Made popular stories 2016 June 22
Set in the pony POV Universe. The origin of Queen Majesty the Unicorn of Ponyland. Where did she come from? Who was she? What was her connection to the first Spike? To the ancestors of the mane six and others? How does she connect to Celestia's bloodline? What legacies did she put in motion that still exist today after pony civilization has had to start over twice?
Written by Persona22, with additional writing and edited by Wolfram-and-Hart and Alex Warlorn.
Gore is marked, but 99% only implied.
Cover art by Starember. http://starember.deviantart.com/art/Majesty-441872256
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Chapters (14)
I would add "What kind of dumb name is Queen Majesty, anyway?" to the long description's list.
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Ask Hasbro, they came up with it.
http://heckyeahponyscans.tumblr.com https://derpibooru.org/tags/majesty https://derpibooru.org/tags/queen+majesty http://mylittlewiki.org/wiki/Majesty
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It's like going to a cathedral and having a chat with Father Priest, or sailing under the command of Captain Skipper. I can't take a character seriously when I can't stop giggling about how bad their name is.
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majesty |ˈmajəstē|
noun (pl. majesties)
1 impressive stateliness, dignity, or beauty: experience the majesty of the Rockies.
ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘greatness of God’): from Old French majeste, from Latin majestas, from a variant of majus, major- (see major) .
Wow. I know i normally say your work is good(because it is) but this is just.....wow. I enjoyed this alot more than i thought i would, and that fight scene was straight out of Metal Gear Rising. If the rest of your 200k of pony pov is even half this good, I can't wait to see it.
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Remember that roughly half of this at least was written by Persona22, me and Wolfram expanded on it and edited it, so please remember to give them credit too!
7330685 Done and done
This story is an interesting transition piece between the old G1 world and the modern Equestria. I liked your take on vengeful, justice-seeking Queen Majesty as well. The only thing that threw me was that she spared Syrup, from what I remember of Majesty she wouldn't let a single witch live. But I think this is an interesting interpretation as well, and it's kind of interesting to see pony civilization grow as elf/human civilization fade away.
7332230 The main thing that, technically, diferentiates Majesty from "modern day" Equestria Unicorns, isn't her sheer power (which is considerable, she is more powerful than Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle and Starlight Glimmer combined), but the fact that she is a WILD unicorn. As in, she has lived in the wild her entire life, having almost no interaction with civilization.
She is a survival specialist. She has a detailed mental map of the forest she lived in, accurate to the last twig. Her senses are fine tuned to her enviroment, she can hear, see, smell and feel better than any unicorn that has lived his/her life in a modern Equestrian city, she knows, and memorized, a great amount of information of every plant and animal she had living around her (which ones are fit to eat, what is dangerous, what is not dangerous, etc) her physicall prowess is comparable to that of a well trained modern athlete (she could run as fast as Rainbow Dash or Applejack, for example, and has most likely more stammina), just because of her daily routine. She can whitstand more hot and cold weather conditions, and go for longer without eating or drinking. And her magical instincs are in peak form. While Twilight would need to study for years to learn a new spell, Majesty would be able to do them on the fly, fitting her current situation. She can't read or write (yet), so casting a spell, new or old, for her is pure instinct, her body, her horn, just reacts.
Imagine if Superman were raised by cavemen, then suddenly finds out moder society exists, and also that they are octopus people instead of humans. That is Majesty's situation.
7387422 Huh. I can't speak to Majesty in particular, but I will say that in general, you want to be careful of buying into the highly discredited "noble savage" idea that the romanticists invented a while ago. A "wild" individual likely knows their area of the forest just as well as an urban dweller knows their own city. And sure, it makes sense Majesty would know whether plants and animals would be dangerous or safe to eat, though in the city she might try to eat paper or something.
But I really doubt her physical prowess is comparable to a highly trained athlete, let alone that of an earth pony, for the same reason professional runners have far more stamina available to them than even someone who has lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle their whole life. Doing something every day you get pretty good at it, but not as good as if you work for an extended period of time using a training regime to improve yourself, and have all the advantages of modern society to help you in your goals. Same for thing thing about hot and cold weather conditions and starvation. There's a big difference between enduring brutal conditions and training for them. If Majesty has had to live her whole life with an irregular food supply, that just means she has less fat reserves than someone who hasn't, and would succumb to starvation long before a civilized person.
As for the "instantly learning magic" thing, I have a hard time wrapping my head around that as well. A small wild unicorn tribe, or even a tribe that just started civilizing, is going to have a very small body of knowledge and spells, passed on erratically and with frequent errors piling in because they don't have written documentation. I can see why Majesty would only be able to learn by instinct, but any civilized unicorn also gets new spells shown to them by example, so I don't know why they wouldn't also learn by "instinct" at an equally rapid rate. In fact, Majesty has probably learned 2-3 spells in her life from other unicorns before she met those witches, and she has no grounding in theoretical magic that say Twilight would have, so it should take her far longer to learn a spell.
Now, Majesty could just be that 1 in a billion super genius that instinctively understands magic and can immediately cast any spell she has witnessed. But then it's even more impressive she has come so far so fast, despite the handicap of her "wild" background.
That makes a lot of sense. I was actually thinking earlier that she kind of reminds me of Vandal Savage.
Yay lore!!!!!!!
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Majesty and Tirek's sagas do seem focused on that do they not?
The fires of greed will burn the weak
So we’ll make freedom obsolete
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That is one way to protect the weak from the strong.
7636197 But it assumes that the weak are A. the vast majority of the population(in practice becoming"everyone who isn't us"), and B. are incapable of being anything other than "weak".
Do you know if Starember does requests?
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Who?
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The person that drew the cover art http://starember.deviantart.com/art/Majesty-441872256
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My oh my. I cannot believe I have neglected this treasure for this long. The side characters are pretty interesting to get to know, particularly the Blacksmith and Black Anvil.
The witches.....................jeez, only one chapter and I already held overwhelming hatred towards them, especially their leader. Glad to see all the adult witches are dead.
As for.............Majesty (wow, that was one convenient way for her to pick a name, wonder what would have happened had the kid given her a ridiculous name instead.).......................after reading her background, her personality, her third dimensional characterization, how she interacts with others, her fighting skills, her moral code, the brutality she displays.................damn, I lover her.
And the awkward moments when she is learning the new stuff on civilization, especially on the subject of nudity, was amusing and funny to read.
The philosophy discussed between the characters and how Majesty is drawing conclusions, which in my humble opinion I feel close kinship with, is very well executed. Though, the only character flaw I notice she has is the tendency to do things herself and not involve anyone else in the actual fight. I hope pride doesn't become a problem.
I really am starting to love this Majesty character. You authors have an interesting way in getting me to like these characters when I hardly heard of them before.
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I'm sure they love to hear that!
The subject and debate on the necessity of laws and government were very intellectually stimulating. I always appreciate philosophical discussion in a story. If I'm interpreting this correctly, Egan Archquest and Drem Waywardship represent Thomas Hobbes and Jean Rousseau respectively. Both philosophers whom I see some merit to their arguments, but I fundamentally disagree with their conclusions and solutions. I'm more sympathetic to John Locke's argument and the libertarian philosophies of Mises and Murray Rothbard. It was still nice seeing a shout out to the enlightenment age.
And the argument between Majesty and Black Anvil. Jeez, that could have gone better.
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Yes. I even entered the names Thomas Hobbes and Jean Rousseau in an online random fantasy name generator and the names I posted were what came out.
Also, the names of their books in the story are just thesaurus versions of the titles of Thomas Hobbes and Jean Rousseau own books of The Leviathan and The Social Contract.
I get the idea this is going to end badly for everyone concerned.
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Depends how you define 'badly.'
8050914 'Majesty overreacts and makes enemies she didn't need.'
Yikes but these ponies are nasty here. And poor Firefly is likely to learn that sleep is only a temporary escape from your problems.
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Yeah, too bad about that one.
There was one more lesson Majesty learned from this, but I was just unable to find a prefect spot for her to contemplate it or someone else to say it to her.
Basically, that she was lucky this time but later she might not be.
If Firefly hadn't helped them escape after rescuing Spike, then Thunderstorm and his pegasi would have killed everyone at Meadowville. If Majesty had escaped by herself and stopped the pegasi, then Spike would have died before she could find him and save him. LUCKILY for her, she was able to do both because Firefly changed her mind and freed her, the Weather Witch and Spike. If Firefly hadn't done so...
What Majesty is to take from this is that, sometimes, life brings you a no win scenario. Sometimes you will have to make a choice of saving one person important to you or several people that are innocent, but not both choices at once. Either one or the other, and if she is ever to become a leader, she needs to understand that sometimes SHE will have to make that choice, as horrible as it might be, and live with the consequences. Sometimes SHE will have to make the choice between some of her subjects or others, and the burden of that choice will be on her.
Anyone ever heard of the Trolley Problem?
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True with Majesty.
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Well, THAT is an incredibly beautiful image!!!
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Heh.
Out of all the world building for the series, this story I can actually see as haveing actually happened in Hasbro's work. Mostly because we really have little to go on with Queen Majesty in G1.
Besides a few things.
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I'm sure Persona22 takes that as a compliment.
Well how about that?
Not only do we get a new chapter, but it also contains a pony version of Lina's Dragon Slave? Impressive.
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I"m a fan of that spell. And so Persona22 it seems.
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"Play this during that scene for maximum effect"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tn7SiC_Z4I
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I own the game, never played it. Has some motifs that rubbed me the wrong way.
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I'd rather not get into it. It'll trigger a long discussion I'd rather not get into. I appreciate your concern and willingness to help however.
Finally, I can sit down and give this fic a solid read. Here I go.
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...I think I'm in love with this mare. 
"They throw good parties…"
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treehuggers always annoy me.
3....I like this. It means that there is, without a doubt, a lot of good within her, despite people's opinions on how she carries out justice.
4. I don't know why, but this peace of dialogue...gives me warmth and helps me to relate to them.
5. ooo. I liked how she handled the witches in the coven. Rock on.
6. I like this. As a self-defender, you target only threats and those who committed crimes. Not the innocent, even if they have loose associations with the murderers.
7. huh...she adopted "Majesty" from a kid....okay. *shrugs*
Second time reading this chapter and it is still good. On to the next.
Nothing can stop the Smooze.
Rosedust? I wonder who she is?
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G1 pony from the movie, the Flutterponies are the one thing that can stop the smooze.
They almost sound like the Knights of the Templar.
Straight out Hobbes and every "benevolent" authoritarian.
Black Anvil....shit...this isn't fair
...this exploration of what death really does to people...is well written. Jeez. Never thought of it this way before.
Well well well, I never expected this story to become a crime and court drama. Well, it's already clear to me that the accused is innocent, based on what I'm reading. The only question is, what evidence can Majesty present that will save Feanor in court?
I guess I'm a vigilante, because I do not believe I have the moral obligation to save a criminal who has committed murder. Life for a life after all.
Preach it.
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............my goodness....this chapter....man, the whole situation sucked. It just kept getting worse and worse. And there is no happy ending in this part of the story, especially with the deaths of a few characters I was starting to admire....f
ck.
Poor Majesty...I never thought she would suffer more after the death of her family and herd. Then THIS happened.
This was one sad chapter.
Oh crap! Ghastly Gorge!
So...this is how HeathSpike's legacy lives on...hat tip to Majesty. I will confess that the Elbarb's death hit me in the feels. Jeez.
I kinda wanna see how Fluttershy would react. It would be hilarious.
Indabor and Wooden Spock....I miss them already and hope to see them soon.
Pirates. Should have expected to see them at some point.
HEH! Tiamat spoke my mind.
Today, they celebrate their independence day!
I couldn't resist.
Wow. Majesty formally adopts Spike II as her son....by divine calling noless....I'm speechless. This very much explains why generations of Spikes had close relations with ponies over the years. And I'm happy with the fate of the Elves. I feel much better from the last chapter.
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Yeah, when Persona22 was writing this chapter, the original idea was to have a pony as the willing bait and part of the pirate crew, but I told Persona22 that something like that was likely to drive Majesty insane.
Good commentary and exploration on this subject.
Huh, a good witch?...I'm actually surprised that those actually exist in this universe.