Now how should I start this off? I guess I should start this off with a general thank you to everyone who has been reading and supporting Magnetism. This here is the bonus extra chapter, made mostly as a treat for all those who have been supporting this story, but also as a chapter to note down trivia and a few other things. To those of you who were expecting an epilogue or a continuation from the last chapter, I’m sorry; I probably should have worded my previous author notes about there being one more chapter better. Still, I hope you will be able to enjoy this bonus chapter and its four sections all the same.
Thank You!
To start off the thank you section I would just like to point out the various statistics of this eighth chaptered story and nine chaptered fanfic. As I post this chapter, Magnetism has 1177 favourites, 676 likes, only 30 dislikes, and 590 comments, and if I were to add onto this the favourites and reviews from its postage on Fanfiction.net, that would be an additional 35 favourites and 48 reviews leaving this story with; 1212 favourites, 676 likes, 30 dislikes, and 638 reviews. None of this of course could have been possible without the support of you readers and so a big thanks to you all.
Some of you though went the extra mile, went further than reading or adding this story into your favourite list. Some of you commented, gave me advice, produced fan-work (interestingly enough this story has quite a bit of fan-made material for it and yet no fan-art), or proof-read this story. So then with this section, not counting the anonymous reviews into this total sum, I am to now individually thank all 242 people. I’ve tried to write out as many individual and unique thank you messages as I could but obviously with 242 people this would have taken forever, but I’ve at least noted each of the chapters that you have commented on.
Just one last thing before I thank you all individually; to all my guest readers, being unable to call out each of you individually all I can do is thank you as a collective whole. Thank you for reading Magnetism and thank you for commenting on Magnetism.
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AgonistAgent: Your comment on chapter 2 is what inspired me to have the thing attacking Rainbow Dash in chapter 6 as in fact, her own cooking so thank you very much for that bit of inspiration.
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Andmos: Always quick to comment, I thank you for your comments on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 7, and chapter 8. I’m glad you enjoyed this tale and the schemes of the adorably evil Angel Bunny.
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CloudTwister: You arrived halfway into the story with a comment on chapter 5 which mentioned parts of previous chapters and from there commented on the remaining chapters; chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8. For each of these comments I thank you very much and appreciate each of them.
CodeCyan: I hope you had as much of an enjoyable time reading chapter 2, chapter 3, and chapter 8 with Dashie as I did receiving your comments on said chapters, thank you very much for them.
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Der_Fur_Shur: A small world isn’t it. I remember loving your FlutterDash supporting comments on Equestria Daily and I hope you had the same feeling of joy when you read this story and commented on chapter 2, chapter 7, and chapter 8, to which I thank you for.
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Divine Path: You were always awaiting further releases and I was always awaiting further comments to which I received and am thankful for on chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, and chapter 8.
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DolphinBuster: Sorry to say but at some point the bracelets had to come off and as such at some point this story had to come to a close. You’ve had a good time reading though, I had a good time writing this story, and I thank you for your comments on chapter 1, chapter 3, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8.
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Fernesh: Thanks for the understanding, delightful and well worded comment on chapter 8, I wouldn’t have known English wasn’t your first language if you hadn’t mentioned it.
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InsanityCorps: As you are glad to have taken the time to read this story I’m glad you took the time to comment on chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8. As for when Rainbow Dash will notice the painfully obvious, unfortunately Rainbow Dash is the painfully oblivious so it might take a while.
Iryelb: So close, so very, very close. You almost commented on every chapter, you commented on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8. You may have missed just one chapter but you know what; you’re still awesome and you still deserve a round of applause for being awesome. I’m thankful and grateful for each of your comments… except that gif you posted in chapter 6, which just scarred me for life.
Jake Roberts: Bravissimo to you too Jake Roberts and to all your comments on chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8. I still miss your error made comment on chapter 7 wherein you accidentally typed “If that's so, when is Flutttershy going to convert Dash to the colt?”, it had me in stitches from laughter.
Jangledorf: Hailing from the comment section of my first pony story, Thank You Cider, it’s nice to see you again Jangledorf and just like I did before with Thank You Cider this here is my thanks to you for commenting on this story for your chapter 1 and chapter 8 comments. Thank you.
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KnoFear: I received a lot of comments from you, starting with a humorous comparison of the bracelets to those finger tie things so here are thanks for commenting on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 5, chapter 6, and chapter 7. You also enjoyed chapter 5’s delivery of fetish Fluttershy and traumatized Pinkie Pie, and while I don’t have anything to add to Pinkie’s trauma but on fetish Fluttershy I will say that my head-canon has Fluttershy being a big fan of bunny costumes.
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Loki: I never did receive a comment from you on chapter 5 but I know you were looking forward to my explanation of Applejack’s discomfort with Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash’s suggestive interactions and I hope you found how I have presented Applejack to be acceptable. I also thank you for your comment on chapter 3.
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NintendoGal55: You are a star. I could always expect a friendly comment on each chapter, I could always expect that comment to be brimming with your opinions and praise on beloved moments, I could always expect you to follow it up with a comment on my blog post for each chapter. Furthermore, when I needed a substitute proof-reader you did not hesitate to volunteer, and though your editorial notes on commas started to drive me a little crazy, you were truly helpful for proof-reading chapter 6. So everyone give Nintendo Gal a round of applause for not only proof-reading chapter 6 of this here story but also for commenting on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8.
Noble Colors: Thanks for commenting on chapter 6.
Noyoki1: Thank you very much for the comments on chapter 4, chapter 5, and chapter 8, as well as for being the only one to point out one of my favourite jokes, Applejack’s remark as Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash leave the restroom in chapter 4.
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Rabbitude101: Thank you for your numerous short yet sweet comments on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8, they always bring a smile to my face.
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Rated PonyStar: I was pleased to see how much you enjoyed Pinkie’s line about her ice cream cake and I’m sure you were pleased to see that I did not rip-off your story by having Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash attacked by a manticore in the Everfree forest, although they were going to be at one point in planning. Overall though I was mostly pleased in knowing you were reading through your comments on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8. Also, to all my readers, I suggest you keep a good eye on this guy’s work, not just because it’s amazing but because I’m sure that fans of my work will have something to look forward to from Rated PonyStar this year.
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ScriptScrolls: So, you wanted Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash to plunge off the edge of the romantic cliff and kiss, well too bad for even with me being thankful for your comments on chapter 2, chapter 5, chapter 7, and chapter 8 it appears that more will have to occur for that to occur. Seriously though, thanks for all your comments and I’m glad the snuggles at the end calmed your rage a little.
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[Fanfiction.net] Shado Room of Souls: You were a little late to the party but thank you very much for your comments on chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8, you will be pleased to know that I will most definitely be writing more.
[Fanfiction.net] Shadow Hooves: I’m glad to see you’ve enjoyed this comment so much as to have commented on chapters 5, chapter 6, and chapter 8 and I’m grateful that you’re recommending this to all your pony friends.
Shiron: Thanks for commenting on chapter 6.
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sidewayz2013: Thank you very much for assisting me with chapter 5 by suggesting ideas for pranks. Your ideas were neat and having someone to talk about ideas with helped in so many ways so thanks.
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[Fanfiction.net] Southhoof: I’m glad you enjoyed this story’s funny and deep tones, and don’t worry about only commenting when you had something to say, I’m thankful for your comments on chapter 3 and chapter 8 as they are.
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Taco234: Thanks for being the very first commenter of Magnetism with your comment on chapter 1.
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TastetheRainbowDash: Each of your delightful comments came with pictures and for your neat amounts of commentary on chapter 2, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8 I thank you. With your last two comments including FlutterDash kissing artwork I can assume you were really wanting that FlutterDash kiss weren’t you.
Techfur: Thank you for helping out with chapter 4’s spa scene ideas, it was a huge help that helped the structuring of chapter 4 immensely.
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Thegodhand: Some of your comments provided critique, some with entertainment, all in all though I’m thankful for both varieties of comments you made on chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6, and chapter 7.
TheLivingLibrary: Thank you so very much, not so much for your comment on chapter 7 but for your out of the blue, 100% fan-made live-reading of chapter 1 of Magnetism. Further thanks goes to your group for your decision to do a pre-recorded reading of the entire story of Magnetism, and even asking to conduct an interview with me. Truly it is an honour.
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[Fanfiction.net]TomColt15: My first Fanfiction.net reviewer for Magnetism, I thank you for your comments on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 5, and chapter 8, and I hope this story has lived up to the potential you saw in it from the first chapter.
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Toxicitzi: Thank you so very much for your comments on chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8, the last of which always has me grinning the numerous times I’ve read it.
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Ugugg93: A dear friend of mine, who not only commented on each and every chapter of this story but when I put out the call for a proof-reader he responded immediately. His editorial help has been invaluable (and hilarious as you will soon find out), and his extra effort in interacting with other readers within the comment section is truly something. So I thank him first for commenting on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter8, then for proof-reading chapter 3, chapter 4, chapter 5, chapter 7, and chapter 8, and last but not least for being a loyal friend.
Ultra8: Thanks for commenting on chapter 1.
V-invidia: I was always pleased to see comments approving of Angel’s involvement, involvement which added tons and tons of humour to this story, as I was always pleased to see your comments. They were those of a reader who was having a good time but not afraid to criticise when they felt they should and this is apparent in your comments on chapter 1, chapter 2, chapter 4, and chapter 5, comments to which I thank you for.
Wallace: Thanks for commenting on chapter 6.
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Wolfmaster1337: With your comments on chapter 2, chapter 3, chapter 4, and chapter 5, you did the two things I like to see the most in comments; pointing out things you liked and pointing out errors. Thanks for the comments.
Xuncu: Thanks for your comments on chapter 2 and chapter 8 of, as you’ve complimented, this beautiful story.
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Zyr1987: I hit my head on the ceiling, having jumped for joy at being informed that this story, Magnetism, had acquired a TV Tropes page. So of course I’m grateful to the very reader who went out of his way, used up his spare time, and with nothing contributed on my part, created and began updating a TV Tropes page for Magnetism. So thanks for bestowing upon my story such a great honour, as well as for your comments on chapter 3, chapter 5, chapter 6, chapter 7, and chapter 8. By the way, all you readers should go check out the mentioned TV Tropes page; it is brilliant I tell you.
Ten Favourite Editor Lines
Due to the comments from chapter 1, after constantly being told how I should get a proof-reader for this story, I got myself a proof-reader. This was something I was weary about admittedly, trust is not something I have a lot of, but it turns out that allowing the likes of Ugugg93 and NintendoGal55 to proof-read Magnetism was a good thing; an excellent thing. The quality of the writing in this fanfic has most definitely gone up, and is easy to notice when the comparing the first two chapters to the rest of this story (something I should probably sort out someday). Anyway, this not only turned out good for the overall writing but it also provided me with a lot of laughs as my stories came back with not just helpful tips and pointers but also jokes. Now I shall share with you my ten favourite editor lines in no particular order and other than what chapter they are from, without context… although I will state that the very last editor line is my favourite of them.
* Chapter 6) Do you “somepony” or “something”?
* Chapter 7) Lay her on the bird? That's not just puberty, that's KINKY!!!
* Chapter 8) Two things:
1) This is a TERRIBLE invention! What if there is no way to repair what was lost. Say... if the dad murdered their son. No failsafe!? Really!?
2) I like.
* Chapter 4) So they kinda have their legs around the other's waist and Rainbow pressed up really close to Fluttershy. That would mean her naughty bits are... oh dear...
* Chapter 4) ROUND!?!?!? ROUND!?!?!? I WILL KILL YOUR SOUL!!!
* Chapter 7) Just thought of this: They would rock at 6 legged race by now.
* Chapter 5) And we almost went the entire story without a penis joke. *sigh*
* Chapter 4) That's called a fatality Rainbow.
* Chapter 3) The alliteration was killing my soul.
* Chapter 4) Rubber ducks: Cock blocks of the bathing world.
Trivia
Now for the last two sections, the last two sections being announced here because the second to last section roles into the last section quite smoothly so an introduction for the last section would disrupt the flow. Anyway, every time I uploaded a chapter of Magnetism I would include an extensive commentary on its development within my weekly updating blog posts (which in order to shamelessly promote myself I will state that it updates every weekend and I have been doing episode reviews since The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000, go check it out) along with bits of trivia. Of course I can’t help but miss out on some bits of trivia now and again, and I also know that not all you readers of this story read my blog thus the reason for this section. Here is a list of trivia regarding Magnetism, the story as a whole and all its chapters. I hope you enjoy this, as well as the last part of this treat.
* Fun With Magnetic Ponies was the original title for this fanfic.
* I then changed the title of the fanfic from Fun With Magnetic Ponies to Inseparable.
* I then changed the title of the fanfic from Inseparable to Magnetism.
* This fanfic is titled Magnetism.
* Chapter 5 was titled Fun With Magnetic Ponies and Chapter 8 was titled Inseparable as tribute to the original names for this fanfic.
* At one point there was only going to be seven chapters, with the events of chapter eight and seven combined.
* I’ve been talking about this fanfic in my profile blog since my very first blog post on the 15th January 2012.
* Magnetism is the third MLP fanfic idea I had, the first having been dropped and the second being put up for later due to my gained interest in FlutterDash (the second fanfic was a Cutie Mark Crusaders crossover fanfic with Pokémon Mystery Dungeons, something I’m still interested in doing someday).
* As such I have been planning and writing Magnetism since before both Thank You Cider and Open to Interpretation, despite how those two MLP fanfics were written and uploaded before Magnetism.
* Originally the bracelets did not exist. Originally Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were going to be stuck together by one of Twilight’s spells gone wrong but I changed this due to several reasons; the biggest being how common Twilight messing up spells is in fanfics.
* After changing the title of the fanfic twice I had originally decided to name chapter 1 after my original fanfic title, Fun With Magnetic Ponies, but felt that such a title would be better suited to the prank themed chapter I had planned later on.
* My portrayal of Rainbow Dash as both sexually and romantically oblivious was first inspired by a comment on an Rainbow Dash artwork a long time ago, which went along the lines of saying “What if everypony thought Rainbow Dash was flirting with them but actually did not know what her exact words and mannerisms meant and was just trying to be friendly?”
* I received further encouragement for an oblivious Dash by seeing hints of this in other fanfics such as The Oak Leaf by Silvershine, Too Shy For A Rainbow by JakeHeritagu and The Birds and the Bees by Theworstwriter.
* Since the very first episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, I’ve always thought Fluttershy was a lesbimare, with The Cutie Mark Chronicles strengthening my head-canon.
* Chapter 2 required a lot of edits before I felt it could be uploaded.
* Angel was originally going to have a much smaller part in the fanfic, however in writing chapter 2 I realised how much I enjoyed writing about my third favourite MLP character and his antics and so he was included in chapters 3, 4 and 6.
* Rainbow Dash was at one point in chapter 2 going to be depicted as vegan, as a reference to The Fastest Vegan in All of Equestria! by Macon Mixx.
* Rainbow Dash’s previous school cooking was also going to reference BlazBlue in the form of Rainbow’s dish sounding similar to the Kagasutchi Puffer fish. The only reason this was not included was because, knowing that meat and fish dishes would be extremely rare for ponies to prepare, not knowing an alternative dish that would still allow me to reference the series.
* The joke in chapter 2 involving Rainbow Dash spotting archaeopteryxes was inspired by a Garfield comic.
* Originally the animal mentioned at end of the line; ‘Before her line of sight she could behold wasps, and goats, and archaeopteryxes, and cats, and sn-‘ was going to be snakes but due to TastetheRainbowDash’s comment, it is now a Snipe.
* Fluttershy has a Snipe in her garden.
* Chapter Three’s opening awkward wakeup scene was inspired by a combination of my first published MLP fanfic, Thank You Cider and a scene in Uguug93’s fanfic, World of Chaos
* The chapter three scene wherein Applejack spots Rainbow Dash carrying Fluttershy bridal style is one of my favourite scenes in all of Magnetism, and as such was the scene I provided my blog followers as a sneak-peak to Magnetism.
* Chapter three has not one but two G3 references. Rainbow Dash sleep-talking “I don’t want to dress in style” and Pinkie Pie using G3 Pinkie Pie’s line “absolutely, positively”.
* Originally the conversation between Applejack and Pinkie Pie that Fluttershy began to overhear as she and Rainbow Dash played BattleClouds was not to be about them but about a secret Applejack had let Pinkie Pie in. This secret was to be Applejack’s truck.
* Pinkie Pie was not originally going to go to the spa with Rarity, and she was only included because of my constantly growing fondness for RariPie friendshipping and romanceshipping.
* Chapter 4’s opening scene was originally chapter 5’s opening scene and vice-versa.
* Half of chapter 4 was going to be devoted to Twilight experimenting with Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and the bracelets effects, with the other half being devoted to Rarity and the spa.
* I was originally going to include a reference game in chapter 4 where I asked if you could spot all three references; one from a cartoon, one from a TV series, and one from a MLP fanfic.
* The only one of these references to be included was Pinkie Pie greeting Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, which was a reference to the outrageous Aquaman from Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
* The fanfic I wanted to reference in chapter 4 was later referenced in chapter 6.
* The final reference was going to be in the hot tub conversation scene. In this scene Rainbow Dash was originally going to have a choice of subject and in wanting ideas of what to dress for next year’s Nightmare Night she asked what everpony’s favourite monster. Rarity was to say Medusa, Fluttershy was to say Gruffalo, and Pinkie Pie was to say Jefferson Star ship (Pinkie's being the TV series reference, to which you are awesome if you get the reference).
* The part where Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy discovered Pinkie Pie had been telling everypony that she and Rarity had been on a date along with Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash was to be included via a scene after the spa where they are discussing prank ideas at Sugarcube Corners and Mrs Cake asks how Pinkie’s date went.
* Chapter Four was going to have a scene where Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash commented on their school days, with Pinkie Pie commenting how close they were and Fluttershy muttering the word ‘were’.
* Chapter Four was also going to have a scene where Applejack entered the spa and was pestered by Aloe and Lotus for gossip on Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy (given AJ’s inability to successfully lie).
* Half of Chapter 5 was to be devoted to Pinkie Pie and her pranks, while the other half was to be devoted to Applejack with Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash discovering Applejack’s truck.
* Fluttershy loves being tied up… though if we are to go by how frequently the characters are tied up in the show, all the characters like being tied up.
* Fluttershy’s other fetish is ponies in bunny outfits, both the cute kind and the, ahem, raunchier kind.
* The seapony prank was the first prank I had thought of, and was the only prank I was sure of implementing into the chapter before discussing prank ideas with sidewayz2013.
* The pranks were supposed to be executed in a quick, one page per prank manner, but writing things short has never been a strong point of mine.
* I wanted to include a prank involving Flitter because she is my favourite background/minor pony character, and also my favourite mare design.
* I’m neutral to the pairing LyraBon; I neither like it nor hate it.
* I wanted Lyra’s obsession to be broader than just humans so I expanded it into having her obsessed with all things past generation of My Little Pony, humans and seaponies being a part of the G1 series.
* Bonnie Zacherle is the creator of My Little Pony and Megan was the main character of the G1 My Little Pony cartoon series.
* There was originally going to be a small part where Fluttershy told Rainbow Dash about her not so successful dating experience.
* Among these experiences includes how Fluttershy first met Rarity, wherein due to a misunderstanding, Fluttershy thought Rarity had asked out her on a date.
* In my head-canon Applejack is heterosexual, Rarity is heterosexual but has experimented with dating mares in the past, Fluttershy is homosexual, Pinkie Pie is bisexual, Twilight Sparkle is bi-curious and Rainbow Dash is asexual.
* There was also going to be a small part where Rainbow Dash, trying to think of ways to continue the conversation with Fluttershy, asks if Fluttershy finds her attractive.
* Applejack’s discomfort concerning homosexuals was originally going to be played for laughs, having her as a homophobic but reacting more in the manner of an arachnophobia or claustrophobic; passing out, shrieking with terror or breaking out into shivers.
* I went with a more serious and sympathetic approach in regards to Applejack due to the slightly common occurrence of Applejack being depicted as outright hatefully homophobic.
* Pinkie’s twister joke about walking in on Mr and Mrs Cakes lovemaking is based off of a comic where Pinkie Pie sees them doing it, gets upset, and runs off crying “They were playing twister without me.”
* Angel smoking is a recurring character trait in my fanfics, being present in both this story as well as Thank You Cider.
* In chapter 6, the original reason Rainbow Dash did not just fly out of the Everfree Forest with Fluttershy was going to be due to her taking a quick drink from a pool of mystery water that intoxicates her. I got rid of this idea because it made Rainbow Dash seem stupid (outside of her oblivious nature, which is the only factor I downplay her intelligence).
* This came to the annoyance of a few fans due to my interpretation of drunk Rainbow Dash being cutesy, constantly hugging the nearest pony and telling ponies how much she ‘wuvs’ them… it was funny imagining Fluttershy having to deal with Rainbow Dash acting like this towards her.
* Angel and Spike not getting along after hearing the other’s name is a reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel.
* One of Angel’s flashbacks was to feature somepony bullying Fluttershy, Angel luring said pony down an alley, and then the screams of “please stop breaking my legs” echoing from said pony.
* Chapter 6 also has a G3 reference; Pinkie Pie’s suggested parties are all the names of G3 My Little Pony episodes.
* Fluttershy’s defence of Angel, “because he reminds me of you”, is based off of an adorable FlutterDash comic I once saw.
* The Cutie Mark Crusaders trying to get both lumberjack and cartography cutie marks is a reference to The Cutie Mark Conspiracy by Cold in Gardez, a fanfic I was previously going to reference in chapter 4.
* Sweetie Belle’s lumberjack scene was going to have a World of Warcraft reference (funny considering I’m the only one out of four brothers who doesn’t play World of Warcraft) wherein Sweetie Belle states in an eerie manner “I’m growing a beard” based off a line said by the creepy panda kids that my little brother keeps on laughing his head off over.
* Chapter 6 had two foreshadowing references to The Cutie Pox, the first being when Rainbow Dash suggests trying out for bowling cutie marks, and the second when Apple Bloom states how she’ll never speak the griffon’s fancy language.
* There was not originally going to be a monster. Then there was a monster chase scene involving a manitcore but I scrapped that idea because I did not want to rip off Rated Ponystar’s How We Met. Then they were going to be chased by a gargoyle, set up to protect the Faun memorial. Then the gargoyle became a toast monster.
* Originally the trap Angel had set up was going to be more lethal, involving pikes and explosives.
* Originally Angel’s apology was not going to be shown, only mentioned at the start of chapter 7, but I decided it was an important point that needed to be written.
* “Seriously, I’ve about as much chance breaking my wing as I do enjoying a book, it just isn’t going to happen.” Is foreshadowing to Read it and Weep, one of only four episodes of Friendship is Magic that I dislike.
* This fanfic was supposed to have hints towards SpArity, though as its set before Secret of my Excess this was rather tricky. Instead of hints towards my second favourite MLP pairing I instead included hints towards my third favourite MLP pairing, SweetieSpike, as can be seen somewhat in chapter 6.
* Originally chapter 6 was going to end with Rainbow Dash commenting on how deadly Angel’s trap was, with Fluttershy saying under her breath at how she probably shouldn’t tell them that the trap only made the bully chasing her angry.
* Chapter 7 was going to be the last chapter, with the events of chapter 8 being a part of chapter 7 and as such chapter 7 used to be titled Inseparable.
* I did not want to come across as forcing my head-canon upon my readers with chapter 7’s flashback which is why you never see any of Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash’s family members. I give you ideas what they may be like but I leave most of it up to you.
* Fluttershy’s family is poor; her mother passed away when she was young, and her father works long hours to keep a roof above their heads and food in their house.
* Rainbow Dash’s family is rich, often attend social events, and Rainbow Dash was mostly raised by her parents’ house-staff.
* Fluttershy is Rainbow Dash’s first true friend, as most of the other pony’s Rainbow Dash had met where at rich and upper-class social events and Rainbow Dash did not get along well with them.
* Rainbow Dash is not Fluttershy’s first friend. Fluttershy used to have friends, despite being shy and quiet, but after her mother passed away Fluttershy became reserved and practically mute, leading to her first few friends no longer bothering with her.
* Fluttershy’s father is a fan of wrestling, but when caught watching it by Fluttershy, informed her that they were simply giving each other massages (a detail I had to leave out due to not wanting to force head-canon).
* Rainbow Dash’s mother shares most of her personality traits with G3 Rainbow Dash.
* One piece of information not included was the eventual passing away of Fluttershy’s father due to overworking. As this is no longer included in the fanfic at all, his status is now unknown and as such is up to reader discretion.
* Further motivation for Rainbow Dash leaving home was to be her parents having another child, and as such Rainbow Dash felt she could leave now that she effectively had a replacement. This was removed due to how badly most OC relatives of main characters both turn out and how poorly they are received (although my idea for Rainbow’s little brother in terms of personality is mostly Rarity personality but with slight spices of Rainbow Dash’s and Spike’s personalities), so like with Fluttershy’s father passing away, this status is up to reader discretion.
* Rainbow Dash taking Fluttershy to a Starsong concert is another reference to G3 My Little Pony, to which Starsong is my favourite G3 pony.
* Rainbow Dash taking Fluttershy to a Starsong concert was going to be mentioned as something one of Rainbow’s maids advised her to do when she asked the maid where she should take the pony who means the most to her in the whole wide world (imagine filly Rainbow Dash asking this and you will die from cuteness). It was to also be suggested by Fluttershy, that looking back on it, a lot of the things she and Rainbow Dash seemed to do together (due to the advice Rainbow kept on getting from her maid) seemed like dates.
* Originally chapter eight was going to be just the conversation scene between Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, starting with all the characters in Twilight’s library at the start of the chapter, and ending with Applejack’s comment about having to poke through the haystacks.
* Originally in chapter eight, Fluttershy was going to ask to have the conversation with Rainbow Dash before the spell/bracelets were removed.
* The means to remove the bracelets was made so Fluttershy had a legitimate reason for starting the conversation with Rainbow Dash before the bracelets were removed.
* Burning mane, psycho Twilight was a new addition to chapter eight.
* Before the introduction of burning mane, psycho Twilight, the following line; “What a beautiful friendship.” Was going to be said by Twilight, not Spike.
* Twilight Sparkle (and of course Rainbow Dash), is the only Mane 6 oblivious to Fluttershy’s feelings for Rainbow Dash, believing it to simply be a wonderfully strong friendship.
* The last two scenes of chapter 8 were added for two reasons; first as a peace offering so my readers wouldn’t butcher me for not having Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy get together, and secondly to sort of explain why Fluttershy keeps waking up into such awkward positions each morning.
* This fanfic takes place between Luna Eclipsed and May The Best Pet Win, with the events of Sisterhooves Social and The Cutie Pox occurring in the week that passed between chapter 6 and 7.
* The reason this fanfic takes place before May The Best Pet Win is because that episode was the first showcasing of Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash’s strong friendship/obvious romance.
* Magnetism has a TV Tropes page.
* Magnetism also has a live-reading of the first chapter, Binding Bracelets, on YouTube.
* This fanfic has never been about how Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash get together (hence the lack of ‘love’ or ‘couples’ or ‘will they get together’ in the summary) but about Fluttershy’s re-emerging feelings. The story reached its goal when Fluttershy accepted her re-emerging feelings and she and Rainbow Dash’s friendship was repaired to the status it was once; a friendship that now has the chance to be developed into romance.
* If Fluttershy had confessed her feelings it would have confused Rainbow Dash and risked misbalancing their revived friendship, thus causing the bracelets to be unable to be removed. At least a short amount of time needs to pass for both ponies to get used to their renewed friendship before further evolving it into romance.
* This fanfic still fits the terms of a romance category, as love is one of the main issues, and even if it is one-sided, still is about Fluttershy being in love with Rainbow Dash, thus it is also a form of FlutterDash.
* I never write a fanfic without some idea as to how I would go about utilising it in future; be it a sequel, a prequel, or simply setting it’s events in the same universe as another fanfic so I may reference it in other works.
* I also love providing foreshadowing hints to how I could further utilise the story I have told, which reminds me of several things in chapter 6;
"There was once this big bully in the forest who would pick on all the animals… and me. Angel Bunny rigged this area full of traps, and led the guy here, in order to get rid of him."
"And so does Angel, he protects me all the time though you wouldn't know that because you le-"
"Don't worry, I gave him a good scolding and he won't be bothering you, or me, or any of the other animals ever again."
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The Shy Knight and the Rainbow Princess!
Dear Flutturshi,
I hav com back fore my revenge and capturd ur colorful luvur. If u onet him back, ull hav 2 get 2 my cassel and fight me fore im. All u hav 2 doo iz follow de fairee and shell take u 2 me. R u a bad enuff dude 2 resque ur luvur?
Sincerely, ur Arch-Nemesis.
P.EZ. Pleeze dont tell ur princessis, dey scare me.