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Some bonds take longer to form than others. Some require quite a bit of pressure. Some happen whether you like it or not.
Some need only a spark.
Part of the Jinglemas 2022 collaboration.
Written for kalash93, who requested a story about Trixie and Sunburst, and maybe Starlight.
Preread by Alex_.
Edited by GaPJaxie.
Big thanks to Redruin for the cover art.
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It was my pleasure to edit this charming shipping fic, I think the recipient is in for a pleasant surprise.
I give this five mutually supportive relationships out of five.
Oh yeah that was really nice.
Really liked the introspective nature of it.
This was such a charming read! The characters were spot-on and the story (though simple) was highly effective in getting the message across. It's rare to find an introspective Trixie story while also maintaining her bombastic nature, I find that a lot of writers struggle to find a balance, they either go too introspective in a way that Trixie's personality gets lost, or they lean into the comedy and she becomes a caricature. Sunburst also follows the same fate, but I really enjoy him here even if he's not the POV character, his personality shines through.
What I'm getting at is that, in this story, there's no doubt that it's Trixie and Sunburst who we are dealing with, and you handled them wonderfully and in a believable way.
Just an overall feel-good fic that was a pleasure to read, thank you, and merry Christmas!
It is honestly surprising how many people think that way in real life
You made them so cute together!
Any chance at a sequel with them returning to Starlight? Maybe with Sunburst's mom joining them for additional laughs?
It's always weird when I find myself relating to Trixie, of all ponies. (Luckily, that rarely happens.) I had a phase like that, too. A couple of years, actually, where I pondered such light-weighed concepts as immortality and legacy. Depending on certain philosophical perspectives, it's hard but not technically impossible to become immortal. As Trixie says: Make yourself known. Take whatever you can get and carve your name into the annals of history. Thousands of years later, and we still know names like Aristotle. And in a sense, they will remain undying to the day the last one remembering their name either dies or forgets.
The problem for Trixie, if she really wanted to follow that urgent sense of need, is her method. Entertainment is fleeting. We remember names like Shakespeare, but I feel like entertainers have a much harder time reaching those required heights to become 'immortal'.
I once longed to be remembered, too. I was distraught, thinking about everyone simply forgetting I ever existed. Because what worth does existing have, then? What purpose? My own mind, incapable of being an entertainer, explorer or philosopher, turned to concepts like family. Yet I cannot even remember if I ever learned the names of my grand-grandparents. And that's only three generations. Immortality like that might work better with the Apple family. But even then, names are abundant. And so are life stories.
I tried to bend my own perspective a little further in an effort to keep at it. So what if my name got forgotten eventually? But my actions, their consequences, that would live on. The lives of friends I touched. The things I said and did and what became of that. Like a stone thrown into a small stream, ultimately altering the streams path. This point in time, where I made a splash and altered someone’s or something's path. That's me. That's my immortality.
Or so I thought.
I never really reached a conclusion with that. I simply outgrew that phase. I stopped caring about my legacy and remaining traces of my existence. But I can still understand that need. That deep, urgent, desperate wish to be remembered.
At the same time, I can relate to Sunburst a little as well. There's always pressure. To perform, to meet expectations, to keep all the different parts of life up and running. That fear that slowly creeps in. The dread that lets you pause when your hand aims for the door’s handle. You always have stuff to do. Places to be. Appointments to reach, both in space and time. You can't just break out and go your merry way just because you want to...
... can you?
I can understand the desire to see places you only ever read about. Because at the end of the day, I doubt anyone would disagree: It's one thing to see something on TV, or see an image of it, or read about it and have your imagination paint you a neat little picture. But it's a wholly different story to see it for yourself. To stand on those stones with your own feet, breath that air with your own lungs.
And it's funny, but... I think for many it holds true that, the more intelligent you are, the more you know and understand, the scarier many things (and places) become. Because you grow increasingly aware of possibilities. And it can be hard to not let them get to you.
TL;DR: Some very good (internal) conflicts.
Oh, and the romance was nice, too.
...
Thank you for writing!
Merry Christmas Freglz
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Happy New Year, more like
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Here in the UK it's still the 24th of December. Australia is so far ahead
What a lovely story. Great job, Fregz!
What a charming and sweet story. The dynamic between Trixie and Sunburst was short but was enough to give us an idea of just how long and how well they work together. The problems and personal challenges they talk about are real and relatable (never thought I’d relate to Trixie of all ponies!). And of course, a nice touch of romance, something to tease the start of a potentially wonderful relationship. Loved this story!
