With This Ring (Young Justice SI) (Thread Fourteen)

Ah, a look in on the Renegade? I wonder what he's been up to these last few weeks. ...Honestly, when did we last see him? Christmas time, in-universe? I take it his New Years was just a bit quieter than OL's...

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And unless they end up having twins, triplets or more, that's where many leave it. Costly and tiring, of course. Consider yourself lucky indeed, Renegade.

Ah, she's more of a 'sit and watch' kind of lady, eh? At least when she's not on hooves...

Heh. Beats walking all the way to the portal room.

Ah, not who you were expecting, eh?

Huh, a bit more covered than I expected of Celestia, and yet less obviously armoured. Positively super-heroic, in fact...

I see she came prepared for trouble. Has she been listening to Luna's tales of Earth with a concealed worry, perhaps?

And this way is just a little less... Conspicuous than your naturally dazzling form?

And you're not going to let your student show you up? Feeling a little insecure about your talents, are we?

Big Oof. I rather suspect having 'dear Teacher' just show up might just make Sunset a little paranoid.

And try not to sound like you're enjoying this so much, would you?
I make no promises, Corpsman.

He's making a fuss, Sellie. I assume that's what you were about to say?

And I am so picturing the flat look she's giving Grayven right now. Because she's sure he'd be watching her somehow.

Well, you are a senior vassal of the Suzerain of Earth. Some enterprisingly foolish New God might decide to try his luck with you.

I can just tell she's thinking 'get to the point, Grayven...'

...Or with who, depending on timezones? What? She's a big girl, she can date whoever she wants.

Ah, committing SCIENCE! upon Atlantean thaumotology again?

...And now I can see the 'really?' face on Celestia. It involves a huffy frown and a squint.

Yes, I don't see her taking that sort of encounter well, especially if surprised.

And you're not the boss of him. If anything, you two are peers.

Not hiding an unannounced visit is a very different thing to calling ahead and giving people a head's-up...

Well, how would you handle a casual, friendly visit to another monarch in your world? Or do you lack any protocol for that?

Ah, still stuck in the 'used to being in charge of everything' mode, are we, Sellie?

...What.

...Because of course miss 'Socially inept' would totally grab the wrong end of the pokey stick like that.

Hey, they're hanging out, Sunset's suffering for her mistake. Let it slide.

...Oh, boy. Wait until you see human cinema.

That's an interesting way to look at it, at least.

"Honestly, you should have been expecting that. Everyone mentioned it."
"I'll thank you to keep silent, sirrah... Ow."

Really, you'd think she'd have known about that. Maybe prepare a little 'gentle falling' spell ahead of time or something. Still, this should be an amusing counterpoint to affairs in the Paragon timeline this episode. Anytime things get a little dull during the silent entry, cut to Celestia tripping over her own feet. Now, how will the children react to meting their future aunt...

 

Thank you, corrected.

"No, that's the beautiful part. When a century rolls around, the Sunsets simply age to death."

 

I dunno why but I feel Renegade is more.... mature? More savy? Gets the normal mindset of people more? Maybe it's having the children around that did it?

 

Well, one could say that Sunsets are beautiful because they are fleeting and ephemeral.

 

Of course he did, it is hilarious.

 

Damn... It's only an option, not a new renegade chapter... Oh well, that would've been asking for too much.

You know this is making me surprisingly invested in MLP even though I only watched like... 1 movie about the world turning into a desert? or something for one of my little sisters parties...

I really feel like we've been spoiled with this chapter.

 

Plz tell me he is recording that.

 

"sledding"

Also the fact that he's been mind-whammied to have positive character traits more than once.

 

‘affairs of state’?

’in ways that’ or ‘in the way that species think’?

 

I mean, can you blame her.

 

Ah a short bit of the character I actually enjoy the most.

.... Can I petition again that he be the main character and we put Paul on a bus?

 

I for one support this.

 

No, they're going to go to a cricket match and shout at the batsman. [color=transparent/I've always called it 'sledging', because you're travelling on a sledge.[/color]

Thank you, corrected.

 

"Is it that bad"

Ohh, that's an understatement.

 

I like seeing Grayven-Paul having to be the reasonable one and attemping to be a mediator but also maintaining his own renegade-ness.

 

Aelia’s grandfather is the majordomo of Queen Clea, right? Sea dwellers.

 

havent kept up with renegade. is aelia from dc?

 

Huh. A Sunset Shimmer- POV Chapter? I suppose it fits in with the Paragon side's chapters. Still a remarkable thing to encounter. I wonder what sort of things we'll see her think about that she wouldn't tell people...

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...And I am totally blanking on who that grandfather is, or his name. The current prime minister of Venturia, yes? Who refused to give up his regency to the 'rightful' heir and seceded from the Atlantean confederation in Paragon timeline after Clea died? ...How far off am I?

Well, of course. Would you want something like your great-great-grandmother's erotic poetry or an ancestor's Succubus-summoning circle on display? Never mind the actually dangerous things.

Yes, old Sunbutt really put her hoof in the mess this time, didn't she?

It's only natural that such things would have been improved on with time, after all. I bet hers literally draws itself.

Yep, lots of issues still there. Enough that she could open a news-stand with them.

Don't force yourself to compliment her, honey. You of all people deserve that honesty.

...At least Sunbutt can recognise the signs of her emotional minefield now?

Now what kind of little pony are you?

Yay, super-strength in human form without using Danner Formula. Wonder if there's any pegasus-related benefits too?

And I can just picture her expression.

...I can easily picture her having memory-repressing spells for just that purpose.

Oh, boy, how to explain this to a... Five-year-old?

Just visit every once in a while to wave your alicorn flank in Celestia's face, huh?

Though I suspect some of the things you would have said would be anatomically challenging, if not impossible.

Not to their face, no. Not unless you really want to annoy them.

I mean, she could find that sort of honesty refreshing... Sometimes.

Good advice to live by, honestly. You just have to learn when which option is best...

And given some of the fire drill-related stories I've read, some people might not take it well, even then.

Though, to be fair, Sunbutt probably felt bad about it after their heads had cooled... But by then, Sunset was on Earth...

A great many things, I suspect, and at great volume.

...Let's try to keep it G-rated, shall we, Sunset?

Alas, hind-sight is often far more clear than in the heat of the moment.

...Sadly, I rather suspect she's missing the point of them... And to be fair, it was the 'Unfinished Spell' for a reason.

...Aelia's totally picturing a magic winged unicorn in the middle of a bunch of giant toads now, isn't she?

Even if that means being brutally, unrelentingly honest, she'll do it.

...And if you're lucky, you can get to see her falling about as she tries to learn to walk on two legs instead of four.

Out of the mouths of babes, eh?

Oh, Celestia has no idea of what's going to be coming her way today, does she? If nothing else, perhaps this will be a chance for Sunset to finally say some things she's left unsaid thus far. Hopefully the Renegade has the sense to stand back, keep his head down and be ready to put a construct barrier (or a dozen) between them if it looks like things are going to come to blows...

 

You know, I've never seen MLP, and only read maybe three stories in which they featured. But somehow, I've become very invested in Sunset's storyline here. Very good storytelling!

 

No, that's correct.

No, Venturia.

 

She's good woth kids too? Surprising.

 

to back -> to go back

 

You're on the nose.

Magic can solve a lot of things.

Hey, seeing as the world has magic it's fully possible that some cults actually alter their members so that they can only regain their forms if they reach a certain level of skill.

 

Thank you, corrected.

 

I... stopped reading the renegade option some time ago, at the time the first portal to the pony world popped up, because I wasn't familiar with that fictional universe. I also thought I'd go back to catch up from after the ungulate diversion at some point, especially if the renegade stuff ever intersected with the paragon stuff.

This plan didn't seem to work too well...

 

I usually avoid fanfic of places in not familiar with too. But there are some stories that do a great job of incorporating the plot in interesting ways, even when you don't know the source material. And this is one of those stories.

Just the nature of fanfic that for every one like this, there are 10 others who just march their OC through every universe they know just to write a quick reaction scene, then forget about them.

 

google is giving me nothing. is venturia a show?

 

It's a kingdom in Atlantis that's been isolationist since WWII.

They're independent in the paragon timeline.

 

Fridge realization. How are the Great Ten handling the Justified Apocalypse in the main timeline?