My biggest concern and most anticipated element was the character interaction. I must say that this story is exceeding my expectations so far. Right now things are currently following the story of OSOTS very closely so I'm rather curious about how the butterfly effect will change things.

I may be involved in the story and editing processes but I do find it much more appealing to properly review a chapter as a whole after it has been published, the formatting changing when it is published usually makes a difference to me.

5866215 I'd still like you around editing this, though. It'd be nice to see you around. :)

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Oh I fully intend to be around editing this. I am all for this project and I want to do whatever I can to help see it come to fruition.

What I meant earlier was that I personally find it a very different experience reading and enjoying it when it's finished than when it's still being written and revised.

I'm sorry, but I got to ask: Do we really need this?

I mean, in this current timeframe? As a sequel, when the UN starts dimension hopping like a Sliders version of Star Fleet or something, sure.

But the grittiness of the main arc is already a bit overburdened by it's comic book style cosmology. This just makes the war more convoluted.

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I think I can see where your concerns might be coming from. All I can say is that we've got some damn good people on this story doing their best to make sure it doesn't screw up in such a manner.

In any case, this is an AU of main Spectrum. Worst case scenario, we eff the whole thing up and it doesn't affect Spectrum's "canon" in the slightest.

5867415 Maybe not, but it's a hell of a lot of fun to write.

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Oh, it's an AU?

Well then, carry on.

Though you may want to make that a bit more obvious in the description.

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It's quite obvious that it's an AU. The tag is there, it starts BEFORE TCB: OSoTS did, and Elliot was never mentioned there.

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... You realize the Alternate Universe tag refers to things that diverge fundamentally from the TV show, yes? Frankly, as of season 4, ALL Spectrum fics should have the AU tag. Canon!Equestria is no longer, well... canon.

As for the whole "takes place before the main story" thing, frankly that was why I was voicing my concerns. I was afraid that they would retcon the main story to accommodate this fic.

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Given the stuff that's about to happen... that would be one hell of a retcon.

"Which one of us is Macduff?" Kraber pondered aloud.

Ooh now that's an interesting question to ponder. I want to say Kraber. But then that would make Celestia Macbeth and I don't see that. Anyone else have ideas?