There was a Ninja, some woman with green hair named Gertrude, probably my sister Vengeance, and Lord Skywalker. You know. The one that likes to snorkle.) colabed on a story! Anon-a-Miss... in the sense I actually MISSED somethings. · 4:08pm May 25th, 2018
I was reminded that I meant to make a bit of a point somewhere in the writing that got lost in the shuffle of writing the last to chapters.
Rather than make those who've read it already go through the penultimate chapter again to find the few lines, I'll post it here:
Oddjob looked around at the students in the halls, many either turning a blind eye to the state Sunset Shimmer is in or taking pictures or videos with the phone. "You know, whoever put that information out isn't the only one to blame, right? I mean, none of this would matter if the school wasn't apparently filled to the brim with douche-nozzles who universally have nothing better to do than make fun of people... for some reason."
Pinkie grinned and added, "And don't forget the literal thousands of other people who joined the site just to get in on the fun!"
Oddjob rolled her eyes. "Right... fun..."
I also think I missed a character with a line that was being thrown around the last two chapters (profanity warning), so I added this to the last chapter:
Rainbow Dash’s eyes crossed for a moment. “Or why Scootaloo even got involved? I mean... she really likes me!”
Sweetie Belle spoke up, "More like worships the ground you walk on!" Sweetie Belle nodded to Scootaloo who was busy petting a hairbrush filled with loose strands of hair the color of the rainbow and whispering sweet nothings to it. She quickly noticed she was the center of attention and hid the brush behind her with an embarrassed smile.
"Uh..." Rainbow Dash quickly knocked back the rest of her shake as if the sugary, sweet substance could erase what she just saw. "As I was saying... showing everyone I got an 'F' just sucks! It doesn't help me spend time with anyone!" Rainbow Dash shook her head. "I mean, what the actual fuck? ...In regards to that and that thing I just had to see right now..."
I hope the experience was enjoyable! As much as it hurt me to dig that deep into the source material, I think a fic like this was somewhat overdue to highlight some of the flaws that the story is composed pretty much entirely out of (once you get past the slumber parties, those were actually pretty sweet).
What the actual fuck seems to be this fics battle cry. I approve.
I read a summary of the whole anon a miss thing and, I think I figured out what bothers me the most. It's needless suffering. Sunset has already suffered and atoned for her sins, what was the point of that? Nothing. And the CMC got off so much lighter than Sunset. That sort of thing can do serious psychological damage. I get that they're young and didn't think it through. Fine. But when it was clear it wasn't working and was stupid, they should have owned up immediately. It's made of stupid.
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It's been discussed in the comments a few places, but aspects of the fic make more sense if it took place before RR. Not all of it mind you, but the basic premise, at least. In that case, we wouldn't have seen the school pick on Sunset yet. However, with Rainbow Rocks, I agree... Sunset already took her punishment and redeemed herself, so why rehash all that?