• Story: Where Earth Meets Sky



    [Shipping/Friendshipping]

    Author: Cloudy Skies
    Description: Something is definitively up around here. Applejack and Fluttershy have been spending a lot of time together without the rest of the gang. Well, Rainbow Dash is on to them! In fact, she is sure this is the no-good friend-stealing Applejack's doing, and she will not stand for this - whatever this is.

    Also, Rainbow Dash wears a corn hat.
    Where Earth Meets Sky

    Additional Tags: Long, Slow, Emotional, Camouflage, Oh Fluttershy

    45 comments:

    1. Shipping and friendshipping? usually it's just one.

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    2. And Cloudy Skies strikes again! Looking forward to reading this.

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    3. Whoops, my comment doesn't make too much sense.

      I meant it was unusual to have both. I like the idea though and the little line at the end of the description made me laugh.

      I hope dash hasn't been taking camoflage lessons from Twilight though if she intends to find out.

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    4. hmm nothing to do tonight, i might give it a try.

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    5. "and she will not stand for this -- whatever this is." Why did that make me laugh so hard?

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    6. Argh, another fic that caught my interest. I already started on a few others but I guess I'll move this one up the list and read it tomorrow.

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    7. Been waiting for this one to pop up since I saw the preview image on Ponibooru. I'll give it a look tomorrow.

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    8. This was at 4.4 before I rated it. CloudySkies' writing is excellent from a technical standpoint, his characters extrapolate reasonably from what we see of them in the show, and he layers his plot points like a delicious bowl of party dip. Stick a chip in 'em, pull it out, savor the flavors and the painful innuendos...

      I don't read shipfics, nor do I write them. I decided to look through a rough draft of this because I was bored one night. Now, I give this five stars. It irks me that this story's barely hanging onto 5-star status with my rating.

      With regard to the interesting shipping tag... c'mon, is there a rule saying only one relationship per shipfic is allowed?

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    9. Yeah.
      Ship a pair,
      Friendship another pair.

      @CC
      We've had a lot of low ratings in general lately.

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    10. I don't mind low ratings in general, as long as they're deserved. The rating system is fairly pointless if every story gets a five-star.

      That said, I've noticed a lot of good stories getting low ratings lately for apparently undeserved reasons. I'm not sure what's behind it.

      Hopefully this story won't fall prey to that problem. Cloudy Skies is a good author and his stories deserve to be judged on their merits.

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    11. @Celestia

      Actually, RD is taking stealth lessons from me.

      LOL I still can't believe what you did with that guard in your chamber last Thursday night.

      I even got pictures.

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    12. @Shadow Heart

      Urm

      Besides, I was up listening to Blueblood and that lot in the courtroom the entire day and night on thursday, Luna needs days off occasionally.

      Now back on topic with the story I think the ratings will be fine, theres always a few who vote things low but it almost always balances out as people read it, I havent seen anything really good votebombed for long. (and I don't doubt this will be good, stop making me comment on it before I can get around to reading it you lot.)

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    13. @Celestia
      He's got you now

      @Shadow Heartt
      Was it the first time or third time you found out about it?

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    14. @Cold in Gardez

      there was a troll hanging around giving out about 20 or so ratings, but he left/gave up.

      the only story i've read from here recently I gave a 4 star cause it thoroughly deserved the 4 instead of a 5.

      also, with us growing as a community, a lot more critical people might've moved in.

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    15. also, Cloudy, can you upload this to FIMFiction in smaller bites?

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    16. @Cold in Gardez

      "Shipping? Ew. Stop ruining My Little Pony with your disgusting sex. 1-Star."

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    17. @TenchiFreak5

      shipfics on EQD never have sex without express warning and deviantart content filters. <_<

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    18. I don't think turning RD into an antagonist is a very good idea... She just seems sort of foolish in this fic.

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    19. @wackypony

      I know that.


      The people who do drive-by 1-stars don't seem to care, though.

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    20. @Travis Smith

      Actually the tenth time that week. Oh the thing Celestia does when she thinks nopony is looking.

      So. . . Celestia, why was Discord wiith you in that windowless shed iin the middle of the Royal Maze last Monday.

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    21. Oh sweet jesus this was mind-numbingly cute.

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    22. @Shadow Heart
      You have all of my respect friend, and that's something to be proud of.

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    23. @Shadow Heart

      You're as bad as a tabloid you are.

      One of the few things myself and Discord agree on is not shipping together.
      If there was a prize for trolling you would have beaten me by a mile now.

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    24. Another awesome and adorable shipfic from Cloudy, and uploaded in its entirety! I love not having to wait.

      Except now I have to wait for Cloudy to write another story from scratch.

      :sadface

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    25. Dammit. Cloudy Skies fic. Skyrim can wait.
      (This sounds funny, is there comedy?)

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    26. It's been a long time, but I still maintain that your writing is excellent and inspirational. You are an outlier that brings the average way, way up. While this fic isn't exactly my thing, I still enjoyed it thoroughly and happily give it 5/5.

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    27. Easy 5 star, normally for Applejack I'm a RarityJack guy or nothing but this really did work for me.

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    28. Easily a 5 star, and when I saw the paragraph in chapter 1... I just couldn't help but have "Applejack is dragging Fluttershy off to bed" Stuck in my head.

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    29. @Celestia

      Who said anything about shipping? I went in later and found the poker chips. You and him were playing poker, just like with the guards. I always was a fan of Texas Hold'em myself. What I can't believee is that you thought I was implying shipping or anything of that manner.

      Get your mind out of the gutters.

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    30. @Celestia

      But seriourly, see a doctor. Gambling is a hell of an addiction.

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    31. 4.7 with 87 ratings
      to 4.3 with 101 ratings in 5 minutes.

      Trololo

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    32. Trying to read more than a few paragraphs in one unbroken instance is like that moment you try to step into a deliriously hot bath.

      Or when a cat kneeds at your lap and you try really hard not to move because it's actually kind of nice but also painful so you hold your breathing tight and hold up with it.

      To iterate, I mean it's too much good Fluttershy just when I was thinking that she hadn't been featured enough lately. Anti-heart-a'splosion capacaitors running at max capacity and such.

      My thanks to Cloudy.

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    33. Well, here we are again. Coffee break before I start on the next story, har. (Send help.)

      The story is most certainly completely clean, and aye, it's probably better described as [Shipping][Friendshipping].

      @CouchCrusader: These words mean a lot to me, truly, and I may have laughed too much when I turned my innuendo-dar on for your comment.

      @Cold in Gardez/Kits: Thank you! I don't know if it's appropriate for me to comment on ratings here, but being judged on merits - and flaws - is all I wish for.

      @wackypony: I don't have a FiMF account as it is, so I doubt it will be posted there - is the issue that the chapters are too long?

      If nothing else, I hope to post it on dA and PFA eventually. dA may necessitate shorter chapters, but I'd have to re-evaluate where to cut them, then. Gah.

      @Baron: [Minor Spoilers] - I didn't aim to use her as an antagonist, but a catalyst. If the lightheartedness didn't translate, I can understand that, really. I know "my" Dash is arguably a little unique at times. Sorry about that.

      To those who enjoyed it: I'm glad, truly! I was afraid that the deliberate, slow nature of the writing (especially the start) would turn readers off. It seems the mood translated, though. I don't give people enough credit.

      I can only apologize if some were confused - and thus disappointed - by the ships/tags/etc. I had hoped that the little description blurb set it up, but there is still some ambiguity, I guess. Sorry about that!

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    34. I used to be a huge supporter of Flutterjack. After a while with nothing in that area coming out, I started to deviate. But this pulled me right back in. I loved it. 5/5

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    35. This Is award-winning adorable, right here.

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    36. This was a really good fanfic. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It captured the characters personalities perfectly.

      You are a very good writer, Cloudy Skies. Keep writing awesome stories like this one.

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    37. Wow. Didn't think Fluttershy + Applejack could work at all. Sadly this fic got 1 star bombed by to conclusions jumping idiots.

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    38. This is a really great fic; even if the plot isn't something that'll capture everyone's attention the same way, it does wonders to read a story that is so well written. Such a touching ending! Masterful characterization of Fluttershy, and one of the better depictions of AJ. I agree that Dash's feelings were a bit much, but they moved the plot along and everything felt "right" at the end. Well done!!

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    39. Very, VERY Fluttershy-y. A nice FlutterJack fic, but I don't think I could take more Fluttershy “sorry's” and “thank you's” in this lifetime. Thanks for sharing! :-)

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