Appledashery

by Just Essay

Appledashery

I like to think that I know my friends, my family members, and my spouse pretty well. But, the truth is, life is a lot more realistic if we take all of our loved ones and multiply them by two. That's how many ponies we truly know... or at least think we know.

What I mean by that is that there's never a single representation of another pony in our perspective. There is, in fact, two of every pony... the pony we know intimately, and the pony that we perceive... that we imagine... that we hold fantasy conversations with when we miss the real them.

Distance exists in many ways. There's emotional distance, psychological distance, and—of course—physical distance. All of these act as factors that separate the perceived pony from the real pony we ultimately reflect when associating in person.

The reason I bring this up is because—at this point in the story—I'm recalling something that Rainbow Dash once taught me during one of our many heart-to-hearts.

She said that "Love happens twice, and it divides your life in half. There is the time that you know nothing except for loving, and then there's the time when you know nothing except for being loved. Both are super different... but also super awesome—in their own way."

Sometimes I think she forgets that the same works with friendship. There comes a point of no return, a point of immutable bond and trust.

And nothing can break that bond, no matter how jagged... how deliberate...

Or even how sinister.

Honestly, I can't blame her for forgetting about it every now and then... or at least trying to.

Comments

[Sharp Quill]

Wait. Scoots is married?

[Ishiden]

6341785 And more... Spouse??? WHOOOOOO?????

[alarajrogers]

Crap. Lancie is totally going to go evil again once he gets his body back, isn't he.

[viofriedsevey]

Dammit, I'm soooooo curious to know who scoots is married to, guessing were not gonna find out for a very long time.

[YoshiFawful64]

6341785 6341807
She's mentioned having a husband before, you know.

[Lightning Bearer]

Well, that bodes super.

[viofriedsevey]

6341884 Huh, don't remember this. Then again just the other day I was trying to remember which Fanfic I read one time where Rainbow was a shipping pony, (if thats the proper job title) when it hit me I felt like an idiot.

[Fishberry]

ScootaRumble?

[Jern]

Scoots turned out to be a pretty eloquent mare.
Those last few paragraphs sure are foreboding though.

[zaponator]

No no no! LancieDashery is adorable and disastrously sweet! It's not sinister in any way!

I mean, unless it's true that this story is a retelling of Keep Calm and Flutter On. That would be acceptable.

[Leftover of Saikano]

And nothing can break that bond, no matter how jagged... how deliberate...
Or even how sinister.

Happy times ahead.

[Hestia]

Lancie . . . What did you do?

[Lone Gazebo]

I've done it! It only took 16 hours of bus trips and other various massive delays. I finally have twice the East Horse to keep up with on a daily basis.

[BabySkittleMonster]

You know, I'm really starting to hate being jerked around on this hectic tumble of a story. It seems whenever we get even the slightest illusion of happiness, it gets savagely ripped from us. If I wasn't so masochistic when it comes to literature, I think I would have had to stop reading simply to protect my heart. Then again, this train wreck of a story is exactly that - a train wreck. So horrifying and sad, destroying the lives and hearts of hundreds, yet you absolutely cannot look away. You can't stop reading. Not to save your soul, not to prevent embarrassing displays of tears in public, not at all. And the whole time, the absolute worst part is how heart-wrenchingly good it is. So much hope and passion and joy and love that you forget that more horrors await. Kind of like Faking It in that regard - so much pain and deceit and hiding, but still unbearably hopeful.

TL;DR Thank you, JE, for breaking me. Again. You sadistic evil God, you.

[DrEggnog]

Scootaspouse? A nice glint of happiness at the end of an often bleak arc.

[arancaytar]

I like to think that I know my friends, my family members, and my spouse pretty well

Scoots is married in the present!

(Not to RD I hope; that'd be some weird twist not to mention kind of skeezy.)