Vengeance of Dawn · 1:55am Jul 7th, 2013
There are times when I feel utterly floored by another’s writing, and this is one of them.
Synopsis:
Twilight grew up and found her destiny, but there is one pony who feels embittered that it should have been her destiny, her glory. Breaking Dawn, Celestia's former student, is convinced that she is the true Element of Magic and has been robbed of her honours, her fame and most importantly of the love of Princess Celestia without which Dawn is nothing.
Rallying her old friends, Breaking Dawn sets out to bring Equestria's newest princess down and pass the final test her mentor set her all those years ago. As Dawn begins to wreak her vengeance, and Twilight struggles to protect her precious ponies from her elusive adversary, both these students of Celestia embark upon a dark path, paying no heed to the truth that a quest for revenge can only end one way.
Standard stuff? Think again.
These are not the stereotypical villains we see being churned out ever so often, far from it. I love how Breaking Dawn’s friends are so multidimensional, each with unique traits that make them ever so interesting to read about. When all lumped together they complement one another like flesh and bone, and the interaction the follows come naturally and smooth. Twilight Sparkle and friends are not too far off from the line, with their usual sugary sweet friendships and antics, along with those lovebirds Cadence and Shining Armor playing a significant role as well.
As the story progresses, bittersweet childhood memories of each character resurface through wistful recall scenes, seeming a little reminiscent of Mitch Albom’s recall scenes in ‘For one more day’. From there, we get to understand just how deep things run within the characters, and why they do the things that they do. In short, we find out what makes them tick. As one dilemma piles on top of another, or rather when one dilemma results in another, both protagonists and antagonists are forced to make decisions that would change the entire course of events, sometimes setting off a lighted fuse, and waiting, waiting for the figurative bomb to explode. We see the characters grow along with the story. We see them being forced into choices. And we see their past struggles brought up, the lessons learnt from there transforming into wondrous Chekhov’s guns.
The strength of this story is undoubtedly its characters. They are rich, realistic, and they are taking charge of the plot (as opposed to just sitting there and reacting to events). Though the prose itself is nothing spectacular, it is enough to shoot across some very powerful moments in the story. Also accompanied by all that drama and emotion! I'll stop now, so that you can go and take a look at it.
Author, hats off to you. You are a talented writer, and you deserve much more credit for your work.
Thank you so much for this, I am very honoured - especially coming from someone who appears to have written some very fine stuff yourself.
Thank you.
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No problem! And thanks for the fav too :)