We cannot tell about the state of the other two seals, but the one over the woods … it looks almost undone, three days at most before breaking
We’re sorry, please don’t hate us
We beg of you, don’t throw us out to Reality! Please!
Ash’s eyes frowned as he tried again to cool down his composure, face growing hard as his eyes turned into flint, mood growing fouler by the second as he remembered how they dared to kidnap him along with his granddaughter for no real reason that he could pinpoint on his side.
“They willpay for this unwarranted assault.”
Breath getting ragged as Ash bared his teeth, all composure was now gone as he stated to nobody in particular, “They made their final mistake by coming for me at this point … when I finally had put my losses by their hand behind me … taking from me the ones who kept me company all this time, even endangering my current family while at it just to get me. Again!”
Why do I get the feeling that no one is going to pay for anything, not the princesses, not the tree.
Every single story goes through the same thing, ponies abuse, kill, shun outsider. Big threat arrives, outsider proves a bigger man and helps his abusers for no dam reason. And this is looking to be the same dam thing. This guy was even nerfed by a friend, the dam tree of harmony.
“Fie! Sister, don’t listen to him! As much in the wrong as we may have been, he doesn’t have the right to try and murder us all, much less you!” Luna answered
Yes he does. They are war criminals that killed an entire town, thousands of lives.
Now the question is: what do you think of his perspective?
From my viewpoint: He isn't a healthy person. For all I know he might not be even fully sane either. I hope that I have conveyed that properly without going into black comedy due to exaggeration.
A great, strong character who knew what needed to be done and did it, is turning into a whining pacifistic simp. Knocking out people, anyone with common sense would have killed.
I think he should kill everybody. If I were him, I would go to the tree and drain her to restore my power. Then kill her because she is dangerous to the world.
There is an old saying die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. That is especially true for gods and immortals. Eventually, every god begins to see mortals as too short-lived to know what's good for them, as incompetent to rule themselves. They begin to look down upon them as inferior, and eventually see them as disposable. I believe this is where the tree and Celestia are at. So sure of themselves, in the rightness of their cause, and that they are irreplaceable. Truth is, the world spun before they existed, and it will continue after they are gone. Perhaps if the tree is killed, the magics of the world will create a more humble replacement.
I vote kill Celestia and the tree with extreme prejudice.
Monk
I don't have high hopes of anyone seeing any real consequences.
First of all, welcome to my dear project, and I thank you for the honesty with which you point out several points--at this time, even clichés--that are recurrent amongst all HiE and Displaced to date.
If you're feeling up to it, I could share via PM some ... insights and spoilers as to where I'm leading the story, and the characterization I was hoping to depict in further chapters. I am confident that said ... spoiling would assuage many a feeling of being frustrated by the consequences of their actions never reaching the equines due to the tropes usually employed.
I hoped that--during the chapters that followed--I could showcase that the ponies, despite their grievous mistakes, are in fact closer to canon than a fanon evil ponies from poorly-written and poorly thought-out stories that have become prevalent in plenty of displaced and HiE stories.
Ponies who would, when faced with what they've done actually regret it, and make attempts at making things right. Because this trope of the ponies being evil jerks? It is nonsensical if seen within their own context, not compared to ours. I'd rather depict them as being relatively alien to the normal human mind despite sharing many things in common.
Why? Because they are sapient equines, not humans, naturally! And fear is the enemy of reason, even more, when it is triggered at an instinctual level.
In some ways, Ash's choices came to bite him in the ass, hard.
Thus, my issues with productivity regarding this story--how to properly give justice to the ponies' characterization without going heavy-handed? I will state though that I do see the ponies doing as I wrote if faced with a being that literally feels like Sombra on steroids on their instincts even if faced with a rational being that is in front of them.
In short, I wanted to write a tragedy due to misunderstandings and lack of communication ... just like NieR.
the unsealing of one of the seals weakened him enough to powerless just as he was about to kill fluttershy.
My explanation for fluttershy's deus ex machina that saved her life. Anyone else know why fluttershy isn't dead yet or is this it?
Why do I get the feeling that no one is going to pay for anything, not the princesses, not the tree.
Every single story goes through the same thing, ponies abuse, kill, shun outsider. Big threat arrives, outsider proves a bigger man and helps his abusers for no dam reason. And this is looking to be the same dam thing. This guy was even nerfed by a friend, the dam tree of harmony.
Monk
Yes he does. They are war criminals that killed an entire town, thousands of lives.
A great, strong character who knew what needed to be done and did it, is turning into a whining pacifistic simp. Knocking out people, anyone with common sense would have killed.
I think he should kill everybody. If I were him, I would go to the tree and drain her to restore my power. Then kill her because she is dangerous to the world.
There is an old saying die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. That is especially true for gods and immortals. Eventually, every god begins to see mortals as too short-lived to know what's good for them, as incompetent to rule themselves. They begin to look down upon them as inferior, and eventually see them as disposable. I believe this is where the tree and Celestia are at. So sure of themselves, in the rightness of their cause, and that they are irreplaceable. Truth is, the world spun before they existed, and it will continue after they are gone. Perhaps if the tree is killed, the magics of the world will create a more humble replacement.
I vote kill Celestia and the tree with extreme prejudice.
Monk
I don't have high hopes of anyone seeing any real consequences.
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*Reads both posts, then blinks*
First of all, welcome to my dear project, and I thank you for the honesty with which you point out several points--at this time, even clichés--that are recurrent amongst all HiE and Displaced to date.
If you're feeling up to it, I could share via PM some ... insights and spoilers as to where I'm leading the story, and the characterization I was hoping to depict in further chapters. I am confident that said ... spoiling would assuage many a feeling of being frustrated by the consequences of their actions never reaching the equines due to the tropes usually employed.
I hoped that--during the chapters that followed--I could showcase that the ponies, despite their grievous mistakes, are in fact closer to canon than a fanon evil ponies from poorly-written and poorly thought-out stories that have become prevalent in plenty of displaced and HiE stories.
Ponies who would, when faced with what they've done actually regret it, and make attempts at making things right. Because this trope of the ponies being evil jerks? It is nonsensical if seen within their own context, not compared to ours. I'd rather depict them as being relatively alien to the normal human mind despite sharing many things in common.
Why? Because they are sapient equines, not humans, naturally! And fear is the enemy of reason, even more, when it is triggered at an instinctual level.
In some ways, Ash's choices came to bite him in the ass, hard.
Thus, my issues with productivity regarding this story--how to properly give justice to the ponies' characterization without going heavy-handed? I will state though that I do see the ponies doing as I wrote if faced with a being that literally feels like Sombra on steroids on their instincts even if faced with a rational being that is in front of them.
In short, I wanted to write a tragedy due to misunderstandings and lack of communication ... just like NieR.