ESymbiosis

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

Autumn Blaze and Queen Chrysalis get paired up for a special friendship project.

• Alt. Universe
• Chrysalis
• Autumn Blaze

mushroompone · 9.7k words  ·  118  3 · 2.2k views

Summary:: Autumn Blaze and Queen Chrysalis get paired up for a special friendship project.

Initial thoughts: This was an entry in the "May original character contest" where you take two characters that don't interact in the show much and make a story about them. Autumn Blaze and Chyrsalis get paired up here, and well I do believe the author makes the story believable, and convincing. However, I do have some issues with it, but I'll get into that in a bit. Overall it's a decent story for what the author had to work with. 7/10

Heart of the story: The heart of this story is the interaction of the two ponies. Do they sell the story? For if they don't, the story will feel flat. Now I will say that Autumn blaze gets a LOT more of the focus, and I guess it helps she's super chatty, but I also wanted to see more on Chrysalis side as well, and feel like the silent treatment works well with her character, so I'll give that a pass. The two work together in a way you wouldn't think and that makes the two engaging and interesting. However, I'm just going say, I didn't care for how it ended, but I won't spoil it for anyone. Read and make your own judgement. 7/10

Characterization: : Autumn Blaze is a solid characterization and despite only having one espiode, the author really GETS her well. However Chrysalis, while for the most part seems herself, there was a decision near the ending that I totally don't agree with. It's much too rushed, and feels unfitting for her to suddenly shift this way. I won't reveal how. But it does affect the score. 6/10

Story/Concept: : Twilight using Kirins and Changelings to help form a friendship is not a foriegn idea, but it's also not one I see very much. Mostly because I don't read stories about making alliances, and making peace, and somehow that all tying together with ponies. It's interesting to most I can tell. It's just sorta okay to me? It's certainly not bad at all! 7/10

Originality/Execution: The idea is very original and very well executed (minus the ending) and I must say the author did well with the time they had. I just wish the ending could have been different. 7/10

Overall score and final thoughts: : This is a decent story that takes two characters that usually don't work together, and puts them together, in a tale about alliances, treaties, friendships and oddly even death. The story is by no means perfect, but it is enjoyable and pleasant, and I'd recommend giving it a shot if you like the characters here, or simply enjoy stories about ponies making peace with other kinds through lots of talk and tea.

Total score: 7+7+6+7+7=34/50
6.8/10

Headpat worthy:
Boop worthy: Yes.
Meh worthy:
Cringe level:

To the author: Keep up the good work! This story was good, but not great. There were moments where I groaned, but overall I did enjoy it, and hope to see you continue to improve from here!
Next up is Cinnamon Saturday by Silent Whisper See ya soon!

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Thanks for the review, Nailah! Looks like I'll have to add Autumn Blaze to my more regular cast of characters