I knew AJ's limit was coming but I didn't think Big Mac would had gone. I would guess that Derpy was captured and a Cult had used her scythe to eliminate him. I wonder if Despair by any chance had done it...
I thought Rarity was busted as I didn't think that shop keeper was one of them as well. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer." *holds dual scythes for a possible attack*
I take it that AJ will beg her friends to release her from her chains of suffering... or in a LoK case: Wheel of Fate.
Possible error:
then looked through the windows to scanned the area around them
Should be “scan”, as in she is about to scan the area. When you say “scanned” your referring to that she has already scanned the area. I think you probably mean, she then scanned the area around her. It doesn't sound right how you structured that sentence.
As always, I'll be looking forward to your next chapter Nero. This story just keeps getting intense.
Agh! I can't believe I didn't see that! And some people claim I dont do mistakes anymore. There you have it. Unpre-read, everything has mistakes, no matter how practised you are.
But you also made a mistake, buddy.
As always, I'll be looking forward to your next chapter Nero. This story just keeps getting intense.
I'm not sure how that is an error. I'm sure I have heard people say it before. Do you mind explaining, I'm always looking how to improve my writing too, actually I'm just re-reading through all my chapters at the moment and found very small errors throughout. ^_^
3090102 Im not a native english speaker myself, but i am pretty sure you meant that things are getting more intense. If you say "keep getting intense", you imply that it is just starting to get intense and continues to just start getting intense, which in itself makes no sense
3090134 I see, thanks for pointing that out Nero. I didn't notice that. Even though I'm English, I sometimes get the time meaning of the words wrong as well. I can't imagine that anyone, even if a few proof readers read it, there is almost always a hidden error somewhere.
Anyway, I'll be looking forward to your next chapter.
I wonder what Discord is going to say when he reads this chapter.
I am super excited to find out and actually, im surprised the first reactions came so fast for this chapter. I thorougly enjoy reading comments. Its my reward, so just sharing me your opinion in a comment is a huge thing to me.
3090283 I would had commented sooner the other day on the previous chapter, but I didn't know you had posted it. This is because I didn't know that the email notification was on properly. I thought I just had to click on the star.
Well, I also suppose I should announce that this story is slowly coming to an end. If my calculations for the remaining concept are right, there should only be five more chapter coming, then its off to the final book in the series.
3090422 Seriously!? I thought there would at least been 10 more chapters left in this story.
I'm actually surprised that MI1 is still the biggest of the series so far.
How big is the final part of the story going to be?
I'm going to guess that the BloodClaw Cult isn't going to end in MI2 though. I would imagine that it would be impossible to track them all down now. Making Twilight's journey so far... ... ... "kind-of not worth it" I think is the best way to describe it. But I would imagine you got an awesome plot ending for this story though, with the cult and Amber being an important part to play in MI3.
Just for guess and I shouldn't probably say this, but every path that Twilight takes leads to the same outcome... despair, hurt, loose.and ultimately Despair herself.
It maybe a silly question but even though you say that the story is partly written to make the reader think for themselves the answer to their question... Nightmare Moon was created by Luna due to her being lonely, hurt and being exiled from everypony. Which ultimately tore her apart inside. I'm saying that even though that Nightmare was created by her suffering, was Nightmare's original objective to punish those that hurt her creator. Later in MI:TC if I recall correctly, Nightmare no longer cared as long as she got a body of her own, due to being known as a soulless entity. But would there be a point where she thinks she has made her victims suffer enough? All the ponies that had suffered so far had been punished beyond that amount that Luna had to endure, which wasn't even close to death.
I think Discord asked this a while back, what will Nightmare, the cults and the demons do when there is nothing left to punish or feast on? With nothing living left, all they got are each other to target.
Sorry, I think.I'm going overboard again with the questions that could be highly spoilers for the plot you set out. But I'm guessing that Nightmare herself will return in the last story.
Well the original was a very long and very detailed masterpiece. There is no way for me to even match that. It is without question my best story I've ever come up with. I'm also still in early stages of developing MI3, so i have no idea how many chapters this one is gonna have. Preferably, I would like to somehow drag the development until season 4 is done. Fresh material to work with always helps trying to create something.
It is perfectly fine for you to go into such depth. This is exactly what I want to evoke in my readers! To think beyond the boundries!
Well, without risking to spoil anything, I can only say that 1000 years is a very long time. And in a war that rages for 1000 years, goals can become blurry. But one thing is clear: Demons dont work like any other creature living in the world of ponies. They are immortal, invulnerable and need absolutely nothing to survive, not even food, water or oxigen. Their sole existence is to punish and none of them care for what comes after their task is done. They only exist for this one reason: to punish.
As long as Nightmare Moon's desire for revenge is unsatisfied, they will never stop. Never.
3092650 Thanks for the reply Nero. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing season 4 but nervous at the same time, with all the rumors going round on what could be happening in it.
I think Tia has got something else planned for Twilight... Since the beginning of season 3, she had Twilight's transformation planned. If I recall, Luna is holding the very book at the end of the Crystal Empire episodes, which Twilight ultimately gets at the end of season 3.
3092861 I was expecting a more shocked reaction from you Discord...
3093303 Actually, there were signs from season 1 on that celestia had bigger plans with twilight. The book luna holds at the end of season 3 episode 2 once belonged to starswirld the bearded and contained the unfinished spell twilight then fixed in the very end of the same season. Until now, no one precisely knows what this spell does, but apparently, fixing the spell and casting it created a new form of magic.
3093724 I know about the book. I have seen every episode and every season of the show.
I can't imagine they had planned Celestia to change Twilight into a princess in season one though.
I think your referring to when Twilight is trying desperately to pass her test and uses (as you call it) arcane magic, which hatched Spike in the process. When Tia witnesses Twilight's power, I thought she desperately raised her as her student so she can free Luna. I haven't noticed any other signs though in season 1 or 2. Well, Twilight's brother is married to Cadance so I guess that is a clue.
For season 4, my co-author had heard different things, such as: POSSIBLE SPOILERS IF ANYONE IS READING - All of the Mane Six become alicorns. - They become super heroes. (This one is worrying, sounds like Mare Do Well episode.) - More back story for Luna and Celestia. END SPOILERS
I would love to hear the signs/clues that you noticed in season 1 and 2.
I actually saw the animatics presentation of hasbro for some scenes of season 4. I can confirm the rumor that the mane six will for at least one episode become super heroes, similar to the power ranger. Also, it is confirmed that we will withness the rise of nightmare moon, though if it is a journey back in the past or a second rising is unknown. Well, best you look at it yourself:
3094552 SWEET CELESTIA!!! NOW I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT! Thanks for posting that embedded video, Nero.
I'm surprised that the Cake's pegasus can actually fly and Scootaloo can't. I'm going to presume Rainbow will be the key to that problem during the actual episode. I'm surprised I never thought of that until now...
It sort of feels like there are too many Applejack episodes. I don't mind it though, as long as she doesn't take over the show...
Hmmm I'm going to guess that part with Nightmare Moon could either be a: - Second coming. - Time travel episode. - A nightmare that Luna or Twilight, or both, are having.
I can't remember properly, but on Equestria Daily, I think Lauren provided some of the back-of-the-show conversations such as Luna was attacked by an unknown force. Which was left out of the scenes, but I don’t have anymore info about that if it‘s true or not.
This is my thought: I just looked at all the scenes of the throne rooms and that one doesn’t match any of them I seen so far in the show. Canterlot Castle, Ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters and Crystal Empire. Luna’s chair is seen on the left and there is an altar in the middle, so I guess Celestia’s own chair is on the right, hidden from view. This could actually be a new castle. But there is a chance it is the old castle that was resigned after Luna’s banishment.
I think there is a hint during conversation with Tia and Twi. Just when Twi is leaving to the Crystal Empire, Luna had a possible look of jealousy, when her sister was just closing the door at the end of the scene. But the way Luna smiled at the end of season 3 with her sister, I don’t think Luna could be planning a second coming from her own free will though. So I imagine that it is a nightmare or time travel scene.
Anyway, was this video leaked or was it deliberately provided for what's to come for the fans to see?
Are we actually allowed to talk conversations that are unrelated to the fanfic here by the way…?
What’s your thoughts about the last part of that scene by the way?
I think, as long as it is pony related, it should be fine. Im the author of this story and this is my comment section, so if i allow it, it should be fine, right?
About scoots, I think she will either get a Derpy lesson, as in you dont need to fit the expectations of others, or scoots will learn to fly in this episode. Either way, I would believe that there is a high potential for scoots character to gain a huge depth boost and she might even be the first of the CMC to get her cutie mark.
Well did you even realize that Applejack is the one pony of the mane six who got the least attention, least character development and least episodes in total? It took until season 3 for her to even get her first own song. I think having more AJ episodes is more than justified.
I personally would hate the idea that some sort of strange creature transformed luna into nightmare moon. I think this delicate set up of who did what and who is to blame is genious and all that should be done with it, if anything, is that luna falls back into her evil.
Well, I find the way luna talks to Twilight strange. She adresses her with "precious light" which usually Celly would be related to. Perhaps Twi has her own light at this point, a twilight which luna could be jealous of. I mean, who is to blame her? she got turned back, promised a better life and she STILL never had the chance to get out of her old role. She is still barely seen and barely recognized.
But honestly, just the way luna talk to twi makes me think that this is a flashback. Twilight somehow gained Celestia's memories of Nightmare Moon's rise and now has to experience everything as celly did
3098535 So that's what Luna and Twilight said, my mind couldn't get what they were saying due to the poor audio quality. I even have to put the subs on films or games to make sure I don't mis-hear anything in the story...
Your theory actually sounds highly accurate about that last scene. I would imagine that the Elements themselves could be providing Twilight with the vision, as the sisters were once were the wielders of them. Could be some sort of warning to Twi. Or probably something similar to Sombra's Door of Fear. But I guess we will just have to see. I'm just excited thinking about it.
Seriously? I thought AJ had quite lot of episodes of her own but I must admit, I didn't notice that she hadn't had a song since S3. Well I'm more into: - Luna (obviously) - Tia - Twi - Chrysalis - Rare - RD - Derpy - Spike (when he's good) - Cadance
3099639 Actually, I haven't. I'd really like to try my skills in black humor, but for that, I need a lot of active readers who share me their thoughts.
3099695 Well, I'm not really a humor kind of guy. But I do love Luna fanfics that are in the Romance genre and are rated M. (Not bothered if it's with or without clop.) As long as it has emotional feeling in it.
I sometimes come up with silly jokes with my co-author from anime and crossover stuff, but they are not really solid to be used for a story though. For example: In Bleach, imagine Aizen getting hit by a garden rake like Sideshow Bob out The Simpsons...
3100070 But didn't you sort of rewrote the events of Cupcakes though? I thought you also mention, in your notes that you got some references from other grimdark fanfics for this series?
Of course, we don't do that. Well, my co-author just wanted one of his favourite catchphrases in. But everything else so far we made up or recreated them a bit, trying to avoid making it sound like anything that has been done so far.
The only other fanfic i sort of took ideas from was Rocket to Insanity, as in making rainbow dash dream about her upcoming death, which ultimately sparked the idea of spectralists and their ability to predict the future.
Other than that, I mostly just wrote that phrase to play save and cool down anyone who might get offended for finding references to other, already existing fanfics.
3103724 Well, as said, it sure would help me making the final book rounder all in all. But I wont wait until season 4 is over, that would take way too long. I guess I will start writing after the first few episodes came out and since an episode airs once per week and i roughly publish chapters at about the same pace, I think I will be able to get a few good inspiration while im in the middle of the matter.
I can't believe I never thought of this, but doesn't getting a taste of another ponies blood increase the chance of the curse, or is it just meat that does it? I just remembered Twilight drank Rainbow's to survive the vampire rose in MI1. I could be wrong though as may have mis-understood. The story is massive. But Twi does have a strong heart after all.
By the way, do you have problems typing in the comment box? Sometimes when I hold CTRL and left or right to quickly skip word(s) while editing, it puts the bold tags on...
3104216 I dont experience any issues with the comment system here. Anyway, what makes ponies grow insane is Nightmare Moon herself and her curse Maledictum Insania. A fragment of the demon queen rests in every pony alive. The more missery the pony goes through and the more insanity it withnesses, the more nightmare moon's influence grows in that pony and the stronger Maledictum Insania affects it. An average pony has only very, very little of the curse's influence in them, just enough to even enable them to grow mad under the right circumstances. So drinking the blood of an average pony is not dangerous. Insane ponies are much deeper under the curse's influence, therefore drinking their blood would be more risking to make the influence of Maledictum Insania grow inside yourself. But it takes up to reapers to really get very risky. Reapers consume demons and therefore seal them inside themselves. This makes their bodies highly stuffed with the curse. Worst of all are the bodies of elder reapers. Since they lived for a very long time and consumed countless demons, just absorbing the smallest bit, be it flesh, blood or anything that comes from their body has a high chance to make you grow mad instantly.
The curse of madness is in the body and mind of a pony, so anything that comes from a pony, be it flesh, blood, tears, saliva... or whatever perverted things you like to image
Basically, everything that comes from a pony has the curse inside it and can make you grow mad, but its the density of the curse which matters. If you need it pictured, think about alcohol. On its own, it is one of the strongest poisons on earth and more than lethal for next to all creatures on this planet. But taking only very tiny doses makes its influence so weak, we mix it in our drinks to create beer, wine, coctails and other beverages. You can imagine that reaper blood is not much more than a strong drink to the cultists... or reapers if they would drink from one another.
3104891 I see, so everypony has different limits enduring the curse but nopony is immune to the effects. Also depending on their circumstances, it may trigger sooner or later, or possibly never after death. I have an idea what you may be referring to by:
whatever perfected things you like to image
So if I understood everything else correctly, the demon decides when to take over the host when the individual is vulnerable enough to be consumed, like the cults. Which are pawns in Nightmare's game and she can decide when to throw the piece away if she so wish to desire by allowing the demon to finish them.
'perfected' was a typo of my end. I meant to type 'perverted'
Demons reproduce rather parasitic. Think back to how Luna created Nightmare Moon. At first, Luna was herself. Then, she slowly started to slip and began to hear a voice in her head. She grew more and more stressed and mad, which made Nightmare Moon manifest more and more, until Luna started murdering. Then, Nightmare Moon started taking over control of Luna. The only thing that makes the demon queen different from her children is that she never managed to get born. She used special circumstances to tear herself free form her host, which also spared Luna's life and soul.
Nightmare Moon does not rly have control over the insane ponies. But she can influence them. She can make them think horrible things, but it are the mad ponies which then commit the crimes. Neither do the unborn demons have total control over their hosts. A demon starts growing the moment the curse of madness starts gaining more effect on the individual pony. The growing madness shapes the fragment of Nightmare Moon and slowly turns it into a demon. But the demon maintains highly vulnerable and easy to destroy until the soul of the pony drowned itself in madness and becomes unable to protect itself form the demon growing inside it. After the demon consumed the soul, it becomes material. At this point, the demon finally hatches out of its host and gained its immortal and invulnerable state.
I got a bad feeling that this hospital in the next chapter isn't going to be cult free. I got a feeling that AJ will be dead on the next chapter. I sense Despair may give them a "friendly" visit as well.
I'll probably start posting my fanfic here soon.
By the way, the idea I mentioned for Cupcake Factory. Is the story plainly based on Pinkamena and Dash? That book idea could be used with Dash and Daring Do that she reads.
- I remember from an interview that Lauren Faust said she intended for Scootaloo to be handicapped, in fact, she originally had Scoots get into a bunch of school fights because the kids made fun of how she couldn't fly. This is probably the episode I'm most interested to see as it'll definitely give Scoots a lot more character development.
- Looks like a Marvel/DC/Power Rangers type episode. This ought to be interesting.
- Another catchy Applejack/Apple Family song! I am curious as to why Pinkie Pie is tagging along. I guess we will just have to wait and find out.
- To me, it looks like a "blast to the past" episode. I think it might be Twilight getting a glimpse of the past through Celestia's eyes mainly because of the "precious light" comment.
I got to admit, the song sounds good, even though I never been a fan of AJ. But I couldn't really make out the song at all though.
Scootaloo is my favourite out of the CMC, so I hope the episode is good.
How's your next chapter coming along by the way Nero?
I had just recently posted me and my co-authors fanfic here just recently. The votes are neither good nor bad at the moment. .. I'm just worried due to not having a comment posted yet, even though we got 15 favourites.
Comments are the rarest thing you get... at least here. I have 81 people watching my work and for each new chapter, I usually only get about 2 comments.
Anyway, I know I'm getting late for the next chapter, especially after this big cliffhanger. But right now, I find it hard to focus. I'll try to get it together soon.
3124524 There is no rush, take your time, Nero. Quality is one of the most important things in any story. If your finding it hard to focus or continue the story, take your mind of it for a bit and rest. When you come back later, you should get a lot of ideas to proceed the story.
I'm actually nearly a month overdue for my next chapter, which is chapter 30. But I'm just re-reading the entire story, while fixing errors and making improvements to my writing. Currently up to chapter 15.
AJ!! BIG MAC!!! NNNOOOOOO!!!
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I knew AJ's limit was coming but I didn't think Big Mac would had gone. I would guess that Derpy was captured and a Cult had used her scythe to eliminate him. I wonder if Despair by any chance had done it...
I thought Rarity was busted as I didn't think that shop keeper was one of them as well. "Keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer." *holds dual scythes for a possible attack*
I take it that AJ will beg her friends to release her from her chains of suffering... or in a LoK case: Wheel of Fate.
Possible error:
Should be “scan”, as in she is about to scan the area. When you say “scanned” your referring to that she has already scanned the area. I think you probably mean, she then scanned the area around her. It doesn't sound right how you structured that sentence.
As always, I'll be looking forward to your next chapter Nero. This story just keeps getting intense.
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Agh! I can't believe I didn't see that!
And some people claim I dont do mistakes anymore.
There you have it. Unpre-read, everything has mistakes, no matter how practised you are.
But you also made a mistake, buddy.
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I'm not sure how that is an error. I'm sure I have heard people say it before.
Do you mind explaining, I'm always looking how to improve my writing too, actually I'm just re-reading through all my chapters at the moment and found very small errors throughout. ^_^
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Im not a native english speaker myself, but i am pretty sure you meant that things are getting more intense.
If you say "keep getting intense", you imply that it is just starting to get intense and continues to just start getting intense, which in itself makes no sense
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I see, thanks for pointing that out Nero. I didn't notice that. Even though I'm English, I sometimes get the time meaning of the words wrong as well. I can't imagine that anyone, even if a few proof readers read it, there is almost always a hidden error somewhere.
Anyway, I'll be looking forward to your next chapter.
I wonder what Discord is going to say when he reads this chapter.
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I am super excited to find out and actually, im surprised the first reactions came so fast for this chapter.
I thorougly enjoy reading comments. Its my reward, so just sharing me your opinion in a comment is a huge thing to me.
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I would had commented sooner the other day on the previous chapter, but I didn't know you had posted it. This is because I didn't know that the email notification was on properly. I thought I just had to click on the star.
I sense a trap coming in a later chapter.
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Well, I also suppose I should announce that this story is slowly coming to an end.
If my calculations for the remaining concept are right, there should only be five more chapter coming, then its off to the final book in the series.
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Seriously!? I thought there would at least been 10 more chapters left in this story.
I'm actually surprised that MI1 is still the biggest of the series so far.
How big is the final part of the story going to be?
I'm going to guess that the BloodClaw Cult isn't going to end in MI2 though. I would imagine that it would be impossible to track them all down now. Making Twilight's journey so far... ... ... "kind-of not worth it" I think is the best way to describe it. But I would imagine you got an awesome plot ending for this story though, with the cult and Amber being an important part to play in MI3.
Just for guess and I shouldn't probably say this, but every path that Twilight takes leads to the same outcome... despair, hurt, loose.and ultimately Despair herself.
It maybe a silly question but even though you say that the story is partly written to make the reader think for themselves the answer to their question... Nightmare Moon was created by Luna due to her being lonely, hurt and being exiled from everypony. Which ultimately tore her apart inside. I'm saying that even though that Nightmare was created by her suffering, was Nightmare's original objective to punish those that hurt her creator. Later in MI:TC if I recall correctly, Nightmare no longer cared as long as she got a body of her own, due to being known as a soulless entity. But would there be a point where she thinks she has made her victims suffer enough? All the ponies that had suffered so far had been punished beyond that amount that Luna had to endure, which wasn't even close to death.
I think Discord asked this a while back, what will Nightmare, the cults and the demons do when there is nothing left to punish or feast on? With nothing living left, all they got are each other to target.
Sorry, I think.I'm going overboard again with the questions that could be highly spoilers for the plot you set out. But I'm guessing that Nightmare herself will return in the last story.
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Well the original was a very long and very detailed masterpiece. There is no way for me to even match that. It is without question my best story I've ever come up with.
I'm also still in early stages of developing MI3, so i have no idea how many chapters this one is gonna have.
Preferably, I would like to somehow drag the development until season 4 is done. Fresh material to work with always helps trying to create something.
It is perfectly fine for you to go into such depth. This is exactly what I want to evoke in my readers! To think beyond the boundries!
Well, without risking to spoil anything, I can only say that 1000 years is a very long time.
And in a war that rages for 1000 years, goals can become blurry.
But one thing is clear: Demons dont work like any other creature living in the world of ponies. They are immortal, invulnerable and need absolutely nothing to survive, not even food, water or oxigen.
Their sole existence is to punish and none of them care for what comes after their task is done. They only exist for this one reason: to punish.
As long as Nightmare Moon's desire for revenge is unsatisfied, they will never stop. Never.
Before I start...
Heyyy! Hey Apple! Heyyy! ...
Knife.
Well... Damn... Good night Apple family... Good night Sweet Apple Acres... Good night Ponyville...
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Thanks for the reply Nero. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing season 4 but nervous at the same time, with all the rumors going round on what could be happening in it.
I think Tia has got something else planned for Twilight... Since the beginning of season 3, she had Twilight's transformation planned. If I recall, Luna is holding the very book at the end of the Crystal Empire episodes, which Twilight ultimately gets at the end of season 3.
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I was expecting a more shocked reaction from you Discord...
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Actually, there were signs from season 1 on that celestia had bigger plans with twilight.
The book luna holds at the end of season 3 episode 2 once belonged to starswirld the bearded and contained the unfinished spell twilight then fixed in the very end of the same season.
Until now, no one precisely knows what this spell does, but apparently, fixing the spell and casting it created a new form of magic.
What rumors did you hear of season 4?
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I know about the book. I have seen every episode and every season of the show.
I can't imagine they had planned Celestia to change Twilight into a princess in season one though.
I think your referring to when Twilight is trying desperately to pass her test and uses (as you call it) arcane magic, which hatched Spike in the process. When Tia witnesses Twilight's power, I thought she desperately raised her as her student so she can free Luna. I haven't noticed any other signs though in season 1 or 2. Well, Twilight's brother is married to Cadance so I guess that is a clue.
For season 4, my co-author had heard different things, such as:
POSSIBLE SPOILERS IF ANYONE IS READING
- All of the Mane Six become alicorns.
- They become super heroes. (This one is worrying, sounds like Mare Do Well episode.)
- More back story for Luna and Celestia.
END SPOILERS
I would love to hear the signs/clues that you noticed in season 1 and 2.
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I actually saw the animatics presentation of hasbro for some scenes of season 4.
I can confirm the rumor that the mane six will for at least one episode become super heroes, similar to the power ranger.
Also, it is confirmed that we will withness the rise of nightmare moon, though if it is a journey back in the past or a second rising is unknown.
Well, best you look at it yourself:
3093303 Well, it's kind of expected. You know the whole "Looks who's writing this" ordeal.
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SWEET CELESTIA!!! NOW I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT! Thanks for posting that embedded video, Nero.
I'm surprised that the Cake's pegasus can actually fly and Scootaloo can't. I'm going to presume Rainbow will be the key to that problem during the actual episode. I'm surprised I never thought of that until now...
It sort of feels like there are too many Applejack episodes. I don't mind it though, as long as she doesn't take over the show...
Hmmm I'm going to guess that part with Nightmare Moon could either be a:
- Second coming.
- Time travel episode.
- A nightmare that Luna or Twilight, or both, are having.
I can't remember properly, but on Equestria Daily, I think Lauren provided some of the back-of-the-show conversations such as Luna was attacked by an unknown force. Which was left out of the scenes, but I don’t have anymore info about that if it‘s true or not.
This is my thought: I just looked at all the scenes of the throne rooms and that one doesn’t match any of them I seen so far in the show. Canterlot Castle, Ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters and Crystal Empire. Luna’s chair is seen on the left and there is an altar in the middle, so I guess Celestia’s own chair is on the right, hidden from view. This could actually be a new castle. But there is a chance it is the old castle that was resigned after Luna’s banishment.
I think there is a hint during conversation with Tia and Twi. Just when Twi is leaving to the Crystal Empire, Luna had a possible look of jealousy, when her sister was just closing the door at the end of the scene. But the way Luna smiled at the end of season 3 with her sister, I don’t think Luna could be planning a second coming from her own free will though. So I imagine that it is a nightmare or time travel scene.
Anyway, was this video leaked or was it deliberately provided for what's to come for the fans to see?
Are we actually allowed to talk conversations that are unrelated to the fanfic here by the way…?
What’s your thoughts about the last part of that scene by the way?
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I think, as long as it is pony related, it should be fine.
Im the author of this story and this is my comment section, so if i allow it, it should be fine, right?
About scoots, I think she will either get a Derpy lesson, as in you dont need to fit the expectations of others, or scoots will learn to fly in this episode. Either way, I would believe that there is a high potential for scoots character to gain a huge depth boost and she might even be the first of the CMC to get her cutie mark.
Well did you even realize that Applejack is the one pony of the mane six who got the least attention, least character development and least episodes in total? It took until season 3 for her to even get her first own song. I think having more AJ episodes is more than justified.
I personally would hate the idea that some sort of strange creature transformed luna into nightmare moon. I think this delicate set up of who did what and who is to blame is genious and all that should be done with it, if anything, is that luna falls back into her evil.
Well, I find the way luna talks to Twilight strange. She adresses her with "precious light" which usually Celly would be related to. Perhaps Twi has her own light at this point, a twilight which luna could be jealous of.
I mean, who is to blame her? she got turned back, promised a better life and she STILL never had the chance to get out of her old role. She is still barely seen and barely recognized.
But honestly, just the way luna talk to twi makes me think that this is a flashback. Twilight somehow gained Celestia's memories of Nightmare Moon's rise and now has to experience everything as celly did
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So that's what Luna and Twilight said, my mind couldn't get what they were saying due to the poor audio quality. I even have to put the subs on films or games to make sure I don't mis-hear anything in the story...
Your theory actually sounds highly accurate about that last scene. I would imagine that the Elements themselves could be providing Twilight with the vision, as the sisters were once were the wielders of them. Could be some sort of warning to Twi. Or probably something similar to Sombra's Door of Fear. But I guess we will just have to see. I'm just excited thinking about it.
Seriously? I thought AJ had quite lot of episodes of her own but I must admit, I didn't notice that she hadn't had a song since S3. Well I'm more into:
- Luna (obviously)
- Tia
- Twi
- Chrysalis
- Rare
- RD
- Derpy
- Spike (when he's good)
- Cadance
Have you got another story planned after you finish the MI series? I know you have abandoned the plan for Cupcake Factory (I think it was called).
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Actually, I haven't. I'd really like to try my skills in black humor, but for that, I need a lot of active readers who share me their thoughts.
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Well, I'm not really a humor kind of guy. But I do love Luna fanfics that are in the Romance genre and are rated M. (Not bothered if it's with or without clop.) As long as it has emotional feeling in it.
I sometimes come up with silly jokes with my co-author from anime and crossover stuff, but they are not really solid to be used for a story though. For example: In Bleach, imagine Aizen getting hit by a garden rake like Sideshow Bob out The Simpsons...
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>Assuming I watched everything you watched.
I never watched bleach and am also not rly interested in starting.
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Sorry.
I thought you would had seen it, with it having soul reapers in it. But I have only seen a bit of the anime...
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Y'know, creativity means being able to come up with things by yourself and not copying over ideas from already existing pieces of work.
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But didn't you sort of rewrote the events of Cupcakes though? I thought you also mention, in your notes that you got some references from other grimdark fanfics for this series?
Of course, we don't do that. Well, my co-author just wanted one of his favourite catchphrases in. But everything else so far we made up or recreated them a bit, trying to avoid making it sound like anything that has been done so far.
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The only other fanfic i sort of took ideas from was Rocket to Insanity, as in making rainbow dash dream about her upcoming death, which ultimately sparked the idea of spectralists and their ability to predict the future.
Other than that, I mostly just wrote that phrase to play save and cool down anyone who might get offended for finding references to other, already existing fanfics.
Are you going to be watching season 4 first before you begin writing the final book in the series?
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Well, as said, it sure would help me making the final book rounder all in all.
But I wont wait until season 4 is over, that would take way too long.
I guess I will start writing after the first few episodes came out and since an episode airs once per week and i roughly publish chapters at about the same pace, I think I will be able to get a few good inspiration while im in the middle of the matter.
I can't believe I never thought of this, but doesn't getting a taste of another ponies blood increase the chance of the curse, or is it just meat that does it? I just remembered Twilight drank Rainbow's to survive the vampire rose in MI1. I could be wrong though as may have mis-understood. The story is massive. But Twi does have a strong heart after all.
By the way, do you have problems typing in the comment box? Sometimes when I hold CTRL and left or right to quickly skip word(s) while editing, it puts the bold tags on...
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I dont experience any issues with the comment system here.
Anyway, what makes ponies grow insane is Nightmare Moon herself and her curse Maledictum Insania.
A fragment of the demon queen rests in every pony alive. The more missery the pony goes through and the more insanity it withnesses, the more nightmare moon's influence grows in that pony and the stronger Maledictum Insania affects it.
An average pony has only very, very little of the curse's influence in them, just enough to even enable them to grow mad under the right circumstances.
So drinking the blood of an average pony is not dangerous.
Insane ponies are much deeper under the curse's influence, therefore drinking their blood would be more risking to make the influence of Maledictum Insania grow inside yourself.
But it takes up to reapers to really get very risky. Reapers consume demons and therefore seal them inside themselves. This makes their bodies highly stuffed with the curse.
Worst of all are the bodies of elder reapers. Since they lived for a very long time and consumed countless demons, just absorbing the smallest bit, be it flesh, blood or anything that comes from their body has a high chance to make you grow mad instantly.
The curse of madness is in the body and mind of a pony, so anything that comes from a pony, be it flesh, blood, tears, saliva... or whatever perverted things you like to image
Basically, everything that comes from a pony has the curse inside it and can make you grow mad, but its the density of the curse which matters.
If you need it pictured, think about alcohol. On its own, it is one of the strongest poisons on earth and more than lethal for next to all creatures on this planet.
But taking only very tiny doses makes its influence so weak, we mix it in our drinks to create beer, wine, coctails and other beverages.
You can imagine that reaper blood is not much more than a strong drink to the cultists... or reapers if they would drink from one another.
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I see, so everypony has different limits enduring the curse but nopony is immune to the effects. Also depending on their circumstances, it may trigger sooner or later, or possibly never after death. I have an idea what you may be referring to by:
So if I understood everything else correctly, the demon decides when to take over the host when the individual is vulnerable enough to be consumed, like the cults. Which are pawns in Nightmare's game and she can decide when to throw the piece away if she so wish to desire by allowing the demon to finish them.
'perfected' was a typo of my end. I meant to type 'perverted'
Demons reproduce rather parasitic. Think back to how Luna created Nightmare Moon.
At first, Luna was herself. Then, she slowly started to slip and began to hear a voice in her head.
She grew more and more stressed and mad, which made Nightmare Moon manifest more and more, until Luna started murdering.
Then, Nightmare Moon started taking over control of Luna. The only thing that makes the demon queen different from her children is that she never managed to get born. She used special circumstances to tear herself free form her host, which also spared Luna's life and soul.
Nightmare Moon does not rly have control over the insane ponies. But she can influence them. She can make them think horrible things, but it are the mad ponies which then commit the crimes. Neither do the unborn demons have total control over their hosts.
A demon starts growing the moment the curse of madness starts gaining more effect on the individual pony. The growing madness shapes the fragment of Nightmare Moon and slowly turns it into a demon. But the demon maintains highly vulnerable and easy to destroy until the soul of the pony drowned itself in madness and becomes unable to protect itself form the demon growing inside it.
After the demon consumed the soul, it becomes material. At this point, the demon finally hatches out of its host and gained its immortal and invulnerable state.
I got a bad feeling that this hospital in the next chapter isn't going to be cult free. I got a feeling that AJ will be dead on the next chapter. I sense Despair may give them a "friendly" visit as well.
I'll probably start posting my fanfic here soon.
By the way, the idea I mentioned for Cupcake Factory. Is the story plainly based on Pinkamena and Dash? That book idea could be used with Dash and Daring Do that she reads.
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Anything is possible and totaly up to the desires of the readers.
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I can't wait for Season 4 to arrive!
- I remember from an interview that Lauren Faust said she intended for Scootaloo to be handicapped, in fact, she originally had Scoots get into a bunch of school fights because the kids made fun of how she couldn't fly. This is probably the episode I'm most interested to see as it'll definitely give Scoots a lot more character development.
- Looks like a Marvel/DC/Power Rangers type episode. This ought to be interesting.
- Another catchy Applejack/Apple Family song! I am curious as to why Pinkie Pie is tagging along. I guess we will just have to wait and find out.
- To me, it looks like a "blast to the past" episode. I think it might be Twilight getting a glimpse of the past through Celestia's eyes mainly because of the "precious light" comment.
I got to admit, the song sounds good, even though I never been a fan of AJ. But I couldn't really make out the song at all though.
Scootaloo is my favourite out of the CMC, so I hope the episode is good.
How's your next chapter coming along by the way Nero?
I had just recently posted me and my co-authors fanfic here just recently. The votes are neither good nor bad at the moment. .. I'm just worried due to not having a comment posted yet, even though we got 15 favourites.
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Comments are the rarest thing you get... at least here.
I have 81 people watching my work and for each new chapter, I usually only get about 2 comments.
Anyway, I know I'm getting late for the next chapter, especially after this big cliffhanger.
But right now, I find it hard to focus.
I'll try to get it together soon.
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There is no rush, take your time, Nero. Quality is one of the most important things in any story. If your finding it hard to focus or continue the story, take your mind of it for a bit and rest. When you come back later, you should get a lot of ideas to proceed the story.
I'm actually nearly a month overdue for my next chapter, which is chapter 30. But I'm just re-reading the entire story, while fixing errors and making improvements to my writing. Currently up to chapter 15.
Good luck Nero.