We'll see if:

I can't manage to get Part Two in place here within 8 or 10 days.

Mike

Interesting update. Nice to see the normal Celestia. So she spared her own lover whilst punishing her sister's? That's bound to breed resentment. Not very healthy to keep this up, but hey it's her life. It's not like she could be compromised and negatively affect the country. Still great chapter.

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I don't think Blueblood was planning to poison Princess Luna, for one.

Also, what are the relationships between Blueblood and Princess Cadance? Especially interesting considering she's Princess of Love and Celestia's Blueblood fetish is some part that.

What's all this nonsense about both sisters being straight!!!

Tsk, tsk Baal, everyone knows Equestria is 90% gay.

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I can imagine Cadence 'practising' with Blueblood on certain aspects of love. But considering the character tags I imagine that Twilight will be the one to figure out the 'Prince'.

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Princess Luna is from older times, when there was no "gay rights", "free love" and other modern things. Princess Celestia is fixated on Blueblood. Cadence believes in Love(which she's princess of). Twilight is asocial. Flurry Heart is not yet born.
Also, the problems in this fic are not based on "princest" and other things some people in fandom are so fond of, and let it be this way. At least 10% came here not for clop. I hope

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Honestly - I doubt it. Love is not (only) sex. Celestia is not loving Blueblood - she's obsessed with some pattern of him - and Blueblood himself plays his role. This is not love.
Not to mention that both parties keep it secret.

This was a great chapter. We get to see more about the original Blueblood and how he had plotted with Sombra to pit Celestia and Luna against each other. I how they had decided to plotted together and how Bluedblood manged to scheme along with Sombra without becoming his pawn in the end he must have been a powerful magic user or strong of will to resisted his mind control dark magic in the first place. But What I wander the most is why did Celestia spared Blueblood and not Sombra's life, how did she managed to neutralized him and never become a treat again to her. and in what way does Lune resent Celestia for her mercy to him. I it obvious that Luna a relation with Sombra, maybe, probably, and I wonder what Luna will do to Polaris if he meat Luna face to face. I am guessing that he will have to suffer thought more of that severe beating of Celestia to find out but I am guessing that he might get seriously hurt one day if she keeps loosing control like that. I wander if he will end up having permanent chronic pains and will be addicted to pain killers to stay with her a keep it a secret from her.

7903768 Seeing as there is no canon on Equestria's historical views there, how do you know? Maybe all the ancient ponies were lesbians and being straight was taboo! Gosh. What a scandal Celestia's relationship would be in light of this!

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Thanks, folks!

I hope it's not spoiling things for me to reveal that the first line of the next chapter is Our Hero saying, "Good morning, Captain Armor!" Chronologically speaking, this section takes place at the end of season one and the beginning of season two, so by my reckoning, Shiny and Cadance are already very much an item...

Mike

My mind goes dark places. Maybe the reason it's "Prince" Blueblood was because he was related to Sombra...
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I think Luna had or wanted to have a relationship with Blueblood.

If Celestia is to be believed, her sister wants a stallion who'll prattle romantic nonsense in her ears until she's lulled into a sense of security. Celestia though, from what we saw, is attracted to some sort of bad boy type. That would fit somewhat with her comic personality. That would make Sombra a fit for Celestia and Blueblood one for Luna.

What Celestia is doing now is getting some sick form of revenge against a pony she can't touch anymore, methinks.

Hmm... Sombra has me thinking of the Celestia/Good Sombra thing going on from the comics.

And how fun that this Blueblood needs to do a trial run for the replacement rigamarole he has coming in some decades, but so soon after having been on the other side--but searching for something rather different than himself!