Six weeks ago, a united front of minotaurs, griffons, and diamond dogs accomplished the impossible - bringing Equestria, magical might and all, to its knees. Princess Celestia must adapt to a brave new world - will her royal counterparts do the same?
8078481 I'm afraid we probably won't find that out. I'm working off of patron funds and directives, which at present only account for one more chapter.
Per the story, Kessen has no intention of enslaving the general populace. There's no telling what Nightmare Moon would do, given Luna cannot control her. It could be much worse. She needs a more reliable means of retaliation. It'll be touched on in the epi, coming up next!
This is... Interesting. Intriguing. It's the anti-Fall story I've never read. Antagonists with motive and character beyond expectations. Princesses whom, even in defeat, are not simply relegated to victimhood, nor simply allow themselves to be made as such.
It would be fascinating indeed to see what you might do writing more of this continuity, were we not imminently approaching an epilogue.
Carry on, and know that however odd it may be, of all the stories of yours I've read and even favorited, this is what got me to follow.
8081904 Well, I can tell you that it wasn't intended to be similar to Fall of Equestria, because all I know about that is what I've seen from images on Derpi and some chatting with the author.
As for more stories in this "world", well, this is a commission so I didn't really have plans to continue with it after that, since I've got a lot of other stuff that needs getting back to, but I'm certainly not against anybody wanting to write their own "Deferential Peace: <Title>" thing of their own accord. But that's up to them (and it might be nice to cue in the original patron too, heh).
I find it disappointing as to how well this story is so well written and is yet nothing more than mere garbage. I call this story garbage based on the facts we've come to know so far. First, the diamond dogs have no king or kingdom only a society similar to underground hermits who love gems alone and nothing else, so let's torpedo that part there. Two, the griffons truly have no leader or command of any kind as we have seen and they have no care for lands beyond their own. They are selfish and care only for coin so there is torpedo number two. Third, the only minotaur ever shown was Iron Will, which gives no true insight into their race at all, so that's torpedo number three. The critical lack on how the conflict mentioned at the beginning happened leaves a hole in understanding and I seriously doubt a diverse race of ponies who wield magic and understand nature and not to mention are very tolerant of of other races could be defeated by races who don't wield magic. Overall this is nothing more than a well written piece of erotic trash. That being said I give this story and author my down vote and my wish for the person who commissioned this story to receive several swift kicks to the face with steel-toe boots.
8099899 Most of your plot-related concerns are understandable - they're already addressed in the context of the story however, since it would have been hard to write something like this to begin with, without working through those hurdles in the narrative. I'd suggest a closer read, but I'm thinking perhaps you might be better off skipping this one entirely - the emotional bend to the commentary makes it sounds like this type of story just isn't your thing, and that's cool. I'm sorry you didn't care for it, but I'm glad you appreciated the writing quality. To each!
(You're right though - this is eroticism. The plot is largely a contrivance intended to meet that end, and the 'post-conquest, non-con, inter-species with princesses' stipulations of the commission.)
8078481
I'm afraid we probably won't find that out. I'm working off of patron funds and directives, which at present only account for one more chapter.
Why hold back on nightmare moon? The nation is being destroyed anyway.
8079508
She's afraid of becoming Nightmare Moon again. That she might go haywire and do more harm than good.
8079518
Harm to who? The civilians are being enslaved anyway. Does she think Nightmare Moon will target them for something somehow worse?
8079532
Yes. Yes she does.
Per the story, Kessen has no intention of enslaving the general populace. There's no telling what Nightmare Moon would do, given Luna cannot control her. It could be much worse. She needs a more reliable means of retaliation. It'll be touched on in the epi, coming up next!
This is... Interesting. Intriguing. It's the anti-Fall story I've never read. Antagonists with motive and character beyond expectations. Princesses whom, even in defeat, are not simply relegated to victimhood, nor simply allow themselves to be made as such.
It would be fascinating indeed to see what you might do writing more of this continuity, were we not imminently approaching an epilogue.
Carry on, and know that however odd it may be, of all the stories of yours I've read and even favorited, this is what got me to follow.
8081904
Well, I can tell you that it wasn't intended to be similar to Fall of Equestria, because all I know about that is what I've seen from images on Derpi and some chatting with the author.
As for more stories in this "world", well, this is a commission so I didn't really have plans to continue with it after that, since I've got a lot of other stuff that needs getting back to, but I'm certainly not against anybody wanting to write their own "Deferential Peace: <Title>" thing of their own accord. But that's up to them (and it might be nice to cue in the original patron too, heh).
I'm glad you enjoyed the read!
I find it disappointing as to how well this story is so well written and is yet nothing more than mere garbage. I call this story garbage based on the facts we've come to know so far. First, the diamond dogs have no king or kingdom only a society similar to underground hermits who love gems alone and nothing else, so let's torpedo that part there. Two, the griffons truly have no leader or command of any kind as we have seen and they have no care for lands beyond their own. They are selfish and care only for coin so there is torpedo number two. Third, the only minotaur ever shown was Iron Will, which gives no true insight into their race at all, so that's torpedo number three. The critical lack on how the conflict mentioned at the beginning happened leaves a hole in understanding and I seriously doubt a diverse race of ponies who wield magic and understand nature and not to mention are very tolerant of of other races could be defeated by races who don't wield magic. Overall this is nothing more than a well written piece of erotic trash. That being said I give this story and author my down vote and my wish for the person who commissioned this story to receive several swift kicks to the face with steel-toe boots.
8099899
Most of your plot-related concerns are understandable - they're already addressed in the context of the story however, since it would have been hard to write something like this to begin with, without working through those hurdles in the narrative. I'd suggest a closer read, but I'm thinking perhaps you might be better off skipping this one entirely - the emotional bend to the commentary makes it sounds like this type of story just isn't your thing, and that's cool. I'm sorry you didn't care for it, but I'm glad you appreciated the writing quality. To each!
(You're right though - this is eroticism. The plot is largely a contrivance intended to meet that end, and the 'post-conquest, non-con, inter-species with princesses' stipulations of the commission.)