Hello bronies. You asked, and I will answer. And for teh lolz, I'm putting my reactions as pictures.
LET'S DO THIS.
fenril asked:
did you choose them based off of them being the more popular HiE stories?
and why not the dad my MLD?
A:
What an interesting question. I choose them, yes, because of popularity, but also because I had read them. I needed to feel like I knew the character. Preeety simple.
And MLD? Well... I don't think he could have contributed anything humorous. He's a pretty stereotypical sad guy. He seems like he would just bring the mood down.
And I didn't choose him because I didn't really think about him.
NEXT QUESTION:
fenril asked (again):
what other humans didnt make the cut?
A:
How...what? You read my mind son. There are three humans who didn't make the cut.
Connie Hayden from Butterscotch's Adventures in Equestria was one.
Why? Well, I sent every author a message asking them if I could use their character. And most replied.
Except one: butterscotchsundae
That's that.
Another was Isaac from Not the Afterlife I Signed Up For.
Why? I just...totally forgot about him. =P
The last was Derp. Oh Derp.
Well you see, this story was going to be a lot different. Al the humans were meeting to put an end to the bad HiE stories. Derp was sort of their inside knowledge.
See? It was kind of dumb and not very funny. So I changed it. And that's who was cut.
ON TO THE NEXT:
Ugh. Tyrannosaurus_Tux asked:
How bout that multi-dimensional society, then?
After all, there is only one internet for all the dimensions
A:
Duh.
It's inside a trash can.
NEXT ONE:
zinitradd asked:
Was the part where Connor called Second's goals "storybook" a reference to the fact that Second is aware of being trapped in a story? And did Connor know about that when he said it?
A:
Well...I would like to say yes but...
Nah. I really didn't think of that.
But in the original I did...
NEXT!
Tailslover13 asked:
How did you think up this initial idea? What was going through your mind and how did it come to this type of interesting conclusion?
A:
All I know is that I have a crazy imagination...
And I wasn't doing drugs.
I CONCUR!
Poodicus asked:
How did all the humans come together? How do they all know each other?
A:
It doesn't really matter...
But...
I guess they met at a bar? In Ponyville? By some freak dimensional portal?
Meh.
BLARGH:
fenril asked (again)[again]:
will they ever finish their poker game? will they defeat the bomb crapping monster?
will the author write another story to find out?
A:
Perhaps...
LAST ONE:
Tyrannosaurus_Tux asked (again):
What if these stories are all true
But we're the unwitting gods of them?
A:
HAH
Agreed
eh
I ain't even mad
But unfav
422179
You shouldn't be. I was messing wit ya.
422184
The intentions may have been good, yes, but the way you did it provides fuel for potential temper tantrums for everyone.
HELLO
422219
I'm sorry you can't take a little teasing for a weird concept.
422282
~You say goodbye, but I say hello.~
422173
...with what?
422005
AHA
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422624
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422679
Okay I'm done.
422682:
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Cause I ended it.
422683
No I did.
422685: I did.
422688
NO
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I DID.
422699:
NO!
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I did.
422606
Well some might not take teasing well is all I'm saying.
Holy crap do you know what the edit button is for
YAY!
and to answer your question,
yes i am a wizard
423134
You need to lighten up d00d.
And yes I do.
425454
Really? Can you transport me to Equestria?
425544
when i figure out how ill let ya know
NEEEWWW, the monster must not die.
To answer question #6, the author brought them here, of course! Which leads into the next question...
Number eight is possible by at least one multiverse theory. We would be telling the the story of somewhere, sometime, in at least one universe, yet we wouldn't actually affect it. Creating an original book or other type of media, however, may cause a universe to start existing. Another way of thinking about it could actually mean that you are correct about that, and that we exist because someone else wrote a book about us, these "Humans", on their silly little green planet. Breathing oxygen... ha! Nothing could ever do that.
The idea of being a god in another universe, yet neither I nor the people in said universe know about it, amuses me to some extent. All that power, but never seeing what comes of it personally... Which is also why many books have a happy ending. It means that the super mecha invincible space soldiers don't get very, very angry if they find out that you killed their best friend, and decide to use that new "universe jumping" tech accordingly. We all subconsciously know that it is possible, and we write accordingly...
Well, I mentioned religion, which means that I should GTFO before a hardcore Christian sees this. Good day, you universe-making chaps!
425544 In another universe, if I get up off my arse and decide to write about it, then yes, yes you can.