Cupcakes & Its Sinister Sequels 

Wait, you're telling me hyperviolent fan fiction about a magic horse cartoon... poorly handles its representation of mental illness?? NO WAY!

I’m glad you brought up how Derpy was mishandled in Muffins. As an autistic person it hurts to see neurotypical writers characterize people like us as naive and childlike & who don’t know the world better. It’s something neurodivergent people of all age struggle with, especially when it comes to adults.

Love the progression from a graphic description basement being filled with pony corpses to just “yeah yeah we’re in the basement again you know what it looks like” lol

Butterflies is my favorite cupcakes spinoff - if you can handle bug/decay-type body horror it's genuinely kinda neat. Haunting, creative, and about as in-character as you can get when the premise is Fluttershy being a mass murderer.

“Red-string corkboad analysis of mlp creepypastas” feels like a video idea simultaneously from 2014 and 2024, I love it

you forgot the part in muffins where pinkie pie, minkie pie, inkie pie, blinkie pie, derpy, applebloom, and babs seed all turn into alicorns and rule over equestria

As one of the mentioned 10-12 year old kids with unfiltered internet access, I can confirm that yes, it fucks you up. Especially if you're like me and went out of your way to listen to the REST of Reitanna Seishins stories, mlp or otherwise. Long story short a lot of fanfiction I should not have been listening to (yes, listen. I listened to the audio versions that the author did on their own channel) and there are a SHIT TON more than just two Derpy sequels. There's a whole extended universe with flashback stories featuring the pie sisters who then join in on the main story, side adventures that act more like torture porn and add nothing to the overall plot, and even a mini series set in the universe that follows Babs Seed after her debut episode, going back home and killing her three bullies (who are really more like tiny war criminals than actual bullies). All in all the entire Muffins saga easily surpases 11 hours, and thats only including the stories that Reitanna READ on their channel, there's more that they never recorded for. So yeah, uh.. I unfortunately know FAR too much about Muffins than I'd like to and to have my past be brought up in a video like this (which is amazingly delivered btw, great writing and the comedic moments hit), while unsurprising, was a bitch slap

Considering that even Lauren Faust knew what the Pants Lyra plushie was they probably did know all about the show’s creepypastas lol

Muffins is actually an entire saga that's like 30 chapters long (also poorly written, by a grown-ass woman) and I don't know about the other writers mentioned here, but the writer of Muffins is uh... *extremely problematic.* I have personal experience with the she-devil, and there's an entire rabbit hole. Also, if you're curious, the pronunciation of her username is Ray-tah-nah Say-shin And uhhh yeah, I was one of those 11-year-old kids who discovered Muffins back in the day due to unfiltered internet access. I'll be 21 in a couple months and I really only like the story ironically :')

I was one of the people who read/looked at fanart of these mlp creepypasta things when I was a kid. I liked them lol. thats not to say that it was fine that I could easily find this stuff though cause I know it actually scared a lot of kids and also a lot of "grimdark mlp fics" were like... very obviously thinly veiled fetish shit lol. One time I found one about rainbow dash going through Fluttershy's Torture Labyrinth and it had a graphic description of her pissing herself. even as a kid who liked looking at Evil Bloody Pinkie Pie fanart I thought "ok this is fucking weird"

my first ever digital art drawing was of pinkie pie with the cutie mark dress, i made it in paint 3d. every now and then i think back on it and get a sense of "why the hell did i know what Cupcakes was at 8 years old and why wasnt i terrified of it" lmao

I remember finding Cupcakes due to people talking about the story and a handful of other MLP creepypastas, funnily enough, it was through Cupcakes that caused me to know of MLP. I eventually found out about the Muffins series, loving it and the creator, too bad Reitanna seishin is problematic to all hell.

Boosting the algorithm with this comment but that aside, this was a pretty fun surface view of the cupcakes. I always preferred the concept of Rainbow Factory as a kid because it was at least somewhat less gorey than this (In my perspective) but cupcakes certainly is a classic amongst the mlp creepypastas. It's crazy how many darker and or more sinister takes of these characters come up when at the end of the day it's a cartoon for little children who like colorful ponies. Not that I mind NOW as an adult, but as a kid...it certainly didn't help me sleep at night pft.

I can really appreciate Pinkie in Derpy’s First Project rocking up to the murder scene with the biggest “she asked for no pickles” energy I’ve ever seen. (Also her saying “my derpy” has some extremely gay vibes)

Seeing this in my recommendations was quite the surprise. Cupcakes was... technically my introduction to horror as a young 13-14 year old. And I was lucky I was at LEAST that old to have found a rather graphic (and since lost to the ether) animation. It scared me admittedly... But then I started being drawn to other MLP horror content. My Little Amnesia, Rainbow Factory, Butterflies, and of course Rocket to Insanity. I never actually read most of these HOWEVER... One story/series to spawn from the legacy of Cupcakes went on to HEAVILY inspire me as a writer: Silent Ponyville. To this day reading it and it's sequel are like CORE memories for me (I pulled all nighters to read them and have listened to readings MULTIPLE TIMES) and could honestly have a video essay of their own. It taught me about symbolism and the story concept of Healing From Trauma (and of course introduced me to Silent Hill). Like this story SHAPED me (and the same for a few others). I'd LOVE to see a video on Rocket to Insanity. As my FAVORITE (and arguably the best) version of it was a long running comic on Deviantart. You can actively see the artist's style form as you go through it. And I especially love how it set out to answer the question of WHY Rainbow was having the nightmares in the first place. It takes some turns that I adore!!

wdym 125 views it should have like 1000x times more

Wow, was not expecting watching a cupcakes retrospective. Good job man! Highly underrated video.

The portrayal of Derpy in muffins is actually very problematic It uses a lot of negative stereotypes and the use of the r slur in most conversations where the character is brought up is upsetting to say the least

You talking about being a fan in middle to high school honestly reminds me of myself but older since I’m too young for college LMAO

Hearing you say "At this point... It's getting a little redundant." About MUFFINS, of all series, knowing how long it is, is honestly one of the funniest things in the whole video. Honestly this entire video is an absolute joy to watch. The editing is really well-done; the background paired with your tone made the video relaxing and pleasant to watch, and it made the subject matter easier to digest. You're also just an entertaining guy. I appreciate that you don't play everything up in this video, the content speaks for itself. Great work dude 👍

Finally, another creator has fallen down the rabbit hole. Welcome to the thunder dome! 🫵👁👁

hearing you explain apple bloom's southern accent because of the Cherry Sauce story had me fucking ROARING. 1/3rd way through the video but god am I loving it. Keep up the good work, lad.

Curious would you do “Rainbow Factory” next alone with it’s universe of stories like “Awoken”? Or maybe the universe of my favourite grimdark “Silent Ponyville”

This is very well edited, I fuck wit this

Interesting bit of irony how Derpy, a character portrayed on the autistic spectrum, attacks somepony named Spectrum. The worst creepypasta I read during the MLP phase was Sweet Apple Massacre. It was just torture p*rn and imprinted some thoughts on my young mind that I'll never be able to get rid of. Cool stuff! Great video. 👍

i love cupcakes and all its sequels, it's the main reason i got into mlp in the first place. specifically, the muffins series, which i've been obsessed with since i was 14. i still think it's one of the best things i've ever read, but i stopped supporting the creator some time ago. i have an original mlp inspired world with its own lore, and i have stories in that world that i'm developing. one of them is inspired by cupcakes and one is inspired by rainbow factory :D

As a child who was in the fandom and was groomed and desensitized the cupcake animations, this video in my recommended was whiplash. I’m slowly getting back in the fandom because I did enjoy it before things had gone…not good in my later teens. Either way, this video has some amazing editing and I can’t wait to hear more on your hyperfixation in this. As for the cupcakes being gone is due to the author writing some…suspicious stuff. They started writing stuff about the cutie mark crusaders having *relations* with the adult ponies. They wrote a short about the three minors having a three-way?? There was a video that covered a lot of it but I would have to find it again. Edit: so the sus stuff written was by cupcake_survivor. They were caught writing a lot of fetishy stuff with the three minors. :(

If you think the Muffins Saga is already insane, then you're only scratching the surface with everything that happens in the series. Strap yourself in because this is gonna be long af. Apple Bloom and Derpy aren't the only ponies involved in Pinkie's crew "The Bakers". Pinkie's sisters, Limestone and Marble, are also involved, though in the story they're referred to as Inkie and Blinkie (their fannon names at the time). Reitanna however wanted to include Pinkie's third sister who was only mentioned in one of the books at the time, so she made an OC called Minkie Pie. Minkie's backstory had her trapped in her parents' cellar for 20 years because they were incredibly religious. No I am not joking. One chapter involves Inkie killing a Mary Sue OC called Stella Burst because she wanted her perfect fur. It's nothing too interesting unless you know the story behind this character's creation. Stella was originally made for Reitanna's friend, but after a dispute over whose DA account she'd be posted on, she wrote her into a chapter of Muffins as a way to get back at her. Sometime after Apple Bloom gets her cutie mark (which in this universe is an apple with a knife stabbed into it) by killing Applejack, the bakers would eventually try to kill the rest of the mane six. They only manage to get Rarity though, as they're caught by police when Fluttershy escapes. However, only the pie sisters are arrested so Apple Bloom and Derpy get the help of Babs Seed (Apple Bloom's cousin) to break them out, leading to Babs becoming a member of the Bakers. This was originally supposed to be the end of the series, but fans pressured Reitanna into continuing the series. The last 6 chapters in the series were major jumps of the sharks. After forcing Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle into a rigged torture game copied from some horror movie, they enact an actual ass terrorist attack where they wipe out all the guards and hold any living ponies hostage in the abandoned castle in the everfree forest. At one point, it's even revealed that Pinkie manipulated Apple Bloom by attempting to endgame herself when Apple Bloom didn't want to kill someone. And there's the final chapter "Sting" where a spy sent to infiltrate the Bakers fails and gets brutally killed. It's also possibly the grossest chapter in the series so if you plan on reading it, just know that there's a lot of unnecessary stuff at the end for seemingly no reason. And somehow, this isn't even half of it. Another RU-vidr called Rainbott made a video talking about the fic and they do a better job explaining it then I could in a single yt comment.

Watching retrospectives of my fandoms shenanigans is probably the most old i have ever felt

Fuuuuck. This was one hell of a blast from the past. God… this reminded me of the Cupcake Chronicles. I think it was actually shown at the beginning lmao. This was great though- I’d love to see one on just MLP creepy pasta as a whole. Little Miss Rarity, Rainbow Factory and it’s sequel Pegasus Device (which has a banger song)

this video is so underrated omg??

Your channel is underrated. Keep up the work 👍 Also I would like to see more MLP fanfiction videos like this

I am gonna be honest. I genuinely only remembered the muffin stuff in like, the way one remembers a fever dream. Could not tell what was stuff I made up or was in the fanfic. So this vid was great to watch lol

Please make a video on the "Rocket To Insanity" series! I love reading those creepypastas over and over. They're some of my favorites! Maybe even do the "Rainbow Factory" trilogy as well: "Rainbow Factory", "Awoken", and "Debt To Society".

Honestly, this deserves more views because the editing, prop work & costumes look so well done!

It's ironic that the pony named spectrum made fun of derpy for being on the spectrum

Love this breakdown been falling down an mlp au rabbit hole and love when people actually break stuff down so i can understand ❤

I used to be a fan of the muffins saga and the creator behind it. However, not only has the series not aged well, but the author reitanna seishin has done some unforgivable things. Its a rabbit hole to go through, and I am currently making a rise and fall video on her, going into the details of her online life and her eventual downfall.

I'm sorry but I love how dapper and professional you look considering the topic 😂

Yo why is this video so underrated? It deserves more views. I'm glad it got recommended to me. Keep up the great work!

pinkamena literally entered herself into her own murder lottery smh

always love seeing people deep dive into these aspects of fandom, its so fun to watch

Here's the sort of ironic thing, , ,I made a comic, hand drawn btw back then when this story was first on RU-vid and well, it inspired me to do the Cupcakes and Rainbow factory, then for some reason, Silent Ponyville. And it was a crossover and my OC's, and myself included. But as a dragon not a pony. I don't have it anymore as I tossed it out, , ,so if I wanted to remake it, it would be more planned out.

If you want to check out more, there is a small little fic called “When They Deflate” which sees cupcakes Pinkie falling in love with a cupcakes Cheese Sandwhich

Popped up in my timeline, i gotta drop a comment to say hi

WHAT WHY DOES THIS VIDEO IS SO UNDERRATED???? Amazing job man!!!

you have an electricifying persona and are very well spoken! i want to see more of your work!

I enjoyed the Rocket to Insanity comic. It was such an interesting take!

The only good grimdark/horror mlp fiction I read as a young kid/teen in the mlp fandom (and jfc I read A LOT) was “Something Sweet To Bite.” There are two parts but god is it worth it. It’s the only one that wasn’t shock horror or fetish shit, just a really good mlp horror that connects to the lore of the show.

27:40 I can confirm this stuff messed me up as a little kid👍

Wow! I knew about Rocket to Insanity and Muffins, but I'd never heard of the others! You've taught me something new

Immediately subscribed. Just getting back into my MLP phase too and so happy I found this channel, PLEASE make more MLP related videos! Wonderful job here.

this was super nostalgic and enjoyable! i LOVED the original when I was in high school, and I had no idea there was so much expanded lore from other works!

This should definitely be more popular. I love the format and the way you explain things

Love the vid! Keep it up! Love watching people go off about hyperfixations and special interests that I know a little about

This is an awesome video!!! I got into Mlp Creepypastas a while back and have been stuck on the hyperfixation since. And it actually started cause I learned about The Muffin Saga's existence. And it's kinda a... guilty pleassure of mine. Especially as a disabled person who loves Derpy. The series is... a mess, but one I kinda love. It's crazy to believe how many different sequels, alternate endings, and other fan creations from Cupcakes. The story ain't that good, but it helped araise a major part of the Mlp fandom. And I love the Mlp horror scene, especially recently with all the infection AUs, it's really cool!!!

this video is awesome and you look dapper! keep up the good work id love to see more stuff like this :3

The millisecond my eyes gazed upon this video in my recommends I stopped the video I was watching to consume this masterpiece

27:30 as someone who was 10 when the first Cupcakes story was released and was about 11-12 when I really started seeking them out, can confirm I v likely got fucked up by it lmao. At least now I’m 23 I can look back at these and laugh at how tryhard they really were

Algorithm did a thing. I really enjoyed this retrospective! I was never into MLP but I had enough prerequisite knowledge of Cupcakes to be able to enjoy this. Keep up the good work.

great video wild card! very entertaining :) i found muffins when i was like 12 and i hadnt rewatched the videos on it since, so thanks for bringin my attention back to it lol. subscribed!!!!!!!!!

I do appreciate how you manage to look kind of insane throughout the entire video. I mean how wouldn’t you, talking about this?

Milesprower did a pretty good, sad yet wholesome sequel to Cupcakes, the Cupcakes Chronicles, about Dash and co healing after the events of Cupcakes where AJ saves RD

Oh god Muffins 😂 My favourite of the sequals and the rabbit hole that it is. Its poorly written by a very shitty author but has a special place in my heart. I remember finiding it when I was like 12? Maybe younger pff I know you've already had a lot of comments about it but its a very batshit insane read if you wanna. Or you could listen to the audio books, I know someone on here reposted them so you don't need to give Rei any money There is also an archive for all muffins videos along side some by a different creator who doesn't have anything to do with Rei but just likes muffins Its a read I only reccomend if you wanna have smth to laugh at and critique. Tho I'm sadly actually very invested in the story hah I'm even making my own sequal to Cupcakes called Stone Cold Pies, which is inspired by Muffins. Haven't wrote anything yet but I will get to it :D Fun video dude!!

great video! would love to see more mlp content in the future :^))

gods the muffins saga is so long, i dont believe i ever finished it but i do remember being told the ending was all the bakers (pinkie, applebloom, derpy, limestone pie, marble pie, and obsidian/minkie pie. maud didnt exist in the story sadly

Super under rated video I really enjoyed it! I'd love to see you talk about other mlp horror stories, you're really fun to listen to💕

This video really reminded me how amazing and horrifying it was to read/listen to this stories online With your explanation, it really made me love this series even more in retrospective. Keep up the great work bro! You deserve more attention :D

You can still find the original links to everything EqD had by using the WayBack Machine. The fic was first posted to EqD on February 24th, 2011 and Sethisto said he'd been putting off posting it "for almost a month," so we can conclude that the fic was likely posted either at the end of January or the very beginning of February.

For somebody who isn't a brony but somebody who loves horror, I like this, we need more of this.

Great stuff!

Good work man :) I enjoyed the video

When i saw cupcakes for the first time i was scared at first i even went under my bed, but it didn't traumatized me like the others, i was actually interested on it after that i watched a lot of mlp grimdark stuff i still do sometimes

I guess I just don't have a normally tuned sense of curiosity, because I remember someone mentioning Cupcakes, I asked someone to describe the premise, and I remember Asking "... That's it?" And this video is the first time I got a summary of the whole thing. It seems boring AF. Like, Project Horizons is at least interesting batshit insane pony torture/misery porn. This literally seems like its literal only appeal is that its the first horror awakening for the children who were present in the fandom, and the subsequent hype and shock value it garnered. (And let's be real, the pony hype could make anything amazing) And that's just so sad, because the Changelings were right around the corner, and they would bring so much legit Horror material if they had just waited, like, another year.

As someone who had unrestricted internet access since I was pretty young, Cupcakes was honestly the LEAST of my concerns unfortunately. I actually really loved Cupcakes and Rocket to Insanity, it helped me get into my love of gore. Thankfully, I didn’t learn about Muffins until Rainbott’s videos. Somehow managed to avoid all of.. that… until I was an adult lmao

I'm surprised reitanna seishin had an internet presence before all the pathological lying.

Pretty fitting how I stumbled on this video while wearing my Sweeney Todd shirt

Now a rainbow's tale isn't quite as nice as the story we knew of sugar and spice But a rainbow is easy what you get to know it, with the help of the magic of the Pegasus Device.

Pinkamena ismy hero and idol, ever since i saw her cupcakes animations back in2013, i've been a fan of her even since, my life has been changed... and i wan to make a video game series based on her......

Wow seeing this is whiplash, I was obviously very into MLP when I was 10-12 not so much anymore. I was however hugely into Creepypasta (I have fanart saved to this account from 2014 around the same time I was into MLP and YuGiOh ) but the cupcake animation was particularly scary to me. The muffin saga, not so much. I specifically remember my friends in 5th grade calling me a psychopath for actually enjoying horror and not finding it scary. No just because I was 12 and autistic does not mean I couldn't differentiate fiction and reality, the brain can do that by 5 years old.

This is such a good vid omfg I love

I highly recommend the Muffins rewrite on A03 for a more comprehensive sequel with less ick.

I have never screamed yes out loud to a video intro before Commenting to get this seen

I read Cupcakes when I was about 10, and I'm actually surprised to hear there was a ton of Derpy-centric sequels. She's always been my favorite pony and I was obsessed with creepypasta/grimdark stuff so I'm surprised I never found out about the Derpy ones. ... & it's not related but I always loved her original voice. It's really cute and charming to me

Awh yeah, retrospectives about cartoon character horror stories, my favourite

you look like Seth Rogen if he got into grimdarks

Huh. Here I am down this rabbit hole again. The only Cupcakes-inspired story I ever read was a comic I can't remember the name of. It was an alternate version that had Pinkie being manipulated by the next evil-doer freed from what was supposed to be a permanent prison, show-style. Dude was basically the god of sadism. Wish I could remember what it was called...

Got a new subscriber!

Thank you RU-vid, amazing channel :) Also quick question, no ideia if you're interested in talking more about other stuff in the fandom, but i would love to see your review on Dawnsomewhere pony stuff like Rdp and Mas, they're kinda underrated compared to other fan media back in the day, but i haven't seen a single person talk about them (as far i remember only schunk made a video about it).

Commenting because I really wanna hear more people talk about this

Cupcakes was the first mlp creepy pasta I have ever read and still enjoy to this day. Muffins I enjoyed too until I got older and realized Muffins is...horribly written in so many ways especially Derpy's portrayal and as a teenager I knew it was gross.

I was probably 7 or 8 reading this shit. I stuffed all my pony stuff in a drawer after that

This is a good mlp lore video hope you can make more mlp content on your channel.

I haven't sat down to watch mlp in 8 years but very happy I got this in my recommended. 👍

Forgot to mention.... This isn't as bad as... "Pretty Blood" in terms of violence, it's like the movie "Hostel"

legit im so down to learn about the pony gore, but also rocket to insanity is one i haven't really learned much about.

hii! i was like 11-13 and loved this type of shit. now i go to therapy. not that it was mlp only sadly because i loved pokepastas as well

1:53 dam I'm born on the same exact date cupcakes was made?

YESSS A FELLOW NEURODIVERGENT MLP FAN WHO I'M GUESSING GREW UP WITH CUPCAKES!!! Heck yeah!! :DD Well I wouldn't say I necessarily 'grew up' with them, I definitely shouldn't have been watching fan animations and other Cupcakes related stuff as young as I was, despite like every video containing content warnings and saying how it isn't for kids QvQ Cupcakes still has a special place in my heart, especially the Muffins series ^^ I have so many memories of the official playlist of the series series in order on the Creator's channel (Yeah I again ignored every warning about how they aren't for kids, which was a lot of warnings I was ignoring) around 2014 or so since that's around when I first discovered FNAF and the first game was first released and I have a lots of memories of listening to her cover of the first FNAF song by The Living Tombstone in the different character's voices! :3 Heck I even still listen to it from time to time! ^^ They may of course be flawed, but they still hold a special place in my heart. :3 While we're on the subject of Cupcakes, I remember writing a..not very good fanfic back when I was around ten that I don't think I ever finished, but I do remember writing. I remember it was a sort of sequel where Pinkie killed Twilight haha ^^' I'm glad the current fanfic I'm working on (Which is a Shipwrecked 64 fanfic, my current hyperfixation :D It's a really great game, play it if you're a fan of horror games, it's only 8 dollars USD on Steam >:3) is a lot better than my very first fics ^^ Definitely seeing Cupcakes related stuff when I was little definitely, uh, wasn't good for my mental health, that's for certain ^^' I'm glad nowadays I'm a lot better mentally, leaving me with only the stuff I don't think were caused by Cupcakes ^^' Seeing people talk about gore and stuff and explain it still messes with me though :( Especially seeing Cupcakes animations and stuff like that. I might not be able to fully watch this because of that, so sorry about that ^^' But yeah, that's kinda my own personal history with Cupcakes and Cupcakes related things :3 I hope you have a nice day/night, anyone reading this ^^ Also have a brohoof! /\

I'm so glad i found this just as my mlp hyperfixation came back ITS GOOD TO KNOW IM NOT ALONE IN THE BRAINROT 💥💥💥💥