Fluttershy’s struggle with her crippling shyness seemed to be over, now that she had six best friends whisking her off on adventures on a regular basis. Her therapist had other ideas, such as her making a new pony friend all on her own. Her attempt to fulfill that challenge, by way of introducing herself to the first pony to cross her path, didn’t go at all like she expected.
A season one romance.
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Edited by Themaskedferret
Chapters (6)
This pleases me
I love Apple Knots !
That is a story I tend to re-read during times of stress.
Now let's see who 'Jittery' has a night out with.
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And what a beautiful story about coming out of one's shell that was too !
You know, I could really see a sequel to this story. Don't even need to be that big, maybe just a one shot on their next therapy visit.
Very nicely done.
Cute
This is a really unique take on romance. I approve.
It's a lovely story, and the progression between chapters feels so natural. Early S1 Fluttershy seems a challenge to write romance for, but you found a way to do so, and have it be a good thing (compared to, say, Bad Horse's take).
Where can i give you all of my money?
Very cute! I hope Discord doesn't get jealous!
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You'd be surprised...
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Oooo! I smell a sequel!
I admit, I put this one off for a while. Noteworthy isn't. Not most of the time, anyway. But here you've crafted a character that isn't just a suitable pick for Fluttershy, but also an excellent portrayal of the personal hell that is anxiety. Excellent work. Thank you for it, and best of luck in the judging.
This was fantastic. Flutteshy is generally a hard one to ship because she is too shy to take the initiative and start a relationship and her issues with being a doormat mean it is functionally impossible for anyone that isn't similarly withdrawn to avoid pushing her too far by accident and, willingly or not, making it an abusive relationship. You however managed to nail both the kind of character that can actually develop a healthy relationship with Fluttershy in Noteworthy and also arrange events to push the two of them together without twisting them in unbelievable ways. Considering I've never really been a fan of Fluttershy, that is some very impressive work.
I… wow. This is amazing. I love what you've done here.
Normally I wouldn't like Fluttershy's issues pushed THIS far, but a psychiatrists office is just the right context for it.
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That's precisely why I set this during season one
Wow. That's some adorable Fluttershy.
Only romance I've seen where it was a decidedly good sign their hearts weren't pounding.
Throughout the last chapter, my mouth has been twisted into a silent squee.
Partly for reasons 8360780 mentioned, this is the best Fluttership I've ever read.
Jesus, more like Season 0 Fluttershy
I love this already :D
Oh my god <3
Anxieties that manifest as allergies? Is that even a thing? XD
These precious babies
ohmuhgaaaad :D
"Oh, w-well, it's actually five... Spike's not really a person..." :V
Well this was adorable. A short but fully engaging piece that gives us what, to someone who's never had either anxiety or shyness, feels real and relatable. That's a gold star from me.
My reaction to Fluttershy's reaction:
For a split second there, before I kept reading I thought he just didn't find her attractive.
Awwwwwwwww! That was sooo sweet! This deserves so much more positive attention. Such an adorable and well-written story! One of the best romances I've ever read on this website. Thank you for sharing!
Yeah despite everything sometimes you just have to take a risk
Ohh this is during season 1 okay cool
So far this is pretty interesting start of a story so apparently Fluttershy is having so much problem talking with other ponies she has to talk with her therapy all he can tell her is to try to take a leap of faith to talk with other ponies other than her animals hopefully she can find somebody but it looks like Twilight and Spike finally arrived so this confirm this is during season 1 let's see how this goes
So it looks like the aftermath of the babysitting the Cutie Mark Crusaders she did say she's getting much better but the doctor says she needs to be more active with other ponies not just only the five of them plus Spike which she was kind of confused but she wanted to give it a shot and there was a pony named noteworthy and apparently he has a lot of anxiety problems but somehow both of them actually talk with each other and it's a pretty slow process but a pretty good one
Well it looks like the past few days Fluttershy is starting to open up a little bit and it looks like noteworthy is also open up to her as well and they've been kind of hanging out with each other and apparently they start to like each other and now they're starting to have lunch almost every day that's actually a pretty nice and a good character development for both of them
“That’s wonderful! I just wish my week had gone so smoothly. During Princess Celestia’s visit I… I…”
“Borrowed her pet phoenix?”
Oh yeah I remember that episode that was pretty funny and that Phoenix is very tricky
Wow this was sort of an unexpected turn so it looks like Fluttershy and Noseworthy are actually enjoying their day together and she even mentioned about Princess Celestia's visit and that crazy Phoenix that almost gave her so much trouble but then Fluttershy realize something she never ever introduced her friends or even invited her to the house so she decided to take one step at a time and invited him to the house he got super nervous about this once they got close to their house he admitted that he actually was pretty nervous was he had a crush on Fluttershy and he didn't know how to do this and she really don't know how to react to that and basically ran off poor girl she really didn't know how
Aww poor Fluttershy she felt embarrassed and not only that frightened about how things turned out when she tried to invite it noteworthy and when he admitted it and basically she just decided to stay in bed until he came and to apologize for what happened and made her very nervous but she also apologized for a reacting so irrationally and it looks like he wanted to invite her to see the animals since his cousin run the animals shelter or something and Fluttershy was still pretty nervous but it looks like she wants to do this to give this supposedly date a chance well let's see how that goes
Well I remember back then she was very shy and very scared but throughout her years she's has changed and really develop I mean she still shy but not as severely that's a huge development of her character which that's awesome
This was a pretty nice story and I really like how things turned out so it looks like Fluttershy and noteworthy finally arrived to the carnival at first she was a little bit scared but she started to be brave for him she even got super excited when she saw the Merry-Go-Round and even wanting to have a funnel cake again that's a huge step for her to talk to somebody and she was so proud of herself and I am too but hey like I said she's got a long ways to go but she won't be alone alongside with our friends and of course noteworthy she won't be afraid well this was a pretty nice story I hope we get to see more story like this in the future anyways keep up the good work