After an attempt to restore some of the memories lost to the Memory Stone succeeds, Sunset finds herself caring for a horribly traumatized and emotionally unstable Wallflower Blush.
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There's no real good or perfect way to respond or to help. But I think Sunset's clearly doing her best, handling the situation surprisingly well; granted, she seems the type with wisdom around these things beyond her years. And Wallflower... her reaction's understandable. Stellar character writing as always.
I know it's obvious to us, but this is coming from experience. I have a feeling we're going to get more scenes like this, and Wallflower is going to learn a lot from it. And if this chapter is any way to judge those future scenes, I can't wait!
I just can't wrap my head around how amazingly good this is. The plot, the dialogue, the emotion; I just love it. I like how Sunset can relate to Wallflowers unforgivable thoughts, it makes sense. Now that they're living together, Wallflower will hopefully be able to trust Sunset some more.
Keep writing! <3
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Totally agree with you, I hope you're right.
Oh man...all Sunset can really do is be there for Wallflower to talk to her and listen. Whether it's going to be enough or not....It will be a long road regardless and I eagerly await seeing where that road goes!
Now that's how you start a chapter.
Man. I just have no other words.
Here. Right here. I'll just stop here for today. It's alive and it makes me cry. Oh goodness. My heart is bleeding so much right now. I'll pick this back up on the morrow; for now I need some chocolate. Well done, Scampy.
I hope Wallflower's carpeted floor is comfy.
Sunset's is wise with how cautious she is... almost as if she's gone to certain dark lengths in *other* fics. F'naaaa...
Go home, Sam.
Eyyyyyyyy... Wallflower lashing out at Sunny Bun. I like. Cringey, awkward, but very very real. Also she's kinda right.
I suspect there's been a switch in this episode. Up until the last chapter, the story's been third person limited to Wally... but now we're internalizing Sunny Bun's thoughts. Which is probably appropriate for where the fic is going and whatnot. I should write more third person omniscient myself, but I haven't much faith in how to work it. Maybe I should just learn from yousa.
Ah, nice. They found common ground in....... relocating common ground. Good on you, Sunset.
When all else fails: baby carrots.
What can you really say or do once you uncover something like that? There isn't much you can really even offer in the face of that kind of trauma and it'd be incredibly easy to just leave them to think about it, but even if they say they don't want anyone around I can't imagine it'd be good for her to be alone. Even a comforting presence would be better than being isolated with your own thoughts to go over the event again and again and work up horrible conclusions for yourself. Suppose it's a good lesson to learn that even if you don't know how to fix something, just physically being there for them might just make a world of difference.
Also:
Is it because she's a horse?
The whole conversation here kind of reflects the pair's state at the minute: Broken. Dissociative. Emotions are flying and you very strategically use each character dodging questions to make their implications a gut punch to the reader.
Just those two sentences sent a shiver up my spine. Not just from Wallflower's implication, but from her... inconsistency? One moment she's candid to the point of brutality, the next she's dancing around the topic, unwilling to flat-out say that she's probably not safe right now.
The momentary reprieve at the end, with the two sharing a snack together, is a really nice little touch. Things aren't anywhere near "good", but putting that brief moment of levity in there prevents getting fatigued from all the angst. Just as well, because it's not looking to let up any time soon.
Damn. What a follow-up. Wallflower isn't wrong in lashing out and blaming Sunset. By the same token, Sunset is not wrong in mentally acknowledging that she is not to blame. The fact that she didn't argue with Wallflower at all, but instead shifted the conversation to Wallflower's safety, is top-tier. Both in terms of characterization (your Sunset feels like Sunset to me), and in terms of how to best respond to something like that. The fallout of this is not one moment or emotion. It's a bundle of everything, a lot of it unpredictable, and fighting what comes is only going to make things worse. So kudos to both you and Sunny here.
And now I wish I had some baby carrots. Yum.
I am so glad Sunset is Sunset here. Refusing to leave Wally’s side, not avoiding the topic of self-harm/suicide despite her clear discomfort. Doing all this despite having no idea how to help at first. I admire her.