Posada was on top of the world.
The peaceful revolution of Hippogriffia was successful, Queen Novo abdicated. The former crown princess of Hippogriffia, Skystar, her cousin Silverstream, as well as Posada´s old reactionary friend Crack Lightning, joined the Revolutionary Workers Party and with her reforms starting to bear fruit, the World Revolution seemed closer than ever.
But soon after, at an official council meeting, comrade Hard Line proposed something questionable, to find and end the former Queen, ending the bourgeoisie and any risk of a possible counter-revolution. The majority of the council protested and a rift in the party seemed to have fromed. Tricking Hard Line into quoting the fascist Beakolini, Posada quickly shut down his proposal and humiliated her overzealous comrade, before warning him, that this rhetoric wont be allowed on the council.
Initially proud of her actions, days later doubts have started creeping into her mind. Was she too lenient on her former enemies? Was Hard Line correct to be cautious? Was her humiliation of him justified or the right thing to do to a friend and comrade? Full of doubt, Posada starts to question the stability and purity of the Party, as well as Hard Line´s place in it. Fearing that her revolutionary state will fall, like so many have before it due to infighting, Posada spends hours wasting away in her office. However a trusted friend may give Posada the courage and compassion to confront her doubts.
This Story takes place in the Equestria at war Universe, a mod for Hearts of Iron 4
The Cover Image is a combination of Posada´s and Hard Line´s Portraits created by the wonderful Artists: Neither (Posada) and cadillac-dynamite aka Egil (Hard Line).
This story is more of less the product of my criticism of how Hard Line and Starry Eyes have a very minor role in Posada´s path and and their unclear relationship with Posada.
Its better explained here:Her One Weakness : equestriaatwar (reddit.com)
The goal of this story is to give a little bit more character to those two and to act as an inconsequential filler arc.
I am not the creator or writer of these characters in the Equestria at war mod, so i will probably mischaracterize them.
Nonetheless I hope you enjoy my story and criticizes it fairly.
Uh... A what, now?
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The rich and ruling class in a capitalist society.
According to Karl Marx, they are responsible for oppressing the Proletariat and continuing the unjust system, after gaining the means of production by overthrowing the aristocracy.
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.
Have a picture featuring Posada:
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Source.
By the way: Where do you think Novo went?
Maybe Equestria, another harmonic monarchy?
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Thank you very much for reading it and commenting on it.
Novo is definitely fleeing to Equestria, if it doesnt fall into chaos or is occupied by the Channelings, Sombra or ironically Stalliongrad. In that case probably New Mareland, Kria or maybe even monarchist Aquillia. If all of those fail, she would probably settle on some small island or atoll, too small to see on the map, and together with many of her followers, would probably build a small city there.
Really good story, thanks! I appreciate that mix of personal feelings and ideology in charaters' discussions. I also think you captured the personality of Posada's comrades well. There were a few spelling errors, also some "clumsy" (linguistically) sentences, but nothing very serious. Hope your new stories come out soon!
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Thank you for the praise and feedback, I really appreciate it and Im sorry that I did not reply earlier, I needed to finish my contest fic.
I think its obvious that english is not my native language and I went over the story probably 5 times already and Im still finding weird sentences or poor grammer. I also tend to write long run-on sentences or lose focus in the middle of writing a sentence. Since its my first fanfic I was a little bit concerned about my "writing style" and how it would be accepted. Nonetheless Im happy how the story turned out and that people liked it.
Once again thank you for the reply.
Good fic, I too think that Posada's other comrades should get more 'screen time' in the events. You also got their personalities right I think which makes this much better
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Thank you for the reading the story. I tried show their unique relationship with Posada and a good reason why Posada values their friendship and Comradery so much. This is one of the reasons why I wrote Chapter 4, a bonus chapter and epilogue, to show what they value in Posada and what she valued in them.
I finally got around to reading this! And I really enjoyed it! This feels like it would fit in perfectly with the rest of the in-game stories and content revolving around Posada :)
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Thank you for reading the story and for the encouraging words.
Truth be told I never thought I would get this much praise. I was insecure when writing the story constantly wondering if anyone would like it at all and if I get the characters right.
I hope one day to get back to writing about Posada, right now I want to try out different styles and story types.
I also wish you good luck with your future fanfics, I really enjoyed your recent Luna fic