2: The Day of Reckoning
Twilight had spent countless afternoons in Celestia’s study, sharing tea with her. Although she never appeared quite so nervous. Her mane was in slight disarray, and she trembled slightly. Then again, she never had anything to appear quite so nervous for.
Celestia hid her weariness behind a demure smile, as she poured Twilight a cup of tea. Amidst the cups and saucers and teapots, Twilight’s essay about the human rested on the table.
True to her student’s nature, it was thorough, from sketches to approximate measurements, eating habits (both observed and rumored), to its social behavior and linguistic capabilities. Prescriptive, objective, something to please any biologist in pursuit of a taxonomic report on the Homo Sapien.
And true to her student’s nature, it totally missed her point.
Celestia sipped her tea. She was vaguely aware of Twilight talking her through the subsections.
The day the human arrived in Ponyville, she had been enroute to Zebrica with Rainbow Dash. Twilight’s letter on the human had been forwarded from Canterlot to her. And on that carriage, she read the letter hastily. A strange and interesting creature, came out of the Everfree forest. Potentially dangerous. Potentially friendly. Strange and unusual creatures were nothing unusual in Equestria. So unimportant the letter, and so pressing were the diplomatic arrangements, her post haste reply was simply,
Twilight,
I have full confidence that you will handle this situation appropriately in my absence. Please report back to me on the situation as soon as I return to Equestria.
Kind Regards,
Celeste Apollo Asteria
How she came to regret that expediently drafted letter.
Twilight was still talking. “I was able to to interview him, and although he seems dissimilar to most civilized, social races, he told me that humans have their own towns! Not only are they capable of building structures, but like us, they also have totally distinguished and specialized roles. He told me he was training to be a pastor, which—”
“Twilight,” Celestia interjected softly. “The very same day that Luna released her report, I wrote you that we needed to discuss the human. Did you truly believe that I wanted a scientist’s perspective on the human’s social habits?”
“I.. I wanted to impart all the information I gathered.” She kneaded the pillow underneath her with her hooves. “I want you to know that I tried to solve the problem, that i’ve been taking my studies seriously.”
“You only saw him as a creature to be studied and relocated, when more than anything Jeremiah Walker needed a friend.” It felt as though there were a stone in her stomach. She continued. “I’m disappointed in you.”
Twilight’s pupils shrunk to pin points, her ears drooping. “P-Princess, I can write you a better essay, I can tell you whatever you need to know. If I knew the rubric, I could…”
“I’m not disappointed in your essay writing abilities. I’m disappointed in your conduct. I’m disappointed that you let this human be kicked around by Ponyville, and that you let the situation escalate into a full blown riot.” She realized her voice was starting to crescendo. She steadied her tone. “I have expectations of you Twilight, great expectations. I could understand any other pony’s inaction, but I hold you to a higher standard. I need to know I can rely on you to stop these things from ever reaching such a boiling point. I need to know that you’re helping keep the peace instead of adding fuel to the fire.”
Twilight was fighting back tears as she spoke. “I let you down princess Celestia. I... failed you.” She winced as she said the word. “I don’t deserve to be your student. A real student of yours wouldn’t have let the human be mistreated. Especially a student studying friendship. I just… I don’t want to leave Ponyville. I want to be around the girls and Spike. Without you, without my studies, they’re all I have. Please…”
“I did not call you to Canterlot to dismiss or punish you. You forget Twilight Sparkle, failure is a part of learning. I will not pretend that i’m not hurt. I feel let down by what became of the human under your watch. But I am looking for a way for us to move forward from this.” She took a breath to compose herself. “Now, let us understand what went wrong, and hope you use that knowledge to better your future judgement.”
“I.. don’t know where to begin,” Twilight murmured, tears on her cheeks.
“In your own words if you will, tell me what happened.” Celestia poured herself another cup, and added three scoops of sugar.
Twilight sighed and rubbed her eyes. “I’m sorry. I mean, I thought that it wasn’t safe to let him live in town. I thought he was a liability. Fluttershy is the kindest pony, and the best at handling wild animals. If she was afraid of him, I thought maybe he would be better off with creatures more similar to him. I didn’t think he would fit in, especially if his first reaction is to kill animals without even asking permission.”
“So you thought he was not a good fit to live among us.”
“I didn’t. Not right away.”
“And you were so invested in trying to relocate him, you didn’t acknowledge he was trying his best to coexist,” Celestia said, “And you became so ingrained into thinking how to remove him that you didn’t consider alternatives outside of that. You didn’t see any other aspect to the situation.”
“Something like that. Towards the end I realized that he was genuinely trying to adapt to our society. He came from a society like ours, and he actually could have settled here with my help. But by then it was too late.”
“This is not the first time you had such tunnel vision. Do you remember when you had the whole town fighting over your smarty pants doll?”
Twilight fidgeted with her cup. She still had not taken a sip. “I was so focused on the fact that I hadn’t sent you a weekly friendship report, that I tried to manufacture a friendship problem, just so I could write about it. I should have realized that sending you a friendship report wasn’t that important.” She eeped. “I mean, they are important, but I should have told you I had nothing to report on, instead of causing a scene.”
“The friendship reports were not as dire of a priority as you made them out to be. But you were so focused that it didn’t cross your mind. Your focus is a great strength of yours, but to a fault. Twilight, recognize this tendency, and know when to stop and fully asses the situation. You could have prevented the riot if you had stopped to think about this situation outside of your friend’s biases.”
She bowed her head. “I’m sorry, I feel like such a failure.”
Celestia lifted her chin. “Failure is a part of learning. You have made some critical mistakes. But I know you were acting with the best interests of Ponyville in mind. It was merely a misguided attempt. I have failed too. I gave you this task without fully understanding it. I should have taken more time to gain a fuller picture. Leaving you in charge without further instruction was a rushed decision.”
“You can trust me though! I won’t let you down.”
“I hope that is the case. You’ve proven yourself to me many times before. And you have let me down before. But I have big plans for you, and I need to know that you’re capable of thinking clearly in tough situations like these. I need to know that I can rely on you when all the cards fall. I need to know that you won’t get locked into one frame of mind at the expense of other avenues.”
“What do you want me to do? I’ll do anything! I promise!”
Celestia sighed. “I have a letter from Spike. He’s telling me that he’s started a movement to allow non-ponies to become citizens.” She stood up, and walked to the window. Outside, she saw Canterlot, and the valley below, the southern swath of Equestria. Since the nation’s founding, it had been a nation of ponies. And they thought it daring to unite earth ponies, unicorns, and pegasi under one banner.
What would the founders think of this movement now? She almost chuckled at the thought.
“He has been. And it’s been causing a lot of tension. Between him and me, and in Ponyville,” Twilight said.
This did not surprise Celestia. “Tell me, what do my little ponies think of Spike’s proposal?”
“I’m not sure… a lot of ponies are against it. Some are for it. The mules and donkeys and griffins, I’m not sure what they think.”
“I ask that you keep an eye on things in Ponyville for me while this happens. Spike’s movement was born of the human’s arrival, and now that Luna’s report has been released, I fear that Ponyville is a powder keg for unrest.”
“You want me to support Spike’s movement?”
“As ruler of Equestria, I will leave that up for my ponies to decide. If the nation calls for a vote, I will host one, and act according to the will of my ponies. I will not tell you which causes to support. I only ask that you make sure that there’s not another riot. Make sure voices are heard, and make sure the conversations are constructive. Truth be told, I never before entertained the idea of non-ponies becoming citizens. It simply never occurred to me. But Spike feels a need for it, and I will listen to what him and others say.”
“Celestia, consider it done!”
“Twilight, do not be afraid to contact me if you feel that things are getting out of hoof.”
“I won’t let you down!”
The sung hung low in the sky. Celestia met her sister on the topmost balcony of the castle. The two nodded towards each other. With some telekinetic persuasion, she rocked the sun beneath the horizon.
There. The day was finally over. A sudden wave of weariness hit her, so she slumped onto her hindquarters as Luna raised the moon.
“I’m feeling more confident about my princessly duties,” Luna said, looking at the stars.
Celestia gave a slight smile. “I’m glad.” Even though it had been three years since her return, she still grateful for Luna’s presence, her support in controlling the heavens and the kingdom.
Luna saw her sister on the marble floor. She walked over. “You seem distressed. Tell me sister, how did the conversation with Twilight go?”
Celestia was grateful for her emotional support too.
She rose to her hooves, and rested on the balcony. “I think she understands the gravity of her actions.” Celestia paused to look at the stars. In Luna’s absence, they had fallen into disarray. It took her some time, but Luna had arranged them back into beautiful swirls and constellations. “I think the best thing for her is to stay in Ponyville, and make sure there’s no aftershock riot in the wake of this report.”
The two walked off the balcony, and toward the dining hall.
“Do you still think she’s princess material?” asked Luna, with the faintest hint of contempt.
Celestia kept her voice low as they passed by guards, servants, and other attendants out and about. “I don’t know anymore. I think everyone is in need of a second chance, so I gave her one. She’s too valuable of an asset. I care too much about her. I… I have a hard time believing that this happened under her watch is all. I feel betrayed.”
“Yours is a philosophy of forgiveness. I am not so,” Luna said as they rounded the corner. “I would have dealt with her harshly.”
“I may be a ruler, but I am also a teacher. Punishment can only teach so much. I’m not prepared to lose another pupil without trying to help them see their own weaknesses.” She stopped to think. “What about the human, Jeremiah Walker? Whatever became of him in this whole mess?”
“Now that the report is released, we can serve justice to the ponies that tried to kill him. Though this will do little to send him home. He still wanders Equestria, searching for a way to atone for killing his brother. It is the only way to find passage back to his own home. But for the life of me, I can find no information on how that is done.”
There was a small circular table set in the corner for the two princesses. No other ponies ate at this time, the long feasting tables empty. They sat down as their meals were presented to them, a light dinner for Celestia, and breakfast for Luna. “I can only remember so much from those days,” Celestia said. Before her was a pear and goat cheese salad, with toasted walnuts and vinaigrette. She poked the salad with her fork, trying to get each of the components of the dish into a single bite. “I thought I might try to help you, but I found little about the Wanderers in the archives.”
Luna chuckled as she drizzled syrup onto a stack of pancakes. “I do remember you saying on countless occasions that you were too busy making history to write it down.”
“Yes, when you live as long as we do, everything we say seems to come back and bite us in the flank.”
“Do you remember that one Wanderer, Ishmael? The one that helped defeat Tirek before the Crystal Empire vanished?”
“Hardly. I think he went home after that happened. I remember not how. Do you remember that cat like creature, also a wanderer that helped us save the Breezies?” asked Celestia.
Luna swallowed a mouthful of pancakes. “No.”
“Oh. My apologies. I believe that one happened in your absence. I only heard rumors about that one. I think that all happened in the time you were on the moon.”
“Don’t remind me.”
Celestia had finished her plate, and was now eyeing Luna’s scone. She levitated it to her mouth and took a bite. Luna gave her a flat look. “Did you want to split, Lulu?”
Luna sighed. “No, Tia. I wanted that for myself. Why didn’t you just ask the cook for another?”
“We’ll have to do that next time,” she said with a wink, and she ate the rest in a matter of seconds.
“Well, I’m glad to see you’re back in better spirits.”
“A good meal sets the mind at ease,” Celestia replied. In truth, she did feel better. Spending time with her sister did more for unburdening her troubles than most anything.
“What do ponies call that now?” Luna tapped her chin. “Is it, ‘eating your feelings’?”
“Lulu, I’ve been eating my feelings for a millennium now.”
“That explains the couple pounds of pudge,” Luna said wryly. “And the suspicious lack of foals around the castle.”
Celestia rolled her eyes. “Speaking of foals, how is your little assistant Loose Leaf doing?”
“Harr harr. He’s doing fine. I would hardly call him a foal, though. I visited Ponyville the other week for the last interview. He’s sent me letters, saying that—”
“—That Ponyville is a little tense?”
“Yes.”
“So what will you have Loose Leaf do? Now that his work is done, and the report complete?”
“I instructed him to stay in Ponyville. Conveniently there was an opening for town clerk.”
Celestia furrowed her brow. “Why keep the colt in Ponyville? I thought you would want him to leave after he kicked the proverbial hornet’s nest.” The two of them got up and walked away from the dining hall as soon as the dishes were cleared.
Luna sighed. “I need somepony in Ponyville to make sure that all the ponies involved are brought to justice in a court of law, and that new laws are made to prevent this from happening.”
“If you were going to bribe a politician, you might have wanted to find somepony a little higher up, and preferably in the legislative branch.”
“Harr, Harr, Celestia. I don’t need to put my hoof on the scale, the evidence is sufficient. I only need someone to make sure that the lily-livered mayor of Ponyville does something for once, and acts on the report. I’m going down to Ponyville as soon as a trial starts. And truth be told, I want Loose Leaf there. I need someone there I can trust.”
“Luna, I didn’t realize you felt so nervous. I can come with you,” Celestia said. She extended a wing, wrapping it around Luna.
“Sister, I’m afraid that this is something that I must do without you. It’s time that I made my authority known, independant of yours. I don’t want to be seen as forever walking in your shadow. I want to know ponies trust and respect me because I’m me, not the sister of Celestia.”
“I see.” Celestia paused. “Did I tell you of Spike’s movement?”
Luna shook her head. “But Loose Leaf has told me much about it. I wonder what will become of it, and if it might play a role in my own plans.”
“Ha, my wayward student in Ponyville, and your young politician in the same area, working on the same civil rights movement.” Celestia looked at her sister, a bemused twinkle in her eye. “Perhaps we should arrange a date.”
Luna rolled her eyes.
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Haha, this chapter was a little rough around the edges. I could have used a proofreader and the dialog felt a little rigid, but I liked the purpose and the feeling of the chapter.
I understand that not everyone likes how Twilight acted in the first story, and in some ways this chapter tries to explain why. Regardless, though, in this story it happened and I like how Celestia is trying to resolve it. She is disappointed and may never trust Twilight so completely again, but she is forgiving. Trying to be understanding. She seems pretty calm, but I'll bet there was a lot of grief and anger that we didn't see.
As for Luna, I'm glad to see some passion behind her, but her jabs at her sister's approach to punishment seem hollow when you consider she is not as close to anyone (besides her sister) as Celestia is to Twilight. She could stand to be more sympathetic (although the lack of sympathy could really be how she ended up falling to corruption in the first place). I would love to see how she would REALLY handle a betrayal like this. Small on the grand scale of things but something she didn't expect and hurtful.
On another note, I though by this time Luna would have met and become friends with Twilight (through Nightmare Night). I would also be interested to know more intimately how this had affected their relationship (if at all).Scratch this, I forgot that the murders happened on Nightmare Night, which is why Luna was in Ponyville in the first place. That said, I'm interested in seeing how this shapes relationships and Luna's character differently.Ultimately this is another needed set up chapter. Good to see some plot from the first story get acknowledged. I can't wait to read more. Thank you!
blah blah blah blah Human blah
blah card games blah, non-pony rights group blah, princess, blah, blah.
Blah?
blah blah blah, BLAH.
I'm actually curious, how are Cadance's and Shining Armor's current views of the events unfolding, it'd be nice to see how the Alicorn of love and the former captain of the guard are feeling, knowing that Twilight was at the epicenter, and a component of the riots.
7343425 Shush, Shining and Cadence don't exist until the wedding. Kind of like Maud Pie didn't exist until her episode, even when Pinkie did her flashback thing to when she was living on the rock farm. Until they make an actual appearance, none of the Mane Six have family members. At all.
A tyrant, at least, you know is going to be consistently evil, but a benevolent dictator, you never know when they will do something really really stupid.
Another very enjoyable chapter. Shorter than the last one, but enjoyable all the same! Now that there is talk of a trial, does that mean we'll see Lucky finally get what he deserves?
7343458 Well considering how Dash's chapter propelled the timeline months ahead and in the end of the first story Trixie told Walker-
This could mean two things-
Cadance and Shining did or did not marry in light of the national incident
And
Chrysalis may have held off her invasion, seeing the civil rights movement as an opportunity to sow chaos or allow ease of integration of her people to be saved.
I enjoy this take on Celestia and Luna a lot, I think.
Keep it up! Story is looking great!
frankly i'm with luna, twilight needed a harsher punishment.
Was linking to the previous story twice in the synopsis really necessary?
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If she isn't chosen to become a Princess, that's enough, really. And probably a terrible fate for Equestria, all things considered. So everypony will suffer from Twilight unable to get Celestia and Luna to trust her.
Tirek is already on the loose, the Changeling question is still up in the air. Same with Sombra I imagine. Starlight Glimmer is out there, somewhere... and Sunset Shimmer will return eventually too.
7343748 No, you were the author of their authorship of their miseries.
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Not all punishments stand equal to each person or in this case pony. Twilight is an obsessed student. She lives to please her teacher. The fact that she has failed and Twilight realized this is more painful to Twilight then any punishment that Celestia or Luna could give out. It will eat at her forever, and that is a harsh sentence in and of itself.
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Agreed. I'm accepting applications for beta-readers/proofreaders. To anyone reading this, pm if you are diggety down.
The timeline is a bit vague, but what I'm trying to go for is that the riot at the end of Two Names is one year after the events of Luna Eclipsed. And The Man With No Country takes place around a year after that.
haha, I totally forgot that Twilight and Luna bonded during Luna Eclipsed though. Had I remembered that I might have added a couple of lines, but nothing too major.
We are going to be moving out of the set up/ recap chapters soonish, either next chapter or the one after. I'm pretty pumped for the ball to start rolling. Some may call it poor form to start with some exposition, but I think I managed to make it more interesting than straight up recaps.
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I wanna say that is a yugioh abridged reference? IDK, I graduated college, i'm old and out of touch now.
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I know its not mentioned, but word-of-god moment here: The wedding and changeling invasion happened as shown in canon, sometime before the report was released.
Holy shit, that's amazing. I may adapt this into the story somehow. Changelings and civil rights. Now there's a thought.
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I'm glad you like it! I always felt that Celestia would need a confidante. I actually have a partially written fanfic somewhere in my hardrive/ google drive that is sort of in this vein, but exclusively about celestia and Luna's relationship after the pilot episode. It's called "Celestia gets drunk", and I really want to get it started again. Maybe when I need a break from this story.
Found a chunk of it! back from the old days of 2013:
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I have to agree with you. Although I kind of hate that the canon narrative puts so much importance on Twilight and her friends as individuals in terms of the fate of Equestria. Like, no one else would have stepped up in all those situations to correct or at least change it? is no one else competent? are we to believe that the only thing standing between Equestria and 87 apocalypses is the mane six? I know Starlight had to see the error of her ways, but the whole thing felt a bit anviliscious
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yeah its a reference that means mind dullingly long BLAH speech.
Luna may be right that Twilight could justly be punished, but being too harsh can backfire.
Also, now I have a suspicion that Celestia's joking suggestion of a date may be foreshadowing.
7343882 That idea in itself could be a spinoff. A set of reports and vignettes from scouts, infiltrators or deserters living among the various cities and nearby nations, and their experiences as the tensions of the civil rights movement come to a head.
Even better, the stories take place from both those disguised as ponies against or with the movement or disguised as other species and their hardships/triumphs among the swirling storm of speciest discrimination.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
Hell nnope.
Which basically boils down to "I will only enforce a positive change in our society if it is with my citizen's approval." Way to play the benevolent dictator, Celestia. You just turned that back into a bad thing.
7343882 you see. This makes me sad.
I'd have loved to edit on this. It feels a lot like the work I used to do with kwak plus some stuff like the changeling stuff would very much be fun to bounce around to see what sparks for you.
But I retired from editing... right?
7343882 You could make a case of it, like the reason why Changelings resorted to invasion was that they had tried diplomatic relations with Equestria but were blocked by border guards or something due to them looking insectoid.
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That snippet is pretty awesome, though there were some grammatical errors; For example I don't believe hecticness is a word, and would read better as "She was so tired from the hectic week she had just gone through." Same meaning, 100% fewer imaginary words.
So this chapter did a lot to alleviate my concerns with both Twilight and Celestias portrals, I think you may have backtracked on just 'how' bad Twilight got but that is probably for the best, now so long as you don't have her apologize to Trixie for some reason (I may be remembering that wrong) and have Dash basically spend the whole story screaming at everyone while being 'correct' like a certain someone like to do I don't think I will have anything to complain about.
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What sort of punishment would you have? Honestly I can't see what else Celestia could do to her that would not be disproportionate, and as some have said, nothing is worse to her that disappointing Celestia, Twilights' greatest fear according to Sombra's door is failing her after all.
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Dead on with this could not agree more.
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See from were I'm sitting Luna should be the LAST pony with the moral standing to condemn others harshly for their mistakes, especially if they are in fact repentant as Twilight is.
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Ya I was not sure if this had happened before or after Luna Eclipsed, her wanting to throw the book at Twlight seems even weirder now but oh well. Honestly that the mane six are apparently the lynch pin of Eqeustria's survival was not what bugged me about that episode, I was still trying to figure out how any threats after Nightmare Moon still showed up.....or how everything was not dead in the Nightmare Moon time line for that matter, or just what are the power level of the princesses and various villains or....... probably best if I stick with trying to overthink Steven Universe.
7344541 That, and her sense of justice is positively archaic, for reasons which I should hope are obvious.
I will confess, her own background somewhat diminishes her right to sit in judgement over the failings of others.
Letting 1 group of sapient beings vote on the rights of another group of sapient beings can only lead to good things.
7344541 she essentialy set a town against someone even if it wasn't totally by choice. she treated a creature as sapient as she as a wild animal and as a result people died for it. it should at least be worth a temporary suspension of duties or something. I also point out AJ still has a major karma point coming too her. her actions where the most deplorable of the mane 6.
7344574 You're right; Luna should be the last one to judge Twilight like that. But consider how she was treated that day; Luna was personally hurt (emotionally, not physically) during the riot when the town essentially committed treason and attempted regicide in order to get at 'the evil human.' I'd be pretty steamed at someone that could easily be blamed for starting the chain of events that led to that event. This affects her judgement, thus she condemns Twilight's actions. So while it makes her seem hypocritical, its easy to see why she is. And she can empathize with him, which would further throw off her ability to see that hypocrisy.
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I'm sure there would have been plenty ways to 'punish' Twilight for her actions, and at the same time teach her important things.
The reason Twilight went so far is because she's obsessed with reports, with essays, with friendship letters : ways to get validation from Princess Celestia. She has tunnel vision because she doesn't focus on the problem or the essentials, she focuses on one and one thing only: make Princess Celestia proud of her, no matter the cost.
A subtle, yet very difficult punishment for Twilight, would have been to make her reevaluate her entire relationship with Celestia. Essentially, she would be 'downgraded' from student/pupil to friend/confident, would be forbidden to use the scientific method when it comes to social situations or people to get results (so no stalking Pinkie Pie to study here Pinkie Sense anymore, for example), and reports and essays and friendship letters would stop. Twilight and Celestia would keep contact, of course, but it would be to discuss of their feelings as friends, instead of as student and teacher.
Let's hope that what Celestia said made Twilight truly realize her mistake and learn from it. After all, she's neurotic by nature.
I wonder when will Jeremiah appear again. Probably not in Ponyville, but in the story overall.
So Equestria is a place for some to atone for terrible sins? Interesting point of view.
Well, so far, it certainly has been horrible enough for our human.
Also, that last Celestia's line. We'll never know when she's really jesting and actually planning something. But Twi definitely needs some grounding point
Celestia:
I really liked how you characterize Celestia here. Calm, collected, loving, and fair. She said everything that needed to be said and was fair about it. I also admire that she is leaving it up to the citizens to decide the fate of the non-ponie's quest to become citizens. She has my respect there.
Twilight:
Well.........I clearly see that she recognized that she screwed up and did the human wrong. And Celestia is correct, Twilight REALLY needs to rein in on her tunnel vision problems and be flexible. While I am VERY skeptic about Twilight not messing up in the future, I believe Celestia is right about giving second chances. I just hope that Twilight will develop better qualities and have a chance to make it up for the human.
Loose Leaf:
Since he rattled the cages when he spoke the truth, I'm looking forward to seeing how he is treated for his work.
Celestia really ought to consider making Twilight go to a therapist. As in "I will see a competent psychiatrist and get cured of all extremely unusual phobias and bizarre compulsive habits which could prove to be a disadvantage." from the Evil Overlord Rules except in the interest of Twilight not needing the rest of said list.
The fuck am I reading here? Science is descriptive, not prescriptive, and a single human is "Homo sapiens", not "Homo Sapien". "Sapiens" is a participle, Latin doesn't use 's' to pluralize nouns, and 's' isn't universally used in English to pluralize nouns. "Bacteria" is plural and "octupus" is singular, for example.
Get your facts together, man.
You're really being heavy-handed about trying to make it look as if he hadn't been exactly as bad as the ponies in every possible way. He made a perfunctory effort at best.
Interestingly enough, I do understand Celestia not doing the proper legislation on non-equines. Unlike human culture, who have a long, long, long history of social abuse towards minorities, with a quite big chunk of brutality cases, the story has pretty much stated that a case like Walker's is fairly new if not the first. With that in mind, there's no need for a legislation around giving non-equines the same right because the equines are expected to treat them as equals anyways (love, tolerance and the Equestrian way).
7343462 I totally disagree , the most notable characteristic of hitler is that he was both nconsistenly evil against the people he hated and feared and stupid with the managing of Germany and the war
7344427 then maybe the reason why all the villains not ''reedeemed'' are completly evil is because the show is Equestrian propaganda
7343398 actually , the riot takes place the next nightmare night after Luna eclipsed
7346386 you missed the point
I hope to see a Walker and Trixie chapter. Some advenures that infact got them some points with towns or villages.
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Aye, either that.
Or, they're so self-ingrossed that they pull a North Korea and don't let anyone in. Princess Donald Trump would be proud
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I don't think so. Gilda, Zecora, Cranky, the Saddle Arabians, the Yaks.
However, thinks like weather manipulation and the ability to grow flowers out of a handful (hoof full) or earth suggest that Equestria is pretty much self-sustained, economically speaking. Without the direct need to interact with other countries besides the "let's not war" part, the only members of society who do need to know about things like this is the politic class and maybe the big business (maybe because the self-sustained economy).
In consequence, there's little reason for the civil class (middle and low) to know beyond the very basics about other cultures because the interaction doesn't go beyond tourism and the apparently ocasional immigrant. Granted, from an academic POV, knowing there's a different cultures should be enough to want to know more about it. But then again, academic doesn't seem to compose Equestria's majority.
All in all, this story's basic premise runs on fridge logic. Either that or we are looking at a Quijote like story which gives the reader a blank to fill with their own perceptions.
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The average rural Equestrian doesn't even know what zebras are. Point made.
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I wonder if it applies to other countries as well. I mean, we don't have any hints that other species have the ponies' absurd advantage when it comes to economy, so they should have more actives trading relations and therefore a more fluent interaction between societies.
We already know that Griffonstone is pretty much undergoing a huge social crisis, so they would pretty much benefit a lot from expanding economy. Then again, we also know that Griffonstone, as a society are quite a case of social isolation, to the point that interrelationships between griffons are barely even existent.
However, the presence of dignitaries from other countries implies they're doing better, which raises the question of how does it all work there.
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One can really only speculate, seeing as how most of the rest of the world is being drawn with a broad brush. For all we know, all of the other countries have their magical equivalents of earth ponies and are equally independent off-screen. It's futile to debate the question, really.
Hm... Chapter is called Day of Reckoning...
... No such thing to indicate the actual shake-up yet in this chapter. XD
I havent gotten much into the original story and i know really few ponies didnt go against him (from ponyville). Still i can't help to see Walker get more allies/traveling companions besides Trixie. I would have liked to see Suri and Lighting Dust but this is pre-season 4 so theres no chance for them. My only two options that i think could work are Gilda and Garble(which there were more stories with him not bein an a$$).
Also strangly enough i can't help but to think Trixie will succed in something Twilight failed (Alicorn Trixie
)
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I wonder if the dragons from the MLP comics that live in "Dragon Town" in Fillydelphia will play a role with Spike's movement I can definitely see Mina(from Friends Forever issue 14) being one of the main supporter of Spike's movement.:
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And maybe there will be a Griffon and Minotaur and/or a Diamond Dog(kinda inspired by this) that was born and raised in Equestria that join the movement because they're sick and tired of still being treated as second-class citizens.
It's look like there will be a court trial I hope it will done in Phoenix Weight style doing a mob trial, which they cross-examine multiple witnesses at once. while pressing one witness, another may react to one of their statements.
Like in this trial here:
Skip to 31:11 to see it in action
And wonder that you do a Donald Trump reference like a Donald Trump pony that is trying to make Equestria great again by building a huge wall.
Bonus points if the pony is using your username.