I Am
I am.
For two simple words, it packed such power. It was a declaration of existence, yet also a declaration of authority. One could say," I am a soldier", or "I am a chef", or even "I am a god", yet they all implied a lot of life that I was now far above.
I was beyond life.
Beyond death.
Beyond gods.
In its simplest form, I am.
Equestria was already a fallen nation. She fell when Celestia did months ago. When she gave her last gasp, so did Equestria. Now it was my job to pick up the pieces and reforge her. Like iron, I would melt this world down, heating it until her impurities withered away. The hammer would descend upon her, beating her into submission, then placing her back into the furnace to heat again.
With enough forging and enough heat, what had once been a nation of raw iron would become one of steel.
Of course, first two certain "impurities" had to be removed. If there were two things I could not tolerate in my new nation, it was chaos and rebellion. Order, structure, logic, and justice would be the forces that guided my nation, with myself at its helm. Equestria would rise again, like a phoenix from her ashes.
A stood outside on my balcony, overlooking Canterlot. A group of ponies were on their way to attempt to cast me down. They would fail.
Nothing could stand against me.
Not ponies. Not Gods. Not the universe itself.
I could stand within the depths of the sun, but I would not burn.
I could stand within the depths of the sea, but not be crushed.
The very fabric of reality seemed to bend to my whim. I was beyond divinity, beyond...everything really. I was now a force of existence, just like entropy or gravity. My very presence was palpable, as though I exerted a gravitational pull around myself. It was...exhilarating.
And yet, despite all this, I knew one thing for sure.
I could still be killed.
Despite all the protective spells, powers, and weapons my mind could conjure, I could still die. Not from age of course, but from a lucky shot. Somepony driving a dagger through my neck as I slept, or perhaps a being emerging from Tartarus could turn out to be of equal strength with me, or somepony could get creative and invent a whole new spell against which I had no defense. There were a whole myriad of ways that it could happen. After all, Celestia must have thought herself immortal just before I killed her. Same with Cadence. They couldn't die through natural means, but somepony could still kill them, and in their case, it was me. What was there to stop another pony from coming along and murdering me?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
Even if I was master and commander of all the universe, with every fundamental force of existence under my hooves, there was still a chance that I could die.
All I had labored for, all the blood I had spilt would have been for naught. I would not, I could not let that happen. After all that I had been through, Equestria was finally mine.
I would not let her be destroyed.
I had to crush this revolt before it even began. To nip it in the bud before it grew into a weed of rebellion. I had to do something that would utterly break these ponies, so that nopony would ever question my authority again.
I would make them bare witness to the death of their hope.
These ponies who must have marched for days to reach my citadel would be greeted by nothing more than the executions of Discord and Luna; the last living beings in Equestria who stood any chance of defeating me. One the last "true" goddess of the population, and one a false god of chaos who's reform had deluded them into believing there was hope for the old way of life.
The old Equestria had passed, and with the death of these two would see its end. The old Equestria was a kingdom built on harmony, and harmony was something that did not last. When the world grew rough, harmony was the first thing we lost. We turned on one another, leaving countless dead in our wake as we fought to keep ourselves from the brink of desperation.
The new Equestria would be built not on harmony, but on the shoulders of its god. I had stopped Discord, Tirek, Chrysalis, Nightmare Moon, and countless other beings that threatened Equestria before, and I would do the same again. Those who lived beneath my auspice would exist in a golden age of peace and prosperity that Celestia could only have dreamed of giving them. Those who stood against me however would burn like chaff from the harvest. Their ashes would be scattered to the wind, their lives only a distant memory.
So out onto the balcony I lead them. Two traitors facing down their imminent demise.
"I always imagined that when I died, there would be a bit more...pizzazz to it, y'know? This whole thing feels sort of underwhelming."
"If this is where it ends, then I want to say it was a pleasure to spend the last of it with you."
At the end of the road ahead, came the ponies I had been expecting. They did not march in as an army would, armed to the teeth and faces set as stone, but instead came as a parade, singing and dancing and playing instruments. They marched to their deaths.
I stood behind my captives, just waiting to strike.
A new era was about to begin. A great, golden era arisen from the blood and sweat and tears of god herself.
An era under the rule of only one god.
I am.
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New here, what is this?
an OC?
and from what I've seen, a great one.
so thats nice
5976207 Not sure. It doesn't translate correctly. It's Sesotho, if you're wondering.
HOW DARE YOU USE THE LORD'S NAME FOR SUCH AN IMPURE PONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*starts laughing*
*laughs even harder*
*laughs more*
*eyes burst*
*face falls off*
*body is torn apart*
*dead pieces still resonate with laughter*
[We regret to inform you Capacitor has died of laughter.]
[Mandatory Resurrection Protocol will be initiated in five seconds.]
[We would also like to add that Twilight Sparkle is still a wimpy scrub.]
*rezzes*
Phew. That mare's so hilarious, it just kills me.
I really have only one thing to say to her: Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
In all sincerity though, for all her knowledge, Twilight Sparkle is blind.
She has next to no understanding of why the ponies are marching against her.
And for all her power, she is still shackled by the mortal coil. Some god she is.
Calling unto justice and order for the kingdom she is forging, likening herself to a fundamental force of the universe, belittling harmony, and that all with what she is - at best, she is delusional.
I am, she says. Besides that, she says no more, because it's all she has left. She is, but apart from that, she is nothing but deluded pride.
Now I'm picturing Book-Horse acting as hammy as Raul Julia, in Street Fighter.
Whelp Twilight's fully off her rocker. Why do I have a feeling the universe will implode when loses it it completely?
5976670
And here's the beauty of this fic, for few words in it have more meaning than thousands in other fics.
Now we see the battle between Harmony (Can't believe she never noticed she lost her connection to her Element, and forgot the EoH can rise again), and insanity.
The question lies here. The EoH can manifest in trillions of different ways, can remake ponies [canon], alter anything in their AoE [targeted], and can be quite extreme in their end effect [although they aren't able to kill (although there are fates worse than death)]. But we never see if they can resurrect dead gods. After all, there are plenty of fics where a source of a dieties power if they are killed eventually remakes them. A group of super god level artifacts that control all of existance. Would be interesting if they resurrected those she killed, while depowering her to the level of a snub horn with Scootaloo wings. [A unicorn Squib, and unable to fly.] While giving her some form of eternal punishment that she's forced to witness till the sun burns out, and the universe collapses in a cold heat of it's own dying weight.
5976483
*Snerk* Well she is a deity in that Series of Mutliverses. Just a rather insane one. Hopefully she doesn't discover multi-universal travel and try outing any of the insane deities throughout the Multiverse [Although I don't know if Daedric Princess can be counted as Gods, or if they are Anti-Gods?]
Add on. Can you PM me what that says? I still can't find a good Biblical Hebrew translator XD.
5976360
Nope. Biblical Hebrew.
5976207
Biblical Hebrew.
5977426
Elder Scrolls? Now you guys are speaking my language.
The elder scrolls series has a cosmology based on August Dereleth's version of Lovecraft's Cthulhu mythos. He separates the deities into two major camps, Elder Gods, who are in general beneficial to mankind (Like the gods in Elder Scrolls) and Great Old Ones, who are sealed away from mankind but are attempting to break through to wipe us out a la the Daedric Princes.
5977433 Google Translate says Sesotho.
I think I know what's been bothering me the most in your fic, what I am reading is pre-season 1 Twilight suddenly turned into an alicorn without any friendship lessons learned over three seasons (till the time of her ascension that is)
5977494
Technically you have a few Daedric Princes that are beneficial to humanity, and are actually as good aligned as the Elder Gods.
Alignment of the Daedric Princes, You have Meridia who is the Paladin God. Lawful Good, and despises the undead / necromancers. Azura who is Daedric Prince of Change, Transitions, Twilight, and the magic of Twilight (even though she's Neutral Good, emphasis on Neutral). Azura's sister Nocturnal really can be considered true-Neutral (since she represents mystery and shadows. But is the patron of thieves.).
5977523
Author said (s)he was using Biblical Hebrew, using romanticized text [rather than the actual symbols]. So it's Biblical Hebrew (and while totally different than modern Hebrew, there aren't any translators I can find on the subject.)
5977577
This is true. I'm just saying that the dichotomy in general bears a striking resemblance to Dereleth's portrayal of the mythos.
5977577 Oki Doki Loki then.
5977426
First of all, it's gods, not 'Gods.' That's also frustrating.
I expect to apologize to God. And I don't care that this is the Internet and you probably weren't thinking while posting your comment. Apologize.
5977862
No. There are Gods on earth. So no apologizing. You apologize for coming across as a fanatic.
5977874
Fanatic? Are you serious right now?
I'm Roman-Catholic.
5977862
Chill out dude. I am myself a Christian, but using the name "I am" is not offensive. The technical name for God is YHWH, who's closest translation from Hebrew is I am. Technically, its untranslatable, and when we read it in Hebrew, we read it off as "Adonai" or Lord. And that's not even taking into account the other names used for God, like Jehovah or Elohim.
This story has been laced with Christian symbolism from the beginning, all leading up to this symbol. If you were personally offended by this choice, my apologies. But I don't think its possible for me to offend God himself with my writing.
5977900
Twilight is too impure in this story to simply think of herself as God. Maybe as a god, but certainly not God.
As the Pharisees were offended with Jesus calling himself I am, Jesus had a right to. Twilight does not.
5977895
The difference? [At least with how you're coming across. Fanatics aren't bound to a religion. Just to a person and their actions / words.]
Seriously though. There are multiple different pantheons. Judaism/Islam/Christianity/Catholicism [who worship the same deity, just with different philosophical bents that they get way to angry arguing about.]. Is only one religion / pantheon. Going off about God can only be used for one specific religion is pretty stupid. Heck even if I was using the whole Abrahamic Faiths, there are plenty of verses that say that God is in, and part of all things. So that'd make him part of all other deities/religions as aspects of him/herself. I'm not of the Abrahamic Faiths but most of my family is, and what they say about other religions.
Personally. I don't care of others faiths. Everyone has the right to worship who they will. And there is a place for all religions, according to their faiths doctrines / beliefs. Although I find it funny a faith that says, "Judge not others unless you shall be judged in the same manner as you have judged others." Gives rise to so many who'd get a rage boner over things that in the long run are inconsequential.
5977900
I don't see how anyone could be insulted by this chapter. I mean it's a world of magical ponies were 1/3 of the tribes can cast spells. With (in their very tropes page) Physical Gods who are neigh-invulnerable (still killable), immortal, and limited omniscience. Who each have power over a force of nature (other than Twilight who's such a Munchkin in this fic rather than just a Min-Maxed Mage turned Min-Maxed Goddess.).
So really anyone who talks about that universes Deities with hate / anger. Really needs to take a step back and look at the source material. Equestria isn't Earth. With different rules, culture, and norms than earth. Where Dieties still walk the world, and interact with mortals. At least equine-wise.]
5977980 Seriously, right? If you haven't noticed, this isn't our universe. So by no stretch of the imagination is he using the "Lord's" name in vain.
Zealots, am I right?
5978324
I know
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Heck my sister-in-law's father is not only going to not walk her down the isle, but out right told her she's going to burn in hell because my brother's not Catholic. (Although my Grandfather's Catholic and totally chill, and an all around good guy.). But I find it funny that people can hate things, and go off the deep end over the silliest things. When life's to short to waste on dumb stuff. Especially about a non-Earth universe where Friendship and Harmony eventually defeat evil, and have physical effects to ward horrible monsters at bay.
But I guess some people just need to cling on to their hate to feel better about themselves. *Shrugs*, still fun to philosophically needle them. Especially if you a)have friends of their religion/political affiliation who are pretty cool peeps, and/or b)know the religion/political affiliation enough to poke fun at zealots who think everyone but their particular philosophical group is eternally damned / in the wrong.
This seems oddly fitting:
To the traitors.
There was only ever one.
5976483
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5977494
Wait, someone wrote beings that could wreck Cthulu's shit and they don't want to exterminate all the things? How long has that been a thing? I always thought Lovecraft and all similar stories went to Warhammer 40,000 levels to ensure that there's no hope whatsoever.
For a neat, short, fic this one suuuure attracts a lot of drama. fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/300/8/e/how_to_eat_popcorn__gif_by_victoriawolf16-d84dy9u.gif
5980777
For the most part they do, which is why Derleth is such a controversial author when it comes to Lovecraftian stories. He essentially changed the mythos from being a hopeless mass of forces that could wipe out humanity, to a sort of struggle between good and evil, with humanity trapped in the midst of it. Later authors adjusted this into one that I prefer, which is that there are more or less 3 sides. Elder Gods, who tend to be somewhat benevolent, only because they are holding back the Great Old Ones, who seek to destroy humanity. Think sort of like the Greek Gods and Titans in that regard. Lastly, they added the Outer Gods, who are somewhat malevolent and stronger than both, but most of whom have little interest in humanity.
5977900 I can see where he could get offended because one of the names God gives himself when talking to Abraham or Moses (one of the two) Is I Am but at the same time I don't think he should get offended, this chapter is using the term I Am to solidify the fact that Twilght Sparkle is fucking the only god equestria has now so I can understand why you used it.
Twilight is now A.M.
Reading this in A.M.'s voice just gives it extra edge, you know?
I might just narrate it in that voice
fuck it I will
Expect it whenever
5986901 Who?
IMO, you mean "I stood"