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>The board explodes.
>The thread moves faster than you've ever seen it, update after update, new posts get added.
>It takes you back to the beginning, and the very end. Only during those days can you remember the board feeling this alive.
>Anons scream, cry, cheer.
>Confetti—pink, of course, bursts into the air, raining down in slow, shimmering waves across the thread.
>/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.
>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.
>“Anon,” she breathes, her voice cracking with disbelief. “We did it. We actually did it.”
>You laugh, a sound half-choked by your own tears.
“You did it, Pinkie. The little filly from a rock farm just turned dreams into reality.”
>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.
>She looks over to the Anons screaming her name, “Guess the laughter meant something after all, huh Nonny?” she whispers.
>You pull her close, feeling her heartbeat race against yours. Her nose finding its way to boop yours.
>"Boop."
>You smile and look into her blue eyes.
“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.”
>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.
>The board chants her name now, correctly for once, *Pinkie Pie! Pinkie Pie! Pinkie Pie!* and she looks out at them, radiant.
>Her opponent, the blue dentist that could, supporters had called her a clown during those debates in the threads. But tonight, the clown won.
>The mare who brought laughter to everyone just claimed the role of best pony. Even if only for just a year.
>You feel Pinkie pull away from you, her entire body glowing with a joy you can physically see.
>Before she trots toward the podium to give a speech to all your fellow Pinkie supporters, she turns to you one last time.
>Her eyes are shining, her blue eyes vibrant, no longer filled with tears, but with warmth.
>"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?"
