Appledashery

by Just Essay

Epiphanies

"And that's when it hit me...

"I had failed. In trying to achieve a pattern, I had discovered a reversal. A mirror.

"The pony of that one dimension was drawn to throwing herself in one straight line, away from all the wounds that defined here...

"And here I've discovered that there's no stopping her in this world either, for that same pony is also being herded... corralled in a straight line. Not by pain... but by love...

"Love, Rainbow Dash, such a strange... frightening little thing. More powerful than meteors. Longer lasting than any war. And the power of this damnable thing had forced this mare to fly a straight line... deep into her own self. A place where there is no escape. A place where she feels miserably happy... or happily miserable... because she is content in the sanctity of her... and knowing her... and loving her, even if they—by the boundaries of her many blessings—have to remain savagely... incomprehensibly apart.

"I thought I understood chaos. I was wrong.

"I have a lot to learn about the beautiful tragedy of a smitten heart. And yet, for all of my qualms, for all of my refrains... I can only feel envy...

"That... and the distinct feeling that I would become a great deal better—a far more sincere shred of a living thing... if I could just spend one day being you."

Comments

[RoboRed]

One of the strongest forces in the universe, it is...

[viofriedsevey]

Beautiful, honestly one of the most epic parts of any of your stories in my opinion. I'm very curious to see where it goes from here though, I remember you saying you thought it was only 2/3 done or something like that a couple months ago. I have literally no idea where youre going to go from here but it'll be dope.

[MidnightReflection]

Rainbow Dash, it's time for you to actually respond to all of this. Come on! Sparky!?

[Phoenix Kitten]

....

if I could just spend one day being you."

So... is Discord going to grant her what she wants out of the fact he feels she's earned it?
or is he going to jack her body for a day and do it for her?

[Lightning Bearer]

I've enjoyed this story (I wouldn't have stuck around this long if I didn't), but I'll admit that I've found it aimless at times. But now? I think I'm starting to get it. For all its tangents and detours and, at times, silliness, it turns out there was some logic to it all. The picture is slowly coming into focus, and it's looking pretty impressive.

I'm super curious to see Rainbow's response.

[Sam the Anti-Ninja]

6582042 Jumps up and headbutts him slaps him in the face for playing God with her life? No? Okay.

[Leftover of Saikano]

6582042 She will shrug. She has business in Sweet Apple Acres.

[Appledash_Gurl]

Does anyone remember the first 3 words we learned. It was something along the lines of I wish I right?

~ADG

[zaponator]

6581919
The strong nuclear force!

[Shipmun]

This is my favorite event in this story so far. Nonsense has never been my thing, but I stuck with this story anyway. Now I am grateful that I have.

[Sarda]

Is there a word missing in the first part of that last paragraph? Not certain what he's trying to say...

[DrEggnog]

"I thought I understood chaos. I was wrong.
"I have a lot to learn about the beautiful tragedy of a smitten heart. And yet, for all of my qualms, for all of my refrains... I can only feel envy...
"That... and the distinct feeling that I would become a great deal better—a far more sincere shred of a living thing... if I could just spend one day being you."

Ladies and gentlemen, the character development of the century. What an epic conclusion to all that has come before.

Appledashery is stupid, and overly stuffed with references and puns, and it's sometimes hard to follow and messily written and full of typos, and the formula can get a little repetitive, and generally speaking it's just GREATLY inconsistent in quality.

But when it's good? Oh, man. Ohhhhhhh, brutta. When it's good it's mind boggling in scope, fun, and depth.

This has gone from one of my top five favorite fics to one of my top three.

[kluck]

I thought I understood chaos. I was wrong.

WOW! to see Discord say that just wow

[Boop-Happy Lass]

Such character development.

I never expected things to turn out like this at all.

[arancaytar]

"I used to wonder what friendship could be..."

[berrytone]

💙