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Title is from the song "Fading" from Decyfer Down.
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“You are one cold woman.”
Loki glanced over to the cloaked woman beside him, her obsession with covering herself still astounding him after all these months, “At least you have granted me an alternate route to leave this place. It only took another year or so. Does this make up for whatever time I neglected you as a child?”
As to be expected, Lady Death gave no verbal response, leaving Loki to do as he pleased.
A look down to the weapons in his hands made the Asgardian Prince sigh. They, along with his necklace and pants, were all he had, and he would hold on to them with all of his might.
“If only we all made it,” he sighed as memories rushed back to him of the discoveries and battles he had made across his journey.
The past did not matter however. It was time to go home.
After the Equestria Games affair concluded with Trixie crowned champion of all affairs magical, the four who had stood on the field at the end of it all sought out a fitting dining venue to rest at. It had been a long, stressful event and the three princesses and champion needed a break to cool down.
They settled on a high class restaurant that Cadance suggested to them, unable to attend with her husband because of their duties in overseeing the clean up of the Equestria Games.
After they had been granted their table Celestia left them to find a restroom, citing stomach issues due to her condition. Twilight rose her brow in confusion while Luna and Trixie each nodded, though this did not influence the timing of their food as the oldest pony in Equestria returned before the waiter even arrived.
No sooner had the (noticeably nervous) waiter placed down water and a basket of bread did Trixie levitate a piece from it and onto her plate. Her stomach had been rumbling furiously on the way to finding a place to eat, and now she had what she might consider a delicacy.
While Trixie moved to slice it up and butter it with obvious interest, Luna rolled her eyes at just how easy her student was to please when it came to food, “Bread? Really?”
Twilight found herself close to giggling at the sight of Trixie wolfing the bread down, and Celestia found herself smiling too. Trixie just gave a confused glance at Luna, her voice muffled but sounding as if she was explaining the obvious.
“Itsh really goowd.”
That muffled voice made Luna audibly groan. She would be adopting an adult, not a child, so she expected a little more from her, “Do not speak with your mouth full, Trixie. It is not proper.”
Trixie quickly swallowed the second small piece of bread she had brought to her mouth before giving a nervous chuckle, “Sorry.”
Luna felt a little dizzy only to remember she had not been drinking much that day. An obvious sign of dehydration, so she drank the water afforded to her by the waiter earlier in a most noble manner. Beside her, Trixie tried copying Luna’s mannerism with her own water.
Luna noticed her copycat, but she did nothing to stop Trixie. Trixie would have to learn certain etiquette related matters given her humble upbringing in comparison to how Luna, Celestia, Cadance and Twilight all had experience with more noble and refined characters during their own lives.
Seeing Twilight eat a piece of bread on her own made Luna realize that maybe the newest princess had lost some of her own manners when she took to life in Ponyville, since no Canterlot trained individual would eat in such a plain manner.
Seeing the others eat the bread granted to them made Luna think to her own stomach, which in turn made her realize that something had crept up on her. Not hunger, but nausea. Perhaps she had caught something from the masses who attended the event.
Luna stood up to go correct this while patting her mouth with a napkin, Trixie also patting her own mouth gently in mimicry, “My stomach is feeling upset. I will go tend to this matter before we eat.”
Trixie smiled to the princess as the latter stood, “I’ll be sure to get you another drink, mother.”
Luna smiled to her, proud to at least see that Trixie was not miles away from knowing proper etiquette. In fact, just looking at Trixie made her proud. Luna had taken a street rat and turned her into a successful being who rivaled her sister’s student of years, and now that she had finally triumphed over her rival she could move past her own emotional baggage.
“Thank you, dear.”
There was no longer any foe to defeat, to get even with. She could just be herself, no longer embittered by a past conflict.
Once Luna left the other three to peruse their menus, Twilight leaned in towards Celestia to ask her a question in a hushed voice.
“Why is she calling Luna her mom?”
Celestia smiled as she responded from behind a menu so that Trixie could not see her mouth moving, “Luna took her in some months ago you may remember, and she will be adopting Trixie soon.”
Despite their attempts at engaging in subtle chatter, Trixie spoke to the two of them with a confident smile, “Yes, it is true.”
Having been caught, Twilight blushed as she looked to Trixie. Something came to Twilight’s attention given their previous talk during the duel, and her curiosity was honestly piqued at the implications of what Celestia said, “So are you going to be a Princess too?”
Trixie shrugged nonchalantly, as if they were speaking about the weather or their everyday lives, “That is up to the reigning princesses to decide,” she became less nonchalant about it all as she smirked at Twilight, “You, included.”
A vote of sorts? That sounded fair to Twilight. It made more sense than a spontaneous transformation late at night with no sort of real process or organization, “Oh, I see.”
Celestia, unlike Twilight, was not as okay about this topic. Her sister’s strong words had left a mark that would not fade without further discussion.
Still, she would not be the one to sour the mood especially as Luna was not even there, so Celestia instead took to praising the new champion of magic, “I must admit that Luna has done well teaching you,” Celestia glanced over Trixie fully, taking in how she sat at the same level as Twilight did even across the table. Celestia remembered something from her mother about height being tied to power, though she had never really looked much into the matter until this remarkable growth spurt she could see through Trixie, “You have been growing quite immensely under her tutelage.”
Trixie did not notice that Celestia was partially referring to her height, so she brought it up herself, “And ever since I came back from that shadowy dimension, I’ve grown physically as well. I must say I enjoy this new height, just as you must Twilight.”
Twilight too was beginning to notice that Trixie was not shorter than her, unlike most mares, and this fact confused Twilight to a large degree, “Yeah, you’re as big as me,” after their encounter in the duel Twilight had to also agree with Celestia’s assessment about Trixie’s growth, “And maybe not as strong, but certainly skilled.”
“I was trapped in a place where I could do nothing but think about and contemplate spells for quite some time. I only just was granted the chance to practice them, however.”
It had felt like years, though Trixie knew she had not been asleep that long. It had given her plenty of time to think though. To learn. To practice in the ethereal realm planted in her mind by the mistress of Hel, that mysterious daughter of Loki who had granted Trixie a path out of Hel after first giving her the tools needed to improve her control over magic without ever doing so physically. Trixie’s true trick now was that she knew everything in and out about controlling her magic, though she would have to do some more physical practice to get the real feel for it.
Twilight knew little about the details of Trixie’s disappearance and coma, though Celestia knew enough to know that whatever Trixie had been put through was not something she would wish on any pony.
Celestia frowned as she looked over the positively ecstatic blue mare who sat across the table. Looking at her gleeful face would not reveal just how much she had had to suffer to get to this point.
“You must have been through a lot these past months.”
Trixie’s mood faltered momentarily, “More than I would have cared for, Princess,” her smile came back in time for her to joke, “I have a pet Elf now though, so that helps balance things out. I think I will name him Absy.”
Her eyes went over to her former rival, “How were things for you, Twilight?”
Twilight felt kind of guilty that there was little she could report about what she had been doing. Nothing really stuck out to her in particular, for she had just been doing everyday things. Just like she had been before she became a Princess.
“I can’t say too much has happened. There has been a lot of preparation for the Equestria Games, but now that that is over everything will be returning to normal it seems.”
It was then that Luna returned from her time at the bathroom, resuming her place across the table from Celestia and next to Trixie, “Sorry for my absence.”
The waiter was right behind her, arriving just in time to include Luna, “Are you ready for me to take your order?”
Celestia smiled at him while nodding politely, “I believe, thank you. I will have—”
Luna cut her off while rolling her eyes, “You would order first.”
Celestia darted her gaze over to Luna, keeping her voice pleasant while responding in a cutting manner, “Yes, I would, because I don’t hide what I desire from those who ask.”
Both Trixie and Twilight shot eachother worried glances, though neither moved to stop the inevitable train wreck they were now a part of.
Luna’s tone crept up as she scoffed at her sister, “It’s not hiding if the ponies involved are just too ignorant to notice.”
“I am sorry that I cannot be aware of everything when I am busy actually running Equestria and not just playing around at night,” Celestia rebutted, her tone remaining pleasant in a more mocking way now.
“Oh, and you’ve been doing such a great job at it, haven’t you?” Luna sarcastically quipped from across the table, “Monster attacks every day, constant threats to our nation that could have easily been prevented if you had the intelligence to plan ahead—”
Now on the defensive, Celestia’s voice became much more aggressive, “How could I possibly know that Discord and Sombra would return?”
Luna smirked, glad to have the momentary advantage, “I don’t know, how about by not leaving Discord in the garden? Oh, wait, I know, you probably left him there so you could admire him these many lonely years.”
Having had the subject of lovers brought up, Celestia returned fire, “At least my lover did not stab me in the back after he joined me—”
“Everypony be quiet!”
Everyone at the table as well as the nearby area turned to face the pony who had yelled so loudly. Her face was scrunched up in a hurt fashion, but her eyes remained strong and were fighting away tears.
Trixie had grown to love her mentor for everything she had given her. She would not see her and her only living family member fight over nothing.
Luna was shocked that Trixie was willing to challenge her while Celestia was more shocked about being called out on her behavior at all, not having had anyone do so other than Luna for what felt like millennia.
Having gotten the sisters’ attention, Trixie took a deep breath in before calmly giving a rhetorical question, “We all make mistakes, right?”
“Some more than others,” Luna snipped under her breath, though this earned her a glare from Celestia.
Trixie was not about to let Celestia fire back, so she spoke up again, “Still, we all do,” she paused to look around the table with a strong scowl, “So, if we all make mistakes, what matters is how we try and fix them. You are both acting like school fillies.”
Though not used to questioning her teacher, Twilight had to admit that she was in full agreement with Trixie, “She’s right, you know.”
Celestia was actually even more surprised to have her own student call her out, “Twilight?”
Trixie sighed as she gave Celestia and Luna each a sad look, “I understand your hormones might not be helping matters, but you two really need to just get over yourselves.”
Luna winced at how Trixie called her out on her pettiness. On one level Luna was registering that Trixie was being mature and that she should be proud of this fact, but on another she was being called out by a pony whom she cared about dearly. This mixture of feelings choked Luna up and allowed Trixie to address her directly.
“Mother, you can be sweet and kind when you wish to. Just accept that your sister is absentminded and oblivious at times and that you need to be assertive enough with her to make sure she does not go around acting as if she is the sole authority in Equestria.”
Luna’s shoulders sunk at the lecture, knowing what was said to be true. Where had she lost herself to her jealousy again? Looking back, perhaps fusing with the Nightmare being around the same time as Twilight’s coronation was not a great idea…
Celestia was not above Trixie’s criticism however, and the blue mare turned to face the older sister with just as much seriousness, “Princess Celestia, please, do your best to understand that your sister has been embittered by the years of neglect she has had to endure,” a look at the disheartened Luna made Trixie pause though it empowered her to finish, “Neglect not lifted or helped now that she has returned, since you haven’t done much if anything to reinstate her into our society.”
Not used to being the one on the receiving end of a lecture, Celestia was finding herself in unfamiliar territory. She could not brush off what was said because there was a truth to it all, and the more Trixie spoke the more Celestia felt terrible about herself.
Trixie sighed before adding one last part, “She is a Princess just like you. She deserves the respect of one, and you should support an effort to dispel the myths and wrongful hatred she receives.”
Celestia looked first to Luna and then down at the table, ashamed about how she had been acting these past months and hours, “She is right. We are acting like foals.”
Luna closed her own eyes as she thought back to just how petty she had let herself become, “I agree.”
After a moment of silence Celestia looked over to Trixie and showed her a sad smile, “Thank you Trixie. I think we both needed that.”
Trixie felt a wave of nervousness creep up her spine as the princess addressed her, “Sorry for speaking out, but it was getting obnoxious.”
Instead of scolding Trixie for speaking the truth, Luna found herself agreeing with Celestia and in turn being proud of what her student just stuck her neck out for, “Please, always speak your mind when I am out of line.”
Twilight smiled at how well everything went, the situation apparently defused, “Sometimes family just needs to talk.”
The waiter had left while everypony else was distracted to allow them some space, but he returned with some urgency once things settled down.
“Ms. Lulamoon, th—”
Trixie waved a hoof at him as if to shoo him away, not bothering to even look in the stallion’s direction, “Sorry, could you come get an autograph in a minute? Kind of busy.”
He cleared his throat and tried again, “Ms. Lulamoon, I am here to say—”
Celestia turned to face the stallion with an intimidating glance, “Sir, is this important?”
He nodded quickly before addressing the intended party, “Yes, I am here to say that there is a Ms. Lulamoon for you here, Ms. Lulamoon.”
His statement confused Twilight and Celestia, worried Luna, and amused Trixie, “Haha, very funny. How can I visit myself? I am using no illusions.”
The waiter bowed his head as he continued to address the champion, “She claims to be your mother. Shall I send her away?”
Trixie froze up at the word, her eyes widening and her mouth stuck open.
Beside her, Luna sighed as she looked past the waiter, “Too late now.”
“Trixie,” a voice very similar to the stated pony’s stated.
Despite all her feats of accomplishment, recovered reputation, and overall increased life, Trixie had not expected for any of that to drag up pieces of her past she rather leave untouched.
Her biological mother had come to visit.
Oh my, mom verse mom fight!
Ok, just read the side story.
Luna, knock her fucking block off!
Well we al know how much of an evil bitch Trixie's bio mom is.
Exactly why IS Hela doing this to Loki? Is she mad a daddy, or is she trying to toughen him up for things to come?
Although I do wonder if this will be good for Loki's character... maybe make him appreciate what he has some more? Hard to say with him.
I like Trixie talking down to Celestia and Luna for acting like a pair of foals. I liked that a lot.
Gotta say I wasn't expecting Trixie's biological mother to make an appearance... something tells me this is not going to be a happy reunion...
Here comes some pony wanting to ride the gravy train!
Oh, btw...congratulations, Luna and Loki. It's a...boy/girl (twins?)!
Should have seen something like that coming a mile away now i just hope that Loki comes back in time to shake up the meeting with a nice "Did you miss me? Because i missed you."
My favorite bit of the chapter. Close second would be the ending.
Things are about to get good
She doesn't deserve to be called mother....
I wish tosee some rightful assertiveness...being a doormat now would not help.
Aww shiet, stuffs about to go down! Also Absy....trying very hard to figure out why she would name him that
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5004430 Yes, mom verse mom fight is surely about to commence
Luna will have to do her best to just not murder on sight, since she has a little insight on Trixie’s backstory herself, just like you do now that you’ve read the side story
5004538 A lot of us do, but in case some don’t I thought I would suggest the side story
But yeah…quite the evil bitch.
5004603 Why is Hela doing it? In most canon, Hela does not like Loki. However, in most canon she is also not completely insane from her everlasting duty. Loki certainly has been toughening up, but that’s only a part of her interest in him. She is obsessed with suffering souls, and whose could be more interesting than your own father?
Loki seemingly is on a positive trend given that he is divergent from Ikol, who is the Loki straight from the movies in terms of morality. We’ll have to see how much has changed when he’s back, though, which will luckily be soon.
Trixie is the best at the table to talk down to them since she is the closest to being an outsider, being the newest addition to the group. She can look in and see what is structurally wrong better than those who are wrapped up and stuck in it all. Lets Trixie demonstrate as well that she’s above this nonsense now that she has settled her own score permanently.
I’ve dropped hints about Trixie’s past for awhile so that this moment would not be a random thought: instead, it is a confrontation that has been a long time coming for Trixie since she has meant to cast it all away and ignore it.
5005318 Yeah, you all should have I mean, what is this story but build up for the next gut punch of a plot twist? I’ve been waiting to play this card since I first introduced Trixie to the story, and now we have it!
When Loki returns it will be glorious He’s had plenty of time to play catch up in terms of power, and if you thought Trixie’s boost was something you better wait to see his.
5005569 That’s a big chunk. What were the parts you liked about that scene?
And yeah, the ending was nice. Poor Trixie and other main characters. Can’t even get through a full conversation without having something soul crushingly bad happen to them.
Things are most surely going to get good Not that they weren’t already
5005678 No, she honestly doesn’t Sadly I know some real life cases of that…
And we’ll have to see how much of Trixie’s newly gained confidence will remain as she confronts the one from the start of her life’s mess.
5005725 Things will definitely go down, namely Trixie’s confidence
Absy is the beginning of a small gag in which Trixie names things oddly, a reference to her own odd naming convention for herself (The Great and Powerful). Absy comes from absorb, and it’s basically just an abbreviated form of it to be used as a pet name. Since Trixie’s strongest memory of Kael’Thas is how he drained her close to death, absorption is on her mind when she thinks of him.
5006621 Yeah, I know, you wouldn't get it without the side story. I honestly can't wait to see what Trixie does.
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All of it. Trixie standing up to them and giving them a metaphorical bonk on the head and shedding light on how childish two of the most powerful beings in existence were acting. Twilight agreeing and surprising Celestia was just super sweet icing on that cake
And Trixie's mother. Boy do I wish I could slam a baseball bat into her face. Repeatedly.
Make that a chrome bat. Heated. And spiked
5006617 why not? She could claim that the bitch 'tripped'.
5006662 Nor can I
5006701 That's exactly what I was hoping for, so yay Trixie tells them to shut their traps because they are acting simply like overgrown foals Twilight agreeing came from our discussion on how Twilight never does so in the show, so I made sure to include her doing so here
Hahahaha, yeah...I'm sure there are a bunch of readers who would love to join in on that
5006762 Tripped into a laser beam shot in her direction with the intent to kill?
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Whooo! Glad something came of our little discussion other than us discussing our viewpoints on the matter
Of course, but I suppose we'll just have to wait and see if she leaves that restaurant alive, now won't we?
5006847 'tripped' and fell onto the moon.
Poor Loki, stuck in hell while experiencing every fathers worst nightmare of having to spend 'quality' time with his neglected, god like, semi-schisofrenic future daughter. All that and Luna still does not know that he remains in hell while a fake Loki resides in Asgard's dungeons. At leas the two sisters will hopefully settle their differences in a less hostile manner, thanks to Trixie. Which now has to deal with her real mother showing up out of nowhere. Well that is certainly going to complicate some things. And the cycle of the tragic, neglected, misunderstood anti-heroes continue.
Awesome chapter.
5006772 But you're the author. You control what she does. IF you don't know then nobody does!
5007847 I said I couldn't wait to see what she does, not that I didn't know already
5007282 Every single chapter is a music reference, as is the title
5007759 At least Loki is pretty sure that Hela is the child of him and Luna, so he at least has the knowledge that he won't have to deal with double-family drama
And yeah, that description kind of fits Hela. She is cackling insane, yet mute, and on a level of power that is above either of her parents.
Good thing Frigga caught the imposter, or else Luna might have had a little issue of being with the wrong Loki, which could help mess up the family dynamic even more
Trixie is going to have a GREAT time in the chapters to come And yeah, the anti-hero cycle continues...but that's the story! Neglected anti-heroes who all band together because others won't take them.
5006893 Haha, yeah. Fun times, fun times. So lets brainstorm some more! Thoughts about the chapter that we can discuss?
I don't think it would be that fun if I just have Luna murder Trixie's mom outright
Fun fact: half the reason I had Trixie have her life drained from her was to have Luna give her some of her own (which in turn is transforming Trixie to be more like her), so she could be considered a "parent" of sorts since part of what Trixie is made out of is from her.
100 bits that Luna tears her a structurally superfluous new behind. And this is exactly what I was hoping for! Trixie is not just trying to one up Twilight. Honestly I was a little disappointed she went out of her way to make Twilight look so bad in front of thousands of ponies. But sliding by that it is nice to she is becoming more level minded and is at least someway trying to make an effort with twilight and vice versa.
5008349 I'll take that wager In fact, I'd like to double it.
And yeah, Trixie has had a LOT of time to think one might imagine since she was mentally conscious while she was comatose. That opens a lot of doors for you in regards to thinking about your issues and what you really want.
Now Trixie is back, and having gotten her own sort of revenge, has no need to wage war with Twilight. No need to one-up her or prove that she is better. She can't focus on being petty if she wants to be the perfect student/daughter for Luna now, since she isn't exactly what Luna might deem "princess-worthy" just yet. Better to be civil and work WITH Twilight instead of argue and divide power like their teachers tend to.
*gasp* a side story i didn't know about. Let me read it now. Sleep is for the weak.
5008053 That must mean it's something really good. Which makes me even more not wanting to wait.
5008546 Glad you read it A little peak into things from Trixie's perspective that will continue to grow. Originally I didn't continue because I didn't want to spoil the Ursa fight and the coma, but now I need not fear including those bits.
5008688 Hahaha, I wish I had a ton of more free time so I could get it out sooner. Maybe it could be finished tomorrow, but if not it won't be out until Sunday since I have a bunch of work after tomorrow this week
For now, you can get the general idea from this:
5008757 That's okay. No pressure.
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Sure. Loki. Now there's someone we haven't mentioned in our previous discussions too much. I'm curious as to his year-long adventures in Hel.
Yeah, I know. Everyone knows there's no fun in murder. Especially when someone like Trixie's "mother" is involved.
That fact itself has completed the deal that Luna is definitely a thousand times more mother material than "Ms. Lulamoon."
Hmmm.... It's taken me a few days to decided how I should comment on this one.
Firstly rarely do I see a fic that displays the sibling relationship between Celestia and Luna so perfectly. On the one hand they are estranged after a thousand years apart. On the other they care for one another as they are the only living family each of them has. Its funny that despite not having anything resembling a family Trixie was able to reason out the compromise. While Twilight who has always had a good relationship with her brother is at a loss. (I call BS though there is no way siblings don't fight).
As for Trixies Mom... I kind of don't want to see her introduced in the fic. Kind of like, "Miss Lulamoon your mother is-" "My MOTHER is right here, tell that other pony that as she has wished I will never speak to her ever again."
And then they never see her again. But I'm sure everyone wants to see her get some justice, or some reconciliation. I just think that on some level Trixie's mom will claim some responsibility for Trixie's success. And in a sick way she is.
The idea of forcing ones young into a life or death struggle to learn to fend for themselves is not one out culture views as acceptable. But Trixie has learned to survive, prospered, and has been chosen by Princess Luna because of it.
But what I fear more than that, is to find out Trixies mom's perspective. Was she a struggling single parent? Was she suffering some sort of depression? Was Trixie a forced pregnancy? There are all manner of reasons and things that little children don't understand. We know she was neglected, that she was abused, and forced out on the street. And I simply don't want to hear what they are. For good or for bad, Poetic Justice for me would be for Trixie to throw her mother's last words to Trixie back into her face and never see her again.
5010656 Taking your time is fine, especially for a comment such as this
Thank you very much about the sisters Celestia and Luna here are opposed because of their respective basic traits: Celestia's seeming obliviousness and Luna's ever present jealousy about not being treated the same. Regular siblings go through this kind of cycle and it can last their entire lives, even without being estranged a thousand years and having had a struggle where one was trying to kill the other. While the show goes "Oh, Elements of Harmony cured Luna, all better", I am instead showing that such a simple cure is not possible. If they could cure the basic flaw of Luna's entire character, then why not just use the elements of Harmony on every pony born? Sure, it'd be hard work, but you'd have flawless citizens. Luna is still a jealous being, just like Loki (and to a lesser extent, Trixie), and that is why they get along.
This being said, the sisters DO still care about eachother as neither has many personal bonds outside of the other. Celestia outlives others while Luna is too introverted to just make many friends. Trixie was the one best suited to call them out on their behavior since she doesn't come from a normal family, but most certainly envies others who have. She knows what things SHOULD be like and hasn't had her own views tainted by a bad relationship with a sibling. Twilight wasn't the one to speak up since she A) doesn't particularly know how/when to question Celestia's actions, and B) has a good, idealistic view of how siblings are supposed to be that is getting in the way of her seeing how things actually are. She should have some kind of issue with Shining Armor, SOMEthing, but she doesn't. Only fight they've ever had was over Cadance being evil, and Shining Armor was being mind controlled at the time.
Sorry about Trixie's mom, but she was intended to drop by and make an appearance from the very entrance of Trixie in the story. Trixie is a recovering nervous breakdown who has finally regained some of her confidence, and now the very original reason for her suffering is back to shake up her mentality once again. She clung to Luna's teaching so badly and ardently since she never had a real mother growing up, and that sadly was the closest thing she had to experiencing it.
If you see some of the other comments, there are quite a lot who want to see some justice done (in a particularly brutal manner I may add). And how very astute of you about Trixie's mom claiming a part in her success. And even more so for realizing that in a very direct way that she IS, as brutal as she may have been. If she had not shunned Trixie both as a child and when she came back as an adult Trixie would never have gotten to this point.
Trixie suffering has brought her to Luna's attention, so her initial tragedy of being thrown out which then resulted in her current path is exactly the reason she has gotten here. The reason she survived the Ursas is because she's learned to be tough (both in life and through hard work on stage), she managed to be a great student because of that same grit, and the sheer rejection she faced at the "hands" of her fellow ponies drew Luna to her like a magnet.
As for Trixie's mom's perspective, we will have to wait and see, but what you have said is very possible. After all, Trixie had no father in the picture even as a young foal. Think of that what you will. I based half of her after my own father, who both took to "creative" methods to force me to learn and also ended up throwing me out, though even he wasn't 100% black hearted. These things are never as simple as they seem. But at the same time, how will Trixie react to her? Will she stay resolute or become a quivering mess?
Anyways, always feel free to take your time like this We've got an interesting chapter ahead of us...
5010223 Hahaha, Loki. He's about to come back and stay for good, which I think we all will appreciate.
And his year long adventures in Hel are spoilers of the highest degree because he won't want to talk about them when he comes back He'll be bringing a pair of cool trinkets though to give you a hint about them though.
I must have done an excellent job at making you all feel for Trixie, because you all absolutely abhor her mother Mission success.
And now Trixie is even going to look a lot like Luna It's fun having their colors be opposite now, with Trixie being light blue with black clothing while Luna is black coated with blue clothing. Perfect match
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Oh yes, we most definitely will.
GAH. I wanna know, right now!
Or I dunno, I think I wanna know right now. I might be able to wait.
Well, it's easy to make me hate/love characters sometimes And a mother being a complete bitch and rejecting their child and making them feel worthless is just that much easier.
Well, if all goes well, Luna shouldn't be black for too long. It does things to her. Bad things.
5010985 Too bad that Hela took such an interest in him or else Luna could have had more of him these past chapters Oh well. Disturbed family bonding in Hel and all.
Oh stop it I gave you your big spoiler for the month the other day, and that one messed with you pretty bad, so I'm not doing it again so soon
You will wait and see It shouldn't honestly be TOO hard to guess what Loki's trinkets are, but he will be bringing back two in particular that will be quite the addition to his fighting skills during the rest of this story...
I made you do both! Hate one character because you loved another! Do I win? And if you think you got Trixie's mom nailed down, take a look at Kamunari's recent comment
Luna being black does bad things to her. That sounds so racist, but good thing pony fur is not skin color It annoys me when people try and draw that comparison even though Lauren Faust debunked it. If anything, the introvert princess who stays inside all the time and doesn't go out in the day would be white as hell, as she is here in her humanoid form So yeah, it's just that her Nightmare Moon form is evil, and it would be best for everypony if she didn't stay in it for much longer since it taints her mind.
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Can't possibly go wrong with family bonding in Hel
Psh. I refute that! I did not flip out one bit
Quite an addition magically, I assume. Since this is Loki we're talking about and he was never one for direct confrontation.
You won a long time ago. Also yeah, I saw the comment. And I still hate Trixie's biological mother for doing what she did. No matter the circumstances, whether she was struggling as a single parent or anything, treating Trixie like she did was unforgivable. Yes that cause her to be the mare she is and yes that's led her to the great opportunities she's been presented with despite the struggles but it's still not right and I ain't happy
Oh you have no idea how many times I've heard MLP promotes racism from ignorant little people I've been calm dealing with them when I had to but I just wished there was a way I could whack them on the head and have them gain sense. Darn you, tolerance. Luna should stop being black the first chance she gets! Go blue!
5011157 You can only go wrong with family bonding in Hel
You flipped out a lot and I have evidence of it I can show you in our PMs
Loki does not particularly excel at direct combat, but then again that is specifically the place he needs to improve!
Yay, I win! And what the comment talks about is pretty deep Trixie's mom did something terrible for unknown reasons, but it still in the end worked out spectacularly. Unforgivable, but pretty darkly ironic in how it all works out. And I'm glad you aren't happy that Trixie was neglected/abused, or else you would be a terrible person
I can't believe how stupid people can be with the whole race debate with the ponies. They are ponies, let it be everyone They are candy colored horses you dopes. Still, it would be great if Luna stopped being black because it is having terrible side effects on her Her Nightmare form is quite the hindrance to her mind.
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And you are notorious for having things not go well for characters, aren't you?
I was emphasizing my not flipping out. In reality, I did get quite annoyed but it's only logical
Oh come on, no one needs to be an all-rounder. Being okay at everything is not as good at excelling so much in a single thing you can take on pretty much anything.
I didn't wanna focus on possible reasons behind it Just once I wanted to hate a character based on what solid facts I had and not possibly lessening the hate on a bit of speculation. Just. Once. And of course, I may a terrible person sometimes but no way I'm gonna be okay with what happened to Trixie
I honestly don't know how in a race where everyone is pretty much every color you can think of, you can bring race into it. I recall this one Twitter account about Moms against MLP or something, they said that it was being racist by portraying Zecora as an outcast and unacceptable into society because she was different [And had that African accent] and Cranky Doodle for having "nigger lips" and making fun of them. I... I just
Yes! Stop being black, Luna. You get very emotional when you're black. Eat a Snickers.
5011322 Things would be just too easy and short if I had everything go well for everyone
It is logical Hearing what you did would set off a great many people I would imagine.
Not having a weakness can be good too Besides, Loki was never BAD as close combat, it just wasn't his specialty like it was Thor's. So taking a level in badass there would actually make him formidable, especially since that won't be the only type he'll be gaining a level in.
But I have to because I am the author and it would be wrong for me not to focus on the possible reasons And it's fine, go ahead and hate. She isn't supposed to be sympathized with. Just understood so you can hate her on a more personal level.
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Psh, you can write lengthy things about good happening.
Which part of what I did are you referring to?
Well he won't have to have a weakness, but fair point. I wonder what else he's gaining a level in..
Perfect! So hating her on a personal level makes any and all lashes toward her that much more satisfying. The more drawn out, the better
5012035 Nah, I really can't Look how long it takes me to update Meet the Family
A part of it
A lot of stuff. A lot of levels, so a lot of stuff
Hahahaha, yeah...she deserves her hate, so keep on hating away
RAAGH~!
Shit storm incoming, obligatory hatred bound, god-damn-motherfucking-cunt-whispering son of a Weedle-humping-Snorlax anal-y pleasuring a Tangela on Meth~! Fricking Momma Lulamoon, child-abuser extraordinaire graces us with her presence!