Star Swirl The Bearded Goes To Bed

Star Swirl the Bearded has been working on his masterpiece for a long while now, but even after all this time he has never managed to complete it. After his student Clover visits him with some important news about the future, Star Swirl must work out for himself what his true priorities are, and whether he wants to carry on working or finally get some rest...

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i_am_the_jam

i_am_the_jam #1 · May 5th, 2013 · · ·

Excellently executed.

Now I wonder if Twilight is a descendant of Clover....

thebiscuitbrigade

thebiscuitbrigade #2 · May 6th, 2013 · · ·

2531159 Hmm, possibly? In all honesty I'm not sure myself, but it might be fun to work out at some point.

Thanks for the fave and the comment!

flamevulture17

flamevulture17 #3 · May 8th, 2013 · 1 · ·

Great job in representing Star Swirl. He reminds me of myself at times (minus the magic and competence). One who looks at things from an initial perspective of knowledge and ego, only to stop and think all of a sudden about thing things we don't have.

The quest for friendship begins with the the lack thereof. I'm not (nor do I care to be) the first to come up with that, but it fits this story (and even MLP in general) quite accurately. It's nice to read a story that explores what it's like to have trouble with friends, and the methods in which we search for people to be with that can be difficult, even if we make mistakes along the way. That's how I felt about the relationship between Star Swirl and Clover.

I don't know much about friendship myself (considering my broken circle of friends), so maybe I have to start looking around.

This story made me think. I thank you for that.

thebiscuitbrigade

thebiscuitbrigade #4 · May 9th, 2013 · · ·

2544524 Thank you very much for the comment - I'm glad you liked my take on Star Swirl. It was a challenge to write some of his earlier dialogue at the beginning simply because of the fine line between insensitivity and maliciousness, so I'm happy that it seems to have come across OK.

With regards to friendship, I think that the best thing anyone can do is simply be yourself and you'll eventually find the right people. Not that that's always easy, of course, but it's usually worth it.

Lorthalis of Crows