This story is a sequel to As Flies, are We
The Power Ponies popped out of a super-early-edition enchanted comic Spike got and into the real world as he knew it. However, it was not the happy meeting he expected. Secret documents revealed that the comic the superheroes came out of was enchanted illegally, painting an ominous shadow over the comic's enchanters themselves and rocking the mares' world for the foreseeable future.
With mystery looming over the Power Ponies' very existence, the comic's heroes team up with Spike on a Manehattan-bound trip to Clockwisely HQ—the comic company behind the Power Ponies—to discover who brought them into this reality and why, all while their own world needs saving as it burns in chaos.
As they dig into the case, however, they soon realize that dark purposes are afoot.
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+ As Flies, are We is required reading.
+ Thanks to Venerable Ro for brainstorming and pre-reading.
Fortunately, the carpet came with the castle and was actually a form of symbiotic moss, so it wasn't that big a deal.
Very interesting to think that this incident is what ultimately led to Spike's position as Equestria's greatest ambassador.
This is going to be quite the mindbender for the poor folks at Clockwisely. Looking forward to seeing how the Power Ponies try to Superboy Prime their way to saving their world. (Er, in the "confronting their creators" sense, not, say, the "punching time so hard that continuity resets" one.)
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If the castle sprout up with Twilight and her friends in mind, maybe there's forensic magic going on as well on top of that symbiotic moss!
That aside, glad to have you on board for the ride! Hope it'll be a good experience for you and everyone else.
I've been looking forward to this, and so far, so good!
It was a good time working with you on this, now we're off to the races!
Very intriguing - it remind me of Re:CREATORS.
Looking forward to see what will happen at Clockwisely Comics - I just think that Spike should have told Twilight about it.
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Yeah, I remember you commenting on a blog post update about it from about a month ago. Now here we are!
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Thank you once again for your help! Hope this'll turn out well in the end.
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I've looked up that anime and, from the looks of it, it seems pretty cool considering how it treats the premise. That aside, glad to have you on board!
Matter-horn's soliloquy is just as good the second time around, I remember telling you not to change anything, and I stand by that. Beautifully poignant.
"Quest with him" --- What is this supposed to me? Do you mean, "Request?" Because that's wrong too. It should be, "The Power Ponies, having arrived in Spike's world, ask him to Manehattan..."
Or do you mean "Go on a quest with him"? Because that could work as well.
The description lines on the homepage are the first words your readers will see, followed by the description of the story on the main page here. Aside from that, the story looks well, I just thought I'd mention how small typos like that could cause some readers to be hesitant. Have a good one!
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Thanks for it, bud!
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Quest does have a verb form though. As one of the example sentences goes, "They were questing for gold." I'll stand by my word choice since quest has that searching factor/quality that other similar verbs like journey or adventuring don't seem to have.
Thank you for the suggestion/recommendation though!
The reaction of the Power Ponies to Equestria was interesting - it was like if the characters of Star Trek come to the world of their authors, but instead of our world, it is a fantasy one.
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Well, they'd be going back in time by a lot versus what I think is going on with the Power Ponies here. Current-day Earth technologies in a world like Equestria's seems tame compared to the space-faring humans of Star Trek taken to current-day Earth.
The convention segment was a ton of fun, always neat to see characters encounter their own fandom.
When Wonder Woman, or the equivalent thereof, punches a mook in the face and he gets right back up, there's something amiss.
Glorious.
They really should have taken up Furlong's offer.
so if im reading this right then verumarendi supposidly was assumed to be in spikes world but might have actualy been stuck between the two and now the enchanters have brought her into theirs?
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Really? I don't recall Mistress Mare-vellous having superhuman strength. She just had a magic lasso.
If the Power Ponies in this story were voiced, what would they sound like?
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I don't put too much thought to what characters would sound like—just a description of one's accent in their introduction and then occasionally, and that's it, so I have not much to say here.
By this point, isn't the danger level extreme enough, with the threat being to the whole kingdom/world(s), and the death count high enough, that Spike should at least write a missive to Twilight to let her know, in case he and the others fail, if nothing else, and for reinforcements at best?
Also in the end where Mare-velous calls Spike Hum-Drum, she means it as a compliment, I guess? But is it also that she may be inadvertantly replacing one with the other in her mind?
Alright, Humdrum!
Damn good read!
a safe to keep his comics safe
And that's the way it goes folks! I enjoyed working on this with you, it was fun!
What a wonderful, detailed, and character-driven story! It really hits home on several points, icluding just what "fictional" characters can mean to their audiences. Have an upvote!
"There's a foul plot afoot!"
"It's not mine, I just washed them!"
Nope. You energy.
Bah dum tss