"I will forge my own way, then, where I may not be accepted, but I will be myself. I will take what they called weakness and make it my strength." ~Rarity, "Black as Night"
A few months ago, /r/mlpwritingprompts went up on reddit. I've put up a few responses here and there for it, but I thought I'd share what I've written here as well. They're short little things, so don't expect too much quality, but I am pretty proud of more than one of them. Hope you enjoy!
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These varied between ridiculous and feelsy.
I enjoyed reading these.
5374320 That's pretty much my wheelhouse, so you've got me there!
Check out my other stuff if you're interested. 
5376129 I think I will!
Short and sweet. I really liked how you were able to cram so much meaningful dialogue into such a small chapter. I can't envision myself getting a lot of emotion/plot/character exploration done in 1,000 words. (Well, at least right now.)
I really liked this. At first I thought, "Hey, didn't they already know each other through Pinkie Pie? I already know where this is headin'" but then you brought up a couple of canon events that I didn't consider.
Damn, man. This one was depressing.
Just seeing an interpretation of how a cold, calculating, "logical" mind like Twilight would deal with grief and sudden loss.
I also really like how there was a big story that took place behind the scenes that caused this story to take place, but it never took focus. Instead, you just gave enough details for the reader to piece it together and come to conclusions on their own that would have the greatest impact. Who was responsible for this? Where did it happen? Why did it happen? Much of this is left up to the reader, and I think that my personal imagining of what happened may have been much more effective than an intricately detailed story - Or at least it is as emotionally powerful as one could get in such amount of words. (Reminds me of the "six-word novel.")
Oh goodness. Twilight, aren't you glad crystal doesn't stain easily?
Sweet little tale, this one was. Best part was (besides the ending) how intense and real the argument felt.
Damnit Ali, I'm giggling like a madman over here this is so ridiculous. I LOVE it!
Oh, and I think there may have been a typo or two, but they could be deliberate? Hinting at the true reveal?
How many horns?
Wow. This one was mighty different.
Sad? Bittersweet? I don't know, but I enjoyed it.
I really can't think of how to put it to words other than this one tugged at my emotions.
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Well, now that you've read all of them, I can respond to your comments!
Re: Applejack and Rarity: yup, I covered all my bases. I've written a long essay about how the mane 6 are "friends" in that collective way, but not with each other. Twilight is the keystone that holds the whole group together. What was it like without them? Each of them probably had their own little lives.
Re: The Rain Falls Twice: Glad you liked it. Twilight's response is based off of how I would respond to a death in my family. I wanted to show that just because a response to death is or isn't big and showy doesn't make it more or less "honest." I don't know if it's clear how I came up with the name "The Rain Falls Twice," but hopefully people get the concept. (The "second" rainfall is tears.)
Re: Cadance and SA: I wouldn't call myself a feminist, but neither would I say I'm an MRA. I... sympathize with both sides, basically. Our society creates these strict gender labels, then creates a very strange dynamic out of them. I wanted to parallel our own world with MLP's strangely gynocentric one, so... there you go. I'm actually working on another story that explores the gendered society of MLP, but it's hit a snag. ...The laziness snag. (If you're curious, it was called "The Paradise of Fillies; the Tartarus of Colts." Brownie points if you get the reference!)
Re: A World of Ma and Pa: I'm honestly a bit disappointed with this one. Maybe that's why you feel so confused about it. I wanted to give it a more coherent narrative arc, but it ended up being kinda jumpy at the end. I wanted to make it clear that Applejack is a better pony for her parents' deaths, and living in a dream-hallucination world where they're still alive might be nice, but it neglects the things she's done for Equestria because of her sudden responsibility. Was it clear that Twilight was a mess because Applejack wasn't there to ground her? Did you eventually understand that Apple Bloom wished for a world with Ma and Pa, but the dream could only manifest through the minds of those who still remembered what they were like, and that's why only Big Mac and Applejack recognized something was wrong?
Re: A Sun and Sunset: I don't even know where this one came from. I should probably edit one of the alicorns' names to be Starlight Glimmer, but they're all obscure references! How could I live with myself if I cut the Witch of Agnesi reference, or the F.A.T.A.L. reference, or... okay, those are really obscure references.