Appledashery

by Just Essay

Appledashery

It's hard to say if whether or not Rainbow Dash ever truly feared for her own person. Yes, she was courageous, and, yes, she was daring. This was especially true of those early days, when the only way to do something thoughtful was to do it adventurously and explosively. While I agree that she's changed considerably since, there's still much of the same Rainbow in her today—the Rainbow that's mischievous, that loves fun things, that can only accomplish tasks by the most complicated and convoluted means imaginable, because to do so is to prove that she's somehow alive, and not just—say—some rock lying on a plateau and suffering the slings and arrows of entropy.

There's no denying that a lot of what Rainbow Dash did was self-destructive. Perhaps, in a lot of ways, she was punishing herself. She knew what she wanted and there was always... always a direct path to get there. But she never settled for it. She felt like there was so much in her life that she had to earn, and even then it was some strangely humble act of epic impossiblity, wherein the journey towards achieving something far outshone the very real potential for failing at it.

Anyone who's heard of Rainbow Dash testifies over how much she likes to win.

Anyone who knows her realizes that she's winning all the time, even when she's losing. Because—in the end, with all that Rainbow has gained and lost—she can say with pride that she has done everything her way.

How incomprehensibly rewarding a thing it is to know that she would not end up winning in life alone...

Comments

[unknownbore]

New chapter/part time!! Yay!

[Aatxe360]

Auuuggghhhh! A wait for the next chapter!

[Lightning Bearer]

I always like these interludes; not only for the (hopefully not misleading) promises of cuddles to come, but for the first-drop-of-a-rollercoaster feeling of a new and unexpected story arc.

[YoshiFawful64]

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Me too. They also make a nice reprieve after all the craziness that usually happens towards the end of an arc.

[RoboRed]

Take it away, Keyboard Scoots!

[Tchernobog]

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[Meridian Prime]

Far too appropriate (except for the whole about to die thing). I also found a perfect song for this story, but I think I'll save it for the next chapter involving actual Appledash.

[Jay_Baker]

Rainbow dash sure is complicated

[Future Regret]

Damn these chapters are good.

[DrEggnog]

And I'm still not even halfway to caught up. Long story is long.

[DeathFox4]

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You don't say....

I'm 4 weeks behind you. How do you think I feel gal?

[Phoenix Kitten]

6288379 6 weeks behind you, 4 days in and only now cracking 300 chapters.

[Weehawk]

This was a great chapter

[cosmofur]

With the story still 'unfinished' (whatever 'finish' could possibly mean in a story like this) and hundreds of chapters to catch up, I'm starting to get the feeling, that dispite the title...the cuddles in the 'end' may not be with Applejack.
It almost makes sense that in the end after such personal growth that Rainbows needs and wants may change and that may explain the vague language Scoots sometimes uses.

[arancaytar]

Anyone who knows her realizes that she's winning all the time , even when she's losing. Because—in the end, with all that Rainbow has gained and lost—she can say with pride that she has done everything her way .

She's lived a life that's full
She's traveled each and every highway
But more, much more than this

(Aaaaand there's a good place to stop for today. 33% done by word count.)