This story is a sequel to How Does It Not Bother You?
Sequel story to the Tell Your Tale episode “Written In The Starscouts”
Sunny has repressed the memories of what happened to her mother for years. She was too young when it happened, and she never imagined she would ever have to think about it again. But nothing stays lost forever, when the past resurfaces one fateful night, it will take a certain pegasus who empathizes with her to help Sunny process her grief…
A/N: Episode 5 of the G5 Supplementary Universe. Featured on Fimfiction’s List of Stories On The Homepage: May 27, 2024!
Sequel: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/558398/i-choose-you
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I got nothing. This is just too heartfelt
Man, I didn't wanted to cry past 12 a.m. in my country... This was just so... Fucking beautiful.
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I’m so happy you both enjoyed it so much! Looks like my 2 full days of writing this paid off.
Oh my god!!! I have no words to describe this. This was absolutely beautiful and too heartfelt.
Damn, Admiral. When it comes to Sunny, you really know how to stir my emotions! Between her grieving her parents and the instant panic she felt when realising her friends had left the Brighthouse, it really emphasises the amount of trauma she's gone through.
And even though this isn't connected to the Misty Saga in any way, I still like to imagine this as full closure to Sunny's character arc in an alternate timeline.
Whether it's on Fimfiction or YouTube, your work continues to impress me. And I look forward to whatever comes next.
I must admit I probably would have enjoyed the episode a lot more if they'd gone for something more like this. Good work.
Whoa mama. Definitely a really emotional chat. Sunny recalling the recently regained memories of her mother and talking to Zipp about it was powerful stuff, as was Zipp using some resources to help out Sunny. And I'm guessing Zipp and Pipp DID go through something pretty similar, given they presumably both lost their FATHER at an age where they were too young to remember him (same thing with Misty concerning HER mother, even if she DID get her FATHER back). And I'm pretty sure Hitch and Izzy can both sympathize with the losing both of their parents when they were really young too.
Anyway, definitely looking forward to more of this.
But who knows, maybe she's still out there, somewhere.
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I'm willing to bet that she's imprisoned in Skyros.
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Thanks. I do feel like I can relate to Sunny a lot, and she’s practically my favorite character ever, so it’s easy to mine some emotions out of her and I really love getting inside her headspace in order to really explore the multiple layers to her character. Her trauma from being alone and losing both parents at a young age is definitely a huge component that makes her very interesting. And yeah, I can see that too. Given how Sunny’s vulnerability was a major part of the Saga, it is a fitting correlation, I must say.
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Had this episode been one of the specials, I could definitely see an ending like this happening, yeah. We’re likely not to see anything Sunny’s mom related until next Mother’s Day I’m assuming, but who knows? Anything could happen. Just like how “Missing The Mark” was eerily similar to Worthless, I wouldn’t be surprised to see another scenario very similar to this happening should the plotline be brought up again.
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Who knows? I’m personally intrigued. If that ends up becoming canon and it’s revealed later on that Sunny’s mom WAS searching for Skyros, that would be very interesting from a lore perspective.
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Aww, thanks!
Please don't take it personally. But this is the most Un-Sunny representation I have read.
I understand that she was in distress... But this goes against everything Sunny is. Her cutie mark is Literally Helping others and inspire hope. I guess this makes a bit more sense if we are talking about your interpretation of Sunny in the Misty saga, but I think Cannon sunny would deal with the pain differently.
Also a couple of continuity errors: 1) Sunny wasn't able to talk when her mother left, and I'm sure she would still be a foal unable to talk a few weeks later. 2) Considering that there isn't a secondary parental figure that took care of her for the rest of her childhood, we could assume Argyle died when she was adult enough to take care of herself.
Aside from that, the story was very well written, and the funeral for a proper closure was the appropriate solution. Perhaps having all of Maretime Bay was too much, but the solution was effective.
I hope you keep writing. There are a lot of stories of G5 that are in need to be told.
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It is interesting how our work has predicted major plot points in G5 thus far (for instance, my story Journey Beyond Cornwall bears more than a passing resemblance to Missing the Mark but was written two months prior). Personally, I think a similar formula could be used for a Father's Day story, but I'm getting off-topic.
I agree this should have been saved for a special, but having said that the potential lore dropped gives us writers absolute mountains of content to work with in fiction writing.
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Sunny is shown psychologically struggling with being an alicorn throughout MYM and TYT (Al-Conned and The Lone Alicorn come to mind).
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Sometimes even the most positive of people, or ponies in this case, have moments where they question everything, especially for somepony who has been through as much pain as Sunny has. Don’t get me wrong, she is all about helping others. But it’s not like she ever asked to carry the burden of Equestria on her shoulders, or be catapulted to some hero status. All Sunny wanted was to help her community and bring ponies together, only to be rejected and treated like an outcast. She didn’t ask for all these powers and be a pillar of the community until it was thrust upon her. So it makes sense for Sunny to have these moments of self-doubt, especially when she’s just re-experienced a time in her life that was peaceful and idyllic, for her at least. She used to have a normal, dare I say perfect life, before it was all taken away from her. The inciting conflict in this story is that Sunny remembers something that completely and utterly destroys her on a psychological level. Of course you would have her questioning why all of this had happened to her. It doesn’t mean she can’t come out of that state. She certainly can, and she does, but even the most positive and hopeful of individuals have their moments of weakness, and that’s what I wanted to portray with Sunny here.
To be fair, we don’t really know that. I understand that the episode doesn’t really tell us one way or another, but considering that this episode takes place AFTER Sunny got her cutie mark, in which she’s portrayed to be considerably older than a foal in MYM, I went with that approach in order to keep the continuity consistent. Plus, she was able to let out a little scream on that tree the first time we see her as a filly in that episode and she’s already shown to be very self-sufficient when she looks into that telescope, knowing exactly what to do at her age, which disproves her just being a foal. Personally, I just think Hasbro likes using the baby asset for young Sunny in TYT, no matter how old she is in her fillyhood. Age wise, I’d estimate her to be about 4-5 years old or so when all this happened. As for the time of Argyle’s death, well, 12 seemed appropriate. She’d be old enough to remember and take care of herself in the best case scenario, assuming Argyle raised her to do so, and it doesn’t look like there are any child protective service laws in place either. Keep in mind, nopony in town cares about anyone in the Starscout family. They’re practically on their own, and I can’t imagine Phyllis of all ponies stepping up to the plate. So I imagine it being that Sunny grew up taking care of herself and eventually working a self-made job as a smoothie maker and stuff. It’s not really that outlandish.
Overall, thanks for your feedback. I really appreciate it and I hope I was able to clear up some things regarding my creative choices here.
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Oh yeah, most definitely. It’s interesting that we keep doing that with the stories we write. Is it safe to say we’re the new Simpsons? It probably is.
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Possibly.
I literally teared up at this story... it is SO good!
Great story, I loved it.
And that's pretty the last time they ever saw her ever again That's so sad 😔
I wouldn't say she lied it was just a very unfortunate accident that she never expected to happen
Oh my God she got a knife I mean I sort of expected to be in self-defense when it comes to Intruders but never expected having a knife
Man that is a lot to take in for her losing her parents
Yeah that's right sunny and the Pegasus sisters can relate with each other since both of them lost their parent 😢 but I still wonder about hitch and Izzy's parents
Nice save Posey
Boy this was a pretty sad but very heartwarming story here so Sunny is still trying to remember about her mother but she couldn't remember why she left or even died and basically throughout her years she just lost both of her parents and it was becoming too much for her and zipp felt really bad about it so she came up with the idea to talk with the others in the next morning Sunny couldn't find the others and she became worried that she pushed them away but then she saw the grave and the neighbors and Friends standing to greet her which that's pretty awesome for everybody to do that to give a proper burial for her mother this was a pretty nice story keep up the good work
To Sunny's parents
My little review and feedbacks I did your review.
Such a sad yet sweet story, well written and totally in character. :) I really enjoyed it. :D Well done.
It also reminded me of my first G5 fic Sunny Isn't Feeling Sunny as well.