Original description (July 2014): There are so many arts that it is easy for someone to make a mistake when choosing one. Not succeeding, in an environment that is asking so much implication and so much heart into what you do, can become a real ordeal.
This little one-shot was made following a bet I did with myself. I asked for a keyword on twitter, and if I liked it, I would do a One-shot in a week. A friend of mine replied with "Arts", which got me inspired. Written in 5 days.
Addendum (2024): I... don't really get this story. I wrote it. Almost ten years ago (gosh...). But I don't get it. People liked it, back then (not that it was popular either), but I don't. I don't hate it either. It just... exists. But it's something I made, something I'm not ashamed of, so I translated it. It is part of my legacy, I guess.
I think it's one of the few stories where I don't... really care if people read it or not. If you do, thanks I guess. I hope you like it. Would hate to waste people's time. (I mean that description sure isn't helping)
I enjoyed the story, because it had a new interesting angle on a pretty common theme in MLP fanfics.
I found the syntax in the prose a bit jarring for my taste (I preferred the prose in this one).
Perhaps it was a side effect of the original style being difficult to translate? I'll give it a plus nonetheless because I liked it.
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I'd say it's because I used to (and still somewhat) do long sentences in French. And I'm not as much at ease with it in English. Or rather, the construction of long sentences is so different that I can't make a translation that keeps all the original meanings and that is pleasant to read. At least, I think. Anyway, thanks.