The Thousandth · 6:02am Sep 4th, 2015
Well, will you look at that, the fourth digit to my follower count. Truly, I have reached the upper echelons of...
Waaait, some of my faithful followers haven't been online for over a hundred weeks! Not exactly eager for the next update now, are they? And there might be multiple accounts from one person, or people too lazy to hit unfollow. The actual number's quite vague. I doubt that it's a thousand, or even nine hundred.
Regardless, I'm going to use this moment to be thankful for the readers I have, whether it's a thousand or one. It's been quite a journey, and I'm all for keeping on going. So, thank you for sticking around.
Now, I had planned to imitate other people on this site by doing an AMA upon reaching this point. So, I'll do just that. Ask away, people. I'll be back after a while to answer. Mind you, while it's Ask Me Anything, it's not necessarily Answer Everything. If it involves personal info, even something like my real name, I probably won't be very forthcoming.
Updates?
1) What's your favorite genre of music?
2) How do you cope with "writers block"?
3) Would you rather fight 100 duck sized horses, or 1 horse sized duck?
I probably wasted my questions, but it's the best I can muster this late at night. Congrats on your follower milestone! Stay classy sir, your work is one of the primary reason I still visit this site. XP
Have you ever got to a point where you can enjoy reading your own stories, and who is your least favorite pony and why?
Ooo. I've got a list.
#1.) In Ophidus, are there any 'slave masters' that are extremely nice to their 'slaves'? As in, they are more like servants that are treated with respect/dignity? I can guess one would get in a lot of trouble for that. Heck, if you can't have sex with a pony, what makes you think you can even crack a smile at one without going under the pain of death?
#2.) I have this feeling that Celestia's father, is more like Celestia. Or more appropriate, Celestia takes after her father. I feel as though he cares and loves, but does it like Celestia does. AKA, doesn't seem like it, and is laid back, almost to the point of stubbornness/incompetence...or worse. Am I even remotely close?
#3.) Now it's obvious Terrato loves Black Rose, even after all the shit she's done, but hey "Protect Equestria at all costs, no matter who pays it." From my understanding, Black Rose gave up her love to protect Equestria, she needed Terrato to do away with her 700 years ago. Am I correct for believing that Terrato understands that? Or does Terrato have some weird, bad girl fetish going on? And even after all this shit, I still think Terrato can love, hug and be more conscious about others lives.
#4.) From what I've seen, The Queen is a lot more involved with mortals than the king is. Does she have her own special secretive group that keeps tabs on Equestria. Or is she able to do it within the Silver Sanctum along with that aid of her divination.
#5.) (Bear with me here, this is gonna get nutty.) Oceanus, I have my own theory and I have no idea how close it is or how far off it is, but fuck it. It makes a lot of sense in my view. Or I'm just nuts...either way: I theorize that Oceanus is possessed by an evil entity, namely the devil. And how he got possessed was coming across The Abyss where (Bible Nonsense) God sealed away all the evil in the world at the time. The fallen angels. And me thinking Abyss, as possible reference to same thing. I know your work is influenced by a lot of fantasy. Anyways. Oceanus either deliberately opened up The Abyss or was tricked into opening it. And in return was exposed to the evil and ending up getting possessed.
However, when the possession was not strong enough, Oceanus's being was shattered in order to make do. (restore power of water thing from like the second chapter.) And Oceanus's handmaidens are the other fallen angels. (Also around the same chapter area.) Regia Carnifex said that Oceanus's will is faltering or something like that and that is causing enthralled Alicorns or handmaidens to break free, go rogue. Am I to believe that the entity possessing, is it's own will faltering, due to the fact the he very might likely lose?
(Umm, sounds ridiculous, but come on. If it's anything, it's an unintended reference)
#6.) From what I've seen. The Eternal Herd is in chaos thanks to the king and queen not making any peeps for a prolonged period of time. Is the second highest authority(The Elder Council) are they not supposed to keep that under control instead of letting it fester for the past millennia and being the cause of all the civil unrest, paranoia, stupidity the Eternal Herd now finds itself in. Were they only caring about whoever the guy who is ten thousand years old dating? And their own ego, instead of doing their job? Or is that the Steward's Job, which Lexarious should have been replaced by now.
#7.) (Last Question) Do the king and queen forgive Luna for her foalish temper tantrum from a thousand years ago and understand that it was an incredibly stupid mistake and that she is matured now and is responsible. Or do they hate her rotten guts, intend(if not already done) disown her, and then rip her apart?
Sorry for this level of insanity, but I really like this series and have a lot more questions.
That a lot of users are inactive is true for all so you're still worthy of worship beyond the usual for making the big ones^^
What do you got against Celestia so bad?
Nahh, just kidding. What got you into writing for horses?
How would you describe the radicalness of alpacas?
1.) How much time do you think it will take for your fanfiction to be Complete?
2.) What music do you listen to while writing?
3.) Will we see more Ancient Eternal Herd politics & history? (I am really curious about the Agamanthion void rifts and the strange sixth.)
4.) Did you disclose your ponyhood to anyone in real life? How much do you keep it secret?
5.) What do you do for a living?
6.) Do you see yourself writing professionally? If so i really hope you recreate this masterpiece out of the Ponyverse.
Why haven't you bothered to get a profile pic that isn't the default one?
What made you choose your username?
In your opinion, is Obama secretly Satan, or secretly Hitler?
Congrats on 1000! :)
Time for the hard-hitting questions, the ones that make those around you question their life choices, the ones that make you stare at the stars for truth, the ones that dig out your darkest secrets:
Have you ever done a no-death run in any of the Souls games?
Have you ever successfully solo'd Ornstein and Smough, or are you a casul scrub?
I'm curious in that if Rarity is your favorite pony, why was she put on the backburner in the first novel? You of course decided to breakdown and build up Applejack, Twilight - the poor scars on her cute body! - and Rainbow, as they are by far the most interesting to deconstruct, but Rarity was shoved away to be a blacksmith. I honestly thought you wasted her in the first novel.
Why didn't modern Equestria not share more advanced technology across the barrier? Celestia surely could have given them modern steel production techniques, railroads, or any technology that would help them defend themselves? They can forge their own weapons and armor, and so they have the iron to do it. Having the capacity to make modern steel wouldn't be that far off. Also curious as to why Pegasi have crossbows over longbows, considering that would fit their agility much more. The Welish longbow with a bodkin arrow would be extemely effective. Or even from a Mongolian recurve bow. I'm being anal. Excessively. The first question is much more important.
If you could cuddle anypony instead of torturing them as if you're playing Dark Souls, who would it be?
If you could hang around anypony instead of torturing them, who would they be?
How big do you physically see ponies?
Do you still like the show and where it's going? I do miss the sarcasm of season one Twilight, and it was when Spike was epic, but other than that I think the rest of the cast has grown a lot. Yes, Twilight can be a bit too perfect at times, but the yak episode showed her OCD freak out was completely squee worthy.
Bacon or pancakes?
Love you too, VV.
1) Do you recommend listening to music while writing?
2) How many more installments can we expect for this series?
3) Will you be writing any Holiday specials for the Upheavalverse?
4) When can we see more Discord in this story? I'd love to see him kick Oceanus's flank at some point.
That's all. I await your tentative response with eager anticipation.
When did you start using editors? What do you think of Forest Rain's reading of your Upheaval series? Do you prefer to work on one story until it is finished or several at once? What genera is your favorite? Who is worst pony? Do you do commissions? Why can't I find a good font for sarcasm? Would you consider yourself a closet brony? Have you gone to any conventions before? What got you to make fanfics? How come none of your stories suck? Do you have prereaders?