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Published: 2014-01-19 16:48:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 137825; Favourites: 2234; Downloads: 653
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...What, you don't think Nightmare Moon was the only one that snapped on that fateful day? Legends tell of a dark tale that overcame both princesses when they went to war with one another. They would say that after the great battle Princess Celestia's lamented only grew worse the longer her sister remained on the moon. All the pleasurable company in the land could not console her. She would sit on her throne and gaze off into a corner of the room. Whenever food was offered she would not even bat an eye towards the lustrous platters of exotic dishes before her. It was almost as if the glow of the moon was her last ray of sunshine.
As days passed her hair slowly lost its luminousity, and more and more strands were noticably out-of-place from discontinued brushing; her guards saw a lost version of what was once a great ruler of their proud land. Her behaviour continued to worsen and a temporary senate had to form to govern the land. She stayed in her quarters most of the time; and the last time anyone has heard her spoke was when she ordered her guards to prevent anyone from disturbing her in her own chambers. She needed help and nobody knew what to do.
About 15 days several staff in the palace have noticed their leader walking around the palace grounds... aimlessly. She would stop to look at blank walls... *flip flip flip* Wait... seriously? They literally threw kittens, puppies, and baby ponies at her until she cheered up a little. This is the worst ending ever- what a cop-out! THEY RUINED THE FANDOM!
[*Dumps a box full of kittens onto Sunset Shimmer*]
Hey! What the heck are you- awww who's a good kitteee?! Who's a good kittey?! Snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie!
I prove my point. Now, if I can get these kittens back to Fluttershy I would- OH CELESTIA; THAT KITTY HAS A BOW on its head!
I wasn't sure how to respond to Princess Celestia banishing her sister being met with a single tear in the season 4 opener. Apparently in my head, spending 21 hours over 3 days working on a single comic strip that tried to make that impact hit harder was the ideal solution... I'm not really sure what my brain was thinking in forcing me into an all-nighter. ****.
I also wanted to stretch my boundaries in comic-making once again; there's a few new tricks I threw into the cogs this time around to make this happen. This would have been impossible to produce using MS Paint alone.
Credits:
Princess Celestia vector (Panel 4/5) originally by BlueDragonHans
Nightmare Moon vector (Panel 6) by Fehlung, Princess Celestia vector (Panel 6) by EmberFiremane
Nightmare Moon vector (Panel 8) AND the Princess Celestia vector (Panel 8/16) by 90Sigma
Nightmare Moon vector (Panel 13) by iFoxTrax
Princess Celestia vector (Panel 15) by SonicBreakbeat
Princess Celestia vector (Panel 17) originally by FloppyChiptunes
Starry Background (Panel 7) originally by SilverVectors
Background (Panel 12/17) by Soren-the-Owl
Moon vector (Panel 17) by SpiritofthwWolf
I claim ownership of all other art assets; I pretty much watched 80 minutes of scrambled my little pony sections and spend ungodly amounts of time drawing, redrawing, and piecing together the fillies.
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Comments: 353
TID3000 In reply to ??? [2014-01-23 14:36:45 +0000 UTC]
Pretty sure her feelings of rejection were intensified and molded by those moon demons who live on the Back of the Space Mirror, and Maybe Celestia is so old as a Combination of the Elements acting as The golden sun did prolonging life, or she uses Black Magic and steals Bodies, and lives so long to be able to see Her Sister again, Seems Logically Psychotic
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luluflaire In reply to ??? [2014-01-22 03:18:14 +0000 UTC]
Well, my computer just drowned in tears
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BADASSassin In reply to ??? [2014-01-22 00:51:34 +0000 UTC]
My heart can't handle these feels!
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Dagould1984 In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 22:34:48 +0000 UTC]
Lie down, try not to cry, cry a lot.
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Ester-Sombermoon In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 21:09:28 +0000 UTC]
These feels. Why do they hurt me so?
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TID3000 In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 15:44:42 +0000 UTC]
This Reminds me of That Episode Of Kenichi when Miyu and Valkirye Find they both like cats, just the description though, and How many think Celestia and Luna have a Mario and Luigi Siblings thing or Not
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GUILLE832 In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 14:55:42 +0000 UTC]
You´ve managed the element of time incredibly well! Fantastic job, really touching.
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FeanorKelsick In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 10:42:57 +0000 UTC]
very nice, I think you def succeeded at making it more impact...ful? anyway gj, i was enthralled
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aohoshi2008 In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 09:23:12 +0000 UTC]
I feel both thier pain very well. So glad in the end they get to be together.VV
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thesilvermanedpony In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 08:36:34 +0000 UTC]
God Damn! That is some deep stuff!
You're awesome!
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Chaotic-Brony In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 06:42:39 +0000 UTC]
Fantastic work. I can see you really put a lot of effort into this.
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Bumpedjunk In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 05:04:54 +0000 UTC]
Woah that was heavy. Very cool juxtaposition of story, I wish the show had done something like that.
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ArguingPizza In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 04:16:15 +0000 UTC]
Jesus that was heart wrenching. Especially the first transition, where its filly Celestia to NMM celestia. Also, you make those two friggin adorable as fillies. 6/5
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Animewolfgamer In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 03:37:52 +0000 UTC]
I hope they expand more on what we got in the season 4 opener.
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freebird429 In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 03:37:40 +0000 UTC]
Wow, you can really feel the tension between the two sides of the comic. Great job, I always enjoy your stuff
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sigel4ever In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 01:41:59 +0000 UTC]
oh man....
indeed we deserve a better explanation than the only one shoot incident
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zaiali In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 01:37:57 +0000 UTC]
no no no n o no no noNO! NO!N O! NO!
. . .that's not what happenend. = 3
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ChaudStarpower In reply to ??? [2014-01-20 01:15:04 +0000 UTC]
-hugs celestia- don't cry.....
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SillyOlBear1989 In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 23:08:52 +0000 UTC]
Poor Celestia...*huggles the sad princess*
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TheDemonOfSloth In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 22:47:25 +0000 UTC]
Of all of the comics of Tia grieving about Luna's banishment, this is one of my favourites.
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schneelocke In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 21:44:37 +0000 UTC]
I completely agree; that's got to have been incredibly difficult for Celestia as well, so much more than anyone who's not gone through the same could possibly imagine.
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Billblok In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 20:05:15 +0000 UTC]
"I wasn't sure how to respond to Princess Celestia banishing her sister being met with a single tear in the season 4 opener."
Well to argue, who's to say Celestia didn't actually grieve after the banishment, when the adrenaline wore off?
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splatter789 In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 19:44:55 +0000 UTC]
"Twilight: [*Dumps a box full of kittens onto Sunset Shimmer*]
Sunset Shimmer: Hey! What the heck are you- awww who's a good kitteee?! Who's a good kittey?! Snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie snuggie!"
Haha! Sunset Shimmer sounds like ME when I'm around a cat!
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BrightestStarlight In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 19:32:39 +0000 UTC]
this should have been in the episode...
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Tatsurou-san In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 19:14:27 +0000 UTC]
This was so beautiful.
Also, loved the dialogue under the comic as well.
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DarthWill3 In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 19:06:23 +0000 UTC]
Man... That's rough...
Tia and Woona are SO CUTE as fillies!
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nerdboy20950 In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 18:51:07 +0000 UTC]
Wow! What a great comic! I always love your concepts and this is no exception! Keep up the great work.
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BenRG In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 18:00:51 +0000 UTC]
This is something that they really needed to do in that flashback sequence - Celestia to totally break-down and the last thing Twilight sees before returning to the present is her wailing and begging Luna to forgive her.
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Crimson-Shield In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 17:32:25 +0000 UTC]
This is really nice, not only for the art but for the idea and what it's trying to make up for. The fact that such a big event was carried out in the space of about five minutes was a major disappointment in the season 4 premier and I can't help but wish they'd given it more time. Wonderful job!
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indigomist15 In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 17:18:19 +0000 UTC]
why would you poist something like that!?!? ....its amazing...
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SaTeLLiTe-singular In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 17:12:29 +0000 UTC]
Wow!
first time something is touched my heart
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akdsmith In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 17:12:13 +0000 UTC]
All...the...feels!
And loving the description, as always!
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WikusVanDeMerwe In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 17:03:22 +0000 UTC]
ERROR, ERROR, FEEEEEEEELING!!!
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SaTeLLiTe-singular In reply to ElementOf-Loyalty [2014-01-19 17:12:14 +0000 UTC]
Hey!
Don't scold NM anymore, because come people like his ...aaaa... character & his body, maybe...
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Moonofthedarknight In reply to ??? [2014-01-19 16:53:06 +0000 UTC]
T-T Beautiful job! I wish they had shown at least a few seconds of Celestia breaking down after banishing Luna.
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