Author's note: It is my opinion that Fluttershy's Stare is a direct result of having played Mom to so many creatures great and small over the course of her life. She might not understand the why and wherefore herself, but this is what I think it might be like to be on the receiving end.
Behind the Stare
"YOU!"
The yellow one, with the wings, actually came up face-to-face with me. Haha, another one, I thought as I began the ol' petrification routine, this would be ... er ...
"Just who do you think you are, going around turning others into stone? DID YOU WASH BEHIND YOUR EARS?"
I almost blinked at that. No, she hadn't actually said that last bit. But EAT YOUR GREENS OR NO DESSERT that look she was giving was certainly saying PICK UP YOUR TOYS and all I could do was squawk in dismay.
"You should be DON'T USE THAT TONE OF VOICE WITH ME YOUNG MAN ashamed of yourself I WORK MY FINGERS TO THE BONE FOR YOU AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET have a mind to find your mother -" and suddenly it all clicked into place. That look ... that stare ... was the distilled essence of every mother in the universe giving you the ol' fish-eye. C'mon, petrification process, do your stuff, I can't take much more of this!
"- and tell her what you've been DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA THE WORRY YOU PUT ME THROUGH up to, young man. Now MIND YOUR MANNERS you go over there WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN and turn Elizabeak and BECAUSE I SAID SO my friend Twilight back to normal DON'T MAKE ME COME DOWN THERE -"
I give up.
You can sass your mother once, maybe twice, but I'd like to see someone stand up to the collective whammy of the universal Mom in that look. In case you missed it the first time: the distilled essence of every mother in the universe. Every ounce of authority, because she's the one who laid out the boundaries in the first place; every inch of guilt, because she's done nothing but give and give and how could you possibly give ill in return; when she says CALL HOME AND STOP BEING SUCH A STRANGER you darn well call home because the consequences otherwise would be unthinkable.
"...and don't ever let me WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME catch you doing this again DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME Do you understand me?"
Yes mom.
NOW GO TO YOUR ROOM.
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