“Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.”
-Alfred Pennyworth, The Dark Knight
“Does it hurt?” Doubt asked, poking Faith’s shoulder. The male abstract grit his teeth, refusing to give in to the taunts. The wound on his chest continued to pour blood onto the stone floor and it was only his status as an alicorn that ensured he wasn’t dead already. He could feel his skin slowly reforming around the wound but he knew it would be a long time before it was healed and that it would be touch and go until he could get the magic canceller off his horn and perform the rapid healing spell. “Shhhh, you don’t have to answer, little snatcher. I can tell it hurts rather badly.” Doubt lowered her head and tenderly kissed his cheek. “I am glad it does, bandit; it wouldn’t do if you didn’t feel my pain.”
“I… am not a thief,” Faith growled out. He was, by his very nature, not a violent stallion. That didn’t mean he wasn’t dangerous; far from it. There were plenty of ponies that, much to Faith’s regret, had died because of him. The lord of the gray simply preferred to focus on defense and mental battles over physical offensive assaults. It just wasn’t in him to brutally attack another living creature unless pushed to his limits. His attack on Sweetie Belle had not been fueled by anger at all and he had sought only to knock her out, not kill her.
Staring at Trixie’s fallen form and feeling his own blood coating the chest, the desire to drive his hooves through Doubt’s eyes until he punched two holes through the back of her skull welled up deep within his soul.
“Oh, so angry, my robber baron,” Doubt teased before kicking him in the side. “So very, very angry. Why not give us a quip or a snarky little reply?” Doubt drove her hoof down onto Faith’s left foreleg, causing him to buck. “Come now… why so furious?” Doubt pressed her hoof against Faith's side, giggling as she felt his ribs slowly begin to crack under the pressure. "I only wish I could let you feel the agony I suffered through for so very, very long."
The silver abstract let out a gasp when Doubt released her hold. "It... it wasn't a picnic for me, you mewling quim!"
Doubt’s hoof lashed out and his head snapped back, striking the wall.
"You got blood on my hoof," Doubt complained, wiggling her right foreleg and sending droplets of ichor raining down on Faith's face. She leaned down and tenderly licked his forehead. "Mmmm... your agony is so yummy. I could lick you for hours."
"Any pony every tell ya you are a bloody crazy bint?" Faith gurgled. He winced, preparing for a strike, only for the blow to never come.
"I"m... I'm not crazy," Doubt said, her eyes wide and tears gathering. "I'm not."
"... apple, cherry, pumpkin, bananna..."
"What are you doing?" Doubt asked, genuinely confused.
"I have a horrible condition known as 'I cannot keep my big mouth shut'. Rather than insult you, I decided to list my favorite pies in order."
Doubt smacked his right leg. "Fool... every pony knows pumpkin is the best." The abstract that was wearing Cadence's face began to pace before him, clicking her tongue in annoyance. "You must take this more seriously... you are going to die soon."
"I've been dying most of my life, love," Faith commented. "Mind if I spit out some of the ichor in my mouth? I normally don't spit in front of a lady-"
Doubt motioned for him to do so, taking sick joy at seeing just how much blood landed on the floor. "Now then, I could either tell you why I am doing this in graphic, mournful detail... or we could discuss the weather."
"There aren't any windows in here, so let’s discuss why you are beating me."
"Wise choice." Doubt turned and sat down right on Faith, causing the battered gray alicorn to whimper. His attacker showed no sign of noticing or caring about his pain. "My life was a wonderful one, pickpocket. I spread doubt through the world, convincing ponies to abandon their friends and family and make oh so delicious mistakes that led them down dark and rather dramatic paths. Ponies that would have stayed home and had such boring, safe lives were driven towards adventure and danger and many times death. Truly I was an artist and this entire world was my canvas."
"And the blood of the innocent wet your paintbrush?"
Doubt patted him on the head. "You are catching on! It is a pity I hate you... I think you and I could have had so much for loving and fighting. Now, where was I?"
"You were causing the death of innocent ponies."
"Ah, yes. Things were going so well for me. I used to dance with fear and terror and I were on a first name basis... though we only had first names-"
"By the Creator, you'd make Pinkie Pie's head hurt," Faith groused, earning another swift kick. "You know, I might be attracted to you if you weren't such a filthy slag."
Doubt preened a bit, which was very disturbing when she wore Cadence's face. Faith wasn’t for sure if he should laugh or roll his eyes at her antics. "Things were going well and I was making quite a name for myself... parents would warn their little foals to always follow the rules set down for them, lest they be dragged away by some faceless monster. That only made my job easier... it is such a breeze to inflict doubt upon a mind that has been told what to do. The more stern the enforcer, the easier it is for me. Oh, so many children were lured away-"
Faith growled and Doubt had to smack him upside the head to keep him firmly on the ground. Doubt's smile fell and her voice went as cold as the top of the Crystal Mountains. "And then YOU came along. You... the spreader of Faith. At first I saw you as of little interest... we actually complimented each other quite well: you would steer ponies to believe in some silly notion and I would bring them back to doubt."
"Or you would corrupt them and I would open their eyes to the strength of faith."
Doubt just shook her head. "Stupid little snatcher." She sniffed and continued. "Then you forgot your name and I celebrated! Soon you would die and a new, weaker Faith would arise. It would make my job so easy, so simple..." The spirit that wore Cadence's form grabbed Faith's head and slammed it into the ground, causing the abstract's vision to blurr. "But you just couldn't die, could you? You were stubborn and had to stay around, first trying to get Luna to aid you... then that little worm Clockwork." She glanced over at Trixie and laughed. The blue unicorn was just coming around, stumbling and trying to find her footing. "You do so love to cavort with pathetic, meaningless thin-"
Faith bucked violently, throwing Doubt from her perch. She blinked in surprise as he rose up, his limbs shaky from bloodlust but his fury still there. "You will respect them."
"I will do no such thing!"
The silver abstract lowered his head, jabbing his horn at her. Doubt let out a hiss of pain, backing away. She brought her hoof up to her cheek and stared at the blood to dripped from the gouge Faith had given her. "You listen to me, you filthy tart, and you listen well...I don't bloody care. I already know the end of your story." Faith took a step forward, ichor oozing down his legs. His head felt light and his limbs were numb but he couldn't bring himself to care; a 1000 years had a way of numbing some to the normal fears of death. "Clockwork gave me a name... your name. And because I was more connected to Equestria because of my time being an element, I was able to more easily slip into the minds of ponies. And here is the rub, you silly little bint: I was a better Doubt than you ever were! You were unfocused and destructive; I had honor and guided ponies towards grand destinies. Were some of them wicked? Of course... but at least I wasn't out there slaughtering the innocent. At least I didn’t murder children for my own sick joy.” Faith swayed but remained on his feet. “I always thought I was a monster but now I thank the Creator I fell, because it meant you were contained!
"I don't know how you survived and I don't bloody care, if I am honest. You survived and now you blame me for something that wasn't my fault. Well, guess what? THAT HAPPENS TO EVERY PONY! We all get a crummy turn sometimes and you have to roll with it! Even at my worst, when I blamed Celestia for everything, I never lost my cool and I worked to help those that were innocent. You, my dear, are nothing but a monster and any sympathy I had for you died the moment you opened that filthy little mouth of yours, you trollop! So how about you just shut up and kill me, then move on because I could care bloody less about you and your moronic sob story!"
Doubt merely stared at him, surprised by Faith's hate-filled words. She blinked, ran her tongue along the inside her cheek... and then let out a giggle.
"Have you gone nutters?" Faith grunted.
Doubt lashed out, raining blows upon him until he was on his belly, unable to even cover his head to protect himself.
"I am not crazy! Stop calling me crazy!" She gave him one final, solid kick, then turned to look at Trixie, who had finally managed to stand up. The blue unicorn's forehead was stained with crimson that dribbled down her temple and along her jawline. "I'm not crazy."
"Sure you aren't," Trixie said, slowly backing away from the fuming pink alicorn.
Doubt shook her head and laughed. "Oh, look at it... it doesn't understand, does it?"
"I am assuming I am it," Trixie stated.
"It is clever," Doubt said with a nod. "Is it much more clever than the thief." Trixie didn't say a word, proving that she at least was smart enough to not egg on the clearly mad pony... unlike a certain silver alicorn. "Does it understand what is going to happen?"
"No... why don't you tell Trixie?" The blue mare began to edge away from Doubt.
The pink alicorn chortled. "Oh, it will be ever so much fun. War is brewing and the two sides of the board are in motion. The thief's accomplice moves the rebellion against my queens while they step up their efforts. Both will clash and Equestria will tremble. Oh, it will be such a long fight, full of betrayal and lost. One will kill the other and when that happens their faith in goodness and harmony will be shattered. Then, and only then, will Doubt reign. I will brew discontent and anger in all the ponies and they will turn on each other likes hungry timberwolves till all are dead dead dead!" Doubt spun around in utter glee as she spoke of her master stroke. "The burglar worked so hard on this land and loves it so... and I will burn it to ashes and bath in the soot made from a thousand dead ponies!"
"That... that is your plan?" Trixie whispered in horror. Her stomach rolled and she felt like she was going to throw up. "You did all this to make ponies feel doubt?"
"Yes! Yesyesyesyesyesyesyes!" Doubt cheered and danced around, grabbing Trixie's front legs and spinning her about before letting go and sending the blue mare crashing into Faith's broken body. "They will doubt their queens and they will doubt their friends and in the end all will doubt themselves. Then faith will die and all that will be left is.... MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!" Doubt suddenly stopped, her mood switching to utter sadness. "Oh... how terrible that you and the robber tried to escape... Cadence tried to stop you but you killed the guards as they killed you... such a pity." Doubt advanced on Trixie would wrapped her forelegs around Faith in an attempt to shield him. “But atleast Cadence survived to tell the tale…”
"I think Faith was right." Doubt turned, staring in shock at a fully recovered Sweetie Belle; the captain stood tall, glaring at the pink alicorn. "You are crazy."
"I AM NOT CRAZY!" Doubt screamed.
"Crazy crazy crazy crazy!" Sweetie taunted. "Crazy flank, crazy flank!"
"SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" Doubt howled, charging at Sweetie.
The alicorn let out a yelp when a meaty hand gripped her by the throat, halting her advance.
"While you were rambling on like a bad supervillain I took the time to free the rest of the prisoners," Sweetie Belle said with a grim smile.
Doubt stared at the creature that restrained her. "Who-"
"Iron Will is the name!" The minotaur slammed her into the wall before delivering enough punches to leaving Cadence/Doubt's body twitching. "Beating up crazies is my game!"
Sweetie Belle took one last look at the wiggling form of the pink alicorn before trotting over to Trixie. The blue mare sneered and jabbed her horn at Sweetie Belle while draping herself over Faith's mutilated body, not caring if his blood stuck to her coat or mingled in her wounds.
"It's ok... I'm not going to hurt you," Sweetie said gently.
"You could have fooled me, the way you beat him up before," Trixie snapped.
Sweetie Belle grimaced. "Right... do you know the old saying, 'The enemy of my enemy is my friend'?" She gestured towards the other prisoners. Behind Iron Will there was a score of other ponies, each watching the captain of the guard carefully. "Whatever the hell is in Cadence is using my sister... and it used me. It wants to kill us all and that goes against everything I believe in. That means, right now, all of you are the best chance I have at harmony."
"So we are just supposed to forgive you?" Trixie snapped. "Maybe Iron Will should give you a few punches, see how you like it."
"No..." Faith croaked. Trixie moved to shush him but he merely shook his head, motioning for silence. Every word hurt and he knew he had to make each letter count. "Not... her fault... my siblings... tricked her... and Doubt... tricked them." He let out a cough, wheezing as he tried to catch his breath. "Have... to work together."
A yellow unicorn with red hair nodded. "Indeed! The silver fellow is quite right... we are all of different talents and worlds but we have to put that behind us and help save Equestria!" He puffed out his chest. “Oh, I have always wanted to be a hero… wait till my dear brother hears of this!”
Iron Will nodded. "I agree with Flam! Sweetie Belle was wrong but she wants to help, so I say we let her."
Trixie scowled but, seeing she was outvoted, let out a huff. "Fine."
Sweetie nodded. "Iron Will, please carry Faith and Trixie; I don't think either of them can walk."
"What about the pink alicorn?" one prisoner, a buffalo, asked. "Do we take her?"
"Kill her," Sweetie said darkly. "She is the cause of all of this."
"No!" Trixie shouted. "That's Princess Cadence!"
Another pony prisoner frowned. “That doesn’t matter! She is like the queens, trying to kill all of us!”
“Not… her fault!” Faith gasped out. “Leave… leave her… we’ll… find a way… to save her…”
“You can’t be serious…” Trixie complained. “We-“
“He’s right,” Sweetie said with a sigh. She wanted to destroy the creature that called itself Doubt but realized that attempted to do so would not work and only spill more blood. “We can’t risk taking her with us and we can’t kill her… we have to leave her.” She nodded her head towards the limp body of the abstract. “Iron Will?” Iron Will reached down and gently gathering the two in his arms.
“Let’s go,” Sweetie Belle said, leading the prisoners out of the prison… and leaving a fuming Doubt behind.
I am most awesome at catching these. Thanks.
And thus ends Act 2.
It was important that Doubt be seen as a completely different character from Faith's version of Doubt. I wrote her as a mix of the Joker and Gollum and wanted to show that while Faith had a hard time, whatever Doubt did to survive clearly screwed with her head and left her insane. She is prone to fits and mood swings... but it will be clear soon enough that she is still VERY cunning and can manipulate quite well.
We now move onto Act 3. Rainbow has been free and Faith and Trixie, along with Sweetie and the prisoners, attempt to escape Canterlot... things are going to get wild.
The Battle of Cloudsdale is coming...
Holy...
This is just going to get bigger and bigger.
I like it!
That was fun, and Doubt sure is very crazy
Hey Doubt, I have three words for you!
You. Are. Crazy!
Oooh, dear...
I think I can see what happened here with poor Cadence. In a sense, Doubt got hold of her months ago but the one really responsible for that mess... is Twilight.
Rather easy to figure out. The disco place, while Cadence was trying to talk to Twilight about going back to the hospital and Twilight just snapped at her. That's where it went wrong and Doubt just... slipped in through the back door unnoticed. A new word needs to be invented for this expression I am feeling. It better be a short one.
In the meantime, I shall satisfy myself with the following: "Son of a gum-chewing funk monster! Why the fruit does all this funny stuff happen to them?! Forget their life! Always surrounded by miserable failing clods! Like this whole world just likes to bend them over and find them in the Alps! Like they're some sort of slot receptacle! Well as far as I care, these miserable cows can have a fancy barbeque, with a moon-mad pig!" Apologies to the pig.
On the plus side, it's a good thing that Sweetie Belle saw reason within her brainwashing and decided to help Faith's side.
Doubt is my new favorite OC.
Oh god, I thought that Rainbow was sickening in how she acted but now thinking of the other Queens makes me feel a massive amount of churning in the pit of my stomach. That is going to be a 'painful' read when it arrives.
The first crack has appeared in this fortress of pseudo-"Harmony" the abstracts have set up... Let's watch and see how long it takes to shatter completely, shall we?
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Hence the dark rating even though there isn't alot of blood and gore... it is the mental pains that are truly the worst
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As for Sweetie Belle, I use this quote: "When you're a spy, you get use to people doing the wrong thing for the right reasons... and the right thing for the wrong reasons."
Very nice chapter, I forgot to mention. Same good quality as always.
I think I like doubt. Or maybe not.
Yess! More allies.
Awaiting further releases.
1793462 Hang on, you just implied that Doubt accidentally let Sweetie Belle in on the whole scheme.
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Of course she did. Doubt never thought for a second Sweetie would hear her. The plan was the murder Trixie and Faith, then kill the guards and lock herself back up and make it look like it was a botched escape attempt.
Huh. Weren't you saying all this time that "There is no black and white; there is only gray?" This Doubt character seems a little black to me.
Me likey.
I really like what you did with Doubt. She is like the perfect foe for Faith. She is stronger, more physical than he is, so she can exploit that weakness, and Faith's biggest strength, his silver tongue, has no effect. But Faith has one advantage she sorely lacks: she can't make friends.
YAY! Sweetie isn't just Faith's punching bag! She's now in a truce with Faith? I wonder how this will affect Rarity... OOOOOoooohhhhh. Sorry, Rarity and Sweetie are my two favorite ponies, and I am most curious as to your handing of them.
Can't really find too much wrong with this chapter, other than it's another long-winded but necessary exposition dump. Not really too much you could do about that, but you handled it pretty well.
"I'm not crazy!" What, is Doubt Stuart's mother? You can't deny insanity.... everyone's insane.
And now for your favorite part! The nitpicky questions!
1. Why weren't the other prisoners brainwashed?
2. Why was Flam in the Kindness/Generosity prison and not the Honesty prison?
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In PONIES there is no black and white... but the abstracts...
1) That will be discussed, but some are resistant to the effects of harmonizing and would require all the elements and well... spoilers.
2) Spoilers, but you are asking the right questions.
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TEASE.
the resistance is getting bigger.
*breaks fourth wall and enters story*
me:hey! thats my possesion spell!OH YOU WILL HAVE IT!
*brings doubt outside of cadence and knocks his arms off*
(SOMETIME LATER)
faith me and twilight:WERE ON A MOTHERF*CKING BOAT!
I WANT MORE!!!! I'm loving every single moment of this fic!
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And I think I know who is waiting for them there...
Well, back to being neutral towards chapters, at least for this chapter, since was different than I was expecting (ie: not expecting whole of it to focus on Faith, Trixie, and Cadence). Hadn't expected Act 2 to wrap up so soon, but eh, not complaining.
Doubt is... hard for me to express. She seems like the type of character you just WANT to hate, cause as Faith pointed out: she's twisted and even before she lost her purpose, was already that way (but now is moreso), cause she was actively pushing towards killing ponies, by instilling fear so she could push doubt into their minds by making them rebel against parents or whatever. But just as well, it's hard to understand how she can go from bat-shit insane to emotional when other ponies call her crazy, all of a sudden. I honestly hope she meets her end eventually, even if won't be in a brutally horrific way, since know this isn't intended to be gory or overly violent (typically, anyways). But at least we see the bigger picture here, even if it makes little sense to me at this time. Why kill all the ponies just to be the only one still standing? Even though it's been established that she's crazy, that seems like bit of a plothole.
And Sweetie Belle saving the day?! Can't say saw that coming! Well, I question what and if the ponies in the rebellion will do, once Sweetie arrives, while still under the effects of harmony and other experiments the Queens did to her. Also glad to see some other familiar faces here, namely Flam and Iron Will, especially with revised version of his intro catchphrase from Putting Your Hoof Down. dl.dropbox.com/u/31471793/FiMFiction/Sweetie_Belle_lolface.png I had hoped that the abstract wouldn't actually be Cadence and would be one that's just using her appearance, sorta like a Changeling, but is apparently not so much the case now. I have to wonder how Shining Armor's gonna take that, knowing his wife is possessed by the one behind all of this. As well as the rest of the rebellion and I suppose Twilight's friends. And curious how Doubt slipped in through the cracks, though as 1793433 said, may've been all the way back then, and was just stringing her along until the time was right.
Well, looking forward to Act 3 and I suppose seeing what's in store for the former capital of the Pegasi, with I guess either what used to Rainbow's (now Loyalty's?) kingdom or one of the other two have yet to see in a bigger role. And I get the feeling all won't be escaping Canterlot, if gonna have a lot of hassle in merely trying to escape/outrun the Queens and guards there.
Well. That was something.
All things considered, I think this is my favorite chapter of the stoy so far.
It really doesn't fit, but because she's in Cadence's body, I think I can justify this chapter making me think of the song Crazy Bitch by Buckcherry.
I liked Iron Will's appearence. It was...appropriate. it was a bit odd though that Sweeite went from from "kill her" to "leave her" so easily. A byproduct of the brainwashing perhaps?
Also, I saw it asked why Flam was in the "Kindness/Generosity" prison and not the "Honesty" prison.(though, to be honest, until they threw quality control out the window they really didn't do anything wrong.) I wasn't aware that there were supposed to be seperate prisons. Did I miss that or did you just goof and he guess right anyway? And either way, what was Iron Will imprissoned in "Kindness/Generosity" for? He seemed to have taken away a valuable lesson from his episode.
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Since people are asking...
There are different types of prisons. The one in canterlot is for those that can't be harmonized by a single queen and require all of them. Fluttershy and Rarity merely control it but the prisoners didn't have to be cruel or greedy.
There is another prison in Cloudsdale, which will be discussed soon.
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And I take it the reason why it takes multiple queens are required to brainwash certain individuals will be touched upon, as well as why they haven't been brainwashed yet.
I'll wait.
Doubt/Cadence should be put to write "I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them" lines in the blackboard.
Wow, that's a very sudden shift in balance... Shit just got real!
Good chapter was not expecting Sweetie Belle to actual help them escape. The new Doubt is interesting, definitely insane but interesting and now awaiting to see how this plays out.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned the horn magic suppressors??
You know, isn't Doubt on a suicidal mission? If she's out to instill war and makes ponies doubt until they all kill themselves, she won't have any ponies to make doubt anymore. If she then moves on to the other races one by one, eventually, they'll all be dead due to their instilled doubt, meaning there won't be anyone left to inspire doubt, and thus, doubt fades as there are no living beings left to feel it. Meaning that Doubt will cease to exist, or be at least be bereft of her very purpose and essence. Is that what she wants?
Its ponies like doubt that give crazy a bad name.....
That's it, my brain cracked. Go on still got some left.
So Faith is channelling Loki now is he? xD
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Yup. I love using british slang when it comes to Faith (the theory being that he spent several decades in both Griffian and Trottingham) and I knew I had to get in some vulgar stuff in this chapter.
Kefka..I mean Doubt is such a delicious character. Such raw emotion and utter..drive makes me smile. Ah but is just a small step into getting to a much bigger ideal. I am glad Sweetie Bell came around. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy. Let the play commence as things will only get much more interesting.
1793462 God I have read some Dark stuff before but seriously! This whole story is hitting me as hard as a brick being thrown at me! I don't know if I want you to keep it up
Do keep it up though! One of the best stories I have read on this site
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LUNA! Don't play with your food!
Yes, I know rainbows are spicy, but that doesn't mean you should spew them out like that. It's just gross. Stop it.
Saw something similar to this coming, but still took me by surprise, especially Sweetie Bells new involvement.
Just out of curiosity, how many Acts are there going to be?
I see Doubt is channeling some DBZ Abridged Vegeta into her. //
and people say am crazy?
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Well, meaby real Doubt used what happened in Disco for her advantage, but I m sure he did not need Cadence to accomplish her goal and would just find otehr vessel for herself, she is just opportunist.
Also Abstracts are very blind and manipulative, far more than Celestia would ever be in fanfic, they did not care about what happened to Faith and now even want to get rid of him by thinking he is Doubt, when real Doubt was manipulating tham all the time, and so Doubt manipulated Queens, Queens manipulated Equestria, it is exacly a mess what happen when alot masterminds think they know better and try to take over the world, in the end winner is the one who manipulate from above ( Faith is the least blind and even if still manipulative, he is honorable and he learned more than enoght about what Hipocricy is ).
wow... shes bat s&%# crazy... I LIKE HER!
"Doubt can we be friends?" *is promptly impaled by Doubt
YAY!
What I would say to doubt:
Crazy, Crazy, Give me your answer do....
1793462 Body injuries hurts only for the moments, but mental pain can hurt much worse and last for years and can left scars
Its Awesome how you can describe the pain of the charakters, like the whole mental crash of doubt. Or the inner conflict of Rainbow in the last chapter. Just go on with this Magnificent story.
Price taught me that!
Yep.....no shame at all.
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Abstracts tend to be blind in they own little world.
Mane 5 elements are brainwashing everypony for great justice wtihout a single clue about pony, they easy got tricked by real Doubt and no matter what Faith do, they still see and think of him as Doubt, they closed thamself in world of hipocricy, they manipulate others and yet they are very easy to manipulate.
Now Doubt is a insame Abstract who not see it or want to die and take world with her.
Faith is the only one who got enogh experience to look at everythink from 3th perspective.
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I have always seen Faith as a chessmaster with honor and a heart. He will use ponies, he will trick them and he will push them to do what he wants, but he has a very firm moral stance (even when he was Doubt he never attempted to kill any pony and all attacked those he viewed as having hurt him first). The reason is that he spent a thousand years with ponies and thus thinks like them.
Faith also has empathy, which is one of the most powerful things in the world. He feels bad for ponies (which is why he advocated them letting Sweetie come with them even after all she did to him) and we will see that when he is forced to break a pony it isn't because he wants too.
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Still I wonder why real Doubt did not got any of this experience, when Faith took his name, he end up in the same situation, and yet instead of learning, he just got more insame and stupid.
The only think he leveled up in was manipulation tree, he actualy have 5 elements in his grasp, at last until Celestia report to Rarity or Flutthershy.
You Can Just SEE The Joker In Doubt.
It Fits Perfectly.
Bravo, Sir.
ALL HAIL THE MOUSTACHE
HAIL
HAIL