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Recently there's been this trend on tiktok where people are making "Infection AUs" for the show My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. An Infection AU is basically when one pony gets sick with some strange disease that mutates them beyond recognition, and spreads it to other ponies. It sounds gruesome (and is) but the artwork that has come out of it is just really cool in my opinion.
It reminds me a lot of when people would make MLP Creepypastas! One of my favorites that always creeped me out was My Little Amnesia and the Rainbow Factory. I was so obsessed with the last one, I used to love the lore of it and everything (and it's probably why I love evil doctor characters today lol)
My only gripes with these MLP Infection AUs is how they always do Applejack and Rarity dirty in them! Applejack either dies first, or ends up mutated trying to help some other pony, or her sister is missing etc. And Rarity is almost always the "start" of the infection somehow, which doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I just feel like Rarity has this ten step hygiene routine that makes it impossible for any germ to stay on her for more than like a second, and Applejack is super strong that I can't imagine some mutated pony just taking her down.
The ones with a mutated Rainbowdash are horrifying because the creators really make her look just downright creepy, and Pinkiepie is obviously at the core of a lot of these where she's either the first to mutate, the cause of it in the first place, or she's the only one to survive.
If you're interested in reading some of these Infection AUs yourself, search up "Pestrophobia" on Tiktok, it was the first kind of Infection AU that was made that really kickstarted this whole thing. It's been so fun seeing what kinds of stories people make up lol, really brings me back to my MLP days as a kid!
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St4rd0ll_777
Literally:D
Liu_Rawr
The aus are soooo cool! The problem us the fandom,people are so annoying sometimes
mob(> <)
i really love these AUS but only when they have lore, some of then itΒ΄s just gore and horror like
xXwalfass_Xx
YEAHH its sooo cool but i dont like the thing that happends with "My Little Worms", but after that it really reminds me of 2012 with the creppypastas and old communitys and stuff >u<
mewgal ΛΛΛ π ΛΛΛ
FR :3
(Dee)z nuts
i've been obsessssd wit theze recntly they r so kool
wil
The infection au's are so cool, but I feel there can be some mischaracterization that happens in them
t0bi
It reminds me so much of early 2010s but with much better artstyle, the stories are great I love them so much I couldnt get enough
Tatsu0ni
Funny how some ppl also makin' infection aus of other media, I saw bunch on twitter lol
Minty
I love the mlp infection AUs on tiktok so much! I've started to see them on instagram too. It feels like as if the creepypasta community is making a revival and I'm living for it. I agree with seeing a lot of versions where Rarity ends up being infected first, but I haven't seen any with Applejack so much. For me it's usually Fluttershy who gets infected first. Maybe it just depends on what content the algorithm gives you. I feel inspired to make my own mlp ocs based on this.
iris πππ
it helps show off a lot of really cool artists, and the stories are so interesting :D
delia
sounds like the cough
rubi
ive been seing these ALL over my twitter aswelll!!! i like the ones that use pinkie's pinkie sense!! such as some having her generally staying more safe or even having predicted the infection as a whole :D
i 10000000000% agree on everyone killing/hurting rarity for some reason why do they keep targeting her :(
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I agree !! Love the art sooo much !!
Jem
i also love MLP infection AU trend it relives my childhood like smile HD and rainbow factory but some AUs are straight up disturbing especially the flurry heart stew like whaat
and other AUs are just jokes and i live up for it
Nadia
I love the mlp infection aus they're really fun to look at!! and to me its a special treat bc i liked mlp when i was younger and i love zombie-related media and such!!
skinnybzim
al comienzo se me hizo extraΓ±o ver videos sobre eso pero la historia es muy buena amo
yoikizou
so real i love them all so much
Sulfuric acid
divine swamp fever is really gud 2!!!!!!!!!!!!! its my fav
π€ Luzuraa!! π€
YESS!!! All the art thatz made iz super fukin creepy N thatz a good thing like all the detailz n shit put into everting iz so kewl!!!