Every action taken is like dropping a pebble in a pond, creating ripples that extend ever outward. Every choice has consequences, good and bad... Putting on a Crown may have changed Sunset Shimmer's life...but it also Changed two worlds...
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Ah, one of the long-standing issues. And while I've seen a couple of different ways of trying to fix it, shrugging and going 'time is weird' is really the only one that does without either making big assumptions or having huge holes. You got it about as well as it really can be got.
Que explosive moment once she learns what happened.
Yo, so another good chapter, damn those cliffhangers tho.
As an aside, I wanted to say thank you for the chapter addressing Panic Attacks way back. The advice shared in that allowed me to help a coworker earlier tonight at work. I'd never really dealt with panic attacks personally before, but getting them to the break room and doing a breathing exercise with them apparently helped.
I felt wrong getting all the praise for helping them, so I wanted to make sure you guys knew that it was yalls chapter on it that made the difference, cos otherwise I've had fuck all on ideas on how to help.
FLOOFY PONY! *Ahem*
Yeah the age/deage conundrum. It really was a strange plot point to deal with when the show runners went for the magical high schooler story. The best line in this, by far is Greasy Hydra Farts. Well done.
Bring on the kiss and make up!
Yeah the age issue is quite something. It would stand to reason that Sunset is a fair bit older than Princess Twilight, otherwise Twilight would've heard of Sunset if they were closer in age. And yes, Celestia does say Sunset started her studies "not long before Twilight", but really, how long is "not long"? And then we get Twilight and Sunset seemingly close in age which would suggest that time dilation I've seen in some fics, including this one. What I think is, had Sunset stayed, she'd be closer in age to Cadance (and Shining Armor), but thanks to time dilation between the two worlds, she's more Twilight and the Mane 6's age now.
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Yeah, like I said, I've seen it done a variety of ways, but I wanted a way that explained all the little inconsistencies of the character. Hence why I went with the mix of "time distortion" and "the portal actually affected a permanent change" and a little bit of Sunset herself not really knowing the answer because...there isnt a concrete one.
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I cant see her being happy, no.
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Glad you liked the chapter, and yeah, cliffhangers, grrr!
As far as your story about what happened...Honestly, I'm glad that something we wrote provided you with the tools to help someone else. That's...that's actually pretty amazing to know, because the knowledge being presented in the story was never done with that thought in mind. It never occurred to any of us.
But the fact that you did use what we had presented to handle a crisis...That makes me feel good. It...reaffirms something I learned in a story a long, loooooong time ago: That when you put a story, or a thought, or a creative piece out there in the world, you do not know who will read it or what they will take away from it. You don't know how it will impact their life.
Its something I always try to remember. Because it could be something small, like someone gaining a smile and a good mood, or reevaluating their own choices and actions...to something like being able to react in a crisis like you did...to even something like giving someone the hope and courage to keep going. Its why we work so hard to research, try to make the characters feel like real people, and consider how things might be perceived.
:} Thanks for sharing the story, friend...but don't be afraid to accept some of the positive emotions being directed at you. You may have used knowledge we put there, but you were the one who CHOSE to act. You didn't have to, but you did. And that's worthy of recognition. You did good.
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Yes. Floofy.
Hehe. I'm glad you liked that one. I have to admit that writing Sunset's ponyisms are some of my favorite things to write.
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Pretty much. There were a variety of inconsistencies and clues that we researched in the backstory and stuff, and it took us a while to structure something that accounted for a lot of it. Without Sunset ending up as "creepier than Timber Spruce."
I think we succeeded.