It’s the 41st Millenium and the Empress Celestia watches on a imperium in perpetual war. Twilight Sparkle, one of her most faithful Equustodes stumble upon a prophecy that could change the fate of the whole galaxy.
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T'was hard to come back, but I did it! I'll do my best so the next chapter doesn't take years to come out...
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Okay 👌 thanks for cleaning up the image
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I simply took that entire speech from this trailer:
and ponified it a little.
I do have one question about the story going forward, will this be a grimdark, a grimbright or a nobledark setting?
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I had never heard of grimbright and nobledark before... Interesting! I think my story is closer to nobledark, considering how MLP and 40k (when it comes to Space Marines at least) rely on strong protagonists saving the day despite the odds.
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Grim would be a more punk, goth, nihilist or Marxist view, there are no heroes, everything is slowly decaying, God may or may not care and it is unclear if he is listening, faith has become either a crushing monolith meant to suppress the masses or is a fading and faltering system. Common themes in grim stories are: The nights(sometimes metaphorical, sometimes literal) are getting darker, hope is a guttering candle in the rain and when it goes out we are all left in the dark and adrift, cities are always dirty places full of corruption, religious leaders/institutions have no real faith in what they believe and do what they do to gain more wealth and/or political power, the monsters are both scratching at the wall and are among us.
Noble would be more Arthurian, optimistic, Christian or the great man view, when all seems bleak heroes of virtue come forth, God loves us and cares and he hears our pleas, faith is the bulwark by which the darkness is held back within our souls. Common themes in noble stories: The night(sometimes metaphorical, sometimes literal) is always darkest before the dawn, though there may be those that abuse faith for their own ends True Faith always triumphs, great heroes or the common man rise up and fight against the oppressors/monsters, hope shines like a bonfire on a hill at midnight.
Dark and light can serve as the metaphorical mood lighting for a grim or noble story. In a grimbright setting, hope shines like a beacon in the night, but it attracts the monsters, the oppressors and the evil, basically Battlestar Galactica(the original '70's show). In a nobledark setting, the heroes cast long and deep shadows, though they win the battle, they do so at great cost to themselves, their humanity and everyone else around them, basically Babylon 5 or Stargate SG-1. In a noblebright setting, we have made it through our metaphorical dark night and made it to the metaphorical glorious new dawn, behind us is our barbarism and superstitions, ahead of us is our enlightenment and growth, basically Star Trek or Star Wars. I don't need to do a breakdown of grimdark as there are untold hours of Warhammer 40,000 novels, short stories and other official media. None of these should be taken as absolutes, but more as broad generalizations and basic rules of thumb(DS-9 and The Clone Wars series did excellent jobs of mixing a little grim and dark with their usual noble and bright).
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Thanks for the detailed explanation ^^
As I said, I think The Mare in the Warp is more on the nobledark side, but as you said, it's not clear-cut. If I finish the whole saga, you will likely see shifts in the tone and genre. I hope I reach that point someday...