Where is she? She was supposed to be here. She lives here. Where is she? They need her. They NEED her. THEY NEED HER.

Man, the new story picture was starting to get my hopes up that the intrigue was being kicked into high gear.

I mean, the past few chapters have been nice and all, but I've been kind of hoping for more expansion on questions like "Why are some ponies acting stranger than others" and "Who the fuck would join a Discord Army in the first place"

Like, now would be an appropriate time to have a Villain pop up and start making some plot happen.

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Having spent so much time on this, thinking about it, writing it, and reading it, it becomes very difficult for me to think about things in terms of how a reader might see it, so I'm actually glad you point these questions out. Ponies acting differently is just a matter of some folks having differing personalities; some are nice, some are unfriendly, some have their quirks... and so on. That's not to say that some things aren't deliberately out-of-place. I want readers to notice certain ponies more than others.

However, I hadn't considered that people might wonder where Discord got the resources to do what he did; that sounds silly, but I've lived in this thing for years, knowing it for myself. Some things slip. So thanks for asking; I already know how to explain it in the next chapter.

Your comment is particularly well-timed, because we happen to get a very important character in chapter 18. I like that you're paying attention to the cover image.