This story is a sequel to Study of Generosity
Rarity asking Spike for a favor is nothing new. What is new is that favor being a ruse to get him on a date with a certain filly. But Spike knows better than to resist, and maybe a night with Scootaloo won't be so bad.
When Scootaloo asks Spike to clarify things, however, he decides to be honest. While trying to define what Rarity means to him, perhaps he'll find out what this date means to the both of them.
The Generosity Series
Chronological from Top to Bottom:
Lessons in Generosity
Study of Generosity
Friend of Generosity
Allure of Generosity
Heir of Generosity?
Triangle of Generosity
Cover art by FuyusFox.
Chapters (1)
YAY
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*after reading*
...wow, I totally love the message of getting to know one another as friends first. That's not something you really ever see, I don't think. It's, "hey I like you", then several occasions of blushing and awkwardness and empty space of 'unspoken feelings', and then its a relationship.
Like you never see this example of them actually coming out and stating what the relationship is, what it needs to be, what's healthy and what's not and stuff, and then deciding what they will do from here.
This is a really good example. Good stuff c:
I love this. It is perfect.
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I think you meant "ruse", not "rouse"
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True, unless Paul meant the foals' date was arousing.
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This is what I get for not asking anyone for help. Corrected!
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Ha, great trilogy. I disagree with the 3rd one in some respects, but that doesn't make it any less great.
(1) Twilight's not just a sister, she is also Spike's knightly lord. Spike is a squire, with all the medieval meaning and potential attached to that. That's what all the fans who say Spike is mistreated by Twilight, fails to understand. Of course Spike is going through drudgery for free; it is part of the rite of passage for becoming a knight. How many times has Spike told us, point blank, "I will be Sir Spike." We never take him at his word, preferring to think of it as some childish fantasy. It is only a childish fantasy in our world and time, but not in Equestria.
A dragon who is a knight... there's a bit of irony, there.
(2) I don't think being rejected ever comes with zero amounts of pain, even if you realize that it was only a crush. Some pain will be involved, no matter how mature your mindset is. That's part of the package. To write "Oh it didn't hurt at all" is a polite fantasy. If it doesn't hurt at all, it wasn't the least bit real in the first place.
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The first point is entirely headcanon, and as such won't hold sway with too many people. It is a good headcanon, though, and certainly has some interesting potential. My only question would be that if knights are such a big deal in Equestria, why haven't we met any yet? Bear in mind that 'sir' doesn't have to strictly reference knighthood.
I would also argue that anyone who thinks Twilight doesn't treat Spike like an older sister would probably hasn't had an older sister.
As to the second issue? You're making the same mistake Scootaloo did. Rarity didn't 'reject' Spike, although she might have seen it that way herself. That would imply there was still something between them. The entire point Spike's making is that, by that time, he wasn't crushing, as in he'd already moved on and simply hadn't realized it. In fact, that's part of the point of the story.
Regardless, I'm glad you enjoyed the series! But it's not done yet; I still have at least one more planned.
This was a lovely story, I am absolutely adoring this Generosity series you are writing. You really dig deep into characters, I think I love reading about and seeing what people can unearth and polish.
PART THREE ???
I'm so down for this.
Once I'm out of work, and then I will be so down for this.
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I look forward to your opinion! Although I warn you that this one deviates slightly from the other two.
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Oh! Yeah, I figured from the description, but i'm still excited nonetheless o:
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Oh, a quartet? Excellent. Sunset is my favorite character, but Rarity is my favorite pony. It really takes a different kind of writer to do Rarity-related stories any justice.
Excuse the wordiness below. It's not meant to be argumentative. It's just that I'm usually out by the Oort clouds, so when once in a blue moon I do a fly-by of Equestria, I got a lot of accrued thoughts to burn.
Not entirely. Because if you consider Spike as only Twilight's adopted brother, then you must consider him as being mistreated. Spike is not treated as an "equal" the same way Applebloom is by Applejack, or Sweetie Belle is by Rarity. He is also not treated truly as a family member not just by Twilight, but also by the rest of the family. He is not treated as a younger brother.
A younger brother (who is considered "a baby/ child") doesn't leave the parents and stay with the sister, who at the start was herself still "a student" i.e. not truly independent and capable. A younger brother does not spend all his time doing menial chores for the sister, never going to school or living a life outside of her social sphere. By that definition, he is being abused, the way Cinderella was. You can even play the race (or species) card here. There's a good reason that the fandom considers him abused, when they deconstruct the world of FiM.
The only way we escape the Gone With The Wind situation (i.e. the Happy Slave myth), is if Spike is not a brother, but a squire. Ofc, when I say "knight" I don't mean an exact analog of Earth's medieval institution. Ofc it wouldn't be identical, for both in-universe reasons and for Hasbro's wallet reasons. So tasking me with "Earth knights did this, prove Spike is a squire by showing me Equestria also does this", for example, is nonsensical.
We did meet one: Spike's fantasy (of rescuing Rarity). We assume it's a "fantastic" fantasy, but that's an assumption. This is not a show which gives us repeated reinforcements, only open-ended hints. For example, we don't learn about the Mane 6's families until S06/ S07 (as an aside, the studio both retconned and ruined RD's parents for the sake of telling a mediocre episode).
In a world with kings, queens, princesses, and nobles... why would it be hard to believe that a 'sir' means a knight (some fashion of it)?
Yes, and my point is that would still hurt. Though more in a melancholic, nostalgic way than a burning-tears-down-cheeks way.
Change to beautiful things always hurt, even if the change is also beautiful.
Good, cute, enjoyable. I waa pondering over why Scoots would be clumsy though, she is atleast implied in "The Show Stoppers" to be a very capable dancer. Maybe its nerves, im just nitpicking though. I loved it.
I think you mean avant garde flair.
Loved it!
No, what are you doing? Don't get this awesome ship in my head, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
But seriously, that was amazing. Getting back into reading FimFiction, this was an unexpected trip of gems to read. That pairing, I would've never thought of it before, but it seems so cute! Your writing is really amazing, too! Each character felt their own, and it fit really well. Awesome writing!
Ah shiznit, a SpiKe story. Gotta read this.
This story was beautifully written, and well executed with the light fluffy love and feeling of a young blossoming relationship between 2, I'm going to say young adults, due to their wording, phrasing, and construction of their emotional development. This has got to be one of the best One-Shot Spikealoo stories I've read, and I love it.
10/10, please write again, have a moustache
This was amazingly done, and I badly want another sequel.
I don't know why but this trilogy made me like Rarity even less. Don't get me wrong, she wasn't my favorite to begin with despite me being a sparity shipper. Go figure. I guess I just have a thing against characters like her. Good story regardless.
Never. Stop. Writing. These.
After reading through the story and looking through the comments, I have a bit to say about this.
One thing I've noticed when it comes to fans , of pretty much everything, is that if they don't automatically like something they label it as bad.
But I study film and television as that is my chosen career. And what I found is that even if a large group of people dislike something you can like it even more than they dislike it regardless. Anyone who's a fan of MLP should be able to attest to this. As such something is only really bad from a persons point of view (something I learned from STAR WARS), especially when it comes to art.
The reason I say this is because after having read through your story I've come to the conclusion that is well-thought-out and well written. However I personally don't find that it Falls under my usual case of what I consider entertainment. And while it certainly is entertaining, it wouldn't be put on the favorites list by me.
But reading through the comments I see that you pointed out that part of this stuff is your Headcanon, so to each his own. Regardless it is overall well-written and entertaining.
But I feel the need to vent why I personally wouldn't find it to be a favorite. Part of it is definitely the implication of a possible future relationship between Spike and Scootaloo. In that case I just can't help that I don't Ship them.
Another part would definitely have to be the interpretation of the relationship between Spike and Rarity. While I do feel he fell out of the crush he had on her and has become just good Friends, the scenario you inVisioned for that realization doesn't sit well with me. In this case I couldn't say why exactly I'm just can't say I'm fond of that idea. I will say that incorporating the events of Three's a Crowd was brilliant.
The final nail in the coffin as far as I'm concerned is the once again brought up idea that Spike and Twilight are siblings. I'm sorry but I just really really hate that interpretation. I'm not going to say why, but I've always interpreted them as Best Friends and nothing more, though I might've hoped for more. I will say that those two probably couldn't live without each other, or should I say not function without the other.
So those are my complaints, petty? Possibly. Minor? Absolutely. But that's just the way I feel. Regardless I did, to an extend enjoy reading this, though I didn't bother to read those that came before. I will say that I might check out some of your other works. Regardless do keep writing because you are good at it, and we need more people like you in this community.
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Yeah. I really like the way this was handled.
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Okay if this is based on the relationship itself within the story, then this would be legitimate criticism, within reasoning, but saying that your headcanon is not akin to this guy's headcanon basically makes me want to ask the question:
Why did you click on this story?
This is not to be mean, I'm genuinely curious.
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Fair question. For me, I like to give a story a chance to impress. And the thing I really care about are the character and the interesting interpretations , and by extension interactions that can arise.
And so, even though I don't ship it, nothing gets interesting interactions and interpretations like a Date scenario.
The fact that it didn't indicate anything definitive in the description also helped.
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If you mean that it didn't indicate anything definitive of it being a Scootaloo x Spike ship...
Two clues:
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Pretty blunt there.
2. The tags. Not only is Scootaloo and Spike only referred to as the "main characters", but also Rarity is not indicated as a main character, making her not an intended target of the romance.
Tags are very important on this site.
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You're right of course, but that isn't really what I meant. I saw the tags and read them. What I meant was that I saw the possibility that those two could become an item on this date, but I also saw, and was right in my assumption, that the story would end in a place where they would stay only Friends with the possibility of romance being in an a currently non-existent point beyond the stories climax.
In other words nothing definitive.
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Ah, I see. Thought you meant definitive as that. That seems very legitimate to say, since the story kinda fizzles out with the conflict not really being fully solved. But was the purpose of the story to have the conflict solved, or was it to give Spike a choice in the matter? That's something that would have to be considered for this to be reasonable, because the purpose of the story was to be not definitive, that may be given exploration in another installment.
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Fair point. for me personally it doesn't really matter. I was satisfied and entertained by what we got here.
me thinks ima ship it
Well, that was cute. Neat to see things from Spike's perspective this time.
A fantastic conclusion to the accidental trilogy. This really showcases Spike at his best. I almost want to see that scene during Rarity's blue flu, but without this greater context, it may lose something. Still, easily the hest Spikaloo story I've read on the site, and weirdly enough, one of the better Rarity ones as well. Funny how she can shine just as bright when she's behind the scenes.
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Trilogy? Conclusion?
What a silly fan you are.
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I would hardly expect the Generosity trilogy to stop at just three stories.
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Ooooh, so you meant "trilogy" as in the Douglas Adams definition. Gotcha.
Ehh. I believe the word you're looking for is 'maître d'hôtel', no?
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Yes and no. Maître d is an English shorthand version of the original French term. Despite technically meaning the same thing, it is still viewed as a phrase unto itself (although I've heard arguments that it has a narrower definition than the full maître d'hotel).
Like the previous ones, this was all rather good. I only thought it felt a bit... talky, I guess? Like it was all a bit too reasonable and spelled out, if that makes sense.
Also, I think you may have made Spike a little too cool. I guess I'm just used to him being more awkward.
Still pretty cute, though.
Loved this one
You didn't disappoint. Another great job!
This one has to be my fav.!