A Few More Good Stallions.
Chapter 13: Background review. Author to reader thoughts.
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Now In 'A Few Good Stallions' we saw Dustin die and come back as Static. He lived and laughed as it was all good until Kay died. She reminded him off everything. Celestia was giving him fake memories. So with his humanity restored Dustin ended up going back in time due to Discord. He killed zombies, turned out to be a complete badass, and caused a time paradox. He died a few more times and even thought he was a wraith for a good little bit. (Too much Legacy of Kain.) But he realized that's just silly. You silly. As it turns out he was in a coma. It happened before the events of the first chapter and all his friends except Kay are dead.
In 'A Few More Good Stallions' Dustin and Kay ended up going back to Equestria. In his dream he actually created this world. He gave everyone life but now he can't go back to Earth and he can't die or he stays dead this time. And I'm sure you have realized what he's going through now. He's hard to trust. He killed an assassin and in this world, well... Death just isn't something these ponies are used too.
The story was meant to follow Static Wielder. But it wasn't Static it was Dustin who lived through his eyes. Dustin is more of a self picture of myself in this story. Except he's a little more badass. You can see how Dustin ends up going through this change. He's going to get married and have a kid but then it all goes crazy as he gets brought back to Equestria because his friends messed him. Now he's stuck. He goes through this change as Shadow. He doesn't know it but this character really sticks to him and plays an important role to his future.
When I started this story I thought to myself. "What the hell am I going to do? Was a time paradox not enough?" I ended up confusing myself with it. (Note to self: Never do that again!) We as humans aren't exactly something that ponies would get used to. We're destructive animals in their eyes like a... manticorn. I think that's how you spell it. Dustin sort of represents that. He's not your typical pegasus. He changed from unicorn to a pegasus right before everyone's eyes! He can't change back though. It was more of a 'God is messing with me!' karma thing. He's the best fighter they have.
I mean it. The best fighter in this land. You see ponies like Applejack and Rainbow Dash who are athletes but in different ways. Rainbow is a racer and Applejack is a worker. Dustin is a fighter. That's all he's good at in this world. He can't even use his Engineering skills to help him anymore. He becomes this spy... this Shadow. A hero. It was a mistake but now everyone knows him for it (Thank you Twilight!) He's also not that bright as we all can see. This story is unlike the first one where he created this universe. This story is about his life. How he must change to survive. He's not a kid anymore. He's an almost middle aged man.
Dustin represents humanity. If he was an element then he would be Will or some stupid shit like that. Because that's all he has left. He's not on Earth where he makes lots of money buy building things and stuff like that. This is Equestria. He's a spy now! He just wants to settle down with his friends like Static who has his own Mail Company! When Dustin was Static and Celestia gave him fake memories she made him run away from home and become a soldier and stuff like that. Now Static isn't like that but Dustin is! She really just fucked with him. What she didn't know was that this helped him. In like every possible way. Yeah sure he's a hero now and yeah sure he had a tough life but who hasn't? Hell even the word 'change' pisses off Dustin. Why? Because he's been through so many! I can only say that soon He's the one that will be making the changes.
Trust. Now that is a word that can hurt. Dustin doesn't know what to trust. He knows their are multiple dimensions of this world he created. Now when he attacked the castle and died and came back. He... changed the fate of everyone and everything. Spike became a greedy asshole and did 'you know what' to Twilight. His friends all have kids... He's expecting one... just all this shit! Life at one point was just so much more simpler. Singing Blade is another hard thing to understand. Dustin killed him twice! Second time by DECAPITATION! This is Dustin or Shadow's reoccurring rival in a sense. It can only get worse. Now his friends can't even trust him. He spends all day making a fool of himself or working behind a desk and at night becomes this spy. And Spies only cause trouble. The one thing he's good at...
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