[StarTrixMaud Shipping Contest] Minor Correction of Results · 4:56pm Oct 11th, 2021
A stray missing bracket in an embed somehow completely omitted one of the prizes, which has been corrected in the original post, and reproduced here. Something missed by me, my judges, all readers of that blogpost, and the winner of the prize. Whoops!
Oh and while you're here, uh, maybe check out my other group Comment Club? It's a great way to both find great fics to read and comment on as well as get some attention on fics that deserve it. Anyway, the prize!
Tenth Place, Best StarMaud: Guest Lecturer by Apple Bottoms
A straightforward little slice-of-life that gives you exactly what it says in the longdesc: a snapshot of an established relationship between headmare Starlight Glimmer and Dr. Maud Pie that is very short and sweet. What makes this Guest Lecturer stand out from other works of this light and fluffy genre is the introduction of the characters and the ship through the eyes of the students, for whom school administrators and guest lecturers are categorized somewhat closer to textbooks and lockers than fully-rounded people with lives of their own outside of school, which makes the peek behind the curtain all the more intriguing to them. This really grounds the presence and reality of their relationship and love by contextualizing it as part of the observable world that third parties can deduce; a fact about the universe as mundane and as obvious as the difference between igneous and metamorphic rocks. And that mundanity is just what makes this type of story so pleasant to spend time in.
--Bicyclette
[Michael Cera voice] Oh jeez that's me!
Thanks for the update!! I love all of the little review blurbs the stories get, they're very nice to read!! :) I'm glad you enjoyed it, I just love the mundanity (is that a word?) in love stories, it's so much fun to explore!