Celestia wields the elements against her sister, banishing her for a thousand years. These were not a short thousand years.
There is no atmosphere, there is no heat, there is no love, there is no sanctuary, there is no harmony.
There is only the moon.
This could be considered a companion piece to Catharsis and canonical to it (and most of my stories), but is in itself a standalone.
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That was fire. Writing was great, the structure and shortness of the sentences really lend to the internal chaos of being blasted to the moon.
I am also very disappointed that I didn't catch the JoJo reference until you pointed it out. Shame on me.
Looking forward to what's next!
Good story but shouldn't it have been Eques or however you spell the name of pony planet?
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Stylistic choice, meant the earth as the literal soil, not the planet
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Ok, I'm smoothed brain so I take everything literal
Population pressure and the stress of modern life may cause an increase in violent tendencies. The urban environment is the incubator for all sorts of undesirable behaviours. However much her atrocities disgust us, she may actually consider herself a hero. This is common among those who, in the popular slang, "go postal".
In her tortured mind, she may feel that she's battling against impossible odds. It is not unusual for such individuals to believe that the entire fate of the world rests with them.
In the end, our subject has displayed all the classic symptoms of paranoid delusions. We may never know exactly what set her off, but rest assured, we will have plenty of time to study her.
Maybe not entirely fitting, but was the first thing that came to mind when reading this bit lol
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"Local murder-hobo assumes malicious intent, resorts to violence."
This is how I feel working at walmart
there are just... stars here...
... please...
i just wanted to be loved.
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ah, you again. Good weather we're having.
Very poetic. Loved it 🙌🏽
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its pouring outside rn. Then all day I will never get a single peak of the sun as it will be blocked by the clouds.
But hey, I like rain, so you're right, nice weather. Rain is just so peaceful, lets you take your mind off things.
Eventually, Luna stopped thinking.
This got me thinking about how much time she spent being able to escape into her mind. Thus:
If days are 1E:1L then:
11,000 / 365 = ~30 years
If lunar days match our solar system (1E:29.5L) then:
11,000 x 29.5 = 324,500
324,000 / 365 = ~889 years
The amount of years without escapism would be:
1,000 - 889 = 111 years
This whole time frame, alongside how the banishment is portrayed, makes the 1000 years beyond horrific.
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I am so, so glad that you caught that, because I wrote that scene with the intention of Lunar days
In the version of this fic where it leaned more on horror than poetics, I would've went into this more. But I wanted little details like this to be noticed, rather than playing it up too much. The horror to be implicit, how you're stuck in your head, especially with the madness line that was practically a throwaway- even going insane wouldn't help.
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Details like that are fun to dig into, so I appreciate you adding that depth to the story. Learning about Lunar days was neat as well, so thank you.
Luna's backstory in general has a lot of narrative potential. Like you said, theres an immense amount of ways to examine her experience during the banishment and the resulting fallout. Its a miracle that she came back after 1,000 years without any significant trauma or a ruined relationship with her sister. Part of me wishes the show was allowed to be a little more mature, so we could see how the writers might've handled it. At the same time though the total lack of acknowledgement for her backstory lends to how much freedom a writer has when considering Luna's situation
As an aside, theres this one fic that really stuck out with me where Luna carries a lot of baggage from being on the moon. She never manages to patch up her public image, and becomes an outcast in the castle. On the mental side, she begins to get recurring nightmares of being trapped on the moon and would often wake up in a panic attack