Interesting. The revelation could have used a bit more foreshadowing, but with a focus on Scootaloo, that's kind of hard to do. Could also just be me, as well. :p
5392740 Yeah, I know. The point of the fic is really: Scootaloo has changeling powers, and that's dangerous. But there are other dangers in the world, and changelings have an ecological niche within it. Just because something is going wrong with someone she cares about doesn't mean she is causing it. But it's possible. The more I foreshadow other dangers, the less Scootaloo's fears seem plausible.
5392764 It's the other way around, actually. Competitors in the same niche, and changelings are more highly evolved/better adapted. Keep in mind, in this story's canon, changelings were originally ponies that evolved to counter certain epidemics (you did read the original, right?). If modern medicine wasn't around yet, what better way to counter an emotional parasite than to starve it to death? It's worth noting that one of the earlier means of medicine was application of leaches. The term 'applied phlebotinum' is based on that practice, but is now also a trope name for any kind of substance that works without the mechanisms behind it explained. The idea is sort of based on that.
Well that was horrifying. Those birds, the second I saw them I knew they would be important. Anyway time for a review. Good use of tropes, very few errors, made me laugh hysterically in some parts, the characters act like they do in the show. TIER 4.
5393571 I'd say by you: I thought that it had to simply be a changeling, either Scoots, or somebody else trying to get her to run away from Ponyville. In fact, if you hadn't begun building that save since pretty much the beginning of the story, I would have said that you had pulled it from beyond Uranus. That's what also made Rowling's ending of the Harry Potter book beyond criticizing: the ending seemed lukewarm at best, but it was the only possible victory scenario, and Rowling began laying it down since Book 2.
Interesting. The revelation could have used a bit more foreshadowing, but with a focus on Scootaloo, that's kind of hard to do. Could also just be me, as well. :p
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Yeah, I know. The point of the fic is really: Scootaloo has changeling powers, and that's dangerous. But there are other dangers in the world, and changelings have an ecological niche within it. Just because something is going wrong with someone she cares about doesn't mean she is causing it. But it's possible. The more I foreshadow other dangers, the less Scootaloo's fears seem plausible.
Wow, I wouldn't be surprised if those things aren't the natural parasites of changelings.
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It's the other way around, actually. Competitors in the same niche, and changelings are more highly evolved/better adapted. Keep in mind, in this story's canon, changelings were originally ponies that evolved to counter certain epidemics (you did read the original, right?). If modern medicine wasn't around yet, what better way to counter an emotional parasite than to starve it to death? It's worth noting that one of the earlier means of medicine was application of leaches. The term 'applied phlebotinum' is based on that practice, but is now also a trope name for any kind of substance that works without the mechanisms behind it explained. The idea is sort of based on that.
You really are a wize cracker taking the evasive way...
Do i have to read "Duellum Telum" to understand this or will it be explained?
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It is explained within the chapter itself. Next chapter's the ending, just wrapping everything up.
5392823 Okay, thanks.
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The wiki lists her coat as gray, but while her fill is gray, her stroke is brown. So I've changed it to brownish gray for clarity.
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Lots of people have complained about it, I've explained why it is the way it is. The next stories won't have this.
That was a good save!
5393195
Thanks, but you're going to have to be a little more specific. Good save by Scootaloo, or good save by Rainbow, Home, and Twilight?
Well that was horrifying. Those birds, the second I saw them I knew they would be important. Anyway time for a review. Good use of tropes, very few errors, made me laugh hysterically in some parts, the characters act like they do in the show. TIER 4.
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Thanks for the assessment. My response to that is to push the button: yay
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I'd say by you: I thought that it had to simply be a changeling, either Scoots, or somebody else trying to get her to run away from Ponyville. In fact, if you hadn't begun building that save since pretty much the beginning of the story, I would have said that you had pulled it from beyond Uranus. That's what also made Rowling's ending of the Harry Potter book beyond criticizing: the ending seemed lukewarm at best, but it was the only possible victory scenario, and Rowling began laying it down since Book 2.
Interesting development. And nice save.
A loud thud and a rough landing into darkness pulled her out of her musings.
Did I just explode again? You can do that twice?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1BkI-aPWEM
Rumble, I want you to know that I think you’re greatest guy I’ve ever met.
Correction:Rumble, I want you to know that I think you’re the greatest guy I’ve ever met.
You need to be more careful where you graze, boy, you never know else has been there.
Correction:You need to be more careful where you graze, boy, you never know what else has been there.