What comes next? · 7:46am April 10th
I posted this in a comment on my story, but might as well drop it for my followers.
Whew. Let's catch up a little, then.
Some people had the same/similar questions, so I'll just make one big answer for everyone. First of all, thanks for the kind words, of course.
Secondly, I don't have plans to revisit Agate again, at least, not directly. The "story" part of her story is over - she's no longer the Traveler Spirit that goes around and has adventures. She's a more traditional guardian spirit now, quietly hanging around her family, looking out for them and sharing stories and wisdom. 496k words if enough, I'd say. I might someday write something about that late-season episode where Sombra gets resurrected and returns to the Empire if the fancy strikes me and I feel I can make it into something interesting, but there's honestly a pretty low chance of that. If I ever get inspired to write snowponies again, she might briefly show up as a side character, but that's it. Multiple people wanted her to have a conversation with the alicorns, but I honestly didn't really feel like it fit the narrative much. Agate was a respected figure and a neutral arbiter among the snowponies, but she was never a leader or the sort of pony that circumstances would lead the alicorns to talk to, save perhaps to indulge their curiosity. I also didn't plan for big-time characters from Equestria to have a part in the story; This was just something happening in the north, without their participation.
About more of the snowpony universe - I do still plan to make around half a dozen chapters or so for the prequel story of how the earth pony clan that fled north slowly turned into snowponies, though it obviously won't have any characters that were in Agate's Vigil.
I also thought about making a "kirin visit snowponies" story. The contrast of completely opposing elements meeting is always an interesting/funny one.
Unfortunately, though, I don't have nearly as many thoughts about kirin worldbuilding, so it wouldn't be nearly so lore-heavy for the two tribes as Agate's Vigil was for the crystal/snow ponies. More like a catch-up of "what happened since the snowponies were discovered that the kirin learn as they travel north" kind of thing.
I do like like alternate tribes and their histories a fair amount. I actually have a just-about full story about the origin of batponies kicking around in my head, set before and after Luna's banishment, though, of course, actually writing it out is another matter entirely. I also have ideas for completely different stories - my tastes are actually quite varied, though we'll see if I'll find the time to write them.
For now, I'm going to go on a break and get some reading done, as I more or less put that completely on hold while I was writing myself. When will I start writing again? We'll see. Won't be too long, but it's not going to be immediate, either. The Tribe of Snow comes next, as I said, and then - we'll see.
Agate's Vigil is definitely a favorite of mine, I really enjoyed reading it, thanks for writing it. As to the idea of a sequel, maybe a shorts story? I'm sure she's going to be telling her siblings and their kids stories about her life, and I'm sure we haven't heard all she's done. And then there's the various Crystal Empire stories, all of which to some degree or another have room for her. In particular, Thorax's first story comes to mind, and of course offers the option to have the technicolor king bug moose show up after he takes over the hive, which would likely be hilarious. Also Flurry's crystalling, considering that she shatters the Crystal Heart would make sense for Agate to show up, and that one gives the option of running into Luna and Cellie since all three'd have the same goal.
No matter, whether we see more of her, or more of the snow ponies or something completely new, I'm certainly looking forward to seeing what comes next.
This is a great story keep going . the Equestria games , The thorax time line with a hey thorax get out its a bad time ect
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