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Well that was nice of Discord. Hopefully Dark makes it out all right.
I loved EVERYTHING!!!!
Doscord! Squiddy mom! Paul "we humans have invoked older beings than you" the Warlock! The second order! It was all great!
This reminds me of a short SciFi story I read many years ago, that Im pretty sure came from many years prior to that, that even though nothing visible occurs, the overal tone and implications are well worthy of Halloween. The story is set on a damaged spacecraft, and the last words are Fresh Meat.
I like how Discord gets to the centre of the problem and gives just the right amount of nudge to rewrite the story in the squids survival way, otherwise given time being messed up as much as space and reality it coldve ended up wrapped in its own isolated hyperklien in a discoporealating state instead of a self sustaining state, meaning the hyperklien, instead of undergoing a phase transition and expanding into a stable universe, just undergoes hawking decay into the surrounding bulk.
That, and when Discord tells Fluttershy he helped, will get Shy hugs, and Pinkie turning up with a whole tray of chocolate fudge nuggets.
Thing is, does Horpip havent to have the needed Two genie bottles or appropiately manipulable containers, and the reality manipulating material he has been using to reajust teh hallways back to local conditions. After all, it would look good on his resume that he dealt with a God, given it claims to be on par with Discord, and he didnt seem to disagree too badly.
Fluttershy say Aww to the cute little baby space squid.
Discord did marvelously!
It seems others have a distaste for Destiny. Oh well. Perhaps the intrusion will alter some of that destiny, more so than it already has... Equestria's funny like that.
Dark manages to make good use of her condition, point in favor, surprises of the good kind.
Keep going! ;)
I don't like Dark's reasoning as to why she shouldn't be taking credit for the fight that she and Tabitha shared.
Like, in last chapter I saw "effectively saving people" and "being recognized for heroism" (ie glory) as a false dichotomy. You can want to be recognized for heroism and still do what is effective for saving people. You don't have to deny yourself that in order to "really" be a savior.
And not accepting credit in this case basically serves no purpose but Dark's own interior self opinion.
I figured that the normal reason that Warlocks don't do public things is a combination of being able to move more easily in the shadows, and to not frighten the populace... but in this case, Tabitha would benefit of knowing that Dark is helping, and should not have the fact that Dark engages these things hid from her, because Tabitha will be regularly dealing with things like this.
Instead what happened was that a battle where these two people were working together as comrades... and at the end Dark didn't want to reveal they worked together. Removing the feeling of camaraderie for Tabitha if I didn't miss my mark.
I don't think this was a good move on Dark's part, it being "how a warlock works" or not. I also think it just reinforces Dark's "friendship" problems of having a hard time opening up to and accepting help from others. She is isolating herself and rationalizing that it's for everyone else's good.
Did Discord just try to set an eldritch abomination up for a redemption arc?
That's awesome.
Edit: a ton of stuff, but I don't know if many people saw it before. I hope not!
I get the feeling this is forming into one of those old "everyone in the building bands together to save it from some big bad" sort of movies. I mean, I imagine all the oddities and such coming to the crossroads Tabitha's building represents and signing the contract to stay there. They may not all see eye to eye on things, but its where they all live and Tabitha is more than accommodating as long as they stick to the rules and don't cause trouble. So even though its a magnet for trouble it could also be considered pretty well defended even with what they have now.
More creatures under contract living there = more defense in a way, also with each room that gets occupied it sort of "blocks off" that entrance for any weird stuff to wander in from doesn't it?
7654832 Not a soul claimed Dark was an example of perfection. She has her own lessons to learn, to be sure. Like it or not, she's walking her path.
7655370 Your summary is quite accurate so far I read. Occupied rooms can't be used to force one's entry into the building.
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Really, the fact that this kind of thing comes up is Dark being written as a complete character, flaws and all, and that's good. A strongly written character.
I uh... was more accusatory (well, at least I think so) before I edited the comment, but it seems I didn't go far down enough...
7655947 You are entirely correct that Dark is clinging a bit unhealthily to some standards, for herself especially. This is a theme that has come up with lunars and Luna faithful in general. The time spent idolizing a goddess with whom they could not see the flaws did not help them. They are a broken people, and they need to heal. Maybe Paul will be good for Dark?
barred or bared?
spun
7656008 That's what I've been saying! Y'know, assuming they don't fight each other totally and devolve into a puddle of insanity. At least the odds of that happening are fairly slim at this point, given how well Dark's components are gelling. Also, I hope [name deleted for reader's sanity] takes Discord's advice. I'm sure the ponies would accept an apology and offer for peace (along with the return of the captives). I mean, who wouldn't want an adorable little abomination unto the very fabric of reality running around? After all, eldritch horrors need love too (they just may not know it yet).
7656418 Just think of the sanity-blasting cookies it'd bake for the building!
Barred eyes, as in its pupils were bars. Is that phrased badly?
hum interesting is Discord helping or just being his own scheming self?
7656950 Not phrased badly, just clarifying whether it was a typo or not.
than you understand - then you understand [it is with some trepidation that I correct Discord, but...]
I'm very late to the party, but at least there was still a tidbit left to nibble on.
If you somehow manage to turn the eldritch horror into something akin to a friend, my hat is off to you, Mr. Silver, or it would be if I wore a hat.
The Yog-Sothoth that I imagined when reading Lovecraft would have been truly horrifying, walking invisibly leaving footprints that looked like whiskey barrels wrapped in palm leaves. OBTW, my memory is crap, but for the feelings remaining after all these years. Remember the Dunwich Horror!
7659514 I accept the blame entirely. Discord spoke correctly, I just transcribed it poorly.