The dark-haired man leaned in a little closer, looked directly into huge purple eyes.
"So tell me, my dear Princess," the smooth voice deviously requested, "what is it that you truly desire?"
The alicorn's blink came across as slightly... uneven. Borders twisted within the luminous pastels of the mane.
"...I want to sleep in."
The nightclub owner, part-time police assistant, and Lord Of Hell (just ask him!) abruptly pulled back.
"You want to what?"
"I have to get up every morning, before morning," the white mare dazedly stated. "Just so there can be a morning at all. I never get to truly rest..."
Some of the hand-stitched Italian fabric covering the broad shoulders rumpled. This state of disrepair then added a crease.
Despite what some of the more fanciful distortions claimed, he'd never been one for riding horses. Animal ownership wasn't his thing because it was restricting the freedom of another, and... well, all things considered, an entity who had existed since very slightly after the whole 'Let There Be' bit had no idea how gently stroking fur was supposed to go. But he was trying, even if the effort simply ruined the line of his jacket.
"You too?"
Purple eyes cleared again, and then crossed as they tried to focus on the fingers awkwardly shifting across her forehead.
"You too?" she repeated.
"Lucifer Morningstar," the devil casually shrugged. "Guess whose dear old dad handed him the responsibility for that problem? You know, I've often thought that going through a few minor eternities of not getting to burrow deeper into the blankets would make anyone rebel..."
*manic giggling recedes into the distance*
As far as I can tell, that whole segment was an excessively dramatic and metaphorical description of the sun rising in the morning. That's not even the most hilarious misinterpretation of the Bible that went into the character: the canonical "satan", and God's reaction to same, are literal heresy to ascribe to the Devil. (Capitalization intentional, for reasons I will explain as part of actually elaborating on all this if the latter is requested)
Man I really need to give Lucifer a shot. I've heard good things.
Give it a try, and you'll be amazed who you can find common ground with.
(Meanwhile, Dream and Luna compare notes on their interactions with their older siblings.)
You seen what happens when Celestia Sleeps In?
Or, I cant remember the actual title, but it was something like Hell Gains A Buisness Manager.
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I remember an MLP/Avengers crossover, one of the comments compared Loki's situation to Luna/NMM.
ironically, "Lucifer" LITERALLY means "lightbringer"...
Now I’m remembering a short fic/forum post where Celestia, in much more of a Goddess role than we’ve come to see her as these days cause it was still season 3, winds up facing off against Lucifer in full Evil Tempter mode and, despite it being tense for a bit, utterly pwns him. Yes, through the power of friendship, no rainbow beams involved.
Not so much common ground as an interesting AU to this one.
Edit: Ah, found it.
https://www.deviantart.com/ourimaler/art/Another-Day-Another-Gambit-335627339
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The primary sources of light in the universe are great big balls of fire, so it's not unfitting, from a strictly Dantean, Hell = inferno perspective.
Damn you I don't need another crack ship to obsess over Damn it I need more now
Now I have to watch that show. I liked that one scene in Crisis, I don't suppose Constantine appears ever?
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I just found this.
I take it she cannot find another planet to visit on her winter solstice while they are experiencing their summer solstice? That worked well in one story.
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um would this crackship result in the anti christ being born if so good job celestia you've doomed humanity
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I doubt any prophecy could have predicted Equestria getting involved. And if they did end up on that side of the Book of Revelations, I'd assume the part with horses involved.
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true. but i mostly remember a horror movie scene where the anti christ or some other type of demon where the demon while looking like a human infant was born from either a horse or a cow not sure what the movie was called though
.....So relatable.
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Well she’s not human so what does she care? It’s Twilight who cares about non-ponies and will have to clean up that mess. As usual.
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Only in the sense that rain on your wedding day is ironic... especially in the context of a) the suppositions of this ficlet and b) the fact that his name predates his fall.