This story is a sequel to Forever Mare
This story is a sequel to Nopony's Daughter
Discord has been sealed in stone. King Sombra took the Crystal Empire with him. The fledgling nation of Equestria has dealt with great monsters. Yet, something is rotten in the Everfree Forest. The fear of one more mythic woe is at hoof.
Princess Luna is worried that it might be her next.
And she's now at the point where she will do anything to escape that, even when nopony else believes in her.
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Chapters (1)
Why must you hurt me in this way?
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This is literally the fastest I’ve ever gotten a comment homie. 👀
Yo that tarot art slaps
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Thanks! The artist is in the source, and they most likely do commissions/have other profiles linked if you want to introduce someone else to the wonders of pony tarot. That, or get yourself some pone art.
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Oh no, he’s hot! derpicdn.net/img/2020/7/26/2408387/medium.png
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It's because he's smonking the cigarette.
I wish for a sequel sometime
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Wait but this is the sequel to Forever Mare broski... you want another?
Ah yes, the age old practise of denying a war veteran their safety blanket.
No way this'll backfire!
I understood it as I got older, more, anyway. Still don't get everything, might one day.
I heard a friend of mine say 'When I was 13 I wondered why my dad was such an idiot at the game of life, at 33 I was amazed at how well he did it.'
The younger generation cannot understand the old guard, they are soaked in honey and sugar that slowly wastes away with time and experience.
Thus, the divide between them forms, and the young never truly appreciate their elders until it is far too late.
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I'm not sure what kind of conflict you read into that paragraph, but based on this I would say you read a generational one into it? Luna and Celestia are sisters, so it isn't as though they would have the relationship gap that would be found in an aunt/niece or mother/daughter relationship. What made this part of the story remind you of that?
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The differance in responsibilities, in growth, I suppose.
It was as if a single sister stayed at home for a full decade, running the household as if nothing had changed while her younger sister spent the same time winning a war to ensure nothing would change.
One sister would return, victorious and uncertain, unbalanced and unaware but insightful beyond reason, simply boundless in ability. The other, so small of mind that she simply cannot fathom the changes wrought upon her more 'barbarous' counterpart.
And just as a young man criticizing his father until he is met with the same circumstances, so too will Celestia understand Luna when she passes.
He who speaks from a place of priveledge, with porcelain skin unmarried by experience, will never understand the qualms of tanned laborers, regardless of age differance, or lack thereof.
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Funny you should say that...
- MLP: FiM
- Dark
- Adventure
- Sad
[Poetry] After Luna's banishment, a guilt filled Celestia searches for answers. Trying to gain a new understanding of what caused her sister's misery, she visits the valley that she left long ago, where everything must have started.This story was almost painful to read.
It reminded me far too much of how abuse victims often justify staying by their abusers.
You once again knock these themes out of the park Ice.
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Thank you so much for reading! It was a delight to whip that 2017 draft into what you see here.
Is this part of your...umm...greek pantheon story?
With sombra? Or is its own world?
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It has the TV Tropes link in the description, so it’s a part of my main ‘verse.
Hearing it get called the Greek Pantheon world is new.
It's like Luna sees the truth of the artificial world that has been created to ensure the ponies' safety and happiness. She sees the game for what it truly is. It's like Equestria is, in a sense, a kind of dream, created to perpetuate an ideal. And Luna no longer feels that SHE has any significant role to play in the game of EMPIRE.
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This is probably the most out-there and unique interpretation I've seen for this story.