Rookwood, a magically stunted unicorn, has the greatest wet dream he's ever had. Little does he know his adolescent fantasies may flood Equestria with nightmares.
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This was certainly interesting. And funny at some point.
My curiousity grows more and more, what will happen next?
-Zeph
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Funny?
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Yes, the part when Celestia tells that she would bring the sun there in Tartarus, olike the last time, then Death tells that some of Tartarus is still burning, which is used!
That was a funny moment!
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Yeah, I suppose so.
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See?
I have a quite broken personality, my humor is morbid and my values are twisted.
But I can find what's good and what1s bad.
That one with the burning pits was certainly good.
Sweet Luna am I glad I faved this! This is awesome! Keep 'em coming, man~!
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Thank you. I'll try to keep the updates regular.
Why is Rookwood damned again? His 'suicide', the way I read it, was an attempt at ending the Nightmare. The act involved knowingly doing something that would kill him, but that was self sacrifice for the greater good and to protect his mate and child. Throwing yourself on the grenade and all that. Ok, he failed to drag the Nightmare into the abyss with him, but he should get points for being a Big Damn Hero both for that attempt and for taking the wounds left by the Nightmare upon himself right?
Is he damned for his pact with Violet, which was intended to help him accomplish the very thing Death wants to happen?
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Complacency, hubris and suicide.
In the classic Grecian sense.
Suicide was a terrible sin. It was arrogance to challenge the will of the Gods. Tartarus had a special place for suicides. To seize one's own life was to wrest away control from fate and destiny.
Christianity borrowed this concept and used it as well, even though the Bible does not actually condemn suicide.
Edit.
This is why there was the concept of a sword brother. Someone you would trust to kill you in the need arose, sparing you from having to take your own life.
It is also why Socrates' death is so poignant. He was forced to drink hemlock, an act of suicide, the the notion that his suffering would continue through the ages.
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Well. Regarding Christianity: "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." The ancient Greeks acknowledged martyrdom as well. Their religion, literature and history reflect this. From Alkestis to Leonidas, the Greeks had a tradition of self sacrifice.
Which is the interpretation I have of Rookwood's death. He tried to end a major threat to the innocent and to his loved ones, even knowing it'd cost him his own life.
Also, hubris in ancient Greece was generally considered a mortal affair, to the point of being illegal in Athens for a time. It was extremely complicated and rather weird when you dig beyond the base definition. For example, Timarchus was barred from political office on grounds of hubris due to prostitution and submitting to anal sex.
Not disappointed yet.
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Interesting that we both see so similarly. I agree, with my own viewpoints I would consider Rookwood a martyr, at least with his dive at the window, but his actual suicide began with complacency, attempting to leap into the mind of Nightmare Moon. All of the warnings were there, and Violet even tried to dissuade him from his path, warning him that beyond a certain point, he will know suffering like few others. He did not heed Violet's warning and went ahead in his own plans.
Rookwood chose. He ripped his fate free from destiny and fate, what have you, and sought his own way.
His suicide began when Violet says that it began. The window was simply the final act of defiance, but not he beginning.
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Also, in Christianity, the Devil is in the details.
There is a big difference between being stoned for somebody else and taking your own life. One is allowing yourself to be taken by another, the other is taking life with your own hand.
But Christianity is full of conflicting viewpoints. Meh.
The whole bone piles idea reminds me heavily of the wood of the suicides found in the divine comedy by Dante. Also the prospect of Celestia so willingly giving herself to a deal with death is astounding. Please, i implore you to continue with this i wish to see this end well but i have a sickening feeling that it wont.
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A wood of rooks, or a wood full of psychopomps = place of the dead.
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Celestia is eternal. Timeless. She clearly desires some form of motherhood.
Think about a foal that never ages but requires constant care and attention, lest it begin to rot.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" William Shakespeare.
Okay, I haven't reviewed in a few chapters, and I wanted to let you know that you haven't lost a reader. I'm still here. I'm still reading, but even as I am I find myself looking at this story through my default lenses. To be honest the thing with Celestia concerning Violet seems to be more than her just wanting to console a foal. This may be a 'The bucking curtains are blue' moment, but it would seem that what Celestia sees here is a chance to repent for some of the things she had done and had allowed to be done to Luna. Consider what Luna had told Rookwood before. She had been married twice before, and both times were for political gain. Once was an arranged marriage her father had allowed, and the second had been by Celestia.
I'm quite certain that times were different when these marriages happened. There was certain expectations that occurred. I'm sure that Celestia had to deal with what would qualify as Rape in her time now. Where as when she married (I believe it did mention that she had been) it was nothing more than a wife submitting to her husband. It had to be humiliating to know how much power you held, but be bound by what was considered the social rules to perform and behave a certain way. Then to know that Luna had suffered the same, but in many cases worse. Her 'husbands' were twisted. Granted the second one had been influenced by Nightmare Moon, but even then if he had actually loved her I think he could have broken free. Rookwood took on the burden of having Nightmare Moon and attempted to kill her.
Death, is reflected well here. He is very Hades like, and I like that. He's neither good nor evil, but instead he's neutral. He understands his job, what must be done, and does so with as much mercy as he deems necessary at that moment. He goes from doing his job to consoling Violet. That speaks volumes. He's not a dark figure that seeks destruction, but rather he's an old being that understands his place in the world. I like that, and I believe that I shall refer to him as the old man. Why? Because the Old Man in Legend of Zelda also understood his place in the world and would sometimes speak cryptically. I keep expecting Death to do the same. (I also expect him to hold up a sword at some point and say "It's dangerous to go alone, take this!")
Luna is behaving like someone in love would behave. If there's a chance to save her loved one she's going to do it. It's what she wants, what she believes that she needs. All in all, I've been enjoying the chapters, and I plan on reading this until it's conclusion.
- LF
i feel as though there is little i can say to this other then it still holds my intrest and i bit thee continue. that little colt has gone far has he not. and does death have an agenda allowing rockwood and luna to marry or does he actually care for rockwood and want him to succeed or is that his agenda! haha
True love can even make Death stop in it's tracks.
The reaper reminded me so much of Pratchett's Death.
Well done.