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Stagehands


When life is a stage, every breath is a performance

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Late one night, several months after the events of the Fall Formal, Sunset calls Rarity at a frankly unreasonable hour. Things go from there.

(This was originally a standalone one-off thing. The list of sequels is starting to get lengthy, so I decided to compile them all together as one thing for neatness's sake. At this point it's become a proper-ish story.)

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Comments ( 76 )

found something you may wish to fix:

“Have you ever been told you you’re a menace to society?” Sunset quipped.

Otherwise, this was a nice read.

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Much appreciated, I wrote basically all of this on my phone. I miss a bunch of these

Oh, those early days after the Fall Formal were hard on Sunbun... :fluttershysad:

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baaah, i even hate texting on my phone so much that i use whatsapp etc. on my computer instead x.x

I liked this fic a lot

I've found that Sunset is one of those characters. The ones with personalities where you can ship them with literally anybody else in their canon and it somehow not seem out of place.

Like Marco Diaz.

It's why I love reading shipping stories about her so much.

Needless to say, I loved reading this. It was very sweet.

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She just feels good. She gels with so many people

I wasn't certain what to expect when I clicked on this. But what I got is nice.

Sunset saw her opening, and went for it. “You sound weirdly intent on having phone sex with a horse.”

I laughed way damn harder at that than I probably should have.

This is excellent. Great work!

The dialogue in this is perfect! I love Sunset’s dry humor, and Rarity playfulness (and surprising horniness) plays off amazingly with it!

If we got more of this, that would be amazing! Maybe from Rarity’s perspective next time? with a bonus smut chapter

Had a lot of fun writing this, and I was surprised by the popularity, so just for the hell of it, I made a sequel.

This is really nice.

That... that was so adorable. And oddly identifiable. I couldn't really say if it's a ship fic? But it definitely feels like something I could see someone doing with a platonic friend or a romantic friend. But I'm a flirty person even with my platonic friends, so I may be a bad judge. I had to pause at:
Sunset saw her opening, and went for it. “You sound weirdly intent on having phone sex with a horse.”
I almost died. I never thought I'd read that line and yet I feel now my life would have been lesser without it. XD

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*bows* Sometimes Sunset just kinda be like that.

I’m tickled pink with how much everyone seems to have enjoyed it. I never expected all the attention and comments like this fill me with many small warm fuzzies

“Sunset, darling, we’re supposed to work our way up to that.”

I laughed hard at that :rainbowlaugh:
Very pleasant to read, and feels like something that could really happen. It's down to earth and yet very engaging. Good job author!

That was a good story.

Evening drive was a great addition, hope to see more from you!

I agree compiling these together was a good choice, but the downside is I can only thumbs-up it once

honestly the playful flirting and jokes made this 10x better

that image of sunset being naked eating cornflakes is amusing to say the least

The way you write Sunset and Rarity here is amazing. Great work! Love it

I have so much fun writing their conversations.

Glad to see this is not dead

12006875
Not dead! Just took a break doing other things
Got a ttrpg game irl that takes a lot of my creative muscles

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Ah, good to know, have fun!

This is pretty good. This pairing actually feels natural and yet novelistic at the same time.

Also

“…and I feel like I’d cast protective magic?”

“…and you feel like I’d cast protective magic?”

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Thank you kindly

Also this one is deliberate, she’s asking Sunset if this is how she apparently feels to her. I appreciate it though, these things do tend to slip by me on occasion

I am reading too much into it or the last paragraph seems to suggest that Rarity and Sunset, who was sleeping, were in a car crash.

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No, they’re ok. Rarity parked on the side of the road

she decided not to say that aloud.

*cough*coward*cough*

It's sweet that Rarity feels safe enough around Sunset to be vulnerable and honest with her feelings. I just hope that Sunny opens up a bit herself at some point, not just deflecting with humour. That way they can both lean on eachother and figure things out together. :heart:

Edit: Also, just wanted to add, I absolutely adore this story.

Just found this and I’m loving it it. Thanks

Perfectly Insane
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Real ponk appreciation hours.

Seems like Rarity over reacted quite a bit here. The group was told as a whole to look out for Sunset and that's what AJ tried to do. Seems like Rarity is trying to keep Sunset to herself. Kind of creepy if you ask me.

"You're gorgeous, you know that?"

coming from the marshmallow, that is actually pretty high praise.

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Bear in mind Sunset's been avoiding the Rainbooms with the recent exception of Rarity. She was about ready to run out of the diner at the thought of being around all five of them at once

This is really cute

Really love how you've done their back and forth banter, feels very natural.

Oh my god the tension was killing me but the warm safe vibes they were both trying to give the other was so goood

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It's more like Applejack made a well intentioned blunder here. Rarity knows Sunset would barely open up to any of them and by some miracle had started opening up to her. With how empathetic Rarity is she would absolutely know based on how Sunset's talked about the other girls that she doesn't hate them but is distrustful and reclusive, along with being easily scared off. Applejack really did mean well but she didn't consider how overwhelming it would be for Sunset to suddenly be faced with every member of the group. Rarity also brings up a lot of points here that are similar to her reasons for leaving the other girls before the Equestria Girls movie. They may have made up but old wounds don't completely heal over that easily

Sunset's right its really good feeling pretty because your nude selfie flustered another girl. Very much a "warm to your core" feeling

God damn this is so good. I love your characterization.

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Thank you! I've had a blast writing it

This has become my favorite ongoing fic really fast.
Love it

Rarity:"You are cheating on me with Fluttershy?"

Wanderer D
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To my shame I've only just discovered this story. That first chapter was a treat, it's really well written, and I loved their interaction and how things flowed so naturally. Great job! I can see why people wanted more!

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Thank you so much! The dialogue has always been a blast to write. I’m glad you like it!

Wanderer D
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That was such a lovely scene.

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