WWBP: A RariShy idea · 4:09pm Sep 20th, 2017
This is a concept too strong not to tell, but not strong enough for me to make a story out of. Seems like here's the perfect place for it.
So here's what I'm thinking right: Rarity seems like a morning pony to me, after her coffee. High quality, fresh roasted beans, but honestly it could be printer ink at this point of the morning in the white gown and fluffy slippers and she has work to do. Her morning makeup regime, at the very least.
She also seems like an evening pony to me. Late nights, bloodshot eyes, hunched over a desk with the little red pince nez crooked at the end of her nose, and still more coffee, but at least she's appreciating the taste of it now. Wine, maybe, but just a glass or two to keep the hooves steady. Besides, it's a marvelous vintage this one, you must try it.
So that begs the question; does Rarity sleep more than four hours or so a night?
Key words; a night? No. Obviously that's what the spa is for, isn't it?
Siestas are fancy. Upper class. And falling asleep in a mud bath with the cucumbers over your eyes is luxuriant. She needs beauty sleep after all. Regular healthy sleep is irrelevant.
This is where Fluttershy comes in, Rarity's spa buddy. Fluttershy takes the bath next to her and just, for the next hour or two as Rarity catches up on sleep, talks about her problems, and her life, and her hopes and dreams. Just talks away.
It's a fantastic relationship. Of course Fluttershy knows Rarity's asleep; she'd never be brave enough to bother her with all of this while she's awake. She'd be crippled with guilt and the weight of her selfishness. That's just how she works. Rarity, of course, would be happy to listen, but Fluttershy's fears are grounded in anxiety, not reality.
So Rarity gets to pretend she hasn't just fallen asleep in the mud bath by holding a conversation with Fluttershy. Fluttershy gets a confidante she trusts implicitly, and gets to unwind everything she keeps so close to her chest.
It definitely doesn't hurt that Fluttershy's voice is incredibly soothing, and has a lullaby quality to it, does it?
Personally, I think it's an adorable little setup.
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One way to do that would be to set that up as the background and have the actual plot start when Rarity decides to just pretend to sleep and actually listen to Fluttershy for once
Sounds like a solid premise! I can imagine it going any number of directions if Rarity actually had a good night's sleep for once and was awake to hear Flutters' woes. Certainly a great writing prompt! Hope it germinates somewhere!
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First thing I thought of; Only problem, Canon Fluttershy is the one character I simply cannot write.
I think the more important question is whether Rarity sleeps more than four hours a week.
I could easily see her staying up for days on end to finish an order or finish designing the next line. I think that's why she wears a sleeping mask; that's the sign of a pony who doesn't want to wake with the sun when she finally gets a chance to rest.
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That is a problem. You could try to alter the format to minimize Fluttershy's dialogue; maybe make it a first person (or third person limited) re-telling of events from Rarity's point of view. Maybe start the story when Rarity gets home from the spa, that way you could have Rarity paraphrase what Fluttershy said or just be intentionally vague. The rest of the story could focus on Rarity trying to figure out how to talk to Fluttershy about what she heard and what her own feelings/opinions are in response to what she heard. It could then end either just as Rarity starts talking to Fluttershy or just after that, heavily minimizing the amount of proverbial 'screen time' given to Fluttershy.
Thats an adorable idea, and Im a huge sucker for Flarity/Rarishy.
If your trouble is with writing Fluttershy, you could have her confession actually be completely out of character, like how she secretly hates animals or kicks foals or something. Not really cute anymore, but it would be pretty funny at least.
What a sweet premise. I know you said you don't write Fluttershy, but would love to see you write this.
That's just flipping adorable. If I didn't already have more stories in progress than I know what to do with, I'd steal it.
You could post it in the Idea's Exchange.
It's a great idea. Not sure if it's really a romantic shipping story or just a friendship story, but would be interesting either way.
I love the idea, but I'd rather see it used within a story than as the foundation of an entire story.
That IS adorable.
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[Random][Comedy] version:
"Rarity's actually running on a decent amount of sleep this time and decides to just pretend to sleep. This turns out to be a bad decision as Fluttershy starts narrating the 87th chapter of her TwiCord slashfiction."
I mean, that's pretty much headcanon for me now that you've written it down.
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I agree.
That RariShy headcanon beautifully borrows from and works with show canon.