Ah, now this is the life! I can't believe all the progress we've made in a mere month. Double Diamond and the others certainly come in handy. I don't whether or not I feel bad anymore…that I have a cutie mark while I’ve spent my existence taking theirs away. I do believe that a world with equality is a perfect world. However...someone needs to run it. It might as well be me. Too bad I have to hide behind makeup to keep my plans from being ruined. Ah well, it happens. One month though…
One month of work, and this town already has a cloak shop and a bakery. True, the cloaks are hideous and the muffins taste absolutely retched, but hey, what can you expect? They don't have their talents anymore. I wonder what the others are doing to celebrate our one month is paradise? Maybe they're planning a big party to honour their great and glorious leader…me! To think I used to believe the lie that the Princesses were spreading about talents and pride and all that garbage. Talent is evil! Then again...talent is kind of how I've been making sure this town has been surviving. Huh…I wonder what I would be like if I did remove my cutie mark like everyone else? Sure, we couldn't ever use the cutie unmarking spell again, but at the same time...I wouldn't be a hypocrite anymore.
A hypocrite? Well, I guess I kind of am. I believe in equality over talent. I believe that egalitarianism is the future of Equestria, but at the same time, I'm using the thing I hate most to create this world of mine…and its not like I'll be around forever to keep doing this. So...why do I hate talent again?
That’s when a violent rage of memories rose to the surface of my mind.
"Blank Flank! Blank Flank!"
"Wow, graduating as a blank flank! I don't think that’s ever happened before"
"Look at that mare, she's all grown up, but she still doesn't have her talent? What, is she stupid or something?"
"*Uncontrollable laughter* Really? I can't believe you haven't found who you are yet!”
Oh yeah...that's why.
I despise talents because I hate the sense of superiority other ponies get when they have them. They become arrogant, egotistical, and cruel. They spit out words made of venom against those who haven't found their place in this world. I hate talent. If we are all equal, then we are all in true harmony. However, somepony has to make it possible. So, the burden of the one pony that has talent might as well be me. I mean, other ponies aren't exactly helpful when it comes to their talents being limited to what they are. It is a burden, but it is one I must bare and hide for the sake of the town and it's survival.
After all, talent is the reason why other ponies argue. They always disagree on who’s the best flier, who’s the best magic user, who’s the best princess, who's the best at everything! It's disgusting! They spend all this time arguing and disagreeing and causing so much hatred that they don't know the beauty of being…one. When other ponies learn to act as one, it's like a whole new day!
That is what my town is looking to accomplish. We are going to make all of Equestria see that they have been living a lie for hundreds and hundreds of years. I swear on it, or my name isn't Starlight! We will all be perfectly capable of living as one, and if any threat comes to Equestria, I will simply take their talent away as well. I tried it on a changeling before, and it worked out just fine! So what's stopping me from trying it out on some demigod?
Life is such a joy in my town! Everyone is at a level here…aside from me. My town looks so happy from here. It looks like they are at peace with the fact that no one is superior and no one is shaking in fear. They are all so happy and content with being as one…that my pride just soars like the wings of a griffin. Ah, it makes me remember when I first founded this town. It was on the same day I discovered my cutie mark.
I was wandering the mountains, trying to get as far away from those…talent-filled hacks of Equestria, when I ran into Double Diamond, lost from one of his former skiing adventures. He asked me for help, and then he…he saw that I was a blank flank. Something inside of me just snapped, and I blasted him. He became my first ever citizen. I panicked after that and clubbed him on the head with a piece of wood I found in the desert…he didn’t know anything. It was at that point that I decided to pull something out of my flank. That’s when I noticed I had my destiny etched upon it.
However, over time, all those things I said…I think I'm beginning to believe them. Exceptional talents are a disease, one that is rotting Equestria from the inside out. Equality is the only way that we will have harmony in this world. In my town, there are no nightmares, because ponies never dream. In my town, my ponies live in true harmony, experiencing true friendships for the first time. I can't explain how much joy it brings me to see how much progress we’re making. True, I had to...convince...a few of our members to join us, but at the same time, we have finally created harmony among the entire town.
There's just so many differences in the world, and all they do is cause pain and destroy friendships over time. With my egalitarian plan, everything will be happy and peaceful! Everyone will smile and smile with pure glee. In my town, I may be the only one with a cutie mark…but it is my burden to do whatever is necessary for the sake of my friends. I am going to implement this change across all of Equestria! I am going to be on top of a world of equality! Every pony, from Celestia to the littlest of fillies will come to me and say, “Starlight Glimmer, you are the greatest mare to ever live!”
I will free the world from the curse of their cutie marks. After all, Life is a Joy in our town, we're all equal here. No one is superior to me. I brought this world friendship, I brought them salvation, and I created harmony!
No one can argue against it…
And no one can stop it.
