If you'd asked me back in October about this one, I would've said one of the best written Sunset Shimmer meets Twilight stories, but still just another one of those stories, but its really hit its stride. Not only is Sunset much better written than canon, not just the arrogant student of Princess Celestia who dove through a mirror into another dimension when she didn't get what she wanted, this one is a teenager with what that brings, angry about the Princess not being her real mom, and as we see about when this really starts getting good, an inferiority complex. Yes, this Sunset is a real person, one that runs into Twilight, and realizes that the system is failing her. When she asks a Professor for help getting Twilight into Celestia's school, its pass admission day, and Twilight is too young, the Professor puts a price on his sponsoring her, Sunset will have to be her official mentor. She's been teaching Twilight and Moondancer, but make that official? She does decide to do it, but struggles with the choice. Things really got good in the last chapter, canon Twilight hatches a dragon egg, something the fandom has generally assumed was an impossible task to see how the student handles failure, here that's unquestionably the case as Twilight examines the egg and realizes its a rock. When she points this out, she's told she wasn't brought here to identify it, but to hatch it, that's the test. Could you be more blatant? And umm,
Click to open/closeshe hatches it and gets her cutie mark, one slightly different from the show.
Yeah, this one is looking real interesting, assuming the author keeps this quality up, I have to wonder where they're going, will this just go on for the entire show, stop at some point only for there to be another story, or...? Seriously, if you like Sunset or young Twilight, you really need to read this one.
While I'm here, let me point out another good one, Twilight's Me Time. Originally a one off, the fans demanded it continue, so it has. Nothing real deep here, SciTwi (EQG) decides since she's board, she'll spend summer break with Princess Twilight in Equestria. Two nerds that have a habit of experimenting first and thinking second, what could possibly go wrong? Yeah, this is just a silly thing, easy reading, but definitely a fun read.
@Andrew Pam Yeah, up until she decided to help Twilight get into school, it was a good Sunset meets Twilight story that I'd read and forget about when it was done, but after that its pretty much guaranteed a slot as long as the author doesn't fall flat on their face.
And thanks for letting me know Twilight's Me Time was continued - I read the first chapter but hadn't noticed the continuation, so now it's on my tracking list.
@Andrew Pam Yeah, I stumbled on it on the front page a week or two after the second chapter was posted, and clicked because it made no sense that it was being featured again, and imagine my surprise to see it continuing.
I mean, if we’re going to get literal about it. Sausage derives from the Latin salsicus, which means “seasoned with salt”everything and nothing, a Borgesian meta-concept that retreats as you approach it.
But to the legislators of the EU, a sausage can now have only one meaning: a cylindrical object containing meat
Never mind that cylindrical objects containing no meat have been marketed under names such as #Glamorgan sausage (selsig Morgannwg) for at least 150 years
Never mind that even Germans once felt the need to call animal sausages #mettwurst, to distinguish them from other kinds
Never mind that almost everyone knows what “veggie sausage”, “vegan sausage” or “plant-based sausage” mean
A recent survey of 20,000 Dutch people found that 96% are not confused by such terms, which is probably a higher percentage than those who can readily distinguish left from right. The #consumer must at all costs be protected from an imaginary threat.
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
A fire broke out at Russia's #Energia defense plant in #Yelets, #Lipetsk Oblast, during a Ukrainian drone attack the evening of Jan. 4, according to reports and #video footage from local residents.
The Energia factory in Lipetsk Oblast produces components for Russian missiles and drones, including batteries for the Iskander ballistic missile system and cruise missiles.
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