A crystal giving Spike the ability to control and even rewrite the minds of others embeds itself into his forehead. Suffice to say, there's nothing left to do now but conquer the world.
It might be ironic if Sombra, resurrected by Radiant Hope (she was able to raise him from the dead from a friggin' shard), have been hard at work making their own brainwashed kingdom.
Given how smart Starlight Glimmer is... and how ruthless... it would be 100% in character for her to find Spike's spy... and brainwash them into HER spy for Twilight. Starlight Glimmer can turn a room full of ponies into her slaves at a freakin' distance, not even needing to be in the same room. And that was a spell she threw together from bits and pieces IN SECONDS. She's bothered to research it, even in theory, even if "just to figure out how to work against it" she is terrifying and efficient, and unlike Twilight's other allies, she has no problem with brainwashing already brainwashed slaves to fight for their side instead. Heck, she could brainwash herself with certain commands so even when she's dominated she could continue to reek havoc on Twilight's behalf.
I'd vote for option 3. Since might have gone too far down his path to turn back, but he still would want to know what he's doomed himself to.
And like I said, Spike and his advisors are totally focused on the Alicorns... not the mortal unicorn who is the supreme master of mind control and was able to fight with an Alicorn to a stand still. I imagine Starlight being a wild card that no one saw coming.
Might be interesting if one of the other crystals allows a target to become a perfect state of zen like Mu, entering the void, becoming one with it. Completely mindless, yet paradoxically completely functional, they become nothing, so they become everything, freed from all bias and attachments. No self nor ego in get in their way. They simply ARE. Spike able to trust anything they do or say is from pure objective reasoning of their master's intentions. Able to act in ways to Spike's goals more rationally and efficiently than Spike himself.
Instead of Punishment where the victim's real mind is left screaming in silence forever.
I imagine when Spike gets around to Equestria, Fluttershy is the one pony he doesn't enslave. Why? Discord, "The rest are happy as your doll collection, so who am I to complain? Just one detail, Fluttershy is MINE!"
I'd say a combination of options 1 & 3 we need the deer's magic sooner than we thought. As to how to go about keeping Domination and Punishment busy and not totally focused on Spike have them sense the next gem since you mentioned it here have it so that they are sooo focused on finding out where their next gem of power ally that they spend long hours not paying attention to what around them that Spike can ask about them
I hope Starlight Glimmer gets Spike to use up one of his "free pass" scrolls. She knows every mind control trick in the book, and wrote most of them, and doesn't have the same reservations about using them as other ponies.
Option 1.
Option 3 is best, and then 2
Option 3
3 my lord, pick number 3 *stupidly holds up two wing feathers while wearing a headsman’s hood…*
Option 4- make faster plans to take over Equestria by making Celestia and Luna Spike's slaves.
I'm honestly more into Order and Calm with mind control than sex.
It might be ironic if Sombra, resurrected by Radiant Hope (she was able to raise him from the dead from a friggin' shard), have been hard at work making their own brainwashed kingdom.
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That's tactical suicide.
Given how smart Starlight Glimmer is... and how ruthless... it would be 100% in character for her to find Spike's spy... and brainwash them into HER spy for Twilight.
Starlight Glimmer can turn a room full of ponies into her slaves at a freakin' distance, not even needing to be in the same room. And that was a spell she threw together from bits and pieces IN SECONDS. She's bothered to research it, even in theory, even if "just to figure out how to work against it" she is terrifying and efficient, and unlike Twilight's other allies, she has no problem with brainwashing already brainwashed slaves to fight for their side instead.
Heck, she could brainwash herself with certain commands so even when she's dominated she could continue to reek havoc on Twilight's behalf.
I'd vote for option 3. Since might have gone too far down his path to turn back, but he still would want to know what he's doomed himself to.
And like I said, Spike and his advisors are totally focused on the Alicorns... not the mortal unicorn who is the supreme master of mind control and was able to fight with an Alicorn to a stand still. I imagine Starlight being a wild card that no one saw coming.
Might be interesting if one of the other crystals allows a target to become a perfect state of zen like Mu, entering the void, becoming one with it. Completely mindless, yet paradoxically completely functional, they become nothing, so they become everything, freed from all bias and attachments. No self nor ego in get in their way. They simply ARE.
Spike able to trust anything they do or say is from pure objective reasoning of their master's intentions. Able to act in ways to Spike's goals more rationally and efficiently than Spike himself.
Instead of Punishment where the victim's real mind is left screaming in silence forever.
3
Option 1.
Three and two together
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To each their own.
Option 3, Eventually the time will come when all comes to ahead, and we must be prepared.
I imagine when Spike gets around to Equestria, Fluttershy is the one pony he doesn't enslave. Why?
Discord, "The rest are happy as your doll collection, so who am I to complain? Just one detail, Fluttershy is MINE!"
Option 3
I'd say a combination of options 1 & 3 we need the deer's magic sooner than we thought. As to how to go about keeping Domination and Punishment busy and not totally focused on Spike have them sense the next gem since you mentioned it here have it so that they are sooo focused on finding out where their next gem of power ally that they spend long hours not paying attention to what around them that Spike can ask about them
#2
3
3
Option 1 deer
I hope Starlight Glimmer gets Spike to use up one of his "free pass" scrolls. She knows every mind control trick in the book, and wrote most of them, and doesn't have the same reservations about using them as other ponies.
Opción 3 por favor
Voting end, chapter starting.
Votes are as such;
Option 1: 3.5
Option 2: 1
Option 3: 11.5