Why Are My Celestia Stories so Emo? · 8:14pm May 16th, 2017
Working on a Lunestia thing, and there's an awful lot of sad in it. Like not sad-tag levels of sad. It's just when I think about it, Tia's had a lot of sadness in her life. Lost parents (Okay, that was me, I did that to her. I don't think 'Tia's parents murdered by Discord' is anybody else's headcanon), lost sister, then loses literally everybody she loves because she's immortal. What must it be like to bury your great, great grandchildren? No pony else understands what it's like to live forever except the sister she exiled to the moon.
Shit. Living forever sucks! I for one would welcome the cold, silent embrace of death in these circumstances.
Oh, wait, no, I made the pony afterlife suck, too. Damn me! I'm a cruel God.
Anyway. To-serious Lunestia incest futa story may or may not ever see the light of day. Workin' on it though.
Yes, one could look at it like that... and it is to often how it's seen, but there is the flip side to it. Yes Celestia will outlive everypony save Luna, and maybe Twi and Cadance, but she never stops making friends, never stops connecting, because she's learned how precious life is, but rather then make her sad, upset, fear for the loss.. it makes her revel in life, to live it to it's fullest, to encourage her ponies to do the same. To embrace her friendships while she can, to enjoy the moment. Her Little Ones are safe, secure, for the most part happy. Plus, you've given her a HUGE extended family to be pleased with and love.
I can't see her as being sad in the least. Maybe a bit maudlin or reflective at times, but on the whole... no, she always finds a way to look on the sunny side of life.
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Good insights! I see a possible character arc emerging. I mean, I'm not wasting it on THIS silly little story, but Tia is an interesting character; I'll write another longish story about her at some point.
I mean, I'm pessimistic by nature. I always see the dark side of things. But I like happy endings!
4535338 Tia, 100% wielded the Element of Laughter and you cannot convince me otherwise! She really does embody that spirit, eternal optimism, not though ignoring 'reality' or naivete, but through knowing exactly how bad things can be, knowing how dark it can get, knowing all the potential badness... yet also seeing all the good, all the light and life and joy, and choosing fully to embrace the latter. For all thing may happen, for all she has been through, Celestia has never lost the one facet, the one element that prevents her from ever sliding into the kind of depression and darkness. The single greatest weapon against those things. Hope.
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Your character interpretation is king of inspiring?