Twilight and Spike lived their childhood in Canterlot Castle under the benevolent eye of Princess Celestia and violent protection of her resident, so called, monster. A monster she returns to to find peace with but also unexpected danger and threats.
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This chapter was, is and may forever be awesome.
loved the chapter made me laugh like hell. Always like these little slice of life moments where Raegdan is up to his antics that only end up in some bruises and pee on the ground. Also loving the constant growth of all of the characters as well as the philosophical discussions. Honestly this chapter has a lot of what I love about this fic
Well. Twilight should look on the bright side of having Raegdan around. She has a very efficient stalker repellent
Wait, there are creatures of the Everfree that are sapient!? They're evolving!
I thoroughly enjoyed this chapter and found myself giggling through most of it. Im looking forward to this Ponyville arc and whether or not it takes place during an episode of the show like the Pinkie clone one. Although I can't really remember the timeline of this story as its been like... wow half a million words now? Good shit mate.
God, I'm so glad Merry is going to get his ass pounded. That shit ticks me off so much. And it's hilarious.
Go gett him raedgan! Make that stallion regret ever setting eyes on the opposite sex! On a more serious note thanks for the chapter sir!
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You liked it? I was worrying myself to death that you'd find it boring! Oh god, that's a weight off my chest! Let's hope I can get the rest of them as amusing as the rest.
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Well, the mirror pool episode could have happened at any moment since the requirements for it were for Pinkie to get the idea to use it. Sooo...
Yeah, that will be funny as hell, AND I got a great idea to hide an implication in there that will only be completely clear in the sequel. Checkhov's guns all over the place!
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Or, you know, just repellant She doesn't know it, but the one time she tried to go on a date while little it was literal hell for Celestia, Cadance, and Shining Armor. Velvet probably had a good laugh!
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Hey, the Forest Gunk proved itself to be quite smart as well even though it didn't talk, huh? Yes, it ate a human, but it was able to reach such a point. Though there are implications here about sapience and whether some of them could be redeemed or taught otherwise, I'm going to go with bad=bad and good=good as far as monsters are concerned and not bog down the story with that subplot as well. Steve Magnet is technically one of them you could say.
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I actually modelled him a little after Larry Laffer but you can see that his personality is more like a... certain kind of person. Oh, and I took one of your threats to heart for the next chapter and it works amazingly well. So you can put the lube down and re-leash raptor jesus.
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Yer welcome! Thanks for reading it.
And this was for all of you who call Twilight your waifu! Raegdan has your back! Just don't go near your waifu or call her a waifu. Then he's got your back and marching away with it.
How the hell can someone fit both seriousness disussion of deep topics and a (short-lived) game of slap-ass in one amazing chapter? This chapter is an example of why I love this story.
I'd probably would've done the same thing if some shithead did that to my daughter.
Oh damn that end scene with dash and aj was hilarious. Cant wait till the next update.
This was great. Have been wishing for an update. This was well worth the wait
This~~ I love this~~ Now if only Celestia were to take those two weeks off....
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Honestly I don't think you've released a boring chapter yet-- I mean I could probably go through and marathon this story to check but its all been pretty interesting.
Literally cannot wait.
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Well, duh! You're the one who gave me the idea actually!
That's right, you guys. Your comments and messages DO affect the story. If you ever said something and then later on thought, "huh, what a coincidence that it touches this subject/something like this happens as I once mentioned," chances are you did do that
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Awwwwwwww ye! If it's what I think it is, then we can safely say that Raptor Jesus will have to feed on somebody else's babyflesh.
Really nice chapter, the story needed a breather after delving into the dark stuff.
Overall please do write more I very much like it.
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I don't know, I'm trying to make it as close to real as possible in a way. You know, you talk about philosophy, you delve into the psyche and darkness of humanity, what drives our dark deeds... and then someone farts. Rollercoaster, you guys. It's gotta be a rollercoaster.
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No, no. Shittails. You'll figure out why when they mention him again.
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Pffft. The idea that Celestia would randomly take a few hours to a day off to spend it with her sister, her almost-daughter protege, the baby dragon that sees her as a mom, and the guy she lived for over a decade with is ludicrous! That is never going to happen! Never! No, no. No. Never.
Or........
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I just see your avatar suddenly snapping his fingers, a pair of glasses appearing on his hands. He puts them on, lowers his arms and looks sternly at the camera. Then he performs a diva-like 180 degree turn and leaves like a boss.
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Well, there are going to be three or four chapters of stuff like that at least, maybe a few hints to the rest of the storyline as we go, but nothing too dark. Until suddenly the laughter will stop and there will be sadness, and then we will start heading really down into dark territory. And it will go on for a while, with only the briefest of stops, perhaps a chapter at most, before we go into Mordor and let light be lost behind the shadow forever.
Oh my god...
This chapter... I can't even...
Bravo mate! Hilarious, I loved every moment of this chapter!
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I am very impressed with the debate, however no one got called a nazi so it was clearly unrealistic.
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God dammit, I knew I got something wrong!
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We all make mistakes, Its okay. 🙃
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I squee'd in irl
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The light is never lost when you stand with the moon.
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Or carry your own Pink Ponk Power Pack! May she be a light to you in the dark places, when all other lights go out...
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...You'll need it.
PS: Pics were an utter bollocking to find, how hard can it be to find/make a picture of pinkie smiling that isn't related to smile HD or cupcakes!?
I love this story!
Thank god for this chapter...I was beginning to fall away from this story. I was getting tired of having nothing but a bad streak of awful things, one after another. It was getting depressing and losing the realistic charm that it had at first.
But this. This brings me back around to it. Having a few chapters be nice and somber, some more character development that isn't "Silent anger" and "Once a monster, always a monster," some nice slice of life happenings what with the poor pegasi choosing the wrong girl to flirt with...Readgen FINALLY getting to connect with spike again (Probably one of the most heart-breaking things to happen in the story.)
You know I was about to unfollow this if this chapter had displeased me...but I am not. I am in fact thoroughly pleased. 9.4/10. Real good stuff. Keep on truckin' Crimmar. I'll still be here to read.
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Now, see this is what I am talking about. People bringing up what they see wrong or turning them off. I already commented that the last arc is going to be very, very dark, but keeping what you said in mind, I'm now starting to think of ways to have "rays of sunshine" in there. Nothing like this chapter full on maybe, but... Small victories that give up a little bit of light. Small moments. I had this image of full on, darker-than-dark tunnel, but now I'm considering changes. Thank you for bringing this up.
If you, or anyone, has any grievances or believes I am ducking it up or the story goes too dark or someone did something very wrong and wasn't called out on it, then do let me know instead of hoping it will fix itself up. I am open to all communication, comments, PMs, or anything, and I really don't bite. All input is welcome and I have NEVER minded even the harshest of critiques.
Now, this story's ending... will be dark. There will be a hope that things can get better or they could. But it will be very dark. But if you like the story, if you want to know what's happening and stick all the way with it and the sequel... Then you will get what it means when they say "earn your happy ending". The ultimate ending of the full story (two stories or perhaps a trilogy(doubtfull) if it ends up too big though I'll try not to) will be a full beam of light. We just need to get through the night first.
Well then. I think the anguished cries of a certain terrified pegasus tell us what kind of person Reagdan really is.
On a different note, it's nice to see Twilight is finally getting better at assessing priorities.
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Thank you for the response. And yes, "little ray's of sunshine" scattered throughout a dark story are encouraged, because no matter the content of the story, nor the characters involved, no one simply continues to lose one fight after another. They should always have some victories. I like to follow the "One-Thirds with Impact" rule that I set for myself. What I put in the spoiler below is just a literary mantra I follow, so ignore it if you're not interested in reading it.
If you were to say, have 9 separate encounters where things can go good or bad for a character, then 3 of those things they will succeed in some amount of style or ability. I tend to make these the third, fifth or sixth, and eighth or ninth encounters (Depending on the length of the story. Every problem needs its resolution after all.)
Three of the things will be absolute defeats in almost every aspect. The connotation of those events and what those defeats will mean in the long run are the impact I try to drive home with those moments. It's to show that they're no folk-heroes, and that they can still lose.
Lastly, the other three are...the shades of grey in between the black and white. They could lose all three of them, but in each one they established some sort of little victories that set up their next real victory (Avatar: TLAB did this well when the fire nation lost to Aang at the air temple, but got the blimp out of it to set up future victories.) They could win all of the individual encounters, but not without some impacting loss. I can reference your story with this in the picture of the chapters that dealt with the swamp beast thing. Despite the fact that they won in the end, and established themselves as a legit guard and whatnot, there was a loss of innocence and ignorance to all those characters whom had never experienced it. They realized what they'd gotten themselves into, and just how dangerous the world around them was when they didn't control it.
That all aside, I do enjoy a good dark story every now and then. After all, I read all of Fallout Equestria and half of Project Horizons. Both of those are great examples to look at when you think of "So much loss, but the rays of sunshine always reach somewhere." Littlepip, for all intensive purposes, has way too much shit happen to her, and despite how much dark shit happens to her, and the innumerable losses she suffers, she wins at all the right times, in just the right big and small ways. Even her little victories are incredibly uplifting and make you revitalized to go read more, since you know that despite the dark shit coming, she will have some semblance of victory, big or small, at some point. And that's what I think keeps a lot of people enthralled with it. I'm willing to admit that it was the first time I cried reading a piece of fiction in...7 years.
The biggest quip I've had with this story was that it always did seem to be one tragic loss after another. And even the victories in the story are wrought with negatives and drawbacks. And you kept painting Readgen in such a light that after a time I actually stopped giving any fucks about his character or its development at all, precisely because of how grim everything became. Which is very bad, because the moment someone stops caring about your main character, your story is shot for that person. That's why I like this chapter so much. It reminded us that he's actually still human. He's established a minor victory in that he gets two weeks vaycay to spend with his "Children." Twilight finally calms down with her prissy bitch-fit and realizes why Celestia has put up with him for so long, and that she can only continue to help instead of giving up. We got to see Readgen yell at a pedestrian again. We got Luna finally showing some of her inner workings and concerns with not the impulsive and protective Readgen, but the studious and contemplative Twilight. Rainbow Dash even got character development with being more protective and less hot-headed after having an impact life experience.
All in all, this chapter was full of great moments and small gems that people should appreciate in this story, since the small things are too oft overlooked.
Fuck it. 9.75/10 I convinced myself to rate better.
Oh god the chapter is going to be fun.
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Right, it took me a while to formulate the answer in my mind, and I wanted to get it right mostly because the topic is something I enjoy and I would love to hear as many sides as possible. Your basic rule is a very good one, though of course it follows the basic archetypes. Nothing wrong with that, and in fact these are the tried and true solutions all too often. Here's where is my problem though and I see my failure in following it as I now see it.
I've been seeing this story in a macro view.
By that I mean that yes, in a micro view, in which I mean this exact one story... I ducked up the rule. Maybe I could have salvaged it a little by showing the characters enjoy their wins more instead of wallowing even then. The Charybdis for example. Yes, Baltimare got screwed but it was an amazing victory for Luna. I was feeling that she nor Raegdan would celebrate it though, a big part because the first time they celebrated a victory (the arena) it really bit them in the flank so now they are wary as hell. But I digress.
So, we have; Defeat, Semi-victory, Victory, to put it in simple terms as to what kind of results we could have. In the macro view I have, of the WHOLE story (because it won't end with this story here, you can quite see how I'm building the background and laying groundwork I hope), in this certain story... this is a loss. This whole story IS supposed to be, for Raegdan and Luna, the latest in a string of losses. The end is supposed to be their semi-victory. A victory they kind of get but with terrible cost. The sequel is supposed to be like that as well. Victories gained, more than now as the characters have learned, but still with heavy loss in a much harsher environment that where they are now. It is only at the very end of the whole of the story, at the real end where they will gain a victory that is complete and will make everything worth it, where it will ALL be set to right.
A small spoiler here, but let me put it up like this. I made Raegdan as this abominable murderer, of an unprecedented scale, for a reason. He is going to earn his salvation, and he is going to make up for everything he's done. In the end, he is going to be a hero unlike everything you've seen. Same for Luna. You have NO idea of what I thought of. It's going to be epic beyond words.
And since i'm doing spoilers, here's another one for those who requested it early in the story, even though they did so jokingly. Yes, there will a tank in the sequel. And it's going to be one of the best fights I've ever imagined.
In the micro sense however, yes. I see your point. Oh, I see it so deeply! I might have ducked up a lot! I'm currently brainstorming ideas to have places where I show off the characters to still be "human", to have needs and feels, instead of going super-duper-dark all the time (but god damnit, I have to go super-duper dark at so many places! You have no idea how fucked up Honest Serenade's story is). I'm thinking of using the Lunar Guards far more than I thought of in the last arc, and actually might enlarge the ponyville arc so I can set up some groundwork for that (which means more happy funtimes than I believed I would have).
So, something you or anyone else think I should get into covering while I'm at it? I miss stuff, and I'm open to ideas (at the very least they jumpstart my own).
I got one thing to say, this NEEDS to be a book. The chapters flow together, and then chapters for the past show key points for the story that sheds, light on points and reminisce on things, and how things came to be. It all has the quality of a great book, and in my opinion, maybe a series, depending on how things go.
Overall, amazing, I love this, and every time I see a new chapter, I can't stop a smile coming to my face and I have to laugh from my fortune.
It looks like Merry Laughter is going to miss being male if his filly-like squeals are anything to go by.
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The only thing I can offer ya is this: The longer the happy funtimes go, the more destructive it is the thing that comes to ruin them. It's the David and Goliath mantra, really. Having the large amount of happy feel good times would be the Goliath. But then something small and seemingly diminutive or almost write-off worthy comes along, and lays the Goliath flat on his face. You know how everyone roots for David in that story because he's supposed to be the underdog good guy? Inverse that. Make the good guy the big undaunted warrior who'd slain 1000 villains. Make David the little villainous schemer that gets the lucky shot off that fells the giant. People will scream at how much they now hate that small character, even if they only show up twice: Once to cause all the ruckus, and once to either get away with it all, or die. People felt intense hatred for a character that only did one thing, and only showed up once, simply because he fucked up all the nice times.
Very good chapter.
For me every mask you have is a question of "what do you want?". To me there are no masks, only your intentions. And that is more telling of who you really are then anything.
There is always this question that has plagued me for a very long time now in this story. What do Reagdan and Luna want? I have been jumping back and forth between "they want to save the world" and "they want to destroy the world" and new information is always coming up that supports one theory and discredits another back and forth. Is Reagdan a ender? Was he one? Was he ever one? What about Luna? Questions, questions, questions! And so few answers...
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What is this? Are you trying to boost my ego and make me reaffirm my pledge to write more, simply because it makes people happy and gives them a good time in such capacity as to make them say such great, tear-inducing, things? Well, I got news for, sonny!
It worked.
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And sometimes the answers to questions like this are more telling about yourself as long as you answer honestly.
What, didn't you notice that I try to stay apart from preaching what is the right or wrong thing in the story itself as much as possible and let the chars do it instead? It's your choice how wrong or right they are.
It is a very simple answer. They want what is best for them and those they care for. They are ambivalent on how to do that because they really have no idea on how to go about that, and for a very long time they were of one mind in that the world could go suck an egg if that's what it took. At one point they indeed thought it best to... make things much more compact, more controllable. Now, they question that decision and seek to try the other way instead. But they do keep options open, and some choices might be not up to them.
Are there Enders? Are they really a thing? Is he or was one? Was he something else entirely? If he is one, what ARE the rest? Where did THEY come from? Do they know about each other? What capabilities do the others have? Well... most of these questions will be answered in the definitive in the sequel as they will be playing a VERY major role. But you will get hints of some very questioning nature here. BUT. In case they are all real...
Remember what HE said to Raegdan? That thing that he insisted was not real?
"You always break them." And, " Just a few more, perhaps as few as one. "
How certain are you that he meant what you think he meant?
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Definitely gonna make the Ponyville arc a little longer now, and much more focused on Raegdan and Luna. I will need that time for sure. You have... slightly changed how a very important confrontation will go. You will know which one it is cause it will involve riverwater.
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I do notice the moral ambiguity. I was just telling how I judge people based on their masks. I am not criticizing, just offering my perspective.
If I am going to criticizes then I only have two. The first you have already addressed, not any conclusions and only build up to what you have said will be the final arc. The second was the Lunar guard introduction chapters that had too much character introduction and not enough plot progression for me. But that is the nature of introducing so many new characters at once I guess.
Don't get me wrong I love this story! The chapters like zug zug were the only once that had me take a break while reading them.
But here is a thing that can be a problem. What do you want me to feel about Luna and Reagdan? I do not know if I can trust them or not. You see, we do not often get a peak inside their heads (when we do it is often something that happened in the past) to see their intentions and as such I have to judge them based on their actions past and present. Actions speak louder then words yes but when people know this actions can be made with other intentions. While they do genuinely care about each others and those close to them I do not know what their end goal is. This is what has me theorizing about what they could do. This also gives me trouble sympathizing with those two as I do not know if they are capable of stabbing their friends in the back. The two have not been that honest and they have been a bit mean so I guess I am wondering the same as Twilight, who is the real Reagdan? The one that kills indiscriminately or the one that loves and take care of them.
In short I do not know if I am supposed to like them and might miss a important moment were sympathy is required or if I am justified in my suspicion of them.
A part of me thinks that that is what you are going for. You have said that the main theme in this story is change and if people can really change. There are people out there that probably think that Luna and Reagdan have changed for the better and then there is me that still holds suspicion of them. After all I have to judge them based on their actions and value the risk of trusting them (mind you I will not lose anything personally but characters that I care about will). Had I not known about Janus and the additional information that Twilight and co don't know I probably would have thought that they really are well intentioned. But now I am still suspicious.
And this is probably what makes you and your story so great! Like another Greek said: the only thing I know is that I do not know. The same goes for you. The only thing I know about you is that I do not know you and as such you have me always at the edge of my seat, having my ideas challenged at every turn and never being able to come to a conclusion. For better or worse.
Of course this can just be me forgetting something, misinterpreting or simply not seeing what explains it.
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Ambivalence and ambiguity IS intentional here. And I meant what I said playfully and knew exactly what you meant. I was going for the effect of "now you're catching on to what I'm trying to do!", I didn't think you were criticizing, and even if you did then do so freely. I don't mind. Yes, Zug Zug was... a hard chapter. I rewrote and rewrote on that, but I did bite a bit too much with the characters and went on with them too late. Don't forget that I am still new at this. I'm learning as I go.
Now this! This is what I personally love! Now, whether you like Raegdan and Luna, should it have anything to do with what they might do in their future? Does their past have such a great affect, are they destined to always be haunted by it or what they are capable of? Do you judge someone on what he does now, what he did before, or what he might do later on?
Actions speak, but how much and what do they say? Let's take whether or not they are capable of stabbing their friends in the back for instance. The answer is; Yes. They are extremely capable of doing it. Raegdan was abandoned by his friends. He left his little girl behind. It has been told of Luna so many times that she summoned the Nightmare out of her own volition. Yes, they can stab their friends in the back. This is the action. But what about intention? Raegdan stabbed his friends in the back repeatedly, but he never stops claiming that he did it for their own good, that he did his best, no matter the personal cost, to keep them alive. He left the girl behind, but he did try to go back soon after. Luna lived a hell she may have made by her own, but she lived it for the sake of others. Can someone stab their friends in the back and have noble intentions? Do they matter? Would that be reality or something they just said to themselves? You cannot entirely trust Raegdan and Luna because what others see of them is also colored by what they know and what they want to see. You yourself see them differently because you know of something you normally wouldn't. If you didn't, would you like them? And if so, why? Why do we like people? Because of who they are, what they do, what they did, what they might do, what they say, how they act to us, to their loved ones, to their enemies, to strangers? What do you value?
And maybe, just maybe, you could have more than one feeling for them. Maybe they are to be distrusted but liked. Hated, but enjoyed. Loved, but kept at bay. Maybe you don't have to lock on one single thought, one single emotion. Perhaps not even a single opinion.
You might read something that cements your opinion on the next chapter. You may decide that yes, they are trustworthy, they have changed. And the chapter after that decide that not. Maybe at one chapter you will decide once and for all that there is no hope for them, that they cannot be saved. But will that be true? After all, their story is not done yet. The play is not yet complete. Maybe you can hold off deciding and wait to see how it plays out. Maybe you can keep trying to see if you can guess what will happen. Can people change, do they change, how hard or easy is it? And what about our opinions of them? How fluid are they? How much do we need to see until we come to a conclusion? A little of it? Enough? All?
What do I want you to think of Raegdan and Luna?
I want you to think that they are more that a label. That they are worthy or unworthy. That they are good or bad. I want you to think that they are simply... human at their core. People who have done mistakes, who keep making mistakes, who are mortal and stumble along, blind as the rest of us. They have done some of the worst things possible, but they have done it with some of the best intentions possible. They have done good things. They really have. I want you to think of them as alive. That when Luna sat out in the cold, looking down at the waning lights of a village, she was bitter and hurt, yet she still stuck to it for centuries. That the cold blasted against her coat, that she went to sleep hungry, and that maybe, just maybe, even at the end, when she managed to save a foal and brought it home that her lips perked up a little when she was far enough. That when Raegdan first killed someone to protect his friends it hurt him as much as you would expect to hurt anyone, that it broke him and he knew it, yet he loved his friends so much that he would rather break a thousand times than let them be hurt. That even in the end when they left him, alone, bleeding, and broken, he wished, really wished and hoped, that they would still be okay, that he still loved them. I want you to think that they hurt, love, care, hate, dislike, laugh, want, and need. That they are nothing of all these things they have been called. That they are not monsters, heroes, villains, nightmares, enders, or guardians. They are... people. Just that. Nothing more. Nothing less.
But of course during the course of all that I want to make you wonder and await with baited breath for the next hint that might break that stalemate. To anxiously wait for the act that will make this seesaw stop moving.
But I won't.
Otherwise, where would be the fun?
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I believe the chimera is actually sapient in canon
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First off, great chapter as always, luh u bb
Secondly, I get where the guy's coming from, except for me it was more like 'I didn't know how much I needed a breather chapter like this until we got one' and then looking back, it's been really heavy for a while now, huh?
Was looking through past chapters to find some peaceful ones for this response and felt compelled to mention that I always love this btw
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Oh shit. I've ruined everything guys. I'm so sorry. nothing involving rivers ever goes well.
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Hmm. I've been thinking about this. The trend to not give a lot of rest in between I mean. I think this might have had to do with me doing The Twilight Years as well. I was getting some subconscious "rest" by doing those little prequel one-shots that it didn't seem that much of a deal to me. That or I am trying to push into action-action-action as fast as I can.
And yeah, that line is a personal favorite as well. I was kind of strutting around like a peacock after writing that! I thought it was very funny myself!
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You might be new but the muses are with you for sure!
(when does the first story arc end and the second begin?)
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I take it you mean when THIS story ends and the sequel begins?
We're currently on the third arc of this story. Of this we're in... let's call it 3.2 - Ponyville. Then we got 3.3 and 3.4 which are the same thing actually, just a way of separating them. After that we got the fourth arc which might prove a little bigger as there is a lot to be done. When that is done, the story ends. There are going to be two endings. Both of them will be true. It's just that the second ending will take place a little later than the other. TLG will be self-contained and there's no need for an actual sequel.
The last chapter will be the explanation of why Raegdan never made it home.
The next part of the LARGER story arc will follow then as a new story. I'll have to think of a title though. Maybe "The Lunar Guardsman: Here be dragons" ? That will take some thinking. It will start after the Canterlot wedding in terms of time, but won't actually feature it. In fact, the wedding will be referenced in the epilogues of this current story, but I won't cover it, at least not in terms of these stories. I am very, very excited about the sequel as it will have a lot of great stuff and answer a lot of questions, mostly about the Enders and everything that covers them.
Though if you mean first arc of this story, that one ends with Charybdis' death and the second begins with the hospital.
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You were right the second time . But now I want to know were the second arc (this book) ends and the third begins. But I could have sworn you said that we were in the second arc and that the third was going to be the big one?
Also be a bit careful with your sequel talk, you are giving away spoilers. But then... What if... The sequel is a lie .
Maybe you are trying to lull us into a false sense of security! "No don't worry guys. They will totally survive! there is a sequel coming after all!" But then BOOM happen and everyone dies. And when we cry and yell you will laugh and tell us "What did I say about making assumptions!"
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Ok, so this one goes:
Prologue - Interlude 6 (after Chapter 18. Charybdis) = Arc 1. Leviathan
Chapter 19 - Interlude 10 (after Chapter 32. Oft Evil Will Shall Evil Mar) = Arc 2. Consequences
Chapter 33 - ongoing = Arc 3. Rifts
After the end of this Arc 3 will be the start of Arc 4. Reaper, at the end of which The Lunar Guardsman will end after a few epilogue chapters.
Also, if you think my spoilers are worth much, you probably haven't been paying attention. I don't lie, but the strokes are too broad. No, not everyone, but an important character will die, and I don't mean just from among the guards. And these deaths have been factored in with the sequel.
So, so excited!
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It was meant as a joke. I am sorry if I offended you .
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1. I know it was a joke
2. I was joking back.
3. I need to use emojis more often.
4. If anyone wants to offend me then he would have to do much more serious and sacrilegious things to do so. Like insulting Optimus Prime. I won't stand for heresy against Robo-Jesus. You hear me, Michael Bay? I will find you one day!!!!!
So, apology not accepted because it is not owed!
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damn, this is one hell of a thread -- almost as long as the story itself!
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Damn, that was a long back and forth. Didn't even notice!
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...Why are you counting?