It's a Dangerous Business, Going Out Your Door/YMMV

"Rarity stopped hard. Her eyes widened. And in spite of the dire circumstances, she smiled enormously, lunging at Dash. “Oh, Dash, you did it! You did it! Nopony even needed to correct you! Why- why- I could just kiss you!” She wrapped her front hooves around Dash's neck. The sky-blue pegasus was taken aback for a moment, then grinned slyly. “Well, if you want to...” Rarity drew back, an uncertain look on her face. Then she made a little noise and planted a soft kiss on Dash's forehead. “Done. Now don't say I never did it.”"
 * Alternate Character Interpretation: Dash's love of speed and flying is extrapolated into.
 * Black Hole Sue: Ye gods, the deer warp everything to be around them.
 * And are actually the only part of the story considered to be bad by fans of the story.
 * Fridge Logic: Going to the princesses Celestia and Luna for assistance is never brought up as an option, and it's especially glaring when intervention on their part could resolve the entire plot quickly and without incident. Granted, from a narrative standpoint, it obviously would make for a much less exciting story; but this option is never addressed in-story, let alone given a justification for why it never comes up, or why it wouldn't work out. This glaring flaw is the story's one major shortcoming.
 * This flaw is explained in the last few chapters:
 * In the Epilogue,.
 * Arguably, Fridge Brilliance.
 * Not quite. The basic premise of the story is that Twilight will die before the horn rot cure can be made. The Beneviolet is a faster way to recover. So if Twilight was put in suspended animation, the horn rot cure could have been made naturally and eliminated the need for the Beneviolet.
 * Les Yay: Rarity and Rainbow Dash in a couple of spots. There's Rainbow sucking on Rarity's horn in her sleep, Rarity tickling Rainbow when they were bathing, and this, from after Dash finally got the plural of 'pegasus' right:


 * Nightmare Fuel: Wait, did they actually defeat that
 * When . It came so suddenly.
 * At first, the sudden Art Shift of the text when  can be somewhat freaky, especially considering the actual scene. It wears off after a minute, but still.