In high school, Rainbow Dash didn't have much trouble remembering how great she was. She had the best friends one could hope for, nigh constant athletic victories, the unshakable conviction she was better than Applejack, and the fact she was a, fairly active, super hero to remind her that she was awesome.
High school ended, the band broke up, the magical threats died down, everyone went to different colleges, and it became harder and harder for Rainbow to convince herself that she had value. Recently, she stopped replying to messages from her friends; she's pretty sure they'll be better off without her.
Fluttershy is getting worried, but she's too far away to check on Rainbow herself. Sunset Shimmer, on the other hand, is only a two hour drive away.
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In theory, this is being written for the Pride and Positivity event. In practice whether it's actually in time depends on what timezone one happens to be in.
Usually, my depression is preventing me from writing these days. The exception to that seems to be the 11th hour. In this particular case, that's literal as well as figurative.
It probably says something about my state of mind that the story I thought up for an event with "positivity" in the name is one about debilitating depression. I did check the rules, though; this counts.
Pretty much sums up how I feel most days. Like you, I channel everything into writing as my only outpour
There are many really good lines in here, and I think that was ever-so-slightly painful to read, meaning: very good job. So far so good.
Great job
Rainbow Dash is always an interesting character to explore depression with because it seems antithetical to the core of what we know about her. While it doesn't mean she can't be used to explore it, she's probably one of the hardest characters to explore it with. Characters like Luna, Sunset, Fluttershy, Twilight, and a few others have had their canonical symptoms and struggles trotted out in episodes that make depression stories better fits for them.
But this is probably one of the best stories I've seen not just for realistic human-world only examples of mental health struggles, but for Rainbow Dash's specifically. I really hope you can get around to writing more. This site could use the thoughtful portrayals here, especially if there's hope and a good friend like Sunset throughout.
That, and the LGBT group could use more content like this. It's just hard to tell how much of a focus it will have with only one chapter, and that means it can't get in there just yet.
Can't wait for the next chapter