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Occupied Equestria - Prelude to Coming Madness
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91000
Set six years after season 6, Occupied Equestria presents an alternative history where Chrysalis chose a different approach to her second attack on Equestria. The Changelings have conquered half of Equestria, while a former Equestrian colony - soured to Princess Twilight's notion of harmony with all creatures thank to their dealing with griffins - Invaded and took the other half. In Baltimare and the Equestrian Southeast, the magic of friendship has weakened, as Communists, Changeling infiltrators, Fascists, gangs, and corrupt creepy politicians threaten the city. This role play is based in large part upon the Equestria at War mod for Hearts of Iron 4, and uses D&d 3.5e mechanics.

Silver is learning about foreign pony cultures, Dark Star is preparing to put on a play for the children of the Saint Prancis Orphanage, Onyx has received several possible missions from the government, Brie is buying clothing, presumably for a long journey. Ash and Iron are leaving the office of a now enraged gangster... or not.
1912 replies and 83 files omitted.
Anonymous
GjHMc
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No.91461
91462
>>91458
So assuming that both the Lings are fully dressed, Brie offers them a cloak. "Behalten Sie dies bei sich, falls Sie kalt werden". Unless they have further comments to interject, he would lead them to the ticket booth.
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91462
91463 91464 91470 91823
>>91459
Indeed he was. It's Silver's turn really, to make the next move

I thought it the greatest thing ever when I discovered that Greneclyf was Irish. It got a laugh out of me

>>91460

>That was already German territory on a cultural standpoint
Yes and no. Germany had asked for Danzig, and part of the western area of Poland, around Posen, had been German territory for around a few hundred years. These areas were integrated into the German Reich. Central Poland, however, was not culturally German. As a reflection of that fact, Central poland was placed under military administration. The same is true of Czechoslavakia. The German areas were annexed, the Slovakian areas were made into a puppet, and Bohemia/Czech areas were placed under military administration. Basically the same is true of everywhere the Germans invaded, with areas that were actually culturally German being annexed, some areas puppeted, and some places placed under military administration.

>changlings who, being literal monsters, only sought expansionism for the sake of subjugating any and all intelligent life around them for the sake of sucking the life out of them
Changelings in Equestria at War are not really existential or want to destroy everything. Really, they are more like brutal imperialists, but they are not genocidal. I think that the reason for this is that the base game - Hearts of Iron 4 - is pretty whitewashed, with no bombing of civilians, no POW camps, no Holocaust, no war crimes, no Japanese internment, no gulags, and so forth. The My Little Pony mod abided by that. At first. Later on, genocide, slavery, cannibalism, and sapient sacrifice were added into the game. But the Changeling hegemony was one first nations added into the game, so it is the cuddly white-washed version. It's kind of like NDSAP Germany in the vanilla game, which has no Holocaust, no war crimes, and is a nation the game makers actually recommend reviewers to play when testing out the game. Hearts of Iron 4 is the lighter and softer version of WW2, and the Equestria at War mod only became darker and edgier than the base game later into its development.

>it assumes that a changeling enclave is anything but a a clear and menacing existential threat to all sapient creatures in the surrounding region. Changlings and ponies can never live peacefully with eachother, so a changling colony in pony territory is nothing more than an ongoing act of aggression to all adjacent ponies. Ponies cannot be converted into whatever excuse of a Nation that changelings possess, so a changling invasion is less of a colony than it is a highly organized program to torture and enslave the local population.
Because you bothered to type out those words, I'm going to assume that the words "General Plan Ost," "Einsatzgruppen," "Auschwitz," and "Final Solution" are words that have no meaning to you, and that you refuse to believe that 1.5 million poles were killed by the Germans, millions of Soviet POWs were killed, or that there was a plan to deport and depopulate vast areas of the Soviet Union. But I don't see how you can deny that the NDSAP saw the struggle with the Judeo-Bolsheviks as an existential war where one must win

>>91461
"Ja"
"Okay"
The ticket booth has a great table of times and departures above it
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91463
>>91462
Go straight for the dine & dash, Silver! Show her how age is important due to higher experience!
Anonymous
6v7Q3
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No.91464
91465
>>91462
I thought it was neat when I learned that Pondihean (really hope I spelled that right) was Scottish.

Silver turns to Blue, still looking confused but hopeful at the chance to try out a flavor of kissel he's never had. "This will be new experience for both of us, if you have not had this before. I can say I have never had flowery кисель before."
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91465
91466 91467
>>91464
She looks at him confusedly
"I'm... actually not sure if you should eat this or not"
Anonymous
6v7Q3
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No.91466
91467 91468
>>91465
His expression matches her own confusion. "You...mind explaining why?"
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91467
>>91466
>>91465
"It has... uh, a special juice only mares have.
You get what I'm saying?"

Anonymous
VhNVX
?
No.91468
91469
>>91466
"The harder and more painful the bee stings, the sweeter the honey. Is the honey of the most ferocious of all bees too sweet for ponies?"
Anonymous
6v7Q3
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No.91469
91471
>>91468
They say his confusion grew three sizes that day. "I do not believe I have ever heard that phrase before, but it would suggest that it is at least edible, or not poisonous."
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91470
91471
>>91462
>Really, they are more like brutal imperialists
For what cause though? To make all other creatures as loathesome and devoid of life as them? Chrysalis never expressed any willingness to rule over ponies; she only ever wanted more power for herself, and more livestock to feed her offspring.
Without the intent to create a greater society with those you spread your influence to, impetualism is only the brutal extraction of resources at the expense of the nationals. It seems like they have very few motives than to expand their access to resources (see: ponies), all the while causing misery to all creatures in their wake.
>they are not genocidal
Yeah, but capturing their enemies and enslaving them so that they may suck their souls out is nearly as bad; it may not be genocidal, but it's still mass-scale predation. And changlings are only not genocidal because they're a perpetual minority and they'd be doomed if they burned out their own prey.
However, any creature with a brain should have a good reason to fear and oppose rule by the ruthless and barbaric creatures who aren't capable of feeling love and care for nothing more than to extract love from their beings.

But if I may get to the root of my point:
An imperialist has a cause; a desire to build greater a society, and ideological reason to spread it to neighboring regions. Impetialists can at least pretend to have good intentions for the people they spread their influence to. Changlings do not have the benefit of supposed benevolence, in any way shape or form.
Changlings do not express any willingness to become anything greater than themselves, nor are they seeking to make the world a better place in the making of their empire. Their militarism and feudalist expansionism is evidently rooted in the fact that they're not really culturally capable of living any other way as they currently are.

And while I meant it as just a brief side note, I was just slightly peeved to see the Germans, whome I admire, be so nonchalantly compared to souless, parasitic insectoids. But again, it happens in a lot of different franchises, so I'm not surprised.
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91471
91472 91479
>>91469
She smiles again
"This is Changeling honey. Taken off the possessions of a Hegemony operative posing as Stalliongradian Special Operations

>>91470
Sigh
The Changelings in Equestria at War are toned down relative to the Changelings in the comics. Okay? They don't eat souls, or if they do, it's not as explicit as in the comics
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91472
91476
>>91471
There's a couple seconds of silence, though it is less stunned as it is just letting that particular bit of information soak in, followed immediately by just the faintest widening of his eyes. A solitary "Oh" escapes his lips as he begins to regard the jar as not so much a potentially delicious desert from his homeland but as what he now knows it actually is.

I imagine Silver would know what that is, but for me I am going to take a wild guess here and say "aphrodisiac".
Anonymous
GjHMc
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No.91473
91474
Faggots, get in here! https://mlpol.net/mlpol/res/207005.html#q207005
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91474
91475
>>91473
I feel like this might be bait.
Anonymous
GjHMc
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No.91475
>>91474
GET IN FAGGOT
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91476
91477
>>91472
She breaks the silence
"Since you were keeping a couple young drones, I thought I would show you this, since it would help with the special dietary needs"
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91477
91478
>>91476
"Well, I appreciate it, thank you. I...especially did not expect this to be Changeling honey." He looks at the jar once more, still with some level of confusion. "I am little bit interested in what you said though: is it edible for us ponies?"
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91478
91481
>>91477
"It's nothing other than condensed love extract. I don't know."
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91479
91480 91481 91483
>>91471
>They don't eat souls
Then why does their parasitism cause level loss?
Whatever Changlings are eating that us called 'love', it has to be a sort of spiritual essence that they have to steal from ponies because they were created without the means to generate it themselves. Chrysalis used the love she took from Shining Armor to empower herself, so she was at least siphoning some kind of magical property.
But what would be happening to all the ponies they've captured though; like the princesses and the mane 6? Are they being chained and tortured so that Changlings can whittle away at their sanity day after day while they feed off their essence? Or are they being kept in giant disgusting green cocoons so that their life forces can be harvested for energy? Maybe they're being forced to labor at the expense of their captors, treated like animals as a slave cast. Only time could tell, but it doesn't sound that good, because I doubt that the Changlings would have had any plan to just hand all captured ponies free citizenship in their expanded empire.
If Chrysalis is anywhere near as evil and sadistic as she is in FiM, she's almost certainly not treating them well.

Obviously, war games don't go into detail for this kind of thing, but the ramifications of living under the imperial rule of loveless parasitic insectoids who have no concern for your well being is absolutely horrifying when you think about it. It'd be like the Holocaust, except it would actually happen.

Anyway, Changlings are malignant, evil and fundamentally predatory creatures who are an inherent danger to ponies and their way of life in their conquest. The Nazis were absolutely not, even if they've been smeared by (((historians))), and I just felt like pointing it out for some reason... I'll shut up now...
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91480
91484
>>91479
I don't think it's explicit level loss. More like complete apathy if enough love is succ'd. He never specified it when Iron, Silver or others got their love sucked.
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91481
91482 91483
>>91478
"..." He looks to Blue, a friendly smile plastered on his face, though she can tell there's something else hidden there. Mischievousness, perhaps? "Well, why do we not try it and see?"

>>91479
Nah, the actual Holocaust in this universe took place in Hellquill and Longsword.
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91482
>>91481
inb4 it's an aphrodisiac and sex ensues.
Or, more likely, it's just honey that makes Silver feel sick.
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91483
91485 91486 91488
>>91479
I've already explained this to you repeatedly. The Nazis in Hearts of Iron 4 are extremely whitewashed with no holocaust, no Einsatzgruppen, and no systematic starvation of POWs of Slavic descent. The Changelings, based on the Whitewashed Nazis, are kind of also more so brutal conquerors than explicit war criminals.

>It'd be like the Holocaust
Jesus fucking Christ, that's my point. The company that makes Hearts of Iron 4 has very explicitly stated that they do not want their game to be a "Holocaust simulator" or banned in the German market. As such, the game - and we are talking about a widely sold real time strategy game here - does not have concentration/POW/Internment camps, or firebombing, or rape, or whatever. In fact, talking about those things on the official Paradox forums is banned. The original My Little Pony mod mostly obeyed these restrictions. It has no genocide, only mild war crimes, and the soul-eating aspect is not explicitly mentioned and at best implied. They stopped abiding by the "not a Holocaust simulator" rule after about a year of writing and modifying the game. If you want a real Nazi parallel, play the Reformisten campaigns of Hellquil and Longsword. Those are very explicitly genocidal.

>The Nazis were absolutely not
You know the Einsatzgruppen were a real thing, right? Right?

>>91481
"That... isn't what I had in mind when I thought of showing this to you, but... sure?"
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91484
>>91480
Energy Drain is level loss. It's the draining of the soul. If you lose more levels than you have, you die.
Either way that's still awfully close to vampirism when coupled with the fact that they're hollow creature that are inca. Changlings are evil on a fundamental level; and they were definitely meant to be portrayed as loathesome and incomplete creatures in the show.
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91485
91487
>>91483
What happens to ponies after they're conquered by Changlings? Do they just disappear?
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91486
91487
>>91483
"It is made of same life energy changelings draw from us when they feed, if I remember correctly. Right?" He trots over to Blue's kitchen, looking for a pair of spoons for them.
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91487
91489 91507
>>91485
They are oppressed under Changeling rule, with a news event mentioning that food is stolen, among other things. Zecora launches a resistance, which is swiftly crushed. You can tell from Changeling focuses that they are conscripting ponies into work-battalions as essentially slave labor, and moving some of them into Changeling territory ( like Poles in Nazi Germany). But really, it's a grand strategy game. You never see individual ponies. You only see states and divisions of tens of thousands of them. You can't tell what is happening. Changelings do have technologies relating to "improved love extraction"

>>91486
"Yes, in condensed form"

Blue is fairly messy. The tea spoons from earlier were never really put away, just placed in cups in the sink
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91488
91490
>>91483
Do you seriously think that the Nazis in their cause were really comparable to a swarm of evil, soulless insectoids invading other lands for the sole purpose of feeding off of their captives?
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91489
91490
>>91487
Silver wonders silently to himself if it would be rude, next time he visits, to do her dishes for her. For the sake of the here-and-now, he just grabs the pair of tea spoons and gives them a quick wash to avoid contamination of the honey. "Perhaps, then, it would even have beneficial effect on us?" Once he's finished, he returns back to the bed, holding out one of the spoons in his magic grasp for Blue to take.
VhNVX
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No.91490
91491 91492
>>91489
She is smiling, strangely. It appears he's taken her by surprise
"I do believe it's been eaten by ponies before, it's just very hard to come by"

>>91488
The severity of the effects of the love draining process vary by interpretation
\r
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91491
91493
>>91490
"I can imagine why. I suppose we should consider this rare opportunity." He scoops out a spoonful of the honey, waiting for Blue to get her own so they can try it together. "Cheers."
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91492
91495
>>91490
No, I mean in the metaphysical and unequivocal evil of their intentions that supercede any promise of a better future.

Love feeding, no matter how severe or light it may be, is still absolutely evil if it's done through forceful military means. Changlings have no good intentions when attacking ponies.
Ponies should be ruled by ponies. Changlings exacting their rule over ponies is nothing short of the enslavement of an entire people, with no fleeting promise of potentially bettering their lives.
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91493
91494
>>91491
>>91491
She smiles, and laughs a little, then sits pulls her rear legs up as she sits on the bed
"Alright"
She takes a spoon of the substance in hoof
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91494
91496
>>91493
With a shared smile, Silver places his spoon of the Changeling honey into his mouth, flipping it upside down and taking all of the substance off the spoon with his tongue, before pulling the spoon from his mouth with an audible pop. He plays around with the honey before he swallows, getting a feel for its taste, texture, and consistency, before leaning his head back and swallowing it down.
Anonymous
5Stsk
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No.91495
>>91492
I mean, seriously...
Nazis had good intentions, and people who appreciated them for what they did.
Changelings do not yet any means.
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91496
91497 91502
>>91494
>Taste
Actually, it's not very good. It's kind of disgusting tasting, actually. The honey tastes sweet. Very sweet. Much sweeter than sugar. The most accurate comparison would be if Silver had placed a concentrate of Saccharine right into his mouth. For something he's more likely to have actually tasted: the water of rotting fruit

>Texture
Completely smooth, and a bit gooey. A little sticky

>Consistency
It's a pure gel. Basically, it feels the same as bee honey in his mouth
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91497
>>91496
Hah! I knew it!
So no side effects, strange.
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91498
91500
I'm going to bed.
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91500
91501
>>91498
Night.
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
?
No.91501
>>91500
Night
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91502
91503 91504
>>91496
Silver gives the spoon he used for the Changeling honey an odd, sour look, obviously not having expected the taste. "...Ponies who ate this in past might have called this 'delicacy', I think."
Anonymous
VhNVX
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No.91503
91505 91510
>>91502
Now it hits him. A feeling of complete Europhoria, joy rushing in. The colors of objects around him shine more brightly. The tiger orange of the wall paintings shines more intently, Blue Skie's mane glimmers almost like Luna's, the lavender color of the honey itself seems to glow. And the feeling... Well, to say that it feels like the passion of love in youth would be trite... but really, there is no better term for it. In that moment, Silver can feel a greater connection with those around him. A feeling of connection to the world as a whole. A feeling of higher purpose, of bonding with that higher purpose, of bonding with the ponies around him. An almost youthful vigor flows into him
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91504
91505
>>91502
You're eating souls, you cannibal.
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91505
91506
>>91503
Kinda like an aphrodisiac, but we'll see if he has to roll a will save for him to control his actions yet.
>>91504
The Devil's Honey.
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91506
91508
>>91505
Reminds me of Liquid Pain from the BoVD. Maybe he'll get addicted to it and spiral into madness.
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91507
>>91487
>Changelings do have technologies relating to "improved love extraction"
I still can't stop thinking of The Scream Extractor from the Monster's Inc movie...

Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91508
91509
>>91506
Now now. No need to act so negatively towards bug monsters that literally suck the joy out of you, although it's a good thing because I'm pretty sure the GM wanted them to be one of the baddies.
Apart from commies of course.
That Hippie With No Money
5Stsk
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No.91509
91511 91521
>>91508
I dislike vampires...
Silver
6v7Q3
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No.91510
91515 91517
>>91503
Silver drops the spoon in his magic grasp in surprise. He almost chokes at the sudden feeling, and he might actually have if it weren't for him shouting in his native tongue: "Ебена мать!" He lets out a small joyful chuckle, patting his clothed chest with his forehooves as he practically savors this new, wonderful feeling. Is this what changelings feel like when they feed? Is this what the pure life essence of ponykind is like?

He looks to Blue, admiring how her mane seems to glimmer, and how her blue coat shines. He reaches out to her with this newfound desire to get to know her better, to bond with her. There's so much he doesn't understand about her. He hardly understands her, the more he thinks about it. He wants to understand his friend. "Blue...are you seeing any of this?"
Plantation Colt
bYST6
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No.91511
91512
>>91509
Understandable. Leeches and other parasitic relationship usually makes people think a sense that the parasite is uneeded overall. Apart from that, vampires were meant to be portrayed negatively, since they were a symbolic representation of the high class draining the life of the working class.