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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Vengeance for pinkie!
Beautiful as always. At first I thought the beginning of the chapter was off, but it all worked out in the end. Well done, can't wait for the next chapter.
That was pure unadulterated awesome sauce drizzled over a big serving of amazing.
The life of the flesh is the blood, and he who partakes of it, though doubly damned, will be made strong.
Ah the much needed: "You're stupid and you've been acting stupid," chapter.
Good on you Applejack.
Fuck yeah! That was intense
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That's really the only way to ensure safety.
Whoever was behind trying to get rid of Twi, they were willing to MURDER a CHILD like you or I would sacrifice a pawn for a queen in a chess game that we'll forget about shortly after the game is over.
THAT level of deranged will NEVER stop coming until it's dead.
Even in prison, determined gang leaders STILL operate just as (if not even more) efficiently than when they were out on the streets.
How much more dangerous is a powerful political figurehead with loads of money?
Raegdan did exactly the right thing.
Nothing Celestia would ever do would have protected Twilight forever.
Sooner or later, those responsible would have found a way to have her killed.
The only way to ensure you've stopped a cancerous growth (both literally and metaphorically) is to destroy every last cell, every last trace of it's being, to ensure it doesn't re-surface later on.
This quote holds more truth than most people will come ever know.
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6629314 haha wtf
Awesome chapter glad Pinkie will make it. And keep up the pictures loving them so far.
Hmm...
so here is an odd idea. if his blood has such magic nullifying abilities, why didnt they just use some of the spare blood they keep in case he get hurt?
I heave this bad feeling that this atempt to chnage will fail. Like in really big way.
i like it keep at it m8 cant wait to see more
p.s i dont know what else to say lol
Nice.
You are what you eat. Wouldn't digesting a moderate amount of magically nullifying blood permanently reduce her natural magic until the body mass that is created from the blood dies and is done away with?
What a wondefully crazy chapter. I'm sure Count Pink-ula is gonna save everything with her new found powers.
The things Twilight saw... The blood. He ate them If this is what it turns out to be then, I dunno what but damn.
Also on a side note, the rest of the chapter: Damn!
Well now that was...dramatic and full of worry, also glad to see that luna had a legit reason for being so `calm` during Pinkie's one issue. Even took one for the team to get some of the poison into her system so she could figure out what it is.
As for the `cure` heh...hey when all you have is a hammer, you might as well learn to use it in all the ways possible. Magic null powers ftw!
6629343 Considering the amount of work he puts into each page, I say his hiatus is well deserved.
I have to say, part of the reason I continue to read this fic, aside from the excellent story telling, is your art. It REALLY sells a lot of the emotion behind the story. This one especially... Moon butt is best butt, and should never be made to cry.
honestly your applejack comes across as selfish and short sighted here. your making it far too easy to root against the elements in this case.
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tl;dr - no becuz muh genetics
Below is my Overkill Analysis and Explanation
"You are what you eat."
That's not how biology works mang. She would have to continually drink Raegdan's nonmagical matter over years because it takes years to replace ALMOST every cell in the body (some are permanent). This is assuming that matter has some intrinsic magical voodoo.
Matter has no intrinsic magicks in this story. Otherwise Raegdan would be shooting laser beams out of his eyes and casting magic missiles. He's been eating stuff in Equestria for years and he has no magic powers or intrinsic magic particles/fields from eating matter laden with magickal voodoo.
I propose that it's a genetic thing. Raegdan has some voodoo protein in his body that absorbs free magickals (kinda like how antioxidants absorb free radicals :P).
Lifeforce magic nullification explanations get thrown out the window because blood cells die as soon as they touch the stomach acid (blood cells live in a narrow pH range and stomach acid is not in that range). Certain proteins and nutrients can survive the stomach acid and that's how animals get proteins and vitamins from food. This is logically how the magic nullification effect would spread through Pinkie's body.
Blood does not pass through the intestine-blood barrier. If there is blood in your feces then something is wrong. This being said, my proposal still stands. So I'm certain Raegdan blood is filled with antimagickants that absorb free magickals barring some asspull on the author's part.
6629366 Because there was no time to go back to get it, and he only just thought of the possibility at that instant.
Plus, it was an act of desperation--an experiment that might not have worked anyhow--in which case, they were in no worse situation had it failed.
Nifty trick, using his own body in that way to neutralize the magic-feeding power in the poison.
You know that feeling, that you just want to make 150 accounts, only to upvote the same story, over and over? Cause, I surely feel that right now.
Excellent. This made my night.
Hmm in my sadictis humor It's sad that Rogadyn vel Hanibal Lecter didin't joke about PInky in that way
'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!
Raegdan might not be a doctor but he can pull a pretty good Gregory House impression
6629460 6629340 Thank you! I wish I could spend time to put out better quality ones for each and every one but I opt to spend that time writing instead. I am planning something awesome for a much later chapter instead of a simple quick sketch If I can get the outstanding amount of work it needs done.
6629476 Could you expand on that, please? I was trying to go for an Applejack that distrusts Raegdan and Luna. I didn't think I got her selfish and shortsighted cause then she would have just tried to drag everyone away from them. Which parts are you referring to?
6629483 Yeah, I believe blood can't get fully digested if i got that correctly (like Raegdan, not a doctor) but I go by the notion that what little got through was enough to drain away the magic. Plus, that's why he got her into full contact as well, against his chest. He was kind of making an anti-magic shell from without to help as much as possible. If I am not mistaken blood is also toxic if digested in enough quantity. Not sure how a pony would be affected from that however.
6629252 Yeah, they had that coming. Let's see if it sticks.
6629427 Psshh, come on. You really think Raegdan would do something like that? yes, he would
Alright, I get that Luna and Raegdan have their own issues, but this doesn't justify their actions, not completely at least. I can understand their lack of trust toward the rest of the world, given their respective backstories, but to expect that keep acting the way that causes so many problems in the past will allow them to gain support from someone, is simply absurd.
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Furthermore, really? Destroy the Elements? The same ones that freed (hopefully) Luna from Nightmare Moon? The ones that stopped Discord?
Raegdan doesn't seem able to see that it's not a matter of choice between the Elements of Harmony and a conventional army. They're both needed to keep the world safe, because they work on different situations (you don't use a bazooka to kill a mosquito, but at the same time you don't use a rolled newspaper to destroy a tank). He seems only worried to keep Twilight safe with a nonsensical reasoning: if she's not involved with the Elements, then she will not be endangered by the threat with which they have to deal with; not considering that, if they don't take care of such threat using the Elements, then the entire world will be in danger, Twilight included
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(How else can you stop a Chaos Lord that can literally bend reality to his own will with a single thought?)
And Luna, try to show at least some empathy for one of the mares that helped to reform you.
Also: communication No, seriously, it's easy. It doesn't cost you nothing explain your action instead of look passively the course of the events only to intervene at the last moment, without explain what are you doing. Otherwise there's no wonder people will think you are just some kind of cold heartless monster.
Anyway, good to see that AJ managed to put some good sense in their minds
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Actually, it wouldn't be cannibalism (as raegdan's an entirely different species. Hell, he's from an entirely alien planet with it's own evolutionary path. He's further from a pony than any other living being ever to set foot on equestrian soil), and on Earth, horse (and by extension, pony) meat is actually quite healthy to eat.
Plus, this disposes of +70% of the body via digestion (and if he also imports some animals that a Gryphon would eat, he can dispose of the bones and organs in with those of the imported animals he butchers under the guise of needing to eat meat as a biological dietary requirement, and no pony will know that it's not just food animal bones going out with the trash).
Also, a badass like Raegdan would LOVE to be able to say:
"You know what happened to the last guy who put Twilight in danger?"
*pulls out jerkied pony and takes a bite*
"He's tasted good dried up with some peppering and Teriyaki sauce!"
6629252 Yeah, I think that about sums it up perfectly
6629332 Pewdiepie had a few moments when he did something similar indeed. But I meant Harachio from CSI Miami.
This is officially my favorite chapter!media.giphy.com/media/GQnsaAWZ8ty00/giphy.gif
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Rogadyn would do this if this would protect Twillight and Spike. Hell I wouldn't be suprised if Celetia would know or rather suspected about theyr fate but she didin't partiucllary cared about them so she allowed this to happen and she ddidn't looked to close to this situation.
Wow, once Pinke Wakes up and realise what he did for her she's more than likley gonna be all over him claiming that because she's got his blood they are siblings, blood besties or something like that
This is exactly what I was hoping for when I brought my concerns up last chapter. The idea that he's lying to himself about his guilt fits just about perfectly, allowing him to stay both in character and not a monster. Kudos to you, have a fave.
6629682 well despite several actual good points made by Raegan and Luna she still acted like everything the group did was entirely in the right, well I concede you had a lot of thoughtful inner dialogue regarding applejack she never once actually admits that...
A. her, rainbow, rarity, and twilight where in the wrong for attacking without finding out why he was doing what he was doing. (seriously his actions saved pinkies life twice in a row and you haven't had her apologize once which is both OOC and incredibly self righteous which is another form of selfishness)
B. her actions when confronting Luna and Raegdan while they were talking was wrong rude and stupidly disrespectful. she wanted answers and the fact that had Luna been respected in the least amount she'd be committing treason by bursting in on them like that be damned she'd get them. she didn't even seem phased really that Luna herself had been poisoned and was suffering the effects of that during the evening. both her conversations with shining armor and with the two of them she seems to only take what she wants to hear from them without even listening to all the information given. he'll for being the element of honesty she seems to be dishonest with herself in this chapter.
you've made corruption quite obvious within celestias court, and too the mane 6 this hasn't exactly been hidden. scheming nobles are bad enough, but the solar guard leader is obviously corrupt enough to believe Luna to be a nothing more then a threat to his own authority.
lastly I feel I have to point out that with the timeline given, shining armor assessing the likeliness of recruits for the lunar guard is kind of stupid. they may not have recruits amongst the guard but did shining armor consider that equestrian has a monster epidemic that seems to sweep the smaller less protected towns like wildfire? (at least that seems to be the case given whenever we see a legitimate small town, highly dangerous animals seem to live less then a stones throw away.) when word reaches them that Luna is trying to make a more aggressive guard force, they'll probably have the gates flooded with recruits wanting to help protect places the solar guard obviously looks as 'low priority'.
don't take this the wrong way I love where this story is going I just think AJ and the others are in for an major eye opener, especially if the changeling invasion still happens.
6629703 Never said it was cannibalism. I have no objections if this is what it turns out to be, hell I think I would enjoy such a thing. Not all that often you have someone eating ponies in fics... atleast not That kind of eating
6629682 Hmmmmmm... Yeah.
I want everypony that was apart of this horrendous act to be strung up from their nipples and left as such for a week. During said week they will be introduced to the most appalling of torture methods ever conceived by mankind. Then if the perpetrators are not either completely broken or dead, then let Fluttershy use The Stare on them until they beg for death, and refuse it to them. Allow them to live with what happened to them, imprisoned for all eternity, in Tartarus. Ware they are introduced to the torture of Prometheus.
6629682 Are you kidding me those drawings you've made are more life like of your story then any other picture I've seen so far.
This chapter was interesting, and it took the story on a path i didn't expect. I thought Luna and Reagan would be either the anti-heroes or the villains. But now it seems that the story will go towards a brighter path. With Reagdan and Luna trying to fit in. Of course i dont know what will happen later, I have been surprised once so i may be so again.
Whatever. Do what you want. It's your story
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'checks notes on chapters later on, makes sure the gore and dark tag is still on'
Hmmm....
6630659 Oh right... He he he
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A) Pinkie was lying on the ground dying. Their emotion were high and they were clearly panicking. Luna and Raegdan were acting practically nonchalant about the whole thing and in their emotional high state it looked as if Raegdan was impeding them saving their friend. Didn't help that the two took forever to explain the situation.
B) Rude and disrespectful? Seriously. After the fact that their best friend got poisoned in an attempt to get at those two combined with the information she's gotten from Shining Armor and the fact that those two do know whats going on, Applejack and pretty much everyone deserves answers. It also looks more like you're being selective in what you want to see compared to what Applejack learns.
C) Shining's assessment was spot on. The only people that would want to join a "Lunar Guard" at this point would be incredibly dangerous and violent individuals that may have a grudge against Celestia and the Solar Guard. People who should not have the word "Guard" by their name let alone trust. Those two have been acting paranoid, violent and ticked off the entire Solar Guard. Who the hell would want to join them that is actually trustworthy?
The first thing I noticed about your picture is that Luna doesn't seem to have back legs.
Where are they?
One heck of a panic scene. Very panicky, and i buy it. None of the M6 was mentally prepared for that kind of thing..
Some training would do them good, i think. Know how to react when shit goes down and such. WOuld help them deal with the "smaller evils" that don't scream their presence loudly like they are used to.
I was a bit confused that Aj was in two places at once (with shining and poisoning). For a moment i was thinking that one of the Aj was a spy.
A bit surprised that poison can even affect Alicorns. Hell, not even Celly is safe from it... then what stops the killers from poisoning her too? That would get a reaction out of Luna.. maybe to get her into a trap, the same way its suggested attacking Twi and Spike would attract Reagan.
Can't say i agree with their "keep celestia in the dark" plan. That just screams "huge incoming disaster" imho.
Celly can be easily manipulated if she isnt aware of whats going on, and the bad guys will very likely try to control the flow/content of information reaching her to get whatever advantage they need.
But if Celly is aware, she can pretend to be blind and keep her eyes open from her position.
And now, can't wait to see the revenge operation.
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Good chapter overall, keep it up!
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Maybe im wrong as i dont exactly recall the explanation scene.. but did Reagean actually kill a pony? It was the cause for Twi to run that she believed that. And now Shining said a few nobles disapeared without a trace. What if what Twi saw, was him finishing one of the "bad guys"... (finally the threat to Twi's life is gone.. but NOW she runs away in terror? DEPRESSION) or preparing the carcass for a BBQ. If the bad pony took so much effort to track after hurting Twi, the least they can do is be delicious.
He's a LOT taller than I'd imagined.
Glad I'm corrected on that