Finding pictures like this makes plumbing the archives worthwhile.

What a great pic…  
The only “bug” of the pic is that Dash and Flutters has been long acquaintances before the very first episode (and we know that already in Season 2, which was before this pic’s publication date), so it’s probably not optimal to depict Dash as the bug in the last panel…

It was difficult to find it again!!!but finally found it.  
This story really tugs my heart strings

Such a marvelous and (I dare say!) underrated piece, this little gem. Aside from the striking artwork, with the earthy colors and floral accents conveying the sense of security Fluttershy craves for, and rapid transitions and action lines put against them to establish the conflict without any words at all, it has quite a powerful story behind it.
 
Told through metaphors — both visual and verbal, — it establishes a definite view on the life story of the pegasus while leaving a handful of blanks for the viewer to fill in themselves. It is for this very reason the work appeals so much to me (and the previous comment posters, I believe) — it is not only beautiful, or even emotionally charged, but thought-provoking as well.

This brought a tear to my eye. beautiful.
 
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That’s fucking adorable.

So much Fave !!

Oh goodness. This.
 
All of it.
 
Yes.

Awww that’s so cute.

Astonishing.

Good advice of socializing with introverts:
 
They can get worn out from too much social activities and need some time by themselves to unwind.

Whoa, what kind of connection hiccup doubled my comment?

@Kanrabat  
Nah, it’s just a forward merge request. That, along with dupe comments tend to get deleted.

@Kanrabat  
Nah, it’s just a forward merge request. That, along with dupe comments tend to get deleted.

@Fallen Nightingale
 
Jeez, what did you say to piss that mod off?

If this dosent get a EQD feature, there is no justice.

I don’t even like Fluttershy, but… daaaaaamn.

@Lurks-no-More
 
Point. Indeed, point.

@Psychopomf
 
Actually, I think the Mane Six are the first close and true friends - that she’s had. She obviously had an insane number of acquaintances, and ponies she partied with, but it’s fairly clear to me that those were pretty shallow, if generally positive, relationships. It shows in “The Party of One”, when she collapses into depression and shuts out the reality when she convinces herself that she’s lost the friendship of Twilight and others. That’s not the action of a pony who has a whole bunch of friends.

I like Rarity’s expression as she flies into the globe on the mare-train.

That’s so incredible sweet

@BP
 
I suppose that’s true enough.
 
Though I wonder how Pinkie would have been different since she already had quite a few friends in Ponyville unlike the rest of the mane six. To our knowledge, at least.

@Psychopomf  
Well, the mane six all complete each other in one way or another, i think that’s by design.

@Dax Rattler  
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It always amazes me how many talented people we have in this fandom, and in more than one front too (music, animation, writing, etc), brony fandom is best fandom.

Amazing…