Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
(Masterweaver)
"No."
"But—"
"No," Sunset repeated, frowning.
"But—It's a lightsaber!"
"Yes it is. Now think about that feeling you're having. Now realize that every little kid that has seen Star Wars will have that same feeling. Now think about how easy it was to make that thing when you realized you had magic."
"...Oh."
"Give," Sunset commanded, her hand outstretched.
Reluctantly, the five star general handed over the metal cylinder. "You... do realize that people are going to make this all the time, right?"
"Mmmmyep. I'll just make sure only my 'chosen paladins' can keep them." The girl lit the blade up, examining it. "Or something. I'm still kind of new to this whole 'god' thing."
(FoME)
"'Chosen paladins'? Really?" Twilight rolled her eyes. "What, will you take their lightsabers away if they stop being lawful good?"
Sunset glanced about the Canterlot High lab, unable to make eye contact with the other girl. "Well, what was I supposed to say?"
"I don't know." Twilight crossed her arms. "I'm not a god."
"I don't think of myself as a god, and I don't want to. But there's a time and a place for explaining precisely what I've become. Convincing someone not to give lightsabers to one of the world's largest armed forces is neither."
Twilight sighed. "Sunset, from a cynical perspective, human history could be seen as an exercise in finding new and exciting ways to kill each other." Her expression softened as she put a hand on Sunset's shoulder. "You're going to run yourself ragged if you try to keep everyone on the planet from weaponizing magic."
Sunset kept looking away. "I... wasn't entirely joking about the religion."
Twilight took a step back, frowning. "Sunset..."
"Like it or not—and I don't—a few people already worship me. Heck, someone with a 3D printer has been making pendants of my cutie mark! I might as well try to use that for good."
After a bit of awkward silence, Twilight smiled. "Well, I can't do anything about your little cult, but I may have a better way for you to effect change."
"Hello. I'm Sunset Shimmer, and welcome to Magical Mayhem, where I explain how to use magic safely and responsibly by showing you what can go wrong if you don't. For our first episode we have... Well, let's at least try to avoid the lawsuit and call it a "beam sword." Before we begin, remember, I am a trained professional and also immortal. Do not try this at home. That's the whole point of this series. Do share, like, and subscribe though!"
(Masterweaver)
"...I cannot believe I'm doing this."
"Don't worry deary. If you're uncomfortable, you can just leave."
"Just leave—? HER? She's the reason we had to form this group in the first place!"
"The whole point of this group is to be comforting, understanding, and supportive. If she doesn't feel right being here—"
"No, it's fine, it's just... a little silly, you know? 'Gods Anonymous.'"
"Deities, dear. It's less denominational. And not all of us are really gods."
"Right, right. Okay. Hello, I'm Sunset Shimmer, the Spirit of Harmony and... I have over three hundred thousand worshipers worldwide."
"Three hundred thousand? Quite the burden. I've got my hands full with the three thousand children I have and, somehow, more are trickling in every day."
"That might be because of the whole counterpart thing. The Chrysalis of the other world is the queen of a eusocial species with all that that implies."
"Ahem, well. It's good to know the Wholesome will be completing so many lives."
"So your slutty cult is getting more sluts. Whoop-de-doo."
"Actually, Ahuizotl, the Wholesome believes in sharing all weakness to fill together all strength. How many children are in your flock?"
"....five."
"What? Only five? I mean, I'm not from this world but I would have thought the catgirl transformation would be more popular."
"Well, there's the whole 'sacrifice a cat to get the transformation' deal, and the fact that I'm apparently not as much of a god since I need an amulet to use my power... and my professional rival. She slandered me all the time before this."
"Don't worry, dear, I'm sure you'll get more kittens as you establish your beliefs...."
Some deities have holy texts. Sunset has a EweTube channel and a wiki.
Meanwhile, Mr. Discord has said that he will flunk any student he catches worshipping him.
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well, that's fine for when they're his students but what about after graduation?
This it's amusing, even the most mundane aspects of a deity life are interesting specially when they are still transitioning to the new status quo.
affect
~Leonzilla
7171089
Hopefully, by the time they graduate, students will be cursing his name rather than revering it.
7171121
"Effect" actually does have a valid use as a verb, and I'm using it correctly here.
And yeah, post-ascension adjustment is probably quite awkward, especially in a formerly low-magic environment.
So... do dudes turn into catgirls, too? Aww heck, who am I kidding, sign me up for all three of them.
7171089
Do you honestly think he'd let a little thing like causality stop him? Sunset, maybe, but he may well be able to persuade her to look the other way whi... er, "while" he's "tweaking" things.
7171158 hmm...
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~Leonzilla
7171909 Only American English though. This is similar to other noun-to-verb words that the Americans invented like "actioning", "trending" and "parenting". "Affect" change is wrong either way though, unless you want to alter the change in some way.
This reminds me of an off-hand joke I saw elsewhere- Celestia enacting a "Stop worshiping me" tax to discourage her admirers from praying to her.
7172908 yes, affect would be used to mean alter or change (as a verb), while effect as a verb would mean to make or bring about X. That X being "change" used as a noun in this case.
~Leonzilla
7172908
Actually, as far as I'm aware the verb form of "effect" had come into use by the start of the 1600s. No matter how much one might worship the U.S., time travel/backwards causality are not yet (for what that's worth) within its reach.
(I suspect the same goes for at least a couple of the other examples you gave too, though I'd need some time to look those up. But as a general rule, you probably shouldn't jump right to aiming all credit/blame for the English language at the U.S. - the language did undergo much/most of its development in Britain, after all. In fact, in many ways a lot of the variants of American English are more conservative than their Commonwealth counterparts, which tends to result in some rather amusing reactions when you show Proper-English Paladins that they've completely undermined their own positions.)
7171562
All tweaks will be isolated in a controlled setting, easily reversible, and solely for the purpose of research. That's his story and he's sticking to it.
7172941
Sadly, Sunset isn't in any position of political power, and trying to assume one on the basis of great magical power comes far too close to her Fall Formal plans for her to even consider it. As such, the closest she can come to the "stop worshiping me" tax is to demand tithes, which wouldn't be very helpful. And given how most of her worshiper base was acquired through the Internet, she'd probably have to do it through a Patreon. "Sunset Shimmer is creating continued cosmic stability."
I know that this is written as funny sillies but, oddly enough, what would happen if Sunset found that one of her friends was a member of the Sunset cult? Can you imagine the awkwardness?
Catgirls do tend to be on the pro-nice to cats angle.
7178414
Never.
"It's not a sacrifice. You are becoming one with the cat. You become a conjoined species. No I am not making this up just to gain followers."
You know Sunset could write a book, So You've Suddenly become a Deity, What Now? I would become a best seller.
7197985
Co-authored/published by Derek Bacon, the author of such helpful manuals as So You've Just Arrived From a Parallel Universe, So You've Become Unstuck in Time, and So You've Fallen From a Great Height: a Celestial's guide to the Mortal Plane? (Only fellow Eyrie Productions fans will get this.)
7171158 Ditzy Doo probably curses his name once in a while already just to be nice.
I still want more details about Chrysalis's cult...
7575025
I can neither confirm, nor deny, that inquiry.
The sad thing is that in today's culture, that's probably the superior way to spread faith.
I am now imagining the inevitable hydraulic press channel video on crushing lightsabers.
7749153
And the liquid nitrogen videos, red-hot nickel ball...
The local analogue of carsandwater is going to have a field day.
7171225 Sorry mate, each of them has a noncompeat clause to their religious charters.
7886676
Really? I would have thought at least the Wholesome would be rather open on who you 'get together' with.
an
8044490
It's pronounced "you-social," so no. But thanks for keeping an eye out for typos.
A "light saber" or "beam sword" wouldn't change things much. A modern military has plenty of ways to destroy things already.
8055874
A sword that can cut through almost anything
Re-shape it to become high-caliber bullets
See where I'm going with this?
8150197
Blasters? But they are clumsy and random, not an elegant weapon suitable for a more civilized age...
He JUST NOW realized this!!!!!?????
She has a good point we are very good at it.
Wouldn't people outside canterlot high worship mr. discord?
I'd worship Dissy even if it meant I'd fail his class
11625015
same, totes worth it
just look at my username