And behold - a god of destruction, sent to punish us for our sins rises from the sea. And in its wake is naught but death and despair. A monster is born unto the folly of arrogance; death comes, and the dead will soon pity the living. (Complete)
Page generated in 0.041 seconds
Total duration
911 users online
1,561,493 hits today, 2,658,435 yesterday
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Fanfiction
Designed and coded by knighty & Xaquseg - © 2011-2024
Support us
SubStar
Chat!
Discord
Follow us
Twitter
MLP: Friendship is Magic® - © 2024 Hasbro Inc.®
Fimfiction is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro Inc.®
Manly tears have been shed at this masterpeice.
5516316
Danke. I tried my best to make it feel like an actual Godzilla Style sequence.
The end times have begun. A real apocalyptic overtone here, brilliant as usual!
5520127
Many Thanks to you.
I have on-site extra-literary sources on information ranging from Language to Location to Military and Governmental organization as found in this story. If you find yourself interested in it, I can provide a link to anyone who asks for it.
Can't wait to see more of this fic.
The only thing I wonder is why no evacuations seemed to happen for towns and citys that were in godzilla's path after they knew he was coming. If any did happen then I must have missed it as I was reading it.
Nice chapter, but I am curious as to how Mac knew about Jesus or anything Christian. Is there a pony Jesus in the history of this world? Keep up the good work!
5541896
That's what we in the business call a plot-hole. In all honesty, they were warned. However, as has been seen in the case of humans, people often disregard such warnings. Just look at any natural disaster; even if warned ahead of time, many people will refuse to leave all they know and love, willing to chance it. But mainly, I just wanted to write a story where pastel colored horses burned beneath the radioactive fires of Godzilla.
:3
5542047
... Is that any worse than the millions of stories on this site that use the princesses as religious figures? To be honest, I didn't really think too hard on that; I'm not really concerned with canonicity, and half the time I have to remind myself that I'm making a story that involves talking animals.
To answer your question; the farmer knows Jesus because Christianity is a major religion in my story. As for Jesus himself; no, I don't really feel comfortable with portraying the incarnation of God as a pony, so I'm going to let that be ambiguous and irrelevant as it should be. If this poses a problem for anyone, I'm afraid that you'll all just have to either get over it or stop reading.
:I
viraljesus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jesus_riding_dinosaur1.jpg
If any of you take this picture to mean I seriously believe that Jesus rode Dinosaurs, you're a fucking moron... Jesus didn't need to ride Dinosaurs - he was always flying around on the backs of giant Pterodactyls!
5542976 Damn, I was hoping for Pony Jesus. Would have found that kinda funny. Do you think Stigmata would work the same for hooves?
5545363
Please understand it from my viewpoint - there is a Jesus in the universe of this story, but as a professing Christian, I find it uncomfortable to attribute him as any particular 'Race' in this story. Jesus' ethnicity is not important - it's his teachings and the sacrifice he made which are ultimately the only substance one needs to know about him. As such, Jesus in this story will remained unclassified as being of any particular 'race' or 'species', because that's ultimately unimportant and I don't come off feeling sacrilegious over it.
As for your other question,I'm fairly certain it would not; ungulate mammals lack palms. Also, I'm not a Catholic - I'm an Ecumenical Christian, so that sort of thing isn't exactly part of my belief values.
5553094 Your religion is a hypocritical asinine waste of lives.
5664302
You have no clue how pathetic you come off as.
That you would seriously waste your own time in order to make some incoherent angry statement about what I choose to personally believe is beyond ridiculous. It would be funny were it not so sad... I pity you.
As for the statement itself, please - if you would enlighten me with your staggering intellect - do tell me what it is that makes me a hypocrite for believing what I do. I don't recall trying to force it down your throat, nor do I ever recall doing something in direct contradiction to what my faith demands of me. I also fail to see how belief in something beyond this physical realm is a waste of life; if anything, I have found that my beliefs so far have only enriched my life.
Is there a reason why you hate Jesus? Or do you perhaps hate all religion? If so, I suppose that all I can do is pray for you and hope that you manage to get over your hate.
5646993
Wow, I almost forgot about that particular post. That's some old stuff to be digging up right there. lol
To everyone else, I apologize for the delay, but I've been rather busy with life and snow... horrible snow. But on the plus side, I've written the framework of the chapter ahead of time so I know what's going in it... I just don't know how it's going to be written is all.
*puts on critic glasses* I'll be honest here. I stumbled across your story by complete mistake but .. I am very glad I did. I have spent the past week binge reading the entire thing and am very impressed with what I've seen. So if you don't mind here is my reaction to the whole thing.
First off I am very curious as to why you came up with the idea in the first place. You stated you arnt exactly the biggest fan in the world of mlp so what made you think of this?
Secondly I LOVE all of the callbacks to Gojira such as the Serizawa scene. You write things we are rather familiar with but put your own new spin on it. I especially enjoyed the scene with the power plant harkoning back to the return of Godzilla when he first appeared. Speaking of the Heisei era is it bad that for the most part I am imagining the Heisei Godzilla for your story?
Finally I simply adore the tone you have set. When I read about the military I have a lot of the military OSTs from Return of Godzilla and VS Biollante going through my head. And that scene where Luna dies is simply wonderful despite the fact I am a Luna fan. I just imagine a quiet moment where everything is silent and we are just left with her thoughts as death readily approaches her in seemingly slow motion. It's almost beautiful.
Well that's my fifty cents, I do hope you see this story all the way through and really wouldn't mind seeing the Oxygen Destroyer deployed against G with Twilight filling the part of Dr. Disuke Serizawa
5764481
Thank you so very much!
Yours is the first review to my knowledge to touch upon the very deep roots this story has to the Godzilla Legend.
I am thrilled that my story has managed to reach you, especially since you say you stumbled upon it.
To answer your first question, I began this story because of a recent slew of images that seemingly cropped up over night across the internet - they all involved MLP (a cartoon that I am only vaguely familiar with as something I can sit the nieces down with and listen to them debate over silly things) and Godzilla (a formative figure of my early childhood and a lifelong movie-going companion for a young boy living in a poor country with little hope for the future and a need for a hero who could crush all opposition). However, these images were no pleasant to my sensibilities, being as they depicted Godzilla as either a mere pet or worse, as a 'friend to all'. The Godzilla I grew up with was neither a hero nor a true monster - he was an untamed force of nature created out of mans folly and driven to anger by man's attempts to correct their mistakes. I know that a great deal of MLP fanart pertains to injecting these pastel horses into the realms of other franchises, but when you neuter the character of something like Godzilla to try and have ponies interact with him, you go to far. Godzilla is to the world like a man standing amidst an ant mound - He is so far above humanity's world that he will often ignore it as he strives to exist. However, much like the man who stands amidst the ant mound, he will take notice when the tiny creatures go out of their way to attack him for stepping upon their realm. This story was literally born from the indignation of the idea that MLP fans have of being able to sculpt established characters and mold them to suit their own notions. In short, I wanted to show what Godzilla would really be like in a world filled with preachy pastel ponies who live their lives like every day is a bright new future; to contrast the dark reality of Godzilla's world with the sunshine and happiness of the ponies' world.
To your second part, I am glad that you picked up those elements. As the title summary says, it's a different time and a different place, but the monster is unchanged - Godzilla is a powerful metaphor and one that should always be written about with a clear consciousness for his roots. I have always attempted to create parallels in this story to the story of Godzilla as a whole - everything I write of him is taken from both film and literature (and no small amount of artistic license where the medium will allow), and it brings me great joy to know that it has been effective thus far.
It is good that you mention the Heisei era Godzilla, because that is in fact the template that I envisioned when making this story. As I summed up early on in this story's course, my Godzilla is an amalgam of Heisei body, the Showa '54 spirit, the mind of Final Wars and the temperament of GMK. (I'm also quite fond of 2014's columnar legs and snapping turtle feet, so I'm using them as well) As such I have taken great pains to maintain the authenticity of his character and to provide a clear and concise depiction of the 'Godzilla Threshold'.
I am also happy that you approve of the original elements of my story. Yes, the military has always been a driving force in the realm of Godzilla, but as Ponies don't seem to fight, I decided to create someone who would. I spent a great deal of time and effort creating a convincing race of beings who had their own strengths, weaknesses, hopes and dreams; real beings, not faceless soldiers and casualties for the monster to inflict. It is why I've spent so much time building them up - I want them to seem like they actually belong in this world, and that their lives have just as much an impact on us as on each other. (I am also hoping that in the future, someone will actually take what I've created and expand upon their own ideas with it: I wish to plant the seeds for a new take on the way people can make their stories on this site - too often I see people limiting their ideas to what they've seen in the cartoons and not to what they could create for themselves.) Another element I wanted to impact upon was the contrast of darkness and light - of how light is the absence of darkness and visa verse. The detonation of the device that gave rise to Godzilla was in essence a ball of light. From that light sprung the darkness that would grow and metastasize into a beast hell-bent on revenge. You'll find man references to the contrast of light and dark in the story, with an emphasis on the both the creative and destructive properties of the elements behind them. Finally, I took great pains to emphasize the humanity of it all above all else. I want people to take away something from this all, not just read it in apathy. I know that some will not care about the characters or the scenario as a whole, but I wanted to make a story that made people think over what it means to be human - how we cope with tragedy and adversity, the way in which we often strive to overcome even when we know we cannot. Ultimately, I've come to love writing this story, and it has gone on to become one of the most spectacular works of fiction I've ever made.
I thank you for your review and your time. I can only hope to hear from you when I post the next chapter.
Sincerely,
Gustauve
5776809
The military. Yes that is something I forgot to add into my reaction. The cat race intruiged me the most. I do enjoy their stark contrast to the ponies and enjoy how you have this far used them in place of where most people would have used the Griffions or Diamond Dogs. I find that rather clever. It also makes sense that you would give them a German feel because I find cats usually have an elegant or swave personality to them. (Not to mention one of my aunt's cats has the signature 'stache and one of his ears are bent over giving the appearance of a comb over).
Te chameleons are also rather fun. Their appearance and personality gives them the feel of bitter old sailors, something like te Argonians from Skyrim only.. A little more down to earth I would say. That one elder from Odo island in the original 54, I feel you have reflected him almost perfectly in this story.
As for Godzilla, well I do enjoy the discription you have of him. While I personally love the 91 goji suit your alterations make it even better. Not to mention with the feeling of GMK the godzilla who devoured the souls of the bitter dead to fuel his own regeneration it seems almost like there would be no hope. I would also like to mention I wasnt a fan of Legendary's feet. I'll be honest my friends and I agree they look like elephant feet and don't belong on the King *chuckles*. I myself enjoy the more draconian look of GMK or Heisei, they seemed more powerful to me and with a wider range, .. Well lord help any who find themselves unlucky enough to be in their way.
Also one question/suggestion. Would it be odd to see either Twilight, Celestia, or the cats taking from the battle ground and studying any G cells that may have been say blasted of during the fights? They seem like the type, especially the cats, to further scientific research for the betterment of their people (or weaponry). I can easily see a Biollante or SpaceGodzilla coming about because of their need to control their environment, much like modern man does.
I would also love to see more of your artwork. You are quite talented and find myself quite jealous of your skill with a pencil.
*chuckles* sorry for the long winded rant. I do so have a weakness for these conversations that make me think if only a little.
~Alucard Wesker
5778911
If I'm going to be honest, the use of Cats as a race was more out of personal preference to the animals than for any sort of characteristics. As for their culture being Deutsche, that's more out of the fact that I am Deutsche, and that I served in the Bundeswehr for a decade - as such I have a better understanding of the Bund military structure than anything else I could think up. Cats were also a perfect choice for the fact that just as with the real animals, the Cats of Vorosh are only interested in things that benefit themselves.
The Chameleons were another creature I liked, and their penchant for tropical climes was easy to streamline into a race of islanders who were more content to leave well enough alone. Their reptilian nature also gives them a rather slow and steady mentality as well. But as you pointed out, they are first and foremost a simile to the villagers of Odo Island and the surrounding Ryukyu islands.
You don't like 2014's feet? I suppose there's nothing wrong with that. I actually would refrain from calling them Elephantine in nature. If you have ever wrestled an Alligator Snapping Turtle from the mud, and taken a good look at its feet, you might understand why I call his feet 'Snapping Turtle' feet.
godzilla-movies.com/media/godzilla-toho-trailer-screenshot-10.jpg
i.imgur.com/DrdgixW.png
I'd also like to point out that by the mid to late Showa era, Godzilla's feet had taken on a rather characteristically short and stubbed nature, something that I think Gareth Edwards took to heart in his re-imagining of the king. However, this is merely conjecture on my part.
As for your third question, well...
i.imgur.com/MprZkhC.jpg
You'll just have to keep reading to find out.
I have more artwork, but I'm lazy, so it may be some time before I ever put it up.
I don't mind long reviews, so long as they aren't a rant.
Thank you for your feedback, if only more people took such time.
Just hit 7000+ words on the next chapter.
Not even halfway done.
This might be a while.
Please be patient.
Just hit the 14K+ word mark. Expect the next chapter within the coming week.