The right to rule Equestria is granted to those with power.
The unicorn who seeks Man, is the unicorn who seeks power.
A guide to wings and rule. For unicorns only.
An entry for the A Thousand Words Contest II in the âExperimentalâ and âHorrorâ categories.
I can think of no truer horror than a pony's search for the horrors of Man.
Unsettling, disorienting, and profoundly uncomfortable story.
Why arenât there any character tags?
Instructional manual of how to remove dipshit evil unicorns. / What happens next. :D
Seriously though, I doubt our little power-obsessed unicorn really grasps the sheer power he just put himself against. Poor Fool.
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Thanks, never written something like this before, so Iâm glad.
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It doesnât exactly need one...
The unicorn is gunned down moments later. The end.
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That is, in fact, the moral!
I know I sound sarcastic... so. One term to define this fic: unreliable narrator.
Yeah. Donât kill cops in broad daylight!
InterestingâŚ
That's really creepy.
I don't know what happened to cause this to escalate from fire to power, or why the unicorn And the men are there seeing red, but I'm afraid of the truth, because if true power is unleashed, no one will be able to escape.
Love this. It implies so much to get the mind racing without feeling completely alienating to read
this power sure seems important!
that is true, humans have developed some pretty frightening warcraft
aww thatâs just because alicorn rule is inherently justified!
well, some awful things are on their way to ponykind i imagine
oh no, not the inevitable consequences of pony racism!
well now i am curious as to just what this unicorn is actually doing
oof! so theyâre being used as innocent lures?
hurtful, yet merited
oof what an unpleasant name for a building material
aww, the car-less ponies wouldnât recognize roads!
well, a power-mad, armored unicorn crossing into the human world to indiscriminately murder humans until they get taken down, in an apparent misunderstanding of how reality works really is quite the mental image! and itâs always fun to describe the mundane elements of our human lives in ways that feel as alien as they would be to a visitor to our world. i donât think iâve ever read this kind of take on a Pony on Earth story, and it is quite refreshing. thank you for writing!
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Thank you very much for reading and commenting! I always get a kick out of your comments.
Sometimes youâve just got the rumblies. That only hands can satisfy.
Oh! Different kind of manhunger. Moving onâŚ
I do appreciate the presentation of humans as an occult entity, dangerous but incredibly useful to those who truck with them carefully. The operative word, of course, is carefully. Not charging into a city and goring someone in broad daylight just because the manuscript you read told you this was how to become an alicorn. I canât help but think this was a trap to filter out the foolish and overeager, like how Aleister Crowley included rituals that were actually chemistry experiments one should never perform in his books.
All told, fascinating little tale through implication of the dangers of grasping for power without wisdom or understanding. (And itâs honestly kind of funny when one considers the mirror portal. There are much easier ways to access the land of Man.) Thank you for it.
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I love how nicely you wrapped up the lessons/precepts that contribute to the naivety of the decisions made herein. I wanted to construct a very, very silly pony, while still draping them in the shadows of amoral ways. Thank you very much for reading, and not shying away from making those connections.
And I especially appreciate this. It crossed my mind more than once when working on the title and cover art.