10982559 I like to think of S.M.I.L.E as being a recently centralized collective of various older groups who only operate under direct orders when Celestia calls them to attention, sort of like the various crusader organizations in regards to the Church. Some branches might take a similar view to the Knights Templars during the Albigensian Crusade and state that, "Our main war is against Dark magic and infernal planes.". This isn't to say that they wouldn't go against the war but their contributions would mostly be in research, defense and maintenance. Some of the smarter members would also realize that Celestia isn't a god, and feel some discomfort and irony towards the fact that they were now the aesexually reproducing interdimensional monsters. Something that often happened in more cloak and dagger crusader groups who would often turn towards heresy.
Best chapter so far.
So the EFF is still a problem got dammit....
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A contrast to the previous one. I wonder if AJ will have her own, or if she was lynched by the families of the ponies she sold to ESS.
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Strangely S.M.I.LE exist too, and unrelated to the terrorist organization.
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I like to think of S.M.I.L.E as being a recently centralized collective of various older groups who only operate under direct orders when Celestia calls them to attention, sort of like the various crusader organizations in regards to the Church. Some branches might take a similar view to the Knights Templars during the Albigensian Crusade and state that, "Our main war is against Dark magic and infernal planes.". This isn't to say that they wouldn't go against the war but their contributions would mostly be in research, defense and maintenance. Some of the smarter members would also realize that Celestia isn't a god, and feel some discomfort and irony towards the fact that they were now the aesexually reproducing interdimensional monsters. Something that often happened in more cloak and dagger crusader groups who would often turn towards heresy.