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[Sean Mirrsen]

Recursive fanfiction?

If the MLP-verse had television, you could do a show-within-a-show called something like "Star Trot" about the magical starship Equesterprise (eh, I suck at these names), whose crew happens upon a strange planet of upright-walking primates who consider Equestria nothing but fiction.

[SirAaronIII]

Eventually it will turn out to be written by Derpy who is really a literary genius.
We have to go derper.


Now I fel so bad about writing this whole post just to male a lame deeper joke.

[Dsarker]

Well, originally I was writing it for 40k-Hogwarts purge type fanfiction. I might even have the original start to it...

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+++INQUISITORIAL SEALED RECORD+++
+++AUTHORISATION LEVEL REQUIRED: MAGNA+++
+++UNAUTHORISED ACCESS IS PUNISHABLE BY BRAIN SCRUBBING AND INITIATION AS A SERVITOR+++
+++DO YOU WISH TO PROCEED? Y/N+++
+++Y+++
+++ENTER AUTHORISATION CODE: ******+++
+++WELCOME INQUISITOR-LORD VON GRIMM+++

To; Inquisitor-Lord von Grimm, Ordo Hereticus
From; Inquisitor Bigotin, Ordo Hereticus
Subject; Inquisitorial Item Of Interest BD-4992, "A Space Marine's Tale"
Transmitted; Inquisitorial Fortress, Bethor VIII
Transmitter; Astropath Ginla
Receiver; Astropath Wulesh

Salutations Lord!

One additional piece of information you will find interesting. In Purge BD-4992 we came across a text claiming to be the writings of a Space Marine. These writings claim to reveal information on a strange xenon race. Analysis of the text reveals some incongruities. Firstly, the Space Marine involved is on the rolls of the chapter, but the battle mentioned as a reason for his transport to this realm has not happened. Secondly, while he claims to be a sergeant, the Marine in question is still a scout.

That's it. The 'story' was written as a diary-style series of entries, and was being 'analysed' by the reader in the position of the Inquisitor the letter is addressed to. However, it would turn out that it was a fictional story being read, and that the whole thing was going to be written by someone else. Bleugh.

[Sordid]

Think about it: it was always cute watching Twilight overreact about every little detail trying to make Celestia happy, despite her being completely benign and gentle.

Well not quite, she's always had this faint aura of evil, IMO. I mean, she banished her own sister to the moon for a thousand years! C'mon! If I had a teacher who'd done such a thing, I'd be trying really really hard to please her too.

But now, Celestia's demonstrated that she can and will at any time magically appear in a ball of light over Twilight's head and start talking about punishment.

Well to be quite fair, she didn't. It was Twi and the rest of the mane six who started with the punishment talk.

That's not a good change.

Oh I disagree. It may be out of character and completely unintended by the writers of the show, but I do enjoy evil Celestia quite a lot. Admittedly that's probably because I'm a sick fuck and like to screw up other people's work, so finding an alternative interpretation like this allows me to go "neener neener" at the show's makers.

[Dsarker]

Celestia has never been shown to be evil.

[Sordid]

I beg to differ.

[Dsarker]

Sister feels unappreciated and is bringing the world to famine, wiping out all food supplies, but you know, the world will freeze first.


So you punish her appropriately.

[Sordid]

Sister feels unappreciated and is bringing the world to famine, wiping out all food supplies, but you know, the world will freeze first.

Pure conjecture. Given how in Equestria every single thing in the environment is under strict governmental control (including the changing of seasons), I'd say there's no reason to think any of that would occur.

So you punish her appropriately.

Or you could resolve the situation peacefully, without hurting anyone, by just giving her a bit of the old attention and love. Just a thought.
But no, putting her into solitary confinement for a thousand years sounds like a much better idea overall.

[Dsarker]

Sister feels unappreciated and is bringing the world to famine, wiping out all food supplies, but you know, the world will freeze first.

Pure conjecture. Given how in Equestria every single thing in the environment is under strict governmental control (including the changing of seasons), I'd say there's no reason to think any of that would occur.

Yes, and this control is being stopped. Which is why it's a danger.

So you punish her appropriately.

Or you could resolve the situation peacefully, without hurting anyone, by just giving her a bit of the old attention and love. Just a thought.
But no, putting her into solitary confinement for a thousand years sounds like a much better idea overall.

Which appears to have been tried and failed. Just a thought.

[Sordid]

Yes, and this control is being stopped. Which is why it's a danger.

No it isn't. The only thing that's being changed is the figurehead. It's a coup, not an anarchist revolution.

Which appears to have been tried and failed. Just a thought.

And where does it say that, pray tell? The opening of the first episode says Celestia tried to reason with Luna. That's not the same thing at all.

[LordBucket]

Sister feels unappreciated and is bringing the world to famine, wiping out all food supplies, but you know, the world will freeze first.

Pure conjecture. Given how in Equestria every single thing in the environment
is under strict governmental control there's no reason to think any of that would occur.

Season 1 episode 1, 45 seconds:
Narrator: "The younger sister refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn."

Season 1 episode 1, 1 minute:
Narrator: "She vowed that she would shroud the land in eternal night

Season 1 episode 1, 21 minutes 26 seconds:
Nightmare Moon: "Remember this day little ponies, for it was your last. From this moment forth, the night...will last...FOREVER!!!"


Trivia question: what happens to crops when they get no sunlight forever?

Or you could resolve the situation peacefully, without hurting anyone,
by just giving her a bit of the old attention and love.

Well, if you need someone to help carry out that plan to deliver bucket-loads of love and snuggles to Luna, I volunteer.

[Dsarker]

Quote authors are the wrong way around.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Apparently, as long as she was Nightmare Moon, there was no way to properly communicate with her. Celestia resorted to the sheer power of the Elements of Harmony and did the only thing she (probably, at the time) thought she could do. Remember, she was a thousand years younger at that time, and whatever your maximum lifespan, that is a lot of time. She was probably as small then as Luna is now, perhaps only slightly older.

And yes, eternal night is about as bad as can be for every nonmagical pony in the land. Magically gifted unicorns might be able to create food, but all crops will eventually die and the ecosystems at large will be completely ruined. Society as it is will crumble.

[Dsarker]

And as for Discord...

Only his immediate effects are noticed, but for example: he takes away people's free will, taking from some their very mind.

[Sordid]

Apparently, as long as she was Nightmare Moon, there was no way to properly communicate with her.

Again, based on what? It doesn't say that anywhere. The only thing it says is that Luna refused to listen because of "the bitterness in her heart". The problem with that is of course that this information comes from a book, which comes from Celestia's library. Not the most unbiased of sources, you have to admit.

And yes, eternal night is about as bad as can be for every nonmagical pony in the land. Magically gifted unicorns might be able to create food, but all crops will eventually die and the ecosystems at large will be completely ruined. Society as it is will crumble.

Again, that is based on the assumption that Equestria is governed by the same laws of physics as our world, but it's been shown numerous times that it isn't. The only thing that works the same as our world is the Everfree Forest, and most ponies would probably be quite glad to get rid of that.