The banishing of Nightmare Moon has brought much suffering to thestrals throughout Equestria. They are seen as servants to a wicked manifestation of the night, and are treated accordingly. Many officials, including the mayor of Manehattan, use every opportunity to gain from this abuse.
Yet the spirit of the bat-winged ponies is not so easily broken. Count Shadow Wing leads a band of Thestrals to demand their rights be returned... or else.
Wow. I don't often read one-shots, but I'm glad I stopped to read this one.
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Thanks, and glad you enjoyed it
With a title like that you've got my attention but it's also midnight where I live so imma just stick this fic into my read it later list
Never heard of Defenestration till I read one of Patricia Briggs books and as you foot note stays Prague not only had one such event but two something that really hasn't happened anywhere else. Such a fun one shot Thank you for sharing it
Woah. Not a lot of people who are into ponies know much of history, much less the Hussite rebellion!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm...
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Thanks, glad you guys like it
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I don’t know anything about the Second Defenestration of Prague so I’m sure I’m missing a lot of background and crossover stuff but I know from the time period that ‘things go bad’ and it feels like the story forced itself to be more MLP than inspired.
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Well, to be fair, all of the stuff I'm thinking of for this series are based on real events, though through an MLP lens. I intend, for example, to write a pony version of the Battle of Isandlwana, with similar deviations from real history; its not an absolute carbon copy, but hopefully increases the audience's knowledge of history.
You did a lot in a really short wordcount. Some great worldbuilding, some great characterization of a grieving Celestia and your cast of OCs, and the trial scene was suitably tense and liberating.
Great work. This was really something special.
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Sorry for the long time I took to respond.
This story is made to model the Second Defenestration, not the Hussite Wars (though I learned a little, though not much, about those, or little I remember).
I loved it hope to see more stories in the future here's a follow
wow this is great defiantly going in my favorites!
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Thanks again!
Good story!
I enjoyed reading it.
Definitely great story! I don’t see much stories with this take of bat ponies having a hard time after NM happened which I wished that this was a longer story because it’s pretty good.