Epiphany-Part 2
"Are you ready to depart, Prince?"
"Yes, Proper, let us go."
We're currently at the gates of the Castle, where a carriage is waiting for us. I hop on after Proper opens the door.
Proper knocks on the ceiling.
"Driver, we are ready to go."
And thus begins my first trip outside the Castle. I look around and I see the countless wonders of Celestiana: colonnades and fresco, plaza with giant sundials, great houses of marble and golds, crimson banners proudly waving in the wind and colourful gardens. Waterfalls that brings rainbows and bridges held up by statues of some legendary creatures. It's awe inspiring. I wonder if Canterlot looks anything like this?
The ponies are hardly as awesome though. Mostly unicorns nobles with earth ponies servants providing shade while they themselves slowly cook up under the Sun. There's also pegasi, but they're pretty much all guards or eye-candy servants.
After a while, we reach the outer walls of the Inner City, what would be called Canterlot in canon, since Celestiana is much bigger, if only because of the monuments. the Outer city sits at the base of the mountain, the Pillar of Heaven, a.k.a the Canterhorn. It was called that due to the city of the "Mistress of the Heavens" being built on it. Anyhow, I turn to Proper for an explanation as to why we're here.
"Proper, what are we doing at the outer walls?"
"Your gift can only be found outside of the limits of the Inner City, Prince."
Really? Oh, whatever. At least I'll get to see the Outer City.
It doesn't take long for the gates to open and let us trough, letting us proceed downward.
Hmm, I guess I shouldn't have expected much. It's... quaint. Pretty medieval-y. Maybe renaissance-y. Just stones and mortar, with shingled roofs. And an open air sewer. Eww. The streets are pretty narrow, even the one we are on.
I guess I should have expected this. After all, with Equestria obsessed with unicorns and magic, more mundane pursuits would be pushed away as irrelevant. As such, while canon!Equestria could be reasonably called modern, or at the very least Victorian, when it comes to their technology, the Empire stagnated.
"Prince, this is our stop."
Uh? I didn't even notice the carriage stopping. Proper and I get out and... ewww, the floor's all muddy. Oh shut up, okay? I lived in the Inner City for all my life, you know? Anyway.
"Can you tell me where we are going, Proper?"
"Fine, if you are so impatient, especially since it is just around the corner, I will tell you."
Finally!
"We are going to the servant market."
The what? The servant market? What kind of name is that? Hey, Proper! Wait for me!
I turn around the corner and I see cages. Hundreds. Filled with ponies. Moaning, scarred, cadaver-like ponies. And the stench. Sweat and blood and shit.
Servant Market. Servus Forum. Oh shit, servus, not sclavus. I completely forget that sclavus wasn't the original word...
Every time I heard or read "servant", it actually meant...
Slave.
'...and the Earth Ponies shall be thy servants.'
Not servant.
Slave.
She enslaved an entire tribe.
'"Choose? Are we getting a pet or something like that?"
"Hmm, I suppose you could say that."'
Not a pet. A fucking slave.
No way. I won't...
But...
I could save one...
"Prince Solus, are you coming?"
Deep breaths, you can do this. Save one. At the very least, save one.
"I'm coming, Proper."
"Now, let us walk around. Lead the way."
"Uh?"
"Well it is your choice, unless you want me to make it for you?"
"No, Proper. Let's go."
We begin wandering the "stalls". The stench is unbearable, they didn't even bother to give them latrines.
"How many do I get?"
"Two."
Good. I'll save two.
But all the others...
No! I can't do anything right now, just focus on what you can do.
I notice that earth ponies aren't the only ones in chains. There's also pegasi, and even unicorns, though their horn have been cut off. Criminals, probably. Joining them is a multitude others: Donkeys, zebras, griffins, diamond dogs...
I'm sure the Empire must have wonderful relationships with its neighbours.
I notice a baby crying.
There are babies too?
Wait, yellow, red and orange?
Is the red one... Big Mac! Little Big Mac!
I approach their cage and turn to the merchant.
"How much for these foals?"
"Ah, Your Serene Highness!" He bows low enough for his horn to scrape the ground. "You have a good eye! The red one promises to be quite the specimen when he grows up."
"What about the orange one?"
"Ah, I am afraid I will have to refuse you, my Prince. That one I'm going to keep for breeding."
Breeding? BREEDI-
Calm down.
"You are going to refuse me?"
"I would refuse even your Mother. Their bloodline is very special, the epitome of what an earth pony is. There are laws guaranteeing our right to our propriety, even from the Celestial Throne."
Oh, right. The one time Celestia fucking place a restriction on her own power, it's to protect this callise d'abomination! Fine!
"Very well, but I'd like to talk to them."
"Your Highness?"/"My Prince?"
"You heard me, now heed my command!"
"Uh, very well, Your Highness..."
He goes to the cage and opens it. I enter, if with hesitation. I am the Prince after all, are they desperate enough to try and take revenge on me? Whatever, I've got to do this. I slowly approach the family, and when I'm close enough that Proper won't hear me, I ask:
"Would you want me to save your son?"
They look at me, bewildered. It's probably the first time in their lives they're asked for their opinion.
"W-what do you mean?", Bright Mac asks.
"Exactly that. Your owner won't allow me to take your daughter, but I can still buy your son, allow him to live a far better life."
"Why would you do this?"
"Because there's still an alicorn in Equestria that strives for Harmony."
"...Please, let us talk about it."
"Very well."
I step back to allow them "privacy". It's not like the cage is that big. While I do my best not to eavesdrop, I can still notice that Big Mac seems entirely opposed to the idea of abandoning his family. After a little while, they call me back.
"Have you decided?"
"Yes."
Big Mac doesn't look very happy. Who would, if they love their family like an Apple do?
Pear Butter looks at me.
"Swear you'll take care of my son."
Wish she was my mom.
"I swear, on the Sun, Moon and Earth, I swear upon Harmony and it's virtue of Laughter, Loyalty, Honesty, Generosity, Kindness and Magic."
Wooh, what's this feeling? Did I just swear a Sacred Oath? I'll have to be more careful about using it in the future.
They stare at me, slack-jawed.
"You know of the Old Way?", Bright Mac asks.
Uh. I guess it would make sense for the earth ponies to cling to the memories of better days.
"Not really, it just... came out of my mouth."
"...You really are an Herald of Harmony."
"More so than the Empress, anyway", I snark.
"Thank you, Your Grace."
"Grace?"
"It's what the rulers of old went by."
Oh.
"I'm honoured, truly. I'll have your son out of here in a moment."
I get out and walk back to the merchant.
"I will buy the red colt."
"Very well, Your Highness."
He walks away, probably to get the deed or something.
"What did you say to them, Prince?", Proper asks me.
"Just reassuring them. A content slave is an obedient slave, after all."
He looks skeptical, but seem to accept my reasoning nonetheless. It's not like I lied anyway, more like a different perspective.
The merchant soon returns with the deed and Proper pays him. Mac is walked out, looking at the ground, but I doubt it's from deference. Here I thought Shiny would be an hard nut to crack.
The merchant present me a... ball? Made of light?
"What is this?"
"It's the anchor for the slave's bounding, Your Highness."
Oh, isn't that going to earn me Mac's trust.
"What does it do?"
"Um, Oh! Of course! It's your first time buying a slave! I'll be honoured to answer your question. The bounding spell makes it impossible for a slave to disobey it's master, as well as forcing them to stay in range of their master influence. For example, a bodyguard would have to stay in sight of their master at all time, unless told otherwise, while a cook or a domestic would be allowed far more leeway."
Fucking. Hell.
"It also allows the master to make the slave feel pain, should they need to be punished."
Disgusting.
"How does it work?"
"Simply channel your mana inside the sphere and it will be absorbed inside your mana font."
Yeah, remote slave control in my Heart of Heart.
I do as he said and the sphere dissolve into strands of mana that slitter inside my horn. Ew, it's all... weird. Blergh.
"Now, would you be interested in buying another slave from my fine selection, Your Highness?"
"No, it will be fine. Proper, come along."
We soon resume our "shopping trip", Big Mac in tow. After a while, we come across a shop claiming to deal in selectively bred pegasi. Right. At least I'll get to save a sexual abuse victim. We enter the shop, which contain a few stands where a few "items" strut about, trying to look good. At least they seem to be treated better than those outside.
"As I live and breathe! It is an honour to have you in my humble commerce, Your Serene Highness."
I wonder if bowing that low is a way of keeping your horn sharp?
"What could I interest you in, my Prince?"
"Do you have any foals?"
"Foals? Well, yes, but they're not trained..."
"That is fine. I seek companions of my age. I doubt I would have use of your more 'mature' articles."
"Oh, of course, how silly of me. They would be in the back, so if you could wait here."
"I would rather have a look for myself."
"Um, well, it's hardly as luxurious as this room."
"And the Outer City is hardly as luxurious as the Inner City, let alone the Castle. I will be fine."
"If you say so, Your Highness, this way."
"If you would, I'd rather be alone."
"Alone!? Why?"
"I have my reasons. This way, yes?"
"Yes, my Prince..."
I proceed to go where I was told to, though Proper decided to follow.
"Proper, stay here."
"What! No, I won't allow you-"
"Stay. Here. Do I need to say it a third time?"
"... Very well, Prince."
Glare all you want, Proper, I don't care. Anyway, let's go.
At least he wasn't exaggerating, the decor is rather drab. It looks like I'm in a prison. Cells included. In each one there's a few foals, of varying ages, but all looking like some exotic bird. They seem rather perplexed to see me walking about, but when they notice the horn they all try to make themselves as small a possible.
"Stop resisting you bitch!", a masculine voice shout.
What the hell is going on? I rush to the source of the voice, crying becoming audible.
I finally reach the source and my blood runs cold when I see it.
"Huh? Who let a kid in here?", a burly stallion says.
"Look again, dumbass! That's the fuckin' Prince!", a thinner, gangly stallion reply.
"Oh, uh, Your Highship, you here to buy? I'm afraid this one ain't ready yet, still too savage."
"Yeah. Oh, Would ya be interested in watching us break her in?"
...
"Um, m'lord, why ya watching us like that?"
"Leave her alone."
"Uh, wha?"
"Leave. Her. Alone."
"Uh...", he laughs a bit. "That's a good one m'lord-"
"LEAVE HER THE FUCK ALONE, ESPÈCE DE BÂTARDS!"
"We're sorry m'lord! if you want her you can have her!"
"HAVE YOU NO SHAME YOU MONSTERS! I'LL FUCKING RIP YOU APART IF YOU DON'T LEAVE RIGHT THE FUCK NOW!"
"What's going on here?!"
"WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT YOUR FUCKING MOOKS WERE ABOUT TO RAPE A CHILD!"
"But, Y-your Highness, that's standard procedure for-"
"CALLISE DE TABERNACK DE JOALVERT, ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT'S FUCKING NORMAL YOU CREEP?!"
"Your Highness, how else would we-"
"OH MON TABERNACK, J'VAIS TE DÉCALLISER LA YEULE MON OSTI!"
"Prince Solus, stop!"
"I WON'T, I'LL BURN THIS PLACE TO THE GROUND IF I HAVE TO!"
"You don't need to! Sexual activity with a youngling is completely illegal!"
"Really?"
"Yes, really. Please, calm down Your Highness, and we'll get the guard to arrest this ruffian."
Deep breaths. You can do it Solus, let the fire calm down and return to the font.
I look around and I see that the walls and ground are scorched.
"Did... did I do this?"
"You did Your Highness. Please come with me."
"No, I'll stay here. I... I want to stay with her. I want her as my second slave."
"...Very well, my Prince. You three, come with me if you don't want your fate to be even worse."
They leave and I'm left alone with the crying, shaking filly.
"Everything will be fine, I promise."
She doesn't seem to even hear me.
I hug her, wrapping my wings around her and petting her mane.
"I swear," I whisper in the ears of the pink filly, "I swear I'll protect you."
I continue to whisper reassurances, as I pet her purple, yellow and pink mane.
"I swear I'll make sure this never happens again. Never."
Mother...
You're not Celestia. You're just a bad imitation. Even Daybreaker was simply an unfettered Celestia. You're a twisted caricature of everything she and Equestria stands for.
I will bring you down,
Corona.
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oh this is getting good
Oh, he found Cadence.
That answers the question of where she were all this time.
I have feeling this is going towards a Revolution at an older age kind of way. Where the Prince escapes the Castle and lives in the wilderness or town disguised while helping the people and gaining followers for a Revolution. I don't know what is going to happen but I just have a feeling it might go that way.
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Likely, but how dedatched and jaded is this Celestia in her power? Prince who secures his own powerbase among the downtrotten and the desperate is one who is strong and able.
If he would be able to rally some of the people behind him it might even please her. If i was a eternal tyrannical ruler of ponykind and my son would rebel against me i would chuckle if he was to do such a deed and 'bow to his demands' while retaining my powerbase. I might even let him have the edge for few hundreds of years to get him started before i would initiate the political counter-attack to put him in his place.
After all, only strong can rule.
I dunno...I mean, it's good that he feels this way, and it's all well and good that he "saved" two foals, but I can't help but feel like this has been done before, or that I've read this chapter before. Maybe. I dunno. I might just be off base here, but this fic lost a lot of appeal to me in this chapter. I'll keep reading, just to find out what happens, but I don't think I'll be looking forward to updates quite as much as I was previously.
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There is also other option. Within something about twenty years old alicorn will escape from Moon. Question is: it's Luna (good option) or Nightmare Moon (worse option). If Luna, then Solus will have clear ally in his mission of bringing Harmony back. If Nightmare, then he can use her to fight Celestia and later try to redeem or imprison them both, when they are exhausted. At worst Nightmare can take power, but still she is better person than this Celestia (she is harsh and militaristic, but not so blatantly evil and emotionless, also I doubt she is slaver).
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It might be because Contentment and Epiphany-1 also dealt with Solus seeing the worse of Celestia and loosing hope of her ever being a decent pony. I'll admit the last three chapters where a bit different in tone, but considering some people were asking why he's so set on fighting Celestia, I think it's important to give him these bad experiences.
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Ahhh was wondering who that was good catch on the description alone.
Too bad about AJ damn ..... if they wanted to preserve the bloodline I'm surprised they gave up the stallion and not the mare. He could impregnate dozens while she could produce one a year. If it's about coloration it's a moot fact since a lot of the times the colorization is slightly off or different all together when foals are born ... but white seems to be an exception i guess. Hymn he coulda offered him the rumplstylskin deal first born child to be given i mean if it's born earth pony since his mother would have him throw it away or kill it anyway .... it would have alicorn blood and apple blood.....what breeder wouldn't go for that.....when she goes into heat he doesn't do it its not like they could watch. He could tell them it didn't take as alicorns producing heirs is rare. I mean look at celestia she's how old and he's the first heir in like forever. And he could sweeten the deal by adding a clause that if a foal isn't sired before such and such age they get damages payed in bits lost.
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Considering how female-centric Equestria is, I'm pretty there's a commonly held belief that the mother has more influence on the foal. It's not necessarily a fact, but considering they believe Celestia is a goddess...
On top of that, in canon, the only natural born alicorn had an alicorn mother, so...
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Any idea of when next update comes out? I'm hooked!
This is one of my favourite story's now, the update rate is much better than most stories ever. I hope it will keep up. Good work man, you are a better author than I.
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Yah but its the stocks bloodline or pedigree if you wanna call it that you pay more for rarer means more and can't get rarer then alicorn sireing if its a colt they could have it bred with choice females producing a line of servants desired by nobles. If its a mare plus a earth pony they might make them breed with a Pegasus to see if introducing Pegasus genes produces an alicorn. If anything they get bedmates for the nobility that sell for upto 20x the price for a 2nd generation mare. Or 10x for stallions if your playing mare gender favortism. Sorry didn't mean to go off tangent just thinking to much into them breeding poor AJ. Well we might see her or the other girls before that stage anyway. She'll probabmy be another 8-10 years before her first heat anyway if she's 4 anyway.
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They had hundred of years to play around with the bloodlines of the slaves, they know an hybrid is impossible. Worse, it would probably be considered blasphemous. As for Aj, she's more around 1 year old.
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Someone had to get celestia pregnant ..lol.. A male alicorn miiight only have normal children but sired by alicorn would make them exotic if anything. But hey whateves I'm just thinking to much on science in a magic world ..lol.. like someone said in another fimfiction ... it's magic bitches I don't gotta explain sh*t ... But what about ..... it's magic don't gotta explain sh*t it's magic don't gotta explain sh********t. Magic trumps science. Man wonder how his mothers gonna take the news about his outburst. I'm thinking proud a young colt displaying that much raw power screams strength. I agree with a earlier comment even if he loses a civil war I don't see her being to upset just annoyed ... he'd be punished sure as f**k for his defiance... But more for being too weak to beat her. She'd probably kill any friends he has to motivate him to try harder next time.
this story is going great! It's so great to read a great story that doesn't rip off another one, coupled with the fast publishing rate for chapters... its amazing! thank you Celesti Lateo for writing such a great story!
Daily uploads, well worth it
I know this is kinda off topic on whats happening in the story, but i'm happy he's a French Canadian, makes me feel better XD
Huh, so slavery (of the regular kind as well as sexual) is okay, but it's illegal to rape the kids? Well, I guess even Celestia has a line she won't cross... Wonder if she'll be "proud" of him again after Proper tells her of him going all Solar Emperium in outrage?
really hope you didn't throw cadence, if that is her, into the story just to have the protagonist try to get her and shining together.
I know he's trying to make Equestria better, but I think he should be trying to do that by, you know, getting Corona out of the picture and improving conditions, not just slapping things together until they resemble the show.
maybe its nothing and I'm just reading too deeply into this.
either way, I look forward to more
Well so far so good, but sadly this fic suffers one major issue which many fics suffer from, character/s being cartonish dumb.
In Solus case he made the mistake of adopting those foals when they can easily be uses against him, if he truly intends to crush Corona he can't afford emotional ties, as he seen Corona and her Empire have no issues in tormenting foals, so getting then involed put's them at risk.
So rather them "save" them he might just doomed them.
French-Canadian?
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Yeah, from the Province de Québec, mon ami!
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and well I mean nothing by it but Stallions are stronger Earth Ponies especially so, would be a special brand of irony if in a Matriarch society even the elite mares discriminate between gender.
Honestly Stallions would be worth more money as they're a minority in their own species, it's a matriarchal society and a Stallion can impregnate tonnes of mares whereas a mare is pregnant for 11 months. Logically Stallions would be more expensive because they're a...Rarity
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Brought up the same subject earlier i said why not keep Big Mac over AJ he can breed dozens a year over 1 a year but i guess mares carry the desirable traits to the offspring according to their matriarchal ways so females cost more while males are seen as inferior and are worth less overall..... but hey author doesn't want him to meet AJ yet so it is what it is ....plus shes a 1 year old so he has like 12-13 years to find her before she becomes legal breeding age as it's pointed out screwing underage fillies is illegal ....but most apples as we know get there cuttie marks late or last she might be 14-15. I guess that means atleast half the main 6 aren't even born yet.
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You fracking unicorns.
Take them down, no redemption, no quarter, the whole thing goes, brick by unforgivable brick.
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I might have agreed with you at the beginning of the story... but there are too many signs pointing to a much worse outcome. Think about it, Solus lives up to Corona's expectations in the earlier chapters and he is dismissed without a second thought. Corona is only startled when Solus bids her a polite farewell. Next is Solus' party in which Corona praises her son for making an ally so early and skillfully avoiding other nobles with Shining Armor's presence. Solus is burned when he shouts at Corona... When was the last time she was shouted at in the Royal Canterlot Voice by an Alicorn in canon? In fact, Corona makes a special note to forgive him because it was his first time outright upsetting her. Finally, throughout the story so far Corona has been shown to be a control freak. If someone does not do their job she punishes them for it with very severe implications if they do not meet her standards.
It seems to me like Corona is more afraid than anything. She genuinely wants a family, but her experience with banishing her sister has made her afraid to make those connections, and when someone defies her she gets trigger happy to make sure it doesn't happen again... When everything comes to a head I fully expect Corona to either double down on her powerbase and crush anyone in her way, or completely break down when her son turns on her.
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I can just picture her biggest fear:
Years have passed, Solus is an adult and has been outed as helping stage a rebellion. Try as he might though he is getting thrashed by the older Alicorn.
Still he keeps getting back up.
"Yield, you petulant brat. I gave you everything! Riches! Comfort! You wanted for not!"
"Do it! Finish me 'mother'! Lock me away! Break my body. But do so with the knowledge that in the end you will spend all of eternity unloved...and utterly ALONE!!!
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Sorry if I wasn't clear! I didn't mean that mare are worth more, simply that it's a commonly held belief that a female is a better catalyst for bloodlines and inherited magic, for slave and nobles alike. Yes, a stallion could produce more foals, but most believe that a mare will have foals of greater quality. Some prioritize quantity over quality, unlike the merchant Solus met.
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Ehhh... I personally think her worst nightmare would be her social world crumbling around her. She has devoted her life to building the empire she has now, after banishing her sister. She seems to be to the point of obsession with the concept of Order... so what would happen if a rebellion sows chaos throughout her lands?
Ugggggggggh that's what I said females carry the desirable traits....lol... cost was only brought up to describe importance not to put a bit price sorry my bad i just couldn't think of a better way to describe. Grade A+ breeding stock for AJ and A- for Big Mac just sounded weird to me for a description.
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So what about Solus despite how he was conceived he's a male offspring to a female if females supposedly produce better offspring is that true if it's male? Or is it unfair to even try to categorise Solus since he's an Alicorn. Also that's confusing since it doesn't really matter about quantity and quality since the mare is still gonna incubate the child no matter what so it just sounds like bias based on the society they live in which in way makes it more interesting since for a long time misogynism decreed that a women couldn't do a man's job so by that logic no matter the Stallion the Mare will always produce "superior" offspring when compared to a Stallion who's pedigree could be outstanding without reaching into incest to "purify" the bloodline breeds with a Mare who's family has history with genetic and mental disabilities and produces a child with similar symptoms will the Stallion be blamed for the outcome? Yet Shining is his mothers heir?
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Well, I did say commonly held belief. It's not true, but nobles will prefer to marry a son to a powerful mare rather than vice-versa. As such, female mages are in high demand. As for Shining, if you go back to Contentment, you'll notice that his mother was announced first...
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Let us do a reality check: Corona is not the worst type of mother or leader there is by far. She seems to have a stable society where laws are adhered, no war seems to be imminent and there seems to be laws governing the slavery based on the last chapter.
What are the things which seem to deem her as 'evil'? Upholding system of slavery? VERY common in feudal era, being distant and stern mother to her son? This would be 80% of upper society from time immemorial. People are afraid of her and she is stern and physical in her punishments?
... Let is face it Celestia as seen now is not really THAT Evil when looked from wider historical perspective. Only from perspective of "American Teenager" and "Muh Ponies" she would qualify as such. I mean for petes sake she seems to have LAWS governing slavery based on last chapter and Slave children even seem to have PROTECTIONS BASED ON IT! This is progressive!
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When thinking about it that way it does seem like Solus views this from a modern view which makes sense since it's gonna take longer than he's been alive as Solus to erase all of the progression our society has made compared to Equestrias especially one stuck in a era slavery and dominated by the nobility and Unicorns.
Celestias behaviour may have simply been a product of the times but it's hard to tell when he described the punishment he received for a accidental outburst which implies if that happened been his second offence or 3rd if Celestia in a good mood then he'd most likely be killed or horribly maimed.
Whether or not Celestia is as evil as he believes is irrelevant when a revolution by our standards is sorely necessary.
Would Celestia be proud of her son's first "rage-inferno"?
Given Solus' magical vow to the Apple family, it's likely word of a "Harbinger of Harmony" with spread among the enslaved ponies.
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We still don't have enough informations to definitly say something about Celestia and her Empire. Remember that in a lot of empires capitals was overfunded to show glory, when provinces was in far worse condition. Also we don't know about social relations between nobility and commoners, which may be corupted and unfair. And her slavery system is very cruel with practices as forced breeding. In most civilizations owners could not even force slave into marriage, only don't allow him for such.
Also in medieval christian Europe slavery was relatively very small-scaled compared to antic times and colonization era
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I'm kinda interested in what Solus actually looks like since all I got in my head is white coat and yellow (some would ague gold) coloured hair, in the cartoon Stallions and Mares all have a template to differentiate masculine and feminine features by one being soft and rounded and the being sharp and with edges but I rather liked Navanastras Rise of the Crystal Emperor Mateus being "Marish".
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I believe I need to clarify my previous comment as I'm fairly certain we are in agreement, but I emphasized the wrong parts of my argument. What I wished to convey was that Corona is most likely not tolerate her son fighting against her and more likely to shut a rebellion down the instant it rears its head. Solus has a viewpoint that many readers share, but I see the actions Corona has taken so far as not evil, but the results of a ruler who cannot show mercy.
noooooooooooooo
he couldn't save applejack
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It's really hard to tell if Celestia is evil or just a hardcore tyrant mum since her empire has infrastructure and she's not killing everything in sight which would definitely make it easier to differentiate the two.
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The greatest example of how an empire can best function with slaves, Is undoubtedly The roman empire, which unfortunately fell due to political troubles and barbarians And by far corona is not the worst ruler out there, considering Adolf, Stalin, Vlad the impaler and So on. Anyways this is getting good and We want more
No redemption. whole load of fucks just need to die
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Tonight, there will only be 7 planets in the sky. Cause I'm going to destroy Uranus!
I'm not sorry.
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you mean 8...
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best comment...
I'm not joking, This... is honestly the best thing i've read in awhile- even if the chapters are short... It's just so.... Different from other things- All i ask is that you don't abandon it... Please.
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Actually slave economy was one of causes of fall of Rome, because when Romans ended their conqests, they losed source of new slaves (slaves have low birth rate), while being very addicted to them as cheap work on farms. Before this cheap slave labor created great patrician's farms eleminating small farmers which come to cities as plebs with social needs. This leaded to degeneration of economy after 2nd century AD and a lot of tulmuts.
It's either cadence, rainbow, fluttershy, or scootaloo(last one highly unlikely)
Le gasp!
pink filly
purple, yellow and pink mane
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