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Nimaru — Gathering Elements (part 5) - Winter Willow

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Description [Part 1 - Rook ]

[Part 2 - Crabapple ]

[Part 3 - Luau ]

[Part 4 - Rose Petal ]

Part 5 - Winter Willow <==== You are here

[Part 6 - The Garden ]

[Part 7 - The Fall ]


This one took some serious work. About 30 completely new OC ponies in varying degrees of distress. Oh right...

WARNING - This comic is a bit severe. Don't read it if you want to spoil your good mood
Note that I don't intend to get this grim often, just that considering Nightmare Moon collapsed large sections of the castle and who knows what else, it's likely there were some serious injuries.

A few things to note: There's a pegasus in the rafters who looks pretty upset. Her name is Whirley and she's a cameo from this comic: [link]

After reading that heartbreaker, I always wanted to give that poor little pony a hug and now I have

Also, Rose is invisible for the entire duration of this comic. At the end, the pony observing believes that Willow is running away screaming. She also makes a snide comment which is a hint to the political landscape of the time (healing ponies don't think much of "emotional healing").

Lastly, I'm enormously pleased with myself. This turned out very artsy and awesome in parts. It was mostly an accident that I thought of some of the arrangements and effects, but I think they turned out really well!

Oh... lastly, lastly: This was actually supposed to continue beyond this point, but the comic would have been too long and it already took an extraordinary amount of effort to do this much so I'm going to stop here for a bit. The next comic will have Celestia again

IMPORTANT! The thing in the tubs is soiled bandages. That's why they're cleaning them over by the river. They're not organs or some of the other things people keep asking me

ALSO: The pony with the paper in her mouth is looking for a pony with that cutie mark. Before you ask if she ever found her, here's the answer: [link]
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Comments: 441

Nimaru In reply to ??? [2012-11-16 06:35:31 +0000 UTC]

No, I think I get what you're saying. Kind of like how women sometimes love to watch emotional tragedies.

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TheSilverPhoenix In reply to ??? [2012-11-03 01:29:41 +0000 UTC]

I'm crying. Seriously, I'm just sitting here, crying...

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Nimaru In reply to TheSilverPhoenix [2012-11-03 04:39:39 +0000 UTC]

It gets better

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Bleeding-Darkness93 In reply to ??? [2012-10-25 02:25:10 +0000 UTC]

THis is horrifying...amputations, the dead are covered in blankets, and one pony can't find their child. WHY!?!?!?

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Nimaru In reply to Bleeding-Darkness93 [2012-10-25 14:11:42 +0000 UTC]

Because that's reality. I wanted to show that not everything in Equestrian history ends well and why it's so important that everyone stay dedicated to peace and harmony. This is the reality before modern Equestria. That was what I was shooting for anyway

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artisticbrony101 In reply to ??? [2012-10-13 18:42:00 +0000 UTC]

by worse do you mean DEAD!

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Nimaru In reply to artisticbrony101 [2012-10-13 20:43:05 +0000 UTC]

yup!

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dayle14 In reply to ??? [2012-09-23 11:19:52 +0000 UTC]

what happened to that pony on the second panel?, the one that winter willow was helping restrain?

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Nimaru In reply to dayle14 [2012-09-23 14:36:33 +0000 UTC]

Amputation.

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dayle14 In reply to Nimaru [2012-09-23 17:37:11 +0000 UTC]

really looked like he was having a seizure

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Whisperer-of-Winds In reply to ??? [2012-09-20 07:22:49 +0000 UTC]

just...wondeful.

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Heystopstaring In reply to ??? [2012-09-05 02:16:36 +0000 UTC]

Most of this comic broke my heart into a million tiny pieces...but the last few panels glued it back together. :')

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Nimaru In reply to Heystopstaring [2012-09-05 15:46:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah... ups and downs. It was a pretty harsh one.

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JuMiKu [2012-08-17 13:43:32 +0000 UTC]

The moodswing almost gave me whiplash...

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blackmorn In reply to ??? [2012-08-12 22:21:34 +0000 UTC]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE whirley I almost did not notice. good job on the comics.

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madman12000 In reply to ??? [2012-07-19 08:11:51 +0000 UTC]

Hnnnng, my feels!

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royalcelastia In reply to ??? [2012-07-09 20:09:09 +0000 UTC]

at first with the pic if the pony pulling the sheets all the eay up on that one pony i wasnt sure wat was happening there but then i double checked the pic and looked at that ponys grave cutie mark and the filly unicorn crying i was pretty sure of wat was happening there...........anyway i luv this comic and your art sooooooooooooooooo dramatic I LUV IT!!!!!!

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Nimaru In reply to royalcelastia [2012-07-09 21:25:17 +0000 UTC]

Yup, she died, but it turns out ok. In part 8 you'll see that filly again

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royalcelastia In reply to Nimaru [2012-07-11 23:47:18 +0000 UTC]

awwww thats sad oh and thanks for letting me know!!!!

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soxandsacha [2012-07-07 11:13:10 +0000 UTC]

Wow it looks like a WWI hospital

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Nimaru In reply to soxandsacha [2012-07-08 19:49:35 +0000 UTC]

yup! Took a lot of effort!

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DarkMagicianmidgit In reply to ??? [2012-07-05 19:05:29 +0000 UTC]

OH MAH GAWD! The pony with the bandages looks a bit like Derpy (color scheme wise, probably not though I've just been stalking Derpy too much) but I'm rather curious, the one with the drawing of the flower, what or who is she looking for?

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Nimaru In reply to DarkMagicianmidgit [2012-07-06 02:18:25 +0000 UTC]

Daughter. See here: [link]

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DarkMagicianmidgit In reply to Nimaru [2012-07-06 20:46:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And I have to say that's pretty cute!

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ShadowPen448 In reply to ??? [2012-07-04 12:18:34 +0000 UTC]

is the gray pegasus with the yellow mane and the bandage over its eyes a reference to derpy?

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Nimaru In reply to ShadowPen448 [2012-07-04 17:15:12 +0000 UTC]

No that was a coincidence of color picking. It was probably subconciously derpy inspired though. The fact that her eyes were hurt make a lot of people ask that though. And funny enough, I have a theory I'm waiting to show that might validate the derpy connection.

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Foal01 In reply to ??? [2012-06-26 13:33:18 +0000 UTC]

are some of these real characters?

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Nimaru In reply to Foal01 [2012-06-27 20:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Nope. All custom ponies except the one in the upper right which belongs to someone else (Whirly)

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Nimaru In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-28 19:39:07 +0000 UTC]

Not sure what you mean

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Foal01 In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-28 10:32:30 +0000 UTC]

can we trade ponys in there? i dont mind if yo udont want

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Foal01 In reply to ??? [2012-06-26 13:28:37 +0000 UTC]

whats in the bucket?

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Nimaru In reply to Foal01 [2012-06-27 20:19:57 +0000 UTC]

bloody rags

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Foal01 In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-28 10:31:48 +0000 UTC]

oh 0.0

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Nimaru In reply to Foal01 [2012-06-28 19:39:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. There's ugliness happening, but I don't show it directly because I don't want to be overly graphic.

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Foal01 In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-29 12:01:07 +0000 UTC]

someone told me it was hearts

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Nimaru In reply to Foal01 [2012-06-30 21:17:46 +0000 UTC]

Ewww. No.

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Foal01 In reply to Nimaru [2012-07-01 12:30:24 +0000 UTC]

ya i know i figerd it wasent seeing the kids there.

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xXdarkryXx In reply to ??? [2012-06-26 04:15:05 +0000 UTC]

Wait, I'm still confused on what their elements are.

Luau is Laughter
Rook is Loyalty
Crabapple is Honesty
Willow is Generosity
Rose Petal is Kindness
and Celestia is Magic

Correct?

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Nimaru In reply to xXdarkryXx [2012-06-26 04:59:01 +0000 UTC]

Willow is Kindness, Rose is generosity

Rose is always giving people things or taking care of them. It's almost a compulsion. Also, the "Empathy" power that Willow has is an effect of sensitivity to the Kindness element

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xXdarkryXx In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-30 05:36:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I was actually expecting Rose Petal to be Kindness, since Fluttershy is shy, and Rose can be shy too.

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Nimaru In reply to xXdarkryXx [2012-06-30 21:16:52 +0000 UTC]

True, but having such obvious personality similarities would be cheesy I thought. I wanted my characters to have similar traits, but not be carbon copies.

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DarkestSunset [2012-06-26 03:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Whose the one who keeps showing the picture of the flower?

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Nimaru In reply to DarkestSunset [2012-06-26 03:49:28 +0000 UTC]

A mother looking for her child. The flower is her cutie mark.

See this: [link]

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DarkestSunset In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-26 04:09:09 +0000 UTC]

D'awwwh

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shadowilinise In reply to ??? [2012-06-16 04:04:44 +0000 UTC]

I dont understand why is the doctor screaming at the head nurse for the..um..bloody operating knife...

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Nimaru In reply to shadowilinise [2012-06-17 00:07:43 +0000 UTC]

He isn't yelling at her for any particular reason that I decided. Just everyone under pressure and he took it out on her (probably for something really small and stupid).

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shadowilinise In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-17 07:13:58 +0000 UTC]

like not been in the "operation" to assit him while she was busy helping other ponies for example?

(love willow icon its so happey and cheery X3!)

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Nimaru In reply to shadowilinise [2012-06-17 13:38:59 +0000 UTC]

Yes, that would be an example, but I thought it could even be for something as dumb as bumping him or not having enough rags or not having cleaned the instrument properly.

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shadowilinise In reply to Nimaru [2012-06-17 17:18:06 +0000 UTC]

oh right!

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Badman171 In reply to ??? [2012-06-12 04:21:42 +0000 UTC]

I was wondering why they were mashing tomatoes. Then, I read the description. That's somewhat distressing.

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