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I played fallout 3, and when I got to this "part," I did the same thing. I shot em and didn't even think twice about it. I just saw evil and acted on reflex. I know you can argue about how it's a crapsack world and they're hungry and blah blah blah. but I think Lilpip is way too hard on herself.
"You didn’t fail us, Stable Dweller. I failed you. And you have my deepest and sincerest…"
Tactical feels inbound .
i'm reminded of Anakin and the tusken raiders...
At least put spoilers into spoiler tags - you've just spoiled that twist to anyone who's played Fallout 3.
Remember that your comment shows up on the front page.
As for Tenpenny Tower, I believe that there is a third option: Look at who is responsible for the conflict, and remove that party at an opportune time. Roy will let feral ghouls into the tower, and if you kill him after convincing the tower residents then the massacre should be avoided
3097370 were are there cannibals in fallout 3?
" Heroes ain’t machines from some Equestrian Robotics factory. Heroes are ponies, just like us. Doing the things that we should be doing because there ain’t nopony else doing them.
you know a true hero by what they do after they fall. By the way they pick themselves back up again, shake themselves off, and throw themselves back into that good fight."
No truer words have been spoken Pone3.
Great chapter.
3097370 I couldn't agree more. Little Pip is always too hard on herself, and she had done the Wasteland an immense service by purging that blight from the Manehatten ruins.
There are monsters in every world, that you just can't reason with, only put down.
Very well rounded.
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This had me tearing up... in the train. Beautiful, terribly sad.
She is True Kindness.
Not corrupted.
Corrupted Kindness would not get emotionally involved. Corrupted Kindness would refuse to defend those who needed it. Corrupted Kindness is a Vulcan giving medical attention.
True Kindness?
True Kindness not only has the kindness to do something during peacetime, but also knows a moral compass violation to the extreme. It may be unstable and prone to outbursts like this, but damn it if Kindness will sit back and do nothing while its friends or ideals are in danger.
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Red Eye's megaspell is going to be detonated under Maripony to kill the Goddess.
I tend to think of this statement when I think of Project Horizons. Last I checked, Blackjack had already partially snapped. She was too good, and that hurt more than most ponies can bear indefinitely. So she broke under the pressure.
Think of it as an economic stimulus package, directed through therapists.
Both stand in valid positions. I wish that had remained the case. The ledger Grandpa Rattle kept, which gave us more insight into the practices of Arbu, made things too clear-cut once Homage interviewed him. If they were killing visitors that he wasn't able to warn away, then of course they were bad ponies. There's no question about it. And that makes Arbu much less interesting.
Also, somepony should really be filming this. It's not often Velvet tells Calamity that he was being too hesitant to kill.
Really, if I have one complaint (and I'm not far off from only having one), it's that you let this wonderful piece of ambiguity ever go away. 'Twas a beautiful thing, and you let it die.
You still haven't. Giving up your principles for the greater good is a conscious and deliberate choice; you cannot possibly have made it while blind with rage.
The third purpose of friends in the dark. The one I always forget to mention, though it is no less important. When they are not enough to bring you success, and your goals turn to ash, or when they are not enough to keep you on the right path, and you commit terrible acts, they are there to pick you up and get you walking again. Everypony falls sometimes, and on your own it is so easy to just lie there feeling sorry for yourself.
Paws? That's an odd error.
I hope that she at least realized there would be some problems in that area . . . would that work even if he were a normal ghoul?
Over the course of two centuries, there must have been some successful intermortal (I don't see you suggesting an existing word that captures the idea) relationships. I wonder how they generally worked?
"Sometimes I wish that you just hated me / It might be easier to bear / Than being perfectly inadequate / When you're in need of someone there"
If she hated you, it wouldn't be hurting her nearly so much. She's afraid. Afraid of what might be true. And that's far worse.
What is more abhorrent to us than that which we fear we may become?
It was necessary for the Bringer of Light to become but a pony to the Wasteland. One cannot stand beside an idea, only behind. And that sort of centralization would cripple your cult of personality from reaching its potential.
There are worse things to be fused with. It's not like you ever take that thing off anyway.
You didn't fail anypony. You are a hero, one far older than you yourself are, and as such your first duty is to that position. The Wasteland needs to know the truth. You can't wait to find out for sure what is the case, when what might be the case is a threat now. It would be a betrayal of all who rely upon you.
You did the only thing you could do, because you had to do it, even though you didn't want to do it.
...Well.
That was a chapter.
I think this is the most powerful chapter to this point. Overall, an incredibly fun tale as each character is someone some reader at any given time relate to.
3097982 Wow. That is exactly how I'm feeling now. Very well put.
Thank God Homage got the real message. I don't think I could deal with them separating.
So far this is among the top ten stories I've ever read. When things are up that high on my list it gets hard to cleanly judge them. This is somewhere among those ten, it could even be the best thing i've ever read. well, this story has earned those likes and favorites.
3098337 Very old comment but here you go.
"It's the greatest town in Virginia!" and one of the first places I bumped into playing Fallout 3. That set the tone very quickly.
Love the increase in ThreeDo- I mean, Pon-3 radio messages. Some of my favourite parts of the story so far, now with added relationship development!
Powerful chapter, also probably wrong place but I really liked the last chapters ending too, left ambiguous other than the radio broadcast. Fit it perfectly.
The moral arguments were brilliant too, Calamitys comparison of Cannibalism to trading with slavers was... questionable, but the rest all made perfect sense. The atmosphere set was perfect.
Powerful chapter indeed! Velvet caught my attention in this one, that beautiful mare who became a medic just to help other ponies, who would scream bloody murder at every raider the group killed, just said the slaughter of Arbu was tottaly okay! Isnt it beautiful? When you toss all you believe in outside the window?
The townfolk welcomed them, helped them, were they cannibals? Sure, but they were doing what they had to survive, they did not deserve to die because of it, even Calamity states it, yet our glorious pacifist says otherwise, because in her twisted mind survival isnt commendable, unlike helping slavers or defending random bandits.
I love her hypocrisy, agreeing to the murder of dozens while still preaching peace and diplomacy sure is hard work.
What about the rest? Well, everything was great, except how quickly Homage learned the truth, her conflicted opinions as to what happened at Arbu were a really nice touch to her character.
This makes me curious. Previously, there were ponies who turned to banditry and we're going to stop caravans from entering Arbo. Here's a wild theory; what would happen if they willingly chose to go that route? What if they specifically and only targeted Arbo? Granted that said plan is much slower since I don't believe that town can starve with the radigator farm they have but slow enough to have them die a horrible slow death that rivals death by... I don't know, acid? The theory is out there but it's a theory none the less.
LilPip is on a mission and she's going to finish that mission even if she has to become a ghoul herself and find those needed to truly save Equestria. I fear for the end, the end of where this story ends. I fear she would die a Hero's death instead of leading a blissful life with the one she loves. This now brings to mind on Ditzy. If- no, when Equestria is saved, will she continue to live or finally get the rest she deserved?
The end draws near, the beginning of the end.
You are kindness Pip. She’s not afraid to do what’s necessary to uphold what is right so, so much of the time, even if she doesn't always choose the best course. I swear Calamity and Steel Hooves, you said those things in the way that would most effectively hurt Pip even more, even if that might not have been what you meant.
You really have a way of making me feel things, you know that? Absolutely wonderful. This story is definitely in my top ten now.
I love the last two chapters. Why? Because I think they're the chapters that really start to ask one of the biggest questions in the entire book.
How far should you go for justice?
I'm not sure if this message was intentional or not (as there is another message that I can also see) but, boy, does KKat do a damn good job of sending it. Nearly every single character has something to say about this issue, and each of them affect Littlepip, our connection to the story, in a significant way. Wither it's Velvet, Calamity, Xenith, Steel Hooves or even Red Eye. The best part is that instead of taking a stance and saying one way is right, it's up to the reader. Fallout: Equestira gives you the points of view to base your interpretation off of, but ultimately, it's your interpretation.
is it strange that cannibalism doesn't bother me. i wouldn't do it but it doesn't make me ill, disgusted or angry.
3097370 Rule 1# of being a Crusader for Good: Thou shall not allow evil to live.
Whereever you find it, you must stamp it out, burn it out, put it in the ground. If that means that you must preform a little evil to kill a greater evil, that is the cost you must be ready to pay. The worlds that a crusader works for are never meant for them, but for others. I guess what I'm trying to say is; Good job, Littlepip.
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No, I would have to disagree with you right there. Rule #1 should be more specifically "Thou shalt not allow evil to endure." That is a subtle but critical difference that *must* be kept in mind, if one is to avoid evil oneself. If it is possible to purge evil without actually resorting to lethal force, then the option should be considered and explored. After all, there *is* good in all sentient beings, or at least the potential for it, so destroying someone entirely will eradicate both the evil and the good. While this can certainly be a step up, it is almost never the *ideal* option. Mostly, it is necessary because it is the only option left (and at that point, ethics is purely academic anyway).
5037121 it doesn't bother me too much it was the reactions from everyone that made me tear up
This.... This just made me want to punch Calamity in the throat
I think my feelings on this are summed up in a quote I heard once: "I don't fear death. I fear falling and never being able to stand back up.
It really hammered home the disgusting cesspool Pip is undoubtedly feeling. All of those shades of grey, where the determining factor isn't given with a simple binary right or wrong.
I'm closing in on the end. I've actually put off reading this story for a very long time. Clarify: I put of finishing this story for a very long time. I like it too much, and all good stories come to an end.
In a way, I do feel as Steelhooves does about this. "Thank you for failing."
And I recall that on my first read-through, this was when I was fully satisfied with Littlepip's character.
Before this point, it was almost a given that she'll be fine, that she'll pull through somehow, through dumb luck or guile. So even her struggles and barely-survived encounters did not hold too much weight in terms of her failures. Even the Fillydelphia being a moment where she was humbled, but not completely brought down.
Now, though this is not the first time she has "failed", been flawed, or otherwise made a blunder, this is the first time she has been wholly affected by it, the first time where she doesn't just psych herself or drink a healing potion, and then jump right back into it. This is when the horrors of the Equestrian Wasteland has finally gotten to her, finally showed that she's not just some superhero who's (mostly) unfazed by everything it has to throw at her.
And as DJ-Pon3 says
Here is where Littlepip fell, where she truly began to question herself.
Note: I'm making no remarks on the morality of her actions, only that she began questioning it and doubting herself.
achievement unlocked
On my way downtown
So, Arbu is basically Andale, with Arefu's name, and a line from Oasis.
This story makes me hurt. But... it's a good hurt. Not a weak hurt, but a good hurt.
3098337 I remember something similar happening in the original Fallout game: Doc Morbid, the unfriendly doctor from Junktown, was selling human meat to "Iguana" Bob in the Hub who was selling it as iguana meat
Cannabalism is just sick!
One more chapter and then I gotta tackle that 50k beast of a chapter
Haven't we all? I once slaughtered all of megaton (except Nova. I like her boobs) because Colin Moriarty's fuckin' Leprechaun voice pissed me of.
6394747 I murdered everyone I could in the vault once...
6402450 Eh... Killed every living thing I could find in the Capital Wasteland once. Still have that save file around here somewhere.
before I read on. I must say. no matter how bad things get in the story littlepip and her friends are heroes ^^. but I just discovered. I saw some fan art, tons here and there in fact. and im only gesin but im gesin she let it fuse to her arm......damn
Worst magic trick ever.
More pain. More sorrow. More regret.
Little pip is right.
The wasteland is already bucked-up enough.
But that won't stop it from hurting her in every way it can.
Better keep those puzzle pieces tight and secure, because its going to be a bumpy ride from here on out!
I really like Calamity in this chapter including the last one because he always questions Littlepip's decisions when they are against his values.
I think the death penalty is wrong and Littlepip had no right to kill so many ponies just because they ate pony meat to survive neither was it ok that she killed the bandits or that she slaughtered the Steelrangers who at this point where just defending themselfs.
There are probably alot of people disagreeing with my opinion but I think the perception of what is morally acceptable differs from person to person.
Everypony in the comments is disagreeing with Littlepip's decision to kill the ponies of Arbu. But we haven't even seen the ledger yet.
7701234...because murdering innocent ponies and the EATING them definitely isn't something that would get you the death penalty. Hell the EU might even make an exception for something like this.
I... Feel horribly because what Lilpip did would have gotten my support... I can't say i would watch or help but I understand why she did it. In the wasteland, you do what must be done.
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Laws and civilization. The two things the Equestrian Wasteland doesn't have. You can claim your point of view from the comfort of your home, knowing there are laws and people out there to help if anyone ever did wrong by you.
Out in the Wasteland? You'd be lucky if anyone ever gave a shit about your existence. If you'd ever have to struggle for your very life, and the life of the ones you loved, you'd be happy to know it's a little bit safer out there than it was the night before.
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Your point of view is that of a civilized person living in a home with running water, electricity and food in the fridge or in a shop nearby.
If you'd be forced to hunt for your food, risk life and limb each and every day for a drink of clean water that didn't twist your guts in a knot, you'd be onboard with the idea 100% without even thinking.
Morality is a luxury. It is an afterthought during times of peace.
7924124 that's the sad truth
3097370 i did same thing with the firelance or was it the dart gun