I am nothing special, just a proud Brony and eager writer, so please don't hate me too much if my work is terrible.
A Changeling is being put to death from Canterlot imprisonment, and shares his thoughts and feelings mere hours before he is killed by a unicorn executioner.
My first real attempt at a short, sad story, so apologies if it isn't all that good.
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Meh. I feel like always, uncryable.
5154131 I appreciate that for many it will be hard to find emotional. I'm getting better every day, though, so hopefully that will soon
changefix itself.We're all mosnters inside, some people just hide it better than others.
This is one of those stories that really get to me for some reason, though I can't discern why.
5154548 Agreed.
5154522 actually, it's more that sad stories never make me cry.
Meh. Sorry, friend, this isn't a personal attack against you, but I've read this kind of story a million times already and this one doesn't offer anything new either. It's just more Changeling Angst, a fanfic genre itself that's grown incredibly tiring. You've got the OC Changeling who is the caricature of every other changeling OC - a self-loathing, misunderstood woobie whose sole existence is for us to feel sorry for him, who is the typical victim of persecuted by the demonized text-book 'brutish, oppressive' ponies.
I don't feel shocked or saddened by the events of this story, because I know everything that's gonna happen and how it's gonna happen. The OC isn't interesting and it's very difficult to be emotionally invested in him, because he's both pretty much every other Changeling OC I've read about and he's solely written for the purpose of us feeling sorry for him. Hell, even the villainous ponies or pon-Y don't offer anything beyond what's expected of them. As I said, it's been done a million times in this fandom and by now I just find it, as harsh it may sound and I'm sorry, boring. It was written for a purpose, to make the readers feel sorry for the changeling and feel revulsion at the ponies, and judging by the reaction so far, it did its job. But for me, I don't feel anything.
Sorry, mate, nothing personal.
5156199 OK, I understand it's been done before. I just happen to love that genre.
I'm also incredibly stuck for ideas right about now, so I may not have anything too revolutionary or original any time soon.
Also, if you feel like it's worth a chance, I'm doing another Changeling story where the ponies are presented as what they are- not ruthless maniacs- and the Changeling actually experiences emotions outside of self-pity as he journeys along the path to acceptance.
Here, if you're interested; http://www.fimfiction.net/story/218353/we-arent-all-monsters
Love the profile picture, by the way.
WHHHHYYY?!!!?!?
SOO SAD
Hm, I suppose incompetent, misguided justice will remain forever what compels me to kill. Well done. They have been presented believably to the extent of having angered me.
For the illusion of kindness shatters this night.
Your love brings you apart,
and the dream of bliss shall soon be destroyed!
Already have you lost your light.
Falter,
shout to no avail,
despair over the inevitable retribution,
then die for that sin this night.
Excellent work, dear Author!
Changeling angst is a curious taste.
5187376 Thank you for that, it really means a lot!
If you think about it, isn't this entire fandom built on some very curious tastes?
5193095
You're very welcome.
I was referring to how changeling angst tastes. I figuratively devour fiction, and they inspire certain emotions in me, which I taste. Divine Path is a changeling an emotivore.
That is rather subjective. Ponies are awesome, that much we can establish.
5193108 Changeling angst is definitely one of the most unusual genres and is seemingly met with some very mixed emotions, but I just happen to like it. I'm not particularly pleased with the shortstories I made from it, though, so I've been working on a longer one instead.
That being said, you seem to like it, and you seem like a
personpony with a lot of experience. From that much I can tell it wasn't too bad.5193171
I don't mind those kind of scenarios too much if it is executed properly.
Thank you for thinking so. Your story was certainly not bad. It inspired many thoughts, which I always appreciate when reading. Tenko and I must be able to perform our routine.
I suppose being a bookworm helps.
Wow, almost 300 views on this!
Thanks, everybody!
I am depressed now
I'm not really a fan of sadfics. I read this and I think, "What was the point of this story?" No status quo was changed, no arc other than "Changeling is executed." It just seems sad for the sake of being sad. The story said nothing that we didn't know from the description and the general conventions of the genre.
I read that a good sadfic is sad because it's exploring a sad subject matter, not because it's trying to be sad.
On the off chance that I just don't get this story . . . What is this purpose of a story like this? Why do you and others like them?