Sure could go for an ice cold racial equality right about now.
It's a long road from being an angsty teenager to founding a cult, travelling through time, and nearly destroying the world in the process. When Starlight goes to college in Canterlot trying to find her old friend, she instead finds herself questioning a major pillar of Equestrian culture.
These things always start with the best intentions, don't they?
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Great story!
Also, what happened with chapters 4 and 5?
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Thanks!
My story editor and I were talking about one of the scenes in chapter 5, and I'm reflowing it to work better with the plans for part 2. Chapter 4 will be up again very soon, with one new chapter and a slightly edited chapter 5 as chapter 6. I took down the original chapters temporarily to avoid confusing new readers.
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Edited and posted on the 12th.
Most if not all Starlight backstories I've seen make her go through extreme loneliness or some other over-the-top traumatic experience, it's nice to finally find one still somewhat disheartening but much more relatable.
Bonus points for Our Town foreshadowing, references to her emo phase, Twilight and Moondancer cameos, and now a CM debate. You're doing a great job so far, can't wait for more chapters!
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Thanks so much! There are four chapters remaining in this narrative arc and I hope you'll stick around until the end.
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Four more chapters for part 2 or in general?
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For the first half of part 2. Currently there are plans for another couple of six chapter long chunks after that.
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Oh cool then we're in for a long ride.
Random question: what voice does Middy have? I've been giving her Sunset's voice til now xP
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That's not too far from how I hear her when I'm writing. She's a bit higher pitched in my head, but obviously it's a bit hard to describe voices in text.
...Is this fic gonna enter romance territory?
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Not exactly. Without giving too much away, I don't plan to make this a romance. This story is about Starlight's journey, first and foremost.
Pumping out new chapters left and right? Not that you'll see me complaining, but judging your previous pace (and the fact that you even have a story editor), it's a little worrysome that you may start to rush things a little too much.
Not saying this seems rushed though. I like this chapter and especially the few interactions with both Aurora and Stellar.
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So these chapters are written in bunches before they're released. I write a section of the story, usually six chapters, then edit them and release. The chapters I'm releasing now were written over the last few months, ever since part 1 was released.
This was so sad yet so wholesome, I'm liking this fic more and more.
Also, end of the first half, so does that mean releases are gonna slow down?
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Yes. I'll be taking a short break to finish some one-shots, then focusing on completing part 2. The gap shouldn't be as long as the gap between parts 1 and 2; I was a bit busy with moving and starting a new job.
[Free university check!]
Well, while statue of Celestia barfing kinda fits college style well, my first question is still WTF. Although, I guess it could be muuuuuch worse.
Okay, I was gonna have my comment on this first chapter be how well you've written both angsty teen (well, young adult) Starlight and oblivious-but-trying-so-hard Firelight, but then this happened:
... But how does she mean it??
That's Starlight for you. Always trying to solve everything with magic. Ethics? What's that?
Off to a good start. I had a good chuckle at "Jebediah Cornflake," especially considering I finally decided to read this on the same night you sent me some random corn emotes.
*snerk* I shouldn't have laughed at that, but I did.
I like how you're incorporating the canon into this so far. Sugar Belle, the anecdote about Dusty Wings (and Middy giving Starlight one of her iconic song lyrics), the legend of Luna, etc. all flows together really well. I also like how Starlight basically got her cutiemark... by trying to figure out how to give herself a cutiemark. I could see this being canon, LOL. And always good to see someone else realize that her cutiemark is basically a kite!
I wonder if it's soy mylk, almond mylk, rice mylk, oat mylk, cashew mylk, hazenut mylk, hemp mylk... Inquiring minds want to know.
Night Glider as a history major? Huh. Interesting.
I like the consistency of Starlight being socially awkward even as she starts to socialize. Face meet table, indeed.
I'm headcanoning that this "flydisc" game is basically Calvinball. It makes just about as much sense.
Oooh, Night Glider's planting some seeds in Starlight's brain that really aren't gonna grow like she intended...
Nice bit of worldbuilding you've got here with the Society. The methods behind Starlight's madness are slowly being revealed...
Damn, that scene with Starlight and Aurora was hard to read. I've always thought that Sunburst alone wasn't a good enough explanation for Starlight's abandonment issues. Your take on her home life fits the bill well, sadly.
Something happened to the rest of this sentence.
At first, I was a little skeptical of the angle you're taking here, with Night Glider and her resentment of her own narrow special talent being a catalyst for Starlight's budding views on cutiemarks. However, it's starting to grow on me. Starlight's at a highly impressionable age (as the "protests" demonstrate, amongst other things) and it makes sense that she would latch on to one of her few friend's unusual views and take it to the extreme. Especially about something that has painful personal ties to her. Not just with Sunburst, but with her mom using her cutiemark as a justification for being gone most of the time.
Hmmm. More foundations for Our Town being laid, it seems. Starlight's getting more bold with her skepticism.
I'm sure this pony is very familiar with "fancy grass".
Trying to recruit the stoners, eh? Good luck with that, Starlight. If any of them remeber this conversation, that is. Be sure to bring plenty of Doritos and Mountain Dew.
Was wondering when this was gonna come up. Even without Middy waving the lesbian flag in your avatar, my gay (and shipping) senses were tingling.
D'awwww. Well, even though you said this fic isn't going to enter romance territory (the lack of the tag tipped me off even without the comment) I'm glad that things have been smoothed over between them. Though I wonder how Starlight, in all her awkwardness, is gonna deal with those feels now that she's not avoiding Middy...
Damn, you can feel the tension between Starlight and her parents, particularly her and her mother. Her being away from school for the first time makes her feel even more alone than usual in Sire's Hollow.
As the other commenter said, this last chapter was both sad and wholesome. Good to see Starlight and Firelight spending some time together, despite what else is going on.
Overall, this has been a pretty good read. I like all the canon tie-ins, as well as Starlight's relationships with her friends and family. No rush on updates, of course, but I'm definitely faving this to track it and see where it goes.
And now I have officially read all your fics!
That would explain alot