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During one of her daily walks while out of school, Sunset Shimmer stumbles across a lone Sonata Dusk sitting in a coffee shop. Curiosity gets the better of her, and she approaches the Siren to start a conversation. What she gets in response is little less than shocking.
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So... Sonata killed the other one?
wow. Cool.. story I guess.
5466028 Thank you!
That was a chilling confession. *shudders*
5466028 No. She just stole a kiss.
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I really like this Sonata. People have a tendency to regard Sonata as less evil than her compadres because she seems cheerful and stupid but there wasn't any indication that she had a conscience.
That was...
GLORIOUS!!!
5466111 Happy to hear it! I've read plenty of stories in where Sonata is protrayed as the one who gets the most sympathy, the childish and innocent one. As heartwarming as they are, it also gets a bit tiring reading the same old stuff over and over. There are some stories where Sonata is portrayed than a "less-than-pure" individual, but most of them seem so over the top it's not even funny.
5466111 oh wow i did not no thank you for telling me i was blind but you oepend my eyes thank you so much
That was interesting, to say the least. And that ending.... that was chilling...
I think my favorite aspect of this story is how it started innocent enough, talking about pets and stuff, and slowly warped into something much more sinister, with the reader (and Sunset) dragged along for the ride. Great job!
5466339 Mission accomplished! Glad you noticed that part.
5466361
It really made the story for me, that combined with a truly sinister Sonata.
5466480 The Black Jesus has noticed me. I am saved!
Why so serious, Sunset?
Huh. Interesting experimental piece, what with it being purely dialogue.
5467108 Thank you! Yes, it was an experimental piece and probably a bit risky to do just dialogue only. But I wanted to stimulate the imagination, leave actions and expressions up to the readers. In addition, I was feeling a bit lazy
What did Sonata do at the end there?
5467853 That, my dear friend, is left up to interpretation. Hope you've got a good imagination.
5467857 I have an excellent imagination.
Given their previous discussion and how Sonata plans to kill Sunset, I think she did something physical to cause her pain. But due to her monstrous nature it was something really bad, like a knife in her leg or something like that.
5467950 Heh. A simple theory, yet a very interesting one. Here, have a cookie!
5467958 Thanks! Have a moustache
5466119
A lot of fanon seems to miss or forget that Sonata is a villain and has committed villainous acts.
She is a bit of an earnest ditz and expresses an innocent sort of joy in simple things, but that doesn't mean she is not without cruelty or hate.
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Look at that malice! ^
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I am very pleased to see a story that addresses this while also maintaining what we've actually seen of Sonata's character in so plausible a way.
I am so happy to see a story with a different take on Sonata. It's gotten pretty boring having her immediately become a good guy with almost no build up in most other fics.
5469467 Glad you liked the new perspective.
Did she knock her out at the end? Hard to be a worthy adversary when you're dead, but easy to get the fix when you see the spark of life leave their eyes.
Niiiiiice.
I still ship it.
Like, this only makes me ship it even more.
Interesting how the color scheme relates to the trope so well, too...
5471723 What Sonata did at the end is open to interpretation. Work that mind, reader!
5466111
Well, I do agree that there's not really an indication in the film she's got a conscience or anything (then again, up until the end of the first film, the same is true for Sunset Shimmer). The impression I got was that Sonata was just as evil as the other two, she was just so dumb and easily distracted that she was, by herself, utterly harmless. The Sonata in this story is a bit too calculating compared to her presentation in the film.
Not that that's a criticism, I just don't think it's necessarily more consistent than all of the "quick redemption" stories you see for her.
5473442 I can agree with that.
Truth be told, this is more or less my headcanon expansion of Sonata's character. I doubt anyone would expect her to be this Hannibal Lecter-style villain in the actual show because, hey, it's a kids' show and something like this would be way over the line.
5472089 Oh come on, I work my mind enough for my own stories
I think, and this is just me, that she did something to incapacitate her. Possibly stab her non-lethally, or something of that sort. Something vicious, but not deadly.
THAT.......... Is just all part of the act that sonata has in store. I wouldn't be surprised if she acts "normally" around aria and adagio all because she wants to rise above them someday.
5473859 That's certainly a theory to be worked with.
5473442 Oh agreed, but as alternate character interpretations Sonata as crouching moron hidden psycho-killer has the virtue of not going where just about everyone else is going with her.
Yes! Yes! Yes! The world needs more psychopathic Sonata!
...well this was different.
5477908 ...different in a good way, or bad?
5477916 Not a bad way. It's a valid interpretation of Sonata based on her behavior in the film, and certainly different from what I've seen. That said, it feels like you've reacted to the recent Draco in Leather Pants effect that's hit Sonata and rocketed in the opposite direction.
I have my own headcanon with Sonata, and seeing this unsettles me. But how you presented her, purely through dialogue, is very good, and I approve of that. You've taken the evil ditz and presented her as - and forgive me a cheap comparison - the Heath Ledger take on the Joker, where most people see her as the DCAU Harley Quinn. It's different, and not something I'd do myself, but equally valid to other viewpoints and perspectives. I don't hate it, but I'm not crazy about it.
For all the fandom fluffs her up, Sonata Dusk is a Siren. In the movie she was laughing along with them and grinning wickedly while she channeled her avatar. She willingly went for killing force on the enemy. For all that she is air-headed, she is over a thousand years old, and that's just going by NMM; we don't know how long before NMM they were banished.
You really did well, reminding us just what sirens do.
5509571 Thank you so much!
I had those very thoughts in mind when making this story. Nice to see I haven't strayed out of touch.
This song plays during Sonata's tirade:
5516667 Eh. I would've thought of something a little less loud. But that works, too!
Kinda... rushed. It would have been better if Sonata would have played her innocent, ditzy persona for a little more , bringing Sunset to a sense of security, before springing the trap.
Also, I think canon Sonata is as evil as the other sirens; just (even) more incompetent. People use to confuse both terms regarding villains.
5516697 Well, I may be wrong here, but that'd be assuming Sonata is playing the role of the manipulator.
You may or may not have recognized this right off the bat, but the title of the story is a play on the trope "Blue and Orange Morality". The "innocent and ditzy" persona Sonata presents is interpreted by me as genuine. She genuinely feels comfortable talking to Sunset just as if she was talking to a friend. Any dip into more sensitive topics is little more than an Indy ploy, or as Heath Ledger's Joker would've put it "a dog chasing tires". At the same time, she's more than happy to end Sunset's life in the worst way possible. Basically, "Nothing personal, I just really want to kill you!
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Also, I think that description of canon Sonata would most likely apply.
5473475 Such a wasted plotline in my opinion.
Interesting! I still love your interpretation of Sonata here. That playful personality of hers really makes her deadly; you can't ever truly tell what she's thinking... especially when she weaves from the mundane to dark and back again so smoothly and suddenly... love it!
What an odd followup. I'm not convinced all the ellipses were necessary, though. Was kinda weird to have so many in between lines of dialogue.
Insufficient favorite buttons.
Damn, unpredictable sonata even scares both aria and adagio, and yet, I can't help but adore this version of sonata.
5629625 Glad to see you like her so much!
It really really reminds me of ledger's joker to the point where I can almost picture sonata's lines with his voice and that I think is the most disturbing and strange of this fanfiction,for some reason I can't really buy into sonata playing people like this(even her fellow sirens) withouth adagio noticing it,after all I can't imagine beeing the líder of such a trío of creatures could be posible for anything less than a ruthless master manipulator of the highest degree so It kinds of falls flat with my percepción of Adagio but other than that an excelnt story,It would be neet to see a serie out of this idea.
I'm not sure how I feel about the 'dialogue-only' approach, but otherwise this is very good, and rather disturbing in the best possible way.
So, in other words....
Sonata: I am not in danger, Sunset. I am the danger.
Also, heads up; this particular style of writing intrigued me a bit.. in fact you might say in inspired how I went about with a current oneshot I had an idea for...
(Only writing wise. The story itself is not based on this, although kudos for your own unique interpretation on the character.
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