"Luna, what are you writing?"
"Private correspondence"
"To whom, might I enquire?"
"An old friend who lives far away now."
"Oh, well, carry on."
"Can we talk?"
"About what?"
"About you."
"Why is it always about me, huh? It's never you, it's always me who needs talking to!"
"Luna, I—"
"''m sorry'? No you aren't! You're never sorry! You do not feel sorry for me. You feel sorry that I do not mold to the shape you want. You're sorry that things aren't fitting your clockwork form. I'm not your minion! I'm a princess, your equal! Sometimes I feel like your superior!
"Luna, there are traditions for a reason! You can't just go around changing how things work. I have offered you a myriad of ideas for how we can constructively address this problem, but frankly, I don't think you want to listen."
"I don't want to listen? I don't want to listen? You throw little trinkets of remedies at me! They don't work! Nopony comes to my night education classes! Nopony cares about daylight savings. They just sleep in longer! Nopony cares that I've added twelve new constellations this month. The only ones who notice are drunk revelers stumbling home. You know how many copies of Starswirl's Guide to the Stars, 12th Edition have been taken since we made it free? I checked. Fifty-six. Fifty-six! These are not panaceas. These are crummy band-aids. You know what I want: More night!"
"Luna, what is happening to you? You won't even talk to me anymore. It's like you're not even yourself. Where's the little sister I used to know? I want her back. Come back please."
"I'm not your shadow, Tia. I'm my own mare. I can make my own decisions. I can be my own pony. And you can't stop me."
"I don't want to stop you! I just want to understand! What's happening to you? Why won't you let me in?!"
"I have others, you know. I don't need to rely on your company. Unlike you, I have friends. Friends who care about me, who love me for who I am, not who they want me to be."
"You're lying to yourself, Luna!"
"Like you aren't?"
"Did you really expect me to sit idly by while they all basked in your precious light?
There can only be one princess in Equestria! And that princess will be me!"
"Luna, I will not fight you! You must lower the moon! It is your duty!"
"Luna? I am... Nightmare Moon! I have but one royal duty now: to destroy you!"
"Oh, dear sister. I am sorry, but you have given me no choice but to use these."
Celestia held the tear-stained letter in her hooves. The ink had bled to the point of being unreadable, but she had long ago memorized the words. She looked up at the sky, staring longingly at the moon—her moon. This was no different than any other night, save one thing, the one thing that gave her any sort of hope. That number she hated and loathed herself for—172,231 days—was now just a little smaller.
try saying that 3 times fast!
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Luna'slastletterletherletherlove-ladenlamentationsliveLuna'slastletterletherletherlove-ladenlamentationsliveLuna'slastletterletherletherlove-ladenlamentationslive.
I can has cookie now?
Lulz
Excellent! Nice use of clever formatting, too.
And now that I've heard that cover, I want to animate Luna singing it.
How did you do that? The quote boxes.
4679372 [ right_insert ]get rid of the spaces[ /right_insert ] =
. I'll leave as an exerise for the reader to figure out how to put stuff on the left.
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Pretty nice trick. Although it'll be super weird to include something like this in my stories.
Lovely seriously... Lovely.
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4679904 thanks!
Ye gods.
That's a clever setup.
Good story, too.
~Skeeter The Lurker
Nice story the title remind me of the song (both The Who and Limp Bizkit)
4680461 from the story description:
Also, at the top of the story itself, there's a link to a really cool cover I found that's from a female perspective.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story.
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DAMN THIS COMMENT IS FANCY
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4683009 'Tis true.
(Though I question what it's doing here. )
Hahaha I see what you did there with that title it's the song from the who
4699759 Yes, yes it is, as I mentioned in the story description. I hope you enjoyed it.
amazing is there going to be a next chapter ? i mean we all know that luna was banished to the moon but will the next chapter be about her regret and how sorry she is or her wanting to take revenge from celestia ? AND BY THE WAY I liked the way you wrote the story that was very good. it made me feel like i was reading documents from ancient history and i love ancient history
4719655 wow, thank you for the high praise. I'm not really sure this is a story that needs a sequel, but I suppose I could show Luna and celestia writing letters to each other simultaneously, both knowing the other wont be able to read or respond to them for centuries.
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well that's a very fine idea
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I have some real love for The Who, but the Limp Bizkit version does it justice.
4738875 I find myself extremely ambivalent regarding the Limp Bizkit version.
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But I wanted to start a flame war in which we both end up killing each other.
4738891 an unepic flame war in the non-distant future?
I did not know that formatting was possible, but you used it well. Have a ribbon:
i.imgur.com/6MrWqNZ.png
(Also, shouldn't Celestia be tagged? She is about half the dialog )
4901933 Huh. Yes, I suppose she should. Thank you for bestowal of the honor!
4901933 Huh. Yes, I suppose she should. Thank you for bestowal of the honor!
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You are very welcome
The short description broke my tongue when I said it out loud.
5095297 img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140306235947/clubpenguinpookie/images/3/32/Grumpy_Cat_Good.jpg
Interesting use of formatting, good job.
Also, nice writing :)
Have a like.
5472121 Thanks :)
Oh, yes, I do remember reading this now! Don't remember why, though, it's not like someone pointed from my sidebarfic.
Dang. I've got to update my folders.
4679554 Oh dear it seems to not be working in comments anymore!
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PS: well shit even with Sollace's Fimfic Advanced tools, it doesn't work for comments. However in-story still works fine.
Note that the recent update dropped the support for
[right_insert]
and[left_insert]
.EDIT: They appear to be back, though I was told they'd migrated to a new command. I guess both work now?
8220699yeah I hope thatI hope gets I hope that gets fixed soon
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I don't believe they intend to support it anymore, but there is a new indent tag where you can set how far it indents. It's haphazard depending on what device readers are using, but it may suit your purposes.
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The function did end up being restored, but it's got a different name now:
[figure=left][/figure] or [figure=right][/figure]
. You can have pictures, text, whatever in the figure. Looks like you figured (heh) that out, though.8238802
Thanks.
Beautifully done. Also, I had never heard this version of the song before.
Thank you.
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Glad you enjoyed!
UNUSUAL....BUT WELL-DONE !!!!!!
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Glad you enjoyed