When Applejack left home to go back to college after winter break, Winona seemed as happy and healthy as ever. Tragically, just weeks later, Applejack learns her family's beloved dog had passed away in her sleep, years earlier than anyone would have expected. Shocked and grief-stricken, she reaches out to one of the only friends she knows who's lost a personal pet before—Twilight Sparkle, many miles away at her own school. Will video chat be enough for them to provide each other with the comfort they need?
All death is past-tense and there are no violent descriptions. Applejack and Twilight are the only characters who appear; all others tagged are discussed only (though in significant detail).
Featured on 10 May 2022!
A standalone entry in my "Conversations-verse" continuity, about six weeks after the epilogue of "Sunset and Twilight's Winter Holidate". Contains references to SciSet and RariJack, though neither are a significant focus. Preread by FanOfMostEverything and Mockingbirb.
Man its so saddening when one loses a pet.
Losing anyone in the family hurts.
I like to point out a cruel irony the show writers had done by making Spike a dog instead of human.
While dragon Spike will most likely outlive most of his friends, dog Spike will literally be out lived by everyone else.
That is just messed up
Poor Applejack. I hate this fic but I love this fic.
;-;
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OH. OKAY. I literally never thought of that and it really hurts now.
This story REALLY hits the feels
. I JUST lost a pet not more than a few weeks ago. One of my cats, whom I'd had for 17 years. He was happy and healthy only a few weeks before, just like Winona (though he HAD injured his leg a while back and walked with a limp and had something of a bad cataract), but then started slowing down, not eating or drinking or doing anything. He was then confirmed to have passed as I was driving to work that same day, no doubt waiting for us all to be busy with other things before leaving quietly.
We later had him cremated and got prints from his paws. We're just pleased and happy he died in his sleep. We were worried that he'd have to be put down. Plus, we all had time with him where we all told him we loved him and apologized for anything we may have done or said. In my mind though, it's better to have human family members die than animal ones. At least with humans, you can usually get some kind of semblance of knowledge that they hear or understand (talking, looks in their eyes, etc.) With pets, no luck.
REALLY emotional (and appropriately so) one-shot. Yeah, I definitely know how hard it is to lose a pet. I've gone through that more times than I care to count. Definitely appreciated Applejack and Twilight comparing notes on the subject. And, yeah, I could see Twi reflecting on the multiverse (because she knows for a fact that magic exists AND that there is AT LEAST ONE other universe). I can also understand Twilight asking Sunset to send a picture of Ray and then calling Spike. And, speaking of Spike, yeah, this story's spin on Twilight's first meeting with Spike makes sense.
Okay story, and the Garble bit was interesting, although it makes me wonder what happened to poor Smolder.
Still no interest in the shipping though.
As someone who grew up with parents who argued constantly, I fail to see why Rarjack is of interest to anyone, when that's literally ninety percent of what they do together.
Never mind that Rarity is only ever shown dreaming about dudes.
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Something Twilight could easily avoid by sending him across the mirror.
Contrived drama is still contrived.
My dog sadly passed two days ago. I miss her dearly… let’s give this story a read.
Post reading edit;
Oh Garble… that’s exactly what happened to my dog, Chloe. She slipped out the door when no one was looking, and she was found on the side of the road.
To make matters worse, I’m deployed right now. I sincerely wish I could have gotten more time with her before I left.
Sorry, I’ll stop typing now.
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I wish you the best.
My God, I'm so sorry... that's awful. I apologize, this story must have been a terribly rough read under the circumstances.
The down votes are either the trolls that just down vote EVERYTHING, hate animals or at least dogs or never have had pets
interesting timing that this should come to my notice now.
We literally had to put our family dog, Jack, down this morning, He'd been part of the family for almost 18 years, so had lived to a ripe old age. Would've turned 18 next month.
I'll miss you, Jack.
Rest In Peace, little buddy
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I’m so, so sorry to hear that. That’s the same age my family’s dog had to be put down at about five years ago.
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The show writers really did not think this through when they thought it was funny to make him a dog instead of human.
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Or have him become human.
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I'm not a fan of the whole "Spike is a dog" thing either.
I think it was a lazy way to have him be present, while minimizing his effect on the plot, so the writers wouldn't have to deal with managing him.
That doesn't change the fact that if Twilight wanted to (theoretically) extend his natural life span, she could just send him over to Equestria.
Problem solved.
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Really, they didn't. To be fair, Spike's companionship and how Twilight took care of him in Equestria is very similar to how a human would take care of their pet dog or cat. Still, though, it doesn't change the fact that the show writers did not think things through.
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I read a fic once where that exact thing happened. It was called Dog Years
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It was actually pretty good.
Thanks for the recommendation!
I just blew through it just now.
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You're very welcome! :D
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Can you please move this conversation to a private message?
Why was my comments removed?
Did I say something wrong?
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The overall conversation had become completely disconnected from commenting on the story and was essentially a forum discussion. And it seemingly had no end in sight, which is why I asked for it to be moved to private messaging. I'm sorry if I offended you by removing them but I don't want the comments section to be so far off topic that someone looking to see what people are saying about the actual story would have to scroll through a dozen or more unrelated messages. It was not intended as any kind of personal criticism toward you or the others involved, and I only removed comments that could not possibly be seen as being related to the story.
I hope that's understandable. If you have additional concerns, please message me rather than leaving more comments.
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Its still not cool in removing them though.
And it kind of was connected since its regards to how Spike is affected since he's a dog.
Given on the mortalities that dogs have.
Which adds onto how the show writers screwed Spike over by making him a dog. They really didn't think this through
I know I should be sending a PM instead of just replying on here but it just felt too awkward to PM at the moment.
Just.. sorry..
Howdy, hi~!
L'oeuf, this one hit hard. I definitely relate to both sides of the conversation between them. I really like how you incorporated Garble into this with him being the dog before Spike. This was really well done in hitting the emotional moments and going through the process of grief between AJ and Twilight in this case. Really well done.
Thanks for the story~!
Losing a pet is always hard, and my cousins had to recently go through one just 2 weeks ago with the passing of their dog Sydney. And I felt the same way they did when she passed as I had a connection with her, and was one of many reasons I wanted to get a dog myself. And like the saying goes, dogs are mans best friend.
Your missing a " at the end.
Classic twilight for ya.
Oh my god! 😰
I can relate in a similar situation like this, but it's not around dogs.
Another " is missing.
That's pets for ya, there's not always there in your life, but it's best to enjoy the moments when they last.
Same.
Wait, Spike has a phone!?!?
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If the same person keeps talking over multiple paragraphs, the general rule is to not put an end quote until they’re finished, though you do need to put a starting quote on each paragraph. https://style.mla.org/speech-paragraphs-quotation-marks/
And Twilight’s calling Spike on whatever device he was using in the EqG shorts.
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Oh...
man I needly cried at the end, cause I had my previous dog died to diabetes and internal bleeding, I miss sparkles, but I got a border collie named "princess buttercup" she's a bit of a biter at times, although I think she just wants to pull me closer to her