The changelings who attacked the wedding aren't the only ones in Equestria. A different hive has lived in Manehattan for generations. How did they get there, and how are they connected to one of Equestria's founders?
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"And that's how Eque- The Hive was made!"
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Well you see, little timmy. When changeling's tummy gets the rumblies...
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...They eat hands?
Oh blimey.
So. On top of all Clovers previously established negligence for Equestria, and the Sisters, he then abandoned Celestia to the Nightmare and sought a live where he deadened himself to the world and his pain by changeling powered magic drugs.
*Daym*. He really is the Absent Father of Equestria.
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Yeah, pretty much. I had a feeling you were gonna comment on that.
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Yeah. It works really well. I can totally see Clover going to some dark places. I'm a fan of stories with immortals going through horrific times. Most wouldreach for the needle or the bottle sooner or later. There's no shame in trying to deaden the pain. But - as with most angsty protagonists sometimes you want to shake them and ask them if they seriously think they are th e first person to ever lose someone. He idly suggests at one point that the Nightmare is something all Alicorns experience sooner or later. So that's something mildly terrifying.
I can't shake the haunting scene that he *knew* Luna was gone. And he straight up abandoned the one person who loved her as much as he did. Not just to her own pain and grief (for what, the third time at this point?) But to the Nightmare. The affliction he *knew* about and didn't forward Luna of. Then leaves Celestia to the same, killing who knows how many innocent people when she goes on a Rampage as Daybreaker.
It wasn't just neglectful. It was *cruel*.
And that's okay. As a character. It's something people do when they are hurting. They lash out. They say *exactly* the thing they know will hurt the most. Betrayal is a horrific weapon because it is a bespoke weapon custom made for the back you stab it into.
It's far more interesting, I think, than paragon perfect heroes, to have heroes who have a weakness, a flaw, a trait that makes them less than perfect. Is Clover a bad guy? No. Not even close. He's saved more people than he's hurt several times over. Hes a hero.
But he actually has real flaws . Not things like a messiah complex or an unwillingness to involve his friends for dead they'll get hurt of a tendency to hide his doing from his love interest or other nonsense flaws that arent really flaws.
He fundamentally runs from his responsibilities. He let a poisoned chalice fall to a child. And when she fell short, he despised her for it.
How scared must she have been? A filly. Crowned as Princess, with the likes of Blueblood and Platinum for guides. Worshiped as a God. Destined to be ageless and breathless whilst her parents, lovers, friends all blew away like smoke. Do you think Clover warned her, what it would be like? To live Eternal? Or let her discover on her own? And when Luna fell to the Nightmare, (a threat he was aware of and did nothing to stop) he abandoned her to the Nightmare too and fled to dull his memories once more leaving Equestria to the whims of a Mad Goddess.
But she doesn't. She pulls herself free. She banished the Nightmare from her. "Physician Heal Thyself" and she does. She orchestrates her sister's return, raised Cadence, Sunset and Twilight, ruled 1000 years in peace, rebuilds her kingdom, all of whom look to her. Ford guidance. For assurance. For comforting guiding hoof.
Did she ever have that from Clover? Even once? Did it even occur to him? Even now, does the 1000 year old Sun Goddess feel like the filly they crowned so that Clover didng have to stay in one place for too long? Could she have been the figure Sunset Shimmer needed her to be of Clover had been the one she needed from him?
Clover to me, I think, is like Loki. Like Mercury. Mercurial. He's ancient and powerful but he isn't the father of magic or the primarch of Equestria. He's like Hoid. A hero certainly. But definitely larger than life.
It's strange because on the face of it he's ludicrously powerful. But I think that sooner or later, Twilight, Saphire, Stygian , they're going to find that Clover will disappoint them. And maybe to Clover that will be a nice change of pace. More open more honest relationship with people that dont out him on a pedestel.
Could be good.
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If they're the kind of rumblies that only hands can satisfy, then yes.
You pay them with good vibes as currency for being volunteers instead.