Rainbow Dash lives an exciting life and is swiftly becoming the most daring, awesome pegasus in all of Equestria. She would gladly give it all up, though, just to confess her love to Applejack.
"So we'll be making our trip in a few weeks," Twilight explained to the other mares inside Sugarcube Corner. "It'll be Trixie's first time in Canterlot."
"Negative," the unicorn grunted.
Twilight blinked aside. "No?"
"A-ahem..." Trixie tilted her chin up. "It will be Trixie's first time without the aid and comfort of her wagon."
"Heh... well..." Twilight smiled pleasantly. "Don't you worry! This time, you're going to enjoy your stay in Canterlot! I guarantee it!"
"Oh yes! Twilight tells the truth!" Rarity exclaimed. "Because of her connections, we almost always enjoy full royal amenities whenever we visit the kingdom's capitol!"
"Nothing can compare to the comfort and luxury of Trixie's old travel wagon!" She nevertheless scrunched down, hiding slightly behind a half-eated cupcake. "But... b-but Trixie will accept the royal amenities, for what th-they're worth."
"Oh Twilight." Fluttershy smiled. "I just know that the three of you are going to enjoy yourselves."
"Oh, most definitely!" Twilight nodded. "My only regret is that I have to give up being the city's premiere organizer when the Mayor will need me the most."
"Organizer?" Pinkie blinked. "Organizer of what?"
"The Equestrian Marathon, of course," Twilight said. "It should be in full-swing around the time we get back. Which is a shame." She sighed. "This is the first time it's been held in Ponyville and I really looked forward to helping set it up."
"I'm certain we can piece together a decent fundraiser in your absence, Twilight," Rarity said. "I'll have you know that charity is my expertise."
"And I can make it a big bangin' party for everypony who attends!" Pinkie winked. "So don't you fret!"
"And if worse comes to worst, we still have Applejack around to get the Ponyville mainstays super pumped!" Rainbow remarked with a devilish grin. "You know AJ. Every pony in Ponyville trusts her with their lives."
"Young and old!" Fluttershy added with a giggle.
"Speak of the freckled devil..." Trixie pointed past the other ponies' heads.
"Hmmm?" Rainbow and the others turned around.
There was an orange shape in the front entrance to Sugarcube Corner. But Rainbow was distracted by a set of purple scales waddling towards the table.
"Hey! There you all are!" Spike remarked. "Uhm... say... er..." He kept looking nervously over his shoulder. "Could you... like... stay seated right there for... I dunno... the next few minutes, I guess?"
"Why, whatever is the matter, Spikey Wikey?" Rarity asked.
"Yeah, Spike." Twilight squinted. "Is something wrong?"
"Err... no. Just... stay right there." Spike managed a crooked smile. "AJ will really appreciate." He backed up, squinting and "framing" the table with his outstretched claws. At last, he smiled and spun towards the entrance. "Okay, guys! You're all set!"
"All set?" Rainbow half-chuckled. "All set for... what...?" Her breath left her.
Applejack and Stu Leaves trotted into the room. Ponies at their tables turned around to look. Upon Spike's gesturing, Mr. and Mrs. Cake peered out from behind the counter.
"Uhm... ahem..." Applejack stood next to the stallion, clearing her throat. "If we could steal yer attention for just one minute, y'all."
"We promise... eheh..." Stu gulped and bore a brave smile. "This will only take a sec."
"Hey AJ! Hey Stu!" Twilight smiled. "What's up?"
"Why are they trembling?" Trixie muttered.
"Oh please, Trixie, they are not tremb—...they are." Twilight blinked, muzzle agape. "Applejack, is everything okay?"
"Huh? Oh... oh yeah, Twi." Applejack tilted her hat back. "More than okay." She glanced aside. "Ain't that right, Stu?"
"I just wanna say that this is the happiest place I've ever lived in, and there's one reason for that," Stu remarked. "One... very beautiful reason."
"Oh..." Rarity whispered, cupping her pale cheeks in two hooves. "Oh my. Yes..."
Stu Leaves looked at Applejack.
Applejack looked at Stu Leaves.
Rainbow Dash blinked. And when her eyes were once again still—glaring and glossy—she saw Stu leaning in, nuzzling his chin atop Applejack's blonde head. The mare hugged her hat to her chest with one forelimb and smiled, her eyes tightly shut as she lifted up, nuzzling the stallion back under his chin.
Mr. and Mrs. Cake were the first to smile and applaud. Pretty soon, the entirety of Sugarcube Corner filled with cheers and "awwwwww's" and all sorts of warm mirth. In the eye of the fuzzy storm, Stu and Applejack blushed. The nuzzling couple looked back at the group, smiling delicately.
And Rainbow...
She felt a gentle warmth on her shoulder. She finally blinked again, glancing aside to see that Fluttershy was resting a hoof against her side.
Fluttershy smiled without looking at Rainbow. She gave the smaller pegasus a gentle squeeze as she continued to stare at the scene.
"Well well wellllll!" Pinkie giggled. "Isn't that something?"
"Mmmmm... yeah..." Rainbow exhaled through a sigh. To her own surprise...
...she was smiling as well.
"It's something alright." And then her muzzle clamped shut.
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If there were a microphone inside Rainbow's head right now, I think it would have picked up the sound of breaking glass right just then.
this. was. foreshadowed. unfortunately.
UGH
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Welp...
I dunno how to feel about this.
Dash doesn't seem to either.
have something...I dunno, touching I guess. Maybe a little bittersweet.
At least somebody is.
I didn't even know it was possible to feel jealousy on somebody else's behalf until reading this story.
I CAN'T TAKE THIS SHIT ANYMORE
I. Can't. Even.........
Okay, Skirts. Or JE. Or whichever.
Do us all a big, big favor and change the name of this fic to "AppleStuery, okay?
Because it has become painfully obvious to me that you never had any intention of letting Dash and AJ be together.
You, sir, have seriously, seriously disappointed me.
As for that worthless piece of garbage Stu? I hope he chokes on one of Pinkie's cupcakes and dies a slow and horrible death.
That is how much you've made me hate him!
Applestuery, rainbow dash flies into a wall.
6896399 actually... you have 802 to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm9C0nJtP9k
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_98cQSl9M8
OKayyyyyy, this arc is over! Nothing to see here folks! Time for another adventure arc, in which Dash reunites with Lancie and Rainbowlancery occurs with a side of finishing off Flim and Flam.
We need Bacon Horse to the rescue.
... Hey.hey hey hey. You already did the "i-love-you-but-i'm-fine-being-your-friend-thanks-okay-bye" in "The Things Tavi Says". She's gotta get the girl this time, Skirts. That's the rules.
... please?
At this point,
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Note how this quote, and part of the chapter does not make any mention of her being actually happy or that this smile is genuine. I for one, believe that this is a fake smile put on by our poor Rainbow because it's what's expected of her. Internally she's probably a wreck, and still fighting over her feelings for AJ which means there's still a chance for AppleDash cuddles, guys!
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Whelp, there are the cuddles. Appledashery over. See you next time, everyone!
6896376 The story is only halfways through. A lot of things will happen. Rainbow is still waiting in the line, but her turn will come, but probably only in the last five chapters of the story.
There are a lot of things to be resolved first, like antagonistic twins with magitek skills in the same side of a giant wall as some leftover statue pieces with chaotic power; an abusive ex-marefriend who has been mentioned several times but hasn't appeared in the story; a degenerative illness affecting our main character;
a changeling around, if you consider the comment section to be right.Well, hating characters who did nothing wrong, for shipping reasons, seems to be a valid motive in the internet.
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Applejack is happy. That is all that matters,
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What Saikano said, I remember reading through the comments on my catch up and seeing others talking about how Skirts planned to make this around 1500 chapters long. we're only just entering the main conflict of the story. the resolution is still a ways off.
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For the love of all that is holy, I hope not! O_o I don't think I can take another 825 chapters!
6896918 hell no it isn't ok, rainbow deserves some happiness after the shit she's done for applejack.
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So you believe love is a transaction? Dash hasn't even come clean with Applejack on how she feels. Dash is in charge of her own happiness and she apparently doesn't want any for herself. Well, she is making progress now.
......oh dear sweet Celestia, it just occurs to me....
It's now set up. It's perfectly set up!
Will we soon see...The ultimate test of Rainbow Dash's loyalty?
Will the next issue affect Stu...and will she save him, too?
...you know, for such short chapters, this was excellently setup, if that's where we're going next.
...and the comments section will probably go nuclear if that's where we're going, I suspect.
6896376 Didn't Scootaloo herself say that this arc was the 'darkest' one that Rainbow had to face?
Wouldn't it make sense that that darkness would come from, oh, I don't know, Applejack finding a special somepony?
C'mon, people, stop reading too deeply into it. Skirts is the biggest Appledash shipper on FimFic. He promised us cuddles at the end, and this sure as hell is not the end.
Pull yourselves together!
6896955 What was it Dash kept telling Discord?
"As long as she's happy, that's all that matters."
Time to put your money where your muzzle is Dash.
6897122 The biggest? No I'm pretty sure Tchernobog holds that honour.
But Skirts is pretty ardent with Appledash, so I don't see this ending any other way than with Appledash.
You know I kinda saw this coming, but that doesn't mean I know how to feel about this. On the one hoof, yay Applejack's happy. On the other, oh no, poor Dashie.
I forget, do we know if Stu has any siblings? Because right now the thought of stu and Rainbow's abusive ex being related somehow wont leave my head.
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I don't actually hate Stu, I honestly don't know how to feel about the guy. Part of me resents the fact that him and AJ being together is causing pain to a character that we've spent almost 900k words rooting for through hardship after hardship but the more rational side of me realizes how petty that is and that Stu has every right to try to find happiness just like Dash. It doesn't help either that most of the current situation could have been avoided if Rainbow had just been open with her friends.
I haven't lost faith in the promise of cuddles just yet but that perfect ending where everybody ends up happy seems a little more distant, for the moment at least.
Sigh... It's moments like this that make Stu the perfect villain. He doesn't even need to try and be malicious. We just all love to hate him for completely petty and irrational reasons that we're almost all aware are petty and irrational. And despite knowing it's unreasonable we still hate him for the reasons Rainbow almost-but-not-quite does yet love him for being simple and likeable and not having almost impossible and unbelievable levels of awesome. He is the antithesis of all that is Rainbow, and we love him, and we hate him, and we love to hate him.
Of course, if he's just making AJ do the lover's nuzzle because he found the letter, then he's gonna get shanked nine ways to Tartarus. It's clear AJ is nervous, so if he has the gall to try and manipulate her into committing because he found the letter instead of being the absolutely reasonable stallion we've all seen he can be, well... I have a feeling the server might crash from explosive comment overload.
6896870 *chokes internally* Excuse me?! Only halfway through?!
You mean to tell me that we have well over another 800 flippin' chapters of this story?! Even with Skirts postings a chapter a day, it'll be another 3 (or thereabouts) freakin' years before we get our promised AppleDash cuddles!!!
*faints from astonishment, then recovers herself*
So we're basically along for a very long ride of Dashie-anguish, angst and self-torture.
Lovely.
6896918 That may be true, but Dash deserves to be happy, too, for all the (sometimes) literal hell that she's been through on AJ's behalf.
6896935 As to this
Well, let's just say that this is my reaction to that.
6897122 Hmmm, true.
And that may be so (and I know you're right about all that about Skirts), but it's just a bit aggravating for me (and others following this story, I'm sure), knowing everything that Dash has gone through for AJ, and then to have to sit and "watch" her have to watch the presumptive "engagement" of the mare that she loves to a total stupid muttonhead like Stu-pid Leaves!
I'm sorry, but that's just my feelings on things at this particular time in the story.
We are allowed our moments of outrage and aggravation over all this, you know.
6897549 IIRC, in the Seattle Angels' interview, Skirts said that this story is in the second of three major arcs, and that there were around 500 chapters to go.
6897351 Hmmm, you know, that is a very valid point, and question you made there.
6897564 Okay, thanks for that info, Quill.
It makes me feel just a bit better, knowing that we won't be waiting quite as long for our promised apple pony/rainbow pony cuddles.
500 chapters is still a long way to go, though, given that there's only (usually) 365 days in a year. (We're lucky in that this year, 2016, is a Leap Year, so it has 366 days.)
As I said above, though, that's still a loooooooonnnnnnnggggggggg way to go/wait for those cuddles.
Well. I just died. This story finally killed me.
*praying* Please bring all the abusive ex-marefriends and malignant, chronic (presumably auto-immune) illnesses and Sunset Shimmer's and Lancie's and Snuggles... Oh PLEASE bring the snuggles... And PLEASE don't be so unnecessarily vindictive as to bring Applestuery snuggles when I clearly implied Appledashery snuggles... Oh please..l
Well, that happened. I'm having mixed emotions. Mostly this:
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Cuddles actually happened in this chapter. And AJ is happy. And RD smiled. Let it be.
You want an errant dragon to come by and kill Stu, don't you?
6898165 That may be so, but they were AJ/Stu cuddles.
So Aj being happy, or not, and Dash smiling, or not, they do not count in my book!
As to this:
in a single word....
No.
And as to this
You want an errant dragon to come by and kill Stu, don't you?
In a word....
Yes.
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So mean.
6898362 Hey, that's just the way I roll.
At least I'm honest when I don't like a character.
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I know, and I will tease you mercilessly for it. Though, I really don't have any hate for Stu, it's overrated.
6898666 I figured you would.
Well, as to that., Skirts makes it very easy to hate him, given he's (however knowingly or unknowingly) rubbing his relationship in Rainbow's face.
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Oh, it is intentional. That is truth.
6898891 Oh, I figured that much.
Makes me wonder (again) if Stu hasn't found that darned letter, and that's why he's doing it. Because he knows about Dash's feelings for AJ.
Joke's on him, though. Given what she'd already decided during (or was it before?) that all-girl camping trip.
Man, I will be so happy when he finally gets his own comeuppance and just desserts for all this!
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I'm not so sure he found it. Somepony did, but I don't believe it to be him.
6898965 Hmmm, okay.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see who did, huh?
I don't think it was AJ, or she wouldn't have confessed what she did to Dash on their camping trip.
Hmmmm, curiouser and curiouser.........
6899161 Dash did tell her not to make the mistake of not going for it, though Stu acting all nervous like he was at tornado practice implies that he sprung it on her.
But Equestria has a very matriarchal society, so AJ is the more likely one to have asked to take their relationship to the next level.
6899328 Good points, all the way around.
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As we say in my city: "bájale al mame".
Edit: we have passed most of the main arcs here. Shards? The Villain club? Dragons? Griffin? All long gone. If anything, we're just missing Listing Breeze, the Flim Flam Bros., and on a smaller note, Sharp, Stu and Caramel (who was going to have a sex change).
All the anger directed at this Stu stuff actually makes me endlessly happy, so for that reason alone I kind hope the Stu shipping continues for some time.