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Right, so... Way back in S2, when Tartarus first became FIM-canon and those of us on Brony-boards were busy discussing the implications, it struck me that, if Tartarus was, hypothetically, a large realm, and you kept dumping mythological creatures in it, then it could, over time, become an idyllic land populated by magic horses.

Obviously, FIM canon later built on Tartarus as a prison, so the idea of it as an alternate realm no longer works! Oh well.

Was going to never draw this idea, but it stuck in my head and I still wanted to draw a large and somewhat abstract Cerberus, so I just did it as I originally planned.

Mythology notes:
- Cerberus actually guards the gates to the Underworld, not Tartarus, so I gave him both here
- Tartarus is sometimes a force or deity rather than a place, so I phrased Cerberus' reply about looking different to cover that ("beings and concepts are not as distinct as they may seem")
- Cerberus refers to the chimera/etc as "multi-headed brethren" because in the mythology they're siblings (unlikely to be true in FIM) and I figured they should feel kinship even if that weren't the case

I tried! Feel this is one for Scraps, haha.

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Right, so... Way back in S2, when Tartarus first became FIM-canon and those of us on Brony-boards were busy discussing the implications, it struck me that, if Tartarus was, hypothetically, a large realm, and you kept dumping mythological creatures in it, then it could, over time, become an idyllic land populated by magic horses.

Obviously, FIM canon later built on Tartarus as a prison, so the idea of it as an alternate realm no longer works! Oh well.

Was going to never draw this idea, but it stuck in my head and I still wanted to draw a large and somewhat abstract Cerberus, so I just did it as I originally planned.

Mythology notes:
- Cerberus actually guards the gates to the Underworld, not Tartarus, so I gave him both here
- Tartarus is sometimes a force or deity rather than a place, so I phrased Cerberus' reply about looking different to cover that ("beings and concepts are not as distinct as they may seem")
- Cerberus refers to the chimera/etc as "multi-headed brethren" because in the mythology they're siblings (unlikely to be true in FIM) and I figured they should feel kinship even if that weren't the case

I tried! Feel this is one for Scraps, haha.