I am a girl who got into My Little Pony Friendship is Magic 7 years ago. And I've finally decided to try and write fanfics, so...yeah. That's about it. If you ever want to talk feel free to PM me.
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Pinkie Pie has had enough. She cannot keep hiding her darker side anymore. So, one night, she writes down some of her darker side's views on what life and death are as well as how happiness and sadness can play a role. How much more was there to Pinkie than anypony had ever realized?
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Good point ... it's always occurred to me that Pinkie must have missed her family -- who come across to me in vanilla-canon as being more dour than abusive. I think that the Cakes were Pie kin and took her in as soon as she got to Ponyville (it might have even been arranged in advance by Pinkie's parents) -- but still, she was leaving behind her immediate family at a very young age. And we know that she had been especially close to Maud.
Pinkie as extreme depressive is a very unusual interpretation of her, though I think it's far more plausible than the Cupcakes maniacal serial killer. One thing that's consistent through the whole TV series is that Pinkie is an extremely nice Pony -- she only ever hurts anypony out of excessive enthusiasm in trying to make them happy -- and I can much more readily imagine Pinkie suicidal than Pinkie homicidal.
In canon she has a depressive side. It's certainly possible that a very big part of her sees the world as bleak and depressing and that her Laughter is a reaction and defense against this -- one which could fail. And then she might become suicidal.
The major flaw I see in this story is that we don't know what triggered this action. Obviously, most of the time her desire to live outweighs her desire to die, or she would have died long ago. Though of course this is supposed to be a suicide note, and she might not have wanted to talk about this aspect of it with others.
5891739 I did kind of imply what triggered the action, though I didn't directly state it.....in the end, when she was talking about Maud, I intended it to give the impression that she had finally been extremely overwhelmed by how long she'd been pretending to be so happy without anypony being there for her....
First comment: needs suicide trigger warning.
I very nearly wrote that letter 12 years ago. I was fortunate that I had an AOL account and access to AOL MUSIC at the time. The night I started to write the letter I discovered Good Charlotte's Hold On. That lead to me talking to my friends and spending some time inpatient.
Anyway, very well done and very emotional.
Thank you and be well.
5892133 Is that required?
I'm sorry you felt that way.....
5892147
Required, no. Just appreciated.
Anyway, the past is past. I don't put on a happy face for everyone anymore and everyone is better for it.
5892303 Then please don't say "needs".....you made me think I'd broken a rule or something.......
That's good that that works for you then.....
Sorry, didn't mean to imply it was required for the site. My wife's influence just rubbing off. Putting a trigger warning on your work isn't going to make people not read it, it only helps to prepare folks like me that we may run into something.
Thank you for using the site tags. Those are important and fairly mandatory.
5894000 Well, since it's not required, and I've never done it before, I'm not about to start....
Yes, I know, I'm not an idiot like you seem to be implying.....
Never was my intention to imply anything of the sort. My intention was to complement you on your story and thank you.
I also hoped to pass on a bit of information about trigger warns because the story content could be very triggering to those who have written or received similar letters. It is simply something I an sensitive to for personal and familiar reasons. Nothing more was intended or implied.
Thank you for your time and willingness to share your stories.
5895530 I know about them, I just never use them....and it's a hell of a lot more triggering to write it than it is to read it....
I honestly cannot read this as something Pinkie would write. The language is way too technical, too specific, too... serious. I know suicide notes are inherently serious, but the writing still clashes way too much with her character.
Also, I take exception to the following statement:
Now, this may just be the character's flaw, or it may be what you think is a completely reasonable request, but there is one big problem with this passage. If she cares about whoever reads this letter and they care about her, then they will be sad no matter what. She asks them not to grow depressed or allow others to grow depressed to the point of suicide, and yet the very act of killing herself is one that will work towards achieving exactly what she tells them to avoid. Loss incites sadness and depression, the exact things Pinkie goes out of her way to dispel. Color me biased, but if she's willing to push herself so far and sacrifice so much in order to make her friends happy, why would she break here?
Even further, Pinkie has shown sadness and dismay in response to less traumatizing events. She grew sad over nearly ruining Rainbow Dash's birthday party and expressed that sadness very visibly to her friends, although perhaps not on purpose. They showed that they can read the clues quite effectively in order to determine when she's not in high spirits. Based on this, I can believe neither that she would go to such lengths to hide her depression nor that nobody would pick up on it and not provide support in her time of need.
Those are just my thoughts, though, so take them as you will.
5902419 I understand what you're saying, I guess I just see Pinkie differently than you do....I'm not saying you're wrong, but I also don't personally see her in the same way you do.....
It's hard being on the outside.
5907017 Huh?
5908182 5907017 On the outside looking in, unable to have the fun that others have. Is that what you meant?
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Yup