-Somewhere else, nowhere and everywhere. Beyond time.
"This has gone too far." An old man wielding a golden staff sentenced.
"But she has brought her world to a new era of perfect harmony and peace. How is that bad?" The bringer of miracles asked.
"Yes, but at the cost of an entire kind. How is that fair?" The ancient warrior replied.
"And even worse, she has altered the balance of order and chaos." Added the conscience of existence.
"Irrelevant, what she does with her universe only concerns to her." The wielder of the thunder contradicted.
"Then we should just ignore these acts, whether good or bad?" Was the question of the lord of order.
"Maybe." Was the answer of the dark one.
"NO!" The wrath of the Creator shouted. "She has crimes to answer for, vengeance must be delivered."
"You can't blame her more than you can blame a watch for the pass of time." Said the watchmaker.
"Chaos can not be denied. " Were the words of the chaos bringer.
"Then is clear that we're not of one mind." The sage concluded. "She must be judged."
The stranger looked up to the beings adobe him and whispered. "I know my position. The message will be delivered."
***
-New Canterlot, Earth.
The great palace stood in the middle of one of the biggest cities of the old world, although only a bunch of ponies remembered the original name of it, Celestia decided that it would be better to move the palace to a place more connected with the rest of this brave new world in order to be more closer to her subjects.
Five year have passed since the events of what the historians called "The unification."
Luna calculated that there where more than eight thousand million of ponies along with other species in the world, so they were looking for each one of them, even the changelings where under their protection (as far as they weren't attacking other beings).
New Canterlot was a beacon of true order, Celestia's pupil Twilight Sparkle along with her friends were in charge of that, meanwhile she and Luna watched for the rest of the planet. Everything was right with the earth.
Every adult had a job, every child had a proper education along with a hobby, everybody had a home. There were no crime, not even accidents. There wasn't rain if the pegasi in charge of the weather weren't sure that everypony under them had an umbrella first.
Almost nine thousand million of ponies and almost none complained, not even in private.
Almost none.
Since the disappearance of the humans Celesta had been questioning herself, she remembered the last day of humanity, she even remembered the exact coordinates where the barrier finally closed: Three degrees, five minutes and forty one seconds North. Fifty three degrees thirty five minutes and twenty five point five seconds East. Over five hundred kilometers from the Somali coast.
***
In a cruiser carrying the last of humanity Celestia awaited with them for the last moment.
"I'm sorry, I should have done better." The Princess of the sun was trying to keep her peace while at her side was the Captain, an old man whose eyes had seen it all across the world and even now his expression only said 'I dare you to show me something that I haven't seen before'.
"My Princess, you are not to blame for all of this."
"But I can't understand. Why you want to die here?"
The Captain looked at the ocean where the barrier was closing around the ship. "I can't tell for the whole humanity, or what is left of it." Lighting his pipe. "Every person here has a story for that." He pointed to the ship's bow where a couple was sharing a last kiss. "Those two over there for example, they love each other as a whole, virtues and defects for equal. None of them can stand to the idea of having even a minimal part of the other erased." Then he looked to the bar on board. "Others, like our HLF leader on the bar, just says that human race is superior to any other species and will prefer death before changing to something they consider lower." And he finally looked directly to the sun pony. "And some of us just want to finally have some peace."
"I still have enough potion for every human in this ship, it's not too late." Celestia made appear a wooden box full of jars filled with the serum. "You just have to drink it and you will..."
"Will renounce what makes us who we are? I've seen the effects of that drink you have there and I'm not interested in loosing part of what defines me."
"I..."
"You had the best intentions." The Captain said. "But at least I don't blame you." He finally smiled. "Now if you excuse me your highness, it's the end of the world and I'm not gonna face it sober." He walked away singing 'What should we do with the drunken sailor' and entered to the bar.
***
Now she was still trying to understand 'Why they chose death?' she was deep in her thoughs on the highest place she could find (the humans used to call it the Everest) when a silhouette appeared in the corner of her eye. At first the mysterious being was covered in shadows, despite of being at noon, but she could tell that it was covered with a cape that flowed like her mane. When she finally could see well she couldn't believe it.
"A human." She said without noticing that she said it out loud. In front of her was a man dressed in a formal black suit and covered with a blue cape and hat. all in perfect condition except for the shoes, they where nearly destroyed as if they where used to walk for a long time.
The caped figure stood still in front of her and with a voice that sounded like the calm of space he talked. "I'm sorry to disappoint you young sun, but I'm not more human than you are a pony."
"Who are you?" Then she remembered where they were, in a place where only she, Luna an Cadence would be capable of stand, but this one didn't show any sings of being bothered by the extreme cold and lack of oxygen around him. "Are you a ghost?" It was the only explanation in the alicorn's mind.
"Neither a ghost nor a mortal, but always a Stranger." The Phantom answered. "I'm here to deliver a message to the Princess of the Sun."
"Here I am." Beside all of her doubts she was still the ruler of the Earth and she stood strong in front of the Stranger.
"Very well then. The higher powers of the other realms want your presence with them to discuss about the fate of this world." Said the Stranger without showing a single emotion.
"Sorry but my ponies need me, Luna can't handle all of this by herself." She looked away, seeing this being was like seeing at those who she failed.
"I'm afraid that this is beyond your choice." His expression softened a little. "But I can explain to your family and subjects where are you going." Now she was sure that the Phantom was showing compassion.
Before Celestia could add anything the Stranger took her hoof in his hand transporting both to a place beyond mortal reach.
she must be punished!!! MAke her burn!!!
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Calm down there, not yet. First comes the trial and then the veredict.
With that said here is a hint:
Hmmmmmmm. Since I can tell this is a DC crossover... Can I see The Spectre judge Celestia and expect her to endure his vengeance?
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Who say that some Swamp Things can be detectives too? (nice avatar by the way)
And yes that's The Spectre but I want to focus in the trial first before the punishment.
Made a couple of mistakes here that I thought should be changed:
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Thanks for the corrections (now fixing) and for the fav.
I would like to answer your questions but not even I know what will happen. (planning on the fly, remember?)
I like this do go on make her have a fair trial but know that killing a entire RACE (she remove there free will ) will not go unpunished.
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There are eleven entities in here for a reason, some of them have the wisdom of they respective universes as other have a perception that goes beyond time and space.
I will do my best effort to make this fair.
And thanks for the fav.
Dude, you need a proofreader. Badly.
"Luna calculated that there where more than eight thousand million of ponies along with other..."
JUST WHAT?
"Almost nine thousand million of ponies and almost none complained, not even in private."
I believe the term you are looking for is 9 Billion
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No sh*t.
Dude I will tell you something, I really appreciate when people, ponies, whatever, comment in my fics because that's something that gives me a wider perspective and helps me with the writing or simply gives me a reason for doing it.
But you aren't doing any of that, just pointing not only the obvious, but also something that I already said in the Author's Notes.
With that said, if you have some suggestions or a hint of how to find a proofreader I will really thank you for that.
And for those that didn't get it:
I NEED A PROOFREADER!!!!!
(if you are interested send a PM)
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Yeah, I have heard before that in English the term "billion" means that, but in Spanish (my language) the term "billion" (translated from billón) means actually a "million of millions" or in other words:
English billion: 1.000.000.000
Spanish billion: 1.000.000.000.000
So I used the specific description instead. Thanks for the fav by the way.
3487746 The Proofreader Group is a very good place to ask, just make sure to read the rules on the forum first. Struggling Authors is the same.
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Thank you.
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That's just strange, I had a couple of more things to say in that last comment but now they're not here at all. Oh well, it's just me making my surprise at how much I influence things... I need to finish my story.
Er. Saw the thing about the proofreader, but. . .
Methinks you meant that instead of 'tough'.
Edit:
And dat was a bit scrambled.
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Thank you for that, I will fix it immediatly.
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You are most welcome, sir. I hope you have luck with your search to find a good proofreader.
Thank you for reminding me why I hate Conversion Bureau.
Looks interesting
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You welcome?
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Thanks for that, and for the fav too.
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Conversion Bureau is a trope I just don't get. You take a kids show that is supposed to be happy rainbows and sunshine, and turn it into a war against humanity, make humans out to be the bad guys, and make the ponies always right. I do not get it.
Keep in mind a watch said kids show and read fics about it to escape depressing stuff like this. Again I don't understand why this trope exists. You guys apparently like it but I am burnt out on war and zombie apocalypse and post apocalypse and all apocalypse because that seem to be the only thing anyone cares too write anymore.
This is the biggest genre on the web, at one time it was unique but now it is so flooded that I couldn't give two shits about it. Now I am off to try and find something happy and sappy.
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With that said I can see that you didn't read the chapter at all.
Let me explain you something:
First of all, I never mentioned a war. In fact, now that you mention it, I was going to use a pacifist take over, like in Superman: Red Son (I would recommend you that comic but you would provably hate it for promoting the communist ideals)
Second, there is no mention of the humans being the bad guys or the ponies being flawless; Christ! I'm putting their goddess on a trial! How does that sounds "always right" to you?
Third, actually I love the parodies about serious genres like Zombie Land or Nightmare Before Christmas, that something isn't a constant explosion of color and happiness doesn't mean that can't end well. And to point the obvious I'm not writing about how screwed is the world (the ponies are living in a frigging utopia for crying out loud) and as I said on the Author's Notes this is a reflection, I have no interest of being depressive.
-Only a bitter little adolescent boy could confuse realism with pessimism.- Grant Morrison, one othe greatest writers out there.
If you didn't like mi chapter or have something to say about it just say it but read it first. If you want to look like the mature one you should know about what are you talking about instead of exposing yourself as an idiot who complains about things that don't even read. In fact I DARE YOU to ACTUALLY READ the chapter and THEN comment about it
(sorry for the rage fueled comment, but it really gets me angry when someone criticize something without reading/viewing it)
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Thanks, now fixed.
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I read your chapter sir. I got all the way through the entirely fucking shity work.
I got to the portion where the humans gave up Earth. I fail to understand how this is a pacifist take over. i fail tto understand how you think this is good. The last humans are dead in your fic. in all Bureau fic they are dead, dieing, losing, against a species that preaches love, peace and harmony.
You see it is a two fold blow, in many such fic humans are completely unrealistic to their nature which is often to broad to cover. The ponies come out looking like Tyrants no matter what you do. Basically I hate these fics because you ruin both sides.
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I had a long, well though out, reply for your comment, but after you called my work "fucking shitty" I realized that you
don't have the neuronal mass required to express yourself properly and it would be unfair to give you too much for you to processhave some strong beliefs to be convinced otherwise and I'm not going to waste my time so poorly, so instead here's an e-sult:The next time, you better have an argument or just walk around a go away.
3493914 Any comic fan that likes Grant Morrison is alright by me. I'll admit that I've not read his superhero stuff, but I've got The Invisibles and the lion-share of his one-shots behind me. Also his entry in the Doom Patrol. Does that count? Are the Doom Patrol categorized as superheroes? I guess there's Animal Man. The one true-blue comic fan I knew pretty well informed me, with an expression one would have if they stepped into a pile of experimental manure, that Animal Man doesn't count as anything, but I'm not sure that's the consensus.
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Soral, I understand how you feel, but you're sabotaging yourself with your tone. If you're polite to the author, he would stand a chance of sympathizing with your perspective as well, rather than the both of you dismissing each other.
Now, for everyone else here, Soral is actually communicating something important. Also he is performing a service: rather than disliking and silently leaving, he paid the time to voice his grief. He's not interested in whether this is a conventional TCB fic or an *ahem* Alternate one. To people that aren't really familiar with it, it's all the same to them. And like it or not, nearly all fics contributed to ACB inherit the flaws of the source, too. Thus, it's not an entirely irrational response from the general readership to reject anything categorically recognizable as 'Bureau on sight. I think Soral explains the default position on the conceit as a whole quite well. It doesn't matter how informed he is or isn't, this is his response as a casual reader. From my experiences, that response is close to representative.
I'm not saying that you shouldn't continue writing, Wave. You should, however, accept that when you write something TCB-related, it will be to a niche audience.
Then again, I believe that both conventional TCB and alternate TCB writers (and those that are both) ought to instead be writing other entirely original works unfettered to the 'Bureau mythos, and I have a few reasons why this is. But that's not for here or now -- another day, perhaps.
Goodwill to both of you, and happy writing & reading to everyone else! -DMBF
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I would be surprised to find a comic book fan that doesn't like at least one of Morrison's stories.
Doom patrol is described by Morrison himself as the "world's weirdest heroes" so it counts as superheroes.
Now if someone says that Animal Man doesn't count as anything, then the dude is just an embittered (or simply doesn't like the comic), for me Animal Man is THE Morrison's superhero story, it has a lot of reflections about the elements that constructs the genre as compromise, responsibility, consequences, etc. and even more, he actually goes from construction to deconstruction to reconstruction around the idea of a realistic superhero (and he also features himself in the last issue). The actual consensus is that Animal Man has most of the basses for Morrison's style in comics and some says that this is like a test fly for some of the ideas he used in Doom Patrol, Flex Mentallo, The Invisibles and finally in The Filth.
If you're interested Final Crisis is actually pretty enjoyable (but as a lot of Morrison's works is very confusing) and I'm planing to use some of the ideas in there for the next chapters (pay special attention do the Anti-Life Ecuation).
Don't misunderstand me, the jerk actually has a point, mos of TCB fics (canon, alternate, deconstructions and so) quickly falls in the typical "humans are monsters, ponies are superior" and "Celestia's always right" or if not then the complete opposites. That's exactly what I'm trying to avoid, that's the reason of why I put this "five years later", the reason of a trial is that there is not consensus, maybe Celestia is right maybe not, that's why I'm using a complete pantheon of fictional gods, to have a variety of perspectives.
And there is no force in this universe to convince to not writing (except maybe my terrible writing) but yeah I will try to be more calm in the future but I will not accept a douche to criticize my work without even reading it or who only can insult it without an actual critic.
Goodwill to you too and for all of those who are reading and/or commenting, go to 0:36 for yours thumbs up:
If you were going with the canon Celestia, she would have destroyed humanity.
Regardless, this looks interesting, and I'll be waiting for more.
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You think so?
I mean, yeah Canon!Celestia can be manipulative and that but I don't see her a a mass murderer and she doesn't have such power (I remember Faust saying that she wasn't a goddess)
And don't worry, I'm already writing the second chapter.
3498532 Ah crap, I meant to say "wouldn't have", not would have. My bad.
If you were going with canon Celestia, I think she would have used diplomacy, and the whole wiping out humans thing wouldn't happen to begin with. That's what I was getting at, not the other way around. And besides, wouldn't humanity have resorted to nukes if it came down to extermination?
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There's an actual explanation for all of this trust me. If you want it, send me a PM and I will explain you (or you could just wait until further chapters but I will not dig into the matter very soon)
3499834 Alright, Explain away. Because destroying a race, no matter what the intention, is not the sign of a peaceful civilization. At least, in my opinion.
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Ahhh... but what if that race's iniquity was that great?
The Wrath of God?
As in good old JVH himself?
The original self insert to end all self inserts?
I'm almost tempted to read, just to see if the "I didn't annihilate them it was the random collision of our worlds that did it." argument is paid any mind or even considered.
Okay God I get it, real impressed, you're all powerful and I fucked up. Now can I go back to my ponies now?
NO
I told you it's not my fault. You might as well condemn the pony stranded on an asteroid for the asteroid that destroys the planet.
DON'T CARE
Why are you a human anyway? I would think you take the form of pure energy or something like that, but why an obscure bipedal hairless river ape?
MADE IN MY IMAGE
Oh, so it's a Doctor sort of thing, right right. Now can I please return to my ponies?
NO
What is so important you need me for that you have to pull me out of house and home and leave an entire world lost and unguided?
BRUSH YOUR HAIR
I don't see how-- wait, what?
I WANT TO BRUSH YOUR HAIR
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ferret, can I ask you something? No bad feelings, just curiosity but, why are you even reading my stuff?
You clearly didn't like The Doom Patrol, now you don't seem to care about this one's plot and you already stated you won't be reading the rest of it to find out.
How did you even ended here? No, really, if crossovers and TCB obviously are not your thing, why are you reading those? If you want to see my work, I can recommend you Stay, it's not a crossover and it did fairly well with reception and critics, so you could like it.
And about your actual comment. I don't see the problem on a character representing an idea; in this case, a character is the personification of the divine wrath. I can't see why you call it a 'self insert'. And the "I didn't annihilate them it was the random collision of our worlds that did it." is still in the deck, I can't reveal the plot to you, but it isn't dished from the possibilities.
This looks a lot like H.P. Lovecraft, but he never had a council.
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Yeah, I remember having that "alien" imagery very present when I wrote the opening chapters. Thanks for noticing.
What will we do with a drunken whaler,
What will we do with a drunken whaler,
What will we do with a drunken whaler,
Early in the morning?
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All these years and finally someone catches that one.
Worth the wait.