Princess Twilight Sparkle had transformed dramatically through the years since she moved to Ponyville, but one thing that never changed was her scholarly heart. It has always been a habit of hers, good or bad, that she never lets a question lie without doing her absolute best to answer it.
For weeks now, one such question in particular has gripped her mind in a strangle-hold, and refuses to leave the forefront of it. The princess of Equestria has finally had enough, and at long last is ready to mollify her mind's demands.
A one-shot containing but one of my many personal theories regarding the enigma of Cozy Glow.
Chapters (1)
This was pretty good! Cozy’s ‘logic’ is flawed, but for what it’s worth she seemed to have good intentions.
If only she was that cut and dried with Discord.
Lies!
Cuddles has a musical giggle!
Ah. But how do you know she was telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
Tirek wanted to borrow Alicorn magic to defend his homeland against a destroying horde.
When the Alicorns (who were soon to go to war with Sombra) refused, he resorted to drastic measures to take it.
Chrysalis was exactly what she acted like, a spoiled princess, who nevertheless lead her people to survive in the face of starvation, before being ousted by the ponies and their changling puppet.
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It was slight and a rather off-hoofed statement, but Twilight knows Cozy was completely honest due to something referred to right here.
This isn't the princess' first rodeo, and we all know she excels in magic. She made a compulsion spell that forced ponies to fight over her doll as a unicorn in Lesson Zero, so I don't think a spell such as this is too out of the question.
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It wouldn't prevent Cozy from concealing things from her, judging by the name. Pony names tend to be obscenely literal.
Eh. We've seen "Stop The Bats, Swarm Of The Century, The Return Of Harmony, The Cutie Re Mark, Too Many Pinkie Pie's" and others.
Good? Yes. Flawless? Not really. She's made mistakes with her magic before, and has had to relay on limited spell work to get things done.
It's still a sweet story though.
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All fair points to be sure. Mayhap I will just give an author's hand-wave and say Cozy was being truthful because she didn't want to lie to a princess.
I thank you for your kind comments, and will be sure to make things more clear in the future.
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It's fine. It's more of a what if possiblity, then something you need to worry about.
It could also be seen as a asset, leaving the story open ended as to whether she's lying or not.
Maybe do a sequel, later on featuring Twilight exploring whether Cozy's story is truthful or not.
But that's your call. Either way, thanks for writing!
Could you write two more chapters? One chapter for Tirek and one for Chrysalis it would be a nice addition
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I think I just might, as soon as I have a properly compelling and sympathetic backstory for the both of them, else it wouldn't really fit with the themes of this one.
If I do write more, it won't be in the form of more chapters. I'll probably do one or two sequels, likely with different tones and styles to better reflect the different situations.
I'll think about it some more, but I'm focusing the bulk of my current attention on one of my other fics, Libero. At this time, everything else I write comes second, and that's still behind my hectic life.
In any case, I do hope you enjoyed this narrative.
Feel like the whole conversation was made up cozy manipulated twlight so as not be turned into stone again
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yeah, maybe you can make Twilight use a "Truthful spell" to make sure Cozy can't lie
I still feel weird when She truth Cozy too fast, I mean even after I truth her, I will still be cautious with Cozy Glow
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She's lied to Twilight before, remember?
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Yes, but that was, at least according to this narrative, while she was pretending to be evil with good intentions and the desire to bring everycreature together.
Remember that in this fic, Cozy is in fact a good pony without a genuinely evil bone in her body. Also, her goal was completed, so she really has no reason to lie anymore.
Also also, I was sure to include an alternate universe tag for this story, both because this is not my top theory about Cozy Glow and to ensure total plausibility.
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I liked your alt universe very well and I might try one of my own with a character
I like this take on Cozy Glow. It just made sense. Uniting the whole world for a good cause. A noble gesture. At least, it should be. Of course, her flawed logic threw the "noble" out of the window. The thing is what made it so good, is there are people with this mindset, though they're are not 100% bad. Bismarck united Germany but he uses various questionable actions that would be called Realpolitik. Ultimately, it was still achieved. The German people united under a country (don't look at Austria, you're ruining my example).
Hence, exists the saying "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions"
I could never believe that I would empathize with a negative character so much. It's been 3 years since this show ended and I still like this character
This is a good take on a potential good Glow.
Another I like is Cozy Glow being obsessed with stories of good rising to overcome evil, and wanting to be the one that makes heroes. Like how Nightmare Moon brought the Mane6 together and ultimately made it possible for the Elements to save Equestria multiple times after.
She's doing the Lelouch plan.
Also, this is one of those stories where, since Cozy's parents are shown, you're kind of obligated to mention what happened to them.
For instance, have they requested Cozy be given back to them? Are they ashamed and keeping quiet about Cozy being their daughter? Have they been targeted by ponies accusing them of raising a monster? Do they blame themselves?
If anything, I imagine this would have lead to them getting a divorce if their marriage was strained before.
Also, since Cozy is effectively being absolved of her crimes by the end, that would mean she's going to be returned to her parents, or they'll at least be informed of the fact.
It always adds a layer of oddity to Cozy's story as portrayed in canon that is never addressed, and why most writers choose to make her an orphan or otherwise take her parents out of the picture.
It's hard to justify sending a filly to Tartarus without even informing their family first, after all.
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A good point regarding Cozy's parents. They were never the focus of this one shot, and I really liked the way it ends as is, so I didn't include them other than the flashback. Rest assured, however, that her parental situation will be cleared up in the next installment for this mini-series. I have decided to write two more one shots, for Tirek and Chrysalis respectively, so things will be addressed then.
In any case, I thank you profusely for the feedback! I am always excited to get a comment and more so when it's such a lengthy one. You have my gratitude for spending the time to write such advice and commentary.
Huh wow very nice
Nice fanfic