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The tale of an alternate timeline where the Pillars of Equestria never existed :D
  • Sphinxy’s reign of terror over Somnambula, the location, is never thwarted.
  • She rules for thousands of years.
  • She becomes bored with the ease of her tyranny, becoming more detached from “her” kingdom, demanding less and less tributes.
  • She rediscovers the simple pleasure of farming her own crops.
  • She ultimately demands nothing more than one token gift every full moon.
  • One full moon she is gifted with a television and cable, with all the premium channels.
  • She becomes enamored with game shows, how ponies play trivial games and take them deadly seriously for their chance to win.
  • She realizes ponies will flock to her to answer her riddles and play her weird games for cash prizes.
  • She also realizes the money such a show would make more than covers the cash prizes she hands out.
  • Riddle or Ruse, where ponies are forced to either answer a riddle or play a humiliating Taskmaster-style minigame, becomes a smash hit.
  • It’s now been running for 41 seasons, and is both a household name and an Equestrian television icon.
  • Princess Celestia’s face of disgust during a Ruse, where she had to determine which cake doesn’t contain dog food, becomes a meme.

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Badumsquish
Generic Messy Hair Anime Anon - Seen and done more than you can imagine
Kalianne - Derpi Supporter
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Aria Blaze - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

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@WanderingHolyKnight
Nuggs. I found her outside a Walmart when I was eating chicken nuggets from McDonalds. She looked like she was starving, had visible ribs, I gave her a nugget, and she climbed in my truck to eat it and wouldn’t get out. So I was like “well, I have a cat now” and drove home XD
Background Pony #C4D4
according to the g5 storm of zypher heights #2 the sphinx has a shop in cloudsdale
Badumsquish
Generic Messy Hair Anime Anon - Seen and done more than you can imagine
Kalianne - Derpi Supporter
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Aria Blaze - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

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@Background Pony #0240
You’ll have to answer a riddle to be allowed to do that XD
@WanderingHolyKnight
Hahahaha! My cat was obsessed with the toaster. You’d put bread in the toaster and she stare at it from the floor making that little baaing noise they make. Then when it popped she’d jump, run and hide at top speed. She did this practically every day XD
Background Pony #0240
Has anyone tried to put up nightmare night or hearths warming decorations inside the sphinx’s home?
Badumsquish
Generic Messy Hair Anime Anon - Seen and done more than you can imagine
Kalianne - Derpi Supporter
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Rainbow Rocks 10th Anniversary: Aria Blaze - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of EQG Rainbow Rocks!
Celestial Glory - Helped others get their OC into the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Pixel Perfection - I still call her Lightning Bolt
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Shimmering Smile - Celebrated the 10th anniversary of Equestria Girls!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).

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@Icicle Niceicle 1517
@Clever Clovers
I probably will, at some point. It saw all sorts of salty captions added to it in that world XD
@Background Pony #2FFD
@Clever Clovers
@Setsugekka
@Opponentt
@Dirty Bit
@Victorious
It’s a mainstay part of the “staying home sick from school starter pack” meme XD
@Mr.Myoozik
If you don’t want to face a minigame, you need to answer a riddle XD
@JDoraime
@PegaSUS
It’s a family-friendly show for all-ages, with no spelunking. How it works is basically a non-murdery Trivia Murder Party: a riddle is asked and each contestant answers. Each one who guesses it right is awarded money based on how fast they answered. Anyone who gets it wrong faces a Ruse which they have to pass to stay in the game. Once every character has Rused Out save for one, they face the final race where the leader gets a head-start and each correct riddle moves them forward one space, first one to cross the finish line wins the total money they earned through the game. Poor Celly Rused Out by eating the dog food cake, and came dead-last in the final race: she is NOT good at riddles XD
@Background Pony #0240
@WanderingHolyKnight
A lot of costumes do scare them. Problem is, her paw is as big as a semi-truck and a sphinx’s reaction to a scare is to arch its back and swat XD
Clever Clovers
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Nightmare in the Moon - Had their OC in the 2024 Derpibooru Collab.
Silly Pony - Celebrated the 13th anniversary of MLP:FIM, and 40 years of MLP!
Lunar Supporter - Helped forge New Lunar Republic's freedom in the face of the Solar Empire's oppressive tyrannical regime (April Fools 2023).
Roseluck - Had their OC in the 2023 Derpibooru Collab.
A Lovely Nightmare Night - Celebrated the 12th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Elements of Harmony - Had an OC in the 2022 Community Collab
Non-Fungible Trixie -
Kinship Through Differences - Celebrated the 11th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
Artist -

Element Of Luck
Okay, the idea of Sphinxy running a gameshow is honestly kinda fitting for her. She always makes riddles that are near-impossible to solve, so why not have a way to test people on them?