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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That was a really good conversation (your character writing is still excellent! seriously!), and it made me glad Fluttershy was the one Sunset went to. She understands the type of person Wallflower is a little more than Sunset, just from her personal experience; I'm glad she was able to help Wallflower feel comfortable enough to open up a little. The discussion of the language around describing what happened is super interesting, and I think it'll be a good way of tracking where Wallflower's really at with it, where she lays the blame. And I like that Fluttershy gave her the idea that maybe she could give something back, just by virtue of trying to be herself and being company for Sunset. Sometimes it's hard to remember how important even a little presence can be.
Man, these chapter titles are some of the most fitting I've ever seen.
Also, Fluttershy continues to be an A+ addition to this story
Ok, this route is probably better for the story. It's more organic, and allows for Sunset and Wallflower to help eachother grow and move on.
Fluttershy is seriously a great help to Wallflower; Sunset too! I think in time, things will sooth. Though, like the saying goes, things get worse before they get better.
Well, it isn't.... perfect. But I say. This chapter is well done.
Yay!
I don't know why, but Sunset's place with a small garden on the windowsill just hits me as right.
Agreed.
Speaking of which, I think (and forgive me if this sounds pretentious) Wallflower's compulsion to indirectly tell Fluttershy about her being raped was her subconscious fighting to keep the poor girl sane.
Holy smokeshow! This is intense! I love this story so much. What a great story!
Wallflower, for the love of the light, please don't. You've just relived a painful trauma, and your heart is still wounded and bleeding. Don't think of your body as some form of payment to Sunset. If you're going to share yourself with her, do it for the right reasons. Don't make the wounds deeper.
Your story, not mine.
Couch-phobic. That really, truly sucks.
More triggers from her memories?
Kewl backstory to Flutters. I've always interpreted her shyness as either hereditary or a matter of upbringing. But the private school angle? Makes an awful lot of sense. I've sorta been there myself... only when I transferred to public I was less of a coquettish mouse and more of a wacky douchebag.
Goddayum your Flutters is awesome.
Seems like a small miracle there.
It's just never easy, is it?
Why would you even mention Rarity, Flutters? F'naaaaaaaaaa
Whoops.
Am I the only one in thinking that Fluttershy's exit was premature?
I wonder if Fluttershy is meant to be an archetype for someone. She means well. She helped Wallflower relax and open up. But her advice--while completely innocent and well-intentioned--is only going to make things worse. I wonder if I'm supposed to drum up a verdict on her, or just accept the much more realistic truth that nobody's purely a villain and sometimes doing what seems right can backfire on them. F'naaa.
This story's narrative is chock full with self-deprecation. Tragic... but perhaps also *fitting* for the events at play.
Fluttyshy And you can do it Wallflower
This was the moment I fell in love with Fluttershy in this chapter. She knew exactly what Wallflower needed without having to ask.
Man, you know how to cut to the quick, don't you?
So everything from this line until the reveal is 10/10 dialogue and character work. I'll admit that I don't like Fluttershy that much. I honestly am not that fond of her as a character. But this chapter shows where her strength shines. Kindness and gentleness are both formidable weapons in their own right. As Wallflower says, they were both dancing around the topic, almost in a stalemate, but Fluttershy knew what Wallflower needed with every step. I have no doubts that this Fluttershy would keep dancing as long as Wallflower wanted, without tiring of it for a single moment.
So many people can relate to this. Shit, I can relate to it at times in my own life. But stepping outside of yourself to do something for someone else not only gives you something distracting to do, but can give you peace from your own head for a while. A brief reprieve from those thoughts. It's not a total solution, or even a partial one, but it's something. And Wallflower needs at least something right now.
Aww, Gamer Fluttershy reference! Really cute moment here.
But such descriptors also serve a purpose in explaining it to oneself, and they do matter, though they are understandably also a site of pain and the avoidance of it.
Ooooooooooof, ow.
Very weird that Fluttershy would suddenly start talking about my own life experiences, but okay.
That is definitely hard to get away from.
I can understand, that sickening feeling of taking without giving, and the fear of it causing one to even avoid help itself, much less asking for it. I hope Wallflower finds a balance where she can accept that Sunset is there for her.
Some yellow flags were going up in my head in the way Fluttershy was wording things, and this part coalesces them into a red one. This could possibly head in a tragically bad direction, and I would say that I hope that it does not but based on what I have read so far and seeing just how many chapters there are to go…
In any case, I trust that you will keep writing about this kind of dynamic in an honest, realistic, and un-romanticized way. Thank you so much for writing this. There are far too few things like it in the world.
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In my experience, I've found that empathizing with people is helped by sharing my own experiences. It's not enough to just say "I know how you feel"--I want them to understand that it's not just hollow words.
I'm doing my best, I hope you enjoy the rest of it. This is a story about trauma, and how far-reaching and long-lasting it is in reality, something far too many stories I've read gloss over entirely.
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Oh, of course! I have to fight my own tendency of feeling like I can't share my own experiences in contexts like that. To me, nothing I've ever gone through was ever really all that bad, so I fear sharing my experiences will come off as trivializing what the other person is going through, which itself is probably a form social anxiety, funnily enough. But I'm glad Fluttershy's at least better than me at this in particular here.
And I am definitely enjoying it so far. As you said, stories that treat trauma with gravity and realism are far too rare, and those that trivialize it far too common.
I understand and relate to this so very much.
It's just... easier when they just ask you about it. It isn't your responsibility anymore, you don't have to decide. No exhausting tiptoeing and you can leave it all to them.