Six years ago, Flash Sentry met Wallflower Blush, the awkward new girl moving to a room almost opposite his own, for the first time.
Today, Flash Sentry is meeting Wallflower Blush, a mournful, broken soul reeling from the aftereffects of a year of causing so much hurt to others, for the first time.
He doesn't remember her. Wallflower remembers him.
Yet she wonders if he understands her better than she does herself.
Written for Bicyclette's Flash Sentry Contest. See the other entries here! Pre-read by The Sleepless Beholder and FanOfMostEverything.
Cover art edited by myself using a still from the first Equestria Girls movie.
Depending on the time period, some sections are written in first-person present-tense, others in second-person past tense. In all cases, the POV is that of Wallflower. Not in continuity with any of my other stories.
Featured on 1/25/23-1/26/23!
Really enjoyed this! Interesting exploration of a post-FF concept I hadn't really thought about before. Left me wanting to see where things went for these two afterwards. Excellent work!
That's an angle I would never have thought of, and it honestly left me in thought for a while. Made me realise what first impressions, bonding etc really means.
Twilights: Eeyup.
Nice detail
Honestly, that would complicate things a lot—and fall under existential crises.
Overall, a nice and well done fic, with interesting points regardings meeting a new/old person and pointing out how you can't start clean—if you have the memories of the person; how it would all be just lies and pretends etc. The right action in this mess Wallflower made was indeed to open up to him, and I loved how you portrayed Flash here: A person that is always ready to give a hand to someone who needs it—not matter who.
I am personally not a big fan of Wallflower, thus I couldn't really relate to her or to how she thought, but in my opinion you build a good character based on what the show gave, and gave a good reason for her usage of the Memory stone; how when even if the memories of Flash about her were good, that she still didn't want them to have—how in all of this and memory erasing, it was Wallflower herself who did it to herself.
In short: Memory Stone OP, please nerf
Ever since losing that fiddling contest with that stranger in Georgia, Wally had felt unaccountably lighter.
I suddenly want more Flash and Wallflower stories of them just hanging out.
yay a proper use of the word “smirk”!
and oof, not even high enough self-esteem to think of herself as a soulless monster. that’s our Wallflower Blush!
this and filly Fluttershy also being canonically lanky is a fun bit of fate having a sense of humor
and augh, i love this backstory! something about it being Flash Sentry in particular that this happens too is also perfect, and not just because of the theme of the contest
augh so true that is just who he is
augh Flash is so good
Wallflower confessing her memory erasing stories often either are entirely about dealing with the weight of that over many words or treat it a bit too lightly. this fic does an excellent job at keeping it short without lessening the impact