Well, I'm 17 (for now) and I absolutely love writing. Writing is one of my favourite pastimes so I'm glad that I came here!
Caramel comes home one day to find a pretty envelope on his bed. Inside is a letter from Braeburn...
This story is a bit of a metaphor. This is my attempt at stopping bullying for being homosexual and it highlights one or two of the problems that can arise.
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Ah, a little touching piece that's short, somber, and has a message. I can't say I support the project (I fully encourage their ideas and practices, but I don't do anything to help) but I'm glad it gets some recognition. Having gone through the same thing in a similar place, I can say you've got it down pat. I shall be sure to encourage this piece to others.
Oh, this was brilliant. I honestly thought that Brae was just going to just break up with him...
But poor Braeburn and Caramel.</3 I can totally relate to their situation; I'm an out (and proud! ;D) lesbian, and that's made high school a living hell. It can be the most terrifying feeling in the world, not knowing if at the next corner there will be a group of older kids waiting to beat the shit out of you or not. Or having guys slap your ass, only to then walk away laughing hysterically. We live in 2012, everyone should have the right to feel safe no matter their sexuality, skin color, etc.
Again, this was brilliant. Well done, I've never seen a story to promote the It Gets Better Project. c:
...Just thinking about Caramel reading this letter...
When I saw the letter, I cried. No understands what it feels like to be harassed, to be hurt and to hate yourself until they have went through it themselves. Me and some of my friends have gone through the same thing and tried to do what the character in this story accomplished.
Oh my God, that was so touching!
+1
This is an excellent piece that's moving and touching. I've always believed in equal rights for all people and I don't see why being gay or lesbian harms others, and it's the tolerance in this community that I enjoy with that. What makes people so defensive against people who don't even affect their lives is beyond me in their crude logic. I don't know really of anyone that goes and attacks people for their sexuality, surprising I 'spose for a city in the south. But If I did, I honestly I wouldn't allow them to live with themselves like that and report it to people.
It's been observed that homosexuality exists in countless other species besides humans. But homophobia only exists in one.
This story was so... sad, and inspiring to fight against bullying.
I am already helping stop bullying. This story was amazing.
For this awe-inspiring, sad tale, Fluttershy says "Yay!"
I give you 6/5 mustaches.
20% Cooler. 
That was sooo heartbreaking.
I couldn't help but cringe while reading, knowing what the outcome was going to be. This was a great story/metaphor/spread awareness I have ever had the pleasure to read. Poor Caramel...
Five hearts
-TLC
Of course, the way I'd have wanted to see this end would be with Caramel showing up at the last minute and giving poor Braeburn a reason to live.
But it didn't happen that way. And dammit, there have been too many cases where it didn't happen that way for humans, either.
Strongest possible +1.
I support this project wholeheartedly, and openly support gay rights and antibullying legislation. This is an important issue.
But it had to be Braeburn, eh? Not Big Mac? Whatever.
Oh god, two of the only things that actually touch my heart of stone: homophobia and suicide.
Oh… wow. I know what it's like to be the metaphorical punching bag for several hundred people, with just a handful keeping you going, and I think you got this perfectly. You have earned my complete respect, sir (or ma'am).
~ALL OF MY SADNESS~ ~OH GOD~
The homosexuality hits close to home and so does a person (or pony, in this case) killing themselves because of homophobia...
938312>>938347>>939498>>939850 You are the people that I wrote this for. I myself am bisexual and I'm not afraid to let anyone know it, thankfully that has never landed me in any trouble. But I know there are people who are affected by bullying because of their sexuality. I am glad that this was so well received because you, all of you were my inspiration for this.
939072 I picked Braeburn over Big Mac for two reasons really: one, I didn't want to have Big Mac kill himself. He's too central to the main story line and even in a work of fanfiction I couldn't bring myself to kill him. Two, Braeburn is just better looking. I wanted this to show how you can be strong and beautiful but it still doesn't matter to some people. but that's all really
938291>>938491>>938520>>938539>>938660>>938783>>939072>>939162>>939850 I'm glad that you all liked the story. I am also glad that I was able to get my message out and to get so many of you on board. Thankyou so much, it means a lot to me
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Ah! Stylistic choice! Say no more. I recognize it is not genuine malice that tends to propigate the Gayburn meme, but there is a bit of... something about it. But you did it will full innocence. Which is great.
I feel a certain amount of guilt when I support this cause and others like it. Even though I am a bisexual, and realized it in high school (Well, I thought I was gay but it turns out I was just self-limiting) I was never... abused for it. I suppose location halps: the region is VERY cosmopolitan and enlightened. As well, half of my high schooling was at a private school that had no real "bullies" to speak of (And I had a close-knit clique) and the other half was at a smaller school that was sized to disallow that sory of faceless hatred. Heck, I crushed on one of the seniors (as a junior) and as a senior sort of dated one of the juniors (we... kissed at school, but discreetly, and hung out a lot.) So... I feel like a phony supporting this noble campaign because I never suffered like these folks. I almost feel like the only thing I should do is be quiet and go away since I don't understand what others have gone through.
939931 Get me on board? Oh, I'm on board there, friend. In the words of my greatest friend describing me to some high-school homophobes, "This guy's been captaining the ass-pirate ship since seventh grade!" A bit... sharp, but more or less true. I've been quite open about my sexuality for a while, and in Texas, that's saying something. Suffice to say, Braeburn resonates with me on quite a deep level.
939990 Oh no you don't, bucko. I don't actually help either (due to being a lazy bum) but there's still prejudice against us. Even though you haven't suffered, we as a group have taken it mightily through the years. It might seem strange supporting a cause you haven't been a part of, at least on the darker side, but still, every person has an effect.
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I recognize the importance of numbers and support. But I still feel that kind of reluctance. I feel like I'm lying by omission by just being there, supportive. I've been part of many Gay-Straight organizations at the University level. I do all I can to help out and enjoy it. But I can never give over any examples of things that happened to me. Even when I came out when I thought I was gay, my very Catholic parents reacted like, "Ok." And I came out like... a little bit after Ellen. Using her own words. It was nice to know they were supportive.
940309 You could serve as an example of how parents and peers should react.
"Mom, ...I'm gay..."
"That's nice. So, McDonald's for dinner?"
"Hey, bud, I'm gay. Is that cool with you?"
"More girls for me."
Honestly, if parents, schools, etc. were totally accepting like yours, life would be a lot better for quite a few teens. you could point out your folks and say something inspiring, something about how wonderful it felt to know your parents would accept you. Showing that even highly religious people placed their child above their religion... that's beautiful.
Okay, I hate to be a nasty nitpicker here, but I did kind of go 'aaaaah' at several points in the writing. It seemed too sloppy.
Like:
"As you know I'd had my fair share of flings and one night stands with the girls in the town, but not one of them seeme right for me I never could see myself settling down with Carrot Top or Derpy Doo or any of the other girls."
You meant:
"As you know, I'd had my fair share of flings and one night stands with the girls in the town, but not one of them seemed right for me. I never could have seen myself settling down with Carrot Top or Derpy Hooves or any of the other girls."
{I assume you meant Derpy Hooves}.
Yes, I know as a suicide note... there's reason to make it sloppy. But it seems better to me if it was well-written, after all-- this was planned out very through and through by poor Braeburn.
Please don't flame me for this.
As to the real thing...
The story is pretty nice. It talks about a painful thing in a good way. There's a definite up-vote from over here.
As for the content, I'm pretty socially, religiously, culturally, ideologically, and personality-wise separate from the 'It Gets Better Project', and while I agree 100% with the message that suicide is horrible and so is homophobia-- I pretty much am on Venus when all this is on Mars, so to speak (so, no, I'm not a supporter of the project).
I'll spare you a rant or anything. Ultimately, it's just that as a 'straight bisexual' that does my own thing I have as little connection with Perez Hilton, Dan Savage, and the like that run the 'Gets Better' project than I do with the homophobic bullies themselves. I suppose it's fair to call me a 'self-hating bisexual' in the modern context, given that I am sexually attracted to the same gender but I refuse to conform to all of the expectations placed on me by other gays/bisexuals from being sexually promiscuous to having certain hairstyles to believing certain ideological things to dressing a certain way to speaking with a certain tone of voice and so on. I particularly hate seeing Savage et al talking about Christians, Southerners, people who are big with huge muscles, jocks who like sports, and other groups as if they are all inherently evil homophobes who must be despised-- like this was a war with them being in one big army while LGBTs are on the other side. Life is just not like that.
I really don't think putting people into categories is a good idea inherently. Being gay or bisexual is like having brown eyes-- you're born that way, and it tells you nothing about anyone's personality or character or style et cetera. Or... at least I think it should be that work. I know as a matter of fact, obviously, it's not that way in real life practically. One must conform to one's tribe.
I suppose a large part of this too is my past of being suicidally depressed and bullied (although the two weren't / aren't exactly related, my problems have been more psychological/emotional in the sense of agoraphobia, claustrophobia, paralyzing social anxiety, autism, etc.) before I was really aware of my bisexuality (which was something only clicking for me in the late teens). And then also struggling with suicidal depression since my coming out when the two had little relation.
The lack of compassion on that side does sort of sting. There will be no parades, projects, ceremonies, videos, et cetera for the person with the untreated mental illness who kills himself, because his cause is not "pretty" or "sexy" or "trendy" compared to the kids of the 'Gets Better Project'. It's an ugly thing to see the teenager huddled in the corner of a room mumbling to himself as his hands shiver-- as ugly as a physical disease like discoid lupus that scars the face and causes people to recoil-- and thus there will be no project for them.
But then I've done it and I've ranted.
Ah, go ahead and flame me for this. I have it coming.
940364 in fact, I was using the canon name for derpy. As you are no doubt aware, at brony con she was referred to as Derpy Doo. But if it matters that much I am willing to change it to the fan name
940494 to be honest I only used the It Gets Better project logo because it is a symbol that is easily recognised and they are trying to achieve recognition and support for gay equality. I don't personally work with them but i like their message. I just needed a picture to show what this story was about.
And don't worry, you're entitled to your opinion, so no flaming from me
This story..good God. It hit home so hard for me. I've been thinking about coming out, and..well, this helped. Allot. I want to do it. So..thank you.
(Yes, I know it's gonna be hard. Proof? The link.)
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I suppose I should say that I'm surprised that I made it to age 23 without killing myself. It's not like I haven't had... low moments.
I don't know if I'll last until age 30, though.
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It IS a very nice situation. I felt very free.
Interestingly, I haven't come out about another thing: I'm an atheist. More particularly an agnostic atheist with antitheist tendencies. I'm more afraid of that getting out than my sexuality. Isn't that strange?
943429 And that's how the closeted ought to feel
Heh, I'm in a similar camp. In Texas, atheism and homosexuality are typically scorned. Guess who has to be both, as well as old-fashioned to an inestimable degree, anti-drug, and a morally uptight goody two-shoes. May lightning strike me if I am not the most hated student around
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Hehe. Whereabouts in Texas? Thanks to YouTube I found out there's such a thing as "The Atheist Community of Austin." They even have their own TV show. "The Atheist Experience." Good times. and they get together regularly.
Outside of Austin, yea, Texas is a wasteland.
943906 Plano, the only town neatly divided into two areas: The half full of tolerant people, and the part where I live, in which Holy Bibles are foisted on students on school grounds.
Eeyup.
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Say no more
944374 Can do.
This was a lovely little piece. I hope ya mind, but I went ahead and added it to the LGBT group.
EDIT: This hits close to home for two reasons: 1. I've been there myself, obviously I decided to not go through with it. It's a rough lot we're dealt, we just have to be stronger than it. 2. I have lost a freind to suicide due to homophobia. Not homophobia from external services, no one gave him shit for that, but from himself. I was sixteen when I decided to pop in on my friend, only to find he shot himself. I, of course, bolted (I had an eighth of weed and fourth of shrooms, I aint waiting round til the cops came!).
I liked this piece, it was heartbreaking in a good way.
957435 Why would I mind you adding it to that group? If I'd known that it existed before now I would have added it myself. A group like that is exactly where this story belongs.
Like I said before, this story was written for people like you. While my bisexuality has never caused me trouble in the past, it is a very different story for a lot of people. I'm glad that you chose to live, and I am sorry about your friend. But this story was written to raise awareness for both sides of the coin, those who choose life and those who feel that they just can't take it anymore. I'm glad you liked it.
that was so sad
I can relate to this. I remember when people made fun of me for being gay. I really hope this gets peoples attention on bullying
1314593 Well, like I've said before I wrote this story for people like you. The whole aim of this was to raise awareness and hopefully get something done about it. I'm glad that it was able to do something for you
Each time I read or hear about something like this I'm forever thankful that my friends barely even cared when I "came out".
All I got was joke questions about "taking it in the butt" for 5 min and that was it, nobody cared at all.
And yet again I ramble, Yours is a good story, and a message that deserves to be spread and an issue that deserves to be pushed and talked about until something happens.
The whole thing was touching , especially the "favor" at the end.
I know the pain I am a bisexual male in all honesty only two people know but it's the fear that gets me. I've been suspected of being gay for years and I always say no and act like it doesn't bother me however every time I'm asked that damn question I'm driven closer to the edge. Quite a few times I thought about ending it all but I kept myself going only because of two things
1. The love from my mom
2. The understanding of my friends, who are the only two who know
As a man who condemns homophobia to the hilt, this gave me many many feels. It's the fact that this sort of thing really happens. It sends me into despair and rage at the same time. Well done on a good story.
One of my best friends, came out one day. No one even talked to him anymore, and I still did though, but, it wasn't enough, and , his parents were ashamed of him, and, I never got to tell him, because I too, feared coming out, and still haven't, that I loved him, I had a full on crush on him, and never got to tell him, but I was too scared, because I didn't want to be shunned, and, I mean, he was THE ONE, but, now he's gone... Only 15 years old... (Quite recently too, just last year) it's just... So sad...
When I was young and stupid I had a girlfriend who now that I look back on it was a complete bitch. I came out to her as being a bisexual and apparently she didn't like that. For the next 4 months was the worst in my life. Everyone was making fun of me. And one person even told my parents (who didn't know at the time) I felt embarrassed and ashamed beyond all belief and tried to commit suicide. Its not often when I get all like this but your story was moving and inspiring and it hit really close to home.
Hopefully one day homophobia will become something like racism. Something looked at as ridiculous and stupid.
Keep up the good work.
Ok now that I calm down I can write this
I've seen this things happened , even worst things. And I try to figure out... Why they do such things? I mean, do they really enjoy the others pain? Or ruin lives just because you are different? What's the point of that?
Three year ago one of my friends came out and all his world came down... just like Brae, his family reject him... high school was hell for him. He throw himself to a highway.
Since that time that I've been afraid as well. I just came out like 6 months ago and I can't say it's been easy but I have a suporttive family and friends behind me, holding me.
The reason why I cried so much has I read this is because it remember me so much of him... And that I didn't do anything to help, just because I was afraid . I try to convince him that everything would be alright, but he couldn't take it anymore
...
Ok now I'm getting crazy now
Well done story, really touching. Now I understand why this was in LGTB group
This story is great. It's a really good take on a real life issue. I've never really experienced homophobia that much, apart from my estranged father and grandfather who seem to love the word 'faggot' but I don't give a shit about their opinions so, meh. No-one at my school is ever homophobic, the one guy that was just got strange looks and a few 'dude, what the fuck?''s
Damn....the feels......
But, in all seriousness, this is a short, but beautiful, sad, moving, and touching tribute to those that have been terrorized to the point of despair for just being who they were born as. It breaks my heart to know that this is a daily event in our society and all across the world. It makes me sick to think that people can be so cruel to others who are just being who they are and are having the most basic and wonderful feeling known to man (and pony) kind....love.
My parents are homophobic, and they always wanted me to hate gay people. I just don't understand, if two people are happy together, why does it matter if they are both guys or both girls? I'm too young to think about sappy-romance stuff but if you ask me, if two people are in love, let them be together!
Goddamn, the feels...
This fanfic hits home for me. I'm not gay, but I am transgendered, FTM. Although I identify as a heterosexual male, I still get a lot of shit for being different, and I don't think peers my age see what bullying can do to a person.
Good job, Ecthelion_Yuda. You wrote a fantastic story.
that was sad.
WHY DO I CONTINUE TO PUNCH MY HEART IN THE BALLS?????
Right in my feels. This hits very close to home, I'm gay, out, and frakking proud of it, but it's made my life hell. I've been bullied, insulted and have been beatin' up more times than I could care to count. This fic brought a tear to my eye.
This was excellent and I will tell others about it.
I had many sads.
940523 i would like to say you did a great job at this you really did.
Even tho we can't remove all the problems like war in our kid are any kind for that matter but we can remove some that are pointless.
You're right this need to be remove and we can, but war on the other hand and more can never be remove as long as we are humans we live in many saeds of grey.
i give this fic a ten out of ten