"Hey, Fluttershy? Can I ask you something?"
Fluttershy looked up at Sunset Shimmer from her biology notes. The two girls were studying together at Fluttershy's house; the rest of their friends were all busy with other things elsewhere. "Of course."
"It's...kind of personal, and I don't want to offend you or upset you," Sunset hedged.
Fluttershy smiled. "It's alright. Go ahead."
"Well..." Sunset paused, tapping her pen on her notebook. "Something's been bugging me for a while now. I've noticed, well...you never wear a bra. I was just wondering..." She trailed off.
Fluttershy's cheeks turned faintly pink.
"It's just...you're always so shy and so afraid of people staring at you. I mean, you ran away from a spotlight at the Battle of the Bands. But you go around without a bra and wearing tank tops that call attention to it, and..." Sunset shook her head. "I just can't figure it out."
Fluttershy ducked her head and toyed with her hair. "I just...don't like bras," she said. "They're not very comfortable and they cut into my shoulders and leave ugly marks. I'm more comfortable without one, and..." Her blush deepened, and in a meek, subdued voice, she added, "and I think I look better this way, too." She looked up at Sunset and laughed quietly. "I sound silly, don't I?"
Sunset shook her head. "Not at all. Every girl has a right to take pride in her appearance, and you're very pretty."
Fluttershy played with her hair, a coy smile on her face. "Thank you."
"Isn't it..." Sunset paused, frowning. "I mean, I had to train myself to wear a bra after I got here, because having these—" she gestured at her own chest— "was a new experience for me, and..."
"And yours are pretty big, yeah." Fluttershy's eyes widened, and she let out a squeak. "Ah! I'm sorry, I didn't—"
Sunset waved a dismissive hand. "Nah, it's cool. So...?"
Fluttershy shrugged. "Mine just never really bother me. Not enough to put up with wearing a bra." She looked back down at her notebook. "I mean yeah, I get some pervy looks from boys sometimes, and...and I hear some of the less nice girls at school snickering sometimes, but..." She looked back up at Sunset. "It's my body, it's my choice, you know?"
Sunset raised an eyebrow. "That's...usually something you hear people say about abortion, not whether or not to wear a bra."
Fluttershy let out a startled yelp which made Sunset giggle, then furiously turned her attention back to her notes. Sunset shook her head, smiled, and did the same.
How did you make girls talking about bras cute?
...it's Fluttershy, isn't it?
6482590 Everything's cuter with Fluttershy.
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Eyup.
6482590 Oh Fluttershy, you truly are best pony....
Even when you're not actually a pony.
Daw....
6482590 Well, what else could it be?
6482590 pretty much, yeah.
Sports bras 'Shy. That's the answer to all your problems.
Something my friend said when I had her read this,
"All the pervy boys go up to her and say 'HEY LADY NICE BOOBS!' I would laugh if she just turned around and was like 'Damn straight'."
I love little stuff like this, its like the cutest little fluff conversations. No saving the world, just a couple of friends talking about boobs and bras.
6482590 Definitely. It's her super power!
Seriously, I don't think she could stop if she tried. Flutterguy, Flutterbat, Flutterhulk, they all just made her even cuter! Even Discorded Fluttershy and "new" Fluttershy were adorable in a sort of "steal your lunch money" and "wet your pants when she shows up" kind of way.
Another enjoyable chapter. Great job.
My best friend and I had almost the same conversation. The only differance was she asked me, a guy, if I could tell if she wasn't wearing a bra. This took place when we were 15 in high school.
6482590 You have to ask?
Good thing Rainbow and Pinkie weren't listening to this conversation. Rainbow with her appeal for cruel jokes, and Pinkie trying to get a laugh and not knowing any better would probably attempt to expose Fluttershy at one point or another during a school day. I could just see it happening.
Oh yes, this is why I decided to follow this story. As always, great job Mythril Moth. You're my favorite writer on this site as of this moment.
6482590 Well, yeah. That's just God given talent.
I grew up with a ton of sisters (seven) and I can tell you that bra issues are no joke. But Fluttershy's problems are actually ones that happen when you're not properly fitted for a bra.
It's not just a matter of getting the cup size right, but also the chest size and design. Thin straps work better with certain kinds of clothes, but a bigger chest means those thin straps cut into your shoulders. The proper cup size, chest size combination also help relieve a lot of the discomfort. Plenty of women, because it's not the most comfortable of conversations to have, don't really get fitted for bras so much as they try a bunch till they find one that works well enough and then just keep buying the cup and chest size of that one they stumbled into. Getting properly fit does a lot towards finding something truly comfortable that's still functional.
I have heard that there is some evidence to suggest that not wearing a bra actually makes breasts sag less over time. If that is true, then by the time everyone in that school is around 30, Fluttershy will probably have the best looking breasts of all of them.
Yeah, who would have imagined that Fluttershy of all girls would be a radical feminist?
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Suspending someone as kindly, beautiful and innocent as Fluttershy would probably be considered in exceedingly bad taste.
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How did you handle it? Go bright red? Start spluttering incoherently? Refuse to meet her eyes and, every time your gaze snuck beneath her chin, slam your eyelids shut with a mutter of "No! Bad!"?
I feel your pain, brother.
Ohhh, I guess that explains this screenshot.
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6483734 Leave it to Fluttershy of all of them to be stacked in the rack. Hell, throughout all three movies it's easiest to see feminine curves on her out of the lot of them. Definitely has the most matured body of them all. Makes sense, I suppose, given that pony!Fluttershy is estimated to be the oldest of the Mane Six.
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No offense, but:
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Why, thank you. Wasn't actually expecting a reply, just trying to be funny.
Sorry if it offended anyone, it is the last thing I'd want to do.
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sounds cute to me
6484455 Classy. Real classy.
Please don't leave comments like this ever again.
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I have a twisted sense of humor and I appreciate anyone who can laugh at that sort of gag as much as I can, that's for sure.
6484630 Yeah, I'm pretty sure your grimdark humor won't be showing up in the comments on any of my stories ever again.
It's awkward, it's girly, it's funny, it's sexy...and it's realistic! Dang, this thing is goooood!
LOL, the ending was awesome
That's a really PATHETIC reason not to wear a bra, Fluttershy. Had to say that. Anyways, my opinion, don't take it that I'm criticizing your story.
Priceless.
Not as good as the first two chapters, but cute.
Have a plot bunny - the girls discuss which Twilight is better.
In front of them.
EDIT - Have another - Fluttershy gets her wish of talking to a dog in conversation.
6487225 Yah, saw that this morning. It was pretty good.
6487237 Heh, I'll keep those in mind. Right now the next chapter is either going to be Bras II (set during the first movie when the girls are getting ready for the Fall Formal), or Sunset Shimmer explaining Equestria to the girls.
6487295 I think there was a similar fic a while ago, "we don't normally wear clothes" where they talk about clothes and modesty, etc, during the sleepover. Lemme dig it up...
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/220022/we-dont-normally-wear-clothes
The real reason Fluttershy doesn't wear a bra is because no one has created a bra worthy enough to contain them.
6487396 Yeah, read that a long time ago. Same author, too.
6487534 Hm, so it is.
Suspicious...
6487545 Nah, just means great minds think alike.
Very nice. Going onto my favorite & follow list, now that I've watched Friendship Games. There's actually a genre of anime that follows this style, generally referred to as 'Cute girls doing cute things'. The first show I watched in this genre (Lucky Star) spent the first ten minutes of episode one talking about how they eat different kinds of food...
6487472 Why does everyone go that route? If it's Anthro or Human Shy then she always has Tits the size of Sunbutts ass...I freaking swear...
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Awe Sweet!!!!!
6489066 Fluttershy's personality fits a certain anime archetype, the shy, cute wallflower who always has massive breasts. Personally, I think EG Fluttershy's are just about the right size, but I'm fine with the D-cup variant too. Anything over a D, not so much.
6489156 You should try previewing your images to make sure they won't do that.
It's amazing how you know EXACTLY what girls talk about.
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That's pretty interesting. I hope to read more soon.