Starting over isn’t easy. Trixie knows that way too well. After wandering into barren plains full of rocks, she wonders meets somepony who could do with some magic in her life, and finds herself needing some rock solid support.
Entry for Bike’s StarTrixMaud contest featuring Mauxie :)
glad you got this in on time, really looking forward to this one!
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I hope I make you proud!
I hear major BS
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ive been called out
hello! you should have already been PMed about this, but this comment is just to record that this fic has won Camembert's Prize for Favorite Heresy (Favorite Non-StarTrix Fic) in the StarTrixMaud Shipping Contest!
aww, just love that dripping condescension
and the overdramaticness!
not sure at all if you've read mushroompone's How to Farm Rocks (in three easy steps) but this rock farm worldbuilding is delightfully reminiscent of it!
nice use of the famed literary device, "Chekov's Thing To Impress Her"
noooooo don't make the universal cartoon shorthand diegetic noooooo
always love the absurd whimsy that seems to surround Maud Pie
aww
beautiful poem, awful horse pun, loved it
haha, great place to end it, with Trixie finally making the connection!
lots of Trixie being insecure, hypocritically judgmental, and precious in her moments of vulnerability, and all the Maud hits of very self-reflective rock-based poetry, flat affect, and being supportive and encouraging of the ponies around her while seemingly unaware of just how strange she is. a fun little encounter, possibly filling in the blanks of Trixie's time at the rock farm. thanks so much for writing it!
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heheheh thanks! It was a lot of fun to write, I’m glad you enjoyed it even though it was rushed and panicked
Very silly, sweet, and show-like. Nice inclusion of Maud's poetry. The most surprising thing about this story was how Trixie refers to herself as 'I' in her own first-person POV.
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Thanks :> And I like to think Trixie’s third person thing is a verbal thing mainly (and I have reason for it but that’s a headcanon for another time), though she does sometimes do it in the narration. Not sure if you caught it, it only happened like twice.
:> Again thanks
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SOON™? 👀
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S O M E T I M E >:))))))))))
That's a pretty good explanation for why Maud and others would farm rock.s
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i definitely tried hard to make it make sense :>
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It was a good story too.
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thanks :>
You can try writing a first person Trixie story, but she will still try to make it third person.
It doesn't count if you have nothing to steal.
Ooh, Maud wants to impress her, too.
I liked how Trixie went from assuming herself not being able to read Maud's emotions must have meant she didn't have any, to realising she had feelings she couldn't always show.
It was a lovely story
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Haha thanks for the comment. And yeah that’s definitely something I wanted to explore here, through Trixie’s silly first person view. Just… understanding Maud and exploring that friendship (and definitely more heehee)