Two steps forward, one step back. I'll get there.
Because I know you, Twilight. I know that when you have concerns, they consume you. So first I will tell you, as simply as possible: no, alicorns are not immortal, in the purest sense of the word.
Celestia's reassurance should be a relief, but true to form, Twilight can't stop thinking.
Contains discussion of death.
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That's an interesting take on the topic of alicorns' lifespans
This was surprisingly very good.
I came to the end and I thought 'Well, this was a decent, but ultimately forgettable little tale', but then I realized that I wasn't at the end of the story at all - just a third of the way through.
It was the next two-thirds of the story that sold it to me.
Excellent work. Twilight is so Twilight, and everyone else's voice is spot on.
Kudos
kind of like alicorns exist whenever they need to and once their quest is complete they can live rather normally, almost like how a lot of things work in tolkein where the wizards like gandolf existed until it was his time to shine, then he has to leave because he has fulfilled his purpose
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reminds me of one of the only things from this site that has really stuck with me, it's something luna said to spike, I think in "it takes a village":
Don't mourn for the future
too bad you can't just decide not to think about something
Off topic, but i recognize where that story profile picure is from
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Same, haha.
Besides that, this was a good fic and I could relate heavily to Twilight's anxiety and thoughts that seem to go on and on in a spiral. Interesting little fic!
...honestly? I think Pinkie's bit close to the end there is what hit me hardest. Not just seeing Pinkie being surprisingly - but fittingly - philosophical, but also the way she deals with it. That approach...just wow.
The Club Penguin anvil pulled me in
Good heavens, this was beautiful. A sad, yet not-that-sad take on Twilight’s lifespan and her growing anxiety. The bit with her friends comforting her was just the icing on the cake.
Flutters (practice helps) and AJ (time helps) being the most understanding because of experience was such a nice touch. And goodness, Celestia’s letter hit me in the feels. As did Pinkie’s words at the end.
This is happiest you’ll ever be.
Into ’Heartstrings’ this goes.
I wanted to write something on your user page, but for some reason I canʼt, so Iʼll just say it here.
I just binge-read all your stories in one go. And let me tell you, they are wonderful. Your prose, your narration, your characters, your dialogues, your humor. Itʼs all so good and Iʼm kinda disappointed you donʼt write more. I am in love with your writing and for that alone, you have recvied your 23rd follower. Keep on writing the good stuff, friend, and Iʼll see you around!
Also, side note. I love your bio. And I resonate with it on a deep level. Two steps forward one step back is still one step forward.
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Oh, gosh. Thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed, and I hope to write more often in the future.
This was wonderful and I enjoyed every word; it made me cry.
Kudos to you.
(Sorry, UI design problem led to accidental post of emptry comment. 😱 )
I blame whichever one of our shared ancestors first developed loss aversion bias and chucked that into the genepool to float around forever in everyone and screw us all over. It's a base feature of all humans, some quirk in all our shared basic "human" code, somewhere in the bit that makes us all behave different from a cat or a fish or something, and before the bits that separate us from everyone else as individuals. The human blueprint explicitly makes us all just terrible at functioning in the context of an inherently ephemeral existence. We didn't have to have a loss aversion bias, but we do. So humans are all just built to suck at dealing with loss. We are genetically predisposed to reject the wisdom of living in the moment and enjoying what's there while it's there. Wired from the factory to hate when good things end more than we enjoyed them in the first place, and ain't that just a kicker.
In other words. The human psyche is optimized for a short lifespan with traits that benefit us in the short term at the expense of massive problems down the line, that you aren't meant to live long enough to run into.
I wonder if a creature that was made to be immortal from the start just wouldn't have that trait. Maybe such a creature would have an opposite bias, wired to love gains and brush off the losses, to take the edge off of eternity.
Whichever chimp in prehistory cooked up that particular psychological tic and made grief so extra: screw you too, monkey man