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Given what is written in the rest of this comment, I will start of by saying I really liked this chapter and especially Lero's conversation with Angel. Its about time Lero grew some balls in all of this. The problem is that it just highlights the other areas in the story where his balls have yet to be found.
Frankly, I've been waiting for months now for the scene in this story where Lero is actually furious with Twilight for casting this spell, and especially Celestia for giving Twilight the book in the first place. I get what you did with the whole 'he has to accept Rarity or Rainbow dash may not love him when all this is over' thing and find it rather clever, but this story is severely missing the conversation between Twilight and Lero where he finally looses his patience and tells her off for A) randomly casting a spell she has no idea what the outcome of will be, and B) setting up a situation that could so easily have mentally broken Rainbow and all of the other elements, or killed them. Remember, this spell also nearly cost him his life at the beginning of the story. You shouldn't get over that or what was done to Rainbow that quickly. Part of him SHOULD want her out of their herd. He shouldn't go through with it of course, but Twilight SHOULD realize the level of sheer pissed-off-ness that he's radiating occasionally.
After all, it's taking Discord's powers to effectively mind-control the entire town, if not beyond, just to keep this charade going, while all of their friends are clearly suffering. Lero has had to quit his job just to keep things semi-stable and yet we see almost no actual anger or resentment toward Twilight, who set this whole thing off and hasn't made any progress on fixing it after weeks. Even if he does love her, there should be SOMETHING there indicating he's pissed off with her, no? Not to mention Lyra, who should be feeling this just as much.
And then there's the complete lack of accountability for Celestia. Where is Lero's "Bitch, you knew she would cast the spell and knew it was dangerous, so much so that you had Discord mind-control your population. Why would you do that to your own student? Why would you play with the lives of my herd and friends? What kind of sick, tyrannical maniac are you?" letter to Celestia? Remember, he doesn't know Celestia's trying to get Twilight to become a princess through this. So why isn't he angry with her? You could claim he's still scared of her, but that only works for a little while until watch your friends and loved ones suffer for week after week finally pushes you over the edge. Even if Twilight or Lyra stop him from sending it, or cal him down, at least it would show he's still human with feelings beyond 'I love my herd'.
For me, the end result of this is that Lero comes off as hollow, if not unbelievable throughout a good potion of the latter half of this story. I haven't given up on it and linguistically you write really well, but I'm coming very close to no longer reading it much further. We all know, thanks to the show, how its going to end, and the entertainment value is seeing how Lero and the rest make it there. Your take on the other swapped personalities is very well done, as is Lero's interactions with them. But if there's no interpersonal conflict between Lero, Lyra and Twilight over what this has done to Rainbow and their herd in general, its just filler until the end chapter.
You kinda doubled up the line there.
Everyone was pulling their weight this chapter. Despite another monster attack, the process of helping the swapped are going well. Too well...
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Stitchwolf, I see what you're saying, and let me respectfully respond, as the author of the story.
First, with regards to Lero being enraged with Twilight, and blowing up at her verbally for casting the spell in the first place, even though she didn't know what it did... let me ask a question. How angry, how upset, how castigating do you feel Lero should act towards his beloved herdmate? Because however large that amount is, I give you my word of honor: Twilight Sparkle already feels TWICE that degree of loathing for her own self.
How should the dialogue between them go? What words could Lero say about what a calamity she's caused that Twilight doesn't know already? Hasn't reminded herself of practically every waking moment since she caused the Swap? Do you believe her to be unaware of what she's done to her friends? Do you believe her to not feel sorry for what she's caused?
Lero sees that Twilight Sparkle been punishing herself and hating herself a thousand times worse than Lero EVER could. She's placed a mountain of guilt on herself. She sees herself as the lowest and most unworthy form of scum, who never deserved to have friends or any sort of privileged life in the first place. She's shut herself up in a fortress of books, researching clues to the Cure day and night. She TERRIFIED by the thought of going anywhere near Starswirl's spell again. If Lero and all her Swapped friends were to surround her and tell her she deserves to be knifed to death, Julius Caesar-style, she'd submit to that and go to hell with a smile.
Knowing this puts quite a damper on Lero's anger for her casting the spell.
Part of the reason why Lero is doing what's he's doing: seeking equilibrium for all the Swapped, is to take the pressure off Twilight. He (and Spike and Lyra and frankly every one of the Swapped) wants to remind her that she IS still loved and good and not a monster. He, and all the rest of the Exempted want her to actually STOP researching, roll up her proverbial sleeves, and finally get down to tinkering with the unfinished spell again: that'll be part of the focus of the upcoming chapters.
(Besides, it's not like Lero's never ever yelled at her. He's done it for having sex with Rarity and for not appreciating his bringing equilibrium to Pinkie Pie.)
Now, CELESTIA, on the other hand... you may want to stick around for that, Stitchwolf!
Thank you for sticking with this story.
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Very well put, Rikmach, my friend!
'Even longer?' Heh... funny thing is, Rikmach, without Discord helping him out at that time, this story would've been a lot SHORTER. Or just a hell of a lot more nihilistic.
If I may speak to everyone directly as a writer, I'd like to explain why I chose to have this play out the way that it did. It's a rather LARGE 'for want of a nail' scenario.
First, one of the main purposes of Chapter Eight from a purely narrative standpoint, was to decisively demonstrate, both to Lero AND the audience, that simply showing a Swapped Pony evidence of her old life, and expecting her to 'snap out of it' just WASN'T a viable option. Lero needed to burn his hand on this oven.
Now let's imagine that Discord HADN'T intervened and erased Dash's memory for Lero. He'd just returned the human home and given him nothing.
Rainbow Dash wouldn't have given Lero a second chance. At all. Especially with Fluttershy's reluctance and the raw paranoia brought on by her lack of sleep. As the author, I literally cannot see any conceivable way around this fact. (Though I'm sure this'll now cause some of you to come up with some of your own!)
After everything the two of them went through in Chapter Eight, there would've been nothing Lero could've possibly said, ever, to convince Dash the Caretaker he was anything beyond a lunatic stalker. And Lero... he would NEVER force himself or his help upon an unwilling person, (note how in 11, he went to GREAT PAINS just to secure Dash's permission before beginning to help her.)
As badly as Dash was suffering at the paws of her animals, she would never have welcomed his help, or let him set foot in her cottage. (Not without some ginormous forced-upon plot contrivance! And I simply HATE those.) And seeing Dash terrified of him would've been more than Lero's heart could've ever stood.
Because of that TINY taste of success he had with Rainbow Dash in Chapter 11, (getting her to sleep for eight solid hours,) that inspired Lero to reach out to all the rest of the Swapped.
But in a world where Discord hadn't helped him the way he did... if Dash's door was locked against him, and Lero felt there was NOTHING he could do for her sake... a sense of helplessness and worthlessness and things being completely beyond his control would've swallowed his spirit whole. He would never have had the confidence to help the other four Swapped Ponies or Twilight. Lero would never have bothered taking on the mantle of a proactive hero. He'd have given into despair and more drinking, and just watched the Swapped destroy themselves.
And until Twilight Sparkle had found the cure on her own, (if she even did!) The Swap would've won, lock, stock, and barrel: throwing all their lives into unmitigated wretchedness. Its victims wouldn't have had even the tiniest chance of experiencing happiness while under this spell.
Just like in Magical Mystery Cure.
...Besides, I felt that after all the misery I put Lero through in from Chapters 2 through 9, I could afford to cut him just one TINY sliver of slack, (wasn't like Discord had given him superpowers!) Particularly because I was planning on putting Lero through even HARDER ordeals, once he became Mr. Equilibrium.
Thoughts?
Nice new cover art.
I only have one problem with it.
Lero's hair is strawberry blonde.
I know it seems like a nitpick, but I have a spin off idea that takes place after this, where his hair color comes into play.
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Hey, thanks for responding!
Honestly, I'm not expecting a massive blowout between Twilight and Lero, but something more like this:
*Lero walks in, exhausted from dealing with animals, fluttershy's terrible jokes, etc etc*
Lero: "Hey Twilight, any progress on the spell?"
Twi: "Ugh, again, no. Every time you come home that's always the first thing you ask."
Lero: "Well sorry for asking if you'd finally managed to fix this nightmare we live in every day."
Twi: "Don't you think I'm trying? You know I am. I spend every day here researching trying to fix it. Why cant you give me a little support for that?"
Lero: "Support? You want support? You mean in addition to the hours every day I spend making sure Rainbow and our friends aren't going to go insane or kill themselves? How about how I'm bending over backwards just to give you as much time as I can for you to fix this? Is it any wonder its the first thing I ask about?"
Twi: "And what, you're blaming me? You know I'm already beating myself up over casting it in the first place! What more do you want?"
Lero: "Damn it, I want the same thing I've wanted from the beginning, for everything to go back to normal!"
etc, etc, etc
It doesn't need to be a huge blowout, just an illustration that Lero is still human and feels anger, not at Twilight per say but at the situation and how she's the only one who can fix it. Its possible to be angry with someone and still love them, and that feels like its missing from this story. He should be pissed at her, she should be pissed at herself, she should be pissed that he's still pissed at her, and that should show, and they should try to work that out IMHO. At the beginning of the story you did show that a little, but it sort of disappeared.
Lero can try to remind himself over and over that Twilight is hurting too, and that being angry at her won't help, but its also human nature to be angry at circumstances beyond our control and it makes Lero much more relatable if he does slip up with that every now and then. It seems like he was angry at the beginning, realized Twilight was already pissed off at herself, and said 'Well okay then."
As for the Celestia stuff, I look forward to that. Lero was a historian, or studied it at least in the original story. Shouldn't he recognize that Celestia is basically committing Stalin-level evil on this town right now? Sanctioning Discord's warping of everyone's memories, putting the elements in a position that could easily result in their deaths, and nearly did for Rainbow at the beginning when she didn't eat or sleep? Not to mention the torture Twilight must be facing and risking all of equestria's safety by effectively putting the elements, their most powerful weapon, out of commission. I honestly don't know how you plan to write Celestia out of this, but if I were in Lero's place right now I'd be plotting assassination. Its the least she deserves.
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My fake on it is Lero's just too freaking busy to be pissed off right now. Sure, he might write Celestia a nastygram or vent his spleen at Twilight- when things are more stable. Right now he's in problem solving mode, pushing down unhelpful emotions until his friends and family aren't tearing themselves apart- you kind of see this in his confrontation with Twilight over Pinkie. He's furious over her dismissal, but pushes it down before it gets too out of hand. I think this sort of behavior is key in understanding Lero- I believe his time in the place before Equestria forced him to learn to tightly control his emotions until he had a proper place to vent them, and even though he doesn't fully remember that time, it still influences him.
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...don't you dare turn him into an alicorn. Now then, I forgot to mention the new cover art. Pretty good. Only nitpick I have is that I recall the xeno-ponies don't look like canons, but that really doesn't matter.
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If that's what it is then thats fine and I look forward to when he does finally vent. But I could have sworn it's been at least several weeks (story wise) since they all swapped. Sure he's had some downtime by now, no? That being said, if that's all it is then so be it and I look forward to when things are more stable.
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Lero had a moment of breakdown already when swapped Rainbow rejected him, it just wasn't directed at Twilight, but at whoever happened to cross his path- in this case, an unfortunate and undeserving Mr. Cake and a more deserving but no less unfortunate Discord. Ever since then, since he figured out he 'rules', he's been full time putting out fires.
Also, if you pay attention, his anger isn't directed at Twilight- really, he considers her as much of a victim as himself. Most of his anger is directed at Celestia for sending them the damn book, and Starswirl the Bearded for crafting the spell in he first place. The only time he was angry at her was when she was flat out dismissive of his efforts. Frankly, him being mad at her seems... Well, irrational to the point of seeming unrealistic in my opinion.
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More than anything, I think he's been directly angry with the spell itself.
3215317 I can't speak for Mike, but I wouldn't expect "Lero's Final Blowout! Live at 11!" to take place. Being angry at one point or another doesn't mean staying angry, and pointlessly hammering the people you love - with anger that serves exactly no purpose - only ends in making everyone around you unhappy, and if you have a conscience, yourself guilt-ridden and unhappy as well. Lero is clearly mature enough and in control of himself enough to realize not only the consequence of his actions, but to act on that knowledge for the sake of the ones he loves and cares about.
I honestly mean no offense to you at all, this is simply a statement of fact: I have never met anyone in my life who I have ever respected for getting their rocks off by allowing themselves to be angry and abusive, no matter how much they believe they are in the right. In my book Lero has tremendously huge cojones for channeling his negative energy into a positive outcome as he's been doing - he's what I consider to be a real man.
That aside, writing a scene you've described - where he and Twilight have it out, to her detriment - literally serves no literary point in this context, unless the point is to make her fail under the massive pressure of guilt and shame she is already under. And that isn't a point of this story...
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Hey, to each their own opinion, right?
Honestly, I've seen a few close family and friends dying in a cancer ward at a hospital, and spent enough time there to see a few patterns emerge. People under great stress, knowing its not anyone's fault and its just fate, still snap under the strain every now and then. They get angry at tiny things someone else does, not because they're angry at that person but because they're angry in general at how things are going in life and it just sets them off. Whether this is done or not doesn't really change my opinion on how much of a man someone is or isn't, its just a consequence of someone put under that much strain.
That's why I'd like to see Lero do something like that; because it would make him seem like more of a human being, filled with flaws but trying his best. He comes close when he yells at Mr. Cake, but then Discord 'fixes' that and Lero never has to deal with the fallout from it. I'm not saying he should have a huge blowout at Twilight, but a slip in this facade of 'I'm just putting out the fires day after day, week after week' would seem more human.
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Well, mostly because Starswirl's dead. It's hard to be angry at someone you can't tangibly hurt, because it's futile.
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the fact that Discord "fixes" it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Lero did crack under strain, and he did blow up. What you're looking for already happened, and there's no logical reason for it to happen again.
Right now, he's succeeding in his goals, so there's no buildup of strain there. He's actually genuinely starting to enjoy his "fight" against the spell, because he's gaining ground and winning victories.
Honestly, the whole "Discord made it better" was Mike's idea. I was all in favor of letting the chips fall where they may, and have Lero have to make amends to the Cake, and start from an even more precarious position with Dash. But I'm not lead author, so there you are. Based on what I know about the story, he did it mostly for narrative convenience, so as to not make the story even longer dealing with the fallout that's not central to the main plot.
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Rarity has always been best pony. but glad we helped you realize it. ^^
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Very well put, Rikmach, my friend!
'Even longer?' Heh... funny thing is, Rikmach, without Discord helping him out at that time, this story would've been a lot SHORTER. Or just a hell of a lot more nihilistic.
If I may speak to everyone directly as a writer, I'd like to explain why I chose to have this play out the way that it did. It's a rather LARGE 'for want of a nail' scenario.
First, one of the main purposes of Chapter Eight from a purely narrative standpoint, was to decisively demonstrate, both to Lero AND the audience, that simply showing a Swapped Pony evidence of her old life, and expecting her to 'snap out of it' just WASN'T a viable option. Lero needed to burn his hand on this oven.
Now let's imagine that Discord HADN'T intervened and erased Dash's memory for Lero. He'd just returned the human home and given him nothing.
Rainbow Dash wouldn't have given Lero a second chance. At all. Especially with Fluttershy's reluctance and the raw paranoia brought on by her lack of sleep. As the author, I literally cannot see any conceivable way around this fact. (Though I'm sure this'll now cause some of you to come up with some of your own!)
After everything the two of them went through in Chapter Eight, there would've been nothing Lero could've possibly said, ever, to convince Dash the Caretaker he was anything beyond a lunatic stalker. And Lero... he would NEVER force himself or his help upon an unwilling person, (note how in 11, he went to GREAT PAINS just to secure Dash's permission before beginning to help her.)
As badly as Dash was suffering at the paws of her animals, she would never have welcomed his help, or let him set foot in her cottage. (Not without some ginormous forced-upon plot contrivance! And I simply HATE those.) And seeing Dash terrified of him would've been more than Lero's heart could've ever stood.
Because of that TINY taste of success he had with Rainbow Dash in Chapter 11, (getting her to sleep for eight solid hours,) that inspired Lero to reach out to all the rest of the Swapped.
But in a world where Discord hadn't helped him the way he did... if Dash's door was locked against him, and Lero felt there was NOTHING he could do for her sake... a sense of helplessness and worthlessness and things being completely beyond his control would've swallowed his spirit whole. He would never have had the confidence to help the other four Swapped Ponies or Twilight. Lero would never have bothered taking on the mantle of a proactive hero. He'd have given into despair and more drinking, and just watched the Swapped destroy themselves.
And until Twilight Sparkle had found the cure on her own, (if she even did!) The Swap would've won, lock, stock, and barrel: throwing all their lives into unmitigated wretchedness. Its victims wouldn't have had even the tiniest chance of experiencing happiness while under this spell.
...Besides, I felt that after all the misery I put Lero through in from Chapters 2 through 9, I could afford to cut him just one TINY sliver of slack, (wasn't like Discord had given him superpowers!) Particularly because I was planning on putting Lero through even HARDER ordeals, once he became Mr. Equilibrium.
Thoughts?
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Well put, though i for one am looking forward to the verbal holocaust celestial has coming
I'll read the new chapter as soon as I get a chance. I've been too busy trying to study and not be distracted by the audio version of Fallout Equestria (which I never read before), at the moment.
Also that Cover Art is easily one of the most epic pieces of cover art I have ever seen. GOOD JOB, and thank you to who ever made that!
Badass Rarity returns!
The fight between Rarity and Mr.7 the spider. That scene made me instantly fall in love of Rarity's character here. She freaking stabbed Mr. 7 with her horn, burned him from inside and torched him with lightning.That was Badass Rarity at her best.
3213954 Oh, crap. Sorry about that, I just kinda based his hair color in this pic I saw.
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3214870 Trust me, they looked ugly as hell when I first draw them as that.
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The part of Rarity fighting against her urge to manipulate weather reminded me the title of this song.
And glad to see Lero putting that Angel bastard in his place and Rainbow remembering her own badassery.
Wow! The way the story was going, I was wondering whether the conclusion would be "...and they all found happiness and fulfilment in their new lives." I'm glad you clearly had the hard road in sight the whole way through.
3203022 Lol, i dunno
Awesome. Perhaps even a crowning moment thereof.
In any case, great stuff, especially Rarity's forced equilibrium, the beginning of Dash's, the high-pH battle saddle, and the bit from the flork's perspective. I have a soft spot for oozes–
...wow, I knew that was bad, but... wow.
Sorry, Shy, but... seriously?
Sigh. Anyway, I'm quite fond of oozes, and seeing everything through the lack-of-eyes of one was most enjoyable. Oh, and "psuedopodia" is the plural. An individual slime tentacle is a pseudopod.
Also, we have Family, Heroism, and – going by your sneak peek of chapter 19 – Assertion as equilibrating factors. Paraelements of Harmony, if you will. Fascinating, and very well thought out. I have to wonder what would've happened if Rarity completely rejected the Rainbow Mark. Was she teetering on the precipice of insanity?
Definitely looking forward to more.
Amazing chapter! 24 hours after reading it, and I still dont think I have adequately thought over the events in this one to consider the consequences of the events, other than the realization that Rarity is now squarely in the power range of Twilight and her brother. I cant wait to see if any of that extra power sticks with her simply because magic ability seems to be tied to how often they flex their mental muscles and strengthen the pathways. She just did the Impossible! A new spell invented out of whole cloth by the side effect of "a certain spell" giving her the idea! She is going to have one hell of a hangover in the morning after this casting as the stretched pathways recover...
Yeah, I thought the bun-bun was a dirty, stinkin (literally) coward. Bullies usually are. If he has the sense Celestia gave a turnip, he's going to realize how thin the ice he's standing on is now and lay low for a while...
Lero still doesn't get he is literally millimeters from discovering the cure. Its so close. I mean Twilight got the answer in a day in the show. Nearly a month with a human and damnit.
they get so close and my inner guy is like do it you are so close. And then it craps out and I'm just like damnit
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Yeah, I know! So many close shaves!
...Are you absolutely SURE it was just a day, Cloud Twister? Take another look at that episode, when you have time, then ask yourself: does an apple orchard go from fruitful to barren in a single day?
I think not. I think that would've taken at least one or two months. I sincerely believe that in that episode, time was compressed into a montage for broadcasting's sake, and that it actually took Twilight Sparkle a lot longer to figure a Cure out. Which is half of the reason why I've allowed the story to play out for this long.
The other half was that I wanted to do something I don't think any other story's done before: fully explore what it MEANS to be swapped in a long-term scenario, as well as its effect on the Swapped's loved ones. Show that there could be a real, honest, sink-your-teeth-into-it, EPIC behind a Swap, a fully arced ADVENTURE instead of a quick one-shot.
I know! It IS frustrating, on both sides of the fourth wall! But Thomas Edison didn't build his first lightbulb in a day! If you notice, it actually took Lero a while just for him to come up with the idea for equilibrium.
Thank you immensely for continuing to watch.
epic story so far i hope there is allot more though
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It didn't happen in a day.... Then perhaps the time it took for AJ to regrow.... Oh shit my mind is on a timeline shift.
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Exactly! Examined with a critical eye, it would've taken a LOT longer than ONE DAY for
1) The Swapped to run their respective businesses into the ground so throughly as they had
2) Repairing the damage.
I just set all that in the Xenophilia world and played it straight and faithfully to both Xenophilia, itself, and Magical Mystery Cure as could be! Pony Polyamory, and The-Bearer-Of-Loyalty's 1000% True Love To Lero and all!
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to be truthful though some things just wouldn't take long. Rainbow with animals? That's an instant disaster and Fluttershy coming back is a nigh instant fix. Rarity was shown in canon to have messed up the weather in that day to a terrible degree. The others may have taken some time but Pinkies crash and fix Sweet Apple Acres would be the longest. People are hard to please and bad jokes get on your nerves, word of mouth can build or in this case ruin a business in a short time. At most this would take a month and a half to reach a head and a month to fix.
Hum... in terms of moments of awesome, there was definitely when Lero managed his first win against the spell by getting Pinkie to become nicer and less abusive to Applebloom. You should also add him calling out Angel, it was absolutely awesome, extremely cathartic. From Rarity, I think you could add winning the fight against Lyra with her cloud golems and turning the blob monster into an ice statue of Celestia. Finally, I think Spike quickly managing to help Rainbow Dash with the animals deserve a mention too.
Nightmare Fuel: I would say Pinkie's first reaction in the hospital, with her "Untrue!" shouts, as you can definitely sense the danger of an insanity break close.
Funny: This one got me laughing.
That's pretty much all I can think of at the moment.
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Fair enough. You make many good points!
That said, Lero's presence and participation IS going to mix things up a bit!
Just as an example: at this point in time, Sweet Apple Acres is, for all intents and purposes, all better. If it's not fully back at 100% yet, it's well on its way, thanks to Apple Bloom being a good agricultural teacher to Pinkie Pie.
For now, I won't spoil anything else, (though there is much that I wish I could!)
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I sense a severe disturbance in the force.
So, I reached the last published chapter until now.
Whoa, this is some story. I went in reading this not really beeing sure what to expect, I've had this on my read-later list because I was thinking something along the lines of "Meh" - probably because that was partly how I felt about that last episode. Anyway, I saw this rising in words, likes and general popularity. That gave me the kick to where I decided to read it; Again, whoa, I'm pretty blown away.
It was a while ago I was this into a story wanting to see how it unfolds.
The tension you've built between the characters, and the enemy [their cutie marks/the spell], is massive. You have a great way of telling and describing how mentally (and sometimes physically) taxing this is for everyone involved. How every pony remembers something, but it doesn't add up with what have been going on lately. How poor Lero, Twi', Lyra and Spike are trying to manage and keep their calm throughout this chaos.
You're mixing several characters, and showing their struggles and thoughts in a balanced way, making the reader understand what, well, chaos, is going on. Speaking of chaos, the idea of adding Discord as a balancing point and an explanation why everyone are accepting what's going on, that was both unexpected, and pretty awesome. ^^'
Finally, the storyline. As I said, I thought this would be a Lero-/Xeno-verse (what is it called?) take on Magical Mystery Cure, but it was so much more. The detail put into the curses of the spell, how the mechanics work, the thoughts forced upon the ponies, as well as the marks themselves twitching. With all this detail and depth, this have kept beeing a great read.
Really looking forward for how you'll continue this!
Have my like, fave and follow!
M
For those thats wondering what the "#¤%& Hasenpfeffer is
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Wow, a twofer.
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The moment I had a supply of lye, all Twilight needed to do would be heft the glutterflork up in her magic, form a magical "container", fill it with some broken glass from the cottage, and start spinning the glass like cutting blades.
Now you've got a magic acid-proof blender with glass blades.
Toss in the glutterflork and the entire lye pellet supply and set that baby to "Purée".
Vinegar+baking soda experiment on steroids.