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Earl Grey


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A world-class photographer. A trend setter. A guide to all that is fashionable across Equestria. Photo Finish is many things. Amongst them all, the one she regrets being most... is lonely.

My entry into The Great Shipping Collab. Information on which can be found here.

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Comments ( 13 )

No, no, no, what I write is cheesy; what you wrote is fucking fantastic. I call it getting featured, because this totally deserves it. It's near close to impossible in finding a good fanfic centered around Photo Finish, let alone a romance one; it's a miracle I found this. You did a simply fabulous job here, dude, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I loved this fic from beginning to end, and I don't even really ship Photo Finish with anypony, with the slight exception of Hoity Toity, but you... damn. You made Redheart and Photo work. I don't know what you signed up for or what it had to with writing this fic, but am I glad you wrote it. You made my dreary day (in both weather and events) a sunny one. Good on ya, mate. Have some mustaches.

:moustache::moustache::moustache::moustache::moustache:

Nice. Very well done.

Photo Finish doesn't get used often enough. Her character's kinda open for use but it never gets done. Nice work you did here.

It is both heart warming and heart breaking all in the same story, Wonderful work.

An enjoyable fic, I don't think I have ever read a good Photo Finish one before, and her being paired with Red Heart just seemed perfect!

Almost friggen cried at the end of this. Very nice.

God damn, Grey. Just God damn.

It's these stories that make me re-asses you and how you write. I sometimes forget just how much of a heavy hitter you can be, and hell, this one hit very hard. As I told you before, the little bit with Octavia and the rest of the group just forming together to get through studies really adds atmosphere and depth, even if it was just a spur of the moment thing. As for Red Heart and Photo Finish... ouch. The ending hurt. It really did. I'd show you the bite marks, but they're too grizzly to grace your eyes.

The descriptions you have are really quiet fluid and to the point. There's not a lot, but what you use cements the picture in mind, and they're actually quite colorful. The mood was well done, and I like how everything really just meshed together so well.

I will say there was one thing that was a bit off to me:

Almost against her own will, Photo Finish found herself spilling all of her problems. She told her about her many failed attempts to break into fashion modelling, she told her all about how she had pinned everything on her move to the city, how she was barely surviving on what little money she had. All the while, the other mare silently nodded her head along to the story with an empathic look on her face.

First, empathic is spelled wrong, it should be empathetic.

Second, this is the only part that felt rushed and slightly contrived. I know there was a word limit, but I think she should have taken some more prodding to divulge this info. It's just a bit cliche, the whole "the cute girl get's her to belt out her life story" thing.

Everything else, though? Simply amazing. You can count this as one huge success :twilightsmile:

This story very literally hurt :fluttercry: . Photo Finish is one of the most uncharacterized background ponies in the show, and yet, against all odds, you've just made me incredibly depressed over her :rainbowhuh: . Give me a minute while I refresh another page to make sure whether or not this story is complete.

Fuck, it is. So, damn, there's no hope for her :raritydespair: .

How could you just end it there, author? That's just not cool, man. Now I'm sad over the loneliness of a cartoon pony who had almost no character development whatsoever. Now I'm gonna have to write a fic about her with a happy ending just so a part of my soul doesn't die :derpytongue2: .

(With all of that said, I'd like to state that this was an excellent fic, it just hurt my heart :raritydespair: )

There is always room for more Photo Finish.

I did it, as I said I would. Here I come to you from the depths of sleep to comment on your story. It was a nice read. Especially liked that last line.

Oh, dang. That ending hurt. :fluttercry:

Very nice job, sweet and sad. I hope that Photo Finish gets a bit more attention. She's an interesting character, and she's fun to write.

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