(Takes place after "Hard To Say Anything", proofread by Smity1038 on Deviant Art.)
Cheerilee always thought she had something special with Big Macintosh, at least ever since that love poison fiasco a few Hearts and Hooves Days ago. But when word seeps out that Big Mac has found a new romantic partner in form of a baker named Sugar Belle, Cheerilee is devastated.
Struggling to come to terms with this revelation, Cheerilee tries to convince herself that this development is for the best. But then she's suddenly surprised when Big Mac shows up after school, in order to confess something rather important to her.
But is the confession what Cheerilee thinks it is?
Now has a dramatic reading, which can be viewed here.
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Well, my thoughts on this story? Well, I do detect a small scent of Author Tract here and there I think, but not enough to put me off. All and all, this is a very good and rather sweet story.
This was simply a work of art. A great way to start my morning.
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I'll be honest, I was a little reluctant to say that I liked this story at the start. Especially in the beginning, the pacing feels quite a bit too fast for the type of scene being set up, but as we get into the conversation between Cheerilee and Big Mac, I kind of forgot about that. Granted, some of their interactions like the "Push me." bit fell a bit flat, but there was some good chemistry there nonetheless. Also, I really do like your reasoning for why things didn't work out for Big Mac and Sugar Belle. It felt natural, and that's about all I could ask.
Oh, and I'm just slightly biased because Cheerimac is my OTP. So there's that.
That was a nice little read. Thumbs up!
It did seem strange how Big Mac forgot about Cherilee. I guess this fixes things.
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Way I figured it, the writers just decided to pair Sugar Belle with Big Mac just because they could. Just for the Hell of it.
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Yeah, it was really random.
Right now I'm trying to decide if I want to read this or not, since while I DID ship CheeriMac, it was only because it was the ship that had the most canon evidence prior to Hard to Say Anything...
Yet Hard to Say Anything I enjoyed quite a lot as an episode, and I found Big Mac's crush on Sugar Belle to be adorable...
I think I'll skip it for now, since I'm not a fan of stories where a couple has broken up, unless it was an abusive relationship.
If I ever change my mind on this, I'll come back to the fic and edit this comment.
This story is well written, was kinda curious how it'll go down but glad I stuck to it. And I love the conversation between Cheerilee and Big Mac it felt naturally and well thought out.
Also as I think a few others said the reasoning for Sugar Belle and Big Mac splitting up is good and not something crazy or out of the blue but more of how each one is well rooted into the respected town/village. I give this story a like, an willing to reread it again
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What is your opinion on multi-relationships despite the fact of mare-to-stallion ratio?
8353843 I've nothing against it but I just don't think it can work out. I just don't see how one can be romantically attracted to multiple partners and be willing to love them equally.
Again, this is a pretty darn good one-shot. And, yeah, I can definitely see your points on why this wouldn't work and also agree with the reviewers that pointed out how the writers probably did the episode primarily because they COULD.
Anyway, I DID love the exchanges and characterizations in this story. Job quite well done.
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Plus, there's the possibility of one mare not getting enough attention and getting jealous and all that. Pologamy simply doesn't work, despite how many men fantasize about it.
8354166 I don't think it's just men who fantasize it.
I have a similiar feeling about Sugar Belle and Big Mac, I just don't see it working. And I have been a Cheerimac fan from even before I was an admited Brony.
The problem with SugarMac is that we have never been told why they like each other. Viewers might think the writing staff learnt nothing from the whole FlashLight debacle. Although Sugar Belle does have more personality than Flash Sentry.
I saw Hard to Say Anything just today, and I thought Big Mac and Sugar Belle were very sweet together, but your reasoning for why their relationship wouldn't work out seems pretty good, too.
It know Big Mac and Sugar Belle area official couple, but I still prefer Big Mac and Cheerlie as couple. I always will but I know I that ship has stopped sailing, but not for me.
You can has review!
Hello, I'm Jacob M. Keene, a voice actor and narrator. I just wanted to inform you that I did a dramatic reading of this fanfiction on my YouTube channel, I narrate the story, DarkNightPrincess voices Cheerilee, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom, Geeky Sonic voices Big Macintosh, Quirky Craft voices Diamond Tiara, Syn voices Scootaloo, and PikaMew15 voices Silver Spoon: https://youtu.be/f5wxxAgF0CI
RIP CheriMac since Big Mac and Sugar Belle are now married.
This makes for fun alt-history tho
Canonical issues aside, which I don't cast on fics especially when they're older ones (this one being made before Big Mac and Sugar Belle are married if I'm not mistaken), this is a short and sweet one-shot I enjoyed reading. Kudos
Polygamy is technically legal in Equestria.
10743311 Yes, but I don't think that's what Cheerilee, Sugar Belle or Big Macintosh would want.
Wow, amazing story and I would have preferred this story, as well as an episode where Mac apologizes to Cheer for getting with Sugar.