The Sun Horse found me at the verge of death, and through rudimentary communication offered to save me. I should have read the fine print. Now I'm bitter, small, and possess an underdeveloped frontal lobe. Why does she want me to learn 'friendship'?
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Nice
Good to see things go this way. Feels like a turning point for Anonymous.
At least tempest gets it. Rainbow with nothing to back it up has decided she is like the old queen. I hope until she gets treatment they keep tempest nearby to get any idiots like Rainbow to back off and not upset the tiny destruction being.
Once again, leave it to Rainbow Dash to make any situation far worse.![:facehoof:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/facehoof.png)
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At least this time, she came out the worse for it.
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Yeah, im glad she's getting punished for her rashness.
I really do hope Anon is able to get some rest soon though.
I really do love that Tempest can empathize with Anon, mental strain that comes with doing something horrible, even if its a necessity. She was a Commander, she's probably seen soldiers fall apart like Anon is, but rather than regarding it as a weakness, she wants to help
This was a rough read. Having suicidal thoughts isn't easy. Actually trying to go through them is even harder. The worst part? Backing out and coming to the reality of what the consequences would have been had you succeeded. Poor Anon. And shit, I can't imagine the fallout that's going to happen between RD and Twilight. She's going to blow a gasket. But yeah, I was crying for about half the chapter.
That was a brutal confrontation. Rainbow means well, as per usual, but her perception is skewed. To say that Anon's response was more than she was prepared for would be an understatement. She'll be digesting thaf for weeks.
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At least more than one pony is coming out of all of this with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
God damnit Rainbow Dash.
Don't listen to intrusive thoughts
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Ah yes. The intrusive thought to mark everyone with your scent.
Looks like my previous prediction was wrong, actually we had a terrified Raimbow, a suicidal anon and an anxious me
At least Tempest knows what she’s doing. Her and that maid are probably the two best people for Anon rn.
wow that was a good one to ripp that rainbow jarhead a new one
Be a human then?... Like what's the pony view all of a sudden here? Girl you don't even have fingers calm down and go back to monkey first.
It's a joke in case it wasn't already obvious
Who don't like some angst rollercoaster? But things are going to get better, right? after all it needs to get better to turn worse
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Yeah. It's all calm seas from here.
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I just watched Ghostbusters recently. So now I am imagining Anon appearing in the place of Gozar and announcing "CHOOSE, CHOOSE THE FORM OF THE DESTRUCTOR!!!" In Gozar's voice.
Thanks for the mental image!![:pinkiecrazy:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/pinkiecrazy.png)
Damn this line is awesome! What a powerful thing to say to Rainbow.
Did you come up with this line?
This was a rough chapter to read. I'mma go cuddle my cat.
Tempest is new Best Antihero.
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I recall a similar quote being attributed to Batman, with no definable source: "If you kill a killer, the amount of killers in the world remains the same." It likely inspired what I wrote there.
Things got bad this chapter, but it felt like a good sort of bad, you know?
Catharsis?
Needed to happen?
Can't words right now...
Dash has something to think about. She's witnessed firsthand
thesome extent of Anon's broken-ness, the thin line past which Anon is willing to die or be killed (to wit, something as mundane as being yelled at by a friend). She saw that, when alone in a room with her, Anon produced a weapon lethal to both of them and chose to invite its use against herself rather than use it on Dash.She's learned from one of Anon's own supposed enemies that the filly exercised restraint and selflessness, maneuvering additional difficulties each time.
She's even heard the context of wartime trauma, something she's surely noticed already happening with ponies in Canterlot.
She was already convinced that Anon is a threat, but now she might see that the threat is to Anon's, herself.
And with Luna, Twilight, Twin #1, Twin #2, and now Tempest and Rainbow involved, very soon everypony else is going to find out how much Anon needs help.
One would think shipping Anon in a crate from Canterlot to Ponyville was going to turn out to be a silly and fun fic.
And now, here we are: a serious, deathly serious, and a sprinkle of fun fic.
I really don't want Twilight to ban Anon from performing his whimsy any longer. Rather, she should find an outlet for Anon so he won't get TOO creative with his inner humanity. There's clearly no stopping Anon if he has an inkling he might get some forgiveness versus actually thinking how big and bad the consequence could get.
Plus, putting serious consequences on certain stuff is way more effective than saying it is banned. Humans will find a way to bend the rule because they can. I bet Anon would think more than twice if Twilight ever gives him an ultimatum instead.
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Whimsy itself isn't banned, but weaponising the runic magic more than it already has is. Keep in mind that this new direction in Anon's studies isn't just the entire 23 day 'research period' being strictly all research all day. That little gremlin's way too clever to need the entire 23 day period from the sorts of things that would likely be assigned during her first year of study; it's more intended to redirect our little queeny-bug's creative potential in a positive direction. Imagine what Anon could do when not entering into an arms race against their own destructive capacity. A 'mage hand' type spell that anypony could use—even Tempest!—would be revolutionary... Or she could even perfect the steam engine without any need for coal. Besides, Anon agreed to the idea.
Here's a little excerpt from when Anon finally gets to chat with Starlight and Blue in 48.
So, basically, her punishment being an equivalent of a slap on the wrist.
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Assert dominance, piss on them.
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Tempest is going to end up as another of Anon's aunts at this rate. Kid's collecting family members like they're Pokemon cards.
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Punishment for what, exactly?
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Her little killing spree.
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Are we talking about the Storm King's forces, or Raging Storm's crime syndicate? Because in either case I'm having a hard time seeing under what circumstances Anon could actually be punished for either.
Anon was stuffed into the body of Emerald, who was killed in the commission of escaping her family life, headed by Raging Storm who murdered her mother and raped her repeatedly. Then he let his goons rape and brutalize her, all while she was just 8 years old, and at least one of whom expressed an interest in doing the same thing all over again after learning she was technically alive.
Raging Storm, a confirmed murderer, kidnapped Trixie and Starlight and sent an ultimatum to Anon; do what I want or I'll kill them. And he's already proven that he will murder ponies to get his way.
The local police, or town guard of whatever, are on Storm's payroll and working for him, so Anon didn't have the option to go ask anyone for help.
Anon was put in the difficult position of having literally no option except to do what was done, because the only other option was letting more innocent ponies be murdered. I'm really not seeing what choice she had in the matter. Punishing her for what was beyond her control sounds downright vindictive and done simply for the sake of doing it, to send the message that everyone will be punished no matter what the circumstances are.
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Actually, it's worse since Emerald was six when she ran away and effectively died.
Any 'punishment' at this point is likely more 'symbolic'. There's really nothing that can be done to her that she hasn't already suffered for. She'd likely be 'banned' from returning to Manehattan, although in reality it would be to prevent retaliation from any remnants of Raging Storm's criminal enterprise, or ponies who lost their jobs when the legitimate businesses operating as fronts went under. An Equestrian 'Magic Authority' might issue fines for the blacklisted spell she recreated. She could be ordered to seek mental help, but as she's already intending exactly on that, it can't exactly be a punishment. Anything more and it would effectively be saying, "It doesn't matter if you were under the influence of a foreign entity, or that you nearly gave your life for Equestria; a crime is a crime," at which point Luna would likely have to be sentenced for her actions under the Nightmare's influence, or Starlight would probably get hanged for destroying several timelines and being personally responsible for the deaths and/or enslavement of countless innocents.
I hope whatever drugs she'll get, they won't affect her creativity, I'm looking forward to those research projects.
Well, the faceoff with Dash had to occur at some point, and the result is... Not quite as bad as expected, but also worse.
Rainbow is not going to be having a good time for the next couple weeks. Given Twilight's reaction to what Thorax's aide said last chapter, I don't think she's going to be too happy here with Dash. On top of that, this is a situation that is going to stick in her mind for a long time, regardless of anyone reminding her of it.
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A murder, even with good intentions, is still a murder. Not to mention the mental state of the poor schmucks who had to clean up after her. What about their mentall health? I doubt scrubbing brains and guts off the floor and walls was good for it.
And not to mention, she willingly aligned herself with Hunger.
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If Raging Storm criminal enterprise was big enough to have the police and a mayor on their payroll, they are big enough to go for Anon even if she's not in Manehattan. Not to mention sending a word about 'little miss murder filly'. As we've seen in the series final, ponies accept rumors reallly easy without checking tne facts.
This entire arc feels like it was dragged in by the ears and sewn to the plot with white thread, because reasons. Like, at this point she'd be better off Seeking mr.Eaten's Name.
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Killing in self defense isn't murder.
Unless of course you happen to be a DA in a state like New York, California, or Illinois where the law is on the side of the career criminals who've been given free reign to offend at their leisure.
Please, tell us, exactly what options did Anon have open and available, except to do what she did? Who exactly could she turn to for help in the circumstances that she faced?
Are you talking the henchman that found Anon's hotel room and expressed an interest in raping her again? How would it be any different from, say, Blueblood being in the scene and administering deadly force in the name of the crown to protect an innocent?
Should she have gone along willingly and quietly, and let herself be raped before responding with deadly force? Please to explain what the proper procedure in this scenario was.
... And?
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So what she did in warehose was self-defence. Cool. So she wasn't going there with a murderous intent.
Idunno, go to Blueblood maybe? Like, the first thing that Trixie, Starlight and Anon should have done when it became obvious that something was wrong rather than grabbing an idiot ball?
No, I am talking about the hotel staff and warehouse workers, or whoever had to clear it. You know, ponies who had no business with Storm and had to deal with the clean-up of Anon's spree?
It's called 'a deal with the Devil' for a reason.
It's hurtful to see how bad she she is, especially being someone who hit such lows (not military related). Same time, this will hopefully get into RD's thick skull the reality of the situation
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Blueblood at the time, busy dealing with the invasion of the Storm King and trying to keep the civilians safe from a much more pressing threat looming over them? Didn't he have coordination duties to oversee with the other guards that required his full attention? Because I'm not remembering any passage that indicates he was free and available to help at the time. Unless I missed something, Anon was literally in the position of not having anyone to go to for help.
And outside of the schmuck who got a facelift at the hotel for wanting to rape Anon again, wasn't every trace the bodies of all the others at the warehouse, devoured by Hunger to be used to not only give both herself and Anon new physical bodies of their own?
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Ah, yes. Beacuse he didn't have any underlings whom he could relegate the smaller tasks, like making sure that the refugees were properly settled down? Thanks for breaking another spring in my suspension of disbelief.
Besides, I doubt he would't have found two minutes to listen to the trio explaining 'shit's bad, we can't stay in hotel', and stay within the concentration of the guards. Safety in numbers.
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I don't think Twilight ever revealed the time travel shenanigans to anyone, and neither did Spike. Otherwise I think Starlight wouldn't have lasted a day in Ponyville after the knowledge got out.
The thing is, what happens next. Will this entire thing be swept under a rug and promptly forgotten as if it never happened? With no further reprecussions? If it's just going to be 'therapy and drugs and all shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well', with only thinb changin is Anon's species, then the entire arc was for nothing.
I was reading a shipping fic, where father of one protagonist became abusive drunkard after his wife died, and almost killed him when the protag came out at his graduation. Near the end of the fic, daddy returned to ask for forgiveness and promptly ran out of town by protag's lover and friends. Then orincess Luna comes to protag in his sleep and shows him how his father was miserble after he left (half-dead with numerous broken bones, mind you), and that suddenly changes the protag's mind and he goes to reconcike with his father... And I'm like "Hol'up, so where did the years of abuse go?" No. It does not work this way.
Also, he may want his legacy to be something good and peaceful, and I'd say, it's a bit too late for that. It's hard to top blowing an airship up with a railgun, splattering a mobster's brains over the hotel hallway, and slaughtering the gang and their boss. That trail of destruction is her legacy already.
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You're really blind if the only takeaway you're getting for this arc is "anon changed species."
lol
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No, I'm not saying that. I'm saying that this will be only takeaway if the rest will be forgotten as if it never had happened.
Rainbow Dash, multiple witnesses claim you were alone with the Queen with a knife to her neck.
We’re going to need you to come with us. You’ve a right to be pony. Anything you can, say, or pony can and will be pony. If you cannot afford a pony, a pony will be pony for you. Do you pony these pony as they have been said to pony?
Arraignment will be held at the Princesses’ convenience.
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Then I'll get right on the paperwork to get that filly a medal. You're talking about Anon killing literal enemy combatants, and bloodthirsty, foal-raping mobsters as if they didn't deserve to die...all while EXPLAINING Anon's motivation in paragraph five. Furthermore, to suggest that killing will be all Anon's ever known for, is to SHIT on guys like Tolkien and Hemmingway. I've seen a lot of hot takes on this site, but this has joined the shortlist of HOT takes.
That hit unexpectedly hard, especially after being echoed directly earlier....
My gods