This story is a sequel to Iota Force Issue #1: Baptism by Fire
When Icy Flight met and joined Iota Force, Ponyville's resident child superhero team, found out her own abilities and helped fight off an invasion of Lava Ponies, she thought that was the weirdest thing she'd see that month.
She's still not used to Ponyvile yet, so we can forgive this very foolish assumption.
Now, Icy and Iota Force must draw on all the strength, wit and comic book knowledge they can summon as they face a foe who fades over the fringe between fact and fiction. Can they tangle with a true comic book villain without their careers being cut short?
This is the second story in the Iota Force series. Reading the first is recommended; however a summary of the series' premise, characters and previous stories can be found here.
Edited by Raven618
Cover Art by Mix-Up (Link to his Deviantart page).
A common reaction to Pinkie Pie. The answer is, of course, "both."
Most intriguing setup, though I think I already see where this is going. Still looking forward to the journey. And you write a very nice uncanny Pinkie Pie. (As opposed to adjectiveless Pinkie Pie, Pink Force, Pink Factor...)
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Personally, I've always liked Pinxcalibur, but uncanny is fine too.
Also, I think Rainbow Dash prefers X-Treme Pinkie. File that one under "duh!"
Be interesting to see if you're correct about where it's going (feel free to say "called it!" if it does) and I hope that I can still surprise you a little. Or, at least, entertain you on the way.
This is a good start to a sequel. I'm really interested to see where Icy and her fellows will go from here. XD
What did it taste like?
What did it taste like!?
Damn It Pinkie! WHAT DID IT TASTE LIKE!? Pepper? Cinnamon? WHAT?
Flawless transition, and I mean that sincerely.
Awesome moment with the glass-cutting hair.
In any case, I'm holding to my current hypothesis regarding the Miniac, though there's evidence both for and against it here. Definitely looking forward to Iota Force meeting with
Spikethe mysterious expert whose identity is not at all clear.Really? You mentioned Lane Moor without Granted Moor? They had a wizards' duel in this world! Can you imagine how it went in Equestria?
Hilarious bit on the legality of enchanted comics. That's apparently all there is to say on the matter.
We don't talk about All-Star Marevelous and Hum Drum.
In any case, Icy's made a friend. Now to see how helpful his intel really is.
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Possibly, but given that their names are the same, there's a good chance they're related, so it wouldn't really be a one-to-one fit unless they're related in our world which... given that in some senses they're very similar and in others they're extreme opposites would... actually make sense... and their names aren't that far apart annnnnnnnd I'm going to stop this line of thought before I end up building a string-and-pictures conspiracy wall.
Yeah, we're just lucky the palace put the kibosh on that Celestial Terror idea of his. Yeesh!
This was a fun chapter. Especially for the nerd argument between Spike and Icy.
Totally familiar with that. ("Lane Moor"... "French Chill"... nice work! XD)
Great work as always with this chapter. I loved the bit with Applejack's involvement here, that was good. XD
Who better than the comic book geek to infer the methods of a comic book villain? In any case, good use of Applejack and excellently foreboding close to the chapter. Definitely looking forward to the showdown.
Wow... I seriously didn't expect *that* plot development to happen! Nice work.
Also, great job balancing the initial hilarity of the chapter (rice pudding!) with the more intense stuff that happens in the second half... I really didn't expect that threat from the Miniac.
Good work as always. Yes this is a breather chapter but it's still well-constructed, I got a kick out of the pony pun with the comic here, and I am definitely looking forward to seeing what the climax of this story has to offer!
And we are introduced to what I expect/hope will be a recurring weakness for our Frozone esk Pegasus, her big fat mouth.
You know, it'd be fun to see Bloom or Sweetie in one of these on a rival team or something. Could be fun!
Ha! Called it. The evidence was all there. Not just the red dust and Twist's fatigue, but also how the Miniac was careful to avoid sibilants.
In any case, definitely looking forward to seeing Dinky's plan in action.
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Congratulations. I hope it wasn't too easy to figure out.
One of my favorite lines and moments from this whole issue.
Riddler, or Puzzler that one time, is probably my favorite Batman villain. So I am especially looking forward to your next story.
And am still available as an editor.
Excellent climax and denouement, with a most intriguing teaser for the next issue. Eagerly looking forward to it.
Excellent climax!
This was cute.
And finally, an excellent teaser for the next installment! I look forward to seeing what will come next with Iota Force.
Got yourself some missing articles, THE area, THE window, THE hole, THE window (again), the roughness, the presence, the inside, the hole (again), the culprit, AN adult.
Indicate the skin or clothes, their skin or clothes, his skin or clothes, the robber's skin or clothes, etc.
Need something before the "Would" like "it" or "which"
Should have an "are" between 'remnants' and 'noticeable'
Need something before the "Would" like "it" or "which"
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That's all intentional - when Alula starts focusing on analysis, she tends to start shortening sentences and dropping words that aren't necessary for what she's getting across, hence why the next paragraph says:
Hope that clears things up and doesn't come across as dismissive - I apologize if it did and thank you for taking the time to point out the apparent mistakes. If you find any more, do please let me know.
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Oh sorry I didn't even notice, it took me several times to figure out what that part said and it completely distracted me. I guess I wouldn't really consider all that exactly unnecessary to get what you want to say across.
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That's fine - there are probably a lot of ponies who'd find her equally hard to understand when she talks like that. That's the trouble when your mouth stuggles to keep up with your mind.
(Actually, given that last statement, that emoticon is very appropriate)
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the story enough to get past her little quirks.
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Hopefully, it is only the first chapter after all.
Well, at least it's not 5... but then, why would she even own panties?
…Actually, don't answer that.
Like Tartarus Dinky couldn't. 9569716, back me up here.
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I refer to this sort of thing as "Solus notes" after the Salarian crewmember from Mass Effect. Mind, I'm usually specifically channeling the lines unlocked by being in a relationship...
She's going full comic-book supervillain, a death ray isn't just plausible but obligatory! I'd suspected it just from the lenses, for exactly that reason.
We still only have the existence of police as evidence that Equestria has laws. And we've never actually seen them doing police things
like beating zebras to deathin canon.I mean, I kind of figured out the spoiler ahead of time. But then, I've already made one comment about figuring out where things are going before the characters did because they are literal children.
I've mentioned this before, but later retcons to magic-mane interaction have a side-effect of helping to sell her as a team-level threat. The Galacti of comics ensure that Spike is still full of *expletive*, mind, but he's not quite as full of *expletive* as he would have been when the episode aired.
Wait a minute. If those last lines are trying to compare this to Fire Eyes, they seem to have forgotten that he's still at large.
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True, they didn't catch him, but they did beat him and, for the moment at least, stop his attacks. And, as the lack of lava-encroachment in Equestria indicates, he's not been seen since.
Though whether that's a good thing or a bad thing... well, that's a little more up in the air.
Dang it! Now I want to know what device the Mad Thespian's got!
She's thinking of the joker isn't she?
I suspected as much.
Even so, I do think it would have been funny had it turned out to be a glasses themed plot masterminded by Silver Spoon or Twist.
Ah debate and anylasis. The past time of dorks everywhere.
I thought for a action based episode it was pretty good.
It certainly fleshed out certain elements of Spike's stories, and I like that it took a while for the Mane-iac to come up with a way to defeat them.
The enchanted comic was a bit of a question mark but it's hardly the first time the show has left us with one (even if this version is a bit too modern for my taste).
What little of the comic I've seen relays too much on swapping the characters with the Main Six.
I could understand some similarities, but having them all be roughly the same as their Larping counterparts seems underwhelming.
It's kind of how they didn't even try to tweak their origins for the card game from their inspirations, even just a little.
Some very brilliant artwork and a fun naming theme however.
She's baking a cake isn't she?
I wouldn't underestimate the diabolical controlling power of dessert. Just ask peaches.