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// Chapter 52, Thanks 
// Story: The Chronicles of Summer Rain 
// by shysage 
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If you read this story through, thank you.  I hope you feel the time you spent was worth it.





Thank you Hasbro for this amazing series called 'My Little Pony' Gen III, that you have caused to flourish under your tent.

I don't understand a lot of the animosity I am hearing.  Hasbro exists to make Billions, and in the process, they can invest Millions on the series we love.  We should be all over that.

Besides, regardless what anyone else says or feels, at the end of the day, Hasbro continues to pay the bills for MLP, and I have not run into anyone else who can.

Rock on, Hasbro.





Thank you Lauren Faust.  The characters of this series are largely your handiwork, and they are all amazing (except Gelda).  Wherever you are, I hope you are not far from MLP.





Voice Actors you are amazing too.  I doubt I will ever meet any of you awesome ladies, and would probably either cry (Fluttershy) or bow (Princess Twilight) if I did.

But I hear all your beautiful and memorable voices in my head for every piece of dialog I write.  That is almost scary.

Your dedication to your characters has given amazing longevity to MLP.  I hope you are all well-paid.  You deserve every penny.

Rest assured that adjusting to new VA would be very painful, to me anyway.

Thank you again.





Writers, you probably feel pressure more than anyone else.  Even so you are creative and brilliant.  Relax, keep the peace, and keep up the good work.





The entire 'Twins' phenomenon in this story blows me away.  It is literally amazing, and quickly grew light-years beyond where I thought it might go.

The only Twins that the Equestria Girls movie surfaced were the main five.  I knew early on that Summer's Twin ('Corn') would be added as well.

I saw an amazing picture of a very good 'earth' Twilight on FimFic, and realized on the spot that I had to surface Princess Twilight's Twin, Equestria Girls Twilight Sparkle.  That one step amazingly rounded everything else out.  Whoever you are that drew that, thank you.  Equestria Girls Twilight Sparkle meeting Princess Twilight for the first time is priceless...  Well that whole chapter (41) is...  And it simply would not have worked if Princess Twilight did not have a Twin as everypony else did.





Lastly, a disclaimer.

I think I might know what good writing is.  It grows while constantly folding back on itself, bringing the past into the future, all while constantly rewarding the reader for their effort.

Actually writing like that usually takes hundreds of hours of very careful planning, start to finish.

I work full time, and have a lot of other responsibilities.  I don't have time for such careful planning.

This is what I did.  I grabbed a box with a 1000 piece puzzle in it, and shook it for fifteen minutes.  Then I carefully poured it out, a little bit every day, and watched in awe as the pieces basically fell right where they belonged, and this amazing story, amazingly took shape.  I can't explain that.

Volume two of Summer's Chronicles looks to be shaping up the same way, but is proving more challenging.

I know that some of this story contains both spelling and terminology errors.  I'm just scared to change anything because of how it all happened in the first place.  Besides, every time I go back and read what I have written, I cry...





Friendship is magic.  I hope we are all trying to live that out.  I am convinced this dark world will be a better place if we do.

-- Shysage