Fluttershy the Transcolt

by Mintyluc

Chapter Four: 20% Cooler

I looked down at my hooves and looked back up at her. I just had to say it, I already had once. I looked her in the eyes and the words just sort of came out. But this time, since I had already vented my feelings, there were fewer words than Rarity had to endure.

"I....w-want to...be a colt." I whispered.

Rainbow Dash cocked her head to the side and squinted her eyes. "Uh...come again?" She asked. I looked over at Rarity for comfort, not knowing what Rainbow Dash didn't understand. Rarity simply closed her eyes, smiled, and nodded. I looked back over at Rainbow Dash. Maybe she just hadn't heard me.

"I-I...want to be a c-colt." Rainbow Dash's head popped up, her eyes wide. Oh gosh, here came the cloud messages. The screaming and hollering about how I felt to Ponyville was completely inevitable. This was so wrong, I shouldn't have told her...

"Awesome!" she shouted, smiling. I lowered my head and blinked a few times out of sheer confusion. Rarity reacted differently than I thought she would, and now Rainbow Dash. I didn't understand what was going on. How could they accept me so simply when I thought I was a freak? All I knew was that this meant that my secret was safe from the rest of Ponyville for now, thankfully.

"R-really?" I asked Rainbow Dash, breathing out slowly.

Rainbow Dash smiled and nodded, "Totally! Did you know one of the Wonderbolts is a transcolt?" My head then perked up. I guess this meant I wasn't so alone. Maybe being a transcolt was a lot more normal than I'd initially thought. Something told me that I had a lot to learn about all of this and that this day was just the beginning. It was scary, but I knew I had at least two friends behind me, which made for a great confidence boost. "You know Soarin, right?" Rainbow Dash asked, and then she smiled. "Who knew, right? Uh, nopony until he told all of Equestria in a press conference. Anyway, I think it's cool Fluttershy, thanks for telling me! Who else knows?" I turned and looked at Rarity. It would have been only her if she hadn't practically dragged me here. I knew she was helping me though, so I couldn't be angry at her. I wish she'd let me do this on my own time though.

At my acknowledgment of her, Rarity finally chimed in. "Just us three! I happened to know you'd be around here today so I thought we should run right over to see you and tell you! Better now, not later, right?"

Rainbow Dash made a face at her. I think she felt what I had been thinking, but too shy to say. It's not like it was that big of a deal anyway. "Rarity, did you even ask Fluttershy before coming here?" Rainbow Dash asked, starting to sound increasingly offended. I didn't want them to start fighting because of me; I certainly was no reason to fight. Rarity opened her mouth to speak, but after thinking for a moment she dropped her head and sighed,

"No. I just thought---"

"---I know what you thought Rarity. You were probably just excited for others to know, too. Right?" Rarity nodded. Rainbow Dash shrugged and turned to me, "Fluttershy, is it okay that I know?" Rainbow Dash asked, smiling at me.

I nodded slowly, smiling back at her, "I didn't want to tell anypony at first...but after telling you I think I can tell the others..."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow at this. I guess she wasn't so used to me being sure of myself. "You sure?"

I nodded again, still smiling. Of course I was scared to tell her at first, but Rarity's little push, while hostile at first, ended up being a good thing for me---a really good thing. Now I was not only comfortable with the idea, but comfortable with my friends knowing. I suppose what Rarity did was wrong, but at the same time, it had helped me. Rarity was only trying to do just that, anyway. "Cool. So, do you want to tell Applejack, Twilight, and Pinkie Pie?" I thought for a moment.

Rainbow Dash had done the absolute opposite of what I thought she'd do. Instead of telling everypony, she seemed offended that Rairty had made me tell her against my wishes. I knew I should just get it over with and tell the other three, but that fear was still there---even if it had decreased. I weighed the good and bad that could come from telling the other mares and decided that while what I envisioned could come true, a more realistic scene could play out. It was possible that they'd be upset that I'd told Rarity and Rainbow Dash right away, but waited to tell them.

I looked to the sky, breathing in and out slowly, and decided that the day was young and I might as well get it all over with. I looked back to Rarity and Rainbow Dash, who were exchanging worried glances at each other, and smiled to them. I nodded slowly and told them I would like to tell the other three today, preferably at the same time. While it would be better to have more personal encounters with them, I figured that I'd put it off long enough since the anxiety I had was bubbling up inside of me. I just had to know what their reactions would be.

Rainbow Dash said she knew Pinkie Pie would be at the shop so that was the first place we trotted off to. When we arrived, Pinkie Pie was up to her usual self, jumping around happy to see her friends,

"We've got something to tell you Pinkie Pie. Well, Fluttershy does." Rainbow Dash stated.

Pinkie Pie stopped dancing around us and looked at Rainbow Dash, her spirits simmered down a bit. "Is everypony okay?" she asked, looking from me, to Rarity, and then back to Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash nodded and sighed, "Everypony is fine. Can you be cool about this?" She sounded a little frustrated, but I knew she was probably just as anxious as I was. Pinkie Pie's ears and tail deflated and she nodded solemnly. I walked over to her and whispered in her ear,

"Pinkie Pie, don't be sad. It's nothing bad, Rainbow Dash is just a little anxious. That's all."

With my words, Pinkie Pie lifted her head up, cheery as ever, and smiled big at me. "Okie Dokie!" she beamed with happiness. I knew Pinkie Pie would probably be the worst of my problems when it came time to telling them all. Now that I was standing in front of her, I realized that her going around town laughing at me was highly unlikely. I smiled back at her, now beaming just as she was.

"Pinkie Pie darling," Rarity said, "We need to find Twilight and Applejack first though. Have you seen them?"

Pinkie Pie nodded her head vigorously. "Twilight is actually with Applejack! They're at her farm."

Rarity smiled at Rainbow Dash and Rainbow Dash nodded, "Cool." she said simply.

Comments

[JellyDrivex64]

Great now what you said before lost all meaning Soarin' is transcolt, i think now not he has the parts of a stallion so then he is transgender

[Mintyluc]

1441519 Not really, my brief definition of the two still stands. When the ponies say transcolt, it's the same as saying "transperson" or "transguy" in reference to humans. No depiction of surgeries or whether they are transgender or transsexual is apparent in this descriptive word.

[Mintyluc]

1441800 Haha! Yes, I figured no one would be too upset if I presented Soarin as such

[JellyDrivex64]

1441747 you mean it isnt and it can be?

[Mintyluc]

1442076 in this question, what do you mean by "it"?

When I use the word transcolt, it merely means that the pony is trans. Trans-what is up to the context, of course. Just with how---say---for you, I could refer to you as a transperson. Whether you have already had surgeries or not isn't implied or not implied and isn't apart of the descriptive word at all. I think you're linking the word transcolt to transgender and by saying that Soarin is a transcolt (thus transgender) that he couldn't have had a sexual reassignment surgery, but that isn't necessarily true since how I am using the word "transcolt" refers to all types of male-identifying-ponies.

I hope that answers your question!

[Dusty Sage]

If I understand the terminology, he's a transcolt if he was born a filly, whether or not he's had the operation. (Corrections welcomed.)

[Mintyluc]

1442392 Perfect.

[Coyote Mustang]

an extremely well written story so far. As a friend of someone that has just come out as trans, I asked Zie to read this story so far. Zie agrees that the fears Fluttershy is having were some of the fears Zie had. Zie and I applaud you work and are hoping for a continuation of this story. +1 Vote and a fave

[Mintyluc]

1443468 Thank you so much, that means the world to me! And yes, there is much more in the story to unfold!

[Kolwynia]

Okay, Rainbow's reaction made me smile. I thought the way Fluttershy kind of lets Rarity take the lead even though it annoys and scares her was very appropriate for the character. It was cool to see Rainbow Dash stand up for Fluttershy against their well-meaning friend.

[CyborgPony]

About the terminology stuff with transgender and transexual and what not. Depending on the terminology model, the term transgender includes transsexual in addition to other categories (transsexuals are a subset and people can be more than one type and also, there are more than two genders), but in others the term transsexual is falling out of favor being just outright replaced by transgender. The term trans* is also often used to include everything (the * being a wildcard for any number of characters in computer searches). Desire for medical stuff (hormones, surgeries, etc.), ability to access them, and whether one has used them or is using them presently do not determine whether one is trans* or not as has been mentioned. It is merely one's gender identity that does. Now, something that has been mentioned, desire for or having done any medical stuff does not make one individual more trans* than another who doesn't/hasn't nor does it make the one's gender identity more valid than the other's (nor the other way around).

Transcolt Soarin. Neat. Love Dash's reaction of "awesome" especially because it was the right reaction to help Fluttershy emotionally, though I do worry if Dash exotifies transcolts which is not so good (though it could just be now Fluttershy has something in common with her hero Soarin and this is simply fangirling).

1429156

I mostly just wanted to make the point to everyone reading these comments about this word, so I simply quoted everyone I found who had said it with a text search without reading the context. But yeah, a dangerous word, especially for my kind (trans woman/girl) and sadly has even lead to a meme involving Akbar. People see us as this, which in addition to being incorrect, tends to lead to people hurting/killing us and others not caring when we are hurt/killed (note, the victims are disproportionately racial minorities and poor which shows what other bigotries are also going on).

1431089

Oh, yeah, I remember that. Rarity might have been gossipy in fanon before canon (or the otherway around) which is cool.

1443468

Oh yes to this. Even if one thinks one has an almost zero chance of a bad reaction, there is so much fear (talking from experience).

1444326

Made me happy too. Someone needed to tell Rarity that what she was doing was not OK (its basically a way of outing people against their will).

[Mintyluc]

1444326 Im glad you're finding my portrayals appropriate. :)

1445105 Yeah, I wasnt thinking when I quoted that guy using that word, sorry

Thanks for alll the feedback and reactions to my story! Im glad you're enjoying it!

[Turai]

Soarin as a transcolt? Huh, who knew? Does kinda explain his overcompensating voice though.

Just a minor complaint but this part had me confused for a second.

"We've got something to tell you Pinkie Pie. Well, Fluttershy does." She stated.

Took a few seconds until I realized who said that. Other than that, good job.

[Mintyluc]

1445858 Ohh! Sorry about that! Changing it now.

[Drhoz]

Reactions all seem in character so far, so thumbs up

[CyborgPony]

1472831

And even Fluttershy is in character too, which is a real hard one to pull with this type of story. Is he going to continue to go by Fluttershy (I see no reason to or not to) or change his name to Butterscotch or something else. I wonder.

[Drhoz]

1479201 We'll have to see - it's entirely possible that he'll see that everypony will accept the change, and therefor decide he doesn't actually NEED to change.

[CyborgPony]

1479292

That would be nice, though need and want are two different things. For example, even if everyone in the world would accept me as a woman despite my very male given name (it literally means son of _____ in a very obvious fashion) and if there would be no problems with using it, I would still probably want to change it. I still wish that it was a realistic option to keep my given name since it is sort of an unfair decision to have to change one's name or be misgendered and/or outed as trans* all the time by it.

[Drhoz]

1479549 *nods understandingly*

[v-invidia]

I really like this fic! I don't know why it took me this long to read it. I like how we're given insight into Fluttershy's mind and how realistically apprehensive she is. I think perhaps the other ponies are a bit too predicably accepting of Fluttershy, making her fears and the premise of the story seem too unfounded. There needs to be some conflict to actually make a fic a story and not just a list of predictable events. Other than I am very much looking forward to the continuation of this story. Nice work

[Rakaziel]

Very well written. I am curious how you handle the actual sex change. I would not put it past Twilight to research a spell for that.

[Mintyluc]

1557179

Oh I'm getting there!

[Blossomforth]

Trans stalion Soarin? Awesome! That's a new one. I like it.

[Machara]

>> Drhoz We'll have to see - it's entirely possible that he'll see that everypony will accept the change, and therefor decide he doesn't actually NEED to change.

If that were to happen I fould find it rather unrealistic since that is not how (most?) transgenders 'work'. Not only do they need to be percieved and treated as having the gender they feel to be, they also need to feel their own body to have they right sex, or at least as many characacteristics of it as possible. This is why Fluttershy is described as feeling all wrong in the first place.

[Espeon_in_the_Morning]

"Did you know that one of the Wonderbolts is a transcolt?" "You know Soarin, right?" Rainbow Dash asked, and then she smiled. "Who knew, right? Uh, nopony until he told all of Equestria in a press conference."

Wait... Assuming that this takes place in the canon timeline, then the case could (albeit weakly) be made that RD has a crush on and sort of courted another mare... Just saying...

[Buzzard]

3847437
>another mare
>implying a mare

[RemareShadows]

Look at all those smiles.