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Unless this turns into an AU, I can actually see where Blueblood's attitude ultimately may come from.
All this dedication, and it'll be Twilight Velvet's daughter who saves Equestria, who gets Celestia's attention, who'll have ponies who genuinely want to be her friend.
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Damn, was I that obvious?
Oh well.
Princess Blueblood comes off as someone who has steeled themselves for the position of loyalty. She wants to be friends with others, but she knows that can make her vulnerable and thus regrets that fact.
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Thanks for telling me your view.
Sadly the very position Princess Bloodblood is taking and forcing Prince Bloodblood to take follow isn't very friendly. Also everyone needs someone they can turn to from time to time beyond just their family
And now he watches his destiny take a sudden nose dive.
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God damn it, I'm trying to be all subtle and shit, but people keep pointing out where the story is heading.
Well, I guess subtlety is something I need to work on as an artist.
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Actually I occasionally find it to be quite interesting reading about someone's past when their future is a foregone conclusion. Plus there is always the chance that he defeats Nightmare Moon in some indirect way or something to that effect. Either way, I still find the story to be interesting and plan to continue reading.
You know, I've wondered whether Sunset would've made a good match for Blueblood. But alas, it wasn't fated to be. I'm almost hoping they'll introduce him to a number of potential allies, like Lightning Dust for example. Only for him to find out that what he really needed where friends willing to stick by his side.
Interesting story so far. Watching to see how it plays out. Princess Blueblood is a true noble she doesn't have friends she has acquaintances that are in the proper social circles otherwise they are tools at best
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Lightning Dust is a bit too young for Prince Blueblood, seeing how she's around Rainbow Dash's age and RD hasn't even been born yet. But that would have been an interesting idea if their ages were appropriate.
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You know, I never really thought that about Princess Blueblood, but now that you mention it, it does seems fitting for her character. I never conceived her having friends or even family she likes (much less trusts) aside from Celestia and Prince Blueblood, but even her relationships between the two aren't exactly ideal, since the princess just fawns all over the queen, and she gets rather abrasive with her nephew.
You just added some depth to my OC. Thanks for contributing!
6495856 I'd say Loyalty to who, except so far Princess Blueblood has only shown loyalty to herself and her position. There is loyalty to Queen Celestia but it feels like the loyalty she shows to everyone else. Its false loyalty because of position.
I mean seriously the only way either Prince or Princess Blueblood would become the ruler is if both Luna and Celestia were dead
Interesting Celestia doesn't seem overly happy with how the Princess is pushing the Prince but she is willing to go along with the deception
Strangely enough, I'm on both sides. Blueblood needs to balance his life and preparing for Nightmare Moon's return. He must prepare and strong allies, good friends, can help him with that.
Queen Celestia's she sees the need for balance. She isn't against the Prince learning studying she is against so much of it. The next question will be about friends the Princess doesn't seem to have friends as much as acquaintances people she can use or are high enough on the social ladder to be suitable..
I can imagine what happens to those that fall down that social ladder for one reason or another.
It seems the Princess is determined she knows more better than the Queen. Its interesting that nothing in the tale of Nightmare moon mentions friendship. Both Twilight in the TV show and the Princess in this story disregard it so I will assume the tale doesnt mention it or they consider it irrelvant
Well this is becoming a bit of a rollercoaster. Back and forth between things looking up and... pretty much Princess Blueblood shutting them down. And it's very nearly always her, isn't it? Every bit of solace Noble Heart might've had is quashed by her. Even the solace of being able to pity himself is gone.
Princess Blueblood really has no actual concept of what it takes to grow strong, though, does she? Emotional well-balance is part of everyone's well being and growth, and saying that he just needs to train harder could actually hamper him (via stress) even before the fact that, as watchers of the show, we know that friendship is more important than magic.
And the way she infantilizes Celestia and Celestia's ideals is downright insulting.
I'm... wondering if this is going to keep going after Twilight Sparkle is the chosen one, Blueblood isn't, and Blueblood has a bad attitude during the Gala.
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Interesting that you bring that up. Care to elaborate why you think the princess is infantilizing the queen?
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It's Princess Blueblood's notion that part of her job is to keep the Queen "happy." That the Queen just can't handle the harsh reality of life, and will accidentally sacrifice the nation because she's just too sentimental (childish) to realize that spending too much time managing your personal life could interfere with running the nation. So, naturally, it falls to the prince and princess to be the adults and coddle Celestia, the god-queen, so that she doesn't accidentally neglect the entire nation.
There's a... decent point buried in that. They don't want to take up too much of Celestia's time. She needs to focus on training her protege, and to making sure the nation runs properly. She's a busy mare. But the fact is that Blueblood the elder is taking it to an extreme, and treats Celestia like she can't properly decide for herself how to balance her family and professional life.
Because to Princess Blueblood, it is all professional life. That is the only thing that matters, and she doesn't respect that Celestia disagrees. Part of this is reasonable (the end times are soon) and part of this is not (you cannot turn off your emotions, so trying to not handle them at all, and allowing your bad feelings to build up is going to harm you and others around you, in the long run.) There is a balance to taking care of yourself and performing your duty, even if war is on your doorstep, and I think she has completely lost sight of that.
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Thank you for bringing up that point, and thanks to everyone else offering their perspectives and analyzations of the story. You're showing me different sides to the story that I don't see/consider, and contributing to my creative process.
However, I would like to say that Princess Blueblood, while heavily flawed, is not an intentionally bad pony. When she says that feels sorry for Prince Blueblood, she really does mean it. The princess takes no joy in tearing down a poor boy who she, Celestia, and even Noble Heart all agree will just most likely die in his potential battle with Nightmare Moon. But in her mind, it is either her nephew or the world, and she is not above sacrificing a child for the sake of the planet.
With that said, I'll show you why Blueblood the Elder is what she is, though I will most likely not go into her personal backstory (though I might develop one since creativity is erratic at best). She wasn't kidding when she said that the Bluebloods are the second-most desirable ponies in all of Equestria, and unfortunately for them, they don't exactly have a god-status to protect them from the malice of others the same way Celestia does.
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There a sense of irony in it, no? In the fact that while we shall see what made her into this bitter mare, she'll likely not live long enough to see just how much she's going to screw up Blueblood's life—for nothing. And just how brittle the stallion will be after he's baked into what she wants him to be in the crucible of her education.
Sun Sun and BB Best Friends Forever!
Shame, considering how we know how they turn out in the end...
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This is more than I thought that Blueblood would learn, actually. Sort of... the main way to be a king.
Maybe what we saw in the Gala was... his "don't try to schmooze with me" veneer? Or is he as caught up in himself by then as his behavior suggests?
Aha... the Princess lets her mask slip for just a while.
... I still think it's folly to not bring this to Celestia. At least to ask why the Princess feels this way. What happened to her.
Perspective is pretty necessary, here.
Not sure what to make of the Princess in this one. Is she really letting that mask slip or is she playing a deeper game.. Obiviously either she didn't learn the lessons Celistia is trying to teach Princess Bloodblue/ forgot them/ or beleives they are worthless
I wonder if Sunset's betrayal of Princess Celestia's trust will fuel Blueblood's own drive to isolate himself. Princess Blueblood couldn't ask for a better example of how, as she might put it, abandoning your duty will hurt the queen more than anything.
By the way, wasn't it Twilight Velvet he rebuked?
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Yeah, they mean Twilight Velvet, not her daughter, it's just sometimes they'll exclude the "Velvet" part. Is that an issue? Would you like me to change it to "Twilight Velvet Sparkle" instead?
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Could be too long. I honestly just forgot that they have the exact same name, excluding the addition.
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That's why I prefer to avoid typing out "Twilight Velvet Sparkle." :/ Her name is a bit long and when the characters say her full name, it comes out somewhat clunky. I figured that since the Mane 6 Twilight Sparkle is still just a baby and can't do anything yet, my readers would understand I mean her mother when I type out 'Twilight Sparkle.' If it's an issue, I'll change it.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to figure out when one's heart has to hard or be soft.
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I just think using "Twilight Velvet" will be clear enough... but if it's really important that we know Twilight Velvet Sparkle's last name is Sparkle, I understand why you want to keep using it.
You better hold that boy tight, Celestia.
You of all ponies should know how much ponies adore you. And how much it can hurt to feel overshadowed.
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Sweet pic. Who made it?
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A fellow on Deviantart by the name of felixpheonix66.
This is back!
And more leadup to what is going to make Blueblood what he's... going to be.
Poor Blueblood...
I understand completely. As adorable as they are, cats will not stop until they have claimed their owner's soul...
Will this story have a third part?
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Most likely. I find it easier to break down the story into smaller parts than to just do one massive narrative.
Well, if there is going to be more of her... yes.
I'd like to say he's just having nightmares from fear alone and nothing else.
But some of the words in his dreams are... too close for comfort.
Wow the duchess is giddy! I... didn't think I would see it.
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Yes, she is!
I mentioned in the first paragraph of the the first chapter of the first part that the princess was once a champion duelist. You don't become the best at something by hating it. 
Interesting chapter, Blueblood the Elder is still setting up Blueblood the younger for failure. Also she seems to think the queen is blind to things going on even in the palace
I dunno if I made this connection before but... Golden Crown is the pony we saw during Equestria Games, huh?
... I'm nervous about that encounter, now. I wonder, did his family just... do a 180 on the treatment? Where they were once neglectful of Blueblood now they are... neglectful of his brother?
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Indeed. When I saw that a Blueblood look-alike was attending The Games, I figured I could do one of three things: write the pony off as an animation mistake (tempting); make the pony a changeling (unlikely consider the invasion during the Royal Wedding); or I could give Blueblood a twin. I'm really glad I went with the third option because of all the material I was able to write by having a Celestia/Luna and Blueblood/Golden Crown parallel.
Art is just full of happy little accidents. :>
I have a bad sense that Princess Blueblood is going to die very soon.
And Blueblood won't have had the chance to make things right with her before it happens.
I get the impression Princess Blueblood hasn't died yet is she is too stubborn to let go. Though she seems to be in pretty good health
7245071 Not sure there is a WAY to make things right between the two with such huge differences in view. At the moment one or the other would have compromise and Princess Blueblood isn't going to do that. While I can't believe I am saying this Prince Blueblood is being logical he really doesn't have a chance against Nightmare Moon on his own
This... appears to be going in an altogether less-terrible direction than it seems. Blueblood doesn't seem to be consumed by bitterness or making terrible decisions or anything.
Which just makes me afraid that things will be bad later instead.
What have you done to me?