MLP: FIENDship is Magic #4

[@PirateForHire314]

This just further shows Celestia's weakness: an unhealthy need to be viewed as perfect. She uses magic to keep herself from having bad dreams, or facing the reality of what she did. I wish she could have been shown crying after what she did to her sister instead of being shown sleeping soundly, but to know she is using magic to do so does show she has a bad tendency to hide things from other ponies, and herself. It is shown during the events of "Reflection," when she is shown to be traveling to an alternate world via magic mirror, in order to escape her sadness. She spends time with an Alternate Luna and has a romantic relationship with Alternate Sombra. However, doing so on a regular basis began having bad effects on both worlds. Starswirl warned her about venturing to it repeatedly, but she did so anyway ... behind his back. He caught her and decided to close the portal. Here was one of the rare instances she was shown crying uncontrollably. In the end her ruse was ended ... 1000 years later. Her relationship with Luna was damaged when Luna learned Celestia had replaced her ... rather than try and free her from her split personality (fueled by Miasma); not to mention Luna was fatally injured when Alternated Celestia betrayed and attacked her alternated sister. Her romance with Alternate Sombra was tragically ended when he saved the 2 worlds by becoming evil, reversing Alternate Celestia and Luna to revert to good. Twilight also saw how imperfect and hypocritical Celestia was being. Putting the fate of Equestria behind her own selfish desires ... exactly what Luna did before becoming Nightmare Moon. She should have faced punishment, but because of her need for her to be seen as perfect, the incident was kept secret. Celestia needs to be shown broken in order for fans to show sympathy for her ... and it has to be in the TV Show, not just comics.

[@lunaaito45122]

I'm so gonna buy all the fiendship comics I love villains with cool backstory

[@ChaosMind55]

I wish they have one about Discord. Before he turned all evil.

[@Sengoku814-friends]

Yes

[@ktm0629]

I wonder if that one kingdom on the moon is how Luna learned to enter other ponies dreams.

[@blueteller]

I thought she was trapped IN the Moon, not ON the Moon...? With a unicorn head-shape visible on the surface? But I guess it still kind of makes sense, from what Nightmare Moon said in episode 2 it was easy to deduce she wasn't exactly asleep while she was trapped there.

[@ToaDrakua]

Well, at least Celestia was written well.

[@lunapaloma2639]

The nyx moon creatures are soo cute

[@BBBHuey]

Luna Paloma The only thing I like about their design is that it's partly based on the Life on the Moon Hoax of the 1830's.

[@RiannaPeterson]

Are they "nyx" or "fluffykin"? I'm confused because the names seem interchangeable...

[@unknownwanabe3437]

I wanted to see the story of how she became Nightmare Moon, not the story after her banishment. It could´ve been better to see how she was consumed by Nightmare...

[@sparkyphoenix7919]

I just recognized 2 of the moon creatures, that appear as evil smoke creatures, in "Nightmare Rarity"! If you want, there is a video posted by +Sir Pony Fluttershy, that has all the parts together! That way, you don't have to go through all the annoying ads, doing all the parts separately. I know the gray one at 0:51 is Jerome and before that, the purple and orange bird-like one is named Larry. I also remember that Larry's other name is Shadow Fright. But does anyone know what Jerome's other name is?

[@LemeLeyo]

Theres a continuity issue here, the wonderbolts were created after the defeat of nightmare moon, and she just arrived to the moon. So how does someday dreams about the wonderbolts?

[@LittleAl016]

+Leme Leyo 1:26, "caring for one's dreams blends the past, present, and future." By that quote alone, it can be inferred that dreams have the ability to transcend time.

[@PowerupLink]

Not a bad one, it tell how she spend her time on the moon all theose years and how those nyx became shadows in mlp main comic 5-8.

[@unknownwanabe3437]

You mean, the nightmare forces?

[@PowerupLink]

UnknownWanabe yes how they became the nightmare forces on the moon.

[@Mystic_Stirling]

Just don't understand how she corrupted all the nyx in a matter of days. Maybe even seconds! Like how?!

[@RiannaPeterson]

​@@Mystic_Stirlingme neither

[@RiannaPeterson]

Are they "nyx" or "fluffykin"? I'm confused because the names seem interchangeable...

[@Chareddragon]

Do they just do ponies? Isn't that racist? What about Dragons, Diamond Dogs, Zebras, Changelings, who does there's??

[@unknownwanabe3437]

Tirek´s not a pony >_> The Dazzlings are not ponies >_> >_> Sombra Is not suposed to be a pony, but an Umbrum. >_> >_> >_> (whatever Is that)

[@ToaDrakua]

@UnknownWanabe I'm willing to bet that an Umbrum is what the Nightmare entity actually is. Maybe Sombra managed to free at least one (his mother/creator) before his defeat?

[@Chareddragon]

I was under the impression that Umbrum ponies were a different tribe that develed into the workings of dark magic

[@vlad4]

One of them is nailed Gaiman Props if you get the reference

[@MatthewLee-fo3me]

Has everyone just forgotten that she was IN the moon, not on it. Like Han Solo in carbonite. Her nickname was Mare IN the Moon, after all, not Mare on the Moon.

[@LittleAl016]

The Mare in the Moon is just an edifice that appears on the moon's surface whenever Nightmare Moon has a physical presence in the world and is actually on the moon. As evidenced by the fact that the Mare in the Moon takes on Rarity's shape when Nightmare Moon returns in the form of Nightmare Rarity, and confronts Luna and the Mane 6 (sans Rarity) on the moon.

[@mojackb]

Matthew Lee she wasn't literally in the moon

[@BNuts]

1:11 Yeah, I wouldn't believe the pony named _Nightmare_ Moon either. But she hasn't introduced herself yet. 1:35 Stop. You're telling a pony you don't even know how to create negative emotion in others. 1:56 Nyx? Is that a thing, or did somepony dip into a certain fanfiction? 2:06 Nightmare Moon used Royal Canterlot Voice!!! It is ineffective. 2:16 Yes, but what is your name? And while we're at it, what is your quest? And what is the airspeed of a European swallow? 2:22 Gaiman? Like Neil Gaiman, writer of such works as _Sandman_, _American Gods_, and _Stardust_? I see what you did there. 2:52 Wow, she actually braided Nightmare Moon's tail! 3:01 Looks like Doran even added a mane braid. Wait until I tell Twilight. Or Tia. 3:31 By 'actual,' do you mean one that won't threaten her, by any chance? 'Cause if so Doran seems to be SOL. 4:02 Ah-hah! Mental/psychic defences are comic-canon. Good! 4:21 Doran, you can see what you're doing is wrong, can't you? False acceptance is not worth risking civil war on Earth. 5:36 Hello again, for the first time, Nightmare Forces... um, what was your name again? 6:13 Actually, considering she knows you're coming... I'm SO gonna say it: It's a tarp! Dangit, I still can't say it! On the other hoof, I must be setting some sort of world record for resisting saying it. It has to have been over a month since that post. 7:02 "DON'T call me 'DOLL.'" Wait, I forgot where that's even from. Also, it's been bothering me for awhile that NMM keeps talking like she's the older one. 7:56 The Power of Love compels you! It also ejects Changeling hordes and tears Shadow-Crystal Ponies apart. Who knew? Oh yeah, I shoulda said 'spoiler alert,' huh NMM? 8:22 Or to your head. Doran seems to have a knack for braiding princesses' nimbus-like hair. 8:26 I saw no trembling.

[@valentinere4343]

5:14 well that's just silly.

[@82dorrin]

Wow. That was... dark.

[@RiannaPeterson]

Are they "nyx" or "fluffykin"? I'm confused because the names seem interchangeable...

[@unknownwanabe3437]

Which Fiendship Is next? I may not be excited about these comics, but the curiosity kills me: How did Discord ruled chaotically Equestria; What´s Chrysalis´s role... [Hmm, now I remembered there´s Zecora.. and.. Starlite Glimpse?]

[@PowerupLink]

UnknownWanabe Chrysalis in the next one and the last. From what I can tell were going to see what her past is in that one.

[@unknownwanabe3437]

U.u yeah. I can Imagine It right now... eeerr well, not really. Fiendship comics are pretty simple story compared to my thoughts. I´m sure many people think the same way I do ~_~

[@hemidas]

1:00 Oh, hi, Moondreamers. 1:56 And many bronies got into _Squeeling Anime Fangirl Mode_. Have mercy to my ears. (-_-) 4:48 Look at mah MS Paint skilz! 5:36 Ah the Nightmare Forces. Still not scary at all. 6:08 NMM is the Avatar of Kali? 8:00 Hello, yes? Just a second. There's a lady on the phone from Japan called Mrs Takeuchi, she asks for someone called Baka! and yelling something about Copyraitu

[@angelartist1653]

Bald celstia is new best celestia

[@1un4cy]

Now someone needs to make a dota2 pun with Nyx Assassin.

[@mewmewroqu]

Strange I didn't know that celestia used to have a braid in their mane and tail back then

[@seanfulldark]

Nightmare moon does what Freddie wishes, why rule Elms Street when you can rule the world!

[@twizzpaw900]

I thought luna would freakout and have a mental crisis for being banished/trapped on the moon.

[@zwataketa]

4:35-4:51 they kept repeating the s

[@zwataketa]

*scene. Stupid ipad keyboard.

[@TheAnimeMegaFreak]

well, at least we see Luna's own castle

[@ThePmbstudios]

I wonder how many bronies flipped out or squeed when they know that these moon creatures were called Nyx?

[@RiannaPeterson]

Are they "nyx" or "fluffykin"? I'm confused because the names seem interchangeable...

[@markquintojr]

Good comic

[@zwataketa]

0:51 gee I wonder who's dream that is. :P

[@zwataketa]

Sorry, i meant 0:55

[@TheXDGuy]

Zwataketa (Logan Holt) rainbow dash?

[@Mermain123]

Zwataketa (Logan Holt) but isn't this 1000 years ago?

[@zwataketa]

Mermain123 hadn't thought of that. INCONSISTENCY WITH COMICS DECEIVED ME!

[@LittleAl016]

+Mermain123 Apparently, dreams can transcend time in this universe.

[@emopeterparker7]

Pastel rainbow hair 8D

[@BBBHuey]

Not really surprised by the outcome..

[@Mystic_Stirling]

Doran can also do 4th wall breaking xD Nyx good... Now nyx bad in 60 seconds or whatever. Plz explain. Celestia was well written I must say. Well, I could understand most of this except how fast the nyx became corrupted. Like WTF?! I am really getting disappointed with this series. From epic to not even following what is cannon. It just confuses me!!! Grr!!! >:o

[@LittleAl016]

Oh, it followed what's canon. Just not in the way anyone expected.

[@Mystic_Stirling]

LittleAl016 I just realised the show doesn't follow the comics so I crie. :'(

[@LittleAl016]

+Mystic Stirling The show doesn't follow the chapter books. Doesn't stop the latter from being canon. So why should it stop the comics?

[@gabea_731]

Apparently, Nightmare Moon is good at making FAKE NEWS.

[@omogisalu]

nightmare moon ..you curl curl thing luna'z pain is your light how could you be so cold with nothing but fear and doubt and cold light torn the kingdom of dream'z into a nightmare cold and sad and alone and fearful of the next day...

[@LittleAl016]

Nightmare Moon and Luna may share a body, but they do not share a mind or soul. Literally.

[@TheVoiceOfChaos]

ive seen fanfiction more accurate than this stupid cash grab. can i get back kaity plz