How far will one stallion run to escape what pursues him?
Page generated in 0.096 seconds
Total duration
599 users online
793,164 hits today, 2,244,100 yesterday
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
Well... Didn't see it coming
Shining levels up with crystal boost. Will he become crystal pony in the end of it?
Can't wait to hear Celestias thoughts
......... magic is absorbed from some environmental force. magic is converted into some form of liquid like substance..........
some reason the idea of enhancing magic is confusing me here. unless you somehow enhance the so called magic glands, you would not be able to handle the increase. and even then if we are talking about a substance that is allowing that kind of magical shtuff to happen....... sounds like it would be volatile.
Would shiny be the alicorn of defense?
5432690
Think of how the Elements of Harmony can use a pony like a conduit. Think of a prism focusing light.
Shining Armor would be similar to a prism.
5432692
Possibly. Which is why Bucky cannot fill that position.
More to be revealed later.
5432701 then how would alicorns retain power?
5432709
Why wouldn't they?
Alterior motive: Create another powerful magic user to protect the ponies. Eh, I'm on the fence with this one. Shining Armor could be waiting for a princess who might not see him they way she did before she died the first time. It's a gamble. A terrible gamble. If anything, it becomes a self-induced form of enslavement. The Crystal Ponies might react by becoming even more afraid of him when they see he is suddenly more powerful for no reason.
If they discover the how... and link it to Sombra's way...
It's a terrible risk, Shiny. Yes, you love her, but to take a chance like this could rip your soul apart if it fails.
Good luck, consort.
5432709
One pony gains magical boost = all alicorns now powerless. Makes perfect sense. Fuck everything, I'm going to sleep.
fell
haggard
missing period, I think
5432702 Bucky should be the alicorn of sexy fun times with his bedroom skills
5432715
His soul is the least of the issues. Frankly, this whole thing is wrong. Two ponies, Bucky and Shining, are deciding what to do with an entire nation. Only TECHNICALLY does Bucky have claim to that throne, and he continues to refuse it - but now he'd make decisions for their entire empire as if he'd sat on it and wore the crown?
The Crystal Ponies don't want Shining in the big chair. That's their decision. They're free to it. Creating a 'good Sombra' and putting him on the throne, one the Crystals have rejected, is saying that they have no say in the going-ons of their own nation, which with the empty throne, rests entirely in their own hooves. A Prince-Consort has no claim to a throne, he's essentially a concubine with a rank.
Oh certainly it'll work out anyway because that's just how this goes, but if we were to stop and think about this - Bucky and Shining deciding "what is right for Shining to do" completely ignores the wishes and feelings of the majority of an entire country.
They might as well still be wearing shackles. Sombra's evil was only a couple years ago for them. They finally make a DECISION on their own, as their own nation. That they don't want the person sitting next to the throne to be the one on it - and now it gets kicked aside and Shining is offered the gateway to ascension? And of course Celestia and Luna won't be able to stop it and if they have any admonishing to do it just won't matter or someone will try to say it's what Shining needs to do 'for Cadence' and get them to shut up even though that's not how running a country works.
This does not sit right with me at all. They're still a slave nation if Shining goes through with this. Not citizens in an empire with a ruler they approve of directly. Not to mention if they bind Shining to the heart, they've essentially forced the entire nation to HAVE to accept it because they are also linked to the heart. They don't want Shining. What's wrong with that? If Bucky wants to make decisions that affect all of the crystal ponies, he should do the responsible thing and take up the throne himself. If not, hell - just see if they want to annex out to Equestria until Cadence is old enough to take up the crown again. That way everyone wins. Crystal ponies retain their traditions and heritage, and pay homage to the Four Thrones for protection while theirs sits empty. Equestria gets a more full command of their services and resources in return, which they seem happy to provide - at least in Bucky's case.
couldn't
5432721 .......... they draw power from raw elemental forces rather than some kind of magical device. just seems that the prior would be less wieldly than the latter, despite how much more powerful the prior is.
For a moment I thought that Bucky would send Shining back in time to save Cadence,
by means of Violet Velvet beating Time into submission with a newspaper.5432692
Why don't we just take Bucky's nascent alicorn powers...
And shove them into Shining Armor!
5432907 INB4 plot twist
Knew the solution wouldn't be so easy, wonder what's the price, and why Celestia a would be against it.
If it goes well I'm pretty sure they can be together, her personality can't really change much and they'll be together for a really long time.
What does Harper like to eat?
And did you do research on the speech patterns of really young children?
I'm around kids that are 3 and above everyday, they don't really talk like that.
Just sain'
5432794
Okay I'm just going to pick this apart as I notice the problems, so this might not be in the best order or completeness.
By a similar technicality, both Twilight and her brother Shining would sort of also be in line for that throne. Seeing as they are of Starswirl's line, and he was brother to Sombra, from whom Bucky gets his claim.
The wishes and feelings of the country are "OMFC WE ALMOST DIED AGAIN BECAUSE SOMETHING EVIL TRIED TO KILL US AGAIN. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN PROTECT US. SOMEONE HELP!"
Bucky and Shining are not ignoring their wishes, they are taking measures to get the Empire protected, which is what the Crystal Ponies want. This is not just "what is right for Shining to do."
This situation is: "Shining's duty is to protect them in lieu of his wife, while he is unlikely to live long enough to be able to rekindle that bond whose loss has left a huge bucking hole in his heart; The Empire needs a powerful protector who cannot be Bucky or Twilight, or Luna, or Celestia; Cadance needs someone to be there for her when she grows up and takes back control of the Empire whether she remembers Shining or not; Oh look, a way to get all of these problems solved as long as no one tells Celestia or Luna until we're done."
The "what is right for Shining to do" part comes in for if he is willing to endure all the crap that he is going to catch for doing this. I.E. Does he love Cadance enough to chain his soul to the guardpost for potentially centuries to protect what is likely to be an ungrateful kingdom without any guarantee that he'll get his wife back out of the deal? Because that is what he is agreeing to.
The reaction against Shining and for Bucky is based on fear, panic, and Bucky's track record of destroying scary things. They don't believe that Shining is capable of protecting them, which is not unreasonable, seeing as their alicorn princess just died in a freak dragon attack. But they are panicking, and panicking ponies rarely make good decisions. What Bucky and Shining are going to do is make Shining more qualified to be the protector the Crystal Ponies are demanding. The power boost is going to let him be the protector they need (but not the one they want [initially]. I feel like there should be a batman voiceover somewhere in there).
Do you really think that with everything else going on Bucky would be able to do much of anything to help the Crystal Empire if he took a crown? Seriously, how long does it take to travel there? He only already has three other kingdoms' worth of problems that he's trying to keep from overwhelming him. What's one more? No. It would in fact be immensely irresponsible for him to try and take that role on also. What he is doing with Shining? That is being responsible. Bucky can't directly help the Crystal Empire himself, so he's going to be sending back someone who can, and outfitting him with the power he'll need to do the damn job.
Secondly, if the Crystal Ponies trust Bucky enough to give him the throne, they should trust him enough to pick a replacement. Which is what he is doing, preparing Shining so he can protect the Empire. I believe that was mentioned a few chapters ago, that they wanted Bucky, Twilight, or a suitable Steward. Well Bucky and Twilight are picking Shining. (I made a ranty post on the chapter that mentioned this)
They are a generation of ponies who have already been mentally broken by Sombra's reign. Much like the Griffons, there is not much hope for the current generation to be able to escape the slave mentality of wanting a good and powerful "master" to look after and protect them as they serve. That can kind of be seen here in the foal's conversation about what is going on in the Crystal Empire.
Okay last thing.
First you say:
Then you later suggest:
How would this be anything more than the Crystal Ponies choosing to subjugate themslves? You seem to be against the Empire reverting to a nation of slaves, but then suggest them choosing to enter a similar state with Equestria, in which case Equestria would need to appoint someone to run things over there, who would likely just be another pony of whom the citizens of the Empire did not directly approve (and is probably Shining anyway; not many other ponies would know much about the governing or needs of the Crystal Empire).
Most of your post doesn't sit well with me. Hence the semi-sytematic deconstruction of you presented opinions.
(Sorry, it's 5am when I type this part . i've been writing for almost two hours and needed a bit of snark to help me finish this up)
5432794 Good point. Didn't think if the Crystals would want a Choice. There is a lot of the few making decisions for the many...
I think its going to backfire in somepony's face.
5432690
Why the hell are you back? We were all fucking happier without your comments.
5432794
They are not citizens.
They are subjects.
There is a difference. The Crystal Empire is a demesne, and by extension, all of the crystal ponies are property. Bucky as the right to claim them as such, Twilight has some small right to claim them by right of bloodline, Shining Armor does in fact have some right to claim them, also by bloodline, and if you wanted to get technical, there is one more pony also in the middle of this mess that also has a teeny tiny right to claim them, guess who.
Technically, all of Equestria is also a demesne, but Celestia and Luna are pretty cool about it and titles of Empress are only drug out for super formal occasions. They've given their property some pretty amazing rights all things considered. They've been progressive and even allowed some self rule.
The crystal empire though is one thousand years out of date. They want an Empress... or an Emperor. This demesne, and by extension, the living breathing property that inhabits it, isn't going to run itself. The whiny little shits need somepony that will scare them into submission and by extension, scare everything else into submission so they can be happy.
5433167
If I remember right, I think I saw somewhere mentioned that Sunset Shimmer was from a cast off branch of House Avarice due to Starjammer or whatever his name was being both a member of the house and her ancestor. Is she the one with the tiny claim to them?
5433190
Sunset Shimmer has both Starjammer and Bloody Velvet as ancestors. Which means Twilight and Bucky are both close cousins. Very close.
5433194
So that means I am right with my guess?
5433197
Yes. Of course. You paid attention.
5432690 This is cannon withim the show itself and, heck, 99% of the magic-inspired movies, books and whatever you can think use the same canon !!! Harry Potter have magic-increasing artifacts !!!! Anything can be powered up with the right technology, even in the real world !!! Ou PC´s and notebooks use eletricity-increase devices. They´re called capacitors. And some of those techs are, indeed, volitile, but not all of then.
Kudzu, one question: if Shining must leave the empire for whatever reason, he will start to age again, right ? But he will start to age from that point normally, or he will age to old age at once ? In other words: he can left the empire, for short times, without noticing age, or the moment he left, he´ll become a old stallion ?
Also, beautifull solution to him: the protector becoming THE PROTECTOR OF THE EMPIRE...his own cutie mark finally being fullfilled.
5433225
He will age normally. Minutes will pass by as minutes. He will not instantly wither, but a whole day lost is a whole day he can never get back.
So, does this make Shining kind of like a Crystal Lich, minus the actually being dead part?
5433238
Not exactly no.
5433238 Actually, its pretty much the same process, as far as I understood, but way more refined. He is not confined inside a crystal, only a part of him (part of the soul maybe, part of his life force, the same way Bucky uses his life force uppon his more powerfull creations ?) but, even so, he is bounded towards the crystal and the crystal towards him. He will be whole of body...I wonder what type of changing his body will suffer (if it happens) ? A crystal body ? Maybe his destiny mark become crystal like...maybe his horn ? Oh, how thrilling would be for the crystal ass-people (sorry, kudzu, I undestand their reasons, but they´re a bunch of arsses even so) if Shining appears towards the court with a jagged crystal shinning horn !
I just realized we haven't seen Philomena or Freezerburn in a while
5433278
They have eggs and do not wish to be disturbed.
Wait for spring.
5433295
As stated in the comments section already, time would pass normally. Minutes would pass as minutes again.
One "other"
All official checklists have Twilight Sparkle's seal of approval.
vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/mlp/images/f/f3/Twilight_levitating_a_checklist_S4E21.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width/640?cb=20140407094633
Buckmeister is a sexual tyrannosaurus and he knows it.
5433294
Fucking Birds... literally.
5432823 Haha! You're back! With all your awkward little dots and everything! Good to see you Myth, welcome back. ^.^
5433371 i have a gut feeling that you guys thought you had chased me away by behaving like trolls. if you guys did that is rather pathetic and most inaccurate in the details.
5433167 i am not seeing how they still are property. celestia does not enforce it and it seems as if the term has degraded into, well, just a term rather than the practice. she refuses to treat them as such.
kinda a good idea though. begin thinking of the ones you are responsible for as property and it twists your thoughts. just look at Joffrey from game of thrones. views humanity as his play things, and basically drove his own castle town into a violent frenzy against him and got a priest eaten.
one thing to be a sociopathic fuck who murders prostitutes and stuff, but once you've gotten your priest cannibalized by the unwashed masses then you've screwed up your job.
5433452
If you don't see it, it is because you fail to understand what a demesne is and what being an Emperor or an Empress means.
Carry on being blissfully unaware.
You live under an Empress or an Emperor, you are a subject. You are property. You are NOT a citizen. You are part of the demesne. You come part and parcel with the land, but the land is more valuable than you are.
Anyhow, I have important things to write and that is not being accomplished trying to explain this right now.
5433452
Stop. Please, just stop. It was so peaceful the last few chapters. Just Stop.
5433464 anyone who views dirt and stone more valuable than sapient life has constantly proven himself to be terrifyingly foolish. see a man as property and you will alarmed when you are pulled into a frothing, raging crowd and torn apart.
i know HOW it functions dude. was pointing out that celestia does not follow along the mindset at all. it seems to her the term subject and citizen are basically the same thing, and has nothing to do about sapient life being property. by all means, she defies the majority of the definition and gladly.
also stating that it was wise to not think that way because.......... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N9M4R47nRU
5433463
I was not aware that something had recently changed. This practice has been going on for quite some time and was the suggested method for bridging the two stories. Future updates will follow your suggestion of leaving a hint in the author's notes.
Have blog posts changed as well? Cause adding a linked story from the menu is now linking NSF-Woona content directly to a blog post and I want to make sure I can keep readers updated.
5433494
For most of the world's history, this is how it was. And empires flourished and survived. Please, just stop.
5433417 I merely greeted you and that's your retort? Well then, rude much.
5433548 guess that is a matter of opinion. i can see how they functioned but they never, ever lasted. true some could last for centuries, but more often than not empires and kingdoms decay and die out.
romans lasted a long time, yet they had restructured themselves to be less like a monarchy and more along the longs of democracy, the citizens having a say and all that jazz. however they fell because they over-expanded and made a shitload of enemies in the process.
and i am not saying anything about if it is effective or not, albeit more often than not it isn't. i am saying that celestia does not exactly follow those rules herself. she does not view her people as property, does not treat them like property. and was also saying there is immense danger in thinking of people as property. it warps you mindset vastly, and causes what should be a man to appear as nothing.
kudzu vs lordofmyth
fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/361/2/d/hard_sculpted_head_canon_by_metal_kitty-d8bf2xn.png
I chose the nicer version of the two pics.
5433632
**snickers**
5433632 i am not gonna put up with being insulted dude. i am not stating my headcanon. hell if i was stating my headcanon i would be saying that the fates could not possibly exist and that he is not working with the idea that magic comes within and stuff.
seriously, i make one comment after having nothing to say for a while and you people start attacking me. it is not funny in the slightest. it is not even mature in the slightest.