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A dark shadow has been cast over Ponyville. Foals are vanishing from the streets, and the trail leads in only one direction: A 1,000 year old injustice, and a dilemma that will force Twilight Sparkle to choose between justice and morality.
 
Sometimes there are no right answers.
 
Sometimes not everypony can be saved.
 
Sometimes the more that you try to be a hero the more of a villain you become.
 
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trueblue02
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Nice of you to join in AJ. Just in time to add to Rarity’s assault charge. Albeit he kinda brought it upon himself skulking around ponyville at night all cloaked up with a pony doll hanging out his bag damn well knowing the state of panic the town is in. Not to mention firing off magic bolts at someone rather than identifying one’s self and explaining what you’re doing.
JP
Cutest Little Devil - Celebrated the 14th anniversary of MLP:FIM!
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I miss the show so much
I still don’t know if this comic is meant to be taken seriously or humorously. Dark comedies exist, but this isn’t one; the story it’s trying to tell is serious, but every panel is filled with so many poor and repetitive jokes that the humour loses it’s point. And this goes all the way back to the very first part. It’s like the artist isn’t entirely sure which kind of story they want to tell, so they go overboard with jokes. “Unnecessary censorship” is a good example of going overboard: it’s used (tagged) in 18 parts out of 48! If you want to use it, use it once and then come up with a different joke in another part.
 
This artist has excellent drawing skills, but his/her story-telling skills are not fully up to the task. Teaming up with a skilled writer would be the best option.
 
Despite of this, I want to see how it ends.