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TJAW


America enjoyer, NATO enthusiast, military history and geopolitics appreciator.

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A young stallion comes into some money and superpowers, and fights crime. A griffon villainess who killed his father dates him. A magician usurps the mantle of the Mysterious Mare Do Well for fun and profit.

New Yoke City is about to get a whole lot worse.


A/N: Despite the usage of human technologies, the ponies are not anthro.

Chapters (6)
Comments ( 34 )

Fuck you! I was gonna call first! But anyways, what did I tell ya, I knew it was going to be amazing. And it is!

Fireballs... I wonder what else he will get? And my money is on Marked Target VS. Gilda somewhere in there.

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It's gonna be sorta like the relationship Batman and Catwoman have, but with legit superpowers. So there will most definitely be fighting. And I don't plan on giving Mark any new powers, just interesting ways to manipulate his existing ones.

I'm trying to avoid turning him into the Quasi-Sue that is Ember Storm, so no ridiculous shit like "healing with fire" (Seriously, WTF Ember?), other than possibly cauterizing wounds to stop bleeding. Obviously that'd be painful.

Expect some wacky revelations next chapter.

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Is Gilda gonna be wearing a latex suit like Catwoman? :pinkiecrazy:
But in seriousness, having fire powers is cool, but healing with fire is basically impossible. Unless the user is made of fire.

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Ember Storm can heal with fire, because he's a Sue.

I've already said Gilda is wearing a dark red muscle suit that covers everything except the head and neck. It's not bulky or anything, but it does enhance her strength. And it's rather... Form-fitting.:rainbowkiss:

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So she is wearing basically a latex suit on steroids? Because, well, I would love to see that. :rainbowwild: :rainbowkiss:


Just crossed my mind: Prolouge saod that Marked had an iPhone. He has hooves. iPhones, to the best of my knowledge, are not compatible woth hooves. Either that or I'm seeing things. I sure do hope that it is not the latter.

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Well, a muscle suit is thicker than a latex suit, varying from half an inch in thickness to several inches. Take the Nanosuit 1 and 2 for instance. The N1 had a relatively thin layer of artificial muscle. Another example is Old Snake's suit in MGS4. Gilda's suit is like that. So it's form-fitting but adds a noticable layer of muscle to the wearer. It's science, not a magic fetish suit.

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And I want one now. Just to wear under everyday clothes.

Try and spot all the references and ponifications! :pinkiesmile: Foreshadowing too!

And spread the word, because this fic is so lonely.

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The Frantics "Boot to the Head" is in there with the Last Will and Testament. Oh, and the story where Celestia goes bonkers. And more stuff which I'm not seeing.

I sincerely enjoyed this. I'm hooked and I wonky read the prologue. Can't wait for more.

I sincerely enjoyed this. I'm hooked and I've (freakin autocorrect) only read the prologue!

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Tell you what, if I get positive feedback from a few others, then I'll kick this fic back into gear. It'd be an irregular update, not released before of arfter anything like my other fics, but I guess that'd mean that it'd be unpredictable, like the protagonist's half-sister.:pinkiesmile:

I’m not exactly what you’d call a normal pony. I grew up rich and motherless (my mom died goving birth to me), I served a stint in the Royal Equestrian Armed Forces when I came of age – that’s kind of a family tradition – and now I fight crime.
Do you mean giving?

Other than that, I couldn't find anything else. Really good!

Back on track
I hit the sack
It's been too long, it's good to be back

Yes it's let loose
From the noose
That's kept it hangin about

Marked Target's gonna fly
His bounty'll go real high
Forget the hearse, Sabers never die!

Gilda's got nine lives!
Cat's eyes!
Abusin' every one of them and runnin' wild

'Cause they're back
Yes, they're back
Well, they're back
Yes, it's back

Well they're back, back
Well he's back, blue and black
Yes, it's back in blue 'n black!

Black Death is back in the back
of a Cadillac
Number one with a bullet, she's a power pack

She's got a gang,
With a bang
They'll have to catch her if they want her to hang!

And Trixie's back on the track
And she's beatin' the flak
Nopony's gonna get her on another rap

So don't look at her now, she's just makin' her play
Don't try to push your luck, just get out of her way

'Cause they're back
Yes, they're back
Well, they're back
Yes, it's back

Well they're back, back
Well he's back, blue and black
Yes, it's back in blue 'n black!

I love this. Nice job (once again).

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I love you. Fuck regulations.

This is a good Fic so far, and I can relate to the Battle Rifle Sniper Rifle argument. also Will we be Seeing Iron Mare as Spark Industries was mentioned?:derpytongue2:

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That's actually a reference to my Crysis fic, as I've recently been creating a web of references between my stories. Crysis and this one explicitly mention Halo, the Republic Commando one mentions Halo music and Target Enterprises.

But Iron Mane might make an appearance, because I never explicitly stated where my iteration of Cauldron is. And if he does, then it'll be because you had the idea. Then again, I've been trying to keep the heroes and villains original, rather than direct adaptions of real ones, so the whole thing is iffy.

Seems like a pseudo-crossover with Batman. Judging on the direction this is going. I can also be wrong.

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Black Death is part Joker, part Pinkamena, part V, part Alex Mercer, and part ManBearPig. Some scenes will resemble other movies, I just wanted to do an homage while advancing character development.

I don't know if I can think of a parallel to the relationship between Gilda and Mark when you consider their alter-egos.

This is going to escalate and it will be epic. *grabs popcorn and sets out lawn chair*

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Don't expect updates to be this frequent; I put it on my "irregular updates" list for a reason. But yes. Epicness will take place. Bricks will be shat. Pop culture references will be made. Ponies will die because Mark is too busy playing Haylo 4, and it'll be totally worth it to him.

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I used to be a hardcore YTP fan. But then ponies.

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Half Joker, half Pinkamena, half V, half Alex Mercer, and three quarters ManBearPig. All awesome.

HA! That cheat code for the mini-armory looks remarkably similar to one of the weapon set cheat codes on GTA San Andreas (I'm probably wrong, its been a while since I've played, but I tried.).

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It's the Konami Code, actually. It became so famous among gamers that it's become part of the culture; plenty of games have it! In Half-Life 2 it replenishes 25 health points; in MGS3 it reveals the location of enemies on the SURVIVAL VIEWER MAP; in Assassin's Creed III, using it in a certain circumstance reveals a turkey assassin.

Well, at least I recognized it as a cheat code. Now that I think about it, the weapon sets were: up, down, left, right, up, down, left, right, then it splits into three different roads for different weapon sets.

I honestly don't know what to say to this. You get all of my wut also.

Not bad at all! You have some clever humor in there that really helps set it apart from the crowd up superpony stories.

Thumbs-upped!

When this beauty will return?!

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