It Is Recommendsday, My Dudes #25 · 7:47pm Sep 8th, 2021
So I've touched on themes before - this week's is an odd one. 'Equestria Girls romance fics that have two women swing dancing on the cover'.
Look, I just work here. Don't ask me about the rules, I only follow 'em.
First up is Novel-Idea's My Kind of Crazy. One of her non-Wavelengths stories, this adorable romance attempts to mirror portions of the Movie in the Equestria Girls universe. Namely - the connection between Pinkie Pie and Skystar.
One's a party fanatic high school student; the other is the daughter of an important foreign dignitary who desperately needs to smile. Together, they fight crime! get into a barrage of shenanigans as Pinkie introduces Skystar to a lot of just one things.
Novel does a great job capturing the energy of two of the fandom's most high intensity characters, but moreso she writes a Pinkie who's earnest and hopeful, avoiding the pitfalls a lot of lesser writers stumble into with Pinkie. There's no moments of eye-rolling as the gags go too far or the fourth wall gets broken yet again - just a well-meaning girl trying to do something nice for somebody she likes and wants to know more. It's sweet, it's heartwarming and it's just plain cute.
Standing alongside that one is Great and Powerful, Darling! by Krickis. Another one sitting outside the author's main continuity (in this case, Who We Become), it blindsided me with the pairing. I mean, Trixie and Rarity? It's a super uncommon one, but it makes so much sense when you think about it. (Technically I think it would be termed Rarxie or Trixity, but I think just calling it The Drama encapsulates well.)
It starts out simple and logical, too. Trixie comes to Rarity for wardrobe help in advance of a big show. The two hit it off - for obvious reasons - and it escalates as Rarity gets entangled in helping the show with more than just sewing.
I love this one because it fits together two characters that you rarely see together and yet work so well with each other . Their personalities are practically tailor-made to bounce off of each other and bolster their strengths. They go together like fire and more fire, and it's aided by Krickis' talent for the little details and adorable moments. Like Trixie talking about her faithful (station) wagon, or Rarity's final 'trick' during the show. The whole story's a treat and makes me smile every time I read.
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Yeah, that sounds about right for a Rarity-Trixie pairing!
Ooh I missed this when you made the recs, but I'm so glad that my ego decided to say "What are people saying about me?" and I searched out blogs with my name in them, because your words made me so very happy! Thank you for the promo, it means a lot
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More than happy to!
To be honest, the only reason I haven't featured you more is because I am totally stuck on which part of Who We Become to headline! There's so many good choices it's hard to decide.
(And no shame in the blog search, I do that myself every couple of months.)