A milestone achieved · 10:41pm Mar 4th, 2014
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Good stuff, I am sorry I could not get around to thanking each of you personally who faved the story, all 106 of you and I am pleased that you still seem to enjoy the current chapters. I will admit I found this surprising as I have not been particularly fond of how the 'Griffon Arc' has progressed so far in Bad Mondays. This is largely because it has become something of a plot tumour, this is to be expected of course because so many elements came together in chapter 8 and the events therein have had so many consequences, some of which have yet to even rear their head in the main story but are happening in the background. Just as well they haven't, otherwise we'd be several more chapters in by now and have only just reached canterlot.
That said the events of the equestrian express have pretty much dominated or underlined pretty much every interpersonal interaction in the story and that has been ticking me off something fierce, but I cannot deny its importance at this juncture. You see I had planned for Handy to get involved in alot more adventures and shenanigans before being able to gain control of any modicum of real power, yet here he is, a knight, a baron and a member of a royal court, even if it is a petty kingdom. This ties him too much down in politics way earlier then I intended for him to be but it was unavoidable given the direction of the story's events, and now here he is before the royal princesses way earlier then I wanted him to be. I CAN get him out of this, but my options are limited. If I want to break the story's back and deus ex machina his way out, well... Fuck that.
Alternatively I can get him out of the scenario but at serious risk of running into cerebus syndrome, I know the story is dark at parts, but I don't want to be totally serious and ruin the story. To give you an idea of my concern, think about the length of time I have hinted at in the prologue, the confrontation in canterlot occurs over a year from when Handy entered Equestria, as of the latest chapter, An Interview with Twilight, it has only been a number of months, he still has ALOT of shit to do and I will be damned if I will have him trapped in a court for the remainder of that time. Adventure is the prime purpose of this fiction afterall
But alas, I have run into a gordian knot as it were and cannot seem to untangle it without simply cutting it in half.
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I'll figure something out.
Since the princesses don't trust him, and he is seen as a criminal, why not have the princesses have him do something for them, to prove his integrity? He doesn't seem to be doing much for Joachim at the moment, and he's been bitching about the lack of coin in his pocket. Just a suggestion, am eagerly awaiting the next chapter!
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I have a similar idea. Joachim sends Handy out on adventures and missions for his kingdom or the nation. knights are called on to do quests for high nobles all the time and it would be a great way for handy to earn his keep.
You could get other kingdoms, creatures or interested parties involved. It's a fantasy world so you can world-build to a fair extent and rumours about Handy are probably starting to go far at this point. As long as he keeps looking out for himself then he's going to keep causing problems for everyone as more powers decide they should get involved.
1896025 Mayhaps, the problem the princesses have with demanding something of him is that he is currently not theirs to command, but I can see Celestia weasling around this some how. I'll keep it in mind.
1896074 This is almost certainly going to be the case and it would be a good reason to keep him out of the castle.
1897971 This is exactly what I want to happen, I have been hinting at other kingdoms, such as Concordia which I want to feature in the future, more because I simply love the prevails-verse's world building of which I am incorporating parts, but its hard to find an excuse for Handy to go into the desert. Because, you know, desert. Like I said, I'll figure something out, if I could find an excuse to get seaponies involved, which I have, this won't present too much of a problem. For me anyway, Handy very much so. Thank you all for your contributions.