Solitair Reads The Immortal Game: Introduction

Alright, the Project Horizons read-through is on hiatus. I think a palate-cleanser is needed after everything it’s put us through. So I’m switching to another epic fanfiction in which cartoon ponies suffer horribly and pick up mental scars like Halloween candy!

Wait.

Okay, my wires are still crossed in such a way that I inexplicably crave characters made for children in paradoxically mature situations. Well, someone’s idea of mature, anyway. Hopefully not a teenager’s. Next time around I’ll find something with a different fandom and tone, I promise. But a few of my close friends have banged on about The Immortal Game for some time now and I thought I might as well give them what they want. Maybe they’ll become regular readers if I do.

What do I know about this one? Well, it’s not based on the Fallout Equestria continuity, so it involves the actual characters from the show. This gives me much more opportunity to scrutinize the text for out of character behavior, though I gotta warn you that I’m not all that great at doing that. I tend to just go with the flow as long as it’s not a complete 180-degree turnaround or something like that, assuming that the rest of the story is taking up the slack.

The plot, as far as I know, is that the parents of Princess Celestia (I know she should technically be called a queen, I’ve learned to just go with it) and Luna were evil elder gods, and they’re back for revenge. Since other evil forces from ancient times have appeared on the show and were defeated in ways that can be shown on kids’ TV, I’m assuming that these villains have an ace up their sleeve to keep that from happening again. Oh, and I know that the fic’s title was not decided on when it was first released. It had to make do with the placeholder title of “Ponies Make War” until then, which would have made the fic less interesting if I’d considered reading it back then.

That’s basically it. I’m going in blind, as I should be, so let’s get this show on the road, already.