Diamond Tiara has a problem. She can't tell anypony; that'll only make it worse. Instead, she tries to mitigate it- through the Crusaders, usually. But that will end sometime, and she'll need another release.
Or a solution. That might work too- but it'll have to be something big to be able to solve her problem.
Tags may be updated as the story progresses.
This story is an experiment, for me. I've never tried writing DT before- so I fully expect her personality to shift a little in the first chapter or two as I get a feel for her. Comments are welcome- EXCEPT those talking about however her problem was fixed in season five. That situation would never happen- and Cheerilee would make sure of that.
DT's problem, here, is inspired in part by the Undead Robot Bug Crusaders by Banjo64- and in part by my own experience.
IMPORTANT: The first thirteen chapters are "old", and written in present tense. I'm better now, but can't be bothered to translate then to past tense just yet, so they'll stand. Chapter 14 and on, however, are "new"- and written in past tense. If the first thirteen are even remotely palatable, 14 and on should be at least a decent read. I don't recommend skipping, for fairly obvious reasons.
This is interesting, I like what you are doing with Diamond Tiara's perspective and would like to read more.
Interesting. At least that could be some decent backup for dealing with her mother!
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Mm, yes, it very possibly could.
Ah. Forgot to subscribe the story.
Pardon my tersity; I am having to type one-handed.
Rather concerned over that disease, since it has bad implications. If those weren't intended, you may just want to call it one with a long onset or something and not list a name.
Next chapter: A sinkhole mysteriously eats their house. :D
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Actually, those bad implications are intended...
Having to type one-handed? What happened?
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No idea. Still hardly able to use that hand.
Holy Sheep! Good to hear that you've found a (hopefully) better job. May the move go well.
Hm. Now I'm wondering if her behavior is because, despite, or exacerbated by that curse...
No matter what, it's probably not helping.
Well, since you asked, I got snowed in until last Wednesday with a loooot of schoolwork. Past that I've been catching up on other sites, and now I'm back. I also need to do editing for that story I mentioned yesterday, and write my own. And that's ignoring my actual projects and the stuff I need to do to get ready for next semester. :(
Having seen some interesting ideas, have you ever thought of a Worm crossover? You know, if you ever get tired of mechanical sci-fi awesomeness.
Worm is one of those that really work with my favorite ones, actually. It's magic (or at least superpowers) that are supposed to work by advanced knowledge of physics and turns out to have independently invented my own idea for how magic would need to work. Unfortunately, it got written first, and I'm only now reading it for ideas. Drat. Dark as all nope though, so it's probably not the best to directly cross the two, or it's going to memetically infect all thoughts of the show. For that matter, it kinda did, since there are enough similarities that it would explain a few things all too well...
The magic being rather similar, at least in how I think it would need to work, to what Shards can do, on top of it being a verified shared universe chain (EQG + Alt Sombra-verse), and the number of near world-ending incidents... Wouldn't that be a great example of something to cause conflict? And we know that there's a third Entity somewhere, who's doing things a bit differently...
What do you mean by that?
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By that, I mean that I've met bullies, and seen how they work. They feel weak, so they feel the need to belittle others in order to have a sense of control in their lives.
It's the same reason victims of abusive parents are more likely to become abusive parents themselves.
Hmmm.
But seriously, why is their town apparently placed on top of an unstable pile of Bolos?
Eh fair enough. Offscreen combat isn't fun. There was probably a better way to handle that, but water under the bridge.
Also, Dammit, Twi! She's not normally that irresponsible! Well, except for Smarty Pants... and that one time with the scroll... and Mare Do Well...
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Not quite on top, they are next to the town...
But yeah, that is a little bit of a lucky town placement, isn't it?
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Uh... This was a little different. This was Twi didn't know what was going to happen, and was trying to be safe. She wasn't aware of the fact that harmony magic made it detectable by dark magic... Or of what it was, and thence that harmony magic would conflict with it either way, to a point. So no, it's not irresponsibility, it's ignorance.
I pity Diamond Tiara in this story. She didn't get nearly as much as Lyra did before it was yanked away from her in a battle she can't even remember, leaving any hope of improvement with Sweetie Belle.
Personally I don't get why Lyra isn't more on top of the situation if she really wanted things to improve for herself and Diamond by extension.
Diamond
That was beautiful. I wouldn't want to be anywhere nearby, but that sort of abrupt reality upside the face can be fairly fun to watch.
Ouch. Princess of friendship ... asked to provide a divorce. Well, she's about to learn something new!
I still wonder how harmony magic somehow locks up a Bolo. You'd think that despite being built for war, they'd be the best thing for what harmony is supposed to represent -- a protector, and a friend. But mainly I wonder how the (meta?)physics of that are supposed to work.
I really enjoyed this update. Twilight connected to a BOLO would probably be surreal.
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That and more than a little bit crazy.
...So, there was either a timeskip where Twilight's meddling had bad ends for Diamond and/or the Bolo before she was brought back, orrrr this is the Bolo thinking it's Diamond. I think.
Boy have I been distracted lately. But I aten't dead!
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Yeah... You did check back to the end of last chapter, I assume. Presumably, one of her misses was just right that either the blast or rock thrown by it hit Diamond... and squish. But as Twilight told her chapters ago, that simply meant she'd wake up in the Bolo instead. Which has suddenly placed her on the other side of the language barrier...
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That seems remarkably careless of her...
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Might be why she's so devastated by her belief that she'd killed Diamond, rather than simply recycling her body... because it was her inattention that did it.
Thank you for the update I love bolo stories
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Seems like she got it from her mother as a baby.
Oh wow, this came back. I wasn't expecting that, to be honest.
Interesting inspiration for the name there...
I look forward to seeing where this goes. It's been a bit surreal lately, so I'm hoping that gets cleared up/explained soon.
Gon Grapes.. You have my W00t (Nr. 17)
This story is becoming interesting, making me wish I knew the Sourse Material right now!
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Just give these works the time required to keep you in the loop (so you don't lose it and leave the story onm a Hiatus or worse)