Prologues Should Not Be This Long · 8:07am Jul 31st, 2012
So, I published a new story today. It's been a while since I've written/published anything, so this was birthed as an experiment to get me back on my feet. But like Doctor Frankenstein, I have grown attached to my creation for reasons that escape me.
Some of you might be confused as to what will be going on in this story, and I would be lying if I said I knew exactly what I'm doing. So let's begin with an explanation shall we?
During my week(s) of sickness I was confined to my laptop which for some reason has to be plugged in, because the battery lasts about as long as the time it takes any given person to laugh while watching Whose Line Is It Anyway. Not only did I watch lots of that glorious piece of entertainment, I also watched the movie Forrest Gump, which is a large inspiration to this fic.
No, Luna does not go through Vietnam and get shot in the buttocks. But there was this one scene where Forrest is dancing to Elvis' music while he plays his guitar, and then the Elvis goes and adopts his dance style. There's another instance where Forrest is staying at the Watergate Hotel, and calls in what will inevitably make President Nixon resign. Basically, Forrest has these very minute and indiscriminate moments that end up having a huge impact on and shape modern human history.
With that in mind, I plan to do the same sort of historical fuckery with Luna. Except instead of one man's lifetime, it'll be a thousand years of history. If you are still mildly confused, here's an example of an event that will be taking place in Stars (the fic's nickname). Let's say, for some reason, Princess Luna is in a plane when things go kablooey and it crashes. The US military is quick to respond and rescues her before a public shitstorm could erupt over a talking, winged unicorn. Meanwhile, the media is flipping out because a UFO just crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.
Little, sometimes vague things like that are what I hope to accomplish here. Also, actual chapters should be several decades apart from one another, and will be nothing more than scenes; little peeks into what Luna is doing while on Earth. This fic will not have 1000 or so chapters, if that's what you're wondering.
And about that first chapter... It was supposed to be a prologue. I wanted to explain simply why Luna was on Earth and not on the moon, but then before I knew it I wrote a backstory to Nightmare Moon and it was over 9,000 words long, I ponified some people, and I wrote my first real attempt at a fight scene. Yup. Actual chapters should not be that long, but one may never know.
Have some music.
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Roseluck needs more songs.
~RazgrizS57
first real attempt at a fight scene
...Seriously? That is awesome. It most certainly did not read like you were new to writing fight scenes, especially with part where Nightmare realizes that Celestia was, in fact, willing to kill Luna if it meant stopping Nightmare. That part in particular was handled wonderfully. Anyway, keep up the great work! I'll definitely be waiting for further chapters.
It's been 7 weeks... where is chapter two?
Where is the next chapter? Are you okay?