No one has ever seen Rainbow Dash on a date. Still, ponies assume that she’s attracted to… mares? To stallions? Hm. What sex of pony is Rainbow Dash attracted to?
Rarity intends to find out.
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No.
Don't you fucking dare end it there!
Lol, and thus a relationship starts...
Is the chapter title meant to be a joke or something? Because I don't get it.
Before reading this, I am going to guess that the reason that Rainbow Dash does not date is that, according to her, dating is for suckers, and that's not even how you get laid anyway. As for what she is attracted to, I predict that Rainbow Dash is the only pony who is awesome enough to turn Rainbow Dash on, and whenever she has sex she has to be facing a mirror.
Seriously, though, Rarity should be wondering why she herself is the only individual in her little circle who seems to even have a libido.
10970094
Combination of gay and straight?
I enjoyed this, but I feel like having Rarity walk out of the room and then never walk back into the story left her without any kind of an arc. I was hoping to see her actually learn something after spending the whole story making a mistake. It felt like there was a missing scene where the tension with her character was resolved, or at least addressed.
10970239
Super Great ?
Will applesauce spill the beans? Will Skittles give us the answer we've been waiting for? Find out next time, on dragon ballz!
if it were me, just to be evil, id make her asexual. (no sexual attraction to anyone at all)
10970033
Heh. Yeah, that ending was a bit of a tease, but I wanted to leave the exact answer to the question open. While still acknowledging that the show told us how it ultimately ends:
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10970038
I'm with Twilight there.
10970044
It's (effectively) canon!
10970094
10970239 is right. And we know that Rainbow Dash has no problem calling herself "great."
10970180
Blame the trend in kids' cartoons that once two characters show a romantic interest in one another, they are romantically linked for life. And in a show whose theme is "platonic friendships," giving one of the main characters a significant other would just get in the way. The result: only unrequited crushes. Although Twilight did get to experience some flirting in the Equestria Girls series.
10970332
Now you've got me imagining the former's golden yellow hair turning spiky when she loses her temper in that last scene.
10970351
It actually wouldn't surprise me if it turned out that she's asexual but not aromantic.
10970265
That's a fair criticism. I had to refrain from writing in the description, "Warning: people who like Rarity should not read this story." The problem is, she hears the same advice from literally every character she meets throughout this story, yet refuses to accept it, and I didn't know how to turn that around for the group's most gossip-hungry character.
I suppose it would have been a stronger ending if Rainbow had point-blank told Rarity "it's none of your business" and the message finally got through her head. But that encounters two problems: 1) Even in today's society, refusing to answer the question will be interpreted as answering the question, and 2) I had trouble imagining Rainbow not being willing to tell her five closest friends. Which is why Applejack cuts her off before she has the chance.
Oooooooooooh.
I could see Rainbow being an ace.
10970365
As I understand it, the characters' complete lack of interest in either sex or romance initially was due to the fact that Faust worried that such things would distract from the adventure and the comedy. Those elements have a way of taking over shows and turning them into soap operas (see: Friends). Besides, the last thing that she wanted was a show about girls having tea parties and giggling about boys. Rarity was a late addition to the cast, added specifically at the behest of producers who demanded that there be a girly girl who likes makeup and boys in the cast, which is why she was allowed to have a libido.
10970368
Eh, I like Rarity and I don't mind.
Also, nice ending, you evil you!
Haven't read it yet, but "Graight" in the title is genius.
(Also, I kind of assume she's autosexual based on that. By which I don't mean cars.)
And yet it's these exact attitudes that lead to Rainbow Dash and Applejack being arbitrarily made gay for each other right at the end. Ironic, especially considering that the main cast was designed to try and avoid stereotyping as much as possible.
Story was well written though, thoroughly enjoyed it the whole way through.
The way she was written she is never going to get it. If they start dating Rarity is going to see the proof and is unlikely to respect Dash enough to not gossip about it.
Love the cliffhanger ending. Works perfectly for a story like this.
I love how you took a very common and simple fan fiction story idea, and transformed it into your own story. It's your unique writing style and plot structure that really stands out.
10970788
And that's why she ends up having to move to Yakyakistan.
10970853
Agree heavily with this. Commenting just to say that the author did a very good job weaving this together. The author's style clearly is well-formed in this fanfic and is able to understand the idea of simple-complexity in story-writing. Props, author. Big props.
10970759
Nothing started that rainbow was gay, only implied that AJ was at least attracted to her.
10970908
Ah, I was referring to the end of the show. Guess I was a bit ambiguous there.
10970759
It didn't help that from the outset, their personalities gave them a natural chemistry together, even if the extent of that chemistry was uncertain. Combine that with the show going nine seasons without providing either character romantic inclinations of any kind, and the natural shipping tendency of the fandom took deeper and deeper root.
10970618
It certainly doesn't contradict canon.
10970736
Part of the inspiration for this story came from a digression in one of my other stories in which the characters briefly speculate on Rainbow Dash and (jokingly) conclude that she's in love with herself. Which also makes a lot of sense.
I guess what I've learned is that there's an advantage to keeping a character ambiguous throughout the show's run, as it means that many different interpretations can feel "right."
10970701
Evil? I left the ending ambiguous so that each reader could apply their personal interpretation of Rainbow Dash. I was being accommodating! (sly grin)
10970788
My hope is that Rarity just got caught up in the drama of it all. Perhaps after a day or two of reflection, when she isn't repeatedly being put on the defensive, she'll realize that what she did was wrong and apologize for it.
But yeah, once Applejack and Rainbow start dating, Applejack is going to be really frustrated that Rarity is going to get her answer after all.
10970853
10970904
Thank you both very much for the kind words -- they mean a lot to me!
10971011
Yes.... accommodating...
*insert somepony interrupting as we have to have that happen*
Still the part with Rarity instead of hoping you could write one... just leave these two over the cliff; they'll be fine. What's the worst that could happen?
the answer is incredibly obvious.
Awesome ones
If I have any criticism to give I'd probably change sex in the description to gender.
10970759
"And yet it's these exact attitudes that lead to Rainbow Dash and Applejack being arbitrarily made gay for each other right at the end."
That is par for the course, honestly. Every significant development in the show that was made after Faust left was entirely arbitrary and logically followed nothing that came before it. It was a great show, but, holy hell, was that frustrating.
This was glorious.
I loved the whole thing.
10971251
I started to do some research on this, thinking it would be an easy thing to confirm, and now I'm more confused than ever.
I understand that there's a difference between sex and gender, but I cannot find consensus on which of those things is the target of sexual orientation. Many sources don't use either of the terms "sex" or "gender" when defining sexual orientation. The American Psychological Association doesn't explicitly make a ruling, but it does use the phrase "same sex" (as opposed to "same gender") in its definition. Then you get into iffy sources like Wikipedia, which says "sex or gender" and WebMD, which sloppily uses the terms interchangeably.
My inclination is that the "sex" in "sexual orientation" implies that the term refers to sex more so than gender, but I'm willing to hear a convincing argument otherwise.
10971089
A river full of biteacudas? Oh, wait -- I know a lot of people would prefer it if that episode never happened. (Also, "biteacuda" is a ridiculous name.)
10971589
Thank you!
10971601
This is one of those things where the answer is "yes," always has been, always will be. Because people aren't attracted to one thing specifically, even with sexuality.
Some people are into a person's presenting gender and don't care about physical bits involved. Others are the opposite. Then you've got folks who discover they don't care so much when they find the right person. And then you've got weirdos like me who are somewhere in the middle of all that.
If you were to ever pin it down, it would probably be something like sex for sexual attraction, gender for romantic, and good luck getting people to reliably split those up.
If they do start dating, as suggested in the flash forward (I was hoping you'd go where you did!), I hope that Rainbow just tells Rarity she's AJsexual and gives her a big smooch.
That is a legitimately great line.
And a legitimately great story to go with it... though seeing Rarity apologize or at least let it go would have been nice. Still, outstanding ending. Thank you for it.
10970736
And then Rarity tries to matchmake between both Rainbow Dashes without anypony noticing her using the mirror.
10971807
Taking "go fuck yourself." to a whole new level
10970759
Eh, its only implied. I was always more a FlutterDash fan.
10971601
Fun fact, it was thanks to a German sexologist, Magnus Hirschfield, who discovered that same-sex attraction is, brain chemistry wise, entirely natural
A really nice story. There were other possibilities too. Rainbow could be asexual or aromantic. Also, I could definitely see this happening.
So much cringe for a minute there I almost couldn't finish. But it had been so good prior to that that I definitely wanted to. Glad a did, such a cute if frustrating ending.
i can answer this question without even reading the fic: she's bi
10971703
Thank you for that. It makes a lot of sense and explains why sources differ.
I like that -- that's a nice epilogue.
10971807
I don't disagree. Unfortunately, it didn't make sense for her to see the error of her ways without time to ruminate, and it wouldn't have been good to water down the emotional ending by following it with a days-later apology.
10972036
"Sexologist" sounds like it would be even more fun than "mixologist."
10972131
I do try to hew to the series for the most part, so that's a nice compliment.
10972312
Yeah, but canon suggests that it ultimately ends happily.
Hell of an ending.
Graight story. I thought for sure it was buiding up to reveal that Rarity wanted to ask Rainbow out though.
10971601
Personally I see it as:
"Sex" is a person's physical attributes/non-cosmetic appearance.
Ie something that would require MAJOR surgery & hormone treatments to alter"Gender" is a person's personality, how their brain is wired & how they present themselves
Sexual attraction is more how a person is attracted to the other physically.
Gender attraction is more how a person is attracted to how they present themselves.
Everybody experiences these to varying degrees. Some don't care about how the other presents themselves long as they find them sexually attractive, others are the opposite, but I think most people it is a combination of the pair in diffrent ratios.
Of course, there are other factors beyond just Sex & Gender why other's are attracted to people.
While this is how i interpret it, others will see it differently and some might just outright disagree with me.
By god… this was amazing. Both hilarious yet sweet at the end, all the little Romantic moments sprinkled about were a delight to read. Felt very natural for all the characters and nice to see them hanging out after the finale.
Also appreciate that you gave a small reason for Spike not being there, log of little details like that really elevated this fic.
Awesome work
10973226
It makes sense that since both sex and gender exist across a spectrum, and they're closely related (though still distinct), sexual orientation would be tied to both.
10973062
Thanks!
10973176
Alas, canon (or at least, the implications of canon) had other plans.
10973466
Thank you! Yeah, I felt bad that he would have gotten in the way of this story. It's nice to think that as he got older, even though he remained Twilight's right-hoof dragon, he grew into a life of his own.
"...oh."
*end*
Lol great open ending. Good job, I enjoyed the read.
I loved the suspense of them asking. Great story.
The story 'I am not gay'.has a very respectful and enlightening take on all 6, each with a canonical fitting sexuality. It too starts with Rd as focus...
Just a recommendation for those craving more.