You don't have to explain that stuff to me Zionist.....
I already know.....
The Staff of FIM knew about "Cupcakes" but went with the story anyway, I think as a reference too it.
Personally, I blame the "evil clown" thing. Pinkie's just too happy to accept on her own terms, so she must be some sort of terrible monster. It's this that I object to, and it's this protectiveness that has made her my own personal favorite among the Mane 6 (even though I'm nothing like her myself).
That is why we can't have nice things, like Rule 34, "Make it sexual". Your show has a nice, Upbeat charcter!? U MsUt bEa cRAZi!!!!!!
They have been doing a ton shout out to the fans lately, hell the last scene of the Season Finale alone has so many the fandom is still finding them.
The Staff of FIM knew about "Cupcakes" but went with the story anyway, I think as a reference too it.As I said, I don't see any connection between that episode and "Cupcakes." There's no depressed, flat-maned Pinke in cupcakes. And while Pinkie was certainly a little "out of it" after thinking her friends had betrayed her, she wasn't remotely dangerous or evil. The worst thing she contemplated was not inviting her "former" friends to any more of her parties. There's still a gulf between that and "Cupcakes" (which, as you pointed out, predated the episode).
I have no objections to horror fan fictions. My objection was solely to the identification of the character in the fan fiction with the canon character on the show.
They have been doing a ton shout out to the fans lately, hell the last scene of the Season Finale alone has so many the fandom is still finding them.
There are some fan conventions I would never want to see as "shout outs."