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DemPonies Is Following (0)Hey, folks!
First, I'd like to start off by thanking all of you for a total of one hundred favourites so far!
...Okay I admit I cheated. I favourited my own story to reach three digits (and have an excuse to write this update).
Then, I would like to apologize for having you wait for... SEVEN WEEKS!?!?! I'm sorry! Quick, Apple Bloom, show them how sorry I am.
Ah, that's it.
To my defense, life has been hectic lately. School has upped the ante, I have been busy trying to get my driver's license (which I did the day before yesterday), my parents are abroad so I'm taking care of the place and my sister by myself, and my country's equivalent of the SAT test was a few days ago. Plus, both Dishonored and X-COM: Enemy Unknown came out the on the same day...
Things should hopefully calm down now, though, and I'll have more time to put into writing. That said, I haven't been completely idle. Due to a number of feedbacks, I decided to rewrite the beginning of the story. I'll go into details of what I've changed, and why.
The first, and most significant part, is the prologue. It's gone. Some of you might be sad to see it go, or maybe most of you feel it's for the better, but me, the author--who put his blood, sweat, and tears into that chapter--is very sad to see it go.
The reason is because its importance was dubious. It had little to tie it directly into the immediate story of Twilight and, while it did give the reader a way to understand the different pony societies a little bit better, there are certainly less ham-fisted ways to do it. Besides, you want to hook your readers right away, and long legal talks may not be the way to do it. And writing scenes with six characters in the same room is a b*tch!
The first chapter has, among other things, a different beginning. Nothing major, just another way to open it. It is epigraph-less for the moment, however. I'll see if that lasts or not later.
The flashback with Twilight's father is gone too. Someone brought up that it was kind of out-of-place there and that I hadn't instilled enough curiosity in the reader to warrant a flashback. And they were absolutely right. So, that's gone. Maybe I'll put the same information in chapter two.
The ending is in another place as well. I moved the ending of the chapter, with Twilight receiving the letter from her parents, from the end of the first chapter to the beginning of the second. That is something I would like some feedback on, however. I did it to make a more focused main conflict for the chapter (the rising of the sun), but I also felt the old ending made readers more anticipated for the next, and opened up a new main conflict. What do you think?
The old versions can be found here (for those who are interested):
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>>474187 You and me both.
>>473997
Yes, Night's Favored Child is indeed genius
I only wish it would update more often...
Finally someone else who appreciates the genius of Night's Favored Child!
Heya! Thank you so much for the fave on Under A Luminous Sky! For real, it makes my day knowing that someone was entertained by my shlock.
>>240035
I don't think so.
Hmm, interesting. I recall searching for stories with this premise along time ago, but ultimately found nothing. On the other hand, it can be difficult to find specific stories without knowing their names.
You know there is a story out there with a similar setting where there are no Princesses nor Discord and Equestria is divided among the three pony races... there the mane six, as fillies meet up with each other by accident, heard of it?
>>214583
I'm glad you liked it. I worked pretty hard on it, so it's gratifying to know I did some things right. As to why it was removed, well, I think I explained that pretty well in my blogpost. It wasn't directly related to the immediate story and it was pretty slow moving, so it wasn't the best way to throw someone into the narrative. Still, I'm very glad you liked it.
I hope to have a new chapter out in December, or early January, at least. Still, I won't promise anything but that I'll put it out once it's done and that I work on it all the time.
Don't see why the prolouge had to go, it was good, also when do you think the next chapter will be up?
>>210546
I'm sorry that it's been such a long time
As you can see under the daily story progresses, I do make small, though steady, progress. I try to work on the story a little every day, and I've written about 3300 words over the last month.
To me, it's more important that I put out the best I can rather than the fastest I can. As for when the next chapter will come out, I hope to give it to you before the end of the year, but there's always a chance you'll have to wait until early January.
I've also given you my permission to read the prologue and made it accessible to anyone with the link. I didn't mean to make it private.
It has been a real long time since you updated Twilight's Oddsey... when will we see more of it? Also I asked to see the prologue you originally written.