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Edit: 1-12-12000 views? /falls over(and quickly nearing 13,000!)
Man had I known this would get so much attention I'd started doing these earlier, I love you guys!
~Has been my most viewed deviation since just under 2000 views and is now my most faved piece.
Thank you all for the views, faves, wonderful comments and watches ~ I love you all ^_^
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Edit: At least the one piece of art I ever do that gets over 7000 views is a serious one.
Thanks everyone
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Edit: Wow! Over 4000 views! Far out, Thank you everyone!
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Thank you Equestria Daily!
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I am not all that familiar with the use of the Royal Voice in the cartoon (haven't seen past S2Ep2) and for the sake of making it easy to read - (as well as the fact NMM doesn't use the royal voice in S1Ep1) I just kept with normal English)
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I feel bad for NMM both in the show and in this comic. She did bring it upon herself with trying to bring eternal night, but in the end she was still Celestia's sister and was forced to the torment of 1000 years alone.
I do not blame her for wanting revenge upon her return - she may have surrendered her fight for darkening Equestria forever after initially being defeated, but 1000 years is a long, cruel amount of time and vengeance is probably all she could think about.
Isn't it incredibly weird how - despite NMM's return destined to be at its 1000th year anniversary / Summer Sun Celebration - that she returns JUST as Twilight starts reading about her?
Anyway, if you don't recognize the reference in the comic, I'll explain it below.
If you wish not to see spoilers of the movie 'Rise of the Guardians' skip to the stuff under the ------
A guardian gets their power from those who believe in them. If a Guardian isn't believed in (or feared in Pitch's case) then they lose their power and become invisible to everyone but other Guardians.
For an example of power loss, the Easter Bunny is an anthro-bunny in his normal state but when he is not believed in, he literally shrinks and turns into just another regular rabbit (that can talk).
Basically, I got the idea from the movie and merged it with MLP and Nightmare Moon's banishment.
However instead of being banished to the moon, Celestia cast a spell on all the folk in Equestria to no longer fear nor believe in NMM (supported by the way no one but Twilight knows about her in S1Ep1). Because she is no longer feared nor believed in, she becomes invisible - and any living thing can simply pass right through her - but she also can't wreak havoc or alter the moon/sun because her powers have faded.
During the movie, if a Guardian isn't believed in and a real person runs through them (because they can't see them) it's a real shock for that Guardian. This is reflected in NMM's expression in the 2nd last panel.
As a result, NMM actually imprisons herself on the moon until the spell wears off and she senses the presence of one who believes.
It was proven in the movie it literally only takes 1 to believe for majority of their power to come back/remain. Unfortunately that 1 was Twilight...
/cue Episode 1.
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I figured the Temple where the elements were stored would not have been damaged and such 1000 years prior to the mane 6 discovering it so there is no damage or cobwebs or anything.
There are only a few non-canon things I support when it comes to MLP.
One of them I don't agree with, is that whatever happened when Celestia banished NMM, she was not being this... 'Trollestia'.
Granted I still find some of the Trollestia stuff a little funny, when it comes to banishing NMM it's really not funny anymore. You can't joke about banishing your sister to the moon for 1000 years.
Fun Facts about the Comic:
-The whole thing began with this:
-The original file size of the comic was 3929 x 25182 px
-I had to save the characters, background and speech bubbles/border/etc. as 3 seperate files and merge them - or my computer would have crashed. (Note to self, work smaller next time...)
-All backgrounds and characters are drawn by me from several references found on google and dA. References were used for the two Royal Guards, the temple, the 'Mare in the Moon' Moon and the outside night panel backgrounds. However everything was drawn by hand, nothing was traced. No references were used for Celestia or NMM other than for colour reference.
-It took half a week to make this (majority hours of the day) not including the original 'Last Chance' image.
-Royal Guards are a Royal PAIN to draw.
Comic and Art ©
MLP:FiM © Hasbro
My parents and pretty much everyone in real life (off-internet) aside from a select few don't support my liking of MLP: FiM and it was awkward drawing it in our open computer room but nevertheless I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed making this so I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I did drawing it
1000 years later
MAHAHAHAHA! I have returned - Equestria has seen it's last light of day! Now, the night will last forever! MAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!
WHA? WHO STARTED BELIEVING IN HER AGAIN?
Oops...
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Comments: 128
ShadoWolfozo In reply to ??? [2012-12-31 04:23:57 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I thought the connection between The Guardians on earth and the Guardians (Alicorns) in Equestria fitted nicely :3
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DarkSniperKnight [2012-12-31 03:12:11 +0000 UTC]
Good work! The idea behind it reminds me of BackGround Pony. Truly an epic story. But good work.
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to DarkSniperKnight [2012-12-31 03:14:08 +0000 UTC]
Never read Background Pony, I'll have to go look it up
Thank you!
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DarkSniperKnight In reply to ShadoWolfozo [2012-12-31 04:20:55 +0000 UTC]
You can go to fimfiction. It is a very long read about Lyra Heartstring. I think 20 chapters with average 10k words per chapter.
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to DarkSniperKnight [2012-12-31 04:22:09 +0000 UTC]
I'll have to go have a looksy next time I'm on fimfiction.
Thanks for telling me
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Firedon In reply to ??? [2012-12-31 02:49:28 +0000 UTC]
Sooo, basically like the belief system of Discworld?
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to Firedon [2012-12-31 03:09:30 +0000 UTC]
Have not heard of 'Discworld' before.
It follows the idea that if you don't believe in a Guardian (Santa, Easter Bunny, etc.) then they become invisible, lose their powers and you expect nothing from them.
In this case Celestia's cursed all of Equestria to forget NMM so that the land could be safe.
I was going to add speech to the guards along the lines of:
"Heh, I'm so glad it's finally over.. I can't even remember who we were fighting!"
"Who cares?! The war's over!"
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Firedon In reply to ShadoWolfozo [2012-12-31 11:59:47 +0000 UTC]
Ah, ok.
Discworld is a world created by Terry Pratchett, basically, its a disc(with the people and everything on top) that rests on the backs of four giant elephants, that stand on the back of a giant turtle, which swims through space.
The gods there gain power by gaining believers. One book is about the god of a giant religion, whose followers started to believe in their system instead of believing in him. There is only one guy left that believes in HIM directly, so he manifests as a small turtle and can only speak to his believer and everyone else sees him as just a turtle. If he were to lose that believer, he would basically turn into a normal turtle and his spirit would be dragged into a certain desert to eternally try and gain a new follower.
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to Firedon [2012-12-31 13:49:40 +0000 UTC]
So all three basically follow the same idea that if they don't believe the gods/guardians lose their power.
It's still a neat idea.
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GreatTeacherDiCenso In reply to ??? [2012-12-31 02:35:34 +0000 UTC]
Interesting alternative take on the subject. Reminds me of (Was it Neil Gaiman where I got this from?) the concept that gods only exist as long as people remember them, not necessarily worship them.
So basically, it's all Twilight's fault!
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to GreatTeacherDiCenso [2012-12-31 03:11:18 +0000 UTC]
The idea gods only have power whilst people believe and love them is also implemented in the movie Clash of the Titans.
And it makes sense, if Celestia was to not be loved in and supported I would expect her power to lessen.
Hehe, yeah! It's all Twilight's fault
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Infinite-Scratch In reply to ??? [2012-12-31 02:21:04 +0000 UTC]
and later celestia and luna learned that everything they got rid of 1000 years ago just happen to come back at almost the exact same time
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to Infinite-Scratch [2012-12-31 03:13:00 +0000 UTC]
Hahaha, yeah
well I'd think even if NMM gave up trying to darken Equestria after she was initially defeated, that 1000 years of loneliness and torment would consequently effect her mind and no doubt she would be looking for revenge.
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Infinite-Scratch In reply to ShadoWolfozo [2012-12-31 04:40:17 +0000 UTC]
got a little sister throwing a tantrum? 1000 YEARS ON THE MOON!
spirit of chaos making trouble in your neighborhood? 1000 YEARS IN STONE!
shape-shifting queen of bugs comin yo house like a punk? HUEY LEWIS!
evil unicorn of hate and darkness? turn him into the smoke monster from lost AND 1000 YEARS UNDER ICE AND STONE!...oh and blame the 1000 year disappearance of his empire on him
the neighbors dog takes a dump on your front lawn and he doesnt pick it up?...come on kids SAY IT WITH ME!
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epicitaly In reply to ??? [2012-12-31 02:17:15 +0000 UTC]
recognized reference as soon as they passed through her xP
luv dat movie <3
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to epicitaly [2012-12-31 03:13:38 +0000 UTC]
Yay! The movie hasn't been out long but I'm glad people are recognising the reference before reading the description
/brohoof
it's a good movie :3
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epicitaly In reply to ShadoWolfozo [2012-12-31 03:29:03 +0000 UTC]
(\
^^ well, they should >:I that movie was awesome!
Yes, yes it is ^^
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firadart In reply to ??? [2012-12-31 02:15:26 +0000 UTC]
Wow. This explanation is so awesome.
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BB-K In reply to ??? [2012-12-30 15:35:39 +0000 UTC]
That's just sad, when I look at Nightmare, she's now a spirit which nopony can see and even feel.
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ShadoWolfozo In reply to BB-K [2012-12-30 15:46:10 +0000 UTC]
Apart from other Guardians (in this case Alicorns).
And yeh it is sad... I felt bad for Pitch, despite everything he'd done, he'd already been through the torment of being alone.
So I would feel the same towards NMM. Sure she brought it upon herself, but it's her sister for Celestia's sake!
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Dralion97 In reply to ??? [2012-12-30 15:28:44 +0000 UTC]
This is EPIC!!!!! No wonder it took you so long
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