Flash Sentry, a new student at Canterlot High School, must adjust to life in a new town and school, make new friends, battle evil creatures that threaten mankind, and solve the mystery lurking within Canterlot's social media network.
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Ya know, I thought I'd be happy about this. Goes to show you how not thinking ahead can REALLY bite you in the ass.
Wait... how do they know that Sonata is the next target? I guess they learned of it somewhere, but I can't remember.
Excellent chapter, you can actually feel the tension on them. Great Work.
Although I really can't blame anyone for wanting answers, I must say that their methods are... a bit sucky. And the full story of Fluttershy will be interesting. What was is that broke her this much?
Well, much is explained. So, part of the blackmail is that Shy framed a bunch of people to get revenge. Also, she has a low opinion of the team because she knows all of their secrets. As of now, the real Fluttershy is angry, resentful, and vindictive. I'll think we'll all be glad when that changes.
Not sweet, sweet Fluttershy!
5955405 She died some time ago. But take heart, for she will return to life, in due time.
5955324 Intuition probably. They know Sunset Shimmer wants to make Flash miserable, and attacking his friends is the best way to do it.
Kind of curious if Sonata is going to get a Persona though. She wasn't a part of the story originally, so it's entirely possible that she might just be a victim that forgets the whole thing.
Of course, they could be wrong, and Sunset might pick a random target just to screw with the team.
*Claps* Congratulations Fluttershy, Any sympathy you had from me is gone and now I wish that you end up getting killed by Aries instead of being saved by Flash and the others.
PS: This is not meant to be directed to the author in any negative shape, or form.
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A comment in the blog detailing the change in update schedule did
kinda hint that Sonata will be getting a Persona.
The possibility of an additional party member beyond 'everyone on the coverart plus Cadance' was also mentioned in an older comment.
Thinking about it some more, it would seem that a truly good end would involve Shy confessing to any criminal wrongdoing she's guilty of (that doesn't sound insane), and accepting the consequences.
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Well, at the very least, they do know that she is the next potential target, being the next Pisces on the list to have a birthday...
Ah. This does explain a lot, but it excuses nothing. An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind, and at the moment, Fluttershy's vision is being obscured by her own rectum. This needs to be rectified, but given the layers upon layers of potential blackmail, I have no idea how it will—or if it even can—be defused.
5955540 I think Sunset Shimmer actually wanted him dead, and the team doesn't really care about him.
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You are saying "the Death Persona" as if there was only 1 Persona of the Death Arcana. There isn't only 1 Persona of the Dead Arcana. But there's only 1 Shadow of the Death Arcana, and that's the Reaper.
If they find Snip's body in one piece and with most of his organs still intact, then maybe using Recarm could work. But, decomposition ensues.
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Sonata's birthday being the next on the list is still not enough evidence to be certain that she is the next target.
I have a feeling that on Fluttershy's birthday the previous year, the zodiac attacked her only for her to awaken her persona and hide. This alerted Sunset Shimmer and she has been using it to her advantage ever since. After all, Cadance said that she couldn't save the people dragged in at first, but that's just my theory.
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True, but there's also the horoscope from this last Tuesday:
I'll admit that it still doesn't make things certain from an in-story perspective, but it does lean towards a specific speculation. Besides that, they can't afford not to assume the worst.
(...Unintended pun was unintentional.)
5955692 Fluttershy said that she's been working for Sunset for over a year. Her last birthday was less than a year ago. Guess again.
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Were did she say over a year? They are juniors.
5955732 In the previous chapter. Here, this is what she said;
And what does them being juniors have to do with anything?
5955540 How about because they were nowhere near him at the time, and even if they could find his body, Recarm/Samarecarm only work within minutes of death, not days or weeks? (And doesn't work at all outside of Zodiac.)
Well... looks like we have bitchshy, that was pretty obvious for a while, but damn if it isn't lethal.
I remember another fanfic, of Harry Potter, when he basically swore like a bloody maniac every sentence, I found myself flinching at every word as he drove the stake home on every injustice wrecked upon him.
Sad thing is, this is actually what Fluttershy is like when she has been pushed enough, if Iron Will could push her this far with a few misguided words of advice, then Sunset Shimmer and her brand of iron clad teaching is going to make her even worse.
Now... I wonder if Flash manages to make a link with her, it will become 'flipped' at some point, the fun thing I like about Social Links is their capacity to change in some way in fanfics, from crossovers that place characters under certain types of Arcana, to switching and turning the different ways the level up system can go, like two levels in the one go because that person is easily attached.
And the Persona changing will certainly be dramatic, and I was worried before that Fluttershy wouldn't be a good asset to battle.
The ending reminded me of dragon ball. Where goku discovers bulma lost her "balls"
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Then I guess that means that it happened when Fluttershy was a freshman.
I kind of LIKE FlutterBitch. Can we keep her?
5956134 Yes it does, because Cadance rescued Aries' victim last year. You obviously haven't been reading the story very closely, since you keep saying stuff like this.
Edit: Oh, so you changed your post completely, eh?
Quit assuming that she was attacked in the normal manner. Keep in mind that students have only been disappearing for about the last year. (Remember what Celestia said in the 2/16 chapter?) There weren't any attacks when she was a freshman.
5956140 I don't see the appeal.
5956204 Fluttershy isn't the one controlling the Hunter Shadows, Sunset Shimmer is.
At this point, Moth, you're twisting the proverbial knife in my heart. I knew it probably wasn't gonna be pretty. I knew Fluttershy did some horrible things. Because of the help she provided as Eris, however, I wanted to believe she could still be good. That she could turn herself around.
This chapter seemed to crush that notion under its foot, and for good measure pulled down its trousers and shit on it.
I have, in the span of two chapters, grown to absolutely hate this story's Fluttershy. Congratulations, Moth. You've done the impossible. I can honestly say that the whole deal with the heroin and marijuana sealed the deal. I know why she's acting like this, and that this is still in-character in a sick, twisted way, but that doesn't make it any better at all. In fact, that makes it even worse. I'm still reading, though, and I sincerely hope you can change my opinion of Fluttershy just as quickly as I've grown to want to drown her in concentrated hydrochloric acid. I don't want to hate her, but I don't see any other option right now...
Disclaimer: Keep in mind that Fluttershy has always been my favorite. Not even Sunset Shimmer (from RR) has been able to change that. That's probably why this is so hard for me to cope with, and I might be more than a little biased.
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Mate, pay more attention. People are killed by the Hunter Shadows, Eris' bodycount is in 0.
5955425 Don't be so hard on her. The poor thing has probably been bullied all her life. What Mythril Moth did with Fluttershy was show her in a real light. This is what happens to someone when they've been bullied this much. Honestly, I feel even MORE sorry for her as I can imagine how she used to be.
I only wonder if Flash even CAN start a social link with her. She's the Reversed Priestess right now. Forming a social link might actually save her, but I don't think she'd even let them in.
5956204 Yeah, you need to go back and reread everything. You don't even seem to understand what you're reading.
5956315 Writing Fluttershy as a sick, twisted monster bitch is NOT easy. But there's more to her, and her situation, than has yet been revealed. Fluttershy has done terrible things, and she must atone for them if she is ever to have any peace with herself. The fact that she's been trying to help the ZITs even as she's done cruel, psychotic things to them shows that she WANTS to be the nice, sweet Fluttershy we're used to, but she's...conflicted.
March is going to be an interesting month in the dorm.
Now that's what I call revenge. You run em' to the ground, make sure they don't see the light of day ever again. That's how you deal with enemies.
I now have tremendous respect for Fluttershy.
~ Wolfram Alpha
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I think her reverse can be, well, reversed. I think she'll soften up, but I hope she keeps some of this spiteful edge so people don't just walk all over her. Honestly, this chapter made her into my favorite character in the story (sorry Pinkie).
5956432 It's possible to be assertive without being nasty about it. You know, save the cutting remarks for those who truly deserve them, rather than snapping at everyone freely.
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Yeah, I made a mistake. It is late and I am tired. Stop being an ass about. You were right and I was wrong.
5956369 I didn't really imagine it was easy to write. It certainly wouldn't be easy for me to write. And that notion actually does quell my hatred a bit. That and time. It's worst for me just after I've finished reading the chapter. I have to recall everything and digest it, maybe re-read a couple times to get everything. I'm better now that I've had other things to read.
And it just hit me that even though I was picked on growing up, I cannot imagine the far worse shit Fluttershy went through. It doesn't even begin to excuse her actions, but I can see how it makes her bitter and unwilling to trust others. A little bit of thought goes a long way.
Regardless, it's often said that things get worse before they get better. This is the dark hour in the story, so I'm hoping things pick up from here, even if it's just a little tender moment here and there, or something Pinkie does to make us all laugh.
And you're right about March. It's going to be hectic with two suspected Hunter Shadow attacks. The day I'm waiting for specifically is March 29. I also hope Rainbow's link maxes out soon, possibly even Shining's. Not sure about Vinyl, because I don't even know if she's back or when she will be back, but hers would probably be next after those two.
Twilight pillow.
Am I the only one that comes here to see if there are any new comments? Even thought there won't be a chapter today?
5958220 Not really. I do it, and I'm sure that a number of other people do it as well.
Separate post for separate topics.
Over the month of March I kinda expect Fluttershy to get bites and nibbles of food for thought, even if she doesn't digest them immediately; leading to an epiphany on or around her birthday, during which her Arcana obverses and Eris is replaced or transformed. As well as her S.Link starting somewhere around that time. As for what I think Shy will be like when that happens... I expect her to emerge from this phase of her life as a stronger person. I think kind, sweet, gentle Fluttershy will return... but weak, timid, doormat Fluttershy won't.
Sonata will be joining the team at a time when the whole Eris thing has been resolved, but less than a week prior, and Shy is (rightfully, in my view) rather distrusted.
Applejack will be joining at a point when it's been a good three weeks (and change, perhaps) since Shy had a very visible change of heart; the team has had time to accept it as genuine, and to forgive Fluttershy. Frankly, I wonder what AJ will be told about Shy's activities as Eris.
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I do. Sometimes seeing others' thoughts can be almost as interesting and entertaining as the actual story.
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Nope... for example I'm here today.
For serious: there are some stories where the comments sections are really neat. Debates, arguments, opinions... It can be pretty great.
I note that consistently updated stories tend to attract that sort of thing, too. Anything with a weekly or more frequent schedule winds up fairly busy in the comments section.
Ya know, I've been keeping up with the original director's edition and I have to say that this story is very good. I was kinda hoping Applejack and Fluttershy was Eris. But that's ok. Still, Reverse Priestess? That explains alot, if my memory serves about the major Arcana.
One line (of a song) (warning: strong language)
And time to hack Yggdrasil and put the looping ponies here. I don't like it when my two favorite pegasai get bashed on. First scoot, now Flutters? Today is a sad day.
5964435 Wow, that's forky.
5949038 Given the information, I couldn't help but notice that Octavia is partly directed in the same direction as Fluttershy and Sunset, only her face is turned the other way.
Does that convey any information about her character, or did the image just happen to be that way?
5964694 It was literally the only usable vector I could find of Octavia. Don't assign any importance to it. Also, you're REALLY reaching there.
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Well, She represents the Hanged Man Major Arcana, which involves being in the middle of opposite forces. So this would be a case of accidental briliance.
Twilight pillow made me laugh.
Get her when she least expects it