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One summer evening, Wallflower Blush finds herself lost in the dark corners of her mind. Then a friend comes to her aid and fixes everything.

Because that’s what happens.

Of course it is.

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Gut wrenching and haunting. That was a well depicted and grimly executed, from the beginning the end. The way you played with trope and expectation hit just the right way.

why do you have to hurt my heart wally like this?

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Hell, honestly that's all I hoped for - to give a sucker-punch showing (to quote someone else) the asymmetry between clichéd fiction and reality. Thanks for your comment.

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Looks at the "Similar" column :twilightoops:

Holy Celestia, that was fudging dark...
Ah, shut up, Fancy, I murdered my parents and you think that's bad?
C'mon guys, don't argue! I'm sure that if we knew what was going on, we might understand her intentions!
I dunno, not everything can be solved with violence; I'm looking at you Sapphire!
What? It was my culture, I had no choice.
That would support Dirt's conclusion. Sorry, Evergreen, but I'll have to side with him.
Oh sure, everypony against the logical one. I thought you were better that this, Cimmerian! What about you, Dark Hooves? Who you gonna side with?
I'd prefer to remain unbiased and side with Fancy, as he hasn't made any biased decisions.
And thus ends the nightmare known as my OC's.

Not gonna lie though, this story was chillingly well written.

I sensed something was off with Sunset forcibly rolling up Wallflower's sleeves. That just seemed a bit too forceful for Sunset, even though she means well in Wallflower's subconscious perception of her. The reveal that the first half of the story was a dream makes the latter half hit even harder. A very real look at a grim reality, pulling no punches on the detail or the depth of it. Both characters were done well. Sunset will keep reaching out, and Wallflower will keep withdrawing. Hopefully, their paths will cross in a way that is more genuine and hopeful than the edge of a bridge with Sunset vowing to fix everything. Wallflower deserves a real way to move forward.

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Thanks so much for your comment. In a way, it's great to hear that something felt off about the first half. I was wondering if Sunset rolling Wallflower's sleeves up was too heavy-handed because you're right, it's pretty out-of-character for her. But then again, I guess that was the whole point: That it did feel wrong, that it felt insulting to her character and the story to have this big dramatic reveal about Wallflower's scars. That somehow, stories that delve into this never depict a parent awkwardly finding a bloodied towel in the wash, or a friend jokingly asking why someone's wearing long sleeves in summer.

And your last note, about Wallflower deserving a way to move forward, is surprisingly poignant. Because you're right. She does. Even if she doesn't think so herself, and even if she's actively working against that by pushing her friends away when she needs them the most.

Wallflower stared at the off-coloured, healing skin as her other hand slipped into the pocket of her jeans, closing around a familiar plastic cartridge.

What’s a cartridge?

Sunset Shimmer just smirked playfully, as cool and collected as ever. “Which one? Is the ‘Sunset’ interrupting the sunset, or perhaps the other way around?”

I don’t get it.

Posh #10 · Dec 21st, 2020 · · 1 ·

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What’s a cartridge?

A pretty common word in the English lexicon. Please avail yourself of a dictionary.

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It’s common? Also, I did that, but it showed two definitions.

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