2486273 Well, unless to demons find a way to reanimate corpses like puppets, I don't think that will be possible considering they were reaped in the prequel and have found rest in the afterlife. Edit: Wow, this was badly worded.
Allow me to explain this: The only reason why demons exist, why ponies turn insane and why the dead come back to live is Maledictum Insania, which again is directly bound to Nightmare Moon, who again has direct influence to the souls of ponies through Maledictum Insania.
No living creature, no matter if still alive or undead, can work without a soul. All friends Twilight lost so far were either reaped, which means their souls were forced to leave this world and escape the clutches of the demons. Or they were caught by the demons and found their souls devoured by them.
In order for a pony to come back as an undead, the soul must still be there.
Well everyone who is considered dead at this moment is proven to really be dead. Meaning that their souls either left this world or were devoured. If by saying their friends will come back from the dead and they have to fight them that currently still alive friends will die and come back again as undead ponies, then yes.
Anyway, you have to keep in mind that the zombies in this story are still sentinent, since their souls are still there. For an undead pony to become violent, certain circumstances must be given so that they drive themselves to insanity. Among these circumstances is, of course, time that had passed.
You can imagine that being a walking corpse is very painful. The more the bodies decay, the more the pain increases, ultimately driving them mad. But if enough positive influences are given, the undead can have enough mental strenght to slow down this progress a lot.
Very explainatory! Very explainatory indeed! My hunch just went into water, again... Oh well you're one of the best grimdark writers and your theories are yours so... continue good sir!
Well i try my best at making everything explainable and logical. If there is anything else you are uncertain about, just go ahead and ask. I will most likely be able to explain everything, unless you ask for spoilers.
Nah, it's cool! I just love guessing what will happen afterwards... see if I am correct or not, and probably have some ideas for the fics I write (even if I'm extremely lazy to finish them).
I know that feeling... if your story is good and you have something really successful going on, you just dont want it to end. I had exactly that feeling with the original... I didnt want it to end, but i knew i had to. At the same time, I was so, so looking forward to get those endings out of my mind i was planning for such a long time. Ending a story always comes with mixed feelings, but all good things have to end one day. Its how things go and what the audience expects.
Well if you think back to the first book, Twilight clearly stated that she could never kill another pony and outliving her friends would be too much for her to handle.
Undead ponies? I think I have a vibe (just a little hunch that might be wrong) of where this is going:
I'm betting that their dead friends will be turned zombies and will be forced to fight them in one chapter or another! That would be terrific!
2486273 Well, unless to demons find a way to reanimate corpses like puppets, I don't think that will be possible considering they were reaped in the prequel and have found rest in the afterlife.
Edit: Wow, this was badly worded.
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Allow me to explain this:
The only reason why demons exist, why ponies turn insane and why the dead come back to live is Maledictum Insania, which again is directly bound to Nightmare Moon, who again has direct influence to the souls of ponies through Maledictum Insania.
No living creature, no matter if still alive or undead, can work without a soul.
All friends Twilight lost so far were either reaped, which means their souls were forced to leave this world and escape the clutches of the demons.
Or they were caught by the demons and found their souls devoured by them.
In order for a pony to come back as an undead, the soul must still be there.
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In other words, my theory works only if their souls are still in between the plains? Interesting!
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Well everyone who is considered dead at this moment is proven to really be dead.
Meaning that their souls either left this world or were devoured.
If by saying their friends will come back from the dead and they have to fight them that currently still alive friends will die and come back again as undead ponies, then yes.
Anyway, you have to keep in mind that the zombies in this story are still sentinent, since their souls are still there. For an undead pony to become violent, certain circumstances must be given so that they drive themselves to insanity. Among these circumstances is, of course, time that had passed.
You can imagine that being a walking corpse is very painful. The more the bodies decay, the more the pain increases, ultimately driving them mad. But if enough positive influences are given, the undead can have enough mental strenght to slow down this progress a lot.
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Very explainatory! Very explainatory indeed! My hunch just went into water, again... Oh well you're one of the best grimdark writers and your theories are yours so... continue good sir!
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Well i try my best at making everything explainable and logical.
If there is anything else you are uncertain about, just go ahead and ask.
I will most likely be able to explain everything, unless you ask for spoilers.
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Nah, it's cool! I just love guessing what will happen afterwards... see if I am correct or not, and probably have some ideas for the fics I write (even if I'm extremely lazy to finish them).
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I know that feeling... if your story is good and you have something really successful going on, you just dont want it to end.
I had exactly that feeling with the original... I didnt want it to end, but i knew i had to.
At the same time, I was so, so looking forward to get those endings out of my mind i was planning for such a long time.
Ending a story always comes with mixed feelings, but all good things have to end one day.
Its how things go and what the audience expects.
Free hug for another awesome chapter!
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And I am glad to see you are still around to read my work.
How do you like the sequel so far?
ooh. I thought Twilight was going to suggest that she followed Crystals lead and willingly became a reaper.
Ah well, still a great chapter.
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Well if you think back to the first book, Twilight clearly stated that she could never kill another pony and outliving her friends would be too much for her to handle.
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ah. Fair enough. Thanks for reminding me, I may have to go back and read that again just to refresh my memory.
Fluttershy the reaper we wait for...
I could just imagine it, an old pony, with knowledge of the reapers (somehow) is on his deathbed waiting for Fluttershy to reap him.
He is elated when he sees a black smoke appear.
*Le not Fluttershy*
"MOTHER B-" *Heart attack*
Reaper: "... Well... That was anti-climactic."