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Published: 2012-11-16 02:01:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 48242; Favourites: 660; Downloads: 197
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Description EDIT: Whoa, my first EQD feature?! Thank you all so much!
To those saying that Twilight looks odd, I know. I've never really attempted to draw the female G4 style before as I'm more used to drawing horse-like faces, which is why Shining is more consistent.


Pretty much what Shining Armor suggested when he said that Celestia may let Twilight "Retake the test." How do you retake saving an Empire?
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mattwo In reply to ??? [2012-11-19 15:32:46 +0000 UTC]

I think you have "carelessly letting empires fall" confused with "ancient evils banished a thousand years ago re-emerging".

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Roarin In reply to mattwo [2012-11-19 15:37:26 +0000 UTC]

It's pretty much both.... 1000 years ago the year must have been completely unproductive

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mattwo In reply to Roarin [2012-11-19 15:39:20 +0000 UTC]

Funny, I don't recall any other kingdoms winding up like the crystal empire did within the canon...

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Roarin In reply to mattwo [2012-11-19 22:33:04 +0000 UTC]

Equestria also nearly fell to eternal night, Discord nearly took the entire world, and all that happened 1000 years ago. So yeah that year was very unproductive

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mattwo In reply to Roarin [2012-11-20 21:57:36 +0000 UTC]

That doesn't answer my question. What other kindoms fell the way the crystal empire did?

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ZetaRESP In reply to mattwo [2012-11-28 22:04:21 +0000 UTC]

That's the thing: We have no idea. Nobody knew of the Crystal Empire until the rumors of the episode appeared. Who know what other lost kingdoms might be scattered over the universe...

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mattwo In reply to ZetaRESP [2012-11-29 01:51:19 +0000 UTC]

That's exactly my point: He's making it sound like there are others confirmed.

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ZetaRESP In reply to mattwo [2012-11-29 02:00:58 +0000 UTC]

Well, there could be. Who knows? As it was mantioned before, 1000 years ago things were kinda slow, so there had to be an evil force around. One can suppose that some places still need a fix or two. We have no idea.

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mattwo In reply to ZetaRESP [2012-11-29 05:20:13 +0000 UTC]

To be honest we don't know exactly how bad things were either.

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ZetaRESP In reply to mattwo [2012-11-29 22:04:47 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, pretty much. In my canon, Celestia had it even harder after Luna's banishment, as she was unable to properly wield the Elements of Harmony. My fanfic's villain, a long time ago, was a pegasus who wanted power, so he embraced the dark power of fire and became a menace to the world. Celestia tried to banish him, but her lack of faith made it hard. She finally sealed his body in the Mythic Forest, which lies beyond Everfree Forest and close to the gate to Tartarus(in my canon, beyond the Everfree Forest is unknown territory, not even Tia knows what lies there), but his spirit slowly became a devicorn, managing to reach Ponyville and trigger the B plot of my fanfic, "MLP: Mythic Forest".

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mattwo In reply to ZetaRESP [2012-11-30 01:35:26 +0000 UTC]

If you say so...

I don't read fanfics, so really saying that was a waste of your time...

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ZetaRESP In reply to mattwo [2012-11-30 01:44:13 +0000 UTC]

Chale, as you wish. I'm also on a original fic about a murderer cannibal hero.

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mattwo In reply to ZetaRESP [2012-11-30 02:15:16 +0000 UTC]

Yea, SO not interested.

You're barking up the wrong tree there.

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ZetaRESP In reply to mattwo [2012-11-30 04:05:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...

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Roarin In reply to mattwo [2012-11-21 00:11:16 +0000 UTC]

You didn't ask a question in the last one therefore I don't have anything to answer. You went off with "..."

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mattwo In reply to Roarin [2012-11-23 22:27:39 +0000 UTC]

Whatever, still the same implication. Now you going to explain? Because now it sounds like you're just avoiding explaining.

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Roarin In reply to mattwo [2012-11-24 03:02:17 +0000 UTC]

1000 years ago was very unproductive... Are you one of those bronies that's really crazy into the show or something because your taking this way to seriously. All kinds of stuff happened exactly 1000 years ago in the show. So it was unproductive. Kingdoms fell. Equestria failed at first as you can see the old castle in Everfree Forest. The crystal empire fell (vanished). Discord's empire fell as well. Villains surfaced up in that time period seeking either chaos, forever night, or slaves and lots of missed opportunities to learn proper English (Last two are all on Sombra) (He was a terrible villain and not terrible in a good way the bad way) So 1000 years ago was unproductive. There's your over complicated answer that you were searching for I hope you're happy

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mattwo In reply to Roarin [2012-11-24 04:09:55 +0000 UTC]

See the thing is you're making pure conjecture.

Only one kingom was confirmed to have fallen, when did it say any others fell? That is what I am asking.

Sombra was the only villain who is confirmed to enslave ponies too, Discord just used them as his playthings, but they weren't exactly slaves, and Nightmare Moon didn't even get the chance.

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Centaur71 [2012-11-18 21:44:34 +0000 UTC]

cool style; semi-realistic cartoon ponies.

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horserat [2012-11-18 21:20:27 +0000 UTC]

I love your style!

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Haku1013 [2012-11-18 18:28:31 +0000 UTC]

"How do you retake saving an Empire?"

By destroying the rebel alliance, duh.

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tigreanpony [2012-11-18 15:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Lol tht is a great punch line.

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YesImDeadpool In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 15:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Wait for terrifying space monsters to crash land in Manehattan?

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TheStarryPegasus In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 15:05:36 +0000 UTC]

This is exactly what I thought. XD

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KateSWalker In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 14:26:49 +0000 UTC]

Haha! I made this exact comment after seeing the second part yesterday before the new episode. XD

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Jazzglenn421 In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 13:21:33 +0000 UTC]

I really like how you have them neatly drawn

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Tearahk In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 12:27:11 +0000 UTC]

That's kinda what I thought when I heard him say that. In fact, I think one of my friends asked that when he first saw it. XD

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UltraTheHedgetoaster In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 12:19:11 +0000 UTC]

"How do you retake saving an Empire?"

Time travel.

...I kinda found it odd that Spike was the one bringing up the concern of "failing the test" when Twilight got trapped by the ... err, "dark crystals".
Err. Priorities, much?

...

Hehe... just imagine Twilight telling King Sombra off, pleading that she needs "5 more minutes" to "complete her test", and he being all like "NO! You put your quills away right now, and turn that scroll in, or else you won't pass this semester!"

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tailsdollcreator In reply to UltraTheHedgetoaster [2012-11-18 12:51:15 +0000 UTC]

acctually, it'd be more like "brraaaaggg! merrgah! crystals!"

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UltraTheHedgetoaster In reply to tailsdollcreator [2012-11-18 18:44:07 +0000 UTC]

...I see your point.

... hm. How exactly did Sombra run a kingdom with such a limited vocabulary, anyway?

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tailsdollcreator In reply to UltraTheHedgetoaster [2012-11-18 20:40:18 +0000 UTC]

royal traslator?
just smak everyone around til they got it right?
...
i'm leaning more towards the second one......

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UltraTheHedgetoaster In reply to tailsdollcreator [2012-11-18 20:55:26 +0000 UTC]

Either that, or he actually used to be capable of rational speech ... but I'd guess a 1000 year imprisonment in solitude doesn't do all that well with one's mental health, if one is a mortal unicorn as opposed to a godlike alicorn to begin with.

Either THAT, or his dark powers gave him brain damage.

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tailsdollcreator In reply to UltraTheHedgetoaster [2012-11-18 21:47:19 +0000 UTC]

or both.or pinkie pie!

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UltraTheHedgetoaster In reply to tailsdollcreator [2013-05-16 12:12:50 +0000 UTC]

...well, seeing what choices Trixxie made while harnessing the power / under the influence of the Alicorn amulet ("Wheels cannot be trusted"), I'd strongly lean towards "Sombra's dark powers gave him brain damage".

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Fragnostic [2012-11-18 11:42:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow, your Twilight is so cute!

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Pony-Berserker In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 11:17:52 +0000 UTC]

This is quite exactly what I thought at the end of that episode!

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sonicblast31 In reply to ??? [2012-11-18 08:57:16 +0000 UTC]

That's exactly what I thought at that scene lol.

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sgtbri93 [2012-11-18 08:26:15 +0000 UTC]

His eyes... his eyes.. I love his eyes. I adore his eyes, I must make my irises the same.

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DarkestSunset [2012-11-18 08:09:48 +0000 UTC]

I was thinking the same thing xD

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DragonTurtle2 [2012-11-18 08:06:16 +0000 UTC]

The backgrounds are the same, and there isn't anything going on in them. What saves this comic is that all six figures featured were all clearly drawn separately, and from scratch. Your style is also one I haven't seen before. Without saying whether it needs work or not, being truly unique is noteworthy.

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Enmar123 [2012-11-18 05:56:23 +0000 UTC]

That would be...
very kind...
of her...?
o-o?

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Peterbrony [2012-11-18 04:32:35 +0000 UTC]

Also, all we ever saw of the Crystal "Empire" was one city. Come to think of it, it makes more sense for it to be a city, as more people would notice if an entire COUNTRY vanished. Also, my new theory about Luna becoming Nightmare Moon is that it wasn't actually jealousy, but rather stress of the million problems going on at the time. Why is it that every problem Equestria ever had all occurred roughly a thousand years ago, to reemerge all at more or less the same time?

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EnteringTheNethery In reply to Peterbrony [2012-11-18 05:58:37 +0000 UTC]

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Dflowen [2012-11-18 04:23:51 +0000 UTC]

"You have a big horse face." - Pinkie Pie, "No I Don't.... *Neighhhhh" - Twilight Sparkle ~ .mov series LOL

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tomw20 [2012-11-18 04:15:12 +0000 UTC]

Your style is very interesting, and cool. I like it!

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Ophiel004 [2012-11-18 03:27:33 +0000 UTC]

LMAOOO!!!
I like your style

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almightybooda [2012-11-18 02:41:06 +0000 UTC]

This was what I thought when he said she could retake it

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MVerseDFender [2012-11-18 02:26:45 +0000 UTC]

He better hope Celestia didn't hear that.

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Andarn [2012-11-18 01:43:09 +0000 UTC]

I clicked on this because I like the art style.

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firehero7600 [2012-11-18 01:41:14 +0000 UTC]

if saving an empire is the test, then twilight has already passed that 3x before season 3 started...

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