Notes for the Epilogue of The Siren

Who in their right mind would read this before reading the entire story?

Now in general, you will probably fault me for one of my biggest flaws: Not having a long enough falling action-and-resolution. My excuse this time is that I have to have something to begin Part 2 with, and that would be the seven nights of the Mane Six Plus Spike confessing themselves—it’s a great way to re-cap the events of Part 1.

Agreppa

Joke of the name of Marcus Agrippa, general of the Roman Republic.

That thing that’s supposed to be here.

Generally, at the end of Part 1 of every multi-part fic on this site is supposed to be a preview of Part 2. I may be arrogant, but I don’t think that’s necessary in this case.

I mean, there are probably a dozen questions swirling around your head about what’s going to happen next: What’s going to happen to the Apples? How will our main cast handle the truths about themselves that they’ve discovered? Will Lyra/Crouton find Rozetri, and will Rozetri regain her memories? (Yes and yes to those last two. Some of these questions are not hard.) If you’re thinking about what happens next in the series, that will raise even more questions: Will Chrysalis come back? Will Discord come back? Is Equestria Girls getting incorporated into this? (What do you think?) Will Sunset Shimmer be different in this setting, like Starlight Glimmer was? What will happen when the Pillars return to Equestria? Or when the Storm King invades? (And hey, isn’t Sonata now stuck in one of that guy’s primary targets?) And how will Twilight Sparkle become an alicorn? (And what will happen to Siren Twilight when that happens?) And are you going to have the real Grogar show up???

So, you’d have all of these expectations of what would go into Part 2. (And maybe Part 3, if there’s a Part 3. If I do end up splitting it, the cliffhanger for Part 2 would involve Twilight ascending, so Part 3 could deal with the aftermath of that.)

Or you don’t have any questions. Which probably means that you didn’t like this story and are only reading this far because you want to know how it ends. (Hey, I know where you’re coming from—I’ve done this a lot with iffy fanfics I’ve read.)

In which case…the fanfic’s over. Down-vote the fic if you need to and go home. (Personally, I only bother to down-vote a bad fanfic if it started great and then stabbed me in the back; I don’t bother to punish stories I philosophically disagree with, merely for the crime of existing.)

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Who in their right mind would read this before reading the entire story?

With a line like that, I was sure tempted.