Well, questions are in and it’s about time I actually did some writing since Precalculus is no longer being a massive timesink. First up are the questions from the ever patient Fanfiction users, who were informed of this Q&A back in the very tail end of May.
Wolf Girl811
so the last update is gonna be like a mega chapter like all the other update are gonna look small to it kind of update? aww it gonna end already!?
but i have to know is there a plan one day for a sequel by chance?
Ans: Last question first. Not at this time, I actually two other stories, both on FimFiction (which haven’t been put on Fanfiction.net) that I want to finish first. If I do a sequel however, it will be considerably shorter.
As for the first two, actually that’s a no as well. After talking with two fellow author’s I realized that the size of a chapter big enough to wrap everything that’s happening up in a satisfactory manner would be gi-frigging-normous. So I’ll go back to my original plan of just trying to wrap everything up in the next few chapters.
Smoking Tacos (who warned me early on a chapter so large would be an immense undertaking)
“Is the main character based off of you? Will there be firearms used in the finale?”
Ans: No, Mayberry (and by extention, Amber) is actually based off a group of people that I’ve known over the years. The name Amber is actually the name of a very old friend of mine so I thought it was fitting.
As for firearms, as Equestria has never shown to have anything more than Pinkie’s Party Cannon, I’m leaving firearms out. Amber will have to find a way to get past the magic of unicorns using her head.
Now for the FimFiction users (who I only recently informed of the Q&A because I am derp)
Langly
“Only thing I'm wondering about is the magical races of earth. Did they all die out?
Would be nice to tell Celestia that she killed off countless races as well as all Pegasi and Unicorns on earth and reduced ponies to dumb animals.”
With the disappearance of magic, many of Terra’s (So called because the world of Gen 4 is also called Earth) magical species either went into an involuntary hibernation, the magic their own bodies emit helping them stay hidden. Others, however, either regressed and became something more adaptive or were eliminated by humans and other natural factors. Which of these groups that Terra’s unicorns and pegasi fall into, I have not yet decided though I‘m leaning towards hibernation.
As for ponies, they’ve always been ponies on Terra.
Randomfacts137 (who got me back to work on this with a poke. People, please feel free to do this as I will get distracted sometimes)
“Were there magical races on Terra?
Second. How come Celestia made the Veil? I mean, I get that she wanted to protect Equestria, but from what?
Third. Will any of the Mane SIx besides Twilight appear as a major character? Or at least, will they appear again?”
As with the above question, yes there were magical races on Terra.
As for the Veil, part of her reasoning was Luna was possessed by something not from their world. A possession very similar to King Sombra’s (not the same entity), so Celestia erected the Veil to protect her world from outside forces like that ever again.
And the Mane 6 will appear. Princess Celestia hasn’t been idle while Twilight and Luna were away and has summoned the rest to help Twilight with her grief.
FinalFan
“Is magic really totally dead on Earth, or did it just get so weak that nobody could keep up the practice of doing magic and the dregs are lying forgotten or unnoticed?”
Magic for the most part, is gone on Terra. The only linger magic left is emitted by Terra’s hibernating magical creatures or buried deep in sites of worship that humanity no longer frequents.
….basically our planet has gone BYOM
That’s it for the Q&A, folks! Hope that helps clarify somethings and it did help me think of a few new ideas that will help out.