Previously on Who We Become (Acts of Love edition) · 10:12pm Oct 24th, 2020
There's a lot of words leading up to Acts of Love. This blog post will fill you in on the important details leading up to the story. Obviously it involves spoilers from other stories.
Spurned by her father ruthlessly pushing her to be the best she can be, her mother ignoring her, and issues connecting with Celestia, Sunset Shimmer runs away from Canterlot through a magical mirror. When she does, she goes from being a seventeen-year-old unicorn to being a five-year-old human. She's found by police officers, pretends to have amnesia, and is brought to an orphanage when searching for her parents yields no results. She lives there for years, growing up as a human orphan. She eventually sneaks back to Equestria to steal Twilight's crown, is foiled by the princess, and learns to make friends.
Sunset enters a relationship with the human Fluttershy, who is already pregnant when it begins. They decide to raise the child together, and name their daughter Sky Shimmer. Before she's born however, a car accident causes Fluttershy to lose the child. The two sink into alcoholism to cope, and eventually their constant fighting causes them to break up. Sunset decides to return to Equestria.
Several months later, she starts a relationship with Twilight and Fluttershy, who are already engaged by the time they start dating her. Together, they help her overcome her issues with alcoholism. Their polyamorous relationship proves to be controversial, with most ponies accepting it (even if they aren't exactly sure about it) but a very loud minority of ponies opposing it adamantly. Twilight and Fluttershy get married as planned, and Fluttershy is dubbed an official Equestrian princess.
Despite the controversy, the triad eventually goes on to add Sunset to their marriage. The law only includes two ponies in marriage, so their marriage isn't legally binding and Sunset's status as a princess is hotly debated. To further complicate matters, Celestia dodges the question whenever asked, preferring to stay out of their marriage, which complicates her relationship with Sunset. Luna and Cadance back their marriage, Luna in particular bestowing a crown to Sunset.
Other things notable to this story: Several years have passed since the end of the series, and the younger characters are older teens now. Twilight's parents adopted Spike as their son, making him Twilight's brother. They move to Ponyville to be closer to their son as he grows up. As a teenager, Fluttershy was raped by her stepfather, Stormy Skies, though she's largely recovered from the damage he's done to her. Rainbow and Fluttershy consider each other sisters despite not being related by blood. Sunset's parents are divorced. Sunset and the human Applejack have always been incredibly close, remaining best friends even after Sunset moves to Equestria. Sunset is not on speaking terms with human Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. Likewise, Luna and Fluttershy have always been incredibly close, their relationship being emotionally intimate, but not romantic.
That should just about cover it. Read the story here!
Here's my question after reading this. Is there real point to the vocal idiots who aren't happy about this? Aside from drama? It comes out as Homophobia.
And whatever else is wrong with Equestria. I can never see that being one of the problems it has. But that's just me. Came for the Twishy (stll the best ship in Friendship is Magic). Not sure if I want to stick around for the rest.
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Yes, there's homophobia in Equestria in this series. This series began before certain things like the Heart's and Hooves day episode that featured same sex couples, Scootaloo's aunts, etc. and at the time, the only canon gay rep was Lyrabon who were so far in the closet that they called themselves "best friends" even when they were alone. Plus Equestria is a land with canon racism, even from the mane six (Rarity uses mule as a derogatory term early on). I just never saw Equestria as a land of pure acceptance like others do. In addition, as a queer author, I wanted to write about things I relate to, and that includes homophobia.