Moondancer's first party meant a lot more to her than just rekindling old friendships.
I adapted this story on YouTube into an audio version for Pride 2021. It can be found here.
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Oh dammit this one hurt to read. It hurts even more knowing that Twilight didn’t show up. Great writing, it flows nicely and is packed with emotions and easy to read. Glad I decided to randomly go on FimFiction instead of work on my school assignment!
Amazing job, Scribbler!!!
Oof. This one really shoots that pang through your heart. The [Tragedy] tag being there but it not happening here... and the implications it gives based on her last line and what we know happens... ouch, it hurts.
Great job.
Amazing. I love this take on Moondancer. Thank you for sharing this work with us. <3
"All your pony are belong to us"
What? Nuuuuuuh!!!
My ponies are mine! 
Oof. I feel this. I feel this hard. This was my entire existence once I got into high school.
Oh geez, this gives a very heartbreaking view on Moondancer. As to the parents, If there was any justice in the world, they would be the ones out on the streets being reviled and sneered at. Ponies and by extension, people like them shouldn't be allowed to become parents. Part of the definition of being a parent is loving your child, not just when it's convenient or when it can benefit you in some way.
I would not be ONE bit surprised that even IF Moondancer had become Celestia's pupil, it wouldn't have been good enough for them. Not unless she bowed to their demands that she use her status to get them things like private audiences with the Princess or a full suite of private rooms in the castle. (Celestia of course would soon find out about that) and you know what...as far as the parents are concerned, I'd just LOVE to see them try something whilst their child is under her protection.
@Scribbler: If this story is even remotely based on real-life for you or someone you know, I am so incredibly sorry that such a lovely person as yourself has to put up with selfish cruel bigots. It's bad enough that they exist at all, but for it to be one's very own parents is
beyond words.
The story was very well done, Scribbler. I really liked the take on Moondancer. I would most definitely like to see a sequel to this story.
As a lesbian who grew up in the southern US, stuck with an abusive family and surrounded by hateful boomers, this story was painfully familiar to me. In a selfish sort of way, it's nice to know I'm not the only one it was this bad for. Like I mean of course I know it was never just me, but reading stories like this helps me to really believe that, I guess? Like a lot of times people tell me about what it's like growing up as an LGBTQ+ person in other parts of the country, namely the PNW, and I get so envious I want to scream, and I know that's not fair to them cuz their lives still had the same hardships and even different ones, just... I dunno man. People who live outside the south really underestimate how bad it is down there. Or maybe I underestimate how bad it is elsewhere too, idk. Anyway, angst-ranting aside, thank you for writing this hon 🙏🙏🙏
On another note, Moondancer really is the Wallflower of MLP (or I suppose it's the other way around). I should read more stuff with her.
This story, for me, felt... cathartic to read. Happy pride month.
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They're Sweater Sisters
You tell 'em, Moondancer.
Mmm
Happy pride month.
Considering I have a little sister who's feeling a lot of stuff like this, it hurts, but I do feel a lot with this story. This hurt to read, it hurt more to continue, but I really hope there's a sequel to this, I want a happy ending (even I know that might not happen. Not the sequel... the Happy Ending).
You know it's a good story when it resonated with so many folks
Gah. Why did I choose to read fimfic at 3am?
10867622
Eh, at least around where I live it wasn't that big of a deal. Live in Tennessee and am in my mid-20's now, but there wasn't much bigotry except for like one person in our high school who had a hard-on for the gay kid (my friend). We asked him why he kept bothering us after a few months, since we didn't want to talk to him and he clearly didn't want to talk to us, and I think that got through to him because he left us alone after that.
Other than that, basically nothing. My friend and I graduated and are working factory jobs, so I feel like a lot of the animosity against homosexuality died down since it ended up being not a big deal after all.
I really feel like the mother has some serious fundamental issues. She has problems with EVERYTHING, just nitpicking anything that isn't absolutely perfect with other ponies yet ignoring the fact that she herself is an absolute cunt. Moondancer isn't doing herself any favours by trying to appeal to that degenerate, that's for sure.
Pride Month aside.
This story is stellar in portraying the tradgedy of Moondancer here leading to the events of Amending Fences.
It also begs the question. Did Moondancer get kicked out of her home like her sister by Alamein Fences?
A really sad story here, finding acceptance is painful and some of us sadly never find it where you want it most(like family). It's bitter sweet that we know Moondancer survives the disappointment and pain she suffers, but she still goes though it. Is was made clear the the show she was close with her sister so I can only guess she was the one who helped Moony get out of thier parent's house? I think it might be worth exploring what happened between this an amending fences, to see how she coped with that pain, as well as seeing her after she reconnected with Twilight and her friends. Sure Twilight wasn't exactly what she hoped, but they reconciled and I'd like to think she was able to tell her friends then found the right mare in the end. And perhaps along with the rest reconnected with Lyra. While still tragic she never discovered in school, learning her of her friends understands what she went though would be helpful (Let's not kid ourselves Lyra and Bon Bon are a couple).
Also Celestia haveing no issues with some of her little ponies being gay, yes she's way too old and seen way too much to buy the fallacy that not being the norm has any moral bearings. "Normal" is just most common, nothing else.
I've said before that Moondancer being in lesbians with Twilight is the only way for Amending Fences to make any kind of sense. While I personally prefer Equestria as A Better World (Lofty and Holiday get cited), this is still a story that somebody had to write at some point.
I felt like a read a much longer story, especially with the insight it gave into Equestria's imperfections. The way that even Karen ponies and bigots can still manage to sink their teeth into the school of the friggin' princess is handled very realistically. This is an excellent example of how you can have a character portrayed as LGBT+ without ever directly saying exactly that. I would really love to see a sequel about Moondancer and her family, especially her sister. Maybe after Amending Fences she doesn't tell Twilight. Maybe Twilight already knows, and that's a different story entirely. But Moondancer does have a big sister who appears to love her very much. If anypony could make a good contrast between the shame and torment her family has inflicted on her, I think that mare might be it.
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After watching the episode and reflecting on it for a while, I did feel that this was one of the strongest interpretations of Moondancer possible. The only other one I've found that really makes just as much sense, or at least appears to be more obviously canon, is that Moondancer suffers from some kind of mental illness. Possibly something related to interpersonal relationships and rejection-sensitive dysphoria. Or, y'know, both.
10869023 Your friend sounds more like a lucky case instead of anything else. I live up in the New England states, in a reasonably big city, and I still grew up exposed to and taught all kinds of anti-LGBT things. Most of my family won't even give me the time of day or talk to me now that I'm out, and I've been out for years. Up here, we were all taught (and in a mostly joking way, mind you) that anti-LGBT sentiments and violence were mostly rampant in the Deep South and sorta-mostly-kinda only there, but it clearly wasn't the case and it still isn't. Your friend probably wasn't the only kid in school who wasn't heterosexual or cisgender, I'd bet money on it. He likely was the only one who was strong enough to come out, and it is still fairly uncommon to come out as anything under eighteen. In a way, it makes you one of the lucky ones compared to folks when it hits them in their thirties what has been wrong their whole life. 10867622 is right about places like the Pacific Northwest being almost entirely unbelievable in their generally accepting, healthy attitudes to LGBT+ people. When I hear about people from supportive families anywhere, I'm still stunned by that, and all the representation kids and teens are getting in media today.
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I think it's because he handled it better than most. He did get casual flak for it, but nothing that really impacted his life. Hard to say for sure, I think he just had his own boundaries that he setup with anyone he interacted with. So long as you didn't pass that, he got along with you as well as anyone, so I think it mostly came down to how well he handled it. You're probably right that he was lucky, but it was just what I observed.
Sorry you had a rough time, I hear that it's more common than what I have seen, I guess sometimes life just isn't fair.
10870143
If he had a supportive family, as you seem to be implying, a friend circle that was as accepting as y'all were, I imagine that's why he did pretty well. I just wish more people could be like that.
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People's tolerance of homosexuality is certainly much more common now than it used to be, so that's a good sign in my book. He had supportive friends that he found, that's for sure. His family was kind of a hit-or-miss, but his mom accepted him and the rest at least tolerated him. Whatever the case, he made his own life, and am honestly pretty proud of him. Most people, even normal ones, can't even hold down a job reliably around here lol
10870157
Hopefully, it stays that way too. Pride-related media doesn't get a kind reception by the larger public, and Fimfic does have a lot of folks who bombard LGBT-related stories they don't want to see with downvotes, but the comment sections generally always put a smile on my face with how sincere and supportive they are.
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And yet, that's still her mother. And no matter what they may be like, it can be hard as hell for most kids to show any kind of disrespect or argument towards their parents, because you still love them, and you would do anything to know they love you and are proud of you.
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I'm not usually a fan of it because most authors try to force human controversy into the MLP universe, so I can understand why people don't like a lot of the LGBT-like stories on fimfic. This one seems more akin to family issues, which is more universal. Her being gay is just one of many disappointments for her mother, and her attempt to reach out and get better is going to be squashed because the pony she cares for is gonna be... well... late to the party.
Sweet baby, I just want to give her the biggest hug in the world.
Great story but I would love to see what happens next
I live in central Florida, so I'm surrounded by Baptists, who actively despise gays. There are LGBT supporters, of course, so not everyone is a dingbat about alternate lifestyles. Moondancer's observations about needing to fit in Normal Society definitely resonates with me.
This story deserves all the fame it's getting. Well done!
I sorta blame Christianity on this one, some of them believe being gay or Lesbian is a sin or whatever. But they say God is loving and accepting. But again say being Gay is a sin. Like make up your mind.
A good works works,thank you!
Your works is very well,I think many people may need it.So please allow me to carry your works to the Fimtale
It me. :B