Pretty casual brony with a desire to write.
Twilight has her friends over at her castle for a quiet "Library Party" of reading and discussion. Rarity brings up an uncomfortable subject that Twilight has been avoiding for a while now, forcing her to confront and discuss the issue.
It doesn't go how ANY of them expected.
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Really enjoyed this one. It's good to see a few different takes on the idea of immortality, and fun to see a few references to fandom tropes like vampire Fluttershy.
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Thanks! That was primarily the idea. I wanted a "Twilight is immortal" fic without the "won't outlive her friends" drama, got the idea for Rarity and started pulling things together. I'm kinda proud of Applejack's version, too, since it feels different to me.
You're not the first to think of this, actually (I wrote one myself, albeit a comedy), but still, rather enjoyable.
My only complaint is, Twilight has no reason to keep living after they bite it? Did she forget about Spike? (Oh, wait, of course she did, he's Spike). Plus, she could watch over their descendants, and there's all the scientific and magical marvels of the future to look forward to.
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"No one" ever thinks of that though. They get hung up on what they can see. Spike would be a powerful motivator, agreed! What about Luna and Celestia? Celestia in particular gets my greatest sympathies. Even if we presume Cadence won't live beyond Shining Armor, I imagine Twilight would want to watch over their children (already canon!) too! Again, plenty of good reasons. :) Part of this was, in fact, inspired by the all-too-common theme of the over-romanticized notion of Twilight being so attached to her friends.
I considered lampooning that bit, at little, but in the end I wasn't really going for comedy, just a little silliness and absurdity.
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Oh, I understand perfectly. I find that theme to get a bit old, too. There ARE those who've thought of some of those points--Wanderer D wrote something recently, and I had a much more comedic take on it myself.
Anyway, well done on the different ways of immortality. It never occurred to me to use serial reincarnation for mine, and I'm kicking myself for not making Fluttershy a vampire in retrospect.
A perfect world! One where Twilight's pathetic fucking pet dragon is absent from everything his surrogate family (or so he wishes) does together. Hopefully this fic takes place in an alternate universe where Twilight smashed his soft newborn skull and shipped his half-dead body--via priority mail so he wouldn't die during transit--to a pedophile, like she should've done the minute he hatched.
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Heh. Not sure that was called for. I get what you're saying, but I'm not sure it's worth blowing a gasket over.
I'd like to see a sequel where they're fighting a monster and it does something terrible to somepony - probably Dash or AJ - and everypony else is completely unphased. The gobsmacked look when they just come back would be epic.
Holy crap, that was incredible! One of my favorite stories so far.
Hmm...would Twilight be able to help AJ find Apple Bloom's soul tree? Just a side thought.
I loved it! Amazing job!
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Hehe. I've thought about that a few times. If something good pops into my head I'll probably try writing it. :)
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Thank you for your kind words! I had a lot of fun thinking this up and writing it, even if it's mostly just silly musing. :)
I can imagine Twilight really wanting to research the connection to the trees, there, and AJ going along with it only for AB's sake! I feel they'd keep it a close secret, but of course they're close enough friends to trust each other with those sorts of secrets. I'll have to think about that one a bit.
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Also, what inspired Dash's immortality? Was it Undertale?
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Actually, I (*shameface*) hadn't played Undertale at that point! The idea behind it is that Dash is able to literally refuse to die, tapping into her element of Loyalty to revive herself so long as there's someone or something she's loyal enough to. It's sort of a side-effect of how entwined with her Element she's become.
I'd still like to come up with a BETTER idea or version of immortality for her, though "I'm just that awesome" does sorta fit for Dash.
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I figured it wasn't Undertale, although Dash being a master of Determination is pretty epic.
I think that’s pure Pinky Pie
Great story
I liked the different interpretations of immortality, but I kinda feel bad for Apple Jack. Oh well. I figure they would work something out for her eventually . Maybe like tree grafting or something. And the part where Twilight offered to escort her friends into their next life seemed really fitting for her; very conscientious and heartbreakingly sweet.
Well done
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Thank you! I tried to catch the personalities as best I could without going overboard.
It still tickles me that these old stories still get some views and people like them. Actually makes me want to write again. :)
I'm revisiting this story after six years because it's never once left my brain in that time. The ideas are so good and unique and its expertly written. Literal crime it isnt more popular