This story is a sequel to Autophobia
Nothing hurts quite like honesty. How bad could one lie be? How bad could it be to keep lying? How bad is it when you can't stop? How bad is it when you don't want to? What about when you don't know how to?
When you're Princess Celestia, lies can be as everyday as the rising sun.
An experimental foray into minimalism and extended epilogue to the previous story. The red tags are for notable mentions of the subjects, not outright depictions. The edit of the cover art was done by me. Contribute to the TVTropes page!
Chapters (13)
Oh, dude...
This story's gonna hurt so good, isn't it?
Scary implications for whatever Celestia and Luna endured from Discord.
Inevitable, dreadful portents for the next chapter.
Yeah, there it is...
Was wondering how this one would go.
These hit harder because we've heard her actually say some of these in the show.
And they were lies.
Any one of these 100+ lies could be a story on their own.
This is the scariest one, by far.
This was really cool.
Easily digestible, too, with more to digest each read-through.
I think it was a good idea with a good execution, and I'm grateful you shared it here.
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Thank you so much for reading! It’s always good to have some comments to gauge the reception of things. And if you’re interested, many of the lies are stories of their own.
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I see this has both a sequel and prequel.
I'll need to settle in and check them both out.
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It does have a prequel. The sequel is sort of unofficial. It's really just the story where the themes and narrative are the most relevant again. If you want stories specifically concentrated around some of the lies, here are a few:
- MLP: FiM
- Dark
- Drama
- Sad
The fledgling nation of Equestria has dealt with great monsters. Yet, something is rotten in the Everfree Forest. The fear of one more woe is at hoof.- MLP: FiM
- Dark
- Horror
- Slice of Life
The Cutie Mark Crusaders get an important talk from Princess Celestia after the Gabby Gums incident. Nothing whatsoever goes wrong in the process and zero extra-credit assignments are given.- MLP: FiM
- Dark
Princess Celestia tries to raise the moon on three nights across eras.- MLP: FiM
- Equestria Girls
- Drama
- Tragedy
[Poetry] Sunset Shimmer struggles with keeping a regular diary, among other things.- MLP: FiM
- Equestria Girls
- Drama
Twilight Sparkle is many things, as Princess Celestia is about to learn. Will her newest Faithful Student finally serve a higher purpose?- MLP: FiM
- Tragedy
Celestia has to realize that there aren't as many absolutes as she thought.Look at what you did, Celestia.
I dig it. Most of these lies aren't even "exceptional", they're ordinary over a very very long life. Maybe the EqG ones helped.
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That was actually the goal with some of them; they’re some things you would have caught yourself saying before mixed with the landmark ones.