(I haven't submitted it to EQD, though I plan to once I've posted all the chapters. I'm going to assume you mean FIMFiction.)

It's a bit frustrating because, to me, this came out of nowhere. The idea that "it wouldn't be you" isn't something I thought would be a problem, probably because I believe the exact opposite and assumed everyone else would. After reading so much LW, materialism and a computational theory of mind are just background assumptions.

So: ooops.

I started out thinking about making an edit to Lars and Celestia's conversation where he's asking if it's legal to destroy a human body, but after discussing it with a few people, I decided against it. If I simply have Celestia say that it isn't murder, that it's obviously not a clone and is the same individual, I don't think that's going to convince anyone. Especially since it'd be a bad idea to put the audience's complaints on Lars, who isn't supposed to be sympathized with. I don't really think there's much I can do here.