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Rainbow Dash told Scootaloo that it doesn't matter if she can fly or not. Then Discord made her put her wings where her mouth is and now she has to live without them for a day. But wings or no, she's still Rainbow Dash, the most awesome pony in Equestria, right?
...Right?
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Oi! Skeeter! You didn't even read it before favouriting! Shame on you!
Already love the premise! Now to read!
I wish this how Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash acted in the episode
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Bitch please.
I'm still getting settled after moving.
~Skeeter The Lurker
Just as good the second time around.
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This needs to be an episode.
Like, NOW.
~Skeeter The Lurker
THIS is my new favorite slice of life fic.
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Awesome story. I cried.
You really did a beautiful job with this. It was very episode-like, it was cute, and you know I'm a sucker for a shoutout for how tough AJ is without fancy magic or wings... but that's not the point. The point is that you did a great job showing just what Scoots not being able to fly means for her, and this is a truly impressive fic.
An awesome story with an awesome lesson. Bravo good sir, madam, or thing!
Apparently this is real good fic. Shall have to check it out.
Also, you seem vaguely familiar, but I cannot for the life of me remember where.
First off, I just wanted to say I really liked the fic, I thought it was well done and I would definitely read it again and share it around
Secondly, and to preface I mean no offense with anything I might say, so if I do say something wrong, I apologize, I mean no offense. But anyway. Regarding Flight To The Finish. I thought it was a good episode. Besides the fact that it was a Scootaloo episode, I thought the message was okay. Little kids aren't going to be able to read that far into it 99% of the time, as you did. Is it so wrong for the message to be that someone in those shoes can still be successful and still be awesome despite their limitations? Is it so wrong to tell someone they can still do great things despite their limitations?
3648417 Is it better to get a child's hopes up just to get them crushed when they find adults have lied to them their whole lives?
I'm of course talking about Santa Claus.
No, you're right. The episode moral was a good one. I just thought it was done in a very lazy way and in the most lukewarm and politically correct way. That's why I got to write this story to the (mostly) adult fanbase so they could see the other side as well. I hope I did that.
3648491 You also have to keep in mind that they only get 20 minutes to tell the story. If you look at the show so far, you could even argue the two-parters (Nightmare Moon, Discord, Royal Wedding, Crystal Empire, and Tree of Harmony) were somewhat rushed, lacking something, or lazy to some extent. I think, given the 20 minute time limit, they did as good a job as they could of done with the topic, and I don't think there's much I would have changed.
As far as your fic goes, I think you did an amazing job with the topic coming from your perspective. I am fortunate not to have any physical disabilities so I can't particularly relate to you or Scootaloo in this context, although I think that was kind of the point; someone like me CAN'T relate to someone like you, and with this fic and the note at the end I think you did a fine job getting the point across
3648516 They also did Sleepless in Ponyville. It was the perfect episode with character development, feels, funnies and Scootaloo. It only took 20 minutes to melt my heart.
Thanks for all the praise though. I'm happy that people got to read this fic. I never intended to be someone writing anything about handicaps or anything of the sort. Like I said in my blog, MLP has been my escape from reality.
Today, I'm happy I got to write about it.
I understand pretty well what you mean. I lived with my own disability since birth and I didn't know until recently, which made it harder to deal with. I was often really mad when people didn't seem to understand how it was like being me. However, I realized something.
We all have our own cross to bear.
Even though I get upset at some people for how they talk about it, I appreciate it when they tell me that I am still a good person and so on.
It doesn't matter what emotional, physical or mental baggage we have, we stick together. Just thinking about our problems and letting them separate us and others. As for the normal people, they may not be able to understand, but they can still stick by us. They often put up with our own brand of issues.
I understand the message you were going, but I disagree with your approach. Mainly for the above reason and a few other things, like what with Applejack said. Earth ponies have an innate magic within them. It's a passive form of magic that grants them connection to flora, fauna and the earth, much like how Pegasi have the innate magic that allows to manipulate and walk on clouds.
In short, I like what you were going for, but I feel your approach was not the best.
A most excellent story!
3648593 I've never seen any proof of this Earth Pony magic in the canon, and I was trying to stick with it as much as I could. Where is Pinkie's connection to the earth? Why can Fluttershy speak to animals even though she isn't an Earth Pony?
There's another thing we disagree quite a lot. It's.
No. It doesn't work like that. People aren't created equal. Some people breeze through life while others just try to hang on and survive. Tell that to a kid dying of AIDS at the age of five. Tell that to a teen who loses both legs in a car accident. Go right up to them and tell them that we all have own crosses to bear.
That's just the way of thinking that sickens me. It's the thought of somehow justifying the fact that people are worse off. It's not justice. Everyone is stuck with the body they are given, but that doesn't make it right. That's why I wrote this whole fic. To show that even though a disabled person can be awesome, it's still okay for them to feel bad about it and they need someone's shoulder to cry on sometimes.
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My thoughts precisely.The heart wasn't lost on a re-read.
Warning: This comment contains massive spoilers. If you don't want spoilers, DON'T read this comment!
This is the first story from you I'm reviewing, since I didn't leave a comment for "Lead. Care. Inspire." With that being said, usually I mention here that any criticisms I have against the story are my own opinion, aren't meant to insult or discourage, and should be taken as you will. But I don't have any criticisms that I'll present here, and I'll explain why later.
With that out of the way, I will say that this story had twists that I didn't think would come up, and they were all welcome. At first, I was beginning to wonder how the experiences Rainbow Dash was going through—working on the ground, not being able to work in the weather—were meant to teach her the lesson she needed to learn; finding out that doing all of this WASN'T it surprised me, and it was a welcome surprise. The further surprise that doing things akin to who she was on the inside, and things not akin to her on the inside, wasn't the answer either was also a nice surprise. It kept me guessing, and I read on because of it.
I think the best surprise, though, was the revelation that accepting it WASN'T the goal, and breaking down in despair was. When I read that, it shocked me, and rarely do stories do that. For a story like this, with what I think you were trying to accomplish, I think that was extraordinarily effective. It really got the point across to me. It was very well done, in my opinion.
The surprises were good, and the challenges she had to face and she willingly undertook were good as well. It felt very episodic, but more importantly, it gradually eased in the overall implication of the situation. The prospect of working on the farm kept it in familiarity, as did pulling the cart, while not hitting too close to Dash; I like that checking into the Weather Team Office came after, since that eased the situation closer to her. With the disruption of familiarity ruined, moving on to the limitation of opportunity also seems to be a good move, since it not only interfered with the old life, but now it interfered with the future.
That's the struggles and challenges on a technical level; on an emotional level, I say it gradually effected me, emphasis on gradually. It was a disruption of life from the mundane to the personal, affecting all aspects of life. I couldn't imagine what it would be like to have my life uprooted; having my future destroyed would seem unbearable. Trying the alternatives and not reaching the conclusion would also seem frustrating as well.
Speaking of frustration, I think Rainbow Dash was excellent in this story. She did her best to keep the bravado, and at first she seemed like she was doing a good job. I like how you also kept her bull-headed throughout, having her continuously battle without taking the time to think about it. That not only kept the action going, but also kept whittling away at her character until we got to the exposed part of her, the part where her fears were out in the open. The part where she freaked out was done well, and I like that you didn't mitigate that in any way (or at least that's how it comes across).
Speaking of suffering, I think Discord was excellent in this. He stayed true to his word, even when he didn't want to, showing both an in-control side and a sympathetic side. But throughout, he was the strong-willed asshole who wouldn't let up. I think this is good practically—sometimes we need someone to be unscrupulous with us—characteristically—it's in Discord's nature to play on other's feelings—and even symbolically—be, being a being of chaos, caused chaos in Rainbow Dash's life by taking her wings away. I'm not sure if you intended all of this, but it does appear to be ideal casting.
Emotionally, looking back at the story, I'm glad I was frustrated that Rainbow Dash wasn't getting it, and I was frustrated at Discord not (being able to) let(ting) up. It both made the fight that much harder, and the revelation that much more powerful. The dynamic between the two, Discord being adamant and Rainbow Dash fluctuating the way she did, was very gripping, and I thank you for writing them like that.
The other characters appear to be in character, with ideal casting in situations and even some revelations along the way. I enjoyed the comment Granny Smith made about Rainbow Dash seeming unhealthy, and Thunderlane taking over the Weather Team was another nice surprise—you never know. I think Applejack's talk of earth pony magic was pretty good—it's not something I haven't heard before, but it does fit the situation, and the way it's presented does present questions about the relationship between the earth ponies and the other two tribes/races/what-have-you. I've no complaints about them.
The ending scene was pretty good. It ends with Rainbow Dash making sure Scootaloo understands that she meant what she said about her being awesome. Making it end not on a heartwarming embrace, but on a moment of consolation kept the point in focus: that sometimes there's not a resolution to life's problems, and sometimes you need someone to comfort you in those times (I think). The offer to take Scootaloo to the Wonderbolts show in Ponyville seems like a good way for the two to bond. Overall, it was pretty good.
I've three more things I'd like to talk about: the setting, a certain technique you employed, and the tone. The setting has references to the time of day and the weather; I thought the draftiness in the barn where Rainbow Dash slept, and the sunset that was going on when Scootaloo was scootering (or riding her scooter, since that doesn't appear to be a word) were nice touches to it. The story was focused a lot more on the characters, which is a good decision for a story like this, but the touches on the setting were great.
The technique I'm talking about is when you did things like this:
The constant reference to the fact that she once had wings, but doesn't anymore made me stop for a few moments to take stock of the situation, and for a story where the focus is on what one doesn't have, I think this was clever. It certainly got me to notice and keep my mind on the situation. It's a moment where a trick with the way a story is told paid off.
All of that is well and good, but I think the tone makes the story. You have a strange situation with no idea of what the future will hold, and as things got more limited for Rainbow Dash, Discord wouldn't let up. That's the power of this story, I believe: you were relentless with it. You didn't let us have a chance to consider that there was some good in it; you continued beating us down to the point where there didn't seem to be any hope, and with that being the message, you drove us straight there. This was a story where the full weight of a situation didn't come down until Rainbow Dash stopped fighting and broke down, and then, after the suffering, we learned the lesson and then were allowed to get back into reality. That is powerful.
I don't know what it's like to be crippled, but I think I can take away a sense of hopelessless and gratitude from a story like this. I have been exposed to the possibility of having my life uprooted, and having something I love and use to live taken away. This story has surprised me, shocked me, and forced me to contemplate, and I thank you for that.
Overall, I thought this story was to-the-point, powerful, and meaningful. The characters were both in-character and dynamic, the struggles were gradual and poignant, the revelation at the end was powerful. I do have some criticisms against the story, but I won't present them, at least not here. This is because the criticisms I have aren't anything about the story that could be tweaked to make it streamline better; they're things about the nature of the story that could potentially change an entire scene, or even the story itself. That's why I won't present them here. Overall, I loved this.
I wish you the best of luck with your next story/update!
This... was... perfect. I'm not even lying when I say that. The writing was great, the plot was well thought out, everything was well-paced. Great story!
3648733 You know, comments like yours are the reason why I want to open up a new document and start hammering away.
I can't really comment on most of the things because you were spot on with 99% of them. I did stop to think about the characters quite a bit. Maybe I can shed some light on some of the decisions I made in the story? One thing you did maybe get wrong was that even though the narrative itself was relentless, Discord wasn't the primus motor in the end any more. He was also stuck in the contract as was RD, and he was bored as heck because he had to watch RD hit her head on the proverbial wall over and over again. He didn't expect RD to be so stubborn and thick-headed. In the end, he forced RD's realisation by giving her all the incentives that someone facing a disability would be hurt by. Mock understanding, trying to give empty solutions, and most of all, pity. The fact that the final punches came from Twilight, one of RD's best friends, was the bit that really broke her. I don't think that Discord could have gotten his point across without her help. Seems cruel, but I guess Twily figured out how to help RD actually end the dare. She did blame herself for getting RD into the contract in the first place.
Discord wanted to pay RD back for her comment earlier with this whole ordeal. It started when Discord told her that he actually thought about the lives of ponies in Equestria, and RD dismissed him as thinking on how to ruin those lives. That's when Discord decided to show RD that even though it felt like he was ruining it, he was still helping in the end. Remeber, he isn't evil, Fluttershy made sure of that. It doesn't make him good or nice. After that, he was just waiting for an opening to get under RD's skin. He also introduced a healthy amount of chaos into RD's life, just as you said, and acted otherwise chaotically as was to obfuscate the fine print in the deal. He even used a silly smileyface as a signature and Twilight as a notary so the ponies wouldn't catch on that he would twist the meaning of every line in the contract before the end.
I love to use the comments section as the, well... "how it was done" box. If you have any questions on why I chose to do something, I'll gladly answer. It'll also help me improve my grasp on the characters so they'll be easier to write in the future.
This was brilliant. Simply brilliant. The moral, the characterization, the pacing, I could go on. It is one of the best slice of life one shots I have read. And that ending! Right in the feels!
Now we need to find a way to get you to write for the show. Issues for season 5.
3648491 If I might intrude a little.
I think the moral of the episode was fine. It's not getting a disabled kids' hopes up to tell them to focus on other talents. Sometimes your disability means you have to let a dream go. Even one you've worked on for your whole life. And saying that there's always a chance their dream may come true some day is hardly lying. People do make miraculous recoveries sometimes. It's rare, but it's not a lie. Some conditions can be treated with medication. And what looks to be a borderline disability like Scoot's can be overcome in some cases through training alone. I'm not saying there isn't a bridge to cross if it doesn't happen that way, but the advice of learning to accept that you can't always live your dreams and to embrace your other talents is good.
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I'm divided on how to feel about your stance. On one hand, you're right. It is important to have someone's shoulder to cry on when you really need it. Life isn't fair. In fact, it downright sucks an awful lot for those of us who aren't "normal". When you know that on any average day, the person standing next to you doesn't have to face the same trials you do on a daily basis, it does get rather frustrating sometimes.
But on the flip side of things, at some point, you've just gotta get the hell over it. Life only deals you one hand. You can either bitch and moan about it, or play with the cards you were dealt, and make the most of it. It's a shitty deal, but those are your options. It's the one life you get. I could lay in this bed and whine about how the world constantly seems to make me its bitch, but it's honestly a waste of time and energy, because it doesn't change a thing.
What make Scootaloo so inspiring is that she has largely come to terms with her handicap. She's accepting of the fact that she has her limitations. She's made peace with her disability, and up to FTTF, she wasn't shown overtly to be ashamed of it at all.
Seeking sympathy like Scootaloo did is one thing, but it's really easy to cross the border into self-pity, in which case, you've pretty much checked out and lost the game of Life.
In this fic, if Rainbow had never gotten her wings back, she could have survived. She would have lived through it. She wouldn't have enjoyed it, but she would have learned to make do with her new problem. She could have lived the farm life. She could have gotten used to being a flightless bird. She could have made do and lived a rich, fulfilling life even without her wings. There would be lingering melancholy, and a desire to soar again that would ever be there, but she'd deal with it, 'cause as we've seen, she's not the kind to quit.
The point I'm trying to make is, it's easy to pity oneself for their poorer situation than an average individual, but one should never let Life defeat them. It'll throw curveballs, be it cancer, or AIDS, or kidney failure, etc. It sucks when it happens, believe me. But it damn sure beats the alternative.
Excellent thinking fic. Well-written, few grammatical errors, and the lesson was a good one, if a bit unspecific. I appreciate that you're trying to send the message to empathize with the disabled, but it seems like it could stray into "feel sorry for them" territory all the same, too, which isn't good either. The disabled don't want to be pitied any more than they want to have their condition.
Happy writing!
-TUC
3648939 I never said that the moral in the episode was bad. I even endorsed it in the final scene of the fic.
I just wanted to show that even after all that, it doesn't fix the fact that a small child is still afraid of her future, not knowing what she will become and what she's allowed to dream of because it might all be taken away from her. The point of this whole fic was that even though Scootaloo might put on a brave face, she is still hurting inside from the realisation and fear. It was about Rainbow Dash telling her that it was okay to feel bad about it, and that even though she can't fix it for her, she can be with her.
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You have no idea how nice it is to hear that after years of only pity. Seriously, I've been waiting my entire life to hear that. Thank you.
3648965 The first part of your post was very much true. Being a defeatist isn't the answer to a disability. I didn't want to push Scootaloo to that direction either. I just wanted to show that the moral in the show was very one-sided. You say that
She didn't look like that in the episode at all. This is the first time she has had to face her own disability and admit that she can't fly. I just wanted to show that even though she is totally awesome without being able to fly, it's okay to let it out and that there are people who do understand that it doesn't feel fair. Let's be honest here, I have never met a person who is suffering from a severe disability that wouldn't occasionally think it's unfair or hate themselves, God, bad luck or genes for it. It's natural. At those times they need someone they can hold onto that tells them that yes, life isn't fair, but at least they have someone in their lives that understands that with them. It's not just giving a politically correct cheer to someone. It's about facing another's disability as a person.
The fact that you claim RD would have lived a full life even without her wings is true... and yet so painfully wrong. It wouldn't have been her life. It would have been something she is forced into after dedicating her whole life up to that point to pursuing something completely different. She might have found A way to live and exist, but knowing her character, not a day would have gone by without her looking at the sky in despair. If this was real life, she would probably have committed suicide within a few months. Good thing for her, it was only there to teach her a lesson. There was pity in the story, underlined when Discord used it as a tool to break RD. There was no pity when RD went to tell Scoots that she would always be there for her when she needed it. It was the difference I wanted to show in this fic.
I'm sorry if that middle ground wasn't what you got from my fic. I am not advocating just lying down and dying. But I'm not supporting the very common theme in the fandom that "RD said Scoots is still awesome so she must be okay now." either. There's always more to it.
3649021 I did. It was the knee-jerk reaction I had when the episode really went into all the bad places in my life. I recommend you read the latter, more level-headed blog posts I made a few days afterwards.
I know you love to visit fics and play the devil's advocate on them to coax conversation. I just hope you learn the difference between that and just fishing for reactions. Bear in mind that when you do it with something very personal to someone, you might end up hurting them.
3649056 I recommend getting some real friends then. Mine don't pity me, but they do support me when I'm down.
3649098 Oh, no, I wasn't trying to rile you up. As you also know I have limits and I make sure lines are drawn. My advocating was only a defense of a solid debut episode, and I don't ever intend to mock or challenge your disability. After all, I know how much it stings and how nasty it can make a person quite well enough as is. Also, I never fish for reactions with my contrarian nature. Everything I say on a story I didn't like, I say with my whole heart. It's never about making others uncomfortable. It's about making them stop and think about something a different way.
Deleted some posts that had nothing to do with the fic or the topics in it. Keep it civil, people.
3649112 We were being uncivil?
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All completely true. I won't contest a single thing you say. We're practically on the same wavelength here anyway. Lord knows I've laid awake at night many a time wondering why God forced what He did upon me. I'll spare you my philosophical, moral, and religious ethics, and suffice it to say, I believe that I'm in these shoes 'cause I'm tough enough to walk in them.
It's easy to be angry and frustrated and feel like Life was unfair. But in the end, I have to come back to the fact that I think it's all worth it. And, when you step back and think about it. life is short no matter how you look at it. A hundred years is a pretty damn well-lived life, and most people'll never see that number. And even as long as we live, it's nothing but a drop in the oceans of time. Our entire species will be here and gone before Infinity even bats an eye, and the Universe will never know or care.
So whether you live five years with AIDS, or a hundred and thirty as the richest, handsomest, most-wanted sonuva bitch since George Clooney, you should enjoy the time you've got.
Ultimately, the only ripples we leave on the Universe itself is the lives we touch while we're here. Positive ripples travel farther and last longer, so I find it better to smile.
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I have great friends. I don't expect them to understand what I am going through and therefore cannot demand that they change their view of me just because I don't want their pity. Their hearts are in the right places, so I don't get frustrated with their pity of me.
liked, faved, and followed.
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She may spend the rest of her life looking up at the sky and wishing she could touch it again. She may break down and grieve for years at the loss of her wings. She may fall into despair repeatedly, but RD has one of the strongest support groups a person can have, and she knows it. I don't believe she would ever even think about suicide.
3649107 I understand what you do and why. I sometimes indulge in it as well. Just remember that what you personally find as the line might be already in the red for some or even most other people. An antagonistic person often forgets that not everyone else wishes to have their long-held beliefs or the very way they live from day to day questioned by a stranger.
For example, what you wrote just now, for me, was sheer patronising pity. Just the thing I didn't want from this fic. I am NOT the guy jumping around, waving my handicap as a tool to score sympathy points, so no need for that. Some handicapped people I know can be real assholes and use their disabilities like that. I only wanted to tell a story that I felt was left half-way last Saturday, especially because it hit so close to home with me. The episode was decent and solid, but it was still a major disappointment to me. At least it wasn't a Very Special Episode. THOSE are the epitome of societal pity if anything. I just wanted to show that if you don't actually SHOW that you think someone isn't just their handicap, instead of just SAYING it, it doesn't mean shit.
3649134 Sorry, but i don't think anyone could pity you more than you do yourself. If your friends' hearts are in the right place, then they would understand what the difference between compassion and pity is. You could talk to them about how you feel instead of just saying "I'm sick of being pitied all my life."
3649166 Well, uh, considering I was talking about myself and some of the friends I know who have had really, really shitty lives more than I was you, it wasn't meant that way. I don't want to press your buttons because it's a sore spot for me. It's empathy, not patronizing.
I suppose I kind of fit the mold of the entitled asshole pretty well. I don't feel like the world owes me something, but I do feel like I can be forgiven for being a bastard because a harsh reality generates a harsh world view. *shrug*
I'll say that Very Special Episodes are better than the Evil Cripple trope. Or worse, for us mental handicaps, when people think that being mentally ill makes you a vicious, violent person. The things I've seen written about Twilight's OCD...
3649219 I honestly expected better of you. That last burn was pretty immature.
hmm it was good
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Huh. I'm pretty sure that isn't as easy as you claim. My mental disability isn't bad, so I've been able to coast as being 'normal' with only minor, internal hiccups. However, i have had friends and even a sibling with problems that are much larger than my tiny speck of bad and I can honestly say that it is really hard to agree with your perspective on that. My brother suffers silently probably more than I can ever know, and he never does anything along the lines of 'oh woe is me'. People pity him and he can't stand it, not because he wants them to think he is normal, but because of what was said by TwilightUCrazy in his first comment. He doesn't want pity and I don't think he needs it.
Sometimes, though, it is hard to see the struggles of anyone and not pity them, and i can tell you that just not pitying a struggling person at first either means that you have no soul or you don't care. Sure it is annoying, but i think people pity out of compassion, not lack of understanding. Just my two bits, though.
3649498 Allow me to show you the other side of the coin. I worked 10 years in health care before I had to quit because of my disability. I learned not to pity people. Pitying people only makes them feel like shit. I learned to help them. If I couldn't help, I could at least listen.
People are twisting this fic into something it is not. I know. I wrote it. It was about Rainbow Dash growing closer to Scootaloo because she understood that even though Scootaloo might act tough and pretend everything was okay, there would be no way a little kid like her could get through something like that alone. It was never about pity. It was about compassion.
Well, you could think of yourself as a broken person forever.
Or you could realize that it isn't something you have any control over.
That being said, I think you're completely wrong and not really understanding what is going on here as far as the out of show stuff goes.
Here's the thing: Scootaloo never being able to fly is interesting. Her being able to fly is less interesting, because it is something every pegasus can do. Her never being able to fly is a good thing because it means that you aren't sending the (frankly retarded) moral that you can grow out of being disabled, and her just working harder to overcome her disability would be, well, stupid. It also gives us a disabled character who exists for some purpose other than feeling sorry for her, which is something which is pretty rare in the media. And that's a good thing.
Yeah, being disabled sucks. We all know that. So what? It isn't horrible that people think she's more interesting for being disabled, especially given that she's been disabled the entire length of the show.
I did actually enjoy the fic itself, though. It was a good read and a neat idea for a story, though I felt some of the dialogue in the resolution was a bit weak. Definitely earned a thumbs up.
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I understand what you are saying. I was just saying that in my experience, a person tends to pity because of compassion, even if it does make the receiver of the pity feel like shit. 8542Madness' friends aren't bad friends because they pity him, and a lot of times i see initial pity lead to compassion and to understanding. Heck, people even pity out of compassion mixed with misunderstanding.
Also, i don't think it's as much twisting (from what I've read), more rationalizing within a perspective. A story with a moral such as this one's will attract a lot of people with unique experiences and perspectives who want to share their two bits. I think that just shows how differently we all view experiences, just like the conflicting ideas with you and DVB.
I felt the need to post another comment on how great this story is now that I am back in front a desktop.
I think what really made it for me was even through the hole in the contract could be seen a mile away the way Discord uses it and Dash's reaction at the end really made it for me.
I will say I couldn't figure out what Discord was trying to teach her till Twilight spelled it out. (I feel dumb) Anyway, the lesson made sense to be me and I wish the show would have gone this route to pull Dash and Scoots together. Too bad they felt like being vague about it. Too bad about the timely as the story is being buried under peaches.
To Isseus: Amen, brother!
To the rest:
True words, you will never truly understand another's hardship. Even in this story. Dash now has a feel for what scootaloos life is like, but she still had her wings to fall back on in the end. This was just an experience to relate. No situation can be perfectly recreated to match another's, or rather, if it could, no one experiences things the same way.
I'm tired and I'm not sure where I'm going with this at the moment, but this story definitely made me stop. Loved it. Wasn't what I thought it was gonna be, and I'm glad for it. Someone needs to be passionate about this perspective right? Plaster this on EQD someone?
Thank you for sharing.
God bless,
Vortex