//------------------------------// // The Hurricane Story Arc Q&A Responses! // Story: Blue Angel // by V-Pony //------------------------------// Ok, again I got some really good questions from you guys so I hope I return them with some equally good answers! Camlio: Here's a question for your Q&A, was Volare's name chosen due to its meaning or for any other reason? Well, let's see here...Volare is a Latin word meaning "to fly" and the reason why it was chosen by his parents was to reflect the family heritage of aeronautics (pilots, dirigible captains, etc.) His father and grandfather before him were also Blue Angels pilots during their flight careers, and his dad wanted that tradition continued with Volare. Volare is also the translated name of an Italian song, and I believe the English translation of the lyrics fairly well reflects what's happening to Volare in the story...which is interesting because I discovered this song about halfway through the Prologue Arc: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volare_(song) "Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu" (Volare) Italian lyrics: Penso che sogno così non ritorni mai più, mi dipingevo le mani e la faccia di blu, poi d'improvviso venivo dal vento rapito, e incominciavo a volare nel cielo infinito. Volare ho ho cantare ho ho hoho, nel blu dipinto di blu, felice di stare lassù, e volavo volavo felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più sù, mentre il mondo pian piano spariva laggiù, una musica dolce suonava soltanto per me. Volare ho ho cantare ho ho hoho nel blu dipinto di blu felice di stare lassù. Ma tutti i sogni nell'alba svaniscon perchè, quando tramonta la luna li porta con se, ma io continuo a sognare negl'occhi tuoi belli, che sono blu come il un cielo trapunto di stelle. Volare ho ho cantare ho ho hoho, nel blu degl'occhi tuoi blu, felice di stare qua giù, e continuo a volare felice più in alto del sole ed ancora più su, mentre il mondo pian piano scompare negl'occhi tuoi blu, la tua voce è una musica dolce che suona per me. Volare ho ho cantare ho ho hoho nel blu degl'occhi tuoi blu, felice di stare qua giù, nel blu degl'occhi tuoi blu, felice di stare qua giù con te.. ------------------------------------------ "In the Blue Painted Blue" (Volare) English lyrics: I think that dream like that Will never return I painted my hands And face blu Then all of sudden I was Abducted by the wind And I started to fly In the infinite sky To fly ho ho To sing ho ho hoho In the blu, painted blue Happy to stay up there, And I flew and flew Happy, higher than the sun And yet more up, While the world Slowly dissappered down below, A sweet music playing Just for me To fly ho ho To sing ho ho hoho In the blu, painted blue Happy to stay up there But all dreams Vanish at dawn because When the moon sets, It takes dreams with itself But I keep dreaming In your beautiful eyes, That are blue as the sky Spangled with stars To fly, ho ho To sing ho ho hoho, In the blue of your blue eyes Happy to be down here And I keep flying, happy Happy, higher than the sun And yet more up, While the world Is slowly vanishing In your blue eyes Your voice is a soft music That plays for me To fly ho ho To sing ho ho hoho In the blue of your blue eyes Happy to be down here In the blue of your blue eyes Happy to be down here With you... So in short, Volare's name has Latin roots --------->and feel free to point out the parallels between the song lyrics and what's happened in the story so far as well ("abducted by the wind", for example) Cry Havoc: My question: HOW MANY THINGS WILL EXPLODE? Hrm, I haven't really given that too much thought....but I do know at least one thing DOES explode in an epic and crazy fashion, though I won't say what :P enigmaMystere: Two questions for the Q&A: 1. does volare listen to every kind of music? and 2. who is his favorite of the CMC? i know these have nothing to do with the current plotline, but i'm just extremely curious about it. Heh, it's no problem. 1. Well, Volare's main passion in music rests in classic rock, though he's usually up for listening to just about anything with a good beat or message in it (so no "shoot da gangstas and slap da hoes" rap) XD; He's also somewhat fond of the music of his favorite video game series, Ace Combat (go figure, right?) Volare: But it kicks ass to listen to while flying! Me: Heh, I gotta give ya that one. 2. As far as his favorite of the CMC...that'll be made fairly obvious pretty soon (if it isn't already), the reasons for which will also be revealed as part of the next story arc. Chiman1293: 1. Are you going to set up a possible shipping connection with all of the mane 6 and/or other ponies? When I say shipping connections I mean how when the mane character (Oh my god I am starting to write mane when I mean main. I am sorry I had just say this.) spends an extended amount of time with another pony, it seems to always lead to a possible ship. This and when you consider the fact that the mares have been having all of those funny feellings. Plus all of the other this Twilight thought about when she and Volare were having her chat. When you take all of this, it just seems like every single time volare and somepony works together there is the possibity for a relationship. 2. How much of the ideas we bring up/suggest in the comments do you imply/impose/put into your story? How much of what we say effects the plot? EX: How much explosions will happen do to our influence? The "funny feelings" bit will be addressed...and it's not what you think :P As for chipping connections...you'll see what happens! ^^ (but no, he won't be shipped with everypony; that's kinda the last thing on his mind at the moment, in all honesty. I mean, he yanked away from his dream job, lost his body, and is now having to keep secrets from the creatures that are now bound to be his new friends...so yeah, relationships are kinda far from his mind atm). As for how much your ideas affect the story...well, they certainly help, especially if I hit a creativity wall (the music suggestion chapter was a good example). If he and Scoots hit it off, I may need suggestions for antics for them to get into too ^^: And as for explosions....dammit, I'm gonna have to add more at this rate XD TopNotchBrony: Okie dokie, I've got a couple questions for ya. How long are you planning for this fan fiction to go for? And much darker are we going to get? Well, I'm still scribbling down story arc ideas, but I think I've got something like 12-14 planned so far. And considering the previous two arcs averaged about 75k words...we're probably looking at somewhere between 900k and 1 million+ words at this rate (my fingers are like GAWD DAMN, MAN!) XD; We'll see how things pan out. And as for how much darker things are gonna get...well, let's just say if you could see what I've got planned, you might wanna hurt me ^^;; It will get much, much darker sooner or later, trust me enigmaMystere: Oooh, one more question: has fluttershy ever considered a relationship with either volare or iron will?? Heh, I was wondering when this question would come up ^^; As far as Volare is concerned, I don't think so (she wouldn't seem to be the pony to immediately wanna date someone so soon after meeting them.) For now, she's just a good friend. As for Iron Will...heh, he might have joked about the idea, but nothing serious has ever come about between the two of them. He felt he owed her too much as it was and that it wouldn't be fair if he pulled a move like that. So, nah, they're just good friends. Randombrony856: Will Volare ever get a party? Yep, Pinkie's got something special planned for him. ;) SovietBacon: 1, Is Volare going to be mutilated anytime soon? 2, Is there going to be a big fight? 3, How long is the story going to be? 1: Volare: oO;;; Um, he already had his wing torn off and reattached, what more do ya want from the guy?! XD; Volare: Dude, this isn't funny! *smack* Me: Ow...but to answer your question...let's just say any physical hurt he incurs will be nothing compared to other pain he'll endure... 2: Heh, hard to have a fic with a military pilot without there being a big fight (though I wonder what your definition of "big" is) 3: As stated above, probably in the 900k+ words territory ^^; enigmaMystere: oh, one more question, but for rainbow dash! do you think you'd ever tell volare about your feelings (because we know you have amorous ones ), as well as that patch you have? Heh-heh, Oh yes, that's one of the reasons why she's spying on him: to see if she can find out any info about that (she kinda feels like that's fair since he must have known about her in someway before she saved his butt). Okey dokey folks, if ya'll have anymore questions, just ask them and I'll answer them here up until the next chapter goes up! The name of the next story arc: The Running (in which Volare gets help from a rather unexpected source...)