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Sharp Spark


Nothing says I miss you quite like war poetry carved in your door with a stanley knife.

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As a young Flim and Flam travel the countryside, they must make ends meet however they can. A particularly good opportunity knocks when they stumble across a family reunion in the middle of an apple orchard.

Written for the Everfree Northwest 2014 Contest.

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Is good. I like Flim's little crush on Applejack.

This story leans a little bit into a story called The Two-Step

D'aww! Bittersweet, a bit, though, hehe.. Poor AJ. :ajsmug:

I liked it, Flim was adorable and Flam was a brilliant con artist. All in all very nice, good luck on the contest.

:pinkiegasp::ajsleepy::applecry::rainbowlaugh::twilightangry2::flutterrage: This explains the Flim Flam brothers and why AJ treats them the way she does.

Wow, this is gorgeous.

“They wear socks in the city?” Applejack said. “Ah don’t even own a pair of socks. Ah tell ya, Ah’m much too plain.”

On the other hand, this is adorable.

PresentPerfect
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That was pretty great. I find the situation kind of unbelievable (how do you explain AJ not remembering them in the future?), but it was cute and you characterized them well.

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Thanks for the comments, and associated conditional recommendation!

The issue you raise is not particularly problematic to me, but I am probably an outlier; the memories I have of my childhood are very hazy and incomplete, particularly before the age of 14 or so. So, being put in Applejack's position, even something like this would have faded into only the vaguest of recollections by cider season some eight or so years later.

But that's okay. I actually don't like that I have the 'Romance' tag on this, as it's not really straight up shipping (But figured it had too many elements to leave it off). It's more of a story about how if the world had been just a little different, these ponies could have been friends. And maybe, just possibly, something more.

PresentPerfect
Author Interviewer

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Honestly, if you dropped the Romance tag... Well, it'd still work for me, but others might be put off. Better to keep it.

And that issue I mentioned is honestly something that's easily explained away by the reader, at least. :)

This should be also labeled comedy imho. The ending alone was funny enough to warrant a comedy tag. :rainbowlaugh:

I can see why this story has no downvotes, very well written and entertaining. :ajsmug:

Heh.:rainbowlaugh: Silly little story that's well written with great characterisation.

Like, Fav and added to my recommendation group.

This is amazing.

Why didn't they use magic to levitate the pie down? It would have been much less conspicuous and much faster. Oh fuck that noise. Not only was this cute but it mirrored my thoughts on the Flim Flam brothers and ships a crackship I wish I would get around to writing FlimJack. And hell, I keep saying I should follow more people, so why the hay not, you get a follow, fave, and upvote out of me. Keep up the good work.

This is so adorable and well writen I :heart: FlimJack stories

flim and flam's letters got this story a like and fave :raritywink:
keep up the good work with your stories.

That is awesome!!!!! I love it!!

“Oh, wow,” Applejack turned to the two, her eyes wide and shining. “Ah’ve always wanted to go there.”

If only she knew that how bored she will and homesick share will be

Aww this was actually a pretty adorable story here seeing the younger flim-and-flam and apparently this is the very first time they actually Meet Applejack and it looks like flim develop a crush on Applejack but of course they're traveling ponies so they had to stay professional but somehow flim can't help but appreciate it about Applejack this was a very cute story I like it keep up the good work

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