08-06-2017, 08:36 PM
Today I finished The God Empress of Ponykind. For those of you familiar with 40K the title will be a blazingly obvious sign of an MLP/40K crossover. It is, but not in the way you might imagine. In this story, Princess Celestia is, in fact, the God Emperor of Mankind, sent through the dimensions by Tzeentch, and it draws parallels between Nightmare Moon's story and the Horus Heresy, including giving a neat idea for the origin of Nightmare, the Shadowbolts, and a semi-plausible reason Celestia would choose to release Discord in the series.
There's quite a bit of gore, but most of it is in the first chapters, which are still in the human verse, so pony gore, while present is kept to a minimum. It does affect Twiight's great-great-great (X?) Grandmare though, so I can't give it a total pass.
The writing is good, but not great, the story is fun, and the characterization is surprisingly strong, and well thought-out. All in all, I give it a 7/10. Definitely worth a read, whetehr you're a fan of 40K or not (All hail the Emperor!).
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There's quite a bit of gore, but most of it is in the first chapters, which are still in the human verse, so pony gore, while present is kept to a minimum. It does affect Twiight's great-great-great (X?) Grandmare though, so I can't give it a total pass.
The writing is good, but not great, the story is fun, and the characterization is surprisingly strong, and well thought-out. All in all, I give it a 7/10. Definitely worth a read, whetehr you're a fan of 40K or not (All hail the Emperor!).
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Spoiler
Don't hesitate to AM(A)A
The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.
The bigger you build the bonfire, the more darkness is revealed.
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour.