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Some people seem to think, when they talk to me about Ember's, that Ember is some form of self-insert, that she is me in some way. I do use her as a bit of a mouthpiece for my opinions at times, but Ember is far, far better than I am. And she gets to cheat. I can't read people's emotions. Even if I could, though, I would not be able to do 99% of what Ember does.
If I'm anybody in this story, I'm Far Gaze.
Ember seems to be suffering from a bit of a messiah complex in this chapter. I guess all those clients take a toll on you after a while. Maybe she needs a vacation or to see someone herself? Might make an interesting chapter further down the line to have Far tell her to take some time off, or perhaps bring Celestia in again, or Cadence to give Ember some advice. Just a thought. Great chapter as always, SPark.
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Thank you! And several recent chapters have been part of a plot arc that's going somewhere in particular. Probably in the next chapter.
For readers' reference:
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Horses don't have the two separate bones in their calves/forearms like we do, so they can't rotate their limbs. Everything below "ankle" is foot, and everything below "wrist" is hand-equivalent (or foot, because they're quadrupeds.)
Edit: Also, the bit of bone sticking out behind the "ankle" is equivalent to the human heel.
This one... it hits a little closer to home for me than i would like. I'm always terrified that anyone new i meet will immediately hate me for bringing me up my own kinks...
Good chapter all the same though
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It's meant as a little bit of a companion piece to "Fantasy", my earlier chapter where revealing the kink went very well indeed. There's no way to be absolutely certain which ending one will get, yet the reward is worth the risk, I feel.
An excellent chapter. My heart was breaking right there with them as I have a tendency to feel what the characters feel when I read. This story is definitely one of my favorites to see in my updated list. Keep up the great work.
Aww . Poor girl. All she wanted was a little smack on the ass and a tight leash. Thats really not much to ask for.
Its not even a wierd kink. Not like climbing in a bath of ice water and pretending to be dead.
So happy to see a new chapter!
I hope Ember doesn't prevent herself from occasionally getting some help *herself* though. Every good therapist - even a sex therapist - sees somebody to sort their own shit out once in a while (or so I've been told by all four I've had for a significant time!)
And Sweet Lemon seems... well, sweet. She'll find somepony some day!
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And so will you, I'm sure. Not first date material, obviously, but in my experience "get out you freak" is a lot rarer than "yeah, uhm... not for me" at worst.
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Yeah. That's what I meant. Maybe lift her spirits or help her find someone who appreciates her.
So happy to see a new chapter!
I hope Ember doesn't prevent herself from occasionally getting some help *herself* though. Every good therapist - even a sex therapist - sees somebody to sort their own shit out once in a while (or so I've been told by all four I've had for a significant time!)
And Sweet Lemon seems... well, sweet. She'll find somepony some day!
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And so will you, I'm sure. Not first date material, obviously, but in my experience "get out you freak" is a lot rarer than "yeah, uhm... not for me" at worst.
Wonderful chapter. My heart was breaking. I've been in The Life over 20 years and witnessed scenes like this far too often.
In regards to author's note. Does that mean you can't call a dancing horse a hoofer? Sorry... couldn't resist. By the by... a very satisfying chapter. Character interactions were great and even though things didn't work out for Sunflower, I appreciated the lack of your standard "Happily Ever After" style ending.
SPark,
I like pretty much all your stories that I've read, but this particular one means a great deal to me. This chapter, At Her Feet, is an especially pertinent example of why: compassion.
More than anything else, Ember is a compassionate entity. Her way of going about her business and being in the world is something to which I aspire, and toward which I have put a great deal of work, both in myself and in my little corner of the world.
If I could shapechange, I could be Ember. I'm a bi, kinky, poly, switch with a very strong sex drive and a powerful desire to help others not just become more comfortable with, but truly embrace their desires, and ideally be at greater peace with themselves and their world. I am also a consent fetishist, which meshes with the previous chapter.
Thank you for continuing to expand on this story. I am deeply appreciative, and enjoying every tale quite a bit. I might even write an Ember story of my own next year (too busy right now) since that seems to be acceptable to you.
I hope your Muse remains vigorous, and that sharing these tales fulfills something good in you. They certainly make my world a better place
Light and laughter,
SongCoyote
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Oh that Turkey Baster fetish... bunch of deviant sick-o's!
I'd imagine most of the Princesses have a secret submissive streak to them-- to counter to the day-to-day life of being in a position of power and everypony looking up to them constantly, placed so high on that pedestal.
Now - when I read the title I somehow expected a "foot fetish" chapter, which is not exactly my stuff.
It turned out to be anything but.
It always amaze me to see how Ember can be sort of antithesis to Chrysalis I'd say. She is nice, caring compassionate.
Changelings are technically parasites, so they can't live without their hosts, but Ember acts more like a simbiont I'd say in the regard that she "care" about wellbeing of all her clients, up to the point it affects her personally.
Honestly I was not sure where I wanted this to lead. If I wanted it to be clasic "don't be afraid it will end in sunshine and rainbows" or to see it break up as it is more like "real life" issues
anyway it was very nice chapter and I liked this point of "being dominated by NNM"
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The original story draft had more NMM sex in it, but honestly Ember banging her poor client at the end just ended up not feeling like the right kind of comfort, so I turned it in a cuddles direction instead.
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I agree with it completely when you gave it that "sour" note.
But it is imperative to say that sometimes things like this happens and you can't do anything about it, just suck it up.
Of course it is different if you can't stay in such relationship because, for example, you grew in extremely religious family and didn't got over that influence and explain it to your other half... or if you do what Sweet Lemon did just out of spite
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Well, that's the funny thing about this story. We don't really know why Sweet Lemon did what she did. Her reaction was definitely bad, but she may have actually had a good reason and just handled it poorly. Who knows? A lot of stories, you only ever get one side. I mean, I don't blame Ember for thinking she was being a bitch with how cruel she was, but you never know.
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Also true
But you probably know better than most that if author/writer does not explain, some people starts to make wild guesses and take them too seriously.
Effectively change their headcanon into ''only correct way'' and then blame autor for writing their story ''wrong''
My mother's a psychologist and she can take on too many clients and get like this sometimes (okay a lot of the time), so reading this was ... a little odd. It was very resonant, in that I immediately went 'oh yeah I've seen this exact thing before', but also it was relating Ember to my mother which was ... a little bit uncomfortable.
That said this was an excellent depiction of what that kind of overload looks like and what caring for one's clients so deeply looks like and you did an excellent job portraying it. Thank you very much for writing this story and continuing to update it, you do such an amazing job and I appreciate it so much.
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Thank you. It's rather good to know that this rings true to somebody who's familiar with the business of psychology.
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Yeah it's very good. Good enough that my first thought after "call mom and remind her to cut back on her hours again" was "huh, so SPark either is or knows a psychologist, or really, really did their research".
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I disagree. She doesn't get to cheat. She's in an open relationship, this is an example of how one can be in an open relationship and make it work.
As someone who has been similar situation (I have on and off girlfriend with a sexdrive that would kill me to keep satisfied) This story is surprisingly believable... although this would make me upset, having her sleep with someone else in her arms. Even with that good reason I would need to be comforted and reassured after they left.
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No, that's not what I mean by "cheat" at all. I mean that she can "cheat" at helping ponies with their emotional problems in a way I never could, because she can more or less read minds. Not an option in real life.
Of course it's not cheating in the relationship sense, her partner consented to it!
Ahem, actually . . . horses . . . don't have feet . . .
Or hair!
Also, bats don't have fingers!
(I'm being scientifically wrong today)
[Seriously though, that was a really nice chapter. I love seeing Ember console ponies.]
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You're an incredible writer, SPark. This chapter... I felt my heart aching for that poor mare, and I loved how Ember took care of her. Such a lovely piece of literature this is... And such believable characters, too! I love your work.
I'm glad to see not all the chapters in here–as there have been a couple of other chapters like this where nothing explicit occurred, but the majority had explicit content–where it was more about helping the client with an issue than mixing the help for a client with Ember getting her lust and hunger satisfied. It's more, shall we say, mortal that way (not gonna say human or pony because, honestly, we're not ponies, and they're not humans, but we are all–even Celestia–mortals created by Heaven's King). It showed her tender side, the side of her that delights in solving the problems of her clients as best as she can, or at least helping them deal with their problems, and that was a pleasure to experience. Thank you for this chapter.
Finding love... We all want that. Getting close, however, is scary... Finding "the one" is an ideal, and we all strive for it, and that can lead to us finding someone who seems wonderful but isn't exactly who we hope for. While it never got intimate, I will readily admit I know the pain of someone falling short of the expectations and dreams we have, and even of that someone being monstrous to you (betrayal, I will also readily say, hurts like a ***** when it comes from someone you love or thought you loved). We can only accept the hurt and move on, trusting that we will find someone who makes the pain disappear and fills us with a joy to overshadow the hurt. I agree with Ember that everyone can find the one who does this for them, and I sincerely hope, somehow or other, we get to see when Starflower finds hers.
Wasn't really in the right mindset to fully enjoy this but my heart goes out to people who are rejected because of their sexual needs.
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Or the overwhelming fear of a worse outcome teaches you how to simply live with a not-so-great outcome.
Man, I'm depressive lately.
Huh, and here I was expecting foot fetish sex.
Not complaining, unexpected outcome but touchingly handled.
*sigh*
That was a beautiful chapter even though it hit a bit close to home.
Wish I had been given the advice Ember gives Starflower... you learn to live with it, but you never lose that occasional 'what if?' feeling, even twenty years down the line.
Thank you for writing this little gem of a story and keeping it going.
Love this story!
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OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH OHMYGOSH
HR2 is best when read in large chunks, not one chapter a month, so a posting queue sounds like a really good idea.
You are breaking my brain with time travel shenanigans again
Here's 1 that might interest you to try with Ember: BDSM is a recurring element in the erotic nightmares of my ponysona, due to his fear that if he ends up dating a mare who's into that, she'll inadvertently go too far & kill him.
This is absolutely not what I expected when clicking through to this chapter. And it was so much more than I was hoping.
Gods! Would that the world had more of such empathy.
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I agree that Sweet Lemon's response was a very poor one. However, I had also thought about the possibility that she had a reason for rejecting Star in this manner (aside from the outward façade of being abhorred by the kink). One such possibility is that she also loves being dominated and hearing that her lover also preferred this made her think things wouldn't work out between them. Another possible reason for her reaction could be that Sweet Lemon actually enjoys the prospect of dominating her lover. But the last time she engaged in this role, she went too far and ended up seriously hurting someone. Due to this, her method of "saving" Star from her was to harshly reject her (a bit cliché but could still be a reality). I'm sure there are other possibilities but these were the two main ones that came to mind.
Sometimes comfort is simply more valuable.