Yeah, I know what is supposed to go here. I get it. Typo. There, I said it.

YOU SAID IT!

HE SAID IT!

Egads and little fishes, Celery...stop being so damn important...

New longest story on this site , congratulations !

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That's not what she was trying to do there... she was trying to teach Twilight an important lesson.

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I have a goal to hit 2 million by my birthday.

6088316 Well good luck , as for my knowlegde this will be 13rd or 14th story with over 2000000 words ever ! :)

cadance is priceless

This gave me much insight to an immortal, and any choice that one makes in the present day.
I may have to make a cup of tea and think over this dilemma. . . . Hmmmm. dl.dropbox.com/u/21167245/FiMFiction/Emoticons/misc_Octy_chair.png

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Luna is the mastermind!

Because, Moonlight Sonata!

It's a conspiracy!

6088309 No, I meant that if she wasn't so damn important, her mistakes wouldn't have such catastrophic consequences. I was being ironic.

6088403 Moonlight In Vermont?

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my bad!

The problem is the law of averages, Celestia cannot be perfect 100% of the time. And even if she fuck up 0.0000000000001% of the time over a thousand years its going to happen quite a bit. But that the problem with hindsight we can only use it to guide our future actions, when we dwell on it indecision creeps in.
If Celestia had tried to find alternatives that time wasted could have been all the nightmare needed to gain control and ascend Bucky. As a world leader Celestia needs to be decisive and act for the good of her people. But also letting thoes around her offer aid balances the strict nature of a decisive ruler.

I'll take a bath now and think about this...

/throws fucking hands up

And now Flutterbitch is force-teleporting her best friend instead of talking to her rationally. Bein' a real great friend there Fluttershy. Making the pony you owe your... EVERYTHING to feel like crap because you pulled off something she didn't know was possible that very well could have buttfucked all existence if it had backfired, and feeling justified because you won on a gamble. I really do hate how nothing ever goes wrong for Flutters once she starts raising her voice. If only the universe bent over backwards for the rest of us in such a manner. Maybe the real leaders who have to make judgment calls with what's available to them wouldn't have such problems to deal with, then.

Besides, if Bucky was in Tartarus that'd give them the time to have figured something like this out to begin with. It's not like Scorch wouldn't have given Bucky the hook up. The nicest demon-crib, pimped out Lord of Winter-style. They weren't putting him back on the hook or shit. The point was to remove an infinitely horrible threat before it could happen and then destroy the world. Using Bucky's War-element and Nightmare Moon's knowledge of killing Solara, the entire local cosmos would have died just like the Omnicorn wanted. It's pure basic thinking to place that threat away from where it could do any harm, while thinking about how to neutralize it appropriately - separating Nightmare from Bucky, and returning Bucky home after a plan was devised and carried out.

But no, Fluttershy somehow has all the answers and instead of volunteering this information and telling Celestia that she had a definitive and tried and true method, or even a hunch, which she would have been very pleased to hear because she didn't want to put Bucky down there anyway, but had to based on all available knowledge. That's one of the principle things I can't stand about fiction, the people who are reasonable and logical and have to do what must be done are NEVER right when there's someone available who wants to take a risk too big to bother with, the most unlikely gamble possible, and will thus succeed instead.

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Some background.

Fluttershy is avoiding everypony until they CALM THE FUCK DOWN.

This hasn't played out yet.

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Fine. But I still hate Fluttershy. Unless she refuses all apologies and apologizes to everyone else instead. I'm going to be over here hating her whole archetype, glaring at you from over the table.

Yes, Fluttershy's sudden jump to action after there having been a talk with Bucky was far from perfect.

But Celestia had her mind set on the Tartarus option without considering taking the chaos route (understandable after all her trouble with chaotic creatures), Discord was neither asked nor keen on speaking up and crossing a Celestia with a set mind (which probably frustrated Fluttershy even more) and I guess she had a chaotic hunch what to do.

I'm not mad at her.
But I think she could have said something earlier on (if she had a chaotic hunch just after the opening of the Tartarus portal, I retrieve this statement).

6088690 despite everything everyone else is saying, I like how flutters did her thing. One thing people are forgetting is that she isn't just poor shy flutters anymore and instead is like discord and that she got a new backbone to go with her look. Also twi was demanding an explanation instead of saying thank you for helping Bucky and asking why she did what she did. I think I went on a rant..

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This is kinda the point that was trying to be made. Everyone involved could have done something a little better. Bucky might have protested a bit. Celestia should have perhaps asked around a bit and tapped her resources. Fluttershy should have tried expressing what was going on, but there is a valid reason why she didn't, it just hasn't been revealed yet.

The only one who showed any type of real sanity in that moment was Scorch, who in his own way told Celestia that she was acting like a big baby.

But I don't see anybody condemning Scorch for his part in this and his subtle critique of Celestia's actions. I wonder why that is.

I still like Celestia.

In a way, I can relate to her.

I may not be a millennia-old semi-divine representation of a cosmic/life force, but I know the feeling of looking back and seeing where it all went wrong and wishing you could fix it.

You feel like no matter how many lines you draw you cannot seem to encompass the whole scenario.

It bites.

And with that we're one more GIANT step towards a little filly Celestia in the future.
And it will be adoraballs.

Cute dance arc and then BAM! Threats of banishment to Tartarus and deep-thinking insight into the immortal psych. This is one reason why I look more forward to Chase updates than new episodes

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Fine, I'll do it.
I hope Scorch bumps his toe against a slightly stale marshmallow.

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So you hope that Scorch kicks Rarity in the plot? Noted.

6090727 Hey Rarity is not stale! Just ask Coco I'm sure she'll confirm that.

6090681 Oh gosh can you imagine all of the shadowbolts on that thing? Bardicsong blasting out full volume while it charges at the enemy? Whooo, yeah!

Flutters has been a very adult pony in all of this. Celestia just realized she hasn't changed much over the years. Maybe it will take a war of worlds to make her understand she must change and learn to lean on others for help and support.

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Coco: Rarity is soft and fluffy, with a nice, wet gooey center that gets all over me.

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You showed up at the wedding.

Really?! Nothing about the brown sugar bowl in the comments section. Kudzuhaiku worked really hard on that and you so called 'fans' gave no attention. Shame on you all!

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That was a quirk. One of those odd things like the sentient earthworm that were just there to be odd... I didn't think anybody would notice.

6091711 Ahh, the sentient earthworm. I do have fond memories of that adorable little fella.

6091711 I noticed

Jesus. That speech from Celestia was so repetitive I just had to skip it. Might've gone over board with that whole weight of my actions scene. Seriously, drug out like a bitch. Really sucked.

Something I just thought of, how can the Alicorn of War bring about the destruction of all life? War can not exist without someone to fight it. Alicorn of Genecide or Death would make more sense.

6275197 that's what i siad!

6275197 thats true besides there is more to war then ending things..

6275197 War could just spread out from there. War was supposed to take itself to deat with the Immortals like Scortch as well. Furthermore, it could end up taking itself into other multiverses potentially as well.