Little Fillies Issue 3

My Little Pony: Classics Reimagined – Little Fillies #3 is the third issue of IDW Publishing's My Little Pony: Classics Reimagined - Little Fillies comic miniseries, adapting the 1868 Louisa May Alcott novel Little Women. In this issue, the March sisters face new challenges with the arrival of Spring, and Jo wishes for everything to stop changing so quickly.
==Summary==
During a meeting of the "Ponyville Club" between the March sisters and Laurie, the ponies discuss their plans for the future; though most of them have their futures planned out, Jo is indecisive due to how much and fast things are changing around Broncord.
Things change even further when a letter arrives from the sisters' father; the conflict between Caninia and Abyssinia has worsened, and Marmee has been called to the front lines to provide her party-planning expertise. In order to fund Marmee's trip, Jo sells the colors in her mane to local painters, leaving it black. Later that night, Jo is so distraught over her colorless mane that Beth briefly breaks the comic's fourth wall and has Discord restore Jo's mane colors.
The next day, the March sisters struggle to take care of themselves in Marmee's absence, and Beth is informed about flooding at the Laurence family farm next door that is threatening the animals. Against the advice of her sisters, Beth goes to help her animal friends escape the flood and ends up getting severely sick. (From this point on, Beth is removed from the story; whereas in the original Little Women story Beth develops scarlet fever and eventually dies, here she takes a vacation.)
As Jo and Laurie continue talking about the future, the March sisters' great-aunt Josephine (portrayed by Discord) checks in on them while Marmee is away. Because Jo is still indecisive about her future, Josephine decides to take Amy with her while she travels the world so that Amy can learn fashion styles from other nations.
Upset over this, Jo starts to write a new story for her publisher, and she is inspired by her inner Rainbow Dash to write about the events of her and her sisters' own lives. The editor of the Broncord Gazette (also portrayed by Discord) likes Jo's newest story but wants her to make changes to it and submit it in less than a week. Laurie, feeling sorry for everything Jo is going through, invites her to come with her to Appleloosa, but Jo declines, and the two wish each other farewell.
==Quotes==
:: --And now, in light of the fact that one A.M. neglected to turn in her article by this week's print deadline--
:: I don't see what the fuss is about. It's not as if we're putting together twenty-page issues for release on a monthly schedule.
:: Ooooh! A plot device!
:: Bless you.
:Movie Director Pony: Mrs. Marmee! Everything is set for the first day of shooting Marmee: The Greatest Party Ever Thrown! And we even got a pretty famous parody singer to play your husband--
:: You can never have too many cupcakes! They cover all five of the basic food groups: sugar, frosting, cake, sprinkles, and more sugar.
:Discord: Black hair is less fun for the colorist.
:: Listen, we all know how Beth's story is set to play out. It's my professional recommendation that I just remove her from the narrative entirely. She enjoys a nice beach vacation and our readers are spared intense emotional damage. Everypony wins!
:: Sometimes it's as if I can still hear her voice.
:: Discord, I'm right here!
:: I want to get an apprenticeship with Celestia and Luna and eventually open a school to help other creatures learn more about magic, friendship, and the Magic of Friendship--
:: Admirable, dear, but we did ten seasons of that.
:Rainbow Dash: Drawing a blank, huh?
:: Don't look at me like that! It's not easy to write with everything going on.
:Rainbow Dash: What if you write about everything that's going on?
:: We do have one more issue.*
:Editor's Note: *Why are you like this.
:: I'll miss ya, Jo.
:: ...You too, Laurie.
:: Don't stop writing, ya hear? No matter what those lousy editors say.
Category:Crossover media