This story is a sequel to Opportunity
Flim and Flam are twins who've always had big dreams. Their latest was the Super Speedy Cider Squeesy 6000. But now, it is nothing more than a collection of mechanical junk. The gig was Flim's idea, and he feels an overwhelming sense of guilt for its failure. Now, the brothers find themselves stranded in the middle of a country road, with their whole world literally crumbling before their eyes. Choices must be made, and lines must be drawn. It won't be easy.
This story takes place shortly after the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy episode. Just a one shot, slice of life look into the brothers. I've written it to be a prequel to my upcoming Applejack/Flim romance An Honest Life. It'll be a while before it's written down, but I wanted to share this prequel with you none the less. I hope you enjoy it!
Wait, how'd the Super Cider Squeezy 6000 break? And also, just because everyone in Ponyville, including Flim and Flam, were acting like idiots, doesn't mean that they couldn't find business elsewhere. Especially if places like Apploosa don't have the same production rate of cider as the Mane Six and the Apple family when they're working together perfectly.
4293947 It'll be explained in detail in my story An Honest Life. Suffice it to say, news got out of their little stunt in Ponyville, and the other towns wanted nothing to do with them or their machine. It wouldn't work right after being pushed so far and abused in the contest (whole trees will do that to any machine) and after a few more stunts, it eventually started to fall apart. Plus, you got to admit they're really vain. I don't think they'd collaborate with some other apple orchard, especially after being humiliated by the Apple family. From your comment, I gather I should have put more of that into this story. Sorry about that.
It'll be interesting to see how this turns out, but I guess I'll have to wait for the sequel.
A great fanfic! Flim is my favourite pony.
4305183 Glad you enjoyed it. Look forward to the sequel. It's going to have a LOT of Flim in it
Looks as though it's going to be interesting! The first time I read through it, I must have read too fast, and I misunderstood and thought maybe Flim had epilepsy. Sounds like consumption?--or asthma?--Anyway, you did a nice job establishing him as good at heart, and I'll look forward to seeing what you do with them.
I'm not sure how this will lead up to the sequel, but I guess I'll find out later.
It was a nice story overall. Also, I'm interested in Peach Blossom. I do hope she appears in the sequel! Normally, I tend to be really annoyed at characters that are children that make fun of the older protagonist. And I do see this in all kinds of media. I even remember reading a book or two that had a similar situation (with the orchard and all). But honestly, I liked Peach Blossom here, even with her attitude. I dunno why. But you should be happy.
The only complaint I have is the huge amount of adverbs. Eh, but what do I know, I probably do it, too.
4311815 Hmmm. I never realized all the adverbs. Ooops. Thanks for pointing that out!
An Honest Life sounds interesting, and this fic dropped enough hints to build up my interest. I'll keep my eye on you.
One thing, though: usually when someone says a statement with another character's name in it, there's a comma. For example: "Blah blah blah, Name." Just a nitpick, though.
4319638 Wow. I never noticed that about the comma. Thanks for pointing that out! I'm glad you enjoyed it; I'm pretty excited to write An Honest Life as soon as I finish my other story. Flim is a very interesting character to me, and I can't wait to write more of him.
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Nice to meet another Flim/AJ fan
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Good. I look forward to seeing that.
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Read both this and Opportunity and really enjoyed both. Flim and Flam may be unpleasant, but they're certainly no Sombra! So its nice giving them some redeemable features.
I found one mistake tho
I think you meant 'decent cider' :o
Anyway, can't wait for the AJ/Flim story, though I do wonder why people seem to prefer Flim over Flam...is it the moustache??
4688740 Thanks for pointing that out. I'm glad you liked it. Look forward to more someday.
Very well written. I particularly enjoyed how you spanned out on the brother's personalities. Keep it up!
4964375 Thanks!
I'm glad to hear people are still reading it. Hopefully I'll be able to start my long running story on them soon. But, What Changes May Come is taking a lot longer to finish than I anticipated 
. Someday soon I hope.
This one-shot is by far the best Flim Flam bros fanfic I've ever read! I can't wait until you write the Flimjack one
5141412 Thanks. I try.
I'm really excited about the Flim x Applejack fic too. It's going to be interesting to say the least.
Now that I've read both this and "Opportunity," I have a question. In "Oportunity," you explained how Flim had more speed that Flam, and in this story, Flim seems to have lungs that maybe don't work how they should. I wonder if maybe that is a coincidence, of if they tie in together? I'm sure I've already told you, but brilliant job on both.
5141450 Oh they tie in together, and there's a whole story behind that. But you'll have to wait for my Flim x Applejack story for that bit.
I'm glad you're enjoying my work! Thanks for reading.
5141467 Ah, I see. I can't wait to read it, any clue when you might be publishing it?
5141551 When I get finished with What Changes May Come and a few other shorts I've got backing up.
You ship Flim and Applejack?
me too! And this little one-shot was AMAZING. Glad I read it!
6091969 Yeah, another FlimJack shipper!
That's my AJ OTP right there. Wrote a 70k word FlimJack novel, An Honest Life if you enjoyed this one. It's a sequel to this one. Will be writing more eventually as they're just too precious not to write about. 
6091987 I'm reading it right now! And they're my OTP for the whole show! xD
You did an excellent job conveying the "I'm really cheesed off at you right now, but darn it you're my brother and I love you" dynamic at the beginning there.
Also, I always have a Dickens of a time keeping the two brothers straight, since their names are so similar.