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Coping
by fourths is a My Little Pony: Equestria Girls fanfic dealing with Sunset Shimmer having a drug problem.
Twilight has noticed that her friend Sunset is acting strange lately. She looks sleepier than usual and is skipping more classes than normal. The resf of their friends aren't particularly concerned, but Twilight is unnerved and decides to find out what is going on with Sunset Shimmer.
This fanfic provides examples of:
- Addled Addict: Twilight Sparkle suspects something is wrong with her friend Sunset Shimmer when she notices that she looks more tired than usual and isn't spending much time at school anymore.
- Dark Fic: Coping is an Equestria Girls fanfic dealing with drug addiction, drug abuse, and mental illness.
- Drugs Are Bad: Subverted. Though Sunset's abuse of over-the-counter drugs is bad, not all drug usage is on par with it. For example, several characters casually smoke cigarettes or weed and it's not depicted as a debilitating addiction.
- Limited Wardrobe: Lampshaded. Sunset has five of the same jacket.
- Mistaken for Romance: When driving Twilight to Sunset's, Rarity asks her if they're dating. They're not.
- Shout-Out: The title comes from a Blur song of the same name.
- The Stoner: Applejack and Rainbow Dash smoke, but Twilight's uncomfortable with the subject.
- Titled After the Song: The title comes from a Blur song.
