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5307911
Nine hundred thousand what?
5307911
Oh. Words. Duh.
I cannot brain, I has the dumb.
first typo of the new chapter:
colt
-> colt
all i could find
Hopefully Sunset will eventually learn that to get Bucky genuinely angry you sort of have to really buck up and mean it (at least at the time).
nods. nice chapter.
now I am left to speculate at HOW the mirror walkers make their move when it comes.
personaly suspecting fridged undead gryphons to start coming from the frozen gryphon land, if necromancy is part of their skill set........ the golems bucky left would be no threat to an alicorn.
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Brain too think to tired.
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Last night at about 3 am or so I hit the 106 degree fever mark... I was hallucinating!
I swallowed a half a dozen aspirin in desperation and then went to bed at about six am.
And now I feel like a zombie.
Fucking rheumatoid.
5307948
Undead changelings are already being used as spies. We'll be hearing about the orbs of undead compulsion soon.
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5307933
Kudzu must have had a stuffed nose when typing.
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Keep in mind... Sunset Shimmer is no longer human, but a unicorn again.
This means... neurosis. Unicorn neurosis.
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Yes i know, hence the hopefully. She is going to need help from other ponies who are also dealing with neuroses and the ones who keep them calm. Fortunately she living in Unicorn Therapy Central. So many comforting ponies to hug her back to what passes for sanity in unicorns.
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She is no longer used to dealing with it. One of the advantages of being human. Something she has not taken into account.
Found one
Dinky slowly worked out her equasions [ equations]
i vote for a vulture beaked griffin because reasons
5307993
For what? For who?
**Confuzzled**
5307958 i remember the changeling zombies, haven't forgotten that. shared similar ideas with that.
spies have a signle prpose. to learn your enemies weaknesses and use them against them.
the main move i mean is the move where they attack....... and bucky provided them a lot of soldiers. espeally if that alicorn is still a factor. bucky's golems could deter most threats short of dragons and alicorns.
5307998 sunset's assistant.
though it was mostly a joke
5307987 ......... why wouldn't she have neurosis as a human? she may have not been able to use magic, but it does not change that she was a creature of magic. her soul was that of a magical creature and all. and her brain patterns would have been wired to neurosis.
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Ah. I see.
Having a vulture griffon in the Ponyville public library might be funny.
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She might have had neurosis as a human, but that's psychological.
Unicorn neurosis is caused by magic.
5308030 right? you should totally do it.
5308038 shrugs. know the thing is that the universe and magic is growing unstable. yet not sure what kind of magic causes the instability. unicorns yes, but what other species? or is it only with the horn heads with the biological wands sticking out of their faces?
Dang, I actually wanna start reading this, but every time I see that, "902,257 words total," or , "Chapter 353," I chicken out.
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I believe it was "forces of Chaos", capital 'C' chaos, that broke the stability of the universe. Everything after that has sort of been an entropic decline punctuated by stopgap measures by Omnicorn, the Fates, and the other alicorns.
Other species weren't involved, unicorns just feel the effects of the fraying fabric of the universe because they are closely intuned with magic. There are things other species (and ponies) do like necromancy, which release Tartarus-spawn into the world, but i don't think that that is actually contributing directly to this problem. There may be other species that are having a negative reaction, (aggression in other species, but that could be otherwise explained) but i don't think we've really seen much of that.
Instability in Alicorns, Celestia's paralyzing need for Omnicorn's validation, Luna's NMM period, Cadence's overprotectiveness and willingness to rain destruction down if something hurt her Shiny, and Twilight's general neuroses, could be symptomatic of this decline, amplified to alicorn strength levels, or it could just be (for Cadence and Twilight at least) a natural magnification of their original pony races' attributes. Twilight's unicorn neurosis amplified by an even deeper connection to the fabric of Magic, and Cadence being a former pegasus has strong feelings of Love for those around her and an even greater desire to protect them, alongside the power to level cities.
5308141
The later you start, the more it will become. We're very spoiled readers with daily updates here.
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Nah, needs to be in the post office... in charge of the dead letter bin.
5308141
If you don't work, spend the month of December catching up (no pun intended).
5308153 all of them have earth pony blood in em. more balanced individuals and all.
5308155 More than daily if you recall. There was over four weeks where Kudz was pumping out 2-3 chapters a day. And now arthritis has slowed him down. alas our machine needs fixing
5308141 Since when is more of a good things a bad thing?
Do eeet, you know you want to!
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I said updates.
But yes, I was imprecise on that.
5308234 I must apologise good madam. I appear to not have seen the "s", on "updates".
5308141
It's an amazingly great story, but in terms of length it is going to be like trying to pick up a novel series, or picking up Doctor Who around number nine. There is going to be a lot of intricate relationships that will eventually develop, and there is a whole interconnected world that Kudzu reveals to the readers. If you like reading about a complex, richly detailed world that delves into the interplay of fantasy, biology and psychology, then this is a great read. It offers explanations for several odd behaviors seen in MLP:FIM, though it does stray from show canon at times, Kudzu puts a lot of effort into explaining what he can without spoiling too much for his readers. He often exposes us to plot-twists , misdirections, and "how could i have missed that " moments that border on the Doctor Who/Bioshock level.
The length shouldn't stop you from reading, the site will keep track of where you left off if you need to take a break or decide you don't want to continue (Dark tag wasn't added in until around mid-130's or so, so you'll be pretty good until then). The first chapter was written as a Trojan-oneshot to get people interested before Kudzu launched this epic. You could just stop after that first chapter, and that makes a good story on its own.
But if you do ever decide to continue on past that first chapter, just try to remember, the central theme of this story is misunderstandings. A close second is forced perspective. We're only getting to see what the author is telling us, so watch out for that if you think Kudzu is trying to make you get opinionated on a topic . I'd suggest bringing a pencil and taking notes as it will probably help you keep track of everything that is going on, but if that makes you feel too much like Twilight Sparkle preparing for a test, you really don't have to (it does for me, though now i often wish i had ). If you get confused, try reading the comments, we've been discussing this story for a long time, (most commented story now ) and you can probably find an answer somewhere in there. Otherwise, Kudzu has also been doing Q&A for a long time, so you can try checking those posts (compare blog dates to chapter publication dates for most likely posts to address your question).
Also, if you do decide to get fully into the story, there are a number of side stories for The Chase. I would say the best way to go about reading them is to write down the publication dates of the chapters, figure out where they land compared to the Chase mainchapters, and pause to read those stories (and their individual chapters, one at a time) when you get to those points. Those stories were developed alongside The Chase, so if you pause to read them in the order they were published, they will provide you some fantastic background and help you understand what is going on in the Chase as you go.
Hope to see you joining in the discussion soon!
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You're also mixing in hot-blooded pegasus and neurotic unicorn. For a unicorn ascending, they now have a lot of potentially violent guarding/brooding instincts thrust in. For a pegasus, you have a whole new batch of neurosis and a whole heaping lot of magical muscle that the pegasus has never had to really deal with before. Mixing in the more subtle/calming Earth Pony magic probably helps somewhat, but i don't think it can just automatically balance out all of the other new additions problems. Radical physiological shifts (growing new limbs and moving into a power bracket whose members are countable on one pony's hooves for example) are going to result in radical fluctuations in behavior as well, as those new powers and instincts unexpectedly flare up.
I do wonder how an Earth pony ascending could go here. With the major blood being Earth pony, it could temper the other races problems a little more than for the other routes. Still, having to deal with both suddenly having wings (and the hotblooded-ness) and a horn capable of monstrous levels of magic (and the accompanying neurosis) when most of one's life was spent with neither is going to cause problems and growing pains if the former Earth Pony is reluctant to step into their newly acquired powers or doesn't have a strong support network.
5308339 earth ponies are supposedly a stablilizng element to all of this....... the issue I have had at large is that it leaves them incapable of having any significant individual feats. hell even maud is robbed of any significance by the op ponies.
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Being foundational to the survival of your species does not rob you of "significant individual feats". Pina is developing magic, Pinkie Pie is Pinkie Pie, Berry Punch is a social savant/interpreter, Bon Bon is a super-producer and mixes that into the candy she makes, Coco Pommel is a fashion designer despite the comparative disadvantage of being an Earth Pony. Maud is just quiet by personality. Oh, and she eats rocks and pummels boulders into gravel. Yes, no significant individual feats there.
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Depending on how fast you read, it's really not that bad. I got all caught up, in, what? Two weeks, reading about 4 hours a day? Something like that.
But then, I read ridiculously fast. Still, I recommend it heartily!
I fully support Sentinel in his dislike of fractions.
I truly truly do.
Topy?Curry?
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Hope you don't mind, but I'll be pasting that to whoever might be interested in reading, because it's a great summary!
No worries, I'll put a link to you there.
I see what you did there and I like it.
5308386 and apparently even a foal like sentinel could mangle maud to death from how kudzu describes lunar pegasi. they are stronger than the earth pony able to shatter giant rocks.
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Nope. Curry means garner, or earn. It's a thing.
.............. i think i just thought of the ultimatel weapon that could appear in the chase..............
the Breezie Bomb.
a flash of species alteration magic and all the enemies become breezies.
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Bucky is already hard at work on the squirrel bomb. But to use it would be totally nuts.
5308634 least my ridiculous doomsday weapon was made of puns. hmmph.
...lol.
5308595 Okay.