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@E-123  
Rather tragically she did understand the need for friendship, and often tried, but her friends all tended to die on her. Normally because she both emphasised with and attracted equally damaged souls, half of who became villains. (in fact Littlepip dropped a boxcar on one of her friends)
 
Funnily enough Celestia ended up becoming one of her oldest and closest friends, simply for how long they knew each other. Since they could actually talk to each other (and as pointed out, were both incredibly old, incredibly damaged individuals who had both given up hope but were too stubborn/afraid to die) they actually forged quite a bond over their decades together.
 
Friendship is magic is one of the major themes of my fic actually. Wouldn’t be MLP without it!
 
Ultimately, no one is strong, skilled and badass enough to save the world. The only thing that can, is to inspire others to join you in making it better, day by day, and by inspiring heroes after you to continue that work. Quite a few characters protest that they’re just as skilled as strong as one of the original heroes, completely missing the fact that they’re terrible people with a moral core of jelly, and therefore inspire no one to anything.

@Philweasel  
Oh, so she suffered the same problem like Storm King.
 
“I can fulfill my dreams without any friends”
 
Classic.
 
Its funny how having friends in the world of MLP is almost obligatory.

@E-123  
Celestia actually. She still couldn’t get past that unbreakable shield. She even acquired access codes, but Celestia blocked her.
 
Her abiding issue is that she was so cynical and abrasive, she never really acquired any true allies, and her selfishness and single mindedness often inadvertently sabotaged those who did end up trusting her.

@Philweasel  
By how you describe her, I wonder why or who stopped her in doing her dream.
 
I mean, the SSP is only protected by the Enclave and a couple of superbots if I can remember.

@E-123  

 
My ‘level 31’ villian didn’t quite have ten in ever stat, but she was level 31 and abused the trait system quite horribly by taking several that were clearly never supposed to be used together. In the story itself she was pretty much invincible, and plowed through entire armies. Fluttershy’s stare worked once but she made sure to prepare for it the next time, and detonating a crystal heart expy in her face only slowed her down.
 
She was pretty much an exercise in grand irony, as she was a hundred and sixty something years old, and her ultimate goal since she was a young woman was to activate the gardens of Equestria and save the world. Later she moved on to taking control of the SPP and saving the world.
 
She failed, of course, and some talentless, naïve, vault dweller fuck ended up doing what she could not within a year of setting foot in the wasteland. This gave her somewhat of a… complex.
 
Part of a excercise in the idea that power and talent alone doesn’t make a hero.

@E-123  
Funnily enough, I actually plan on doing just that in Subterranean Pacifism. Twice.

You know what I haven’t seen in any fic yet? At least, as a reference? A villain character that have pure full 10 in every of its SPECIAL stats, like Frank Horrigan, Ulysses, Gaius and Royes.
 
Yes, this may be not a good idea for a fic like FOE, because “overpowered” “Villain Sue” shit, but invincible villains can be done well if they are written right.
 
I wonder who will be brave to create one.

I wonder what other creatures could fit as the new enemies instead of zebras.

@E-123  
Reggie Grimfeathers, Xenith and Xephyr are all more or less major characters, with all of the others showing up in a supporting role now and then (Velvet and Littlepip and talked about a lot, though they don’t actually appear all that frequently).
 
Creepy Voice from Pink Eyes is a major character. SolOS and P7 are very important to the plot, though well behind the scenes. Technically Puppysmiles herself makes a cameo appearance, though only in a dream sequence. She’s still quite dead.
 
I actually feel a little bad that Trigger Happy and Jammed Gun don’t appear, or even get a mention. They’re doing alright for themselves, it’s just that it never became relevant to the plot.

@Philweasel  
Which characters are already included in your fic? Are they just cameos or references?

@Wiimeiser  
Well by the looks of it, you can continue with going to the site. I mean generally if you yourself know that a site isn’t filled with things that are harmful to you and your computer, I’d say ignore it because you know they aren’t harmful (at least to your knowledge). It’s there to make sure that you don’t stumble upon a site that can potentially ruin your computer.

@Coldfire the Bat  
I know that, Trend Micro has also gone after Lunar Magic and the Rayman editor (Yes, Rayman has a level editor) and a bunch of SimCity 4 prop pack installers off the top of my head. Apparently it’s been classed as a scam site…

@Wiimeiser  
Looks like your security is causing the problem.

 
How do I tell the owner about this…?

@E-123  
I got Kkat’s permission at least, though from the beginning I framed it as a fanfic of a fanfic. It seemed wrong to write a story of this scope without the main characters of other stories appearing, and I kinda wanted to write it because I felt there were still avenues to explore.
 
Since one of the main characters is a replacement goldfish for Puppysmiles, it seemed wrong not to have Henrietta appear at least once. Funnily enough she’s actually very important to the plot, even if she’s only appeared twice.
 

 
I go by this for Littlepip’s stats. I more or less consider her max level, I only had one character a higher level than her (31) and she’s… special.
 
Celestia is actually significantly lower level than her, level 22 (though her special scores are much higher, and the ‘Princess’ template is seriously broken).

@Philweasel  

 
You sure that’s safe to do?
 
@Wiimeiser  

 
It’s hard to guess since this stats are from FO4. Littlepip (and most of the other characters from other fics) comes from Fallout 1, 2, 3 and New Vegas. Its also funny how the author established the peek of level being 75, referencing the number of chapters in PH. Before FO4, it was impossible to reach that since the level peek is 50 from Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Considering that Blackjack lost her original body after being stolen by Cognitum, all her accumulated stats, levels and experience were lost and resetted, thus thinking she is level 75 is impossible.

And continuing my quest to steal everyone’s characters, I finally had Henrietta Firebright appear, in the penultimate chapter! (technically she had a cameo a very long time ago, but that was just a flashback)
 
I gave her a happy ending. The rather ambiguous one she got in Pink Eyes upset me a little.

@Coldfire the Bat  
Littlepip is canonically of high INT special stat. Of course, that doesn’t mean she’s wise.
 
Honestly she does come across as very smart, but her lack of caution, curiosity and out of the box thinking cause as many problems as they solve. She does quite ably beat geniuses like Red Eye and the Goddess though, and the Goddess was beaten by her coming up with a honest to goodness plan (which admittedly required her to be at ground zero of a megaspell explosion, and got Steelhooves killed).

@Wiimeiser  
Sorry, I sometimes can’t keep up with the ponification of the name.
 
Because Blackjack is kinda stupid. She uses her stupidity as an escape card at every opportunity. Though Puppysmiles is a kid so I don’t think it would be completely fair to assess her intelligence based on age.

@Coldfire the Bat  
*Mentats or Mint-als. She seems smart enough to get hacking bonuses. Or is it lockpicking she’s amazing at?
 
Anyway, I noticed Blackjack is dumber than Puppysmiles. I’m not sure how that works…

@Wiimeiser  
I don’t remember if Littlepip was smart or unless it’s accounting for the fact that she pops Mentals all the time. I know she isn’t wasteland smart because she’s from a stable.

Welp, I caught up with Speak. I wonder what the consequences of Threnody’s lie will be…
 
Still need to do Project Horizons, Heroes, Duck and Cover, Black & White, and Transient. And The ABCs. And also The Silver Standard.

@E-123  
Yeah

@Coldfire, the Bat  
Oh there is already FOE fics based on Fallout 4?