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The Elements of Harmony, rather than destroying Nightmare Moon, separated Princess Luna from her evil side. Free from 'weaker' half, Nightmare Moon sets her sights on a world ravaged by bigotry and war to establish a kingdom of her own-Earth, but not the Earth that we know.
A crossover between My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and Code Geass.
Artwork by gavalanche.
very good you should consider posting this on fanfiction, I'm a little surprised that nightmare moon hasn't tried to take Lelouch as her king considering there personalities, lelouch wishes to bring peace to the world but in order to do that he must first destroy most of his family
There's probably no single reason, it feels more like a confluence of things:
-I just plain like NMM, she has kickass character design and backstory, not just in the series, but in this story as well. I'm enjoying her sections quite a bit, there's just something about that megalomaniac attitude that I find attractive--kind of like Lelouch, she's a Magnificent Bastard in my eyes.
-In a way the story reminds me of the Pony Conversion Bureau stories, what with large amount of humans turning into ponies (granted, here it's by force, although that also happens in some PCB fics as well) and having to deal with that, as we've seen already, a lot don't take it well. A bit of nostalgia at work, and it's a just plain interesting concept to work with. It speaks more towards my feelings for the fic in general (atm 4-5 stars), but since NMM initiated it, the appreciation extends to her as well.
-It just feels like something NMM should win. So far, even weakened, she seems to be shaping up to still be an honest-to-goodness goddess.
-NMM seems to honestly care (albeit for probably negative reasons to a certain extent). That scene near the end of chapter two is particularly interesting, and other points earlier on. For all of her more negative emotions and attitude, she seems to honestly desire good things for the people/ponies. Granted, that particular side only arises after she's actually turned them into ponies...and she'll probably be a total autocrat about it, but then...that's not exactly new in the CG world...
If I had to choose between NMM and someone else from the CG universe to rule the world...well, Lelouch is probably the only one who would stand a chance, maybe Schneizel since his ideologies in the anime seem to be somewhat similar to NMM's. What with the whole force the world into peace idea...
Of course, all of this is complicated in the story, particularly by events such as the death of Kallen's mother. If/once Kallen finds out NMM was responsible for transforming the world, she'll probably hold a serious grudge.
A few ideas come to mind about this scenario:
-A lot of people seem to be commit suicide in exactly the same way. Namely, jumping out a window. What if some quick-thinking pegasi decide to catch them? What if a certain pegasus actually makes a full time job (insofar as is possible) to watch the skies for suicidal ponies and saving them and being part suicide prevention hotline? And, MOST IMPORTANTLY, what if catches some dangerous someone Lelouch ordered to die, and it screws up something important?
-As far a I can tell, we are about halfway into season of Code Geass. Lelouch has accomplished surprisingly little by this point. Although, I do believe Suzaku has been commanded to "Live on" at this point. Hmm...since we aren't in R2 territory yet, he hasn't turned that compulsion into a strength, but I do wonder how much its going to come into effect when you oppose NMM.
-Speaking of the big mare herself, I do wonder how she is going to react when she finds out what has been happening. I mean, sure, they did continue fighting. Although... without Sakuradite, the casualties of that particular battle were limited, and NMM even buried poor Miharu, which implies she feels genuine pity (if not necessarily compassion) for the victims.
That being said, though, the greater issue would be tradegies like Prof. Wilhem's family and Kallen's mother, and others who actually would've survived if she had just left humanity alone.
-Speaking of Kallen's Mother, although this is grotesque.
-Once this generation dies out down to their children, history books and other records will be the only proof humanity ever existed. Does that count as an extinction event? Or would that be the moment the last human transformed? I don't expect the story to go that far without resolving this conflict, but interesting thought, that.
-This comes up every time Nightmare Moon steps into the picture, but can Earth survive eternal night? I mean, maybe Equestria, where Day cannot come until the moon has been brought down (or at least that's implied...maybe when Luna first became NMM, she just Eclipsed the Sun during the day while she plotted more permanent ways of dealing with Celestia.), but the Earth revolves around the Sun and its always daytime somewhere (Meaning the closest thing NMM could do is pull a Rock-a-Doodle and cover the world in clouds. On another note, can Pegasi or even Alicorns manipulate earth clouds?), and all plantlife evolved around the assumption of this immutable fact. Perhaps differences between Equestria
-I do wonder how NMM will deal with Geass. And not just Lelouch's.
and now, a silly exchange!
NMM: *Has cornered the Black Knights moments after declaring her intent to rule eternally....somehow these events has occurred in short order and in that sequence.* "The Black Knights, was it? Tell me, how would like to be my royal guard?"
Zero: "Let me answer that question in the form of disappearing." *uses Magic to turn Black Knights invisible*
NMM: "Remarkably skittish, actually." *Dispels Invisibility*
Zero: *Didn't expect that to be foiled so easily* "Um.....Tamaki, attack!" *Levitates Tamaki towards NMM*
Tamaki: "WAAAH!" *Turns his horn all the up to FLOODLIGHT*
NMM: "GAH! MY EYES!"
Zero: "Just as I planned!" (so totally didn't plan that.) "Black Knights, Retreat!"
....okay, that was stupid.
>>1147 -Speaking of Kallen's Mother, although this is grotesque.....
(Oops, didn't mean to leave that like that.)
although this is grotesque, and insensitive, I do wonder if Kalen's mother wouldn't be a source valuable scientific data on how magic affects the human body when transforming it.
One question.
Will anypony from Equestria (besides NMM) get involved? Maybe Celestia sending the mane 6 to investigate after feeling the massive magic use or maybe even Lelouch hearing about the element of harmony and going to Equestria to use them against NMM.
I...actually have to say I like this NMM's reaction to Humanity (expecially the grimdark conflict of Code Geass' world)
Normally, the Nietzche wannabe (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NietzscheWannabe) decides that the world is so violent and cursed that the best solution to the problem would be to wipe us all out. (which for a moment, I actually thought NMM was planning to do that, then I realized "Ooooh! She's turning them into PONIES. That makes more sense. ...considering the perpetrator, that is.")
Instead, this villain decides to simply make the world co-exist. But its interesting because this actually fulfills pre-established character motivations.
Nightmare Moon is changing humanity (and taking away their giant killer robots) instead of destroying them because, well, she's lonely.
-She prefers Ponies to Humans. Its what she is and its what she's accustomed to.
-Equestria was much less violent than Earth (probably because the Princesses' rule is uncontested by all who rely the orderly cycle of Night and Day, and in the Geassverse, there's all these different nations and empires struggling for dominance. Kinda makes it seem like Earth DOES need NMM to take control.), and Knightmare Frames are just the latest in a horrifying Runaway Arms Race.
-She's still ultra-jealous of Celestia, how was always loved by the Equestrians. But now...she has a world all to herself. She can't very well just destroy a chance to have a family all to herself now. Its sad because now that Luna is a seperate entity from her, she really doesn't have anywhere she belongs. 
In other words, I can sum up Nightmare Moon's basic message to the world with five simple words.
ahem.
"YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME!"
What I really, really like about this story right now is that it can literally go anywhere right now. It has that much potential in it.
I can actually see NMM being a good (so to speak) leader/ruler of CG Earth (its so screwed up it needs someone to take charge and make people get along). The real question is this: just how much more will she change the world to get the point across?
I think, eventually, it would be pretty dang cool to have either Celestia and Luna learn of just what Nightmare Moon has done, or have NMM return to Equestria with her own Royal Guard to deliver some, in her mind, much needed payback.
okay...during one of my earlier posts, I brought up some difficulties NMM might have bringing Eternal Night to a realistic planet like earth.
First of all, lets assume that Equestria, being a "Bubble world", might actually be able to survive eternal night...possibly with a little restructuring, but its totally possible. Ala "Past Sins" there are crops and plants that can survive off the moonlight (although something is going to have to be done about the declining tempature.) I mean, already in Chapter one, we've established that "for days" there was no sun, and that didn't cause Equestria to suffer an ecological collapse. (Granted, I'm not a horticulturist, but I can tell your that without using an entirely different form of photosynthesis, we would probably run the risk of some extinctions of certain plant species.)
This means that NMM has to overcome a completely different set of rules of physics to bring Night eternal. However, all hope is not lost.
Here's a few ideas that you can totally use, even if they just get you thinking about how you want to do it:
1: The Black Sun-The day just comes from the sun...so why not get rid of it? Well, that might cause problems with the gravitational order of the solar system...But...perhaps she could transform the sun into something more pleasing? Like she did with humanity? Some kind of black sun that is still 'there' but no longer blocking out the other stars in the sky.
But, transforming humanity ate up a lot of magic, and Nightmare spent all Sakurdite on Earth already. Where could she get more?
The answer is: the Sun itself.
Unless the Geassverse's earth got seeded with Sakurdite from "the aliens helping them", then like all other minerals in the earth, Sakurdite was made from various elements pounding together in the young Sun before bits of it were dispersed from the star and clumped together to become a planet. AND! that means theres tons more still in the belly of the sun....and one other planets.
(In fact, all these ideas and various other schemes NMM might hatch can rely on the rest of the Solar System for all her Sakurdite needs! I mean...she doesn't need to breathe in star-cloud form, right?
Or maybe now that she introduced Unicorns into the universe that creates more ambient magic somehow? Or when she gets a new body, she regains her full power?)
Snippy Lelouch remark: "Stand with me, people of Japan! Stand with me, World! Oppose the darkness with all of your heart! Rage against the dying of the light! Stand upright, tall and proud like a human being in your spirit, and the sun will dawn on a world where you and your children can once again do it in body!"
2: Home sweet home- She turns the planet into a Bubble world like Equestria, where the Sun really can't come up without lowering the Moon first. Of course, being the one who is constructing this paradise herself, she fixes up any "complications"
Snippy Lelouch remark: "Nightmare Moon! I now understand you totally and completely. You are hopelessly and pathetically lost trying to reclaim your old world! You've transformed humanity, mutilated our world, taken away our sun even though ours has nothing to do with Celestia! You've stopped the march of time...stolen the future...amputated everybody's destiny...murdered those who couldn't physically or mentally handle the transformation...all in the name of ruling an exact replica of your sister's kingdom.
All in the name of escaping her shadow and, ironically, have your day in the sun."
3: Rock A Doodle- Nightmare Moon creates a veil of storm clouds to blot out the sun on the half of the planet when it is day, and disperses them after Dusk to make way for the night sky. May or may not involve millions of enslaved Pegasi being dedicated to the job.
Snippy Lelouch remark: "I can see clearly now, the rain is gone.....what? They can't all be gold."
4: The aura of the Moon Goddess- Equestria actually doesn't have a Sun and Moon. Not like the ones we have. They are actual manifestations of the Princesses' divine power.
The long and short of this idea is, once her "domain" expands over the entire planet, she can in fact encase everything in an artificial night sky that the sun cannot penetrate. Any and all questions can simply be resolved by the same answer:
"Because she's God."
Snippy Lelouch Remark: "If we fail...we will be terribly punished for our disobedience....most likely in the name of the Moon.
In either case, its been a pleasure fighting with you all."
Those are good ideas. My original idea was much more mundane (can't tell you what it is because it would be a spoiler). However, I will take them into consideration. Also, I like the Lelouch quotes, especially #2. He would so say something like that. Would you mind if I use it if I can work it in the story?
>>1595 Actually, there's also the chance that Rebel Against the Night fell down in the rooster too quickly. As far as I can tell, CrossoverManiac posted the first two chapters side by side. So, its just bad luck, really.
(While I'm posting, I'll take this moment to muse that there might still be some Sakurdite left on earth, but NMM has almost certainly taken all the low-hanging fruit.
The earthlings are going to have dig deep-literally to get more. Assuming NMM doesn't use it to create her Orbital Death Castle.)
Oh wait!
Actually...Lelouch erased Shirley's memories while Mao was still alive. Here's a time line
14-Shirley almost kills Lelouch but can't. Lelouch erases her memories. Mao escapes.
15-C.C. nearly gives herself up to Mao. However, Lelouch saves her AND gets Mao shot by Geassed Police forces.
16-Lelouch learns the important distinction between "shoot" and "kill". Mao kidnaps Nunnally. C.C. kills Mao.
17-Suzaku is knighted as...oh. ooooh.
Okay....the story could only take place between 15 and 16....or between 16 and 17. SUZAKU CANNOT BE EUPHIE'S KNIGHT YET (although...he is close friends with the princess. She might just have had him over.
Its very good that you didn't outright state Suzaku was her knight yet.)
Suzaku only becomes Euphie's knight when Mao is dead. But as soon as Suzaku becomes her knight a whole bunch of shit happens that Lelouch won't get away from until he gets the Gawain and Euphie knows Zero's identity for a fact (instead of a hunch like the story).
Not just that....but shortly after Suzaku gets Knighted, he nearly kamikaze's Lelouch....gets told to live......Euphie finds out about Zero's identity.....and Lelouch gets the Gawain.
Damn Lelouch has a busy life. I'm dizzy. 
Okay, you know how I said it could only happen between 15-16 or 16-17? Why not 14-15?
Because after 14-15, Lelouch still believes Mao is alive. He could TRY to fit some fighting to capture Cornelia into his busy schedule, but Mao is (and should be) a top priority. Also, C.C. would've been planning to turn herself over to Mao before the events of 15, and not even the world turning into Ponies would cause her to relax that stance like she seems to have in the story.
But! After 15, they both think Mao is dead. So Lelouch could've refocused on leading the Black Knights, mistakenly believing he and the people close to him were safe.
So, really, there's just two settings.
1-Mao is alive, and probably still planning to kidnap Nunnally. However, the loss of Sakurdite technology as well as his own thumbs might hinder him. Still...I do wonder if he's more dangerous as a pegasus or a unicorn....
2-Mao is dead. Suzaku is recovering from Mao's psychological warfare, and is going to be knighted soon, but there's still a small window of oppurtunity for Lelouch to get into a fight with Cornelia.
Anywhere afterwards and Euphie will have known for a fact Lelouch was Zero. Also, Lelouch would've been riding the Gawain, not a Burai.
Any news on the next chapter?
I'd hate to see such a great fic on permanent hiatus.
The idea of NMM trying to turn the grimdark wartorn world of CG into a copy of her own peaceful world is
very interesting and I'd like to see how she interacts with the Britannian royal family and Zero with his black knights.
Knowing Lelouchs luck she is probably going to appear right in the middle of his Tokyo takeover.
Yes. We'd like to see an update soon. Or at least tell us when we can expect it.
I mean, I took two weeks before I finally updated MY story (the Dark Side) But once I actually put out the time to start, I couldn't stop writing.
Come on. Don't make us beg.
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>>1892 OH YEAH! Suzaku won't be commanded to "Live on" before episode 17. I've been rewatching Code Geass since this fic came out and its amazing just how little slack the Britannians cut Suzaku.
They sent him to blow himself up immediately after being Knighted. Geez.
Sometimes, I feel like I might've been misjudging Suzaku. That he really does have at least a snowball's chance in hell of working with the system to change it. That his destiny might be the sort where even though he doesn't live to see it, his mere existence in the history of the world will have more lasting consequences in civilzing Britania than just another violent uprising.
Except, then he jumps at any chance whatsoever to sacrifice himself and seems to place much more priority on that then actually threatening or challenging the status quo in even the most peaceful ways. He's just kind of..."If I help you enough militarily, will you finally start respecting the num-what's that you say? A chance to blow myself up? I am there! WHEEEEE~!"
And I'm sitting back staring ".......All hail Lelouch! All hail Lelouch!"
I never really watched Code Geass, but you did a really good job from what I can tell! The chapters are wonderfully long, the writing's vivid and decisive enough that I have a good idea what's happening, and the fact I started reading this right on the edge of what's starting to look like a major social upheaval leaves me begging for more!
All in all, it's an awesome story and I can't wait for the update!
>>2737 Watch out for the end to Season 1.
There IS a second Season: Code Geass R2.
Some might consider this a spoiler, but when I saw the end to Season 1, I was MAD. Mad, man, mad. Its heavily implied (though falsely) that everybody dies.
So...yeah, watch out for that.
Good news: part 3 is almost ready
Bad news: I haven't decided on a major plot point let. When I post part 3, for good or ill, I'm committed to that plot point and direction that the story is going. So, in order to make a good decision, I'm taking my time before posting it. Otherwise, I've painted myself into a corner.
The plot line in Crossovers is really tricky. You have to think about the way the one universe affects the other, here it is: What will Lelouch do now that everyones a pony and what will he do when NMM reveals herself. Then there's the mane cast. One possibility is that Celestia and Luna felt it when NMM transformed the Code Geass humans into ponies and send Twilight and her friends to investigate.
That brings us to the question when the mane cast will arrive. During, before or after Lelouchs Tokyo takeover and/or before NMM goes public in the CG universe. Their reaction would be similar to NMM's with the drug abuse and suicides added. Otherwhise I can see a plot about Lelouch either teaming up with/using NMM to destroy Britannia or teaming up with/using the mane cast to get rid of NMM.
>>2954 Actually, I find myself hoping the mane cast doesn't come in TOO early, simply because its interesting just working with the Black Knights as ponies having to cope with everything.
I really do wonder how Lelouch is going to react to NMM (actually, choosing to work with Nightmare Moon isn't so much a choice as it is a Calculation. There are two questions that need to be resolved in Lelouch's mind before he truly considers genuine loyalty to NMM. As opposed to back stabbing her.
1-Can Earth survive the "Dusk?" If NMM's plans threaten all life on earth, Lelouch and ever other world player will be forced to focus all their resources on trying and take down/reason with Nightmare.
2-Assuming the world CAN survive...there are other concerns. In R2, Lelouch rejected certain ....other people's "solutions" to problems. He said no to a Benevolent dictatorship forcing everyone to get along, and said no to a magical paradise where violence is redundant if not impossible and the boundaries and distinctions that separate you from your enemies get thrown into question. NMM is kind of both...
(Yes. I mean that. Even the I mean, SURE, that Pony SOUNDS like an Eleven...but do you really know? Its going to take forever to identify people again. And lets face it. Racism is right out the window now that everyone, even between family members are completely random colors. Unless all the Native Americans became Buffalo or something...which they didn't because NMM wanted PONIES.)
I love the mane cast, but they do offer an easy way out. That is, the Elements of Harmony. Then again....maybe they don't work since they've already separated NMM from Luna? And there's the wrong kind of Moon to seal her in?
The real trick about introducing them is...well, in any crossover (or during THAT ONE EPISODE that occurs in every Power Rangers season), making sure that neither team overshadows another. They are allowed to do what they do.
Which brings us back to the "not introducing the Mane Cast too soon." This upcoming takeover of Tokyo is going to be a way to show how the Black Knights function without Knightmares.
That. Was. AWESOME 
The battle scene was really captivating and I can't wait to see the next part.
Also the scene where Lelouch learned that magic doesn't work the same for everyone was a nice touch.
Have you ever thought about submitting this for Equestria Daily?
A SONIC RAINBO-er...I mean A NEW CHAPTER! HE DID IT! HE DID IT! WHOOO!!!
When everypony kept complaining about "the sun not coming up" I was thinking "OH SNAP SHE'S BACK", but then 10 days passed and I got confused and now I'm like "oh. She's still asleep. In hindsight 5 AM is a pretty dark hour. False alarm...."
Nightmare Moon's morning breath is going to be able to melt rocks. Although, that probably will just add to her imminent legend.
I'm really curious who the winged pony promoting . . . ponydom, I guess, is. I hope he meets up with Nightmare Moon, they seem the type that would . . . not get along, but at least ally with one another.
Also, I felt that this chapter could have used another look over--it seems like there are words missing here and there throughout the piece.
Well I gotta admit that was a pretty awesome chapter. Like I said, I don't really watch Code Geass but from the way you put it it sounds like Lelouch is a regular strategic genius! I can't really say anything about how in character you're portraying the characters because of this lack of information on my side, but the story's awesome, and in the end that's the mark of a good writer!
Can't wait to see how things move on from this point! I mean, the enemy suffered a slightly crippling defeat but from what I've seen so far a straight up assault doesn't seem like Zero's M.O.
>>3096 Why yes. Lelouch is a strategic genius. His plans combined with his ability to do the impossible (without some kind of super power like Mind Control..but thats just crazy talk, right? heheh) is why the Black Knights follow him despite not knowing his identity.
But yes...he was very quick to try and find new tactics. Basically, this fight was against Britannia trying to fight the old way (using ancient phalanx tactics and even an old school Knightmare Frame refitted for a pony), and the Black Knights actually making use of their new pony powers (specifically unicorns)
At least thematically, I think I know which side NMM would back. Technically, the Japanese ALSO tried to negotiate AND dismiss that they even were any differences, if you count those ponies who got, you know, stepped on.
mur? The only change that's taken place in
I mean...sure, we only know that character by his color, so if you needed to change the color, that might've needed to be cleared up...but...we have no idea what this color change means.
His style went from Scootaloo to Flouride. But, like he says, WE CAN'T TELL WHO'S WHO ANYMORE. So he could be anyone. His own anonymity proves his point. Now he just needs to get people to mingle more.
The sad thing is that Lelouch (or worse other Britannian citizens) might not be able to prove who they are...if they were caught outside.
Oh God! Some of them who commited suicide could've taken being ponies and would've survived...if they weren't stuck on the other side of town from their families! Oh god....this story is heavy.
But yeah...this Pegasus. He could be Emperor Charles for all we know!
*realization*
Actually..now that I think about it.... No...even with those ideals that endgame in mind, its stupid to think he would do THAT....and travel to the other side of the world, too.
While watching Code Geass it could become easy to root for the empire. Since most of the world was already theirs, any rebellion could of resulted in literal catastrophic chaos... HELL, the way Lelouch ended the series could have just as easily of had the opposite of his intended outcome, and cause all of humanity's hate to completely destroy the earth in war and nuclear fallout instead of die with him.
That grim and dark world is one that, unlike our own, needs to be in the grasp of a king or a queen of god-tier power just to prevent the oppressed factions from tearing the earth asunder.
Ahh Man.
CrossoverManiac... If, or when, the mane 6 finally arrive... I hope to see the lot of them debating if they should even stop Nightmare Moon at all or even... help her solidify her 'lesser of two evils' rule 
Somepony will have to keep a watchful eye on pinkie to make sure a song and dance about love and tolerance doesn't get cut short by Britannian royalty ordering her execution.
>>3432 Well...the thing is, it really boils down to this:
Endgame Charles hoped to just create a magical utopia that shattered all the reasons to fight. Which, I have to admit sounds good, and its hard to directly attack it....IF its everything Charles says it will be. Which might be a big if. You cannot say it won't completely destroy large tracks of the human experience as we know them.
Endgame Schneizel was basically taking the world hostage with a giant "Laz-zer" and MAKING them play nice.
NMM changed them into ponies and (thus far) is hoping that will be enough. The funny thing is, this works in Equestria because the Alicorn Princesses are powerful and essentially non-removable, and even though monsters lurk right on Equestria's borders they are too afraid of the "Goddesses' wrath" to have make pony meals TOO regular, so they can focus on turning Equestria into a very polite society that has no arms races and has never heard of the horrors of true war. On Earth things work a little...differently and NMM will undoubtedly employ more extreme, Schneizel-esque measures when she wakes up.
Lelouch is the only one whose at least trying to work with human psychology rather than just imposing some big fundamental change on the world.
>>3473Or even split them up. I could see Twilight and Rarity supporting Britannia
Hmm...I don't know. Rarity working with Britannia is basically the equivalent of helping the Diamond Dogs enslave other unicorns that can detect gems.
NMM and the ponies don't understand the violence of the world because there really hasn't been any countries as such. At least not in Equestria.
I can't wait for the next chapter. There's still so much I'd like to see. How the world reacts to Nightmare Moon when she shows up and crowns herself queen, if Lelouch manages to reactivate some Knightmares in time (most likely by getting some unicorns to charge them) and who would win in a staring contest Lelouch with his Geass or Fluttershy with the stare.
PS: Nina will never ever live the table incident down 
>>2954 During, before or after Lelouchs Tokyo takeover and/or before NMM goes public in the CG universe. Their reaction would be similar to NMM's with the drug abuse and suicides added. Otherwhise I can see a plot about Lelouch either teaming up with/using NMM to destroy Britannia or teaming up with/using the mane cast to get rid of NMM.
It is extremely unlikely the mane cast will arrive before Nightmare Moon awakes. While its a mystery as to how the ponies are even going to learn about the Geassverse's plight even after NMM rears her head and announces herself to be "Queen of Everything" (tm).
Unless Celestia feels a Great Disturbance in The Force, or NMM raises an army to invade Equestria...I'm not seeing it.
In other news I do think its about time to start nagging Crossover Maniac for the next chapter.
All I can really say is it was an update that was well worth the wait. Zero's looking to be more and more of a mad genius in my eyes, and when push comes to shove it's always the mad ones who finish first.
I can't wait till the next chapter! The build up to that final moment in this chapter was really awesome!
This would have been one of the best fics I've ever read if it weren't for a few things. First, you're inconsistent with your tenses. Pick either past or present and stick to it. Second, you say unnecessary things. For instance, when you identify the person/pony Rivalz calls 'Chief' in one of the previous chapters, we could have told from the very next sentence that it was Milly. Third, I'm seeing some instances of run-on sentences and word repetition; e.g. 'He did this and this and this and this.' That said, keep writing this. I really want to see how it ends.
This chapter was absolutely incredible. I don't even know where to start.
I can't say I love "Ooooh, DENIED!" moments in fiction, even though I understand why they exist, but I thought it was a very good time to stop and show some of Cornelia's humanity.
Its strange. In the anime, they never quite came to blows despite being so different. I guess things never got so sensitive in that conflict in the anime as they are right now. Cornelia went out an tried to capture Zero, while Euphie worked the diplomatic end of things. And the Tokyo settlement was never in as much danger as it is in the story. Cornelia never once HAD the chance or the desperation to beat the snot out of an old man seeking peace.
And therefore Euphie never had a chance to get angry at Cornelia for pushing away the only friends she'd have. Its amazing what swallowing your pride (although, I imagine that its all the other Britannians' pride, too) would do for her. I mean...okay, the crusader states had a similar problem as what the Tokyo settlement is going through.
The First Crusade was....well, bad. The Crusaders didn't really have the funnest time getting to Jerusalem, and they were more than a little mad. (And cannibalistic, but lets not fiddle over details). Their capturing of the Holy City was unwanted since the Egyptians had retaken the city back from the Turks And yet, despite that, the period between the First and Second crusade was a time of peace and cultural understanding. Since they had to live with and trade with their Arabic neighbors, the Crusaders who occupied the territory began to be influenced by the culture. This attitude was good. Too bad it didn't last.
(Although, part of the reason it did come about was because the First Crusaders weren't all powerful.)
You might not think its a perfect analogy because there were kingdoms and city-states that weren't "Conquered" by the crusaders, but...the various kings and warlords that ruled the Middle East were hardly united, and with their infighting and disunity they probably posed the net amount of threat to the Walls of Jerusalem that well, a disarmed but popular group of terrorists like the Black Knights pose to the walls of the Tokyo settlement. The Japanese outside the Settlement are mostly autonomous. The ones that are out on the Rural edges of the island might as well mark their territory and found their own nations for all Brittannia can do about it.
The same reason Cornelia is desperate for those Knightmare Frames is the same reason she and all the Brittanians in Area 11 really were overdue to swallow their pride and try it Euphie's way.
Way to go, Lloyd. Nina. Suzaku. You just couldn't take another 5-minute break along the way, could you? 
While we wait for chapter 5....let's speculate about what other implications Nightmare Moon's actions might have on the world.....
-Meat and Fish industry is dead. Over night. Cattle owners might not be ENTIRELY out of luck, if the dairy industry can survive .And if not, what exactly happens to the cows? They aren't the most wilderness-adapted of animals. Chickens might have a little better survivability. Pigs almost become a different animal when they spend a few generations in the wilderness (And they can grow to gigantic sizes and even wreck property.... http://www.animalcontrol.com.au/pig.htm). Meeker animals in general do very well in Equestria because they are smarter than their Earth counterparts and are part of a society that's dominated by a species of meek little herbivores.
-Speaking of animals, Lelouch and the others shrank when they became ponies. This makes sense if when you compare the cows Applejack rounded up to AJ herself (and Winoa strikes me as a small breed of dog). Equestrian Ponies are smaller than even their cousins on Planet Earth. This increases the number of predators significantly. Even fear of humans won't protect people from certain carnivores now because they are ponies.
Heck, when I first started this thought exercise, I imagined a group of campers trying to get back to civilization being surrounded by a pack of wolves..... and the group has foals. I'm not sure Lelouch himself could lead them out of that situation without tragedy if these were all civilians....heck, he'd need to give orders to the Pegasi immediately before the battle started and they all scattered to the four winds....
But even domesticated dogs are a bit of a problem. Bigger and more aggressive breeds especially. Will they recognize their owners? Well, at least they will probably be better off then those crazy Buddhist monks who live with freaking tigers (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/17/thailand-tiger-temple-mon_n_151950.html)....(the tigers are pretty used to human beings, but when a herd of cattle came by, the cows panicked and the one tiger who was walking with the monk and...Jeff Corwin I think had to be held back....that doesn't bode well for pony-humans at all...)
I take back what I said. Maybe the Meat Industry still does have an outlet...of sorts. Namely, appeasing the wild animals in the zoo...*shudder*
-With medical technology disrupted, its hard to say that Kallen's mom would have survived if she did make it through the transformation. The lose of technology might have shut down all the really destructive weapons NMM hated, but it also hurt a lot of good tech and will continue to cost lives until healing magic and replace everything. But heck, the collapse of social organization alone has probably doomed people to die.
We joke about NMM bringing peace to the world, but really, its mostly a testament to how badly the world's been run that we excuse all the deaths her initial actions caused. Also, she has set Nina on an even FASTER track to creating WMDs than, well, Lelouch did. No wonder we keep drawing parallels between the two of them...
-Speaking of Nukes, why am I worried that Nina really is going to blow up the world this time? I mean, I can only hope that the other Britannian colonies aren't also uncovering world-destroying secrets in their respective arms races as they futilely attempt to maintain control.
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Animals-depends on your interpretation of FiM. Fluttershy and AJ seem to be able to handle animals quite well. According to Faust, earth ponies 'bless' the land with their presents which promote the growth of plant life. It's possible, to a certain degree, they have an influence on animal life as well. I had envisions pets turning on their masters, but this would be a problem mostly for pegasi and unicorn. Earth ponies would have it too but to a lesser extent and some of them may communicate with animals in ways that they couldn't in human form. Also, ponies are pretty tough. AJ can kick an apple tree hard enough to shake all the apples off of it. Pinkie Pie has enough leg strength to power a helicopter rotor and fly. Even Rarity can handle herself against a manticore. And let's not forget what RD did to AJ's old barn. It can be argued that the Mane Six are exceptional, but they're not exactly the pony version of Superman in the strength department either. Now, what happened to the strays in the Settlements. The ones who attacked their owners or ran away were captured and put down. Originally, there was suppose to be a scene where Cornelia practiced her telekinesis on the extra strays and straggle an entire kennel full of cats and dogs. While I liked the scene, i couldn't think of a good spot to put it without breaking the flow of the story. Consider this post canon that Cornelia used some of the strays in the Settlement to hone her TK skills. And if you're wondering, Arthur was fleet-footed and intelligent enough to avoid being captured by animal control. Yes, the cat lives but Kallen's mother dies. I'm evil like that 
Size: For this fic, I'm going on the assumption that ponies are 3-4 feet tall from hoof to head. In the episode, "Best Night Ever", Twilight caught the Cinderella mouse-horses up to their underbelly. Assuming that they are the same size as regular horses, that would mean Twilight would catch a grown man up to his waist.
>>25027 Hmm...interesting.
Still, that would place the foals somewhere around the knee of a grown man. That's....enough to fuel nightmares in concerned parents everywhere. Forget Mountain Lions. One good pack of Coyotes would be not only an overwhelming incentive to issue a strict curfew before dark, but a call for constant adult supervision, as well.
Of course, if NMM DOES bring about Eternal Night......said Curfew might need a little restructuring...
>>25015 Interesting point. In Equestria the Everfree forest draws a clear border between benevolent niceness kingdom and dangerous wilderness but the CG world works completely on the Everfree Forest principle so they better hope that wild predators still see the cities as no-go zone. Also if Lelouch gets the same idea he might try and use his geass on some of the wild animals.
"Originally, there was suppose to be a scene where Cornelia practiced her telekinesis on the extra strays and straggle an entire kennel full of cats and dogs."
Originally...well, originally, I failed to notice the part about the strangulation entirely.
But after I noticed it, I thought "That's horrible!" ...Then I thought about it some more. "No....that's terrifying."
Guys! Don't you know what this means?
Every Unicorn is capable of Force Choking you like Darth Vader. Every. One.
Except the little ones.
yes, yes, being a kid sucks, Sweetie. The rest of us are going to cower in a corner, whimpering like Fluttershy, now.
>>3432 If I may ask, how exactly is Lelouch's endgame plan supposed to generate more hate and chaos? I mean, the final battle with Schnitzel had a lot of Freyas thrown around, but that's not a very good reason to "root for the Empire over Lelouch" seeing as how those weapons were used by Schnitzel and the rest of the Britannians that Lelouch hadn't...ahem...accounted for by that point.
You might possibly admonish Lelouch...if he lost that battle. So really, you're still rooting for him.
After that point, he had basically crushed ever other major player on the map except the ones he wanted to "succeed" him while still looking like his enemy. He also set the Damocles to self-destruct, so there goes the only instance of that super weapon that could be misused without rebuilding it all from scratch.
Also factor in the massacre of Shinjuku ghetto just to try and recapture C.C., and I'm not sure that there's anything Lelouch intentionally did that that counter acts that first impression we have of the brutality of the Britannians. Well, aside from those two times when he went insane with grief and keep making bad decision after bad decision until his world came tumbling down around him.
First of all, I thought you were talking about the end of season 1 since you were talking about the Britannian Empire 'pretty much ruling everything'. Britannia does NOT rule everything. There is also the Chinese Federation, the Middle Eastern Federation, the E.U., a handful of Neutral nations, and whoever the rules Austria (because they got a different color on the only map I have of this anime universe, so they must be doing something interesting).
Each of those forces resisted Britannia in some capacity even before the UFN was formed. There's nothing inherently wrong with the Japanese responding to the Britannians' violence to them with more violence. Whatever would you have them do? Accept that they are subhuman and when they see a tragedy simply be thankful they were not targeted this time?
A new chapter has finally been released and it was glorious.
The battle for tokyo felt really tense and captivating so it was well worth the long, excrutiating waiting time. When Lelouch lost control of his Geass I first thought: "Oh, I see where this is going." But luckily for Euphie he noticed it before they met again. Lelouchs vision was a nice bit of foreshadowing by the way. Now there are only two questions. Did Suzaku really kill Lloyd, Nina and Cecile or are they in hiding and when is Nightmare Moon gonna make her turn. I just hope its not gonna take months again.
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And now, my reactions to this chapter
@ Villeta being told to forget about EVERYTHING:
-Well, this IS the other side of the coin. NMM desperately needed some form of extreme measures
@ the use of Sakuradite from the rest of the solar system:
- ....*gets up out of chair. stares a screen for a moment. then throws both arms into the air. Hums Final Fantasy victory tune*
@ Nightmare's Propaganda:
-We'll make an ape out of her yet.
@ Lelouch's malevolent laughter:
-Goddammit, Lulu. You're supposed to be the hero. Sighhhh. At least you aren't as big a headache as that Light Yagami.
Light without Death Note: I'm sorry, but I couldn't play with a woman's heart even to capture Kira.
Light with Death Note and memories: You will be the goddess of the new world, Takada. ...oh, btw, could you go and die for me? k thx.
...actually, the worse thing Lelouch ever did (when he was in his right mind) was all his plotting against Rolo.
@ "Bearing witness to her mother’s death traumatized Nunnally and induced psychosomatic blindness. It was not unlike abused children who repressed their memories of being molested."
-Methods of Rationality Harry Potter: "Repressed memories are a load of PSUEDOSCIENCE!"
Shh! Not now, Harry.
@ “You didn’t answer her question. Will you spare Euphemia and Cornelia?”
“I had planned to use them as hostages to lure the Emperor here, but without a means of transportation between Japan and the homeland, they’re only a liability now.”
-.....:(
Light Yagami: You were saaaaying?
Me: NOT NOW, LIGHT! And this is apples and oranges, anyway.
@ Tamaki. just...just Tamaki
-...best. unintentional. antagonist. EVA.
@ “Yoohoo! I’m an Eleven, and I’m invading your Settlement.”
-She's in ur base, NOT killin' your dudes, but makin' fun of your girlishly-colored commander
@ “She said she wants to negotiate a peace settlement with you.”
“And if Euphemia was viceroy, that would mean something,”:
-Hey! There's an idea.
@ the soldiers telling Suzaku about the lives he would ruin if he didn't let Lloyd, Cecile, and Nina die.
-*EPICALLY EVIL SMILE* Now, Suzaku....heh heh heh....why DID you become an honorary Britannian in the first place? Why were you fighting against Zero? Wasn't it because Britannia was in control? Because the only way to give meaning to your father-killing life is to make sure that the decision you made has postive consequences by helping bring order to Japan?
Well. Look were you are right now.
The transformation/Sakurdite loss has changed the world. The Black knights are taking over the Tokyo settlement. They are winning. Helping them win DECISIVELY would save more lives. And what exactly IS this new technology they are so desperate to cover up? A new energy source? Why, that sounds like it would help bring some civilization back to Japan, neigh, the WORLD.
Stop them Suzaku. In fact, KILL THEM. Save your friends. And join with the Black Knights. You'll have to live with terrible shame and blah blah blah but...well, What the hell else is new? YOU HOLD ALL THE CARDS NOW, SUZAKU! No other Knightmare pilot can stop you. You could give back the nation you stole from your kinsmen.
Safety of the Empire? The Empire that can't reinforce Japan? The Empire that is going to kill the scientists who saved it? The Empire that hates you and wants to replace you? That Empire is dead. You can kill it.
....or not. Wait what? OMG! Lloyd! Nina! Lady who serves as Lloyd's surrogate common sense! WHYYYYYY!?
@ Euphie going to help Cornelia:
...this can only end well.
@ Deserting Black Knights being trapped by rubble:
I shouldn't laugh. I've never signed up for the army, let alone ever faced something like that. And yet, I will.
@ ....omg......TAMAKI?
Whoa. I was kidding about Tamaki before, but its official now.
Don't mess with Tamaki, after all the stuff that happened in this chapter, he is a force of nature! He is a god. Everypony fear the power of the All-Bungler! ...but seriously, the consequences of that might actually be positive.
@ the foreshadowing.
....well. Shit.
Er...in case it wasn't obvious, I really like your chapter. I see you've completely cancelled out the ending to Season 1 in this chapter by letting Lelouch find out about his Geass going out of control before he zaps Euphie. Oh, and killing Cornelia for good measure.
Also, I'm rather amused by Villetta getting upset over being asked to give up her artificial "specialness" as a Britannian when she is talking to a Goddess. Actually, Since Villeta is just a little 'mundane' pony now, and Nightmare Moon has height, a magical horn, wings, immortality, is in the presence of supporters while V has no one, and is actual royalty......her very ideology should tell her to sit down, shut up, and accept NMM's view of how to treat people, simply because she has the power.
Case in point, any Japanese could remark. "Huh. So this alien force has stepped in and destroyed your very way of life, and you are upset about that. Tell me. Which level of annoying do you want me to be at while I point out the incredible irony of this situation?"
I have a feeling that letting go of their old lifes is not gonna be as easy as NMM thinks it to be. Lancelot and Gurren MK II also might be a problem for her. I'm wondering how she's going to make earth more like Equestria, maybe she'll freeze up the course of nature so they would have to change the weather and the seasons manually.
Viletta: "YOU DID WHAT?!"
NMM: "Come on, winter wrap up is going to be fun. I'll even teach you all a traditional winter wrap up song."
Also I love how it's made very clear that Nightmare Moons priority is: "YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE ME!"
>>212379 Actually....she could just make it more like the Everfree forest, without all the monsters.
....maybe without the monsters.
Anyway, I believe the premise of this transformation is more along the lines of bringing about eternal night. Maybe make the animals talk?
Daring Do: *trapped by dangerous predators, only to jump over tiny little kitten.*
Tiger: Why the hell is that guy in our group?
Cheetah: I don't know. Why the hell are we just going to tie her up instead of say, EATING her?
Panther: Why do all the villains keep strapping Adam West to deathtraps and leaving him alone in that one Batman series?
Cheetah: Exactly my point. Because our Boss is a nincompoop.
Tiger: Oh right.
Villeta: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? WHAT HAVE YOU DOOOOOOONNNNNNEEEEE?
Kitten: I'm ferocious!
I'm going to make a very, very, very, well educated guess that the bald stallion is Taizō Kirihara, and the little pink filly with a black mane is Kaguya Sumeragi.
Also....I've been thinking about the Geass cult now that Britannia is actually, you know, a threat again. In season 2, Lelouch crushed them in a surprise massacre single episode. Still, they are a credible threat, and if they join with the Britannian invasion force to help Charles recapture this final Thought Elevator....Lelouch is going to have his work cut out for him.
That would be correct. The Geass Order is filling in the gaps in the Britannian forces that was created with the loss of technology. BTW: what's your opinion on the original characters (Night Fire, Cinnamon Delight, Barnstormer, Meadow Prancer, and "Sorato")?
>>219714 I love Meadow Prancer and Sorato. Cinnamon Delight hasn't played much of a role in the story. Barnstormer seems like a genuinely good natured sort, not "merely" one who is past racism like the other "New Equestrians". On the other hand, Night Fire is a lot less patient with Villeta, although that could be his over-protectiveness of Cinnamon speaking.
My opinions of them seem to grow with the character's involvement with the conflict, although I do find myself liking Meadow Prancer over "Sorato" despite the fact that she's done less than him. Barnstormer saved Villeta and has apparently fallen for her. Night Fire is important as NMM's "High priest", but his status as a character is limited to his backstory.
Also...what language are the 'New Equestrians' speaking? They are accepting both Britannian and Japenese ponies, but nopony needs to stop and translate for the entire crowd to understand Villeta's new name in a timely fashion. Then again, the Black Knights understood the English radio broadcast just from living under Britannian rule, and NMM might actually be intelligent enough to have learned the local languages already.
Or maybe NMM is speaking some sort of magical "pony language" that everypony that hears it gains the ability to speak it, perhaps without even being aware that they have switched languages (although your native accent is still present). Perhaps it even helps them communicate with animals better, because as you mentioned, even ponies who aren't Fluttershy have some ability to connect to animals that humans don't... But, if you hadn't heard it, and you are listening to somepony speak a foreign language or even pre-recording (also: language isn't literacy. It won't translate words written in a 'human' language you did not spend the time to learn), you are still very much under the Babel curse.
Its a sloppy workaround, but if this is the case, then teaching everyone to speak "Pony" might also help both bring them together and weaken the language barrier in addition to being incredibly convenient. Sure, it's really, really, contrived when you factor in that languages are constructed differently and have silly rules and they don't translate perfectly just by switching the Japanese word for the English word (hence, how we get "Engrish"), let alone trying to get people who speak two different languages to translate into a third language and have those translations work well enough to be functional but.....It DOES allow Her Nightjesty to avoid sullying her human-hating lips with any of our "ape languages"
Heck. Everyone who has spoken to "Sorato" might've already caught the "Virus" and because anyone who speaks the other language might just be speaking your language, you might not notice until they are in circumstances where they realize that should be listening to another language (and even then, a Brittanian that goes to watch a Japanese Opera or something, might speak the language and that might disguise the Pony language somehow....so, maybe someone who wouldn't notice unless they -didn't- speak the language and then they go to the same Opera and notice that some of the actors are speaking the wrong language, BUT THEN THE OTHER ACTORS WOULD ALSO BE "INFECTED" AND BE SPEAKING PONYESE AS WELL! AAAARRRG! IF WE GO THIS ROUTE THEN IT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE 20 CHAPTERS INTO THE STORY BEFORE ANYONE REALIZES!)
I'm dizzy now. Good night.
If the animals start talking a lot of ex-people are gonna freak out. That reminds me, what about the horses and ponies that were already on earth? Also after the all technology failing and a lot of people not being able to handle the transformation physically or mentally I'd say earths population must have taken a drastic nose dive.
As sad as this chapter was, especially for Lelouch (Yes, yes, and -ing EVERYPONY else), I have to say that this is kind of what happens. Hell, Lelouch is actually doing a pretty ok job as far as fledgeling democracies go, considering all the other issues he's juggling.
Still, there's also the narrative angle to consider. Now that Lelouch has the victory that, quite frankly, he NEVER had in the original series, we can't have everything peaches and cream without him suffering some consequences.
A whole lot of people important to Lelouch and Co. died in the original series. But twisting things just a little bit
I hope Milly pulls through. We'll always remember you, Rivalz...
Also: Zero vs. Kira?
Zero vs. Kira.
ARE YOU INSANE? Oh god, what if they go to SCHOOL together!? Share the same class together!
All the other students would get a lethal dose of "Evil genius" from all the fumes in the air and they'd all die!
..........ZERO VS. KIRA! ZERO VS. KIRA! AAAAAAHHHHH!!!! *runs around the multiverse, screaming, until he ends up in the Cupcakes Universe...or even the Dark Side/Pinkie of the Colossus universe when Meanie Pie has taken over Pinkie*
: Pinkie? What are you doing?
: Oh, I ran out of special ingredient for my cupcakes, and I need YOU to help me get more.
: W-what special ingredient?
Xaos: *Breaks down the door to Pinkie's creepy basement* huff....puff....
: ......
: Oh thank Celestia! HELP ME! PINKIE'S GONE CRAZY AND TIED ME UP AND I THINK SHE WANTS TO RAPE ME OR SOM-
Xaos: Shut up....Dash......give me a moment....whew.......
poines: *blink blink* Um....
Xaos: Shut up and listen to me! *places hands on Pinkie's shoulders, puts own face right up into Pinkie's.* Pinkie.
: Y-yes?
Xaos: Zero......vs. Kira.
: .........*horrible realization dawns* eeeeeeeeeeeee
Xaos: AAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
: AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!
: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! We're all going to die! ITS THE END OF THE WORLD! NOPONY IS SAFE!
All: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! *they all have heart attacks. We can't confirm if it is Death Note induced or not.*
A note about hooves....
I can't help but take notice that the non-unicorns seem to be having problems since they have to use their mouths for everything. You probably have your own explanation for how ponies get around, but I do feel the need to point out that its apparent that in Equestria, Pegasi and Earth Ponies don't have *quite* the level of problems that the earthlings are having. (Case in point: Ponyville was built by Earth ponies. Also, there are scene all over the series of ponies holding objects...a lot times its Pinkie Pie holding a food item, but they ranged from cupcakes to ungainly gingerbread houses.)
Now, in the pony conversion bereau stories, most transformed humans spend some time adjusting to their new pony bodies, not immediately able to adjust to everything. So, its possible that they just haven't been able, I mean, do they even KNOW that you can wrap your fetlock around an object. (well, not walk with it, obviously...) So its possible that most humans simply haven't even considered grabbing anything with their hooves, and would have problems if the idea DID come if there was any kind of "trick" to them. Wings are pretty easy to guess, however, since Kallen figured them out (they are themselves pretty magical, able to ignore several factors of resistance and inertia that usually would require a long tail and hallow bones to overcome.) Tamaki and Lelouch discovered lesser magic early on as well. But its apparent that everypony doesn't immediately discover their full potential, because Sorato learned some tricks from Nightmare Moon and can now fly even further than before. Also, Meadow Prancer can "wink out", which no other unicorn has mastered yet. What else might she have to share to help her ponies get more acquited with their new bodies?
Zecora reaches into her saddlebags with her tail in the "Cutie Pox", and Fluttershy with her wings in "Putting your Hoof down", but HOW ever could those mysterious hooves possibly work?
...Well. THAT was eye-opening. Not sure how a granular vacuum function inside a hoof would work, but stranger things have happened in nature. Some things that require slender graspers, like sewing needles and cellphone buttons ponies might still have difficulty with. String instruments (Sorry, Lyra. But at least you have magic to play the lyre.), gun triggers (although you could replace the trigger with some kind of button like an NES zapper gun), and scissors (well...I guess you could use two hooves to operate those) would still give non-unicorns problems.
Of course, they still use their mouths in Equestria a lot, since there is no way to hold something in your hooves AND move for any appreciable distance at the same time. And seeing how they decided to "repair" the desserts in "MMMystery on the friendship express", its obvious that they are a little less
And yet, Rarity still refuses to shake AJ's hoof after she spat on it....
About the hooves-I've heard of this theory before, but the problem is that pony hooves are made of keratin, which is hard and inflexible. It would require some sort of pumping mechanism inside the legs that would work in the opposite manner from movie Spider-Man's organic webshooters (suctioning air or fluid instead of propelling it outward). I've also heard people mention van der Waals forces, an intermolecular bond used by geckos to stick to walls. It would explain how ponies can climb trees (Was there an episode with a non-pegasus pony in a tree?. I can't remember) as well as gripping objects without resorting to flexible hooves. There's a personal reason why the CG ponies are not so dexterous as the ones in the show. It was a pet peeve of mine that ponies could handle items with hooves as well as a human could with our hands or at the very least easier than should be expected. My personal theory is...magnets. Lots and lots of magnets. If ponies used horseshoes made of a ferrous metal, then magnets could be attached to a household item or tools and then used by pegasi and earth ponies.
PS: "Wink out" is a G1 term for unicorn teleportation.
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