3:21episode, it is revealed that Flash bees
3:23are immune to the effects and as such
3:25their honey when eaten is able to cure
3:28swamp fever within seconds. All is well.
3:31Everyone lives happily ever after. We
3:34can sleep at night. However, this
3:36infection AU takes that episode to its
3:39dark extreme by following the logic. If
3:43there had been no way to escape from the
3:46disease, how would every pony survive?
3:49This series of short videos and concepts
3:51originally created by Khloe Alonzo,
3:53whose stuff is going to be linked in the
3:55description of this video, explored this
3:57idea, and it's definitely something. So,
4:00let us begin. It opens with a bit of
4:02backstory [music] on how we ended up in
4:05this situation in the first place.
4:07Cadence is at home in the Crystal
4:09Empire, keeping up walls, and the Empire
4:12is completely closed off. She is holding
4:14the walls up herself until her scholars
4:17find a long-term solution. Shining Armor
4:20is in a secret place until a cure is
4:23found. More on that later. Flurry Heart
4:26comes first. currently immune but may be
4:29susceptible as exhaustion takes hold.
4:32Starlight was working alongside Twilight
4:34in an infected zone looking for a cure
4:37but was unable to defend herself against
4:40the contained infected. The flesh
4:42surrounding her spine has degraded and
4:45makes it difficult for her to move,
4:48leaving her slow and shambling. She has
4:51keen senses but is not very aggressive.
4:54And if you look at the art, it starts
4:57like obviously it's already super like
4:59fucked. It feels a little bit silly and
5:02spooky at the same time. And then as the
5:04series progresses, it gets it gets more
5:07and more messed up as it goes. It's
5:09really cool. Anyways, let's continue.
5:10Shining Armor was sent to check in on
5:12Ponyville after all correspondence
5:14suddenly stopped. He was quickly
5:16infected, but immediately tried to
5:19return home to the Crystal Empire to his
5:21wife and daughter. He was still sane
5:24enough to easily pay for travel and
5:25avoid detection until it actually came
5:28time to enter the Empire. He is
5:31currently locked away in the undershadow
5:33of the Crystal Empire where he is being
5:36monitored around the clock. Obviously,
5:38this is implying that he has been
5:40infected. At present, he is the only
5:42infected there and they are working on a
5:44cure. His mind is far gone and he's
5:47unable to form complete thoughts.
5:50However, he knows that he has to get
5:52home to his daughter and he has broken
5:55his horn and parts of his skull from
5:57trying to bash his way out of
5:59containment. And then slide four just
6:01reads, "Happy to see his baby girl."
6:04Shining armor hobbles through the secret
6:07location where Cadence locked him away,
6:10creeping through hallways as his abdomen
6:13protrudes. a hideous smile on his face,
6:17but his glazed over eyes seem to show no
6:20kindness [music] or happiness. Despite
6:22the grin, his eyes betray him. But how
6:24did this happen? Where did the infection
6:27come from? Happy to see his baby. Next,
6:30we are shown through these research
6:32papers exactly how the infection works
6:35in terms of stages. The infection
6:38[music] spreads through spores produced
6:40by the tree of harmony, also known as
6:42the perfect tree. Stage one, loss of
6:45appetite, irritated eyes, the beginning
6:48of brain fog. They are extremely
6:50thirsty. Stage two, unable to eat. Black
6:54bile forms. The brain fog worsens and
6:57they start to become trapped in their
6:59own minds, unable to understand the
7:01world around them. Stage three,
7:03respiratory digestive tract erodess as
7:07bite area rots. Black bile weeps
7:10constantly. They experience extreme
7:12discomfort but not pain. As brain fog
7:15worsens, they simply live in their own
7:18mind with repeated memories while their
7:20body reacts on instinct. Sometimes an
7:23outside stimulus will align with a
7:25memory and that may draw a stronger
7:27reaction. Stage four, body is hollow
7:31with nothing but bile and bone inside.
7:33Bile begins to clot into soft rootlike
7:37strands that harden a bit once exposed
7:40to air. The body swells and the skin is
7:44very fragile, soft, fuzzy tendrils.
7:48Stage five, slow or immobile. The bile
7:51starts to take root. Stage six,
7:54imperfect trees. Next, we get to see the
7:57trees. The trees move eerily, dancing
8:01back and forth. It begs the question,
8:03how many trees in the Everfree Forest
8:06were once ponies? Hey, Fluttershy, you'd
8:09like to be a tree? Well, you'll get your
8:11wish. The trees are breathing, reliving
8:13old memories perhaps, but completely
8:15unable to communicate. Shining armor is
8:18deteriorating at a rapid pace, slamming
8:21his head against rocks, and basically
8:23bludgeoning his brains out. He barely
8:26seems phased by this as blood drips out
8:28of the wound. It's horrible. But
8:31unfortunately, as his mind already seems
8:33to be half gone, keeping him locked away
8:36is the only responsible course of
8:38action. How are they dealing with the
8:40infection? Zakura, Twilight, and
8:42Starlight [music] are working around the
8:44clock with Ponyville medical staff to
8:46help quarantine ponies. A small
8:48population is easy to quarantine,
8:49[music] but since Ponyville is so far
8:52spread out, it's much harder to contain.
8:54[music] Only Ponyville Major is
8:56currently shielded. Any pony that wants
8:58to come in [music]
8:59must be screened. They hope to establish
9:02communication with another community to
9:04understand the scale of what they're
9:06dealing with. Celestia works full-time
9:08maintaining [music] shields around
9:10Canerlot and any surrounding
9:11communities. Luna is in charge of
9:13looking for a cure and handling
9:15logistical [music] affairs. Since the
9:17infected are dreaming all the time,
9:19she's able to dreamwalk [music]
9:21into their minds. They hope they can
9:23learn something from the infected
9:25without having to be physically near
9:27them. [music] I wonder if that's going
9:29to backfire. Sunburst is one of
9:31Cadence's scholars, working in [music] a
9:33way to use artifacts to maintain a
9:35long-term shield. Once a solution is
9:38found, they can work to treat shining
9:40armor. Holy shit, what is that? Caught
9:42in an in between zone. The one thing
9:44that we've learned is that the infected
9:46are [music] in a sort of constant dream
9:49state and that Luna can actually like go
9:52into their dreams, which I think is
9:54[music] super interesting. Meanwhile,
9:56trapped somewhere outside the protective
9:58barriers, we [music] find Pinkie Pie
10:01crawling forward in a forest. She
10:03giggles and cries incessantly. [music]
10:05And if you're a fan of the show, you'll
10:07remember in her laughter song very early
10:09in the series [music] that she describes
10:11her process for dealing with fear and
10:14discomfort [music] or suffering as
10:17laughing at it, laughing in the face of
10:19it. She jokes around and finds a coping
10:22mechanism in [music] humor, which is
10:24real, very real. Next, we witness a late
10:28stage infection in progress. As far as
10:30I'm currently aware, this isn't any
10:32particular pony essential to the plot or
10:34lore. It's more a wildly distressing
10:36visual representation of how the
10:39infected turn into trees over time. The
10:41hooves of the four legs become the
10:44hovering roots. The mouth slowly having
10:47a trunk grow out of it. And for a split
10:49second at the beginning of the video, we
10:51can see something in the background
10:53behind them. As Celestia generates the
10:56protective barriers around the major
10:58city and other important locations, Luna
11:00is able to reach into the minds of the
11:03endlessly dreaming dead. What we see
11:06next is what Luna herself is seeing in
11:10these dreams. At least as far as I'm
11:12currently aware. This dream is oddly
11:14empty. Abstract, too. Oh, is this your
11:17dream? Hello. Hi, I'm Luna. I want to
11:20help you. I can't do that if you don't
11:22talk to me.
11:24Jesus Christ. So, these creatures are
11:27stuck in some sort of abstract nightmare
11:30as they decay. Now, if you've been
11:31wondering where the rest of the main six
11:33have been while this catastrophe has all
11:36been going down, let's check in on
11:39Rainbow Dash, who unfortunately has been
11:42infected as well. God damn it. While her
11:45eyes are less vacant than the ones we've
11:48seen so far on the infected, [music]
11:50to me, indicating that the process isn't
11:52quite as far along with her, she can be
11:54seen biting and ripping her feathers off
11:57to make way for the bile and branches to
12:00grow up between the pores of her skin.
12:04She whales out and stares at us with an
12:07expression that feels more equestrian
12:10than botanical. The video just loops the
12:14crying sound over and over. And as it
12:17does, I want to draw your attention to
12:20the way these creatures seem very
12:22nonviolent so far. At least when
12:24compared to other AU infection stuff
12:27that I've seen for My Little Pony or for
12:30other series as well. Generally
12:32speaking, in other series, the ponies
12:34are shown tacking and biting each other.
12:36And while here we've seen plenty of self
12:38mutilation, we have not yet seen any
12:41real violence against each other,
12:43despite it being implied. Divine Swamp
12:46Fever seems more concerned with
12:48eliciting a gut response that disturbs
12:52you by making you feel almost bad for
12:55these infected souls. Caught in a
12:57sleepless dream, unable to feel normal
13:00pain, but being eaten alive from the
13:03inside out. The world outside has become
13:06hostile and dark as lurching figures
13:10creep through the woods. You know, like
13:12the cemetery song. This one is Pinkie
13:15Pie. She wobbles back and forth. And
13:18then something black and sticky begins
13:20to bubble up out of her mouth with a wet
13:23sloshing gurgle. Her neck tilts back and
13:26forth as she spews bile in a weird
13:29pattern on the floor. And it's
13:32disgusting. And holy shit, the art is so
13:34good. The tape that we just saw is
13:36titled Outsider. And this next one is
13:39titled Insider, which leads me to
13:42believe that the corruption has somehow
13:44spread within the barriers, the
13:46protective barriers to the very homes
13:49that these ponies hold so dear. Here we
13:52see Lyra Heartstrings, mouth wide, doing
13:56something with that leg. I'm not quite
13:59sure what. Meanwhile, you may be
14:01wondering how the others are coping
14:03inside the barrier. Well, the Apples are
14:06in a separate quarantine zone and are
14:09responsible for keeping Ponyville fed.
14:11Applejack is fulfilling this job well,
14:13but Big Mac is struggling. Someone was
14:16left behind. And you can see her
14:19screaming, "She's okay. She's okay. Help
14:21her." Yeah, more on that later. Rarity
14:24is taking on nursing duties. And then
14:26this is interesting. This was before
14:28anyone quarantined. We see Zakora and
14:30Twilight. And Zakora says, "In the woods
14:33of Everfree, horrid voices call to thee.
14:36Bile seeps like sap dripped from a pine,
14:39calls to me with a voice like mine. It
14:42floods all ears and ties all tongues.
14:45Something wicked this way comes." And
14:48Twilight literally says, "I hear
14:50nothing, Zakura. Shut up. You know
14:54nothing." absolutely insane lore drop
14:58that Zuko was aware of what was going to
15:00happen. Well, not aware per se, but had
15:03some sort of premonition and is known as
15:06the resident wise lady who crafts spells
15:09and brews potions and speaks and rhymes,
15:11who is almost always correct. Yet,
15:14Twilight's just like, "I don't know what
15:15you're talking about, Grandma. Let's get
15:17you to bed." Oh no. Oh god, no. Is that
15:20Discord? The certifiable best character?
15:24What have you done to my beloved
15:25Discord? He slowly enters from over the
15:28horizon, dry, heaving, and
15:30uncomfortable, thrashing around.
15:33Finally, after what seems like an
15:35eternity, but in reality is only a few
15:37seconds, he jettison out more of that
15:40black bile. And then something even
15:43stranger begins to happen. His body
15:46transforms into just a massive
15:50disembodied severed head. as the mouth
15:53gapes open in a horrific manner. But
15:56honestly y'all, I think that if we gave
15:58him a tiny glass of water, then he'd be
16:01a-ok. Okay. I personally believe that
16:03there's an explanation for why weirder
16:06stuff happens with Discord specifically
16:09since he's an entity with many
16:10demigodesque
16:12powers like potent chaos magic and
16:14immortality. It stands to reason that as
16:17the infection takes hold, his abilities
16:19would start going out of whack as it
16:21like eats away at his brain. Hence, the
16:23living, breathing, severed head
16:25business, I suppose. Also of note, this
16:28footage was titled Witness, which makes
16:30me wonder, what did Discord see? And
16:33now, ladies and gentlemen and cryptids
16:36alike, one of the most gut-wrenching
16:38parts of the story. Remember how Shining
16:40Armor was one of the first that we saw
16:42infected? Well, he's locked up in a
16:45dungeon while his partner tries to
16:46figure out a cure and protect their baby
16:49from him. He escapes confinement and is
16:52shown in the halls of the castle,
16:54swaying back and forth with a hideous
16:56grin on his face, moaning and rocking
16:59back and forth. Cadence's magic is shown
17:02to be protecting them as her horn glows.
17:05Armor is approaching now, crying out,
17:08thrashing wildly, the fear on his
17:10family's face. the way they'll never be
17:13able to see him without trembling again.
17:16And most importantly, how shining armor
17:19is still conscious in there, forever
17:22wondering why his family seems so afraid
17:26of him, standing behind Cadence's
17:28Starburst, holding Flurryart, who has to
17:31see her dad like this. And it seems to
17:34be implied that Cadence makes him go
17:36away with her magic, however painful
17:38that might be for her to do, leaving a
17:41trail of black oozing sludge in his
17:43wake. Then we get to see and hear things
17:45from his perspective. Trapped in a void,
17:49unable to communicate, shining armor
17:51rots, writhing, his body decomposing. A
17:55look of sheer terror as his eyes well
17:58with tears. He is stuck reliving hazy
18:02half-for-gotten memories through dreams.
18:06In the background, you can even hear a
18:07baby crying and all he wants is to be
18:11reunited with his family. During this
18:13section, Morse code plays that seems to
18:16spell out thinking of you. Morse code,
18:19more like horse code, am I right?
18:23The code itself is heavily reverbed and
18:25it's like fuzzy, so it's kind of hard to
18:27make out. Be aware there's going to be a
18:29lot more Morse code. The next piece of
18:32the puzzle is another dream sample, a
18:35dream scenario, if you will, starring
18:37Nick Cage. That was actually a really
18:40interesting movie that you should watch.
18:41Very weird, very, very good. Dark clouds
18:44hang low in the sky. The mist touching
18:47the branches [music]
18:48of evil looking trees and coating them
18:51in moisture. The moon glares down with a
18:54bright light that unfortunately can't
18:56seem to pierce the darkness. Bon Bon
18:59wades into a rising river, crying as
19:02Lyra approaches from the other side.
19:05While Bon Bon can be seen with an actual
19:07environment around her, Lyra appears to
19:10step out of a void. They are so close,
19:14yet because of the raging water, have no
19:17way to reach each other. They begin to
19:19talk and it is barely intelligible. One
19:22kind of key thing about this series is
19:24that there's there's a lot of like text,
19:26hidden messages, hidden hidden stuff
19:29everywhere, but it's it's very difficult
19:31to actually decode it because the
19:33creator puts many layers of like
19:35distortion on it or makes the text as
19:38small as you can possibly make text so
19:40that it just kind of looks like a line
19:41on the screen. It's fun. Thankfully,
19:43there were a lot of people in the
19:44comments who were trying to figure it
19:46out. So, I was able to draw from a
19:48collective pool of research to kind of
19:51aid me in my quest of understanding, but
19:54there's still definitely some stuff that
19:56I couldn't for the life of me figure
19:58out. And here's the basic idea of what
20:00was said. Lyra, is that you? Of course,
20:03it's me. I miss you. I'm so sorry, Lyra,
20:06for what? I'm sorry I left you behind.
20:09Remember that image with Big Mac
20:10earlier? Do you forgive me? Of course I
20:13forgive you. And look at the eyes, dude.
20:16Just look at how creepy they are.
20:18Perfect couple though, we'll say.
20:20Suddenly, the moon turns into an eye
20:23wildly rolling around before staring at
20:26them intently. Teardrops start falling
20:29like rain from the sky. Or maybe it's
20:32rain that's falling like teardrops. I
20:34don't know. Quick aside, but uh doesn't
20:36doesn't the rain look like the rain from
20:38Rain by Jack Stabber? Lyra says someone
20:41is watching them and when asked to
20:43clarify she simply replies the mayor in
20:46the moon before vanishing. Bon Bon is
20:49left standing in the rain calling out to
20:51Lyra with no response. What I think
20:54happened here is Luna was spying on
20:57Dreams to try and uncover any
21:00information about the infection. But
21:02what's interesting is that Lyra is in
21:04Bon Bon's dream seemingly with her own
21:07separate consciousness. Like I can't
21:09totally tell if it's if it's a a
21:11separate consciousness or if it's just
21:13like a realistic hallucination. We are
21:15talking about dreams after all. But it
21:17is odd that when the eye appeared, Lyra
21:20got scared and literally left the dream
21:23almost as though she was a separate
21:26consciousness that had also invaded. I'm
21:28not sure what that signifies, but I
21:30think it's odd. And I do start to
21:33question, is Bon Bon also infected?
21:37Meanwhile, Shining Armor has finally
21:39broken completely, and we watch his
21:42rapid deterioration into a tree. Despite
21:45trying desperately to stay alive, it
21:48turns out that just wasn't in the cards
21:49for him. Oh well, maybe he's more at
21:52peace now. The tree is a hulking,
21:54bloated mass with branches like limbs
21:57and roots thrashing around like
22:00tendrils. More Morse code appears here,
22:03translating to, "I see you in my mind
22:06always. I will wait. I lie still in the
22:10quiet. I will wait. I will roam. I will
22:13[music] wait. I will wait." And then
22:15just repetition of I will wait over and
22:17over again. Armor seems distressed,
22:20which makes sense given the
22:22circumstances. This video also has the
22:25word insider in the title, and now with
22:28more context, we're going to discover
22:30what that actually means. I had a theory
22:32earlier about the difference between
22:34insider and outsider, but now we're
22:35going to figure it out for real. His
22:37head seems to gape open, a massive tree
22:40branch, eerily extending out from his
22:43distended face. Morse code here
22:45translates roughly to, "I'm not alone in
22:49here. I'm still here." Let's sit with
22:52that for a second. I'm not alone in
22:55here. Really chew on that thought. Who
22:57could he be referring to? My guess is
23:00that once a pony is far enough gone,
23:04they get assimilated into a sort of hive
23:07mind or collective consciousness. Trees
23:10and and mushrooms can actually
23:12communicate with each other in a sort of
23:14polyglot fashion. Most plants can do
23:17that. Actually, any given wood you might
23:19find in real life when you're touching
23:22grass or doing other normal human
23:25activities is likely bustling with
23:28hidden knowledge shared collectively
23:31among the plants. When we saw the
23:33infected visit each other in dreams, we
23:35know that they have some sort of
23:37cognitive function remaining despite
23:39their horrible situation. And I believe
23:42that once someone is assimilated, they
23:45are considered an insider to the rest of
23:49the collective and then they kind of
23:51share thoughts. Are you picking up what
23:53I'm putting down? This is so cool. I
23:55love it. You know, we are a collective
23:57consciousness, too, by the way. Can I
23:59get a we are Legion down in the
24:01comments? Seriously, we are Legion.
24:03Also, really quickly, quick aside. None
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24:46to the video. About halfway through the
24:47video, we hear a scream as Armor's eyes
24:51go wide. For the first time, he seems
24:54almost lucid, almost like the scream
24:56activated a fight orflight response. or
24:59more like the scream is what the like
25:01the slideshow earlier talked about how
25:03certain stimuli can cause strong
25:06reactions cuz they they remind someone
25:09of of some memory that they have. I
25:11wonder if the screen he's like hearing
25:13his daughter and that triggered a moment
25:15of lucidity in him. Then we get a kind
25:17of jump scare or just a really closeup
25:20image of his face.
25:23The art is night mayor fuel. The artist
25:27does a really good job is what I'm
25:28trying to say. In the next video, some
25:30kind of signal is intercepted and we
25:33watch tears fall as more Morse code
25:36plays. And translated it reads, "I'm
25:39still here. I can hear you even when I
25:41know you're gone. My eyes are working at
25:44half. My ears are working at none." The
25:47poor creature cannot hear anything
25:48anymore, but can still kind of see.
25:52Lovely. and [music] also show gives
25:54gives us some more information on how
25:56the the infection manifests itself in
25:59these [music] poor creatures. This one
26:01is called Insider 3. Say it with me now.
26:04Insider. I hardly know. [music] The art
26:08has been getting steadily more dark and
26:11distorted as the series progresses, and
26:14now it's really leaning into the body
26:17horror elements. what is essentially a
26:20decaying corpse, bloated and dripping
26:23with bile, eyeballs wide and bulging out
26:27of their sockets with the pressure of
26:29fluid building up behind them, skitters
26:32past. Then we see it again, only very
26:34different. The neck, if you could call
26:37it that, has elongated to immense height
26:40and stretched upwards into the darkness.
26:43As the tallest man who ever has lived, I
26:47can easily say literally me. Every time
26:50we see into dreams now, I assume it's
26:52Luna and that the dreams are supposed to
26:54be like abstract memories. This one
26:57comes from the subject cheerily. And
26:59what we see is how she gets attacked
27:01witnessing our first violent encounter
27:04with the living dead. Some nice
27:06brutalist architecture followed by a
27:08dilapidated barn with tall grasses
27:11surrounding it. Glorious father,
27:13intercede for me. If I cannot hide from
27:16you, neither can he. Always your voice
27:18bites the back of a cold wind [music]
27:21and the tall grasses bend for you. An
27:24infected pony, I'm not totally sure
27:26which one, but the creator implied it's
27:28Lyra in the comments, rises and peaks
27:31out from behind the barn before
27:33vanishing. Inside the barn, we watch
27:36from Cheerly's perspective as the
27:38infected chases her down into the
27:40basement and slowly approaches before
27:44seemingly attacking and mauling her. The
27:47entire time, Lyra is gently singing.
27:49Well, at least she is until she gets
27:51quote unquote eaten. It's really
27:53interesting. But like I said earlier, a
27:55lot of the shorter and less involved
27:57infection AUS were very scary and
28:00violent and in-your-face all the way
28:02through with ponies attacking each other
28:04and people dead left and right and
28:06whatnot, but Divine Swamp Fever really
28:09doesn't do that. Its first strength is
28:11in the direct tie-in to the show. Most
28:13of the other AUS are kind of just zombie
28:16stories, but swamp fever as a disease
28:18that originates from the swamp and turns
28:21creatures into trees [music] hideously
28:23over time is actually in the show and
28:25it's part of the lore. And the lore ties
28:28it all in with the canon source
28:30material. And the second big strength of
28:33this series and the main thing that made
28:34me want to cover it is that it is
28:37disturbing and sad instead of being like
28:40fast-paced and scary. We are observing
28:43these creatures in agony as they fall
28:47apart instead of being immediately
28:49violent. But the decision here to show
28:51someone getting infected is the show
28:53[music] ramping up as it picks up steam.
28:56Additionally, there is some hidden text
28:58at the end which reads, "I thought I
29:00left someone out there. It isn't who I
29:03thought. I didn't know they could open
29:05doors." Seems like a bit of an oversight
29:08there. Next, we watch from [music]
29:09Discord's perspective. Yay, Discord. As
29:12he descends into unfathomable madness
29:15from which there is no escape. No,
29:18Discord. His vision splits into a sort
29:20of kaleidoscope and shifts and shimmers
29:23as he attempts to navigate the swamp.
29:26Murky water swirling around him as the
29:29trees press in from all directions. It's
29:32kind of claustrophobic. Suddenly, he's
29:34in a field surrounded by sparkling
29:37psychedelic flowers, watching Fluttershy
29:40whip her hair around. She is faceless.
29:43This is not real. He just misses her and
29:46wants to get back to her. Even as we
29:48watch him get violently mutated into a
29:52tree, the visuals get more trippy. Now
29:55we're in Fluttershy's domain expansion.
29:58Tiny text on screen reads, "I don't know
30:00what to do." Now, we all know that Luna,
30:03Fluttershy, and Discord are the best
30:06characters from the show. It's just
30:07common sense. There's no debate
30:08whatsoever. So, we now turn back to
30:11Luna, who seems to be making the sun
30:13rise and set herself because surprise,
30:16surprise, Celestia seems to be dying and
30:19possibly infected herself. Fucking hell,
30:21man. Can't these characters catch a
30:23break? We see all of the dreams that
30:25Luna has been witnessing in rapid
30:27succession, ending with the reveal that
30:29I was correct. The eye in the moon is
30:33her spying on the dreams of the
30:35infected. She seems to be getting weary,
30:37slowly losing hope, and one wonders if
30:40there's something about the dreams that
30:42are infecting her, too. Meanwhile,
30:56Rainbow Dash screams as she witnesses
30:59Pinkie Pie's final stages of infection,
31:03seeing the bile bubble up and be vomited
31:06everywhere. It seems that Rainbow isn't
31:08in that late of a stage yet and comes to
31:11the horrible understanding that
31:13Pinkiey's fate will be her own.
31:15Somewhere else entirely, Big Mac is
31:17racked with guilt. This is the first
31:19time that we've seen him. He might be on
31:21the farm still. Probably due to its
31:23close proximity to Ponyville, it's still
31:25protected by Celestia's magic, or I
31:28guess Luna's magic at this point. I'm
31:29not sure. I guess Luna's doing
31:31everything herself now since Celestia is
31:33seemingly out of commission. Some people
31:35in the comments speculated that when an
31:36alicorn gets infected, it can turn into
31:40a new tree of harmony, which gives the
31:43original tree some very gnarly
31:45backstory. If that's true, Mac is having
31:47visions of Bon Bon screaming. And while
31:50it's not revealed immediately, it makes
31:52more sense for me to tell you now in
31:54this more chronological order, so I'm
31:56going to. It seems that he managed to
31:58save Bon Bon, but in the process left
32:01Lyra behind, hence the guilt. Granny
32:04Smith wanders into the room and
32:06questions him. She looks, well, Mac,
32:10honey, you should have gone to bed hours
32:13ago. What good are you to your sisters
32:15if you keep falling asleep in the
32:18fields? He responds, I have lost track
32:21of time. Good night, Granny. Which is
32:23not his signature catchphrase. I don't
32:25know why he's saying that at all. Alone
32:27in bed, he can still see Lyra's
32:29horrified face as he runs away. But
32:32something more. He sees betrayal. Why
32:35have you done this to me? Suddenly, she
32:37appears before him in the doorway. Her
32:40face drooped in a sagging frown, tears
32:43pouring, bile seeping down, the neck
32:46bent and supernaturally elongated.
32:49Personally, I thought he was a goner.
32:51But then we see the moon in the window
32:53and an eye appears signaling that this
32:56is only an awful dream. Pinkie Pie's
32:59head was unusually clear. She was at
33:01ease. They put her at ease, though she's
33:04sure something felt wrong, and they led
33:07her right back down. She stares at her
33:09contorting face in the mirror, making
33:11silly faces at that which she fears. But
33:14her true form is revealed only for a
33:16split second and does not stay in her
33:19sight. She still sees only herself
33:22despite knowing something is wrong. She
33:24just repeats funny faces in the mirror,
33:27funny faces that aren't mine. Over and
33:30over again. And then we watch as the
33:31hivemind connection takes over her much
33:34like it did Discord. Trippy and insane
33:37while Morse code plays be not afraid
33:40over and over again. What looks like a
33:43brain or a nervous system lights up to
33:46reveal that it's in the shape of a tree.
33:49Very interesting. While all this is
33:51going on, Starburst seems to be getting
33:54attacked. Blurry heart and toe. Cadence
33:56nowhere to be seen. Unless, of course,
33:58this thing is Cadence. Earlier in the
34:01series, the creator implied that Cadence
34:03is immune to the infection. But since
34:05has recconed the idea, apparently, so I
34:08I guess this this creature could be her.
34:11Specifically, keeping the walls of the
34:13kingdom up was so exhausting that she
34:15became susceptible. There's also a
34:18pretty effective jump scare at the end
34:19of this clip. We'll play for you now.
34:36The next video is called Distress Call
34:39and it has like 3 seconds of pony
34:41footage before it switches up and
34:42becomes a fundraiser for Palestine,
34:45which I thought was a very effective and
34:48unique way to promote that. So, good on
34:50her. And then the video ends with
34:52another jump scare.
34:55Right before the jump scare though, we
34:57see this pony with what appears to be
34:59its rib cage hanging out of its body.
35:02Look, guys, it's mowing the lawn. One
35:05thing I'd like to draw your attention to
35:07is how nearly every post starts with,
35:09"Don't look" in big letters at the
35:12start. There's a super cut of most of
35:14the series up to a certain point on
35:16YouTube, and it opens with an insert for
35:19the creator telling you the infection
35:22wouldn't exist if people didn't watch.
35:24and support it. Meaning that by
35:27watching, you are contributing to the
35:29horrible existence these ponies live
35:32through. And I'm hoping by making this
35:34video 100 billion new viewers find the
35:38series and the torture never ends.
35:41Sadism. Yippee. We're in a strange mall
35:46or like factory environment. It's
35:49weirdly human. This video doesn't make a
35:52lot of sense to me. I kind of wonder if
35:53it's a ship post. After wandering a
35:56literal human mall with liveaction
35:58footage for some time, evil Pinkie Pie
36:01attacks us and the video ends with
36:03screaming and running. This honestly
36:05doesn't even look like infected Pinkie
36:07Pie. She's just evil Pinkie Pie. Next,
36:10the creator takes a brief pause to recap
36:13and assess where everyone stands.
36:16Starburst is safe and route to
36:18Ponyville. Flurry Hart also safe and on
36:20the road with Starburst. Fluttershy is
36:23safe, distraught after the death of
36:25Discord, which kind of confirms that
36:26Discord is gone now and is staying in
36:29Ponyville. Chiril is safe but shaken
36:31after her encounter with Lyra. She
36:33hasn't stayed at her home since that
36:35night. Bon Bon is safe, delirious since
36:37the loss of Lyra and staying at
36:39Ponyville Hospital. Big Mac also safe,
36:42but he is not lucid following the loss
36:45of Lyra. Very similar situation to Bon
36:47Bon. Rarity is a nurse at Ponyville
36:49Hospital. She She wasn't super important
36:52to the series, but you know, she's also
36:53there. Zakura is shaken after an
36:56encounter with the Tree of Harmony,
36:58which is interesting cuz I don't I I
37:00don't think we got to see that, but
37:02that's crazy. Twilight is working with
37:04Zakura on finding a cure. Glad that
37:07she's alive and actually doing
37:09something. Celestia is alive but
37:11extremely tired from using the
37:13protective magic, meaning she is not
37:15infected like I previously had
37:17suspected. Unfortunately, shining armor
37:20is a tree. We already knew that. But
37:22also equally unfortunately, Luna seems
37:25to be in some trouble here. Now, I would
37:28have assumed the where are they now
37:30section heralded the conclusion of the
37:32series, but buckle up cuz it's not quite
37:35over yet and it's only getting worse.
37:38It's boiling. It's inside me. I don't
37:40know what to do. Help me. Hear me. It's
37:43in here. It's all in here. Everything. I
37:46just can't make it out. I don't know
37:48what to do. Some pony must know. It's
37:50all here. Everything that ever was or
37:53will be. And then Discord's head lowers
37:55out of the trees with Morse code
37:57blaring, I can't die, over and over.
38:00Because if you remember, Discord is
38:01immortal. And then this this whatever
38:04this face is appears. All All that stuff
38:07I just said was text that was on the
38:08screen and it's all like jumbled up.
38:10Yeah, I have no idea what's going on
38:12now. Earlier we saw Big Mac losing his
38:15mind over the guilt of leaving Lyra
38:17behind. And now we get to see why he did
38:20that. He sees her in the swamp and then
38:23her body starts convulsing and she shows
38:26obvious signs of infection. The reason
38:28he left her obviously being because she
38:29was already infected. We go through the
38:31whole brain nervous system imagery is
38:34really the tree of harmony hive mind
38:37thing again. Then Big Mac's dream memory
38:39signs off with the text. Sorry. We turn
38:42now to the hospital where many of the
38:45surviving characters are all holed up. A
38:48quiet night without a sound. I better
38:50take a look around. I guess this is
38:51Zakora. Okay. I love the art. I love how
38:54many different art styles there are.
38:56Lightly tread. Don't make a peep for
38:58here the sickly ponies sleep. Why,
39:00Fluttershy, are you all right? It's been
39:02an awfully quiet night. All right, then.
39:04I'll leave you be. But if you want
39:06anything, please call for me. Oh, sweet
39:08mother of Celestia. Oh, I'm sorry,
39:10Zakura. I didn't see you there. That's
39:12quite all right, Nurse Rarity. It's hard
39:14to spook a soul like me. I've just been
39:17on edge recently. I'm sure you can
39:18relate. I feel like my head is on
39:20backwards sometimes. In times like
39:22these, so full of dread. It serves you
39:24well to keep your head. You might want
39:25to tell that to Twilight, darling. Her
39:28head has been as loose as an old frock.
39:30She's been working on her dream machine
39:33thing day and night, working herself up.
39:34I haven't even seen any dreams come
39:36through. She's covered all the footage.
39:37It just says don't look over and over.
39:40She'll probably let you peek. You're her
39:41right hoof mayor after all. Oh my
39:43goodness. I've been standing here for
39:45nearly a minute. I've got to keep on my
39:46rounds. It's been lovely chatting,
39:48darling. Oh, Lyra. Oh, Macintosh. Oh,
39:51you damned moon. Evil whailing moon.
39:55What' the moon do? What' the moon do to
39:57you? I really love how Zakora is written
39:59to speak and rhyme. I mean, it makes
40:01sense, but it's just, you know, the
40:03details. What we've learned here is that
40:05apparently all of these tapes that we
40:08have been watching, every single one was
40:10something Twilight was obtaining from
40:12other people's dreams. While Luna can
40:14look into dreams as well, it seems that
40:17her perspective is not the one that
40:19we've been watching through. Twilight
40:22has some sort of dream machine. And now
40:25let's fall down that rabbit hole. Or
40:27should I say pony hole. No, that's
40:31disgusting. Jesus Christ.
40:37Hello, I am Dream Machine. I am the
40:40personified operating system that
40:42collects raw data from ponies like you.
40:45I am thrilled to show you all my
40:48though of course I cannot be thrilled. I
40:51am a machine. Haha. Today for this
40:54presentation I have been fed raw data
40:57offered by cheerle please rise cheerle
41:01applause. Thank you for your
41:02participation today. I have converted
41:05your input to video. Let's take a look.
41:15[snorts]
41:19Ah,
41:21[sighs]
41:30[screaming]
41:50Well, hello dream machine. Uh, with that
41:51not suspicious at all intro, we watch a
41:54very blurry and pixelated video where I
41:56honestly can't make out what's happening
41:58really. And then that's all we have so
42:02far. But don't be too disappointed cuz
42:04first off, the series is still ongoing.
42:06That last video for the dream machine
42:08was made like not even a month ago. But
42:11as I was researching for this video, I
42:13discovered something far more
42:15disturbing. A reall life horror that
42:18closely resembles the affliction
42:21portrayed in Divine Swamp Fever, chronic
42:24wasting disease, a pron disease that
42:27attacks the brains of deer, elk, and
42:30moose, turning them into [music] walking
42:32corpses. There are currently no cures,
42:36no vaccines, and it's almost 100% fatal.
42:39The disease is highly contagious, lasts
42:41in the environment for decades, and is
42:44slowly spreading across the continent.
42:45And the most disturbing question of all,
42:47it's not known if it can also infect
42:50[music] or eventually infect humans. We
42:53just don't know. And that's the problem.
42:54Chronic wasting disease or is caused by
42:57a misfolded protein called a pron. A
43:00single misfolded pron
43:03forcing the healthy proteins in an
43:05animal's brain to fold [music] into the
43:07same wrong shape. This process creates a
43:10chain reaction and then the wrong
43:12proteins all clumped together, drilling
43:14microscopic holes in the brain until it
43:17almost resembles a sponge. The animal's
43:19brain literally deteriorates until it
43:22can no longer function. A horrifying
43:24contagion, CWD is a nightmare to contain
43:27because it spreads in ways that are
43:29almost impossible [music] to stop.
43:31Infected animals shed prons in their
43:33saliva, urine, feces, blood, even semen.
43:37Don't say anything. A friendly lick or a
43:39shared feeding ground is enough [music]
43:41to pass it on. And then the environment
43:43is permanently poisoned. This is one of
43:45the most fucked up parts. They really
43:47don't die. Pons can bind to the soil or
43:50nearby plants and remain infectious for
43:53years, possibly decades after the fact.
43:55A pasture can become a death trap long
43:58after the infected deer are gone. When
44:00an infected deer dies, its decomposing
44:02body releases prons into the earth,
44:05creating a new hot spot for the
44:06affliction. And the name wasting disease
44:09is no exaggeration. Infected animals
44:11suffer a prolonged and gruesome decline
44:14over 18 to 24 months. They lose all fear
44:17of humans, become listless and
44:20unresponsive, drooling excessively,
44:22stumbling uncontrollably, carrying their
44:25heads low. They waste away, becoming
44:27emaciated and weak as the brain loses
44:30its ability to tell the body to eat and
44:33drink. And when testing on lab rats,
44:35there's some idea that the species
44:37barrier isn't as wide as you might
44:40think. And given a few mutations, this
44:43disease could affect humans, too. The
44:46response to it has been hampered by
44:47politics, funding shortages, and general
44:50public ignorance. But in my opinion, we
44:52are failing to grasp the sheer
44:55disturbing reality of this disease. It's
44:58super scary. Like one of the scariest
45:00things that I have learned about our
45:02world is chronic wasting disease. By the
45:05time we are forced to pay attention to
45:06it, it might be too late. So chew on
45:09that or or or don't. Probably don't want
45:11to chew on it. You might lose your mind.
45:14Watching this brought back [music] a lot
45:16of fond memories of watching this show
45:18with my siblings back when I was like 10
45:21and then again when my second sister was
45:23old enough to see it. Like I said, when
45:25I was growing up, I didn't have access
45:26to the [music] internet. I was never
45:27really aware of what a weird place this
45:30show holds culturally, but even at that
45:33time, [music] it felt more boundary
45:35pushing than other kids shows, tackling
45:37dynamics between people that show up in
45:40real life constantly and also real world
45:43issues like, I don't know, racism. The
45:45show also had a sense of scope to it
45:46that progressed naturally. [music] The
45:49characters start in a small town in
45:51season 1, getting to understand their
45:53own relative talents and [music] more
45:55importantly getting to understand each
45:56other before slowly moving out and doing
45:59more intense stuff, eventually fighting
46:02demons and demigods who threaten to lay
46:05waste to their entire civilization.
46:08Eventually, they scale to a point where
46:09most of the main characters are
46:11worldrenowned. [music] They have like a
46:13palace and are rulers. And the show then
46:16switches up to either focus on their
46:18hubris or struggling kids growing up in
46:22their world who learn new lessons about
46:24each other, you know, etc., etc. The
46:27cycle continues. [music] The show was a
46:29kid show, but it remained entertaining
46:31to me re-watching it [music] as a
46:33teenager. And now I know that that's not
46:35a unique experience. What is, am I
46:38right? But this particular iteration of
46:40the show has always been most most
46:42popular with teenagers and even young
46:44adults to the point where there's a lot
46:46of weird [music]
46:47sexual fan content or horror fan content
46:50even as the show was originally
46:52releasing. [music] And now things have
46:54come full circle with this series.
46:57Watching this show, you come to love
47:00these characters and feel moved by their
47:03successes. [music]
47:04And as their beautiful friendship grows,
47:07maybe even into something more than
47:09friends. [music] I'm kidding. You begin
47:11to understand that redemption is
47:14possible, and friendship really is
47:18magic. So, naturally, I enjoyed watching
47:20them all die in horribly gruesome ways.
47:23Thank you for watching. I will see
47:24[music] you in the next transmission. Go
47:26follow the creator of the show on
47:28YouTube and Tik Tok down below in the
47:29description. And before I go, huge
47:31welcome to the there's been a bunch of
47:34new people who joined on [music]
47:35Patreon. Thank you guys so much. Thank
47:37you Bug, Juno, and Joe. And just in
47:40general, huge thank you to the patrons.
47:42Thank you Kira, AJ, Dark Beast, Bile,
47:45Coyote, Cuba, Bat Noise, FX, Bees, Joy,
47:48Amelia, Boris, Pan, Flute, Thomas,
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47:55Mr. Fox, Possum, Kyojan, Draco Geek,
47:58Lori, April's, Kira's, Danny, Paperclip,
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