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Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists.

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Scraps, ideas, deleted scenes, stuff I might work on, or won't work on, or might throw out to others if they're interested.

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I realised it would be so gut-crushingly depressing that it would ruin the rest of the work completely.

No, no; hurting your viewers is your job. :twilightsmile:

1881582 What a missed opportunity! :raritycry:

More like soul-crushingly depressing.

Still, I'd be interested in reading a short what-if story, set shortly after Lero's death or as he ages over the years.

ok whoa whoa whoa. this isn't meant to be a Xenoverse scrap... right? :twilightoops:

Comment posted by Lavalier_Mike deleted Dec 31st, 2012

1882038 Newp. Completely different story.

Oh god, thank you for scrapping this. It's well written and all, just...ugh. Plus, this ending was already hinted at in 'Living the Dream', so it's there if people want it.

I actually think this was quite beautiful:pinkiesad2:.

but that's just me

Ah. Yeah this hurts just reading it here, more than the allusion to it in Living the Dream, which in itself was a heart-wrenching surprise.

FWIW, I'm on the fence. It's your story, after all, and despite the grief of loss it would make a beautiful end to the story. If you would create a brief (emotional, non-sexual) scene between Twilight and Dash to follow this, it would certainly soften the blow and keep this section viable.

Edit: Ref to Afterword to the Xenophile's Guide (rejected). These comments never tell you what comment was made to which chapter/section.

Regarding the Afterword, I think after some reflection that the only thing I'm finding potentially depressing about it is that it appears Twilight's transmogrification studies never panned out and they never ended up with any foals. Which would be too bad as that could take the story in all kinds of interesting directions, seeing's how, y'know, kids are nuts. :pinkiecrazy:

ETA: 1886113 Yeah I ended up deleting my first comment earlier cause I thought I had attached it to the wrong chapter. derp :applejackunsure:

I want this in-character from Rainbow's perspective now. She and Lero were stuck together like glue; I want to see how she reacted to his passing.

Dude, that was pretty epic just reading it. Sounds like something Carbon Maestro (He's awesome) would do music for, if you were interested in doing an animated trailer. Unless of course you already have something in mind.

2084981 I linked the music I had in mind at the top of the story, and it's timed [roughly to that, but a custom track would be way, way better. Assuming I do anything with it. :pinkiehappy:

2084986 Completely missed that, oh and a song from the Inception soundtrack? I completely approve.

Oooooh I would read the fuck out of this. :raritystarry:

That would be a pretty good trailer for a movie. Nice job.

Zecora you idiot, write it down. :facehoof:

This should be Xenocanon forever. It's so painfully heartwrenching; I love it.

There's probably a suitable creation myth knocking around somewhere. There's hundreds of the buggers, after all.

Mah canonically age modification spells exist. So long as this is the case, Immortality should not be beyond the possible.

Used as a spread or by itself, I can completely relate. Cooked in lieu of beef bullion, however, it does become useful. Sort of.

How's one even supposed to use it outside of a bullion-alternative when it's a sickly sweet syrup alternative to Vegemite (of which, I might add, is awesome)?

Poor stallion. :fluttershysad:

Wow. There's at least five phrases there that could be taken in a much more dystopian light, no pun intended. Very nicely done.

Also, I find myself wanting to say "Look upon her works, ye mighty,and despair," but that's so out of character as to be laughable.

I like this. Someone needs to make a Bible for the ponyverse.

I wish I had talent. :applecry:

Seriously though, these are some nice lyrics.

Very nice. Gave me the chills, so it did.

A MoonLight story? With some badass evil Twilight? Oooh~

Is there more of this?

3468495 There was going to be more. There might still be more one day soon, if I can get off my butt and finish some of my other fics.

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The nice thing about the fanfiction stove is that there are infinite back burners. I hope to see this continued one day.

One minor nitpick: Torque is rotational force. A torc is a piece of neck jewelry, and possibly one sixth of the equipment needed to generate the Rainbow Beam of Fix Everything™.

Aside from that, awesome story idea, especially if there really is a Dark is Not Evil angle.

Oh man I loves me some MoonLight vs Tyrant Sun fic. I do hope you write some more of this. :pinkiehappy:

All my wat.

I knew as soon as you mentioned wing color. Also, that series of metaphors about earth ponies was several kinds of awesome.

This is certainly an interesting ship. The relationship between two background ponies can take almost any form, depending on the author's interpretation of them. Given you, this could be something incredible. I'm sorry it didn't work out. Still, thanks for sharing what could have been.

4327397 It might still work out. Part of the problem is that I've got so many projects on the go, and I was spending a lot of time trying to work out the kinks in this and neglecting other things that I really should get finished. We'll see. :twilightsmile:

the cover artwork is the artwork you made for arrow 18 right?

5873934 it looks very nice IMO

A very important distinction, this. Harmony is neither chaos's opposite nor its absence. It is chaos moderated by order and vice versa. Kind of right there in the name.

I'm reminded of that one arc of The Sandman, where various pantheons and concepts vie for the key to Hell. Chaos takes the form of a child. Order? An empty cardboard box.

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I'm reminded of that one arc of The Sandman, where various pantheons and concepts vie for the key to Hell. Chaos takes the form of a child. Order? An empty cardboard box.

That shit was awesome.

Remember Thor and his amazing design?

i.imgur.com/Etdqhpz.jpg [Warning: quite lewd]

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And the art style shifts during the individual audiences. So cool. :rainbowkiss:

5874049 5874371 I haven't actually read this... I feel deprived now.

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Sandman is based god tier, for sure.

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Huh. I swore that you had read it, actually. It's a very, very good comic series, anyway.

5874842 Oh I have read some Sandman, just not that particular one.

If you do return to this setting, I hope this proves helpful. This is an excellent opening, though I get the feeling that the sense of tranquility won't last for very much longer.

No, not even tranquility. More expectation. Waiting for the other shoe to drop. I like it.

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