This story is a sequel to A Thousand Words
On the anniversary of Sweet Biscuit's passing, Jasmine Leaf wonders if today things will be okay.
Written for Quills and Sofas Speedwriting Crackship contest as well as an entry for the site's Crackship Contest. Thanks to Mushroom, ColdDracon, astrolatryy, applejackofalltrades, Equus and Emotion Nexus for the prereading during the contest period!
YEAHHHHH I remember this one! It was a good read during the contest and I just gave it a quick reread and it was pretty much as good as I remembered it being! The emotional beats are done well, you can practically feel the pain in the end there. A good, kind of bittersweet ending. Very nicely done Silver :D
This was a great exploration of Jasmine's feelings after Sweet's passing. It's nice that she seems like she'll recover a bit at the end.
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Thank you! Mourning is something that doesn't quite ever end and it's difficult to handle, as not everyone feels the same. I feel like here, Jasmine had the colour drained for her life and on what she could consider the hardest day of her life, had a little bit of it restored.
oof, and knowing Ponyville ponies, she must have to do this a lot!
augh, this one really gets me. i'm imagining that mug having being left there by Sweet Biscuit, and now, how could Jasmine Leaf possibly move it? that would be destroying this symbol of Sweet Biscuit's physical mark on the world, and so of course the symbol ends up standing in for her in this little routine. such a small thing with such bittersweet tragedy in it, auaugh
oof, love this epithet. so small, yet says so much
augh, what a lovely, bittersweet ending! really brings to mind all the stories i hear from people mourning their loved ones that see a message of love from them in events that seem too spooky to be a mere coĂŻncidence, even for those who do not believe in such supernatural things at all. and this one just encapsulates that idea so well, with the calm and peace such a message gives to the mourner.
wonderful stuff, Silver. thank you for writing!
augh, what a lovely and tender bit of fluff! this part really has the idea down. i would want nothing more than to just be nestled in the warmth of their love forever, in this timeless moment of quiet intimacy. so of course, all this was just to give me something beautiful and precious to grow attached to just so that i can be destroyed all the better in the next chapter, right? i saw the title, Silver! i saw the tags! you can't do this to me!