"I might seem a little quiet, but my strength is very real! When my cutie mark comes to life, my heart helps me feel!" -Misty Brightdawn
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When I was finally free of Opaline, I vowed I'd never forgive her. That's what I've done my whole life. That's what let her abuse continue for as long as it did after all. Because I forgave her.
But after seeing an interaction between Sunny and Phyllis Cloverleaf, I begin to wonder if forgiving is the same thing as excusing, and if it isn't, what does forgiveness truly mean?
And whether it should apply to Opaline or not.
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As good as all these fics are about Misty and Opaline, I like to think that Opaline was actually a good mother up until magic came back. Maybe after putting Misty next to the tree didn’t work, she probably thought she may aswell try and be a good mother. And then when magic came back, her resolves to be good to Misty got pushed aside in favour of dominance.
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Yeah, I agree. Well, as good as Opaline could get. I was rewatching MYM just to get a good read on Opaline's and Misty's relationship, and you can see that from the start, Misty was nervous and a little fearful of Opaline.
That's why I added the part where Misty said that she believes there was a small of Opaline that sort of cared about her. But also, Opaline had almost a thousand years to let her anger and hatred for Twilight Sparkle fest and grow until it consumed her, which then affected her relationship with Misty. In the story, Sunny's dad said that he wanted to let go of his anger towards Phyllis so that it wouldn't consume him and let it affect his relationship with his daughter. So, we kind of saw what happens if someone were to do that in the relationship with Opaline and Misty.
I think if Misty had come sooner, and I mean centuries sooner, into Opaline's life, things would've turned out much different. I think Opaline would've showed her love to Misty much more and that could've been the light that reformed Opaline. But I think at that point in MYM, Opaline was just too far gone to try let Misty into her heart.
This is fantastic dialogue, and it focuses on Misty's forgiveness and her potential forgiveness of Opaline in a way I don't think any other fic has. Kudos for bringing real insight into a serious subject that most seem to overlook about Misty's character.
...Just one thing though. When Sprout broke Sunny's phone...I didn't think the earth ponies had mobile phones before Sunny made contact with the pegasus?
Firstly, thank you so much. This was one of my most favorite fics to write…
Secondly, I thought that too, but when Sunny and Izzy first met Pipp in the throne room in the movie, whenever Pipp pointed her phone at them, they seemed to know exactly what she was doing because they both smiled and waved for the livestream
TBH: I have reason to believe that Phyllis and Sprout are much more remorseful about what they did than Queen Haven who doesn't seem to acknowledge any wrongdoing on her behalf.
This fanfic was... Amazing. It was so, so amazing. Thank you so much.
I never realized how much it truly must have hurt Misty, all those years of Opaline saying terrible things to her and getting her to feel that way.
She was strong. She lived through that, even though it had to cut so hard. She still convinced me it wasn't so bad (in the series), but it was, and she finally moved on from it.
This story is beautifully emotional. It's believable. It's relatable. The characters are very accurate to the show.
It made me feel so many things. Rarely do I put a story in my private Masterpiece category, but I think with this one, I have to.
It helped me appreciate Generation 5 and Misty as a character so much more.
(I'm not sure how to cover up a quote with spoiler bars, but I noticed a paragraph in the second chapter that doesn't have a period at the end and seems to end kind of abruptly, I was wondering if that was a mistake and wanted to point it out to you.)
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Thank you so much. I've had my own experiences with having to forgive someone who hurt me in a similar way to what Misty was hurt. I really glad this story was able to touch you in an emotional way. I'm hoping this story can do that for people. I put my heart and soul into this and I feel it's one of my best stories. I'm so happy you loved it.
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Also, thank you for pointing that out. I must've backspace a little too much while editing. It was an error, one I have now fixed. Thank you.
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And depending on how things played out just before the movie, Phyllis may have the excuse of having been bombarded with shameless propaganda just like the rest of Maretime Bay.