Responding here because I can! Muwahahahahahaha!

(I've actually read the whole thing)

This was very much not what I was expecting from you. Curious. How can you go from two of the most conniving/messed up ponies and two of the (presumably) most shell-shocked warriors, and turn it all into some kind of happy ending. I know it's Equestria and all, but this seems like a particularly hard story to play.

Man, it's not easy to write politics like this.

I'm interested, and taking notes. Well done.

Drawn in from the very first sentence! EXCELLENT work! Here you go:

P.S. "hoofkerchief" Priceless!

Intriguing, original, and very well-written. Have a like and fave!

Damn, that was the closest ive ever come to reading clop. Still wont ever read that crap, but DAMN SON! This is great!

The difficult and bumpy road of OC characters, most of us know it, and it often detracts readers due to the sheer amount of poor writing and unbelievable cliche stories.

I can tell that you have put a lot of thought into making these characters believable. Thank you for working so hard to make this a good story, and your work is being properly appreciated. I will be watching for updates, so please don't ever stop writing!

I wouldn't mind a bonus chapter detailing some of the highlights of Scarlet and Stalwart's journey and how things went between them as well as Stalwart's family. Did his wife accept Scarlet as a daughter or was there tension? Does he have other kids she gets along well with? Please try to flesh out these interesting characters a bit. Maybe Scarlet could tell Sheets a few stories??

Poor Sheets, I hope she finds her calling with the program after this huge blow to her morale.

Now I want to punch blueblood more than usual and that whistle bitch.

4491226 Many have tried to avoid reading clop, and like them, you shall fail.

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