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Published: 2012-08-16 21:07:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1288; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 93
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A late night stroll or something far more underground? You decide! Featured on EQD! [link] As for time, it took roughly a week to make this.*Note I am about as green as they come (what you are looking at is my second finished image) and would really appreciate some feedback!
*Cutie mark placement now fixed
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My first thought was "Scarlet Pimpernel!!!!!!" Loverly job.
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I was wondering what he was magic-ing at first. It's subtle, and I like that.
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If Fancypants is controlling one star, who's controlling the other three?
Trixie
Blueblood
Chrysalis
Cadence
Shinning Armor
OOH! Could you make similar pictures with three of them? It would make a lot of sense!
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That is a great idea! I might actually see about making some more along the same idea. I could stage each one around a different character, a different place in Equestria... I am liking this idea.
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o/~ Me and Fancypants / We've got a thing going on... / We both know that it's wrong / But it's much too strong / To let it go now... o/~
Sorry, just had a Billy Paul moment there.
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The Mare in the Moon in the background, casting his shadow in front of him, suggests to me that perhaps Nightmare Moon had an agent in Canterlot prior to her attempted coup and subsequent defeat...
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Almost exactly my thoughts! Here is a little extra food for thought, a quote from episode 1. "On the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape"...
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nice 
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Thank you for pointing this out! I might attend to that shortly.
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you're welcome
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Finally some Fancypants love! Devilishly handsome in the moonlight, awesome job!
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Mysterious! I'd love to know the plot behind this, if there is one.
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My inspiration for this piece came from a quote early on in the series, "On the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid in her escape.." I am fairly certain some glowy dots wouldn't be that useful, so it instead I thought of taking a deeper meaning for the phrase. Those are my thoughts, but it is open to all opinions.
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Well, I'm inclined to believe "The stars will aid in her escape" to imply that since the sun is a star and Celestia controls the sun, that it was Celestia who freed Nightmare Moon, that's why she wasn't around when NMM escaped. Nothing that happened that night was a surprise to her, it was really Celestia springing a thousand year old trap to free her sister.
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A fine point! However, if you do recall, it was Celestia who banished Nightmare Moon for a thousand years, and she seemed more than eager for some revenge. For this reason I doubt that Celestia simply went in to hiding, but instead was banished or captured by some means. Another point is that Nightmare Moon mentions that the ponies will never see their princess again, something she couldn't be so certain of if Celestia was still roaming free. As for her knowledge of what was to come, she herself stated that she was aware of the prophecies.
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Wow...
You did a great job! It really looks like something from the actual show!
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