Twilight and Spike lived their childhood in Canterlot Castle under the benevolent eye of Princess Celestia and violent protection of her resident, so called, monster. A monster she returns to to find peace with but also unexpected danger and threats.
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So, the only literal anti-magic being we know of in the existence of Equestria is the one to discover a potentially new foundation of magic? These ponies, I swear... never pushing to research more of what they already know. Do these ponies even have scientists?
More guilt over AJ's parents. I expect we'll be surprised when we find out why, and at least hope that I'm not horrified too.
This is not encouraging.
I get a feeling that things are about to get interesting again
That is certainly one interesting twitch. Something left over from his first world perhaps?
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I know it sounds like a convenient ass-pull, and it makes it sound like it reflects bad on the ponies for not thinking about, but think about it for a minute. On the prologue you can see Raegdan finding that weird the very first time he really thinks on how that works, and that was years ago. Also, don't forget that he has spent years sticking near Twilight as she learned; for a non-magic being he knows quite a bit about theoretical unicorn magic. Also, remember where he comes from. He thinks of translation as being the equivalent of a program compiling. Also, remember what was said in the chapter with Janus? These guys know there are worlds of magic out there, and Raegdan has probably been to some of them -he certainly never seemed surprised by magic. He has a larger point of view to draw from, it's not that he's smarter or a researcher. And don't forget Luna.
Remember how she casts that laser-like spell even though her magic is supposed to be so much less? That's because she uses the translation effect to limit magic drain as much as possible, that's why when she casts it there are certain magic conjurations near her horn. She mimics proper lasers as much as possible. And Raegdan, as shown here once more, only reveals/thinks harder/creatively when there's need and he's pushed. He probably got all the points connected together with Luna to help her go over her limits.
EDIT: And oh hey, I forgot to add; he was a fantasy geek. He's got prior experience in thinking about all that.
Oh my word, another update! Yay!
Angel Bunny is going to save everyone's lives one day.
Oh, is going back into habits that he had when he was jumping worlds. It sounds like he's paranoid (more so then usual) like he is reverting back into killing machine mind set but is still somewhat aware of where he is and what's going on around him. A Luna, Ramadan relationship that'll be fun to witness, they do match up quite well Rarity will have a field day.
Ponies stop at road blocks in research. Humans try to think of ways around them.
Angel bunny! Kinda reminds me of that rabbit samurai manga i use to read.
Om nom nom. Brains.
Ahh man, theres a good reason why I love this fic.
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Or kill them...
These ponies have absolutely no chill!
That makes the second time we've seen this. This better become a running joke or I'll be greatly disappointed.
Magic without direction has a genie in the bottle effect, it seems. If you aren't very specific with your intent it's bound to be disastrous. Brings to mind the old adage "be careful what you wish for, especially when the laws of the universe don't apply".
Additionally, Raegdan's psychotic behavior (judging by the offences which led to nearly everyone in Ponyville literally signing his death warrant) can be justified by his proximity to the nearest rift. I'd guess his sadomasochistic tendencies stem from the fact that he needs to distract himself from the all-encompassing pain this nearness brings, and that saddens me. Imagine it: while everyone else has been actually enjoying their vacation, the guy's been in unending agony. Zoinks.
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Can't be a ruler if there's nobody to serve you.
Rarity should just feel lucky that leaf stream didn't see her Raegdan x Leaf Stream chapter.
The book that Fluttershy has has been mentioned before. Does anyone remember what it is?
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It was in her possession before Luna mind-wiped her and the rest of the Elements on account of the whole Honest Serenade confusion in Canterlot following Steadfast Ray's hospitalization. Knowing the author, there may have been hints pertaining to its importance―and believe you me, it is important―but nothing overt as of yet.
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One hint. In a flashback of Celestia, she mentioned Steadfast Ray holding a book written by his dead brother. His brother who believed Celestia to be a goddess and whose book had a golden cover.
Edit: Interlude 10 - Solar and Lunar. That's where you will find that.
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I just remember Fluttershy having to do something to get it that was never explicitly mentioned, and the book was mentioned as forgotten as per what SirReal said
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With all of this, and rereading Chapter 32, the question then becomes, as CommanderBigMac has stated, what did Fluttershy do to get this tome and why. Judging by how she was holding it before her brainwashing, she valued it greatly.
I vaguely remember her having a secret meeting with Steadfast Ray sometime before that chapter as well, and as such a greater part of the mystery then becomes what kind of relationship do Steadfast and Fluttershy have.
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Well, I'd hate for you to have to go searching through over 500k, so here are a few more reminders.
Chapter 11.
Chapter 15.
Chapter 31.
Chapter 32, of course.
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You're the man, Crimmar.
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I am the man.
Aw, hell. Flutters is a damn Celestia Worshiper? That's no fun. Way to realistically and sensibly turn a good character into a bad one and set up future violence. Good times.
Not sure whether to be mildy upset or decently impressed.
Good job or whatever.
I love longer stories like this one. they can do things that shorter ones have a much harder time doing well. Like taking a character that's not likable, but eventually getting at least a few readers to have a sort of respect for the character.
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...... Not sure if that's specifically for this or if the wording was perfect and my OC's picture is just that common looking.
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*laughing under table in power armor*
Mouses and lizards
That doesn't work in American English, should be Mice. However I remember reading your blog you are over somewhere in the EU right? Is that proper for you guys? Also I knew he had to be working on a way to see the baby, this chapter was great! But I really wanted to see someone get tackled by AJ then manhandled as she reclaims her hat.
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Yeah, I'm Greek. And that is a typo. I KNOW that the plural of mouse is mice, I just... f'ed up. Gotta fix that. As for AJ, I was going to have a whole scene, that was the plan, but then it would have been extenuously superfluous and not show something we don't know or can't imagine already. So it got cut out.
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That is an EXCELLENT point you make with the roundabout thing. Damn! I should have caught up on it. Maybe have Twilight be the one who comments on what they did is just what they caught flak on. Of course, there are differences. Raegdan and Luna sent the guards off with just the intent of getting something that showed they DID manage to get in their house and got a goal, not pilfer through their drawers. Twilight went into Luna's room with full intent to search for things they meant to stay hidden. These are NOT quite the same, you have to admit, but of course that also doesn't mean that they shouldn't make some kind of amends for that. I mean, I don't think that in the long run it was a big deal, but you could say that reading what obviously Rarity wouldn't have wanted read was. On the other hand, if they noticed that this was something that involved the two of them, you can't excuse them a little for their curiosity.
Which takes me to the second part. I am thinking of Rarity that she was feeling so afraid in the loss of that "fanfic" exactly because of who it involved. When she realized that no pony was angry with her in any way, she didn't mind at all. She even agrees to letting Luna get the complete work when she writes it.
But I do have in mind the two sisters both making some reparations to Rarity either way. Somepony's gonna be getting some very expensive and illustrious orders soon.
You know something I'm going to address here as a question to you; do you think that every little slight has to be addressed and made up for or that some people/ponies can just brush off some things as being "part of the relationship" or not important enough? Obviously, my mind works mostly towards the second part (drawing the line on abuse of course) but I'm interested in more opinions. Maybe I am steering a little wrong here, who knows.
Are the ew's for 1) the fic, and then for 2) the idea of lunaxraegdan? did I crack the code correctly?
Nah, the fic is fine, starting with the bottom. I hate male x female pairings, and especially hate them more when it's Canon x oc as Raegdan x Luna would be.
Now, I'm not saying that every little thing needs to be amended, but, even if it's a mild infraction to read somebody's diary, the fact that it was so carefully hidden should speak volumes of the lengths Rarity took to keep it private, just like how a certain couple did everything they could to keep their anti element and Celestia and armory hidden. Yes, the girls trust them, even if they were pretty much forced into it, but that level of hypocrisy is just ridiculous. Most of the things I've tried to point out are the two of them doing nothing but shit that fucks over everybody else for their short term gains.
Now, I'm not saying that this training is short term at all and it's actually a really good idea, but it stopped being a good idea for those two when they moved from 'it's a test' to 'ooooh what this that they didn't want found?'.
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Well, I'm not going for exactly something like... that(?) I guess. I'm going more for a more... weird thing between them. It's what it is, but it's tried to be classified as something that it is not and can't be because it kind of looks like this but it not this, if you get my drift. If you do, maybe you can explain a bit better to me as well :D
You know, I have addressed a little on why that is. Back on the camp outside the Everfree, Raegdan was thinking that exact same thing. That he has this tendency to only think short term because he's not used, in his mind, yet to staying in one place long enough to actually be long-term sequences for him. Same for Luna. Village, next village, a few days with Celestia, off she fucked off again.
Well, all I can excuse that with is... Well, they are kind of assholes. Luna's trying to fix this up on herself. Raegdan... not so much.
Now, now, getting upset with them is kind of the deal (as long as you understand in a way where they are coming from). It's not the messages not coming through in the fic that worry me (like you caught on the hypocrisy that honestly never even crossed my mind!). BTW, thanks for that. I got a whole slew of stuff I want to fix when the fic's complete and I give it a second pass. Nice to add more to the workload!
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Always glad to help and provide outside perspective, and I can tell that you aren't really shipping them per se, but there's definitely something there and it tickles my rage button ever so slightly. Not enough to make me drop the fic like many others before it, but just enough to constantly flash that wee bit of red in the corners of my vision whenever it crops up. (I.e. everything Rarity has been trying to do to ship them).
And yeah, I'm hyper aware of that bit. It's so blatantly obvious, but it does not make me any happier knowing that shit is just continually building up even while they're aware of it. Still, gonna check out the second part when I wake up. Here's hoping I don't get anger.
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Like, the biggest part is that every little thing they do, things that seem insignificant to the girls, is infinitely worse for us knowing everything that we know. Every lie they tell, every misstep they make, seems like nothing until the main six and Celestia finally see the big picture. Only then will everything add up for them so they can finally unravel the bullshit web that the duo have created. Having a chunk of the Lunar Guard know with nothing being said fucking hurts me extra bad too, but not as much as long as the two keep their promise.
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Why the hate on straight and oc pairings? If its done well it shouldn't really matter although honestly I find the shipping of the mane6 with each other/princesses absurd. As if they can't be friends without it being something more. Although while kind of cute Im not really seeing the LunaxRaegdan ship as being something that can or will progress as they already tried it, failed and are more or less content as they are. I mean Luna might want more but Raegdan doesn't seem to. The same when it was Celestia I think Raegdan is just too broken for relationships. Probably Luna too, either way I can't see Luna being interested in anyone but Raegdan, same with Celestia as Im certain a Solar guard would willingly cut off his own dick or somepony elses than dare let his goddess be defiled. God actually I can't believe Raegdan hasn't thought to let it slip yet. Can you imagine the Solar Commander walking in on Raegdan and Celestia mid act? I think the poor bastard would just drop dead right there from an aneurysm.
I’m so mad at myself, I saw the two new chapters the day they came out, front to read them, and only just finished. I SHOULD HAVE READ THIS WHEN IT CAME OUT. XD on a better note. I’m still loving the story, and was super excited when I saw the new chapters, Raritys but was beautiful, and properly explains why I will never ship people IRL. Can’t wait for the next chapter(s)!!
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Because 99% of all male characters used in romance stories, especially OCs, are just poorly disguised self-inserts.
Secondly, if I wanted to read about some random dude getting with my favorite people, I'd just write it myself. I get more than enough straight romance from other shit, I do not want it anywhere near the things that I really enjoy.
Man, just when it seems that Raegdan and Luna are taking another step for the better, one or both of them does something to set them back ten paces.
So, the book that Fluttershy had gotten from Steadfast Ray has made another appearance. And it seems that neither Raegdan or Luna even read it. Which is fortunate, considering that it would illuminate the fact that Fluttershy is a “Celestia Worshipper.”, and I’m not sure how they would react to that. And thanks to Luna’s mind wipe spell, the timid pegasus didn’t remember it’s significance. But, now, Fluttershy gave it to Twilight, and we all know that it’s only a matter of time until that unicorn reads that book. And that going to lead to trouble. Well... more trouble.
Is he referring to Applejack’s parents? Up until now, I had suspected that Raegdan had, unintentionally, killed her parents, hence his guilt about being around her family. But now it sounds like he doesn’t know for sure of their fate. Did they happen to stumble upon a rift and get transported away from Equestria?
So, Luna did something to Honest Serenade? I mean, we already knew that there was hatred between those two, but we have yet to learn the cause.
So, I’m making a prediction: I’m thinking Luna used some kind of spell on Honest that made her infertile, so that she could never have another foal. It would make these past quotes from Chapter 14 make sense.
It could mean that Honest Serenade is looking for a spell to counter whatever Luna did to her.
Speaking of spells... it’s all a matter of time before Luna’s spell fails or is somehow lifted from Twilight and her friends’ minds. When that happens... well, we know that Twilight is stronger than Luna in terms of magic, so I doubt that even the entire Lunar Guard could stop an enraged Twilight Sparkle.
And at that time, depending on how things go before hand, I’m not sure if I will have any sympathy or pity for Luna anymore.
Great double update! I’m anxiously awaiting what comes next.
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It is quite obvious that in the end everything is merging up to that one sweet point in time. It's what I refer to it as the SHTF(shit hits the fan) moment.
Well, maybe I can twist things a little more then at that time? Who knows?After we finish Ponyville (the next chapter will be far more plot relevant and unlike these last few ones. Then we have one more, one and a half of ponyville if I can cram it up enough) that's when things will really pick up again.
I really want to apologize for this part, cause obviously this was meant to clear up a couple of things and it didn't. So thank YOU bringing it to my attention. I already changed it to say:
Hopefully, it is a little more clear what exactly is happening now.
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Simple. She got to know them.
So, with reading that bit about magic and unborn foals...
Is that why Luna and Celestia are alicorns? Would this be the same for Cadance?
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Yes, this is something that has occurred to me lately as well. I'm thinking of going over the story again and before each break or timeskip add a message there that shows which character is the POV we follow as well as how long it's been since the last section. Example, "Applejack, 2 hours later" and such. I mean, I jump all over the place. I should probably clear up what happen when and whom instead of having you search the text for clues.
Steadfast Ray was the Commander not the captain, he was a much higher rank, but yeah, different characters.
Uhhh... fuck, they caught up quick! Maybeeee? I mean, who can knoooooow, riiiight?
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Having slept on it:
On the one hand, Celestia pimpslapping Valiant or whatever his name was was awesome to see. I hope Raegdan wasn't just being glib about Luna hearing it and squealing with glee because Celestia stood up for her.
On the other I don't think it was a good thing. Celestia made mention of how she's tried to be firm about how she's not a goddess and it just drives the zealots to keep it out of her sight. Both Steadfast Ray and Valiant, and I suppose the other 10 guards may as well, prove that this zealotry is systemic to the Solar Guard. I have about as much hope Celestia sees that as I do Luna being completely honest with her sister and her pupil. Given Luna's reaction Raegdan's spilling of the 3rd Rule of magic, all signs point to no.
I...don't get this? I mean, if you were congratulating me on picking that up I'm flattered, but 'who could know"? Either Cadance was born an Alicorn or she ascended. Only you can tell us that. Kinda wonder if there were any plans for Twilight to ascend or if Raegdan screwed those up too much. Plus maybe Cadance is just different anyway.
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I intend at one point to have a chapter show where Celestia and Luna were born, why they were traveling from village to village on that interlude where Luna first manages to raise the moon, and, yes, give off hints that further clarify your theory on the origin of the first two Alicorns.
Cadance made it to Alicornhood, Celestia and Luna were born this way.
Likely nothing to worry about--
probably just Cthulhu come to visit--
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or that one with the shitload of eyeballs----
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Your glyphs of madness have caused my mind to lose its grasp of the last vestiges of its sanity, what was once part of a so-called healthy individual now gone, lost to a spiral descend into an abyss older and vaster than the stars.
Next update will be delayed now.
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Nah, that was a joke! :D
Actually I think I finished the writing of the next one already. Just 10k, but it's very interesting 10k. I need to edit now and make sure it's all good. Tomorrow though. It's almost nappy times for little Crimmar now.
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Oh, so Luna was talking about what she did to Twilight before.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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So, if I'm right...Celestia and Luna aren't twins, right? Seems like that would have been a point of contention in an interlude(not to mention twins are extremely dangerous for equines. I guess horse owners are advised to have a vet check early during the pregnancy and abort if twins are detected.). Makes me wonder how they lucked out, and how their parents lucked out. Unless 'defects' have been exaggerated to prevent more alicorns from being born? Their parents are Clover and Starswirl, who were on the Celestial Cycle Teams, weren't they?
So, Cadance fighting a Tazlworm is why Flurry Heart was an alicorn?
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It's not exactly that defects are turning you into an Alicorn. They are not exactly defects either. They are just... magic changing things, according to its own rules. I'm a little wary of saying much more until I actually get to that part cause I don't wanna do spoilers.