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Hey there poni people. Shorter update this time since I'm still mostly preoccupied with trying to find a job that isn't awful. Expect big things happening in the next chapter, because from here on out I've got everything planned out in detail. I'm gonna try and get it out quickly, time providing of course.
And yes, that includes Tercio. Believe me, I've not forgotten about him.
In the mean time, enjoy Rarity being amazing again.
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Sanity is for the weak.
Thanks for the update!!
My biggest complaint with this story is that Celestia is so weak, and its quite a small complaint imo. Honestly it does not take away from the entire story at all it is just a small nag in my head. The characters are believable entirely, however, Celestia, while I understand she's tired from fighting her sister and being forced to run a kingdom on her own, seems not as... Celestia-like? Like she could be doing... More, better? Other than that though, this is one of the stories I check fimfiction daily for, for updates.
So will Celestia meet Elinwynn in battle? That'd be epic.
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I think it needs to be considered that we're seeing a Celestia who is far younger and less adept than we see her in the show. She's watching her country crumble around her in addition to all of the Luna drama. Stumbling when Elinwynn brought up her father's past, the constant stress of managing a war, the on-and-off insecurity about falling for Tercio, etc.
Her inexperience is evident in not just how she handles personal situations, but in her actions in combat as well. Despite being a nigh-immortal quasi-deity she got her ass kicked by the assassin and very nearly died.
She does have the potential to be immensely powerful, but it's a kind of raw, uncontrolled power like we saw against Secundus in the memory sharing scene. She's been working to improve herself as the story continues, and I hope that much comes across in the writing, but I think people make Celestia out to be far more...competent...than she really is when it comes to the show. For the vast majority of episodes involving a Big Bad, she serves the part of The Worf; that is, someone who is normally seen as powerful until they get beat down to establish that a threat is super serious. I mean, she couldn't even beat Chrysalis in a beam battle, and even that little exchange left her drained and helpless. If anything, she's way more powerful in my story than she's ever shown to be in the show. Her answer for the first several seasons was "tell my student to get the Magical McGuffin", and after that she still served to be the damsel in the vast majority of cases.
Of course, any defense I make for her is biased on my part, since I'm writing the story, so I fully admit that I might be looking at things through rose-tinted glasses.
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I love Celestia's comparison to Worf. I'm only half paying attention to the show now, but she's getting less regal and intelligent as the show goes on. So I'd say your version of the sun goddess actually is more powerful and competent than the canon version in recent seasons.
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Actually your explanation has changed my view a bit and cleared some things up, thanks!
*twitches and shivers with barely restrained excitement* I so badly want a thing to happen, and soon. And because I think it's likely, I don't want to say a thing on the off chance it'll spoil things for readers or influence your plot choices, Dref. Last minute save, and all that!
Also, because this is just so exciting, I keep wanting to write a side story to yours. That would be such a disservice to my own readers though. They've been waiting for far too long.
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_____See, the problem I've always had with people saying that is that Chrysalis clearly isn't that powerful on her own. She needed Shining Armor's love to be that powerful and during the struggle, Chrysalis was bracing herself for a fight she either wasn't going to win (and she knew it) or simply wasn't going to go down without a fight. She herself even states that it's because of SA's love that made her that powerful. I bet you if any normal changeling had consumed just as much if not more of the same amount of love (and the intensity of the love appears to matter as well) they could've given Celestia a run for her money, if not beat her just as soundly because of it.
wow
The moment I've been dreading. I've caught up.
It's taken me a good few days of reading to get to here, and these last dozen chapters I've hurriedly scrolled past the 'next' button fearing it wouldn't be there, and now it's finally happened.
I saw a comment before I started reading that conveyed my own hesitation to start reading, the description. I am more than happy to admit i was wrong in assuming any shortcomings with this story.
You have done an absolutely incredible job, and deserve every accolade and more that has and will come your way.
It's as close to flawless as i feel a story could come, and I encourage you to attempt a rendition that would be more openly marketable once all is said and done here. Your talent, I feel, could spill over something much more than us.
Authors such as yourself make our small corner of the internet something to be proud of, for as much as that compliment may be worth. This was and is an experience, for the cliches there may be, I'm genuinely happy to have undertaken this venture.
tl;dr
To those who haven't read this yet, I highly recommend you change that.
Ooh, crap!