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New ongoing story: A Duet For Land And Sky

Added 2019-01-30 03:49:13 +0000 UTC

There were some consequences to the conclusion of Triptych, and one of them was aimed directly at me. I'd finally shipped two ponies, and the upvotes on certain comments seemed to insist that the early part of that relationship not take place within the white space.

(Which, in a way, was actually reassuring. I spent a lot of time and verbiage trying to set up the idea that those two could work together at all, so having readers actually wanting a look at the results might indicate a degree of success.)

So we're starting off that possible relationship with two posted chapters, totaling out to just under 7k on the word count. It's the first directly-identified post-Triptych story (although Pony Up A Tree is also set post-mission -- I just didn't tell anyone) and as such, I expect it to completely alienate new readers. I can't call this one a stand-alone, because it's building off of everything which came before. The downvotes will flow accordingly, although I'm going to try and build an public Author's Note dam against at least one of the things.

But those won't be the only downvotes. I'm expecting a few for the ship itself.

Snowjack or Appleflake?

The Comments section may need some time to make up its mind.

(Where are these link arts coming from...?)