I . . . um . . . whoa. That's . . . yeah.

It's great to see you around and writing, but that's one Hell of a (completely unexplained) cliffhanger to give us.

That's really a way to end a story. I am gonna keep a lookout for it's sequel:

So I'm guessing this is a dream sequence.

I had no idea what was going on

Dramatic reading of the epilogue:

*Deep breath*
"HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK" >:U

Translated into swan, of course.

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All shall be explained in due time

(If y'all are so inclined, there miiiiiight be a very tiny itty bitty hint of what's to come in one of the earlier chapters. Maybe somewhere between chapters 17 and 19. It's not a huge revelation, per say, but it it does give a nod to the direction of the sequel )

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Fine, I shall wait...

And that's our story so far: Sunset's got brand new, true friends in Trixie and the Dazzlings, Sunset can now Pony Up thanks to her true friends, Sunset and Trixie finally confess their love for each other, and the Rainbooms have a very, VERY long road of redemption they need to start walking down on.

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To counter your point about Trixie, never once do the Dazzling tell her to use a trapdoor to trap the Rainbooms under a stage.

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I think we both know that’s not how their magic works. It’s suggestive, emotion based. They can make her want victory enough to do anything for it; that’s not Trixie’a fault.

Again, I stress the point that it’s my story. It’s a fanfic lol, it’s not going to 100% adhere to canon. Good on you for the research and thought, though! I love when people are invested enough to spend that kind of time gathering evidence; I just personally disregard some aspects of canon for the sake of an interesting, dramatic story of what could have happened.

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Thank you as well. It has been an enjoyable debate.

People have called this revenge porn. I agree. Good thing I kinda get a kick out of that sort of stuff. Nothing like a bit of comeuppance, especially in the form of a proverbial repeated anvils to the face of everyone who 'dun bucked up'.

I can be pretty spiteful, and more to the point be on the side of the one being spiteful.

Friendship is magic, but spite like this is its own high.

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True,

When I think of SadSunny fics, I view this one as a sort of baseline. Anything less than this level of quality just isn't worth it.

The story is far from perfect, to be sure. The shipping element isn't an issue, but sometimes there are little "oh she's so cute" moments interlaced into otherwise devestatingly heavy scenes, and that can diminish the impact somewhat.

All the "screaming at the Rainbooms" stuff is to be expected, but as the intensity of those scenes increased, the character consistency--specifically Twilight's--dropped a good bit. It's nothing awful, but it felt more like what the author/audience wanted Twilight to say, rather than what she would actually say in such a scenario.

I really need to reiterate, though, that this is a good story. It's one of the first SadSunny fics I read and it still holds up very well. The way Sunset's depression is portrayed is harshly accurate. As someone with self-harm struggles and past suicide attempts, I can say that Sunset's problems are written in a respectful and brutally realistic way. The fact that she had a second suicide attempt is by itself a bleak reminder that in real life, those thoughts don't go away just because you survive. That's a crucial element of recovering from suicidal depression, and it's something most similar stories never think to include.

The emotions aren't just realistic, though. When they hurt, they hurt.

Do you even know what you did to her?

She tried to kill herself. Twice.

This moment is just perfect. It hits so hard, and it's just so brief and to the point and incredibly biting. While I wasn't the biggest fan of most of Twilight's dialogue, her one line here is so short and powerful and full of emotion that it makes up for the rest being kinda gratuitous. If all of her dialogue carried this same tone of big emotions in few words, this fic would go from a 4 to a 5.

The last thing is... The end is kinda out there. Trixie's an alicorn? I mean, okay but why? This is a story about recovery from the darkest depths of depression, and while the romance angle certainly plays into that, the magical fanservice does not. I guess it just felt really out of place for me, like the last few chapters belonged to an entirely different story.

All in all, this is absolutely worth reading. I consider this a quintessential SadSunny story, and I'm saying that as someone who's read a lot of SadSunny. You really know how to save the intense and heartbreaking scenes for the perfect moment to maximize how much they hurt, and almost everything in between is consistently good.

I'll end this with a plea: write more horrifically depressing stuff. There are so few authors who know how to do it right, and excessive misery is my absolute favorite genre, so pls moar sads.

This is story is SUPER SWEET, thanks for the amazing adventure I had :D, I will draw some fanart in your honor!

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Oh wow, thank you so much!

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Very true. But few, if any, Anon-a-Miss stories incorporate the personality flaws of the villains in any effective way. The Dazzlings, for instance, are schemers and manipulators. This doesn't show much in this story.

This took me a lot more time than I expected, especially because I procrastinated most of the time, because I was working on some other art and this particular piece was really hard to do, so I took as much time as I wanted. She is not wearing the tank top and jeans like in your fanfiction, because it didn't look quite epic so I changed her clothes. I will draw some more fan art where Sunset is holding Trixie in her arms and kissing her, but maybe a bit later. Give me two to three days and it will be done, I promise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1_KdfcN2M4 (SpeedPaint)
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Hope you like it. Your story is FREAKING AWESOME, please write more.

And another one finished, fan art in your honor.
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you get me

Hot damn, this was amazing to read! I've binged read this story, and I'm glad it has an actual ending (most just leave it incomplete), and the grammar and pacing was well done too!

This story has an amazing flow and I just dashed right through it all in a matter of hours. Your Dazzlings are great characters when reformed and I don't think I ever enjoyed Trixie as much as I did here :)

8/10 very good story! Can't wait to read the sequel.

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Yeah... she has 'a lot to think about'.

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It's cruel, yes. But what they and their sisters did drove Sunset to commit suicide twice, even if it wasn't intentional, and that was MUCH more cruel--FUBAR even--so this was justified.

Besides It's better they know how it feels to endure Sunset's pain.

Just finished the story. I gotta admit, I like how the epilogue isn't a, "Uh-oh, you HAVE to read the sequel to see where things go." The story feels complete to me, and I'm glad that you aren't sequel baiting us with something like, "Oh no, Trixie is moving to another state. What will happen in the sequel? Ooooh, I guess you'll need to read it to find out, cause I'm not going to let you have that happy ending just yet."

Also, I like the implication that the EQG world is an alternate world of another alternate world. Considering how the HuMane 5 act, it makes sense that they aren't direct alternates of the Main six in the show. Also, I like that you kind of teased us with, "Oh, the main six and Twilight may not be the ones from the show," considering that Moondancer was at Twilight's castle hanging out with Starlight as if they already new each other. Or, maybe I'm reading too much into it. Overall, this felt like a really good story, and one of the few Anon-A-Miss fics that I read that had a decent pacing, good grammar, and wasn't a fetish fest of revenge and darkness.

Does anyone know if Bitty Bug is alright?

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That's a mood.

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*Yawn* I call it like I see it darling. It does seem hypocritical when she continues to do the same thing she damns them for. But the privilege of a princess and such. Ohohoho!

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Wow, tough crowd. I guess that proves me right more.

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Nobody gets your references

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Also if the actual culprints aren't announced, who is supposed to be blamed? Without presenting who the actual culprit is and just saying it isn't Sunset, considering how easy Sunset got away with so many things in the past and it is clear the culprit is among them this could go 2 ways:

1. People don't believe it's not Sunset and think it's a repeat of the past where Sunset gets off with a slap on the wrist and they continue to treat her like crap.

2. They continue to try find out who the culprit is, forever suspicious of the person next to them in fear that they could be Anon-a-Miss and keeping everyone at arms length, therefore destroying any possible chance at a true friendship blossoming in the school and thus creating a toxic environment.

Additionally, the student body will lose trust to the School Board because they are protecting the people who had destroyed trust, relationship, friendship, and reputation of practically all of them.

It's the ugly truth of the human world, but people will always need someone to blame, especially in events that cause mass chaos like these. Keeping the guilty culprits' identities a secret ultimately does more harm to the entire school. In the end, this is simply a case of choosing the lesser of two evils where subjecting the culprits to face the consequeces of their actions but trying to protect them from excessive harm gives the better outcome rather than concealing them and letting the school fall in shambles. However, I do understand why you don't like it and I agree it is cruel, but like it or not, it is a necessary action and they did brought it upon themselves.

nice work on story

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Okay maybe I should stop promoting my trash writing.

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Without definite evidence otherwise they would still blame sunset even if they never found out who was really to blame. Her being the hospital unconscious was definite proof that she wasn't guilty because the account kept going.

Thank you for this story, and I hope that you are doing well.