The explosion is over. The wedding is salvaged. Canterlot is back to normal.
And one, single, insignificant Changeling thinks about just how well everything went.
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** This story was written when I was 15, and the quality and content reflect that. Please be aware that my position on topics contained within may have changed in the time between publishing and now, and I apologize for any offensive material that I may have condoned in my younger years. **
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Pretty nice one, have a thumb up, poor un-named changeling though.
Interesting.take. This is tragic. You did really well giving a nameless evil storm trooper into sense of pathos. I like it a lot.
Only problem I could find was that
Her should be he.
Aside from that beautiful.
I just empathized with a Changeling. Oh my Goddess. You fucking brilliant writer, you!!!
Changeling or not at least he went under thinking somebody cared.
Five likes? No views? WHAT IS THIS!?
Well, THAT was depressing...
I just sympathized with a Changeling. Huh, that's a first.
That was an amazing piece, IceofWaterflock. It deserves it's favorite.
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Why wouldn't you sympathize with them?
They just want food.
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I guess it's just the natural reflex that tells you "don't trust the bad guys," when they really wern't that bad at all. They just wanted to feed, like you said.
that made no sense at all
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What EpicGuy said. Also, empathy and sympathy are (in my book) really different, so while I might sympathize with, say, the plight of a group of nomadic herders being pushed out of their homes, I lack the empathy to really connect with them on an emotional level due to my multiple levels of separation from their situation. HOWEVER, in this case, the author has managed to take my mind, squish it into a ball, and plant it as a non-acting entity within the mind of above Changeling while allowing me to feel all of its emotions. Hence: epic win.
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Thanks, everyone! Have a GIF of my daily life!
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Ha! Looks like mine too.
Wow. That was pretty sad.
You don't see many stories involving changelings as changelings, rather than changelings in disguise, so double awesome.
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Now i demand a kiss scene in this!!!
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Thanks. I got the idea few days ago because we watched 'All Quiet on the Western Front' in class. Somehow it connected with ponies.
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You just wait, I've got Discord already planned out and Luna done (Lost, published a while back)! I control the feels! *evil laughter*
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sad as hell, and I always root for the changelings. Darn you pony tyrants keeping all the food! We're starving over here!
Well, this was a incredibly well written concept. The character was believable, and the way you connected his demise to the rejoicing of the sky was overwhelmingly bittersweet.
One incredibly small nitpick. You say "fourteen hands at the shoulder". "Hands" isn't a great unit of measurement. (Brace for analytical BS.) A hand is about the size of a person's face. A person's head is about the size of 1 and maybe another third of a hand. That, multiplied by 8, comes out to around 11 hands for a person. This "normal" changeling is thus taller at the shoulder than any human (seeing as these body proportions fit almost all of humanity). I find this a bit unbelievable. Add to that the fact that the hand could belong to anyone, and it becomes a bit of a nuisance for analytical people such as me.
But then again, that little nitpick doesn't do anything to the overall point of the story. Well done.
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Hands are how veterinarians measure horses, is all.
I tend to use the term in ponydom here simply because it makes sense with equines. Sorry if it confused you, and thanks for the feedback!
1292416 Well, guess you learn something new every day. Terribly sorry.
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No problem
Poor Changeling. They are much more then hungry little feeding machines, they have their lives and loves too.
Nope. Don't want this feel. Damn these emotions!
Well... that was depressing.
A few grammatical mistakes here and there, but very good. To make a story feel complete in a thousand words, is akin to creating a beautiful painting.
At least he got his final wish...
This is hands down my favorite fic.
I thank you for writing it.
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You're very welcome. I'm glad you liked it.
3008050 C-curse you... Curse you! D-damn it all!
I'm really curious what about this story could be offensive.
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I applied it to all of my stories because I couldn't remember what I put in each of them and I just Don't Have The Time to reread all of them