Bon Bon is ready to start a family, but she's never been fond of dating, or relationships in general. No Bon Bon wants to be a mother. With her steady income and a large savings being a single parent isn't much of an issue. But a dark secret from her past proves a complication at every turn. With fertility issues and adoption off the table her options are limited. When her final attempt at motherhood brings her closer to her past than she ever wanted will she be able to handle it?
A slight trigger warning.
The subject of abortion does come up
Note This story is not a part of the shared universe of other stories where I have written about Bon Bon
Chapters (11)
soo.. Bon Bon is sweetie belles mum?
WAY to fast
4973610 I'm not going to disagree with you and I might go back and make changes to it. i was kinda planing on touching base on everything that happened in the prologue a second time in future chapters. I'm thinking things become clearer for Bon Bon now that its been a few years.
4972082 It's the premise of this story which isn't currently tied to any other story. So do what you want with that.
Um. Ummm.....??????........
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Hmm?
I like this story and hope to see more of it sometime in the future.
6453852 Thank you I have some plans I just lack the motivation right now. But I have started working on improving myself by tracking my daily activities and trying to be better everyday. I want to say if i keep following it I might get back into writing but I cant make any promises.
oh shit...
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Thanks for commenting hope your enjoying it so far
If Bon Bon can't adopt anyone when this story is in the Stories about Adoption group?
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I can't say I'm super sure about that. It not something I did myself nor do I have any idea when or who might have added it.
Hazarding a guess I can see it having ended up there because Sweetie Belle was adopted. Which I suppose would still make it group relevant.
I just looked over at the group and saw that they do in fact take stories that are also about a child being given up so that's likely the reason.
Also judging by its location under the date added search I'd say it was added before I had given up on it in 2014 but that's not really relevant to your question just a bit of satisfaction for my own curiosity.
Bon Bon’s headspace is even messier than the library. Can’t imagine being in that situation.
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Very true and everything is just made worse in that Lyra is the only pony Bon Bon would be able to talk to about all of it. Since Lyra here has the emotional depth of a shot glass, and coincidently uses one to deal with her own emotions, Bon Bon will likely continue to struggle in silence for now.
Thanks for reading and I hope you're enjoying it so far.
Wish i had found time for this sooner, an interesting take you got there
Interesting potray of lyra and nice cameo of dinky!
oh, that's kinda ironic for me
An interesting and tricky scenario
Darn it...
should there not be a period after guilt?
And so, the truth is out. Nice work!
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But I'm happy to fix minor mistakes if they get pointed out. The missing period has been placed and I also cleaned up some wording that felt off in the following sentence about Rarity knowing.
It took a moment for me to see where guilt was missing a punctuation but I found it and you were right. I don't have a proper editor and just run everything through a free online tool. I think works well enough since I'm not trying to be the best at this and mostly just sharing ideas I have.
As for the rest of your comments. First of all thank you as I pointed out in the editors not for the latest chapter I love having a chance to interact with comments. Secondly I'm very glad you seem to be enjoying this. Personally I feel i write comedy better and honestly I'd say this has become a bit lighter than I think I originally planned it going al those years ago when I did the first tow chapters. And finally its probably best you didn't find this sooner, or at least not sooner than me this month since it was on hiatus for seven and a half years laying half forgotten.
Bonus as for Lyra's characterization it mostly comes about from the desire to keep her as unhelpful to Bon Bon in her situation as possible. I Don't and never will ship Lyra and Bon Bon in a proper romantic pairing, (there is a reason for that wording) because i feel they work best as friends. I felt the best way keep her unhelp for was to take her the opposite of what I've mad Bon Bon. If Bon Bon has been put off of relationships drinking then Lyra would be flirty party mare extraordinaire. I also just like the idea that all types of musicians and live the rockstar life even the eccentric mint green unicorn who plays a lyre.
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For some reason, i did not get a notification.
Well, i am just trying to be helpful and enjoy a good Chat. Plus, Lyra's one of my Favorite background ponies.
You and me both, i tried once a story where Lyra's streight. And her flirty, lets just say me and a friend had a similar idea once, thus my comment about Bon bon pointing out not to use other ponies, if you really wanna know
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I was curios when you mentioned it was a bit ironic but i forgot to ask directly.
So years ago my favorite ponies were Fluttershy Luna and Lyra probably in that order but Fluttershy and Luna are pretty close. I still love all three but Bon Bon is up there to because of how I accidently started writing her. So while i was writing my first story Lyra felt like a good personal companion for the Luna of that universe . Somewhere along the way I decided that for that to work properly with Lyra staying with Luna Bon Bon needed to be out of the picture but it would also just be wrong to act like she wasn't Lyra's best friend. And well you've seen at least some of the results from that. A bit later i was just a little hung up on Sweetie Belles minor similarities that I started this idea. Mix in the reveal from 'Slice of Life" that she used to be some sort of spy which I think in someway makes nearly any interpretation of her to seem okay as long as the character just feels genuine to the story. So yeah I think where I pair Fluttershy/Luna as a tie for first a place its fair to say that Lyra/Bon Bon tie up for that third place slot.
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Good thinking, given their similaries in apperence. Me, i was unsure which name to use for Bon Bon/sweetie drops, so I used both, the second a Nick name, with Lyra able to use whichever she prefers.
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I just Prefer Bon Bon myself as thats what I first remember seeing her referred as and it stuck. I have considered it being a point of discussion to come up in this story though.
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me too, easier to remember
Short but good, nicely done!
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Felt the need for something a little lighter and Sweetie Belle is just to pure, or maybe shes just a ditz
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Of course and the innocence of children can be curse and blessing. Pity that child innocence is so rare these days
Nicely done and interesting to see you discribed the Doctor in apperence.
About Lyra, now I wonder, would she really do it as a friend, or just slipped out in defense?
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She thinks she should would but also knows she probably wouldn't get past the all the poking and prodding to end up with doctors approval.
Would she do it if she passed? She would try but ultimately she would fail and it would be far too tragic.
Lyra thinks very highly of herself and believes she's a good friend who would do anything for her friend but in reality she is flaky and unreliable because of the lifestyle she has let herself fall into.
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okay, so a mix of both if you will. the doctor, i don't think yu described him before, thus me saying this
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Shes an orange unicorn mare I remember describing her when Bon Bon and her previous appointment.
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ah okay, i just could not remember if this was described before
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Besides maybe Twilgiht do you think any of the reactions felt out of character? I like Twilight as a bit over neurotic even if it is a bit of a stretch. I also wanted another chance for Bon Bon to show she's learning more about friendships since I've written her as socially dampened. She had the moment with Rainbow Dash but I wanted more.
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i think you did well
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you're welcome and sorry if i bothered
short but good! At first, i thought it would be Lyra
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Nah I considered making it an actual background pony but I couldn't settle on anyone i felt fit. (Roseluck made it the closest but mostly because I just like her colors). Making it someone too prominent could add tensions and push the story in a direction I don't want to explore. This way I feel it leaves a possibility to explore something later if I want to but doesn't feel leading. Plus Bon Bon wouldn't want it to be somepony she knows directly but also would want the possibility to reach out if and when her child questioned about her other parent once it was presented to her.
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Of course, was just joking anyway. Although, would have had a mare for you
I am curious how the gender is going to be like Is it going to be 50/50 or is it going to be that gender only since it’s birth from the same gender/seed
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This is my little pony so gender is already seeded towards female.
Seriously though I gave that some thought myself. At the basic level, to my understanding, the female can only provide an x chromone since they have have two and the male provides either an x or y to determine things for the child x being female y being male. So its reasonable to assume a child with no male parent would be female. On the other hand I don't know the logisitcs of a situation where using two male samples that were used and what the outcome would be if both tried to pass down the y chromosome with out an x. Again I only know pretty basic biology.
The conclusion I came up with though was no. The modified sample acts as if it had come from what ever it is acting as in the process. Partly because i think that just uncomplicates it but also so it still gives me an option for the foal to still be a colt.
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Thank you for clearing that up for me and anyone who had that question too.
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Glad to help speaking of I think I will add it as an author's note so It might be more noticeable to future readers.
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Thanks
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No problem and since I'm not sure I said it before thanks for commenting and I hope your enjoying the story so far.
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Your welcome and I am enjoying the story keep the good work sir or madam.
Nice interaction between the cmc and nice touch with the candy Shop. The latter suits Bon Bon very well
Youre on a roll, eh?