A little bit about me.

Name: The Voice in the Water (TVW for short if you want)

Preferred pronouns: they/them

Occupation: Biologist (Botany)

Favorite cold drink: Gravenstein Apple Cider (non-alcoholic) or good horchata

Favorite hot drink: Yerba Mate

Preferred level of spiciness in food: Between gargling thermite and burning napalm.

Preferred music: Hard Rock, Industrial, New Age, World, Classic Rock, Blues, Jazz, Classical
– Current favorite artists: Halestorm, Blackmore's Night, Loreena McKennitt, Lindsey Stirling, Rise Against

Hobbies: Video-games, nature photography, hiking, writing & drawing (infrequently, but would like to do more often), being a curmudgeonly, snarky bastard.

Currently playing: Monster Hunter: World Iceborn
– Favorite Destiny Class: Warlock
– Favorite Warframe: Harrow
– Favorite weapons in Monster hunter

Insect Glaive
Bow
Gunlance
Dual Blades

Top 5 Favorite MLP characters:
1 - Sunset Shimmer
2 - Sci-Twi
3 - Princess Twilight Sparkle
4 - Grogar
5 - Mirror King Sombra

Top 5 Favorite MLP ships:
1 & 2 SunLight (Tie between Princess or SciTwi)
3 - RariJack
4 - Mirror Sombra x Celestia
5 - CheesePie

TPhoenix-born Rising - The Ascension of Sunset Shimmer
MLP: FiM
Equestria Girls
Drama
Slice of Life
The day of ascension has come. After 300 years, a new phoenix shall hatch, and with that, one child with great potential shall be chosen to be reborn in its flames. But, when a young orphan is chosen, it throws everything into chaos.
Profanity
Violence
Human
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Philomena
Sunset Shimmer
Raven Inkwell
The Voice in the Water · 228k words · 446 4 · 4.7k views
TPhoenix-born rising - the ascension of Sunset Shimmer [1st ed.]
MLP: FiM
Equestria Girls
Drama
Slice of Life
The day of ascension has come. After 100 years, a new pheonix shall hatch, and with that, one child with great potential shall be chosen to be reborn in its flames. But, when a young orphan is chosen, it throws everything into chaos.
Human
Alt. Universe
Celestia
Philomena
Sunset Shimmer
Raven Inkwell
The Voice in the Water · 14k words · 416 9 · 5.2k views
TThe Magister of the Deep
MLP: FiM
Equestria Girls
Destiny
Dark
Adventure
Tragedy
Sometimes, when the pain is too great and you cry out to the darkness, the Darkness just might reply.
Violence
Suicide / Self Harm
Death
Profanity
Crossover
Human
Twilight
Other
Sunset Shimmer (Demon)
Main 7 (EqG)
The Voice in the Water · 44k words · 141 6 · 3.6k views

Blog Posts
45

2 weeks
Kestrel maturation as an analog to a growing phoenix chick

Hey all.
So, good news. Over the winter break, I managed to carve out a little time for myself to re-work my outline for the final part of book two of Phoenix-born rising. It still needs work, because I'm not happy with some of the recent parts, but it feels good to have a chance to write "not job application / thesis" stuff for a bit. So, things are underway.
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3 comments · 231 views
6 weeks
Lady Raven Inkwell and Dylis

Here she is. Queen Celestia's hand and voice. Leader of the phoenix-born. May I present to you, Lady Raven Inkwell and Dylis.
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7 comments · 400 views
9 weeks
I may have inadvertently created a 5-man band.

So, when Red at Overly Sarcastic Productions posted a new video on "The Smart Guy" trope from the "five man band" trope, it got me thinking about Phoenix-born Rising (Which isn't dead! I'm outlining things! PhDs are hard! Don't judge me!), and how the five phoenix-born kinda fall into the trope. Not perfectly, but there are parallels.
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9 comments · 266 views
14 weeks
Roseluck and Amara art

Making good on my threat to do more Phoenix-born art, we get my rendition of dear Archduchess Roseluck, Amara, as well as her amps Thorn and Phlume's Kiss.
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5 comments · 279 views
15 weeks
Phoenix-born updates going to slow down again.

Hey everyone.
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12 comments · 464 views

Dec

29th

2021

Kestrel maturation as an analog to a growing phoenix chick · 7:57pm Dec 29th, 2021

Hey all.

So, good news. Over the winter break, I managed to carve out a little time for myself to re-work my outline for the final part of book two of Phoenix-born rising. It still needs work, because I'm not happy with some of the recent parts, but it feels good to have a chance to write "not job application / thesis" stuff for a bit. So, things are underway.

Report The Voice in the Water · 231 views · Story: Phoenix-born Rising - The Ascension of Sunset Shimmer · #bird #birds #falcon #bird of prey

Top Favourites

Spectacular Seven As graduation draws near, magic begins to awaken in the human world, drawing out old rivals and opening the doors to new adventures. It's up to Sunset and her friends to keep Canterlot safe, all while dealing with their looming futures. by The Albinocorn 457,069 words
The Bridge: A Godzilla-MLP Crossover A devastating battle in the Kaiju universe transports a small group of them, heroric, villainous, and otherwise to Equestria. New bodies, new world, new society. But what happens when something even Kaiju are afraid of follows them? by Tarbtano 1,136,284 words · 1,991 · 80
Long Road to Friendship As punishment for her crimes, the Elements have cursed Sunset Shimmer to do favors for anyone who asks. Lucky her. And then there's that other Twilight Sparkle she keeps running into... by The Albinocorn 213,109 words · 3,376 · 83
Fractured Sunlight As kids, Twilight and Sunset were best friends, but a tragic accident cut their friendship short. Years later, Twilight investigates the incidents at Canterlot High and comes face to face with what appears to be a literal ghost from her past. by Oroboro 111,688 words · 2,445 · 72
Better Living Through Science and Ponies Not all is well in Equestria when a failing portal gun brings Aperture Science to the land of ponies by Pen Stroke 39,979 words · 3,380 · 66

The stories that got me into the fandom (and the glory of radiant, beautiful SunLight)

EComparing Notes
Equestria Girls
Comedy
Slice of Life
SunLight at the beach...with a twist!
Alt. Universe
OC
Sunset Shimmer
Sci-Twi
Rose Quill · 66k words · 84 8 · 2.1k views
EHappy Endings
MLP: FiM
Equestria Girls
Romance
Sad
Slice of Life
One night Sunset has Twilight over for a date, when she realizes something is wrong. When she asks, Twilight reveals her world is about to end.
Twilight
Sunset Shimmer
Nyronus · 2.9k words · 264 11 · 3.7k views
TDelivery Day
Equestria Girls
Romance
Slice of Life
Anthology
After months of waiting, D-day has finally arrived.
Sex
Other
Sunset Shimmer
Sci-Twi
pabrony · 4.9k words · 52 9 · 2.2k views
ETimes We Cherish 2
Equestria Girls
Romance
Slice of Life
Sunset hasn't seen Princess Twilight in a month and wants to meet her at Sugar Cube Corner. However, she decides to have a little bit of flirtatious fun with Twilight first.
Twilight
Sunset Shimmer
KalenNighteyes · 1.4k words · 203 2 · 4.8k views
TDriver's Side
Equestria Girls
Slice of Life
Driving gives Sunset and Twilight opportunities to argue and bond in equal measure.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Sunset Shimmer
DrakeyC · 5.9k words · 153 7 · 2.2k views
ERole Reversal
Equestria Girls
Romance
Drama
Slice of Life
Accused of something she didn't do, Sunset does the only sensible thing to prove her innocence. Accept the accusations and flip them on their head.
Alt. Universe
Twilight
Sunset Shimmer
Main 7 (EqG)
SamRose · 26k words · 741 41 · 8k views