The Firstborn

Reading the will of his parents one more time, Big McIntosh decides to have a talk with his sisters that he thinks is long overdue.

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Seether00

Seether00 #1 · May 17th, 2013 · 3 · ·

Ack... This story left me feeling... bitter. Yes bitter.

FanOfMostEverything

FanOfMostEverything #2 · May 17th, 2013 · · ·

Huh. It's listed as complete, but it feels unresolved. There's a lot of words left unsaid, struggles unfinished, and flanks unmarked. (Seriously, how do you build an ambulatory, explosive weed-puller and not recognize your own engineering prowess?) I don't know. This raised a lot of issues, but then it just kind of put them down. And now I'm staring at them expectantly, waiting for something to be done with them.

Also, the whole decapitation thing was really creepy.

Airship-King

Airship-King #3 · May 18th, 2013 · · ·

2591079 Actually, on the deviant art page for the cover he used, he said that it was meant to feel bitter and unresolved. So he definitely succeeded there.

TheDerpyOutcast

TheDerpyOutcast #4 · May 18th, 2013 · 3 · ·

Wttf just happened?

Zeyon The Green

Zeyon The Green #5 · May 18th, 2013 · · ·

All I can say is that she is her father's daughter. I mean her father wrote a note that had emotionally cutting honesty, and she delivers equally cutting honesty. It's understandable that she is angry, but it's not Big Mac who said that. I don't know feels kind of OOC, for the "family values" pony. Is there something we are not getting about the siblings? Did Big Mac say something some time? I think that the picture is pretty accurate to the story. Interesting story, but I don't know what to think really.

NeuPferdfurt

NeuPferdfurt #6 · May 18th, 2013 · · ·

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Well that's the thing with family values... sometimes, they're frustrating and contradictory. In any case if Applejack was able to just look at her family and land and go "buck this, I'm out of here", none of this would have happened.

As for what Big Mac did... nothing, really. He just IS. Sometimes, that's bad enough.

Thanks for reading and reviewing the story even if you don't know what to make of it! Though I think you are seeing pretty much everything there is to see here.

NeuPferdfurt

NeuPferdfurt #7 · May 18th, 2013 · · ·

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if it is any consolation to you, the decapitation imagery is mostly symbolic to the core premise of the text... even a little ironic. I prefer not to explain all the different parts here in detail because if it doesn't emerge from the story itself, then I don't deserve to be understood.

NeuPferdfurt

NeuPferdfurt #8 · May 18th, 2013 · · ·

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It should... though my personal take on this is that the Apple siblings are smart ponies and love one another very much, so I have no doubt they'll figure this out... eventually. Gradually.

Zeyon The Green

Zeyon The Green #9 · May 19th, 2013 · · ·

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I thought about it for a while and I think I get it. It is the wording that Big Mac used I think, he said that she has proved herself. Applejack has pride and so needing the validation means nothing because she knows how much effort she puts into things around the farm without male approval. Well that's just what I get out of it, I guess.

Iron Comet