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On a related note, I think it's unlikely, but imagine if we end up having one of the Flim-Flam Brothers as our Sacrament Prisoner. On one hand, they would probably also not deserve to be eaten. On the other, it would be (very belated) payback for selling Velvet that knockoff Forge Book at the...
I broadly agree with you, though I would want to specify it more to be "the worst Pony within at most a 1-2 day train ride from Ponyville", lest we get stuck with some Hippogriff slasher or someone else that's too comically far from us to do anything to.
[X] Plan: Cannibalism is Cringe
[X] Plan: Velvet of All Lores, Introduction
[X] Plan: Prisoner Chomping
[X] Plan: Let's Not Kidnap a Prominent Figure From Canterlot
I would still prefer abducting a random trafficker or serial killer, but I do think doing it to Velvet's father would be a bit closer to a karmic punishment and/or less evil than doing it to Spoiled Rich.
Also, something just occurred to me; I may be forgetting something, but doesn't the...
@OurLadyOfWires
Just a minor thing, but is The Same Scene, Eras Prior supposed to be included among the regular threadmarks, or should it go in the Extras?
We usually get physical descriptions for the Names both when we first meet them in the Mansus and when we first summon them, though I remember that Velvet Axe specifically also got a rather... flowery description from when Velvet's brother first saw her.
For this first bit, I remember it was mainly a gesture of good will to Fair Trial (since she does seem genuinely interested in ensuring Equestria's legal system keeps standing) and out of a belief that having Celestia's new departments work together would help with her mood a bit (since having...
[X] (MAREINETTE) Mareinette is her own mare, and Cadance could use some company. Don't do anything, and see how things turn out.
[X] Rare Fabric
[X] Morning Star
On the name, given that the colt is supposed to basically be a "clock" counting down to the world's final transformation, I would be partial to something that worked that idea in.
How about something like "Bronze Zenith" or "Dawnbringer"?
On the note of the Grail Sacrament, if we do decide to pursue it, I don't think Spoiled Milk deserves something like that. Sure, she is a lousy pony and mother, but I think the Moth Sacrament would be enough of a karmic punishment for her, and that getting kidnapped and eaten (possibly alive)...
Still, it has been basically confirmed that Celestia's doom counter (assuming Selene can't find a way to slow it down) is at its worst case scenario of going off by Turn 25, so the fact that none of the currently suggested plans have much in the way of Sacrament progress (except maybe a Moth...
Though if it helps stall the Celestia doom counter (even if it's a small hope), it would be one of the most valuable things Selene can do, especially with how seemingly underleveled Velvet is right now.
Given both that Biedde cannot be befriended and that this lack of friendship is now known to cause issues, I would prefer just to either let his summoning lapse or sacrifice his Wake-form for a ritual (possibly for summoning a Maid or two) and hope that the Lionsmith Name (if they're still...
[x] You will tell him that you forgive him. And deep down, you do not resent him.
[x] You will not forgive him. But deep down, you do not resent him either.
At this phase, Steppes has basically started into the face of his own mortality, and has realized that both he as an individual pony and...
For this part in particular, I think Cadance going "too far" in accord to her Love powers would probably resemble something akin to when she accidently Love-bombed everypony while teleporting to Shining, which was so strong that it almost made Velvet forgive her father before it wore off.
Just a random thought I had; if we continued on the Cultist Path instead of forming the proto-Suppression Bureau, would Beyond Reproach eventually have become a Hunter for Velvet?