Can't say I didn't see that ending coming, but it hurt nonetheless.

It feels a bit of a stretch that with such a large and (canonicall) wholesome support structure Sunset would still be left on her own for several weeks like that, even after bristling at their attempts. But it is something that very much happens in real life, and for the purpose of the unspoken message it's a conceit I can accept.

It also feels like it skips over some juicy knowing dread time that could have been in the middle. Understandable. This emotionally intense stuff drains a lot out of you when you write it (just look at how I've done nothing since Audience of One wrapped and that isn't nearly as dark as this).

Excellent work tho. Top tier stuff. Lovely. Beautiful. Magnificent. I'm never fucking reading it again. Thanks.

I had a worse than bad time and am going to go make myself into a blanket burrito now.

We Have Come To Terms, that sounds like a Big O reference there. Anyways, the author did warn us at the beginning that the story wouldn't have a happy ending, and it was true.

This was a perfect AU for Running Out of Air. I had hoped Sunset would not fall to despair, but at the same time, she didn't have a choice once the Pandora's Box was opened. Thank you Scampy for having this idea and thank you I-A-M for writing this. I am almost tempted to write a sort of coda scene for Bright and Sticky. If I do, would I have your permission to post it (crediting you for the world and characters)? If not, i understand.

I sometimes crave these "No light in the darkness" stories but man if they dont hit ya.

Ow boy what have I stumbled across I was going to say nice to see you back but I feel like am in for a ride now

This hits harder now that I've realized how close my ex and I got to this same awful daisy chain of bad choices, on multiple occasions. As always, I-A-M, top-tier writing all the way through.

What's next for the dead by sunset universe

well that was awful, thank you for writing this you did a great job

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Im sorry of this questions sounds dumb but is the author note some kind of goodbye to fimfic? Or am i just reading too much into it?

DAAAAAAAAAAAAMN THAT ENDING HIT LIKE THE START OF AN ISEKAI ANIME

I probably shouldn’t have read that, but I don’t regret it. I can see why it cost you something to write.

Wallflower’s panic and reversal in the last instant before her death, and Sunset knowing it, probably broke me the most… even more than the ending. That alone would’ve been enough to justify Sunset's final act to me, even without the quasi-resurrection magic.

I can understand why you didn’t, given how you framed the afterlife (or lack thereof), but before I had even finished the first chapter I thought for sure this story was going to end with

“Where you sleep, I sleep.”

but mirroring the first line and last line was really impactful too, probably even more so for those that hadn't read Running Out Of Air in a while.

I know you’ve probably moved on with your creative energy by now and I don’t blame you in the least. I just wanted you to know that there are those of us lurking in the fringe that remember what this site was like 10+ years ago, still scrounging and finding gems like this story, and that it is still touching hearts for the first time every so often. Thank you for the sunflower stories; they were a heck of a rollercoaster, and awakened emotions stronger than I've felt in a long time.

Aw man that was exceptionally sad but exceptionally well done. I was really hoping for, well not a happy ending but at least something not as bad i suppose. I think it ended perfectly but i want more. Like how does chrysalis react or the rest of the mane 6. Again very well done.

This was bleak, but I’m glad you wrote it, and that I had a chance to read it. I lost someone to suicide a long time ago. Decades now, but I still carry a lot of trauma, a lot of guilt. Most of the time, all those feelings are stashed away and out of site, so I can go on living a happy, normalish life . Stories like this are hard, because they bring all that back to the surface. But every time they are brought back out, I can see they’re a little less sharp. And stories like this give me a chance to sand down those edges a little more. Thank you for that.