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It is the best day of his life, and he cannot take his eyes off of her. He cannot do anything more than gaze at her and try not to cry at the joy he's feeling.

Nothing could keep this day from being the best of his life.

This was an experiment I did to try and clear some of the junk out of my head, let me know how/what you feel about it.

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B_25 #1 · Dec 15th, 2020 · · 1 ·

Niiiiiice prose piece homie!

Keep it up!
~ Yr. Pal, B

Indeed nice work.

What... just... no...

Hold on, I need to make sure I understand first. One sec.

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The idea came to me, and I liked it enough to put the words to it :shrug:

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The idea of making a scene with no dialog or having her walk out on him which hurts.... or am I misunderstanding that. Im guessing both.

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The scene, the rest is because I wanted it to be special

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Well done... Well done. I am sad and confused.

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I need a happy love story now...
Because of this, i kinda wanna double down on that love idea where Cadance is a changeling servant and shining falls for her, then she is given to another noble and shining has to duel him for her. I know it sounds stupid but...
However, I want to save that for a big project I want to do when I'm good enough.

A strange approach, but it was interesting nonetheless.

He saw a nod out of the corner of his eye, and she began walking slowly along the carpet, matching the cadence of the song with her steps.

I see what you did there.

Again, this was an experiment of mine, to see if I could write a moving scene without actual dialogue perhaps?

I didn't really feel moved myself, but don't take that as much of an indicator. I was expecting it to be the pre-Chrysalis's reveal ceremony, then was a little confused when the scene diverged from the episode without any explanation and then ended. I was expecting something like,

He saw all the ponies around him rushing to and fro, wearing mining helmets and carrying pickaxes. The urgency in their voices contrasted with the theme of the day; it was supposed to be happy, not frantic! What were they looking for? He already had the only thing he would need for the rest of his life, so he tried to ignore them.

I also feel like you kinda cheated on the 'no dialogue' part because everyone is still talking, even Shining Armor.

He answered, the crowd beyond them cheering at his two words.

The large pony before them nodded, before turning her head to the mare and asking her as well.

She answered.
...
He said her name, with all the force he could muster, but she shrugged his whisper off.

You might take this to be nitpicking, and if so, fair enough. For no dialogue, I would imagine Shining to be in such a bewildered state that everything is a blur around him and noises are indistinct. He would see Cadence walking to him, see Celestia's lips moving, see Celestia looking at him expectantly and smile goofily and nod, see Cadence give her answer with a nod or shake of her head, but without acknowledging that words were said (from his perspective). A similar state to shell shock, I suppose.

Was still a good read, don't get me wrong. Looking forward to your next story!

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An excellent point on the last bit, and the main reason I was so hesitant to say that this was no-dialogue. I think it's closer to implied-only dialogue that the reader should be able to fill in the blanks of easily instead of outright no dialogue. But that's not a common practice, issit :pinkiesmile:

But yeah, much more 'Implicated dialogue' than 'no-dialogue'.

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