It's through striving for a balance between the author's intention and the readers' needs that a translator can obtain their creative freedom in an otherwise somewhat uncreative job. —Me
Alicorns fly. Sunflowers turn with the sun.
Celestia didn’t think these statements were particularly reliable.
She had her reasons.
Inspired by Raven, one of my favorite stories on Fimfiction. Cover art by Plainoasis, used with permission.
Thanks to PaulAsaran for proofreading the story.
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This was a beautiful story! I loved the metaphors of sunflowers.
Really great story. Simple, but choked full of metaphor and meaning. Thanks for writing.
Ah, what a nice little meaningful story! Celestia and sunflower is a concept that I haven’t ever seen before, but it works so well! Thanks for the tale, and congratulations on making your second story here!
(I can still remember the moment under Paul’s blog when you said that you will never let others see your privately written original horse words and will stick to just translating them into Chinese lol.)
Also, the nerd inside me says: “Well, sunflowers would turn to face the sun because they need sunlight, but the chemical that makes them turn (and makes all plants grow) actually hates sunlight..”
And there it goes. Still pretty good up until this point, though.
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I guess you just downvoted the story, and it would seem the reason's you're not fond of Season 9, which is fair I suppose. (If I assume wrong, I apologize.) I just find the situation funny because I didn't even watch the latter half of Season 9 since I lost interest. I don't have a particularly strong opinion about it though, and this narrative fits the theme I was going for. Anyway, I hope that you understand my decision and at least enjoyed the story excluding the ending part. Cheers.
Edit: saw you edited your comment while I was writing the reply. Thanks for the appreciation.
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?? What are you referring to?
The last line where finally Celestia spreads her wings with her sister really speaks to me.
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You know, your ability to understand subtext in others' words amazes me, and I've felt that way since the last time I saw you talk about ponyfics.
I guess that is part of the reason why you're so good with words in this tale.
Seriously though, I can't understand why should anyone stop liking a story just because another story wasn't good. Granted, it implies that the "dislikeable" part in that other story exists, but 1) it's not the focus, and 2) its purpose is to serve the keypoint of the story and draw out emotions, not to tell you that something that doesn't intertain you exists. It's like good vegetables that grew up in manure, it may be a pain to harvest and cook (gathering "canon" material for fanfiction), but complaining about its origin when consuming it is very annoying and pointless because the fic itself doesn't deserve that.
especially when it involves saying that said unrelated thing is bad, because it affects the mood here in a bad way and derails the conversation from the story, thank you.
Also, it’s a good idea to not talk about things barely related to the story here (like how you brought up your dislike of whatever "canon" things have),
Also, we shouldn't agree with disliking (unrelated to the story itself) things and say it out loud, its a welcome invitation to the folks who are just here to read a story to hate stuff together.
Wait, they are "Save My Little Pony"…… please, don't complain about the show itself when reading fanfic here, it's asking for trouble.
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I wouldn't comment too much on what they believe and how they intend to achieve their goal, but you overestimated me. The comment section of their profile page is, well, a wonder to behold, and it's easy to make an educated guess from there. People have the right to downvote, with or without giving their reasons in the comments. For creators who do care about downvotes, a downvote with reason explained is obviously better than a silent downvote, even if the creator finds the reason ridiculous. I think this has always been my stance on the subject.
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You deserve it, and I say you should write more.
Weird but serious opinion below:
OK, thanks for the reply, but that is not the point. It’s not about them, it’s about the general atmosphere. I’d say that they did well enough by being vague about what made them dislike this story, because it’s a sensitive topic (and that it doesn’t help the author improve). That would have been fine, but you had to point out the reason and agree with their dislike. That is not good because it causes people to hate things together (and it’s something unrelated to the story itself, which is even worse because it is pointlessly spreading the bad vibes). It’s not good for the atmosphere of the comment section is all I am saying. Also, disliking and expressing disappointment for things together and saying it out loud is not “funny”, because we can’t laugh at something that is disappointing. There are things we don’t say out loud for the sake of enjoyment, remembering them don’t teach us anything, and I’d say these things are better off forgotten.
On an unrelated note, have a weird metaphor I thought of (sorry but I really like crazy metaphors): I think their actions are like the Great Cultural Revolution (yes, that one).
Also, congratulations on the feature!
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It’s only not good for the atmosphere when people abandon their logic and composure. As long as there’s calm, civilized and effective communication, I’d say we can talk and even argue about whatever in the comment section. I’m all for being positive and harmonious and all that but I don’t think a community where everyone unconditionally expresses their “love” for each other’s work is something I want. I want to everyone to say what they really want to say so that we can see if there’s any room for improvement or possibility to settle the differences. In any case, if you agree that adopting the show’s ending doesn’t affect my story in a bad way, then a story’s comments should have even less thing to do with the story itself. We are all here for the stories and that’s what really counts. We ourselves are not exactly having the most cordial conversation right now so if you think there’s a bad vibe here you could just concede.
Also when did I say I also dislike Season 9 like they did? I just didn’t watch the latter half but I don’t have any problem recognizing it as valid canon. I just lost interest is all. MLPFIM was never a top notch animated series, for me fanfic is the only thing that kept the fandom going.
What an interesting story. i love how the breaks in the story shows how Celestia changed over the centuries.
This is a pretty nice story.
Like the cover you used
And then the fandom today still wonders where they are today in g5
Pretty nice story you made. It really shows how celestia has changed over the years from the beginning to the end or rain as a ruler.
Very well done my friend
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Agreed
That was a good story.
You can has review!