I Am Shining Armor
This entire plan was madness.
What could we do but futilely hurl ourselves against the wrath of God? Had Blueblood forgotten that she had nearly killed him in that Canterlot throne room? Had they all forgotten that Twilight had killed not one, but two other gods in her quest for power? Did they forget that she had killed our loved ones?
This was a time to be grieving, not celebrating.
This march on Canterlot was nothing but a fools dream. Even if there was a chance for us to succeed, it was minuscule at best. Why were so many willing to put their faith into something that was, quite frankly, impossible?
I was a soldier. I had been Captain of the Guard for years now, and had seen action against both Griphons and Changlings in my past. I had fought and served and bled for my country both at home and abroad, and I was certainly not one to give up without a fight. However, we were ill equipped for any sort of combat.
These ponies came unarmed. I suppose you could give somepony a mean slap with a tambourine, or break a violin over their head, but it was no substitute for a blade or polearm. Glancing around, I swore I was the only one with the foresight to hold on to my sword. Even if they had come armed, what use would it have been? These ponies were not soldiers. They were farmers, soapmakers, mail-mares, and other mundane workers. They had no training, not even to the level that a militia might. Without proper training, they would scatter at the first sign of conflict.
We were trekking to death, and yet we moved along like a parade. Was this any way to remember those who had fallen? Was this how Cadence or Celestia or the countless others who had died wanted to be remembered? It certainly was not.
If nopony would remember the dead, I would. I did not sing. I did not dance. I merely held tightly to my sword and marched in silence. If I was going to my death, then I would face it as a soldier ought. I determined to face my death with dignity and with my eyes wide open.
I had been preparing for this day for a long time. When I had first traveled to Canterlot so many months ago, I had come with the intent of either avenging Cadence or dying in the attempt. In the end, I did neither. However, every day since then I had been mentally preparing myself for death. There wasn't much physical preparation to be made. My parents were nowhere to be found, my sister was out to kill me, and my wife was dead after all. No, the preparation I needed to make was all in my head. Getting my attitude in line, debating what my last words ought to be, and girding myself for the possibility of intense pain just before release.
Blueblood's speech may have been well worded, but in the end, isn't that all it was? Just words?
Princes have a way with words, but Princes do not fight wars. Wars are fought by soldiers. Soldiers armed with spears, shields, swords, and canons. Not words.
So there I was, the last vestige of sanity amid a world gone mad. Then, somepony tapped me on the shoulder.
She looked young, probably no older than my sister. Blue coat, silvery mane. She smiled up at me from beneath a tattered, star studded wizard hat.
"Dance with me?"
I shook my head, looking away from the mare, yet she persisted.
"Why not?"
"Because none of this makes sense! We're walking to face down with an invincible goddess and what do we have? We have music, dancing, and a bunch of giggling fillies. Our enemy can kill us with a thought, and decimate cities with a glance, and nopony but me even has the sense to come armed?"
In an instant, my sword had flown from its sheath, suspended in midair by my magic.
"This. This sword here? It's won wars. Tell me, when was the last time that a war was won with dancing?"
She was quiet, her eyes moving slowly over my blade. She pointed to a rather large notch in the steel, quirking an eyebrow slightly.
"Your sword is chipped here. Looks like a pretty big one too. What happened to it?"
"That chip there is from hitting Twilight's foreleg with the blade. Nearly shattered on impact. It was like beating a sword against a wrought iron beam. It didn't even phase her."
"What makes you think that this time it will?"
I opened my mouth to reply, not no words came. What could I say? I didn't exactly expect it to work, yet still, to try and fight was certainly better than the alternative, right?
"That's the thing about a sword. If you put enough armor between it and its target, the blade can't cut or pierce. But joy? Laughter? They're contagious. Doesn't matter if you're behind steel plate armor or just a wizard hat and a robe. It'll go right through it. Besides, do you really want to live out your last moments feeling sad and hopeless?"
I fell silent. I took a deep breath, then let it out in a sigh.
"Alright. Just one dance."
And so I danced. I let all my sorrow, all my fear slip away, even if for just a moment. I felt something well up in my chest, something warm and soothing. I laughed out loud, whirling and twirling to the sound of the music. For a brief moment I glanced down at my hip.
I had forgotten my sword.
I am Shining Armor.
I am a slave to sorrow no more.
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When did Trixie start talking like that?
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Since the end of chapter 6 actually.
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Finis Temporis
I feel like something really, really, really, really, really bad is about to happen.
5923319 what have you been looking at? overtly dark fics are as common as pigeons on fimfic.
there are far, far better stories with dark tones out there. more so there are actually well written ones that do not rely on compete and utter bullshit to keep the plot moving.
seriously, she overpowered two beings that should be far beyond her. both working together here. there is no thought about how these incidents play out, only that they will be twisted around to villain sue twilight's favor no matter how contrived and nonsensical it is.
try fallout equestria, or even Asylum. nlot op villain sue twilight kills everyone fic 17895
5928750 dude this entire story is twisted around for tiwlight to basically win no matter how contrived and half thought out it is. things have already been bad. i mean she somehow stole discord's magic and luna's, because she pulled out some magic that was clearly torn from the writer's anal passage.
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Dude, seriously. Chill the fuck out. It's fanfiction about Technicolor horses. You don't like it, cool. I get that. But don't go around shitting on everyone who says they do. You've made your point.
Don't like the story? Go ahead and say you don't like it. That's your prerogative. But if all you're gonna do is scan the comments to argue with anyone who likes it, then I'm gonna start removing your comments. Offer your opinion on the chapter, give actual constructive criticism of the fic, or kindly fuck off.
I expect this story to end with everyone dieing. Either that is what you're trying to do and I get what I started reading this story for, or you surprise us with a twist ending and I leave happy depending on how well it is done. If you can form a good ending in any outcome then I will be leaving this story satisfied. Well done.
I wish depression could be cured with dances and smiles.
:C
*gobbles beer*
:CCC
5928824 its kinda hard to be constructive when the story has become inherently flawed dude. even in your first one you were using contrivences to move the plot along rather than trying to plan out the sequences of events. when you have to pull things outta your ass in order for twilight to not be defeated then you clearly messed up a long time ago.
fact you had her set up directly against tow beings who are individually more powerful than her required you to pull that out of nowhere magic garbage in order for her to somehow win. put simply it fails to make tiwlight seems powerful because it is clear that the plot is what allowed her to win rather than what the character is capable of.
basically the only way to be constructive is to tear down the entire building and fix the foundation.
I very much enjoy this story. I have some inkling of how this will go, ever since Discord's slap to Twilight during his introduction. It has been encouraged by this chapter as well. I eagerly await the climax of the events, and trust you to guide things smoothly.
Thank you for writing this story.
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5928950 Don't pay any attention to him, Corah. He does this to everyone on this site.
Heck, he's done it to one of my very favorite authors (author-team, excuse me), Taelea-and-Cody, and all he did on every one of their stories was bitch and gripe and tell her (them) what they should have done better.
All that ended up doing was to cause her to delete all of his comments.
Just ignore him; he's not worth the aggravation he tries to cause around here.
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He's now been put on a block list. I did a bit of digging through his profile and I can see what you mean. I don't like deleting comments much, since it seems a lit like trying to censor someone and only lends credence to them being angry.
Ah well. Live and let die.
5929198 A most wise move.
And I was glad that I could help. I don't like doing that, either, actually, as you're right about that. But sometimes you just have to.
I know that I don't have any stories up here yet, but if he comes to one of mine and tries that crap with me, he's blocked by me, too.
Well put, my friend.
Blood for the blood god
Wise words Trixie. Wise words. Let's hope they aren't your last.
Also what language are the A/N's in? I can't find any translations and the text keeps sending me back to this fic in google.
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No mean to pry. But who? So I know who to look out for. And what happened if I can ask?
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Here's a hint.
Its a dead language, doesn't use the English alphabet. What I post here are Romanizations of the words.
5929861 LorfofMyth.
And he's being an ass to the author, as usual.
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Thanks. I'll try looking into those ^_^. Btw, good job in giving a small cool down chapter, and hopefully I don't come across as an ass these last few chapters. Honestly I really have hopes for this fic. The first one I loved, this one ... I want to like. So I keep my fingers crossed when I see updates.
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Yeah, read a few of his comments. *shakes head*. Thanks for the reply
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5929931 Yeah, he's something else, isn't he?
And you're very welcome, hon.
5930033
He sure is. Well, it's sad he couldn't try being constructive, and felt the need to tear into something rather than walking away if he disliked a fic. I mean, the little x button is right next to the title. Much less energy to click it than being deconstructive for the sake of being deconsctructive. Imo.
5929931
Yeah man. Sorry if I seem a bit more defensive about the fic lately. It's probably cause finals week is fast approaching, plus the fic is nearing a close, so it's crunch time on all fronts.
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Nearly everyone who's caught LordofMyth's attention at some point stops engaging him. I won't lie and say I didn't get why... I faintly remember a post of his accusing an author of keeping Princess Celestia 'too in character'. Yeah, apparently that was a problem.
5928754 This motherfucker again?
You don't like the story, we get it. Now quit bitching and moaning incessantly about it. Everyone's sick of your bullshit already.
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Seriously? I want to know that fic, but yeah, wow ... I think I just lost ten intelligence points just now. I need to go watch a few episodes of Frasier, and read Some Estee fics. If you know any other fics / works that'd work for countering staggering amounts of stupidity please let me know.
5930331
Preparing for hell *cringes* best of wishes for you, and if push comes to shove. You can hold off on updating this for awhile while you deal with the insanity that's finals. There's no need to add even greater undo stress on yourself.
As for this fic nearing a close. Would I be wrong in saying that you were using Biblical Hebrew in the A/N? Also, I really hope the ending as this particular fic comes to a close, ends well-ish (or at least the ending it deserves). But I'll be following this to the end, and have my fingers crossed the entire way.
5930080 Yeah.
And if you want my opinion? I think that he does what he does just to be nasty, to everyone around here who writes stuff. I don't think that I've ever once seen him offer one single, solitarty bit of constructive criticism on even one of the stories that I've read that I've seen him comment on.
It's always some long, drawn-out variation of "Your story sucks", or something similar.
Seriously, he could do what you said, and just walk away without saying all the stupid, hurtful stuff that he does. But does he? No. He makes his stupid little remarks, and then (apparently) expects folks not to get upset at him.
Honestly, that's why folks like Taelea tend to end up deleting his comments and/or blocking him for them.
5930597 Yeah, I've noticed that.
And about all you can do is ignore him if you catch his attention. My plan once I get something of mine up here? (And I do plan to...eventually.) Just ignore him and not answer him at all.
And if he gets too aggravating? Well, there's always that l'il option called the "Block" button. I think we all know what that does.
Honestly, at this point, I'm kinda surprised that he's not been blocked to the point that he's even able to function on here.
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Whose Taelea?
And I wonder what'd happen if a bunch of people were to go to his page and just tap the heck out of his "report" button? But yeah, I'm simply going to either ignore, or delete his stuff. Since I'm lucky and I don't remember him messing with any of my fics yet.
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He has already been blocked and cannot comment here. Let's not kick him while he's down, alright?
I really like to see this story, although what I find more impressive is that so far, 88.2% of all chapters have been exactly 1000 words. Which at least to me seems like a sweet spot. Long enough to allow things to happen but not too long that it seems to drag along for ages.
5931666 I totally would, I'll be honest. I've seen him whine on quite a few other stories here, and it just aggravates me to no end.
He really needs some of this.
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5931493 This is Taelea. She writes some pretty cool fics.
One of them being The Trials of a Necromantic Equestria, and it's sequel, ToaNE: Rise. I highly recommend them to anyone that I talk to.
And she goes by Taelea-andCody, now, though, as she's taken on a friend of hers as a writing partner, after a serious accident and some other stuff happened in her life that left her needing someone to help her with her fics.
They're a good team, though; ya oughta check them out.
On that note, though, probably nothing good, but I think I agree with 5931666 on this one.
But that goes for both of us, I think.
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Agree. And I'll give her a look sometime.
I love this story, it's wonderfully written.
Though does it make me a bad person if I really want twilight to win for no other reason than because she is an intresing villain in this story and I never see stories where the villain wins?
Guess we are nearing the finale
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Cool. I love turning folks on to her fics. They're great!
IMHO.
Yeah, they tend toward the dark side a bit, but that's why I like them. They're definitely not your average sweetness and light stories like you see on the show itself.
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What exactly is the timeline of the fics do you know? There seems to be a huge interconnected AU going on. But no clear order on what should be read when / where.
5932945 Depends on which ones that you mean.
With The Trials of a Necromantic Equestria, you read it first, then ToaNE: Rise is the next in line. (And I know that they have at least one more sequel to ToaNE planned, but I don't know when it will be out, as they only have 3 chapters of ToaNE: Rise done so far.)
As for any of the otjhers, I don't really think that it matters which one that you read first, as most pf them are kind of independent from all the others.
The only exception (other than ToaNE and ToaNE: Rise, that is) might be Rekindling and Beats of Life, as they're interconnected, with a couple scenes that in each one that go together.
If it was me, though, I'd read Rekindling first, then Beats of Life. But that's just me.
I hope that this helps.
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It does.
5933111 Well, I'm glad I could help, hon.
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After spending a year with Zecora
so all the people that could organize together to defeat Twilight are going at it alone wow