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// It's been a while hasn't it? (An Update, Yet Not an Update) 
// Story: The Twilight Citadel 
// by Pyrestrike 
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Really, it's been three years since I first published this story with barely a grasp on actual literature and just my imagination to guide me into making more chapters. Honestly, I half expected this work of fiction to lose interest pretty quick.

But instead, it kept attracting new readers, and new compliments, and new criticisms.

And now that I look upon my old chapters and how I've structured them: 

It's A Mess. 

I've made so many mistakes in character and plot development that eventually I threw myself off and couldn't proceed with the actual story I had in mind. The fact that I also inserted too many characters for me to actively keep track of also put another nail into my literary coffin.

Thanks to your comments, criticisms, and suggestions I've basically come up with a few core problems that I need to rectify:
1. What do these characters look like? (I don't describe the appearance of certain characters well)
2. Why do (most of) Mane Six Five have kids?
3. Aren't you going a little too fast/slow?

And of course the most important problem of all:
4. Where the Buck is Twilight? 
(I didn't even get to the part where Twilight was supposed to make her big entrance)

I've had enough of procrastinating and I really don't want to let this story die. So one of two things is going to happen:

1. I cancel this version of The Twilight Citadel and create a brand-new version with an absolutely massive overhaul to the plot, progression, and character count. It'll still contain remnants of the "old" version, but it will basically be a new story with the same concept of Twilight's banishment transforming her into the ruler of her own nation. (Though I'll need to confirm whether the changes I'm making will allow me to create a new submission within the rules of this site of course)

2. The second option would be for me to establish the changes to this version of the story and just do what I can to fix the previous chapters to allow a better understanding of the characters and remove some elements from my previous writings that I deem superfluous. I'll be honest, I think my writing was pretty messy a few years back.

Lastly, I want to thank all of you who first read this story a few years back who are still paying attention just waiting for the moment I update this little fic, it's awesome to know how dedicated some of you readers are. 

So please, if you're still interested in this story please give me some feedback on how you think I should improve this story or give me a heads-up on what you think I'm missing from the "core problems list". Anyway, big changes should be coming, and I'll do my best to bring them to you all.