Sunburst the pegasus has a problem. His friends have been telling him for years that he needs to just get laid and become a stallion. They finally get together and get the bits to send him to see Ember, Canterlot's most unique courtesan. But when Sunburst gets there, his experience turns out to be quite different from what he was expecting...
A story about sex and asexuality, previously published as a chapter of my M-rated story "Ember's", presented in this T-rated stand-alone version by request.
P.S. This was written before Sunburst or Ember were canon characters. Blame myself and Hasbro for both borrowing names from Gen1 pony characters.
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Brilliance in every conceivable way is portrayed here. A deeply moving story of a young stallion coming to understand what it truly means to "be a stallion" and thus coming of age by a bit. A solid theme coupled with amazing writing that is flawless. If anyone ever doubts your writing talent, I shall direct them here to this masterpiece.
This felt great to read as a standalone, and I for one thank you for sharing it as such.
Before i start reading this i must point out that it is always strange to see a story where an OC has a canon name, in this case Sunburst. Regardless of that, your stories are usually really good so i will give this one a shot
Short and sweet, and I really like your OCs here.
Chock full of the gently affirming maturity that drew me to reading Ember's in the first place. I hope this gets the extra attention it deserves by being out from behind the Mature wall.
Not really much to say here except, nice job. Sadly, I can't favorite, my friends like to search my computer too much. Have a like though.
A very nice story
I really enjoyed this the first time around.
A neat little story exploring a concept that many fail to understand. Very well done.
I came here expecting porn, this really wasn't what I was expecting. It's a really well told fic, though. Kinda made me think about myself for a minute there.
This really captured what it means to be Asexual BUT not Aromantic.
You want to love someone, to share your life with someone, you just don't want to have sex.
I understand this because I'm that way. Beautiful story.
A pony fanfic where the characters DON'T end up rutting madly...
A SIGN OF THE END!!! THE END IS NEIGH!!!
This was nice. There’s hardly ever any ace-rep on here ^^
Very nice, very simple, very sweet. His friend's lack of understanding was quite familiar; he didn't mean anything by it, but oh, how linear and set is his mind, and he hasn't any intention of changing that.
Well, that was an excellent read.
Admittedly, I did feel a desire for his friend to get punched hard, but that's always my reaction to such arseholery (yes, yes, I know, he meant well, doesn't change that he was being a dick).
Seriously, though, this did a great job of capturing and reflecting many asexual feelings (and lack thereof). Or, at least, many of the feelings I have as one.
Even if one of them was that horrible feeling of "Wow, you really think you're helping, don't you?".
Very nice little story. Not ace myself, but I have a friend who is, and I try to learn more about it. Do you have any experience with it, SPark?
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Interesting that the only comments to receive downvotes are the ones that mention asexuality.
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That... is weird?? But okay :3
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Some people have strange chips on their shoulders.
I'm not asexual, but I'm a bit tangental to it. I engage in a lot of things most people associate with sex (BDSM, for example) in non-sexual ways, and I have to admit that the relentless assumption that if I want you to flog me I also want you to fuck me is very obnoxious sometimes. I imagine aces feel much the same way about the relentless assumption that relationships are sexual and that people need to have sex to be happy.
I just gave this story it's one hundredth upvote, for it's a grown up story about how adults see sex. It's fun, but not essential for happiness, for being a "real stallion".
Smart writing as usual, SPark.
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Thank you!
I enjoyed this very much. Enough that I wish to read more of your work. Have a follow.
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Yay!
That was nice. It's too bad Cadence probably has issues with Changelings, because she could do quite well working for the Princess of Love.
Also, thanks for breaking this out from the Mature stories. I almost always have those turned off and I wouldn't have wanted to miss this.
This was a very wonderful story, and executed beautifully.
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Thank you.
Ah yes, this one's so good it really deserves its place as a standalone.
Ember might just be my favourite character ever. All about her just feels so... right?
And looking back, I actually wish I was a bit like Sunburst. He may not realize it fully at this point in his life, but his 'problem' may turn out to be a kind of gift as well. In hindsight it would have made a lot of my life a whole lot easier and prevented many stupid things.
I never met an Ember as well, of course. Too bad.
Thanks for providing this deep supply of characters and perspectives on existence in your many tales. May you never drop writing ponies completely.
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Thank you! I have no plans to ever totally abandon ponies. I mean, I'm still writing Legend of Zelda fic, and the last time I played a Zelda game was years ago.
Very nice. It speaks to me on some level, although I'm not asexual. I'm not looking for mindless rutting, that is true, but I do dream of sex with the person I love. Haven't really found the right one yet, though... I simply lost interest in it all. Relationships are a bunch of problems. And I've yet to meet a girl that I'd want to spend a big portion of my life with. Maybe someday. Or never. I don't really care anymore, I stopped being a horny teen not so long ago. Plus, living by myself is nice. It's quiet, I can do anything I want, and I don't have to concern myself with anything else.
But enough of blabbering. You wrote a good story, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Once upon a time, during my family's annual trip to Tahoe, we were on our way to somewhere in Nevada when my brother happened to notice on Google Maps that there was a brothel up ahead, and naturally he offered this interesting tidbit to the rest of the car. Of course, it's not exactly every day that you pass a brothel when you live in a state where prostitution isn't legal, so we decided we'd take a very brief detour off the freeway to actually drive directly past it and get a few pictures. As we approached, though, a sign informed us that they also give tours (no sex required); presumably we're not the first people to pass by for novelty value. My brother's girlfriend was against such a tour, but she was overruled. I'm pretty sure even I was more intrigued by the novelty than I was uncomfortable with the idea of going in.
And that's my story about being an ace in a brothel.
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Hah! I've never been in one. I'm curious about the real thing, but of course what the real thing looks like in our world wouldn't much affect how I write Ember's, since she's not meant to be a realistic portrayal of sex work. (The stories are meant to portray real problems, but, you know...)
We've often wondered what quality is lost when "losing virginity" and why so many seem to value it so greatly. Hurrah, genitals have touched! But it's meaningless. Why does the instance of an action define a social status?
We suppose it's not much different than "baby's first word", but at least for that nobody judges a late talker like they do virgins.... 🤔