We came to this world of barbaric savages with simple goals. To make its lands part of Her Majesty's Kingdom, and those who would not accept the blessing of becoming her subjects would be swept aside. Those who did accept being converted, would have the savage killed, but they would live on, as part of our Kingdom. They should thank us for this heavy burden we take delivering wisdom and knowledge, and free them of their many heathen ideas. So why don't they?
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Heh, reminds me of Gate-Thus the JSDF Fought There.
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Did it have you fooled?
7086787 I was guessing until the end who was invading who, but the curb-stomp battle was similar to the ones in Gate.
Seriously, I want to think you can do funny (so far Season 8 has proven me dead wrong) but if this is your idea of a joke then I assure you it's not even remotely funny.
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That's your opinion, and you're welcome to it. I didn't put a comedy tag on this.
I've had this story in my head for days. And I realized what day it was. And realized the bait and switch was too perfect.
"Covert" should be "Convert".
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Edited. What did you think of the story?
You actually managed to get a surprised chuckle out of me, there.
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Happy to know it worked. Thank you.
You got me
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:-) Thanks for the comment!
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It is funny.
¿When in human and equine history is it set? On 2nd thought, telling us when, might be a mistake like explaining how the Force works (no real explanation is possible, so explaining is a bad idea).
Wham, sucker punched! Sure made a fool outta me!
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Happy April Fools! :-)
I've got to admit it being april fools day (and how I read the title), I read it as it was human talking of bringing civilization as that is how they really did build the British Empire. But it did make me wonder if it was meant to be like that and then turn out the other way as the joke but, alas, it was what it was. Very enjoyable read and well done.
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Happy at least you enjoyed it. :-)
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Oh you noticed me I try not to be noticed too much, I need to stop commenting on things. I normally resist but it just felt like a comment was needed.
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I like comments.
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But commenting makes people know my presence and then invites the silent (and not so silent) judging.
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Trust me I know how that is.
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I'm sure you do but you are far more courageous than a poor fool such as myself. You've gone to the trouble to put out lots of words for others to read and I'm so envious.
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I'm a wreck on the inside. Have courage.
Not gonna lie, I kind of guessed the twist from the beginning, but I still really enjoyed the ending. Quite clever with the Diamond Dogs! I actually had a conversation with another author a year or so ago who was writing a big continental-wide war story that involved ponies fighting Diamond Dogs, and once the dogs get their hands on bombs, they are an incredibly formidable foe. (In D&D terms, they have burrow, if not out-and-out earth glide, and that is OP as heck!)
I imagine stuffy British soldiers were forced to spend the rest of their days grooming ponies...
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BWAAHAHAH!
Sad to hear you guessed the twist from the start, but happy you enjoyed it.
Thanks. I realized it's perhaps the one true advantage that Diamond Dogs HAVE!
Thanks for the comments!
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Someday someone will write an epic length saga about a long-running war between Diamond Dogs and Pegasi. Neither able to touch the other, no true advantage.... truly a hopeless and bitter war.
Then they team up to fight off dragons or something!
This was excellent. The narrative was really captivating and felt very personal, even if I did not know for certain who it was. I was expecting a twist ending (I've seen enough that I recognize the buildup), but it could have been several very different setups and each would have surprised me anyway. Humans invading ponies? Ponies invading humans? Ponies vs zebras, or griffons, or Diamond Dogs? Unicorns vs Earth Ponies and their allies? Something completely different?
Also, "The White Man's Burden" is a terrible thing. Beware the man who thinks he's helping you against your will.
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Happy to know it entertained ya!
So....the reverse of one brand of stupid is supposed to be better?
Yuck. Two wrongs don't make a right.
"Silly little humans" is no different than "stupid ponies".
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That's supposed to be the 'April Fools'. That people are so used to 'stupid ponies' that imperialist Britain invading Equestria would take everyone off guard.
7809204 ...Can't a stupid idea just die? Both are horrible. (Really, I just see Chatty's "Humans don't have souls and need ponies to 'save' them from NOT BEING PONIES, but with the roles reversed.
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It's just Colonial Britain invading modern Equestria.
7809800 I know. -_- It's just so ham-fisted and kinda obvious what the "twist" is. Stereotypical "clueless fantasy world stomped by human technology" lines are actually "silly little humans took on a magic realm and were lucky to not be wiped from existence"...Ick. Again, two wrongs don't make a right.
7809812 I'm not going to cry for a military looking to commit cultural and noncultural genocide
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8024533 that was the point of 'White Man's Burden'. Hey let's go somewhere new, shoot the locals, steal everything of theirs we deem valuable, and make them work as virtual slaves with threats of death and mutilation on the wives and children. The Incas were forced to work in silver and mercury mines in bad enough conditions that it was thought better to injure their own children to keep them out of the mines. Imperialists are like Nazis, the world gets a little better when they die
8027071 Ya done with the soapboxing?
8028010 Would you let Hitler live. The actions of Imperialism were as bad as the SS, went on for longer, and didn't get tried because no one who would have tried their crimes ever knew because of the distance. That's not a soapbox, fuck you, if you don't care about genocide then fuck you
8028154 Control your temper.
Those kinds of outbursts are quite childish.
http://knowledgeisking.ning.com/group/theperceptionsandrealitiesofraceandracism/forum/topics/imperialism-and-colonialism-of-africa
http://www.constantinereport.com/drawing-a-line-from-africa-to-auschwitz/
http://libyasos.blogspot.com/2011/09/whole-imperialist-soldiery-against-one.html
This link to what you are defending. What is in the pictures DAMN FUCKING WELL deserves anger. In summary, several men who are soon to be slaves or are slaves with a chain around their neck, Europeans used treaties that Africans didn't understand to scam African Chiefs out of their kingdoms, the third link makes a tenuous and likely small link between Colonialism and the Third Reich. While the connection between the Third Reich is dismissed, their is mention of a massacre of 75,000 men and women or half the targeted populations and is argued to be the first genocide by some historians
8028340 I don't know why I am arguing with you. You have already shown a comfort and defense of what any right thinking person would find undefendable.
8029020 So because I don't like a fanfiction, I'm defending a real world genocide.
...Because that makes sense. Flawless logic; you're showing your reasoning here. Bravo.
You should get a Pulitzer Prize.
8033227 a fanfic that features as an antagonist on military force that committed genocide and as part of the plot was planning to commit genocide. Did you not read where it said 'kill any who would not convert' or something?
8033456 April's Fools.
Still, plot twist that I enjoyed.