Once in a while I read shipping stuff--I'm actually reading a Fluttershy/Dash fic right now which is nice because it actually has character development which makes them a plausible couple. (Otherwise they seem very unlikely to me. But not as unlikely as Fluttershy and Big Mac, who I swear would just stare at the table for their entire date, then go home never to speak of it again.) Usually I find it kind of dull, though. "Pony A likes Pony B. Pony A angsts about being gay. OMG, Pony B secretly likes Pony A too!! They fall in love and everything is perfect. The end."



I know a lot of people, especially teenagers, DO have to struggle and come to terms with their sexuality, so I appreciate the spirit in which "you're gay but it's all right" stories are presented and I certainly think there's a need for some stories like that. But not in every. single. story. with a gay character . . .