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MoonlitBrush — The Takeover of Canterlot Castle

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Published: 2014-10-09 03:57:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 1183; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 0
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Description Sketch for the BerryTube Daily

FoE's counterpart to Tranquility Lane.

The Changelings were allies of Equestria for two reasons: If any single Changeling aided the Zebras then all levels of governance would be in jeopardy. The ponies had one thing the Changelings wanted: A princess who freely generates love magic. All records of the princess and the changelings were locked away until the war was over.

After the bombs fell the Changelings rushed into Stable 124, which contained machines built as part of the truce between Chrysalis and Celestia that could transfer Cadances love magic into the changelings pods, feeding them for however long they would need to stay. Chrysalis never made it to the Stable alive, and if a new Queen isn't produced the species will die, and without ponies in the Stable Cadance couldn't be converted or they would all starve. Instead, they waited.

Almost 200 years later a lone wanderer discovers the top secret Stable hidden under a wagon station, and is forcibly aided by the automated systems into one of the pods. She finds herself waking up in Canterlot long before the fall of Equestria, during an attack she never knew had occured. Chrysalis captures her, and gives her a task: make the cross-eyed pony cry.
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Comments: 16

Redtaileddolphin [2014-10-29 03:09:30 +0000 UTC]

Fascinating.  I would be interested in seeing this thought drawn out into a full story. 

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MoonlitBrush In reply to Redtaileddolphin [2014-10-29 04:29:12 +0000 UTC]

I shall, one day. At worst I'll try to find a writer who can take the general idea and flesh it out. I already have all the details sorted out, it's just the doing that's the hard part.

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Redtaileddolphin In reply to MoonlitBrush [2014-10-30 03:58:10 +0000 UTC]

I definitely know that feeling. 

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50ShadesofPony [2014-10-09 09:48:54 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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WinterDominus [2014-10-09 07:59:32 +0000 UTC]

Wait... did Chrysalis die in this story?

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MoonlitBrush In reply to WinterDominus [2014-10-09 12:22:19 +0000 UTC]

In FoE no, but the rules were to make a non-spoilery picture, so I came up with an explanation of why the Changelings never appeared in the war on the Zebras side.

In the original story the timeline ended before the royal wedding, and specifically says only the two sisters are princesses.

With this explanation there's a reason nopony has ever seen or heard of the Changelings, plus the reason why they all didn't simply starve to death in the wasteland. If you've played Fallout then you remember Tranquility Lane and Dr. Braun, and that he was disguised. In this the character Chrysalis isn't who she seems to be, and 200 years in a simulation has driven her mad a little. Originally she chose this form to keep the Changelings in check, but now she barely remembers who she was.

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WinterDominus In reply to MoonlitBrush [2014-10-09 13:20:51 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I see. Well, I played Fallout 1, 2 and 3, so I'm not out of idea who are you talking about. When I read "vault 124" it also reminded me of the game but I thought it was just a coincidence. 
Anyway, the story of Chrysalis here is still quite sad to me. :/ But the sketches are obviously very nice. 

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MoonlitBrush In reply to WinterDominus [2014-10-09 14:03:34 +0000 UTC]

Well, crud. I ought to fix that to say Stable then.

Plus the actual vault was 112, but someone took that one already as far as I know.

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WinterDominus In reply to MoonlitBrush [2014-10-09 14:05:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I see. And... Stable 112 (124)? Sounds great  

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MoonlitBrush In reply to WinterDominus [2014-10-09 14:26:07 +0000 UTC]

it was from fallout 3, main storyline.

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WinterDominus In reply to MoonlitBrush [2014-10-09 14:32:40 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I kinda didn't enjoy that part. It was quite silly to me. 

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MoonlitBrush In reply to WinterDominus [2014-10-09 14:50:12 +0000 UTC]

Well, the idea was that if you killed everyone your dad was there to see the whole thing. On the other hand, allowing everyone to live required killing them in the simulation, and they would do that repeatedly forever presumably.

In this situation I guess killing ponies would be the final task, none of them are real, however it could be part of another process to convert her into a queen.

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WinterDominus In reply to MoonlitBrush [2014-10-09 15:25:10 +0000 UTC]

Interesting concept

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AndrewDent [2014-10-09 04:26:38 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job drawing Chrissy there Especially nice work on her heavenly eyes

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MoonlitBrush In reply to AndrewDent [2014-10-09 04:58:54 +0000 UTC]

I could look at them all day. Her mouth is a bit funky though, and the legs are too short, and the tail is off, and...

as a sketch none of those problems matter, but it's good to know the eyes are good!

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AndrewDent In reply to MoonlitBrush [2014-10-09 05:10:49 +0000 UTC]

Same As for the rest of her, it looks very good for a sketch. I'd love to see the finished results

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