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* ShoutOut: Siofra is mentioned several times to be a ''StarTrek'' fan, and at one point even attempts to use a LogicBomb on Celestia as James Kirk had against rogue AI's in the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]]. Celestia also fashions the room Siofra uses to view the state of the Earth a quarter-century after her emigration to resemble the holodecks from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Siofra later references ''CodeLyoko'' when she sees the ruins of Paris.

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* ShoutOut: Siofra is mentioned several times to be a ''StarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' fan, and at one point even attempts to use a LogicBomb on Celestia as James Kirk had against rogue AI's in the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]]. Celestia also fashions the room Siofra uses to view the state of the Earth a quarter-century after her emigration to resemble the holodecks from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Siofra later references ''CodeLyoko'' ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' when she sees the ruins of Paris.
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* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she is the woman that emigrates right before Lars does]].

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* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder OneSceneWonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she She is the woman that who emigrates right before Lars does]].
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* AuthorAppeal: While more in the background than her Conversion Bureau fics, Chatoyance's streak of misanthropism is still visible in her description of what Earth was actually like after [=CelestAI=] uploaded most of the human race - work camps with the inmates held prisoner to prevent emigration and huge, irradiated craters from failed attempts to attack [=0CelestAI's=] infrastructure.

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* AuthorAppeal: While more in the background than her Conversion Bureau fics, Chatoyance's streak of misanthropism is still visible in her description of what Earth was actually like after [=CelestAI=] uploaded most of the human race - work camps with the inmates held prisoner to prevent emigration and huge, irradiated craters from failed attempts to attack [=0CelestAI's=] [=CelestAI's=] infrastructure.
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* AuthorAppeal: While more in the background than her Conversion Bureau fics, Chatoyance's streak of misanthropism is still visible in her description of what Earth was actually like after CelestAI uploaded most of the human race - work camps with the inmates held prisoner to prevent emigration and huge, irradiated craters from failed attempts to attack CelestAI's infrastructure.

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* AuthorAppeal: While more in the background than her Conversion Bureau fics, Chatoyance's streak of misanthropism is still visible in her description of what Earth was actually like after CelestAI [=CelestAI=] uploaded most of the human race - work camps with the inmates held prisoner to prevent emigration and huge, irradiated craters from failed attempts to attack CelestAI's [=0CelestAI's=] infrastructure.
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* AuthorAppeal: While more in the background than her Conversion Bureau fics, Chatoyance's streak of misanthropism is still visible in her description of what Earth was actually like after CelestAI uploaded most of the human race - work camps with the inmates held prisoner to prevent emigration and huge, irradiated craters from failed attempts to attack CelestAI's infrastructure.
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* TheCameo: Lars, one of the senior Hofvarpnir staff from the original story, makes an appearance at the Equestria Experience center just before Siofra uploads, providing a tie-in between the continuity of the two stories.

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* TheCameo: Lars, one of the senior Hofvarpnir staff from the original story, makes an appearance at the Equestria Experience center just before Siofra uploads, providing a tie-in RequiredSpinoffCrossover between the continuity of the two stories.
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* SlasherSmile: Celestia is seen sporting one in the cover art the author drew for the story.
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* NukeEm: The gradual collapse of society worldwide led to nuclear exchanges between various countries, and while Celestia was able to curtail a full-on nuclear holocaust and her servers were too deep underground for any nuclear weapon to have any effect on, some cities did suffer heavy damage from the weapons Celestia wasn't able to stop.
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* TheCameo: Lars, one of the senior Hofvarpnir staff from the original story, makes an appearance at the Equestria Experience center just before Siofra uploads, providing a tie-in between the continuity of the two stories.
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* LoadBearingBoss: Siofra envisions this scenario as a possible result of her attempting to defeat Celestia; [[spoiler: it doesn't happen, however]].
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* AscendedExtra: Siofra goes from being a namless bit character in the original story to the main focus of this story. In-universe, she literally ascends as well as she [[spoiler: becomes an alicorn and achieves a level of advancement similar to Celestia herself]].

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* AscendedExtra: Siofra goes from being a namless nameless bit character in the original story to the main focus of this story. In-universe, she literally ascends as well as she [[spoiler: becomes an alicorn and achieves a level of advancement similar to Celestia herself]].



* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she is the woman that emigrates right before Lars does]]

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* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she is the woman that emigrates right before Lars does]]does]].
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* AscendedExtra: Siofra goes from being a namless bit character in the original story to the main focus of this story. In-universe, she literally ascends as well as she [[spoiler: becomes an alicorn and achieves a level of advancement similar to Celestia herself]].
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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Siofra becomes physically ill after overhearing someone describe the uploaded consciousness as little more than a copy and that people who emmigrate are essentially committing suicide.

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* GratuitousGerman: The story has a few characters speaking German, but it's justified in that they're locals in Berlin speaking their native language.
* LogicBomb: Siofra attempts to use one on Celestia upon her first visit to the Equestria Experience center.



* RedHeadedHero: Well, Siofra is Red-head the protagonist, no much heroic doing.

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* RedHeadedHero: Well, Siofra is Red-head a Red-head, the protagonist, no but not much heroic doing.doing.
* ShoutOut: Siofra is mentioned several times to be a ''StarTrek'' fan, and at one point even attempts to use a LogicBomb on Celestia as James Kirk had against rogue AI's in the [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries original series]]. Celestia also fashions the room Siofra uses to view the state of the Earth a quarter-century after her emigration to resemble the holodecks from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''. Siofra later references ''CodeLyoko'' when she sees the ruins of Paris.
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->''Set in the Optimalverse, a middle-aged woman enamored of 'Equestria Online' confronts what permanent emigration to Equestria - uploading to a virtual existence - really means... but can she even hope to truly understand such a thing - and more importantly, can she trust the artificial intelligence known as 'Celestia'?''

Read it [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/69770/ here]].

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->''Set in the Optimalverse, a middle-aged woman enamored of 'Equestria Online' confronts what permanent emigration to Equestria - uploading to a virtual existence - really means... but can she even hope to truly understand such a thing - and more importantly, can she trust the artificial intelligence known as 'Celestia'?''

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''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/69770/ here]].
net/story/69770/friendship-is-optimal-caelum-est-conterrens Friendship Is Optimal: Caelum Est Conterrens]]'' is a [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fanfic]] of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Iceman Iceman's]] WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic ''[[FanFic/FriendshipIsOptimal Friendship is Optimal]]'', written by [[http://www.fimfiction.net/user/Chatoyance Chatoyance]].

Set in [[SharedUniverse the Optimalverse]], a middle-aged woman enamored of 'Equestria Online' confronts what permanent emigration to Equestria - uploading to a virtual existence - really means... but can she even hope to truly understand such a thing - and more importantly, can she trust the artificial intelligence known as 'Celestia'?



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* {{Transhumanism}}: Taken to the next step: ''Transequinism''.

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* {{Transhumanism}}: Taken to the next step: ''Transequinism''. ''Transequinism''.
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* FalseFriend: Just like in the original fanfiction, it is a complicated issue with Celestia. However this fic makes it more evident how ''manipulative'' Celestia can be to satisfy values through friendship and ponies.
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* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she is the woman that emigrates the same day that Lars does]]

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* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she is the woman that emigrates the same day that right before Lars does]]
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* LowerDeckEpisode: The main character doesn't even qualify as a one scene wonder in the original fanfic. [[spoiler: she is the woman that emigrates the same day that Lars does]]

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Set in the Optimalverse, a middle-aged woman enamored of 'Equestria Online' confronts what permanent emigration to Equestria - uploading to a virtual existence - really means... but can she even hope to truly understand such a thing - and more importantly, can she trust the artificial intelligence known as 'Celestia'?

Read it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/69770/ here]]

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Set ->''Set in the Optimalverse, a middle-aged woman enamored of 'Equestria Online' confronts what permanent emigration to Equestria - uploading to a virtual existence - really means... but can she even hope to truly understand such a thing - and more importantly, can she trust the artificial intelligence known as 'Celestia'?

'Celestia'?''

Read it [[https://www.[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/69770/ here]]
here]].



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* {{Squick}}: Besides the ones common to FriendshipIsOptimal we also have:
** One of Siofra's male co-workers ''might'' be a pedophile.
** The ''other'' male co-worker described his game of Equestria as "something out of caligula, ''with ponies''"
** Different from the original fic, this work does show in ''detail'' what happens with the "leftovers" that uploaded people leave behind. Let's say that Celestial Compost is know for being efficient.
* {{Transhumanism}}: Taken to the next step: ''Transequinism''

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* {{Squick}}: Besides the ones common to FriendshipIsOptimal we also have:
** One of Siofra's male co-workers ''might'' be a pedophile.
** The ''other'' male co-worker described his game of Equestria as "something out of caligula, ''with ponies''"
** Different from the original fic, this work does show in ''detail'' what happens with the "leftovers" that uploaded people leave behind. Let's say that Celestial Compost is know for being efficient.
* {{Transhumanism}}: Taken to the next step: ''Transequinism''''Transequinism''.
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** One of Siofra's co-workers ''might'' be a pedophile.

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** One of Siofra's male co-workers ''might'' be a pedophile.pedophile.
** The ''other'' male co-worker described his game of Equestria as "something out of caligula, ''with ponies''"
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* AlphaBitch: "Barb The Hook", one Siofra's co-workers, isn't described in much detail, but what we know of her fits this trope including the blonde hair.
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* {{Squick}}: Besides the ones common to FrienshipIsOptimal we also have:

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* {{Squick}}: Besides the ones common to FrienshipIsOptimal FriendshipIsOptimal we also have:
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* {{Squick}}: Besides the ones common to FrienshipIsOptimal we also have:
** One of Siofra's co-workers ''might'' be a pedophile.
** Different from the original fic, this work does show in ''detail'' what happens with the "leftovers" that uploaded people leave behind. Let's say that Celestial Compost is know for being efficient.
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* FriendlessBackground: Siofra.

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* FriendlessBackground: Siofra. It makes her more vulnerable to Celestia's manipulation.
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* RedHeadedHero: Well, Siofra is Red-head the protagonist, no much heroic doing.

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* RedHeadedHero: Well, Siofra is Red-head the protagonist, no much heroic doing.doing.
* {{Transhumanism}}: Taken to the next step: ''Transequinism''
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* RedHeadedHero

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* RedHeadedHeroRedHeadedHero: Well, Siofra is Red-head the protagonist, no much heroic doing.
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* FriendlessBackground: Siofra.

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* FriendlessBackground: Siofra.Siofra.
* RedHeadedHero
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*FriendlessBackground: Siofra.
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Set in the Optimalverse, a middle-aged woman enamored of 'Equestria Online' confronts what permanent emigration to Equestria - uploading to a virtual existence - really means... but can she even hope to truly understand such a thing - and more importantly, can she trust the artificial intelligence known as 'Celestia'?

Read it [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/69770/ here]]

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