The most I've been able to write in months. · 6:12pm Aug 8th, 2013
It's 300 words short of a big enough thing to post as a story, without adding superfluous padding. So have it as a blog entry instead.
Thank you all, for being here.
A Little Bit of Good.
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Recess at Ponyville Elementary was always greeted with abandon, no matter how commonly it came. Fillies played on the grounds, colts chased each other and caught bugs, and here and there, friends gathered together to share what they'd learned, or just to relax until the bell rang once more.
Today however, though still like most other recesses, saw a most peculiar event trespass to those who watched.
Peppermint Twist had been jumping rope in a corner by herself, when an errant ball had come from behind and collided with her up-side the head. Her glasses flew off her face from the impact, landing quite a fair few feet away. The filly instantly fell on to her knees, and began groping around for her glasses, as she was as nearly blind as a bat without them.
A look to the side revealed that the ball hadn't been so errant after all, as Diamond Tiara rested a hoof on another one, pointing and laughing at Twist's predicament. At this distance, one couldn't hear what she was saying.
But one could see the look of shock on Silver Spoon's face, as she stared over at Twist and her frantic search. The grey filly then turned to her companion and shoved her disapprovingly, which got a look of startled surprise. The two seemed to argue for a bit, at one point Silver pointing to her own glasses, her face twisted into a heated expression. One almost expected for the pink pony to begin shoving and yelling in kind, but whatever she had said, had a disarming effect on Tiara, who leaned back, ears folded.
Silver Spoon then proceeded to dash over to Twist, and retrieved her glasses. She held the filly by the shoulders, and then gently placed them on her face again. Needless to say, Twist was shocked and surprised as she got a good look at who came to her rescue, but didn't waste time wondering as she leapt forward and hugged the grey pony tightly. Said pony stood still for a few seconds, before awkwardly patting her on the back.
Diamond Tiara joined them presently, looking oddly contrite. Twist looked at her, and words were said, again muted by the distance. Eventually, the tan pony nodded to her, before breaking off from them to continue her recess, apparently none the worse for wear, while Silver Spoon rejoined her friend's side. They traded more words, comforting ones it seemed, before the two proceed to perform their sugar-lump-rump routine. The fillies then proceeded to wander off together in a completely different direction, away from the playground.
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Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo all stared from their seat at the picnic table, even after the bullies departed the schoolyard. "Did that just... happen?" Scootaloo asked.
"It did." Bloom confirmed, looking over at Twist, who was now playing in the sandbox. "That was Silver Spoon, bein'... nice."
"You know, I'd always thought that there was good in every pony." Sweetie spoke up, looking at her friends. "Not everypony shows it, but it's there. And I think we just saw it right now, too."
The pegasus made a face, while Bloom tapped her chin. "Come to think of it, ah think Silver Spoon was th' first one to start clapping after Granny Smith came in to school an' told her story to everypony."
"So maybe she's not as bad a pony as we think she is, okay." Scootaloo huffed. "But why does she hang around with Diamond Tiara then? More to the point, why's she keep picking on us with her? I wish they'd show us a little of that 'goodness'."
The unicorn shrugged, before turning back to her sandwich. "Maybe she just usually saves it for her. Plus, you saw how she talked to Diamond Tiara... and don't tell me that what she said to Twist wasn't an apology. Who knows?"
"Maybe she sees a little good in her too."
Nice to hear from you again, and while this may have been short it is still well done
Aw... it doesn't allow me to upvote blogs...
That was a nice short story and it got me thinking as to what Silver Spoon might be like if she didn't hang out with Diamond Tiara.
Well, I guess even Silver Spoon has some standards.
Typically Silver Spoon is portrayed as DT's unwilling victim. It's a bit old and tired, but I enjoyed the story nontheless.
Muh feels.
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We love every little bit we can get out of you, Connor.
Joking aside, this was a really touching short-fic and the concept could be easily expanded. How I can see it as a full fledged story is that Tiara didn't aknowledge Silver's simpathy for twist or that she just swallowed her courage for the sake of their friendship, only to question it later. This is a very interesting view on one of the most underdeveloped characters in the entire series, and also shows the crude reality behind a lot of of cases on bullying. Bravo, Mr. Cogwork, for this little piece of win.
Have all y moniessss
Aw, that was nice and sweet.
Daawn, I can't upvote this! Good work
Out of those two, it is always Silver the one who seems a bit less...how to say this? Bloody annoying? Yes, thta may do.
Such a sweet story. It doesn't matter if this is all you could do. You did a wonderful job!
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Aw, that's sweet.
D'aw! Great work!
Silver Spoon is obviously the less dickish of the two. That, or glasses-wearing ponies have a secret society and Spoon was upholding the oath of mutual assistance taken by all members.
I can fill in the muted dialog if I wanted to... but that is a way you could have extended this to the requisite length for a fic submission. At the end, view the scene again from Silver's POV and reveal the words.
Diamond Tiara is an Alpha Bitch through and through, right down to the cutie mark (seriously, what is that tiara supposed to represent as her talent? Wearing a tiara? Being an alpha bitch?), Silver Spoon, on the other hand, consistently shows signs of simply being a satellite to the most quote-unquote "popular" girl, and on her own is clearly not a jerk at all. And her cutie mark has an easy translation from its representation: Antiques Dealer.
It's great to see you around again! And with an adorable story to boot. Awesome day for everyone.
Very sweet indeed
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Hmm... That is a very good question actually: What is the Special Talent of certain characters? Namely Diamond Tiara, Silver Spoon, Snips, Snails; just to name a few.
Seriously, they've made a lot of fuss about CM and special talents in almost every CMC episode and not once was it explained the ones for those characters.
I know this is something more for RealityCheck, but I needed to put it down.
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Snips: Barber
Snails: Being
a retardslow on the uptakeSilver Spoon: Antiquing
Diamond Tiara: FUCK ME I DUNNO