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TartarusFire


Been here since: est. 11/16/14 ____ Making Pony Games/Stuff: http://tinyurl.com/tartarusfiregaming

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A gift is bestowed from birth to a pony. This is his or her True Name.
She was given a name that would sunder her life.

No pony is perfect, it is a fact. Even an alicorn cannot account for
everything they encounter. When a bag lost to the time is sold,
it ruins fate, or perhaps fate was the cause..

Rotting.

Chapters (40)
Comments ( 33 )

You don't need to re-edit and upload all the old chapters to add new ones. Or did something else happen which erased the comments and altered the dates?

7282107 I ended up removing the old chapter. I edited them and fixed them to be clearer and better to be understood. I just removed the old one because it was just too cluttered to edit in page.

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It just occurred to me that I could've just pressed ctrl-a and ctr-v. Welp. Hindsight.
Dang it, I'm stupid. Sorry 'bout that.

7284573 Now that you mention it, It really does bother me. Half of the reason I rewrote most of it is because of your comment, and the other half is because I knew I sucked at writing it. :P

Will Twilight be badass in this story?

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Badass how?

She's already a master researcher and study book horse.
She's already badass.

As in guns blazing? -- I wouldn't go to that extreme.
As in crazy, psychotic pony who would dig for an answer to any extreme: always.

After reading some more of this, I can definitely say that I like it. Your characters are reasonably fleshed out and the story you're trying to tell is layered with depth and nuance. The keyword being trying. There are many glaring grammatical issues, and even some points where establishment/scene setting sentences are absent where they shouldn't be. If you got an editor to iron out those technical flaws, more people would be able to see this story for what it is: pretty good.

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Thank you, but Honestly, I don't have an editor? Know where I can find one?

Thank you alot for the helpful feedback!

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There are a bunch of Groups for finding one right here on the site. I'd do it for you myself, but I'm working this summer, and don't really have the time.

7298847 Okay, thanks. I'll go search for one ^

I'm probably going to have someone edit this after all the chapters are written. I have about three or four more to write with two in the backlog for posting.

Fixed a bit of missing formatting. I may have skipped over a few italicized words.
Also fixed a few word placements with improper words.

There isn't much I could say about this which I haven't already, other than 'more, please'.

7316473 Welp, you've already convinced me. I don't plan on leaving this unfinished. I hate seeing forever incompletes. I've got the first arc finished (13), so it will come.

Also, currently looking for an editor.

The eye in the picture belongs to Zecora, right?

Heh, yeah, I was just about to mention that this had morphed into a thriller at some point.

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Really? I didn't know *shrugs* I was just planning out the end of the two arcs I have planned to be longer than the rest. I didn't want to break the suspension of disbelief.

I think the end of the second arc is going to be my personal favourite.

No chapter for today, I want to fix it some because Slice Of Life Is not an excuse; It kind of went off the random rails. Choo Choo BOOM!

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Nope. You can keep guessing or spoil yourself
It's an edited Image of the fake Cadence in Part 2 of A Canterlot Wedding

I have many things to say right now, but i'll just compress them into one statement.
WTF IS THIS NAME AND WHY IS IT SO BAD!?!?!?!
(great story too.)

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Thank you, and I'm getting to that point... eventually :)

Although it basically stated already that the Names are like Cutie Marks; you can go against them, but it's like an addiction, you just can't ignore a Name or a Cutie Mark forever. [Probably going to give the exact reasoning later on in the story]

What is the fillys true name

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Getting there.
It's partly revealed in a chapter update
And will be revealed as an encryption in a few chapters

Comment posted by TartarusFire deleted Jul 24th, 2016

Ok, yeah, that's a pretty dangerous talent. But it certainly doesn't justify Empathy's actions.

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Empathy was on the insane side. She's bat-sh*t crazy as she was extremely paranoid, if you couldn't tell. Also, religious (just how they believe things to be) zealots are self justifying, so there's that as well.

I feel like I'm playing a tell tale game without making choices

7366935 Caedes mean, basically, murder.

7464704 So just because of a name, you're basically either good or evil. That's fucked up.

7464797 Well, there's the whole cutie mark coinciding with the name thing bein supported by a majority of ponies in the show. And yes, it's f'ed up, but really, dark stories are meant for that sort of thing: A slave to your name.
Basically Evil / Good? I never said it was black and white

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And yes, they're correct

7464797 It sadly makes all too much sense for MLP. Their names means their marks and vice versa. What happens when you name your kid something not entirely 'cute and cuddly'. Cause, unless I missed something in the two seasons I haven't watched, the same thing with poor old Sombra(Meaning darkness, or shadow)

7466518 Yes it does make sense. I'm not sure how far it goes, but for most ponies, besides Pinkie Pie and Cadence, their cutie marks are directly linked with their names. Cadence is the major exception where her name has little to do with ruling the Crystal Heart. Other than that, most ponies live and breathe their names though their work. So, I am going to assume that like Rarity, they can do things that are not related to their Cutie Mark / Name, completely ignoring it would become harder and harder, so it is like an addiction, a magic addiction to carry out your destiny.

7464148 I haven't played the games, but I can see how it might be viewed like that.

7466527 God that makes it a whole lot darker.

7469738 Oh yes, I am looking forward to when Celestia steps in, very, very dark. I underestimated how long it would take to write out every character. I was hoping to be about 5 chapters forward by this time :L

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