Part one
I was always the quiet one, never really voicing my thoughts or feelings. There have been plenty of times where I've regretted that about myself, but never more than with her. The most beautiful, intelligent, warm-hearted mare I've ever known.
Twilight Sparkle.
I feel lucky to have met her at all, let alone to have her consider me a friend. She's easily the most precious pony I have ever had in my life, and I was stupid, so stupid! I was so shy, so afraid to tell her how I felt about her! I promised myself so many times that today was the day, that today was when I would tell her, and I never followed through once. Something about just seeing her, looking into her stunning eyes, observing that warm smile, it would always make me lose the ability to form coherent words. Now, it's well beyond too late. Twilight has become an Alicorn, and been coronated as the fourth princess of Equestria. The problem is I still feel the same way about her, even now.
My name is "Big" Macintosh Apple, and I'm in love with a princess.
"I'm Still Me"
part one
Big Mac winced as he heard the tree behind him crack. He was bucking too hard again. Luckily, this was one of the sturdier trees and it only cracked a little, instead of toppling altogether as the last two had. He sighed. He'd been finding it difficult as of late to stay focused enough to control his strength. He just kept on thinking about... things.
It had always been Big Mac's habit to let things turn in his mind while he did his work. After all, his work took up the large part of his day, so there was plenty of time to think. However, recent events had shaken him to his very core, and he was almost unable to move his mind to anything else, including the work that he had done his entire life.
Twilight Sparkle had become a princess of Equestria.
Big Mac stomped. While on one level he was very happy for and proud of her for what she had accomplished, on another he was hurting terribly. He'd always thought Twilight was a fine lady, kind, generous, and humble despite her Canterlot origins and status as Celestia's own student. Sure, she had some issues with being high-strung, but that con was far outweighed by the pros. He had always felt lucky that she even thought him to be a friend, but some part of him had always held to the hope that they could one day be more.
He still remembered the first time he ever saw her. He had been in town when she first arrived, riding a golden chariot pulled by two royal guards. Something about her had just... glowed. He had taken one look at those eyes and become infatuated. Initially that was all it was, an infatuation, and he had been certain it would fade away. Over time, however, it had developed into a crush, then into real love. Even then it had hurt, as he had always been afraid she would reject a simple farm colt like himself. Now, it was a brutal, crushing ache. He longed every day to just see her, to hear her voice, anything!
It was unbelievable how much her absence was affecting him, but at the same time, it wasn't really. At some point, how good his day was began to revolve around whether or not he got to see her, so it wasn't too surprising that her absence was so painful. His eyes drifted in the direction of the mountains where Canterlot was located. It had only been a month since her ascension, but it felt like it had been much longer. He sighed and wondered what she was doing, if she was happy where she was now.
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Twilight sighed as she set down the scroll she had been going over. She normally would have been completely fine with doing her royal duties. She always had been before. It was all different now, though. The duties were nothing new; she had learned after her coronation that Celestia had been having her fulfill the duties that were to be hers after her coronation anyway, so she wasn't as strained as she thought she was going to be. No, the problem was that it all felt different.
Twilight flapped her wings a little, her ears folding back. Rainbow Dash had been delighted to see them, saying she was her "new flying buddy." Twilight had not, however, had any sort of chance to fly with Rainbow Dash since she'd gotten them. In fact, since her friends had returned home after the coronation, she hadn't gotten to see them at all. They all kept in touch, of course. Twilight made time to write to them each day, with Spike happily sending the letters. She missed actually hanging out with the girls though. And besides the girls, there were other friends she had made in Ponyville that she had never actually gotten to say goodbye to. Cherilee, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, the Cakes, Zecora, Big Mac...
Twilight's stomach did that funny little flip it always had when she thought of or was near the large earth pony. She had never understood why, but never really paid any mind to it. It never did any harm, only made her feel strange for a moment.
She shook her head. It didn't matter. The point was she had simply vanished from their lives without a proper goodbye. Maybe that was why she was so distracted. She had always felt bad about that, but had never done anything to fix it. Well, time to change that. She got up and went to go speak to Celestia. It was time for her to make a trip to Ponyville.
End part one
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So a post ascension TwiMac...
2169147 I know right? I was waiting for it
on read later since I am stilling catching up from the 2 days it took me to re-read The Immortal Game
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Sweet... I got it read and added before the Admin of the group, damn I'm good.
I do look forward as to were this will go... and perhaps give me ideas for my planed Macestia/Celetosh fic.
I'm a total newbie to this site, so that might explain it, but I don't think I've ever come across this pairing before. It's interesting to hear a story from Big Mcintosh's perspective!
2169176 there every where
twilicornXbig mac
l.wigflip.com/D0BzD08e/roflbot.jpg
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Really shows my newbieness
2169176
TwiMac group here
and
MacinTwi in DA
2169194
still love doctor who
you would since im in your head
shut up doctor
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Well, shit.
I am re-writing my first chapter to better line up with canon...
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There are plenty of writers of it on here. For teen, I would suggest A Canterlot Courtship.
For Everypony. Old Traditions and Sparkling Cider.
For Mature... Well, there aren't enough really good ones on here, but my own has done pretty well...
Though I shan't link it here because that would be inherently wrong.
Yes! Been waiting for this!
2169194 Somepony was gonna do it eventually. I just figured, "Why not me?"
2169585
You beat me to the punch...
I feel sad, now.
2169494 I hope I don't disappoint.
2169585
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what the fuck...i typed "fair enough" into google to see if i could get any decent pics....
and i get a bunch of daria images
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oh god, i love google
2169604 FUCK YEAH! I love Daria!!
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2169591 Sorry I made you sad, but you can still write your story. I won't stop you! In fact, I shall await eagerly!
2169585 WOOT! TWIMAC!
2169688 OTP, dude, OTP!
2169714 Oh yeah! I got my own TwiMacVerse of stories. Since I'm 3 in though, it doesn't feature Twilight becoming an alicorn.
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Chapter one is still in the group.
2169761 I know. I have all three favorited, and am eagerly awaiting the birth of the TwiMac foal!
2169397 Finding a friend and family matters are too pretty good twimac fics
2169845 Glad to hear! That will be happening in my current TwiMacVerse story. But that won't be the end of this series, not by a long shot.
That moment when you realize that you are going to enjoy a story. I'm having it.
This. I like it
An excellent start! Definitely favoriting this
Mac's thoughts here pretty much went how I'd imagine it, so you've captured my attention
Twilight's side was a bit more of a 
but not an unpleasant one. I want to see where this goes 
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I'd been wishing for some time that there be a TwiMac Group. My wish has been granted
Long before I knew it, apparently
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It is MAGIC *raises hands and wiggles fingers while going OoooOoooo*
You might want to get an editor, or a pre-reader. You're formatting could use some touching up.
2176533 I know. I'm looking for one right now, actually.
The character tag says otherwise. *wink wink*
2177731 lol Yeah, well, she is a princess now, after all.
You've got my attention, this is a really promising start. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
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Well, you might just have one, then.
The set up is nice and I always enjoy a good TwiMac fic. But this seemed a little short, even for a setup chapter.
I'll fav and watch none the less.
Pretty good. I like Twilight/Macintosh. I don't read enough of those fics. And your writing is good.
Some critique: I never like it when people feel they have to begin their chapter with their title and chapter number/title. This website especially does it so much better just above the start of the story than a little line inside it. And yours isn't even at the beginning, it's underneath the intro. It's kind of irksome and distracting (for me, at least. I can't speak for anyone else) and more than a bit unnecessary.
As for the writing, it's impressive. No errors were there, glaring at me to mention them. Lol. There's this part, though.
In which you have too many 'them's too close to each other, and the 'them' that refers to letters is probably a bit ambiguous as to the subject of it. Also, comma before though.
So thanks for submitting such a cute and well-written piece of TwiMac
this is a great start to what I hope to be a great story
I like how you have hooked the reader by having a character(s) with a problem/ issue. The desire/ yearning being strong, perhaps into the territory of obsession? The regret, the insecurity of Macintosh, and even Twilights (belated?) realization that she's thinking of him as more than a friend.
One thing to consider is time passage, which will impact the strength of the characters feelings, because if it's only a short amount of time, not enough tim/e will have pass for a true sense of "loss" to settle in, namely Twilight not being there. The more time that passes, the stronger the feelings come across, as the sense of "loss" gets stronger. As it is right now, we don't really have a grasp on the passage of time, since Twilight's become a Princess.
Another thing to consider is the change in relationship dynamic. Like the other five Element Bearers. While they might not get to see Twilight as often as they used to, I highly doubt that they'd "cold turkey" her. Maybe they'd go visit her once a week, or every couple of weeks, maybe even once a month. If they don't or can't, it needs to have a viable reason for separating them. Financial hardship, new friendships, romantic interests, illness/ injury/ (death?).
Hope this feedback was helpful for you.
I'm wondering how spike is sending the letters. If he's living in canterlot with twilight, who's receiving them? Are they being sent through the regular mail?
I am impressed! This was well written and well paced and used the characters well, but even more impressive is how you wrote Big Macs thoughts. How he talks about waiting to see her and aching when he doesn't was beautiful. This was dramatic and realistic. As someone who actually is in the same situation as Big Mac, I am astonished how well you wrote it. This is exactly how I have felt for a while and it could not be described more accurately. I mean to the letter accurate. Just once again, very impressed.