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;_; that was really sad
Normally, with an emotional response this strong, I'd post a cheeky 'Right in the feels' gif. That feels cheapened here, and I don't know why.
Maybe how Rooke was just abandoned by Celestia, even with her own death. I feel like Celestia's losing her equinity (humanity) just to try and right all the wrongs in her country's system. I feel like someone's got to tell her it's impossible to have a perfect, flawless system like she wants. Even if she runs every trial, hears every complaint and suggestion, there literally aren't enough hours in the day, and night. Sure, she can work over the centuries to reduce and minimize it, but the problems will never disappear completely.
In short, Celestia's lost sight of who she really is and someone needs to guide her back. I'm not so much feeling sadness for her, as pity for her for the struggle she's undertaken. It's literally a losing battle. An apt comparison would be like trying to watch every video on youtube. Early on, say the first year or up until it 'boomed' in popularity, it might've been entirely possible. Now? I've heard a statistic: for every minute a single person watches on youtube, ten minutes of video is uploaded. You would have to have ten, or more now, videos going at once to keep up, and then it's impossible to focus on each video. You'd never make any progress, and just fall further and further behind.
Anything that I would say would merely lessen and cheapen the text of this chapter and indeed the story.
This was too sad....my eyes are wet...
I'd like to know a bit more about Rooke's appearance.
This was heart wrenching, I'm crying man, no fair :(
awesome read so far, thank you
Some darn, heavy stuff.
Poor Cellie... she's kinda killing herself inside out.
And so the Schedule was...
Until Kibitz inflicted it upon Luna, who had no qualms about pointing out it's insanity.
(Intended or not, this fits very well with Celestia's workload in the IDW comics)
By throwing herself into work, Celestia is not only stunting herself emotionally, but also sabotaging the very institutions required to enable the Rule of (her) Law.
Urgently required: The Magic of Friendship 🌈 and The Separation of Powers 🤶
I know that this is an older story, but I'm going to comment anyway. As I read I could see Rooke as well as Celestia circling the drain. This particular chapter reminds me of Cat's in the Cradle. It is infinitely sad, especially for Rooke, but maybe for Celestia as well, lost in her "Great Work." Have to distance yourself from the 'mayflies' for the greater good, and when does that take away from the ability to see and care for individual ponies? Rooke was her lone voice of sanity. And Celestia let her die unheeded. Even Rooke's death didn't drive the lesson home. It was fitting that she did not attend the funeral. If you don't have time to attend someone while they're alive, best not visit them at their funeral.
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And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoon,
Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon,
When you're coming home, dad- I'M NOT CRYING YOU'RE CRYING
Whether due to lingering guilt regarding Luna or her own thrice-damned pride/arrogance (perhaps both) she took the concept of being there for her citizenry to a toxic extreme, she's deemed herself responsible for practically being able to all but wipe the collective noses of every single creature in Equestria if not the world because if SHE doesn't do it who will?
Foal has a sore tummy? Let Celestia take care of it. Oh, but what if simultaneously there's a minor flu outbreak? She's become blind to the fact that she is only ONE pony, very wise and strong sure, but unless she wanted to risk cloning or other questionable methods she literally CAN'T be everywhere at once nor be everything to everyone. Rooke (may Faust rest her soul) tried to talk her down, but Celestia wouldn't or couldn't listen. Not to dishonor the dead, maybe she should have tried more in the face methods rather than sing song about their chess games. A literal slap to shock Celestia out of her spiraling behavior.