History Fanfic / SummerDaysAndEveningFlames

The story [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder took a]] [[ScheduleSlip year-long break]], but is finally, finally being restarted, updated, and moved to Website/FimfictionDotNet, along with its prequel. You can find the first part, ''Summer Days'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/76123/summer-days here]], the second part ''Evening Flames'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/96920/evening-flames here]], and the prequel page [[FanFic/HeartOfGoldFeathersOfSteel here]]. Reading the prequel isn't required, but it definitely explains a few things.

* SaltAndPepper: Amusingly, Gilda and Starfall eventually get paired for guard duty. Fortunately, they've gotten to the point where they aren't intentionally hostile to the other.

* OverprotectiveDad: Starfall loves his two kids. He's also very racist to griffins. [[spoiler: So he attacks Gilda when he sees her talking with his family.]]

* TheirFirstTime: Finally, Gilda and Iron reach the point of their romance to reach intimacy, and as they start the motions [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Gilda panics and bolts]]. The next day, Gilda apologizes sincerely and they try again, this time with much more success [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex and heartwarming]]]].

A [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] {{Fanfic}} by Nicknack, continuing on from ''FanFic/HeartOfGoldFeathersOfSteel''.

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* IAintGotTimeToBleed: In the prologue, Bulwark doesn't register that Starfall stabbed him until he starts giving him judgement. Same with Gilda, [[spoiler: after her duel with Starfall]].

* UnequalPairing: Iron is [[MayDecemberRomance significantly older]], [[MentorShip takes a significant part in teaching her about pony society]], and several ranks higher than Gilda in the Guard. Sergeant Sherry points out [[WifeHusbandry how creepy]] this can be, if Iron honestly considers the matter too severe for a romantic relationship now. Gilda, on the other hand, [[ValuesDissonance comes from a culture where]] UnequalPairing [[ValuesDissonance is commonplace]], and thus has a different set of concerns.

* HeelRealization: Most of ''Evening Flames'' chapter two is this for Starfall. He begins to realize that he's turned into a major asshole, even to those he cares about, and that [[CaptainObvious he's responsible for starting a duel with Gilda]] and almost threw his life away when he still had a family to care for.

* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: [[spoiler: Starfall does ''not'' fight fair during the duel. Gilda's still a good enough fighter that it doesn't really give him an advantage]].

A [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] {{Fanfic}} by Nicknack, continuing on from ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/65059/heart-of-gold-feathers-of-steel Heart of Gold, Feathers of Steel]]''.

** [[spoiler: Briefly, Starfall after his duel with Gilda. After several surgeries, it takes about 5 moths for him to be able to fly again]].

* TheirFirstTime: Finally, Gilda and Iron reach the point of their romance to reach intimacy, and as they start the motions [[spoiler: [[FunnyMoments Gilda panics and bolts]]. The next day, Gilda apologizes sincerely and they try again, this time with much more success [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex and heartwarming]]]].

* AccidentalAimingSkills: [[spoiler: Gilda, who has apparently never used a crossbow in her life, picks one up in a desperate effort to take down a fleeing Red Hooves, aiming for his knee. She doesn't hit ''[[GroinAttack that...]]'']]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Gilda finally moves into Farrington after deciding she wouldn't trade her new life for anything, Iron and Gilda grow even closer and consumate their romance, Maxie gets a respectable job and lifestyle, Starfall gets over his racism and falls in love with his wife again, and Gilda plans to return to Ponyville to apologize. However, Sherry still had a FaceHeelTurn and is now on Equestria's Most Wanted list, and she started a gang war that wrecked the city, and Gilda is still banished from her home]].

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: [[DreamWalker Luna]] appears when Gilda is in the hospital, prompting her to wake up when Iron visit]].

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Gilda warns Starfall that their duel will turn into this if she actually starts fighting back. He doesn't listen. It does.]]

* FelonyMisdemeanor: Lieutenant Starfall [[spoiler: assaults Gilda and challenges her to an illegal duel. Why? Because she talked with his wife and kids.]]

* ForeignCussWord: "Hey, [[spoiler: [[CountryMatters Fotze]]]]!" Gilda uses this to get the attention of a thief, right in time for her to catch a thrown baton to the face.

* TheILoveYouStigma: In full effect, as Iron and Gilda don't explicitly say so even months into their romance. [[spoiler: Iron cracks first, and Gilda finally confesses just as they're about to make love]].

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: Gilda finally moves into Farrington after deciding she wouldn't trade her new life for anything, Iron and Gilda grow even closer and consumate their romance, Maxie gets a respectable job and lifestyle, Starfall gets over his racism and falls in love with his wife again, and Gilda plans to return to Ponyville to apologize. However, Sherry still had a FaceHeelTurn and is now on Equestria's Most Wanted list, and she started a gang war that wrecked the city, and Gilda is still banished from her home]].

* ActorAllusion: Humorously {{averted}} unintentionally. When Rainbow Dash visited Gilda, she makes note how Gilda shares her birthday with Spitfire the Wonderbolt. For two seasons it was believed that Spitfire's [=VA=] was Creator/MarykeHendrikse, same as Gilda's, so it would qualify. However, later information revealed it was always Kelly Metzger, screwing up the allusion.
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Sherry]] is much more manipulative and ruthless in the rewrite, and now is responsible for the Farrington gang war breaking out.

The story [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder took a]] [[ScheduleSlip year-long break]], but is finally, finally being restarted, updated, and moved to [=FimFiction=], along with its prequel. You can find the first part, ''Summer Days'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/76123/summer-days here]], the second part ''Evening Flames'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/96920/evening-flames here]], and the prequel page [[FanFic/HeartOfGoldFeathersOfSteel here]]. Reading the prequel isn't required, but it definitely explains a few things.

The story [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder took a]] [[ScheduleSlip year-long break]], but is finally, finally being restarted, updated, and moved to [=FimFiction=], along with its prequel. You can find the first part, ''Summer Days'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/76123/summer-days here]], the second part ''Evening Flames'' [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/96920/evening-flames here]], and the prequel [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/65059/heart-of-gold-feathers-of-steel here]]. Reading the prequel isn't required, but it definitely explains a few things.

A [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP]] {{Fanfic}} by Nicknack, continuing on from an earlier story.

A [[MyLittlePony MLP]] {{Fanfic}} by Nicknack, continuing on from an earlier story.

* ActorAllusion: Humorously {{averted}} unintentionally. When Rainbow Dash visited Gilda, she makes note how Gilda shares her birthday with Spitfire the Wonderbolt. For two seasons it was believed that Spitfire's [=VA=] was Main/MarykeHendrikse, same as Gilda's, so it would qualify. However, later information revealed it was always Kelly Metzger, screwing up the allusion.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler: [[DreamWalker Luna]] appears when Gilda is in the hospital, prompting her to wake up when Iron visi.

* IAintGotTimeToBleed: In the prologue, Bulwark doesn't register that Starfall stabbed him until he starts giving him judgement. Same with Gilda, [[spoiler: after her duel with Starfall]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Eventually, this is revealed to be the reason why Sherry worked so hard to get Iron and Gilda together, though it was more of a "mother wanting his son to fall in love" version.

* MyEyesAreLeaking: Gilda sheds a few tears when visiting [[spoiler: Sunset's grave, a fellow guardsman who was the first fatality in the recent gang war]]. She knows ''why'' she's crying, but it's a sign of her CharacterDevelopment when she can feel sorrow for someone she barely knew.