Hero Souls: Awakening FAQ · 4:42pm Jul 16th, 2018
Q: Are the rest of the Mane 6 going to awaken a Hero Soul?
A: Yes. There will also be two OC Hero Souls, both of which play a plot relevant part to the story, but are not actually a member of the main cast.
Q: Who will be reincarnated in other Hero Souls?
A: The Mane 6, Spike, and two OCs. There will be no other Hero Souls.
Q: Will there be romance/sex in this story?
A: Romance? Yes, and I even already know of one couple I'm hooking up. Sex? Nope. I'm uncomfortable writing sex scenes with humans, let alone with ponies.
Q: How closely will you adhere to canon?
A: Close enough to be recognizable, but I will definitely be trying to make it as unique as I can without venturing into completely original territory.
Q: Can I make suggestions?
A: YES!!! Please! I have absolutely no qualms admitting that I am not good at this. If you have an idea, mention it in the comments. If I think it can work, I'll PM you and we can work it out. I will happily give a shout out for everypony/dragon/griffon/thing that helped. Also, bear in mind that I can be very emotional at times, so if I take a while to respond, I am merely letting how I feel about a suggestion run its course before I can look at it in an unbiased manner.
Q: What are the rules regarding suggesting heroes?
A: None, because all Hero Souls are now decided and will be revealed when they Awaken in the story.
Q: Since there are Hero Souls, will there be Villain Souls?
A: I’d like to tip my hat to Comickook for this question, as even I hadn’t considered that until he said something. This is why I asked you guys to happily make suggestions and throw in ideas you have. I’m not very good at coming up with my own ideas, but choreographing pre-existing ideas? That I can do easily.
Anyways, to answer this question… yes. You're welcome to make suggestions. I have decided on four Villain Souls so far, so I need two more.
Q: You don't know the series I suggested? Will you use it if I show you where to find info on the series?
A: No. In order for me to consider my knowledge of the series good enough, I have to watch at least two seasons of the series, played two games, read two books, or seen the movie at least twice. As you can guess, that will eat at a lot of my time and prevent updates for a while.
Q: Will there be a Batman Hero Soul to compliment Twilight's Superman soul?
A: No. I will only be pulling one hero from a universe, no more. No exceptions.
Q: Will you use hero types, if not the heroes themselves? For example, the Green Lantern Corps, or the Sailor Scouts, or even the Power Rangers?
A: As a matter of fact, yes! I already know two ponies who will be attaining powers similar to that of a Hero Soul, but not actually be a Hero Soul.
Q: Will the story be serious, comedic, dramatic, or any mixture?
A: I assume what this question means is how will the story focus itself? If that is the case, I'm aiming for a mix of drama and comedy. With a very small splash of romance.
Q: How serious will the story take itself? Will it adhere to physics and the laws of nature? If so, to what degree?
A: Well, first keep in mind that magic factors in fairly heavily in the MLP series, especially the concept of turning Friendship into a source of magic. (AKA, The Naruto Uzumaki Effect)
With that in mind, I like throwing science into a lot of the stuff I do, but at the same time I'm not really all that smart. In fact, I'd go so far as to say I'm pretty ignorant of how the world works. The biggest example of this is Chapter 23, where I have Fluttershy blocking a fairly strong hit from an Ursa Major. Going back over the details, and seeing just how utterly huge those things are in the only know picture in canon... I can confidently say I done goofed.
So expect some things to not make sense once in a while. Usually this is because I'm a firm believer in Rule of Cool, and just can't help myself.
EDIT (3/15/2018): Furthermore, with my new job, I have even less time to research new series'. Sorry.
EDIT (7/16/2018): Work is still a hassle, and more so due to being understaffed. This combined with my lack of motivation lately means ALL stories are on hold for the time being.
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I will update this as needed, so check back periodically.
How have you been? I know the job has been taking up a lot of your time but I hope you still have time to rest and do something enjoyable.
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Considering I'm currently spending the day with my girlfriend, I'm doing okay. I know what I need to do and get to get back to work on my stories, it's just a matter of figuring out where to put the stuff.
I have a pretty small, and messy, room.
Thanks for asking.
I have one question that I didn't see it in your post.
Will all Hero/Villian Souls be gender-bent compare to their previous life? Well, I guess it is hilarious to see how their opposite-gender experience make their current life awkward. Plus, Rarity might make a remark to both Applejack and Rainbow something like "I now understand why the two of you cannot behave like a proper lady". Or Rarity would say to Spike "Why don't you come and try a dress like you used to before?".
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To be perfectly blunt, the gender ratio for superheroes is kinda skewed in the favor of men, so a serious female hero is kinda rare. To make matters worse, most are located within the DC and Marvel universes, severely limiting my ability to utilize them.
And no, I don't consider Magical Girl shows as serious female superhero shows, at least not for the most part. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and Puella Magica are two such shows with serious female superheroes in my eyes, but that's because the shows themselves do not shy away from addressing serious stuff, like slavery, abuse, mind control and the end of the world logically explained.
That, and watching little miss Friendship-through-blunt-force-trauma wreck people's shit is hilarious.
With MGLN, the magic system is actually developed past "Ancient Mystical Artifacts granting the heroes powers" and widely utilized by more than just the few heroes and villains. On top of that, the series itself gets progressively darker in tone as you progress through the episodes. The first show dealt with cloning, mind control, and child abuse. The second one dealt with owning up to your mistakes and confronting ones own mortality and accepting it, and the third dealt with biological warfare, though I'll grant most of that is through cybernetic augmentation and cloning.
Puella Magica itself is a fairly dark series. Every hero will eventually go mad and attempt to destroy the world, and character death is fairly common. Worst of all, the series deals with Genie style wishes and the absolute truth of Entropy. That children of all things are the ones willingly making the hard decisions in this show is another mark for it. The show isn't afraid to admit that even children can be brave in the face of death. In an ideal world they shouldn't have to, but that's the point of the show, a fight to create the ideal world.
Sorry about the rant, but that touched on a bit of a pet peeve of mine. I am not by any means against female heroes, the fact that I am a huge fan of MLP enforcing this I hope, but I can't deny that there simply aren't that many female superheroes worth mentioning.
So, to compress that down into a simple answer to your question... Most characters dealing with Hero/Villain Souls are gonna probably be having the gender issue, though not because I specifically wanted that. It's just coincidence.