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That is just not fair at all.He now has the knowledge but has had a Flirt and Pinkie Pie Filter placed Over the Knowledge for when it tries to leave his mouth.
Also, Back off Bucky. Raven is MINE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The Fates are bitches. Even when they love you.
Hmm... aversion and redirection spell on words? Somepony is interfering.
HA! cherrychimmychangas
It seem strange that Celestia wouldn't realize that he couldn't figure out that he was being prevented from saying what he intended.
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Not if something is messing with her head as well.
Pinkie knows more than she's letting on
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I was just thinking that too! Like, what if half the stuff the Pinkie Pie says is actually her trying to tell ponies mindblowing stuff about the universe but can't because of magical word filters?
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EGADS! I think you guys are onto something.
5039719 Can someone say PINKIE SENSE???
He had it right here, they are one and the same after all. A little milk from Berry and a little something from Derpy and Thistle...
Yep. He's got a healthy breakfast coming to him.
He should talk to Pinkie
He was aware that he should feel something.
Bucky, get back in this bed,
Now that just isn't fair! But here's the real question; does it also affect him like this?
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So the Fates are playing Bucky, it would seem. If they were sincere, they'd actually try to use Bucky to change Celestia's mind, since she loves him like a son. At least to sow the seeds of doubt. I wonder how much was lie, how much was manipulation, and where the shadow of the truth lies. Instead he gets a filter that prevents him from trying to convince her to join the Fates.
... Unless it was Genesis? For that matter, even if the Fates are being truthful, who's to say Genesis isn't still right, and that the universe needs to be reborn before something horrible happens to it on a permanent basis or something? It's already barely holding together due to the magic of duct tape and Celestia's sheer willpower.
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I will cautiously reveal that the Fates were being truthful. The milk they gave Bucky is what allowed him to remember EVERYTHING including the big alicorn of the cosmos. They literally pumped him full of the truth.
And now, he is something of a free agent, free to act upon his own free will, to choose which side he takes, whom he works for, he is the rogue game piece that is now aware that it is being played with.
Even though Bucky is not the alicorn of war, he still has the remarkable ability to know his enemies' weakness, their vulnerable points and how to defeat them.
He is now aware of the game as a whole, and he is free to pick a side. Or to remain neutral. It is his choice. He has freedom of choice, but he does not have freedom from choice. Inevitably, he is going to make enemies, and already has with some enemies because of the choices he has made.
Bucky, in his stupidity, has chosen to run. What else can an equine based lifeform do when confronted with a predator?
Edit: By telling Celestia the truth, he would have too much influence over her free will. Hint hint wink wink nudge nudge.
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Entirely too true.
What a pickle.
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Well, it IS the most important meal of the day doncha know?
5039394 maybe, maybe not. as i said you have avoided several of those traps that can come from it so hwo knows?
also bucky sputtering nonsense when attempting about talking about the fates............. rather funny. wonder if starswhirl and his dimension messing ever had that trouble.
think bucky's wires have been crossed every sense derpy tackled him. so been crossed for a VERY long time.
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Sex. The breakfast of champions.
5039818 would think twilight would be rather more useful in that regard then........ largely because of her connection to the Tree of Harmony. in this situation you need a god to help defeat a god, and what better way to do it than a seemingly primordial tree god who seeks to balance light and darkness?
far as we know the tree is some crystal benign version fo chthulu or something. all that is certain is that it is old, it is easily the most powerful thing in equestria next to the everfree forest, and that it seems to have something resembling affection towards its bearers since the crystal caslte became tiwlight's home and, stranget of all, spike has his own little chair in that friendship council room.
5039939
Twilight has no castle in The Chase.
The Fates planted the tree. It isn't a god. Be real careful here.
5039944 ..........that doesn't make much sense to me then. they planted the tree means the elements of harmony are also theri creation, which means they have always been their creation in every universe. which makes it even more probable they would use the element bearers as the tool here than bucky cause they are wielding their own power.
though it could be an indication of theri actual nature since theri medium into the world is a balance tree..........
....why is it that in many of these stories they downplay the tree as either just a magic tree or not a god? it is not like the tree is unlimited. it requires the mane six to be the avatars of its power as it is busy binding the everfree.
why is the tree never, in its own subtle way, a player in events like thse? it is not unlimited in its abilities because of the limitation on its movement and activity so it does not require something to limit it.
and i admitably missed the lack of the tree's existence but i attributed that to an alteration of events that prevented its existence over it being some sign of the tree not being a god in its own right........ completely missed the part where the fates planted it though, even then, in mythology fates are somethign above the gods as titans are so something created by a fate could well be a god, or even a titan.......... this story moves too fast for me to handle. especially cause i am so used to stories taking weeks to update, or even months. by the time i get to reading one chapter three more have appeared. that is literally what happened yesterday.
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You missed it. Your fault entirely. You probably missed other very important details as well. Why should I explain it to you? I've already written the explanation the story.
The Fates stole a divine bit of star dust and planted it. The tree grew from it. The tree springs directly from the big alicorn of the cosmos.
Leave all of your other headcanon crap out of it and stop muddling the issue. And I dunno, try reading the story and paying attention to the very important details before you start trying to take issue with what is being presented.
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Yet, when the fates, and other deities, are concerned is there really free will? Is it instead an illusion created to keep the mortals in line. To have them content with the status quo of their lives, and never question any further?
In fact I can only think of a handful of beings that have actually ever taken their free will and actually exerted it forcing the fates to unravel the tapestry of what will be and resew it in order to preserve that which should be.
It seems to me that when dealing with forces outside of personal control the only real freedom any character has is that which resides in their heads. Again there are exceptions to the rule, but typically those exceptions are ones who either commune with the fates and offer them something worth allowing the individual take their fate and reshape it. Or, those individuals are the ones who rip their fate away from the fates.
In most stories it never ends well for either of those types of individuals. The first type usually has something traumatic happen to them which spurs the change in fate. The second is typically attacked, their spirit broken, and they are left to the wolves.
So, naturally, I want to see how this is going to play out, and I guess that I was saying... More or less, was that it was more of Celestia losing her illusion of free will right?
In or from, not both
5039939 since when the hell did the tree of harmony become a god? It is moste likely a magical nexus where several powerful ley-lines intertwine
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If Bucky had told her the truth, what do you think would have happened? Anybody think Celestia is ready to have that kind of mental load upon her mind on top of everything else?
Do you think she would allow Bucky to exist for even one second if she suddenly found out she was being played as a fool and all of her beloved little ponies were in danger? She'd rebel too... let's be honest. Bucky wouldn't be exiled, she'd teleport him into the sun and then there would be Tartarus to pay for her actions. She'd probably side only with herself, upsetting the balance of power.
The alicorn of the cosmos allows the Fates to exist because they keep the balance. Bucky exists to tip the scales one way or the other. Celestia can't jeapordise that, but no doubt she'd try if she found out the truth.
5040080 ........... okay that sounds more like a headcanon than my headcanon. leylines have not be confirmed in the show if an interesting idea to it.
if it did not act with anyhting like intelligence then i would agree. but the tree creates and its provides for its bearers. heck even spike got a chair in the tree cstle and he has no connection to the elements.
something with that amount of power yet possessing an intelligence is normally labeled a god. a god limited by its duty agasinst the everfree but a god nonetheless. even if it is somehow not something like a god in t his story which i am still trying to wrap my head around. made of a piece of the gods but not a god itself...........
5040052 like i keep on saying, i keep on missing cause the story updates too fast. not blaming you at all i am just struggling to keep up else i am left in the dust. sorry if i am missing stuff but it is getting difficult keeping up. it always has been. sorry if i am missing major details.
like i said this is a over two hundred chapter story and i only came in two months ago. i had to skim to catch up and the impressively rampant release does not give me the time to properly read the rest. by the time i reread those two hundred chapters you iwll probably have finished the story already and i do not want to be left behind.
will try to limit the speculation but i might end up missing somether or the other here and there. like i said, two hundred chapters.
.........
just two things though. so if something born from a god is not a god, then what is it?
...... and how would you, in canon, explain the tree of harmony if not as some god like entity?
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There are ley lines in The Chase. They are a central part of the story.
5040119 i was referring more to what the Tree is. cause i am kinda caught up with, well, the acts of creation and even planning and reaction we see in the series. the castle tre has a purpose beyond simply being a new home, and well could have been the original purpose of the crystal box seed thing.
were it not for acts of intelligence i would probably not have my mind spinning in a circle trying to understand wht every else is seeing thta i am not or the other way around.
........what is the tree then as you see it? both inside and outside of your story?
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Bucky is technically a demiurge if you want a title. The tree is a primordial force. If you pay attention to the details, it was planted after the Chaos War by the fates to keep the planet and local cosmos alive. The Fates are also demiurges. So is Celestia, Luna, Twilight, and Cadance.
Not exactly gods by the strictest definitions, but they could be viewed as such if you are lax with your standards.
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You are close to the top of the roller coaster. Hold on!
It's kinda unfair that Bucky is going to probably regret flirting with that mare later on.
5040108 I was under the impression that we where discussing Chase canon, my mistake.
Though even in show canon I think of the tree if harmony to be a magical nexus or fulcrum
Nice geas you got there, Bucky.
5040142 weren't the elements of harmony used to seal Discord in stone? How were they created after the chaos war then? Or are you referring to something else entirely?
I will never look at cheerios the same way again
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I think this is the funniest thing on the page.
raven should be in tribe?
Actually hot branding doesn't hurt vas much as folks think. Mine stopped hurting a week after it was done.
That was a good laugh, silly Bucky, the unreverse doesn't let things spill it's secrets.
6001161 Why were you branded?
I should get back to reading this 8D heeheehee.
Nice job on this!
Odd. He cannot physically say anything about the Fates.
There's a term for that. Something with the word "memetic" in it.
I suddenly got Deadpool vibes from this chapter
Goddammit balance you just had to tamper didn’t you
it feels like the author keeps dropping ridiculous spoilers in the comments, without even trying to hide them. and theres like 700 chapters left, so this stuff getting spoiled kinda ruins the fun.....