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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Analysis Time for Echo:
ECHO (Nul: Wind, Wk: Dark)
ARCANA: Priestess
SKILLS: Garula Diarama
Recarm Mediarama
Tetrakarn Magarula
Makarakarn Traesto
ZOMG THIS WAS AMAZING YAY FLUTTERS IS NOW TRULY ON THE GOOD SIDE also the extras for the LTE were awesome as well!
Pre read note: Alright then, this is the chapter I've been waiting for. Hoping over to the LTE version.
LET'S DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...Despite everything that happened here, I've become hung up on just one line from one of the perspective shifts in LTE for this chapter, in addition to the Arcana symbol that appeared behind Aries:
Read the LTE Version...
...
(Since there's no happy cry emote)
...
Fucking beautiful... All of it.
Happy Birthday, Fluttershy. You DAMN well deserve it, love.
That's what I've been waiting for!
There are apologies! And holy shit, did Fluttershy do some awful stuff.
Of course... it actually is hard to phase me with her actions after she tried to kill the cast multiple times.
I feel oddly vindicated with this.
STILL my favorite character.
*deep inhale*
Yaaaaaay...
...
Too loud?
Let's see if I can comment on this without going overboard:
But... we know every step as to why Twilight trusts Flash, from the one time betrayal, and the rebuilding of trust, the entrance of Pinkie into the three way relationship, and eventually the decision to trust Flash with some of her other closest friends (with the caveat that not only does she have Pinkie as a lover, but is also loosening her own straps on her fidelity when she is allowing that with Flash...).
For Shining and Cadance? We know the betrayal... then the claim of repeated betrayal, and the resignation of Shining to her actions and the fact that she's been having therapy which consists of the doctor agreeing with Shining's resignation. Without... more it still feels like this is, instead of coming from the place of confidence and the promise of more sexytimes on the truster's part that Twilight has with Flash, that it could still be just a more advanced version of the resignation Shining displayed before.
But... maybe the siblings of Shining and Twilight still do have more in common than it appears, and it's a much more apt analogue than we think.
I guess, in the end, I still wanna know more before I'll feel... concluded and satisfied with this.
There's still at least a bit more, possibly a lot if those last steps on the links are meaty ones.
6100889 awesome chapter dude
*sits down resting shotgun*
Alright, we did it. We rescued her. I was DEAD WRONG about what Fluttershy did. That was... pretty bad actually.
Well, I'm glad everything worked out in the end. The arc I was waiting for has come, now I'm just curious as to what's going to happen with Sunset Shimmer. And what the hell is Zodiac?
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I am just glad that everything is finally going on the right track now with Fluttershy.
6101086 *head meets desk repeatedly*
The devil arcana? Interesting... I just got a new theory but I'll be quiet about it for now.
So now she is on the good side with the potential for friends. At least, if she can reign in Flutter
bitch. Also, the whole thing with the teacher being crippled didn't even need to be a thing due to abuse of Zodiac. She could literally play it off as a horrible accident that she could help the teacher with recovering from and get rid of all suspicion against her in less than ten minutes in normal time. What? I am only chaotic neutral, not true chaotic. Besides, it's not like I have created a pocket dimension that I can abuse. Hell, if I had, I would sell the patent for how to make it and rake in money.6101140
So should I, instead, simply try my best to stop caring? Do my best to forget about it? It should be obvious this is a fairly charged issue for me.
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Yes, because we've been perched inside Flash's head the whole time and he has an active interest in knowing what Twilight thinks and feels. We've been present for every thing that has affected their relationship because we're following Flash.
By contrast, Cadance and Shining Armor keep their personal chats private. They're a married couple; naturally, they're gonna have lives of their own when they don't intersect with Flash. They're gonna have talks, therapy, personal realizations, and while Flash's influence might help them find their path, Flash himself is only aware of the periphery, or if any one of them explicitly shares something with him. Unless/until Flash goes and asks Shining Armor, he doesn't know --and neither do we-- what goes on in the latter's head, or how he feels.
Just look at Tavi and Vinyl. Flash had a tremendous impact on their lives, but they're also developing their own relationship in private.
What you see as "sad resignation" might very well be something else by now. It likely DID start out that way, and Twilight hinted as much in the past (about herself, and about how she saw her brother's relationship), but after so many months, and after most of Flash's interactions with SA being on other topics, do we really know that's how he feels today? Maybe Cadance is being earnest about the situation, and SA has arrived at the same place Twilight's in. If the other characters trust her, she deserves the benefit of the doubt.
We still have a couple rank-ups left to go with Emperor and Lovers, so rest assured, they're not "concluded" by any means :)
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The problem is that you are constantly inferring emotions that aren't necessarily there. We view this story through Flash's POV and that only (Occasional scenes and LTE excepted) and honestly Cadance and Shining don't have much reason to sit down and have a heart to heart about how they feel about a poly relationship, or any other relationship in front of Flash. That's not the nature of their S.Links. So since Flash isn't going to be privy to those motivations, neither are well. We're just going to have to make do with second hand info like this.
MyrthilMoth:
Ever since you revealed Eris' true Identity I have to admit that the
confrontation with the Aries hunter shadow has been the one chapter that I
have been looking forward to and dreading at the same time.
How Fluttershy was handled (and if redemption was possible for her at all)
is what in my opinion what would be the defining point of persona EG as a
work of fiction. And I am happy to say that you met my hopes and
expectations in spectacular fashion.
out of the hundreds of fanfics I've read this ranks about #7 overall.
it ties maguns ragnar's a fool named fortune as the best persona fic I've
read and is a close second with alex warlorn's pony pov series as far as
friendship is magic fics are concerned. You, Zef and ShieldHeart204 should
really be commended on a true masterpiece.
now that the overall praise is dealt with, I'll give my comments on the
chapter:
Sunset Shimmer can hack a person's soul...
The term mind rape really seems to fit here (based on what she did to flash earlier).
spoiler for LTE version of this chapter
Interesting that things got so bad that Igor himself had to intervene in this case. I'd say when the assistance giver who tries to keep from getting directly involved with the situations of his guests HAS to actually get
involved in an incident says something of the level of wrong that has to be unleashed here.
spoiler for LTE version of this chapter
I think there is a dual meaning to Igor's line about Shy being "corrupted by the devil". it could either mean Sunset/Mephistopheles or the other individual under the call sign "devil" . Look at the social links for more on this specifically who has what arcana.
It's nice to see Shy didn't get a complete personality reset here and she
still has a bit of her "Fluttercruel" personality traits.
Sunset (who I do believe there is still hope for redemption) seems to want
everybody associated with The Zodiac Investigation Team/Zodiac Emergency
Response Group either dead or going insane by what she let slip about
Celestia once she drew everybody into her trap (with an iron clad alibi to
boot).
Chapter comments done now I have two question for you Moth or Zef to answer:
one serious, one that is a joke:
Serious question - we know now that Fluttershy's Eris persona was corrupted
like Persona 4's Magutsu Izanagi, is there a chance to see a non corrupted
version of the Eris persona later in persona EG (maybe as the ultimate
persona of the preistess arcana)?
Joke question - World arcana personas usually get granted as an 11th hr
superpower to wild card (fool arcana) persona users examples being persona
3's messiah and persona 4's izanagi no okami, would Flash's persona of the
world arcana be Lauren Faust by any chance?
6101188 The thing is, you're the only one who sees it as an issue and every attempt everyone else makes to get it through to you that your thinking is wrong is met with stone-walled stubborn adherence to the same tired argument over and over again. And I'm getting tired of hearing it. Seriously. Change the fucking record.
6101226 The only one of your questions I'll directly answer:
The Persona Eris is dead.
6101253
okay thanks for an answer to one question at least.
I just thought a persona raid between Eris and Echo would have been interesting.
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And just to clear it up further:
What remains of "Eris" is an empty husk. This dead weight that Fluttershy once used to protect herself is still part of Echo, but whether she will divest herself of it is up to Fluttershy.
6101226
I think we both have the same theory going for that little Aries scene.
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I think we do.
As much as I'd rather it not be the case,
Ooh, I just love Echo. So pretty.
Yeah...even though I put in my two cents (and a nearly overused meme), I felt this was appropriate.
There are NO WORDS to accurately describe how downright amazing this chapter was.
Also:
I'm mildly certain I addressed this WAY BACK in the story, but I'd like to reiterate: fuck the fact Sunset shares my birthday.
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This is the only comment I trust myself answering because it's the one I have the least desire to disagree with.
So... thanks, at least.
Okay, I must admit I shed a few tears.
First, I most point out the sole error I came across while reading:
Well, this was a chapter I've been waiting for. Nice to see my theory on how Fluttershy found Zodiac confirmed, as well as other things I've wondered about her clarified. I caught the references to the Devil Arcana. I must agree that Shy's been up to some nasty stuff; I look forward to her coming clean. Her conscience probably won't rest until then. And she still has a bit of an edge, but it's been dulled to an entertaining quirk rather than real bitchiness. Here's hoping she keeps it.
Now, for the future; I hope and expect that Fluttershy will stop hiding how strong she is, for the most part. I'd love to know how she compares to Applejack and Rainbow Dash in terms of raw strength; it would be entertaining to see Shy engage them in arm wrestling. Also, while I'm sure it won't happen, it would be funny if Flash somehow got Eris as another Persona. Might be good omake material.
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had the same thought about that, asked, was told no.
6101413 You misunderstand. One, I meant another copy of same. Two, this would strictly be omake material. You do know what an omake is, don't you?
6101402
Not an error. It's a contraction, not a possessive. "Aries raises the effigy of Fluttershy it is holding".
6101402
There is no error in the text you quoted.
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Sorry, my brain was apparently out to lunch.
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But when you think about it from comparing the characters from the show and here, plus their history in both, it starts to become obvious. There's also the fact of their canon relationship.
HOLY. SHIT. Fluttershy's life is nearly exactly like mine.
XD I know this is just total coincidence though.
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Adding to MM's answer (sorry about that):
But the Persona of Eris became a cocoon, a shell, a cover that it doesn't want to show to the world. Gaining the will to fight and make true friends with her true self, that is Echo, Fluttershy's true self and true power. Like a Caterpillar encasing a cocoon around itself in order to protect its changing body as it grows and grows, before breaking free. In terms of society and this story, the cocoon could pretty much resemble Fluttershy when she was Eris, she was strong on the outside, but very weak on the inside, her soul. Sunset seemed to have 'hacked' her soul. Killing Eris and shattering Fluttershy's mind and heart into pieces. But in the end, like a caterpillar breaking out of its cocoon when it becomes a butterfly. Fluttershy's soul, mind and heart still perseveres and grows even stronger, breaking out of what she has done as Eris and ready to face life's hardships and the real foe as Echo.
Sorry, am I getting too deep there?
EDIT: Zef put it in a much simpler way, way before this post was edited.
Well... I... am truly at a lose of words. This chapter was the best thing that could have probably happen on this date.
The battle, the twists, the bear puns (yes, I caught on that ), the symbolism, everything of this chapter was worth the whole damn wait.
I like to point out how Fluttershy's 180 after being "impaled" in the head somehow parallels the case of Phineas P. Gage, a railroad worker who miraculously survived an accident involving a metal rod and gunpowder. The rod penetrated his left cheek and exited through the top of his head, destroying part of the frontal lobe of his brain, what afterward many claimed caused Gage to be "no longer Gage". Of course, brain damage doesn't seem to be the cause of the change in this story, but I find the parallels, if coincidental, very clever. Congrats, Moth.
Also, one last thing before I depart for the day:
In the LTE version, the "yellow text" lacks the yellow... and it doesn't have the same alignement as the rest of the "Zodiac Text"
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I know, right?
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Well, I think it's been pretty clear for a while that ZODIAC and Canterbook are closely linked (CHAPTER CONTENT) As has now been essentially confirmed with Fluttershy's description of how she found the former in this chapter, and just who (SPECULATION RELATED) was a big part of Canterbook's failed precursor, and—according to him—played a role in Canterbook's establishment?
Hell, there's even (CHAPTER CONTENT) A picture of the Devil Arcana when Sunset takes Eris away. (SPECULATION-RELATED MINI-RANT) And isn't it just a little bit suspicious that every character retains their name from the show except for Discord? (And it is pretty obviously Discord—all the characters retain their Equestria Girls designs, and his little background cameo is the only one with a beard, like Juan. I suppose it could be Starswirl—the only other bearded character to ever be in the show—but after this chapter, I think that's a pretty hard sell.) If you go over his conversations with Flash with this in mind, just about everything he says is a hilariously thinly veiled taunt at our somewhat dense protagonist. It's one of the big reasons I love his scenes so much.
DAMM.
Not only did you make the backstory of Fluttershy to be extremely in depth and extremely stocked full with feels, made extra note of that in the LTE Version's extra (which I'm not going to mention for the sake of people reading this chapter and not the LTE version), and made one of the best fics on this site even better, but you also gave me a new song to listen to on repeat for hours on end. FUCKING BRAVO TO YOU, SIR.
Also, I didn't see this covered in the comments, but that piece of art that Zef made? SO BLOODY BEAUTIFUL. I need a glossy print of that. Possibly all of the Personas that you drew.
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no not at all.
the reasoning I had on eris was this:
bonds in persona reflect what interactions the protagonist has with the person. As eris was a key part of Flash's interactions with Shy (although not known at the time), there was a possibility of an uncorrupted eris being used by Flash under the priestess arcana (I think we all know that the priestess social link will be happening). moth and zef in their responses jossed that as an option however.
That half mask... Looks like Philemon was looking out for Fluttershy.
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yeah. but (redacted) in any form as the final villain of an FiM fanfic is an often used device, in the case of Persona EG it was the case of "I had hoped there was another possibility other than this".
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yes I do.
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slowly chews bagel should we see if there is left over ice cream cake? I think we deserve it
level up
Burizado learned Mudoon boost
YES
By the way Myth, have you ever received fan art for your works?