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After an unsettling experience with Soarin, and hearing that her friends think she's gay, Rainbow Dash starts to question her sexuality.

When she finds out the truth, will it jeopardize her relationship with Soarin and perhaps her friends?

The "Sex" tag is for language. This is not a story about being gay or not gay, but on uncovering one's identity and coming out.

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I have not read this yet, but I'm going to fave it anyway. 'Cause recently I was talking to my Dad about me being a brony and he actually asked me if I was GAY!!! WITCH I'M NOT!!! :twilightangry2: I just gave him a look that said 'you douchebag' :ajbemused: So take my fave.

An interesting read, even if the plot was played thoroughly straight (ba-dum-tish) so far. I'll be interested in seeing where this goes, but I'm going to toss my guess in right here: asexual.

It was most interesting to see the reactions and interactions between RD and the others of the mane six. It says a lot about your interpretation of both their relationships with each other and those around them and especially their relationship with Rainbow Dash.

Well done on the technical aspects as well. I didn't catch anything glaring on a steady read through.

Overall, I enjoyed it. It is, so far, a quick read with a good underlying plot and a good characterization of the main character and well composed as well. Thank you for sharing!

dat cliffhanger

Oh poor Pinkie trying to help and getting shot down...

An interesting read, even if the plot was played thoroughly straight (ba-dum-tish) so far.

:rainbowlaugh:

I do personally think you have a good idea with Pinkie being Pan-sexual. It makes sense to me that she does not care she just finds a pony to love. I also think it makes perfect sense for her to have a crush on Dash even if Dash does not feel the same.

I am surprised that since this is not a one chapter story that you did not play up more confusion after the Pinkie incident since doing so would play out more drama in the long run I would think but since we are on a cliff hanger anyway maybe it does not matter.

Still feel sad for Pinkie though she got shot down pretty hard (though she took it like a champ and I don't blame Dash either she did get surprised).

A pretty good start, looking forward to read more

Is this in the Bride of Discord Universe?

4131675 YES!!!!!!!
That was the point of this!

I do enjoy seeing my favorite of the 6 being so hung up on a small paranoid idea. I also enjoy the detail of the story. Professionally, I say, please make more


Unprofessionally, MORE MORE MORE! This is awesome!:pinkiehappy::derpyderp1::derpyderp2::derpytongue2:

...Did you just take Gender Studies or something?
As someone who would be considered a pan-sexual, I've always found the heavy classification of these things to be a bit odd. I mean, I can see you're going for aesexual here, but I like the term "Lower Left Corner" a bit better: sexual attraction is often best represented in two-dimensional graphs.

Anyway... Neat little bit about this you wrote here...

4132067 No, I didn't take Gender Studies. I just went to college. :twilightsmile:
And one of my friends is pansexual.

Nice. Although I think I can figure the answer here (mainly because in an RP I've created a character with a similar inclination). Interesting to see Twilight's position on the spectrum, too. Interesting to see how it all plays out.

4132088
Ah. Sorry then. I had a couple of friends who took gender-studies and got waaayyy more into it than I thought was really necessary...

Based on that last question, I'm guessing she got the same result as Celestia. Great story. Really makes you think, and it's entertaining to read.

Interesting, she's sounding A-type. :rainbowderp:

So if she's asexual then..... oh wow. Great story btw and I hope you continue it. Personally thinking she's asexual as do everyone else but it's your story so you steer it how you want it.

what is it?

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS IT?:twilightangry2::twilightangry2::twilightangry2:

For the last question, my answer would be why not both :derpytongue2:

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One sided pinkiedash is pretty common these days and I can see pinkie being pansexual pretty easy so no surprise the author went that route she does love everyone right? Thats what pansexual is where you are pretty much gender blind and you are attracted to whatever.

Dash is Cakesexual. Just like Celestia.

Hmmm... I once participated in a short lecture-y thing at a youth group convention I went to. It was run by this one woman from an LGBT organization, what the name is, I completely forget... But what I do remember is that she described herself as pansexual, and you nearly word for word simulated her response. I really like this story and I'm hoping there is more coming soon. You earn a like and fave:heart::pinkiehappy:

I am hereby putting my money on it saying she is demisexual like Twilight.:twilightsmile:

You know, I've been thinking a lot lately about my own asexuality, and I realized that ace Dash was the closest thing I had to a headcanon. It fits so well with everything we know about her! I spent a long time searching FIMFiction for anything relating to ace themes and turned up almost nothing, to my disappointment.

And then this drops into the feature box, well-written, sensitive, and anything but simplistic. Thank you. Just... thank you for writing this.

Am I the only one who thinks RD is demisexual?

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What's demisexual? is that another fancy term for pan? if you dont mind explaining that is.

4133621 Twilight explains it in here. It refers to someone who experiences no sexual attraction unless they have a strong emotional connection with someone.:twilightsheepish:

4133634
Oh! Well silly me thanks for taking the time to explain.:twilightsheepish:

After a similar experience,...

Just how similar was you experience exactly? :rainbowderp:
i merely jest of course :raritywink:

Honestly, I wasn't expacting a story titled "I Am Not Gay" to be about asexualluty... or demisexuallity... or any sexuallity other than homosexuallity...

4133752 My boyfriend didn't come on to me, if that's what you're thinking. I don't even have a boyfriend!

4133428 doubt it, she would probably feel sexual feeling towards soarin if that was the case as she spends a lot of time with him and clearely has at least some emotional attachment towards him.

:pinkiegasp:Pinkie And Rainbow? that is just :rainbowhuh: i don't have anything against it im just surprised because i don't read many stories about Pinkiedash.

4133428

Seems far more asexual with a platonic attraction.

Don't tap out, author, you have to actually answer the question to provide a satisfying ending for your readings.
Unless you want to write multiple endings, that is. That might satisfy everyone.

4134125 Sorry, it's just that I don't see RariDash as often as the others.

"You can relax, I don't mind. Besides, I got my eye on someone else."

It's Spike, isn't it... 100% Sure it's Spike. If it's not Spike I would repaint the ceiling of sistine chapel with my nose.
It's clever how you can get this ship into every story you write, I like that. :pinkiehappy:

4134017 After reading "Spike Has His Eyes On a New Gem" nothing seems weird to me anymore... :twilightoops:

I'm still holding out hope Rarity's bi, because RariJack.

Applejack I'm hoping is a lesbian, see above.

Fluttershy...I don't know.

4134479 Shrug, she could be bi, but there's no doubt she at least likes stallions.

Got some writing of my own to do right now. Will read later. :raritywink:

4134017

You realize that's the second most popular inter-Mane 6 RD ship ever, right? Right after Appledash.
So it's not just anything other than extremely popular and normal.

(We all know Rarijack is superior to Appledash anyway. Pinkiedash means AJ is free for Rarity.)

4134514 i don't read PinkieDash storys sorry.:raritywink:

4134491 Well, a bit, except that I've never had a boyfriend to deal with.

4134479

Yes. A thousand times this.

___

Also, shame on you author! No mentioning of Flash Sentry and Twi! Evil bad! Evil! Shun the Gary Stu!

Wow, that got dark quick. We need more fics like this I think. I have to agree with your interpretation of Twilight, for what it's worth. Keep up the good work.

I'm happy you wrote this. Asexuals get so little representation and understanding, even though it's probably one of the hardest identities to come to terms with. This gets a :eeyup:, a :pinkiehappy:, and a favorite.

Dang, girl. You have me even more hooked than before now. The writing is superb, the dream sequence was utterly terrifying without having to explain every single detail, the size is a bit short for my tastes, but if the trade off is more frequent updates, I'm all for this having shorter chapters. I was kinda hoping she was demi- only if it would irritate her to be like Twilight in that respect and that made her uncomfortable, but Ace works just as well, although perhaps a bit more obvious. Considering this is slightly self-insert, I can't really fault you, but nitpicks... Anyway, I both can't wait for more (yes, I can, I just don't want to) and you have inspired me to write a piece of my own* concerning sexualities/gender identities... Not sure who it'll be yet, but you have sparked my creativity.

*when I finish writing my current story probably.

You have my continued attention. This was, again, an interesting chapter. I don't have any quippy puns this time around. I thought it was an interesting read and thought provoking at the same time (same as the prior chapter.)

I used to think that I might be asexual as well, but I'm probably closer to pansexual. I tend to find all genders attractive, but feel no compulsion to get it on, as it were. Other concerns constantly come up like family, work, ponies, and other things that I consider more important than my sexuality so I tend not to think about it all that much. I'm actually pretty grateful for the opportunity to ponder it. So thank you.

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