Another New Story

...And I feel like I need to preface this one. An earlier version of Pair the Spares made it to the finals of the most recent Writeoff, but proved to be very contentious there. And... honestly, in rereading it with fresh eyes, I understand why. It's a strange story, a not-particularly-laugh-out-loud comedy that contains an unnatural amount of romance without really being romantic. And it's pretty generically snarky – to the extent that the biggest of the minor revisions I made were all just fixing up the dialogue to try and make it feel slightly natural for the characters. It's tricky business, taking the backdrop of MLP (a comprehensively sincere show) and twisting it into a more cynical fic for the purposes of comedy. And so it doesn't work for everyone and that's not in any way a problem. But ultimately I decided to post it regardless, because even when seeing significant flaws in the story, I still personally enjoyed it a lot, both in the writing and in the reading.

So: Pair the Spares

For those who are following along on Do Changelings Dream of Twinkling Stars?, don't worry. I'm on track there, too, and you should be getting a new chapter mid-day tomorrow. The penultimate chapter, in fact. But don't worry, there's always room for more twists!