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-Hidden Identity-


I fancy myself an epeolatrist. My favorite word is smaragdine, which means "of emeralds". I believe that writing has no rules that cannot be broken, and no set structure that must be followed.

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When Rarity stumbles upon a small fragment of the absolute truth of why Rainbow Dash exists, her views and opinions change, and a downward spiral commences which threatens to consume all of Ponyville. But that result may just be the correct one.

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Uh...Mindbender is a Marty stu, which makes him a weak character in general. Also, I get that the characters were undergoing emotion turmoil, but they were still very off. Lastly, was this a satire?

Okay, the 'wtf' is strong with this one. Now, if an incorrect thought actually was that destructive, I can understand the measures taken. I do not judge said measures as unreasonable, or even inhumane. I do however find the idea that a lethal meme caused by taking a guess at the meaning of somepony's existence could cause such events to lead to a problem. The deaths involved once it was spawned are unfortunate, and the measure of eliminating all carriers a necessary thing. However, without any kind of explanation for the source of this phenomena, much less its empathic link spread, I find it hard to condone the magnitude of the horror. I do like that you avoided even hinting at what the guess's are 'Nothing Could Be Scarier' well applied here. That this 'thought' is clearly a magical phenomenon is at least made explicit at the end, but I feel as if I have watched an episode of the twilight zone's first season, when there was no narration to frame the events. It is a fine example of how dangerous a mimetic threat is in a (effectively) telepathic society however, so I will give your credit there.

Please, provide some framing material next time to contextualize this kind of thing.

My mind is full of derps now. What the helll have I just read?

This is absolutely ridiculous. Sorry, but this guy really shouldn't be running around, killing EVERYPONY with just a thought. Mary-stu. All I can say.

oh holy FUCK SHIT:flutterrage::twilightangry2:what the hell am I reading:rainbowhuh:You assholes

But-- but-- I just kept reading, waiting for the troll ending....but it NEVER CAME.
:rainbowhuh:

My mind is full of fuck.

I can't say I'm enjoying it.

Sorry, author dude. Maybe next time.

Well, I actually found this story to be more pretentious than confusing. Here's what I got out of it:

Mindbender is a sophisticated psycho who killed as many ponies as possible. He used his mindbending powers to manipulate Rarity into killing Twilight, Big Mac into killing Pinkie, and Fluttershy into believing the way he did. He claims to be a saint, trying to convince the reader that somepony making "an incorrect guess" of the meaning of life is a plausible reason to murder several ponies (some indirectly), and turn a whole community against each other in the process. I think ol' Mindbender must've bended his own mind a bit too hard, eh?

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