Salvation update and some fixes · 2:54pm Oct 10th, 2015
Hey folks,
Few things. First, you may have noticed that Salvation just updated. There are only two chapters remaining, and I expect to have them out by the end of the year.
Second, I just finished doing something unusual with Salvation -- I retconned it. When I started writing this story, three years ago, things were a lot different. Twilight was still a unicorn, the library tree still existed, there was no castle, there was no crystal empire, etc, etc.
Twilight became an alicorn just a few months after Salvation started, and at the time I didn’t care too much. Many stories persisted with her as a unicorn, and it didn’t seem like a big deal, but now we’re several years on and the idea of Twilight Sparkle being Princess Twilight Sparkle is pretty deeply ingrained in our minds.
So, I went back and changed a few things. The changes are all unobtrusive and have no impact whatsoever on the story, but here’s the upshot: Twilight Sparkle now has wings and lives in a crystal castle instead of the old treebrary (RIP).
That’s all.
RIP treebrary, but an understandable decision.
Bit of a shame, really.
"When the crystal castle sprung from the ground after Tirek's defeat, it came with a well-stocked wine cellar in the basement"
That image makes me laugh. I can imagine this happening:
"Dear Princess Celestia,
There is not enough alcohol in Ponyville to deal with all these problems now that I'm a princess.
Send help.
Twilight Sparkle."
"My Most Faithful Student:
I trust that this will be enough?
--Celestia"
Not sure how to feel about that. I kinda liked that it felt more of its own thing. Just because it is about a preexisting show doesn't mean it has to follow the continuity.
But, you're the author, you can do whatever the hell you want.
First for strongly disliking the change. Princess Twilight may be firmly ingrained in the show, but in Salvation she was firmly ingrained in my mind as a unicorn. On top of disliking alicorn Twilight in the first place.
But as was said it's your story, so if you feel it's best that's all there is to it.
Only two?!
p.s. in my heart Twilight always be remembered as a unicorn...
Thank you! I just started re reading Salvation and suddenly BAM you updated. This is one of those stories, you read over and over and hope for a finish.