Fic Shoutout: "Near The Tree" by Comma Typer · 2:33am Sep 7th, 2022
Per the blog title, I'm signal-boosting a friend's story. I left a long, essay-style comment on the fic itself, but to sum up the strongest aspect: EqG Apple Bloom and pony Big Macintosh prove that certain bonds transcend dimensions.
Give it a read if you enjoy wholesome, slice-of-life stories stuffed with characters. The human CMC have good group rapport, and pony Big Mac is endearingly stoic.
A simple stallion from the sticks, that’s what he is. Same for his Apple Bloom, the beloved sister he’s showered with love and care, the one that saw him as the best brother anyone could ever have, even after messing up a precious Sisterhooves Social in such ridiculous fashion.
But there’s this Apple Bloom, speedily tapping and chatting at her phone, wearing sophisticated clothes just like the Manehattanites, just like little AJ. None of the overalls or the rugged hats, nothing like the illustrations and pictures of human farmers Princess Twilight shared during a town council meeting when she got caught up excitedly explaining Earthling society to all of Ponyville. Even as Apple Bloom keeps asking about home, where he lives, what’s it like there to live in a village...
--excerpt from Chapter Two
I searched Derpibooru high and low for a concluding piece of companion art. Closest I found was this pic of human AB with her dimensional sister instead of brother. Still, its a matching vibe for Comma Typer's story. If you get a good feeling from looking at this, you'll get much the same from reading Near The Tree.
Aight, back to my own grind. The Snippet Series should reach its Season 2 Finale in the next few months.
