This is great. I’m going to get a good grade in horsefic, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve,
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Rainbow Dash is determined to reclaim the top-scoring spot on her favorite arcade cabinet.
In the spirit of May Pairings
This was originally a Hearth's Warming gift (during an exchange organized by Quills and Sofas) for Writing Spirit, who requested a crackship! It's about time it found its way onto the site
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And it's a comedy!! For YOU!!!
oh my gosh flashback to me obsessing abt cheeridash on tumblr. can’t wait to read this!!
Howdy, hi!
Loved this. Has all the best aspects of your writing on display. Love this pairing and how you wrote their chemistry together. Cherokee and rainbow are just so much fun. Also the way you describe this restaurant gives me flashbacks and it is a trip. Anyways this nerd romance was top tier and I loved it.
Thank you for the read!
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Yes!! I was inspired by your cheeridash posts when I was hunting for a good crackship to write :D
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Rainbow Dash is a dork and a half and she needs to accept this fact or die by Cheerilee's sword
Thanks for reading my friend :)
Never really thought of this pairing, but you made it really work. It’s great that you gave the two something to bond over, with both of them realizing that they’re not the best and that they have to get over it. I really like the portrayal of the Hayburger as a place you go to when you want to get away from life. That trope, of having a respite which you always return to, is one that I really love, but don’t really see as often as I feel I should.
The characters felt very natural. I very much enjoyed them. Rainbow Dash would totally try and fight for the top after seeing she’d fallen from it.
I do have to commend this quote, though:
I love this quote in the context of the story, because earlier on, Cheerilee mentioned that a lot of the students’ essays were about perfectionism. Cheerilee mentioned that the essays were supposed to be about something they learned, and I really like this because in spite of Cheerilee mentioning a lot of the essays were similar, it was something that Rainbow Dash hadn’t quite learned yet. This implies that she’s always learning, and I really love that.
I enjoyed reading this story, and Rainbow Dash is now a gamer in my headcanon.
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I'm so glad you caught that detail!! I always try my best to incorporate the special talents of ponies who, like Cheerilee, we don't get a lot of in the show. I find that this helps these characters ring true with readers, even when they depart from what little content exists of them in the first place. For Cheerilee, this means that a lot of her character revolves around guidance - both for her students and for Rainbow Dash.
Thank you for reading! I'm so glad you liked it!
It's always good to see Cheerilee get more love (both from the fandom and from other ponies), and it's nice when a reference to the comics shows up in someone's story. I liked reading this.
The only nitpick I have is that while Dash lives in a cloud house, she does live within the boundaries of Ponyville, not in Cloudsdale. (She and 'Shy are from Cloudsdale, that's all.)
Edit -- forgot to mention that I love the cover art. Very retro.
Starlight is best life coach, lol.
Pretty funny in a good way. Love the comedy.
Oh Starlight, have mercy.
I love the description of this place. It’s horrifying but somehow so real at the same time.
Also Cheerilee is great.
These two are so awkward with each other, it's great. Normally neither of them don't get nearly this lost for words.
Oh wait, you need to edit the cover so Cheerilee's sprite is taller.
This was a pretty fun story. It was enthralling seeing the interplay between Rainbow and Cheerilee, as their respective issues bumped up against each other and they eventually worked out their feelings. Also, as others have mentioned, you've described the restaurant in a very horrifically realistic manner.
oh man. i finally got around to reading this and wow do i wish i had done so sooner!! the palpable awkwardness between rainbow and cheerilee that slowly turns into a friendly rapport really sucked me in.
sidenote; as an avid idw comics fan (i think i’ve read the mlp run at least three times) i’m completely ashamed at how long it took me to get the reference haha.
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Aw, thank you so much!! I'm glad you liked it - I really do wanna revisit this pair again. You just made me love it!!
Damn right it does, I say, as I arrive super late to the comments section.
But yes, finally managed to find the time to reread this. And yes, it's still as cutesy and fluffy as I remember it to be. The dynamic you've crafted between Rainbow and Cheerilee was captivating as it was adorable. Really shines a light on so many parallels between the two that I never would've considered before. And though it was pretty clear how the story would turn out, I'm just so engrossed in their interactions that it doesn't really matter anyway.
Beyond our rare pair, I dig all the little glimpses we have of the diner they're in. Also loved the snappiness and bluntness of the prose—Dash's personality comes through so well, I could hear her voice doing the narration in my head as I was reading this! I could go on and on about the little details here and there, but really, this story was genuinely majestic as it is simple and I'm glad it's out here now for everyone to read. All I wanted with my prompt was to read a story someone enjoyed writing and you've delivered that in spades.
Once again, thank you so much for writing this, Mush. Hope to read more from you soon!
Wracked with agony, I cry out, "Nooooooooo!!"
Hello! I reviewed this recently, and I had a very good time with it. Been a while since I've chuckled that much at a shipfic. I adored the colour and atmosphere about that restaurant, even as I was glad it was in a different dimension. Ten million points too for actually making Cheerilee's feelings about the Twilight "I Do What I Want" Sparkle School of Friendship a (minor) plot point. Have a like and a fave!
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have a good one!
Thank you so much!! I was wondering where this story's little boost in views had come from - it's always heartwarming to receive such a nice review
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It's been pointed out to me that my inline link just pointed back to here. Sorry about that! For the sake of correctness, this is the review.
That was a good story.
Rainbow's competitiveness was perfectly written. That she was self aware of how dumb it all was made it better. Definitely felt the awkwardness with Cheerilee.
This went a lot deeper than the summary implied. I'm stunned by how a scenario like this just... occurs. The existential talk was well done and I dig how they flirt.
Looks like they're going to be okay. Your descriptions of the "restaurant" are so good. They give me flashbacks to Chuck E' Cheese and give me a sense of humourous horror now that I'm looking at it with an adult mind. Starlight was a top tier wingmare.
Well that was really cute
Odd to think of a fighting cabinet with no 2 player option.
Huh. Given the line about not being able to cream your friends two chapters ago I assumed it didn’t have a second player option.
Fun romp. I’d be interested to see a continuation.
hehe Rainbow Dash is definitely the perfect choice for this
aww, love their friendship
also extremely Rainbow Dash! if this were a show episode i would expect the skipped opening cutscene to be a key to a better strategy or something
terrible, awful pun. love it
hehe this reminds me of the whole Rainbow Dash has bad eyesight but is too proud to admit she needs glasses fandom idea that i love
ahaha oof, love Cheerilee’s understandable exasperation here
dang Rainbow, buy a lady a drink first!
extremely fitting to how vague that concept was in the canon school. RD is definitely winging (heh) her lessons each time!
oof teaching flashbacks
ahaha love Starlight’s reaction. though i’m pretty sure this is how RD would have reacted in pretty much any context!
love them
hey e-sports are a thing now supposedly!
hehehe gamer hooves i love it
huh same here
this reminds me of the food at the bowling alley i used to go to with my family as a kid! ah, nostalgie…
dang you really capture the vibe of this kind of place so well! though through my adult eyes i now have a deep appreciation for the adult mare slurping at a cup of ketchup like any other drink on the menu. i am glad she is there and i hope she continues to be
hoowee
aww love the dreaded red pen! though i deliberately used purple for my grading to make it less intimidating
honestly it’s a waste to do grading in a space that is quiet and calm. that’s where you study or research!
hehe, “Pac-Mare”, love it. also oof, burn on all the competitive Pac-Mare players out there
ahaha love that
so true
commentary!
hehehe so true to life. also love how you build connections on small moments like this
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aaaaaa too cute
dang RD is a bit of a poet
so true
yaaaaaay always love the phrase “my little pony” used by the characters!
same… i’m supposed to be finishing up something from work right now!
aww love Rainbow Dash’s self-awareness
love this, A+ opener
auaugh this is too cute
and oof, i know this temptation too well
fantastic mental image
oof that is concerning
oof very concerning
i would be concerned as well!
fantastic simile
ehehe is this when RBD finally realizes who “TMM” is? (also now for some reason i’m thinking of RD’s full name being Rainbow Belinda Dash)
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dangit Cheerilee is very good at this
and ooh, of course! facing the inevitability of aging and mortality like this, augh. all too relatable
and augh, yeah. we never did see Cheerilee’s reaction to Twilight setting up her own school in the canon, and that is definitely some good existential angst fodder
and augh, the short paragraphs to control narrative rhythm really work well here. just poetic
so true but augh so difficult to admit that one’s time in the sun is over
for some reason this makes me remember some sort of masked wrestling storyline in the comics with Cheerilee in it but i’m not certain that my brain didn’t just make that up
hehe great banter
hoowee, great throughline
so this is how Rainbow Dash learns to accept being second-best… very relatable!
this does sound difficult to believe!
hehehe
augh love it when ponies notice each other’s tail swishes
hehe love that Starlight, Savior of Equestria and Destroyer of Multiple Equestrias, is a background pony to Cheerilee’s life
now that is good life coaching
hoowee
auaugh, love it! this was such a delightful romance, light with just enough emotional ballast to give it heft. i just love how perfectly you wrote these character interactions, and the use of repetition to slowly build up the spark over the chapters. and the way that Rainbow Dash and Cheerilee sound like a randomly generated combo, but you made it feel like the most natural thing in the world. masterful work!
An oddball ghost happened across your fic and read it. Have a review!
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Is the term "Smarmlight" a thing in this fandom? Cause it really feels like it should be a thing.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I love a good bit of snark, but... well, maybe it's just me, but I thought there was a real sense of smugness to her bits that got really grating really fast.
I mean, it didn't ruin the story or anything - the romance, character exploration and delightfully disgusting descriptions more than made up for it. Just something I felt I should note.