A Tyrant's Tragedy

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The fires of rage burn indiscriminately, and so in the inevitable wake of the aftermath which follows only despair remains.

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RainbowDoubleDash

RainbowDoubleDash #1 · Feb 27th, 2015 · · ·

I remember reading a fic very similar to this one, only Nightmare Moon on a frozen throne instead.

Still, good job. This is one possible fate, should Corona ever win, though generally I lean more towards her creating a "Sunshine and Fire"-type world.

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(tragedy is spelled with an E)

Blue_Paladin42

Blue_Paladin42 #2 · Feb 27th, 2015 · · ·

Tragedy is spelled wi-

Oh shoot, RDD got here first.

Blue_Paladin42

Blue_Paladin42 #3 · Feb 27th, 2015 · · ·

I generally do not care much for this brand of story, largely because it leaves me wonder why even read it. I can certainly see something like this finding it's way into the Lunaverse somehow, like as a vision or something. (Perhaps Zecora...?)
The imagery provided is very good, if a touch melodramatic. Justified as it's from Celestia's POV, and Corona tends to be something of a ham. It would not be particularly surprising for Celestia to retain that if she were to snap out of it, especially if by such traumatic means as this.

Personally, I don't think either sister has the capacity to lay waste to the entire planet, not in such a direct way, anyway. Well, okay, crashing the sun or moon into the world would do the trick, but I don't think even a nightmare boosted Celestia could catch the entire planet on fire. (As for Luna, not lowering the moon would have drastic consequences, but in a more "long run" sense.)

Emeral Bookwise

Emeral Bookwise #4 · Feb 27th, 2015 · · ·

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Over all, I'd probably agree, this is more of a worst case scenario, or maybe a distant consequence. Actually, to be even more specific, this is something I orginally wrote because I was inspired by the artwork alone, and so isn't directly related to Corona or any other singular version of a Celestia.

That said, it had been gathering dust in my incomplete concepts pile for some time now, and there are reasons I chose now to finally finish it.

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I'm not sure I really meant to suggest that Celestia scorched the entire world or even just Equestria in only single firestorm, though it's certainly as valid an interpretation as any. For me though, the whole thing is meant to have a sort of vague timeless quality, so as to further reinforce just how broken she is. Celestia might describe it as though it was a singular event, but she's also doing so from an unspecified point in the future afterwards... and rather melodramatically, as you observed. It's not only that time has lost meaning to her here and now, but also in her memories as well.

Blue_Paladin42

Blue_Paladin42 #5 · Feb 28th, 2015 · · ·

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Regardless of how much time has passed, Celestia here wonders if other realms were spared her wrath, before dismissing the idea as pointless hope. But it seems unlikely she would have even that much if she had actually left Equestria to flash fry these areas herself. Granted, we have a bit of an unreliable narrator with her, but burning the whole world from Equestria did seem to be the implication.

Mostly I am just saying her desperate hope might not be completely unfounded, (perhaps even pony refugees managed to escape...) although she might be right that she should stay the hell away from survivors.

shutaro

shutaro #6 · Mar 15th, 2015 · · ·

Intense. And I for one can see Celestia realize what a monster Corona was in the end.

Also nitpicks:

The burning rage of her furry had unlocked powers[...]

Should be "fury".

All she knew is that her body still burned and crackled

Should be "was".

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