To think a broken soul like us could accomplish the impossible and create the most powerful nation this world has ever seen... Who am I? Queen Araneae of the Crystal Empire Hive. None shall harm my subjects, not even an upstart delusional umbrum.
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*check clock* Damn it, I have to wait 8 hour to read it
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I am evil. *rubs her hands gleefully*
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Indeed, very evil
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As much as I appreciate comments, I'd rather like to get actual worthwhile comments instead of 'Yay. new chapter!'. So, yes, I am very much evil telling you that maybe don't always write comments that basically boil down to 'First!!11!'.![:rainbowwild:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/rainbowwild.png)
Umbrum are alien that terrorise other world than?![:trixieshiftright:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/trixieshiftright.png)
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That's how it sounded to me
Reminds me of three games, where one faction tries to change worlds to their advantage.
- Command & Conquer: Tiberum Wars
- Soul Reaver / Legacy of Kain
- Spore
Isn't the Crystal Empire in danger to look like a Candy store for Dragons...?
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That grammar isn't doing you any favors, but yes. They are from the Realm of Death, which is me calling the Shadowlands from World of Warcraft by a fancy, different name. Basically, it's the Afterlife that connects every world/universe with one another in the Warcraft lore. I wouldn't really go much deeper than that 'cause Blizzard kinda didn't do the storytelling enough justice. Kind of a shame, to be honest. There was so much potential... and all of it was squandered on a two-dimensional character that was basically Thanos without the 'Snap!' part.
Not that the umbrum are any better. I just thought 'Eh, they don't really have a background story and are basically evil for the sake of being evil, so why not give them a reason to be evil for the sake of being evil?' Hence, the fanatical evil henchman-vibe.
Whatever gave you that idea?
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i have a question. does Heart of the Empire take place after chapter 21 of Twin Suns, or Araneae have been sent back to the past like Summer did?
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Both are correct.
You know? with the thing about souls traveling across time and universe going on, i somehow suspect that Sam isn't just some random soul who happen to relate Summer in her past life. that soul have to be special.
My go to guess is Solar Eclipse, but that would be obvious. it would be more of a twist if that soul was Platinum. the only pony who Summer cannot forgive. and that fit well with Ara's determine to be better person. (or maybe i just think too much)![:twilightblush:](https://static.fimfiction.net/images/emoticons/twilightblush.png)
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It's nothing got to do with Platinum or Eclipse and everything with the background of who Tabetha and Tobias were. It's really somewhat of a more subtly implied thing, to be honest, but this is basically how everything came to be: Both of them were intertwined in the happenings of the Fringe Division, on opposite ends. The story of Fringe is kinda really dark if one thinks about all of the implications the experiments of the main character bring up. Walter Bishop was by far not a good man. He had a brilliant mind and was unafraid to think up things no sane person would entertain beyond a theoretical. I heavily recommend watching the show (some scenes might make one queasy, though), it's as brilliant as it is mortifying.
Tobias is based on what I would think Sunset's ruthlessness could have become if she had not been put in place. His background as a scientist for Massive Dynamic (a business corporation founded by Walter Bishop's former lab partner, William Bell) was... let's say 'morally reprehensible', to say the least. Sunset's demon phase and Twilight's Midnight Sparkle transformation are a pretty good comparison to what lengths Tobias might have been willing to go, I guess.
Tabetha is based on what Twilight might have been like without the guidance of her teacher, ravenously hungry for knowledge simply for the sake of knowledge. Unlike Tobias, Tabetha was part of the program that the Fringe Division represented: clearing up mysteries and events unknowingly caused by Walter Bishop's early experiments before he became the man shown in the Fringe series. Much like Walter, Tabetha became a shut-in that rarely left the confines of the laboratory in Harvard's... basement, I think.
Neither Tabetha nor Tobias particularly cared about the consequences of their actions and Sam was caught in the middle of that. Tabetha tried her best to reawaken her parents from their comatose state. At the same time, Tobias went down the whole 'make sure no one can take away those I love ever again' rabbit hole, the primary person being the result of Massive Dynamic's experiments: Sam, a cloned version of Tobias, raised as their own person without the meddling influence of Tobias' grandfather.
Both the memories of Tobias' mistakes and Tabetha's madness to regain her parents left an impression upon what would eventually become Araneae over the timespan of centuries spent in the darkness of the Realm of Death. Broken memories that made no sense to her and made her think she was an awful person when Sam was, by all rights, only a bystander whose only flaw was being a selfish person due to years of being neglected. Granted, they were a dick to everyone around them as a defense mechanism, but in comparison to Tabetha and Tobias, they were nowhere near as 'bad' as them. Araneae, Arachne, and Shadra are a deeply dysfunctional and broken collective that are just trying to be better and deserve the second chance they got. A chance that wasn't left up to 'chance' from the very start.
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i guess i thinking too much after all. sorry.
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I always love to read theories from my readers, so be my guest.
Another question. Is Ari is Chrysalis of this universe or is she going to appear later in the story later?
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Araneae isn't Chrysalis, no. She will appear later...
How about a crossover with Spider-verse Comic? that would be awesome.
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Patience, young grasshopper. I have some thoughts floating around about possible crossovers for this story, but there won't be many. Marvel is one of the things I'm toying around with. Currently, I'm still more or less writing on the prologue part of Twin Suns, I just got to Summer & Co. entering the stage for the first time. They are going to play more of a background role for now, though.
At this point I'm left wondering when Luna and Chryssi will show up, since it's been like 130k words and they haven't yet. I'm really interested to see which way you take it - does Chryssi already exist, making Ari the second changeling queen and thus Chryssi's hive would probably be hostile to her? Or will Chrssi be Ari's daughter?
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Chrysalis will appear in Chapter 014... whenever I get around to finishing that chapter. I have little to no time to write at the moment, sadly.