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Traumatic childhood, traumatic life of a recluse, traumatic adventures in Majick Ponyland. I wonder how Silver even maintain this degree of sanity. I think he may need to hang out with D a bit. Maybe it will help him understand, or at least accept the chaos of his life a bit.
It's Bottom whose threatening to jerk tears from my eyes. And joy at how far she's come, though it is sad that, at this point, her happiness is entirely dependent on silver.
A precious treasure
Love that is freely given
Saving from dark clouds
TâT
6205648 Bottom is kind of a special character.
Wow just wow! That hit deep in the feels and we get to see silver clear up things with bottom. Now to clear up the emotional storm that will most likely be Shei's. Bit short but still plot moving
She had some hint about "her."
No one coerced "her." There's no reason to use the plural pronoun there.
The phrase "but she knows I feel no physical attraction" needs to have the words "to her" put onto the end. Otherwise it sounds like Celestia doesn't feel arousal at all, which we know isn't true.
I think that the word "answer" can be deleted from this sentence; it seems extraneous from the idea of painful tension building.
6207661 Typos ushered out into the desert sun.
6207783 So Silver starts to pull himself together after going all to pieces in the last chapter, beginning with Bottom. This was a good chapter, and a step in the right direction for Silver personally, albeit a very small step.
Ultimately, Silver's problem is that he doesn't want to hurt anypony else, in terms of inflicting emotional pain. Having keenly felt what it's like to have love to give, only for it to be not wanted, Silver is unwilling to inflict that same pain on someone else. As such, if somepony else comes to him saying that they've fallen for him, he's going to have a very, very hard time not accepting that and subsequently starting a relationship with them. To his credit, he has done it on at least one occasion (e.g. Starlight Glimmer).
The problem is that this in turn hurts everyone else that he's already done the same thing with. Spreading something amongst more and more people is, as Silver noted here, a comparative loss for everyone else. In other words, there's no way not to hurt someone's feelings. You either reject them, or accept them and "incrementally reject" everyone else as a consequence. Silver has largely side-stepped this due to the fact that most of his lovers are willing to accept a polygamous relationship, muting - or, much to Silver's desperate hope, entirely erasing - the comparative losses incurred each time he falls in love with yet another mare. This chapter was him finally realizing that doesn't really work...at least not the way he's been doing it up until now.
Having said all of that, his reconciliation with Bottom was very heartfelt. He's finally come around to the conclusion that, even if Bottom's parameters by which she makes major decisions are flawed (at least, compared to most everypony else's), that's no excuse for telling her that she can't make her own decisions about what she wants and what makes her happy. Figuring out if she really is happy or just thinks that she is, and how she can make that determination, are solely Bottom's purview; no one else can, or should, make those decisions for her. The best that Silver can do is offer help when it's asked for, and be there for Bottom as a friend (or more) while she lives her life.
It's ironic that Silver is suffering because he does want to take responsibility, just in all the wrong ways. He's responsible for his own actions, not for the life-choices that others make (even when those choices are in response to his own actions). He has a role to play in making decisions within the political sphere of Equestria, but not the value systems of the ponies around him. If he isn't happy with a particular system, he can withdraw from it, but changing it will have repercussions that go beyond himself...he can't just alter it willy-nilly to suit his personal needs.
Next up is dealing with Shei, who just had Silver's own drama dumped on her despite everything else she's been going through. I doubt she'll hold it against him, but I can't imagine that after losing her entire family seeing her sole remaining source of stability break down and talk about making radical changes to her status has left her anything but anxious. Now you know how Night Watch felt always being "the rock" for your group, huh Silver?
As for Fiddah, she was given to Silver because she knows how to make a harem run like a well-oiled machine. Instead, she found that this particular machine was half-constructed...and then Silver went through and started trying to dismantle it in a fit of pique. She's not so much failing at her job as she's being actively prevented from performing it. I suspect that she's also quite nervous, since no one likes it when they can't fulfill (what they feel is) their function.
I'm glad Silver doesn't feel like he's completely hit rock-bottom anymore. Now let's see how well he does in A) realizing that he can't have everything he wants, and B) what he does in response to that knowledge.
6208005 He's also been the victim of aggressively mind-fucking magic, which can't be helping the situation any. The sooner he can get his aetheric net back in order, the happier he will be, instead of just being horny, which is not a form of happiness.
I just realized fiddah does actually mean silver. Really me? Twilight is disapoint.
this may sound a bit ode but after thinking about this chapter and the new light on Bottom you know who would be just a wonderful stallion for Bottom? loving , caring , strong , and a wonderful father? Big Mack
6219866 Cheerilee would be upset.