MLP Time Loops · 2:42pm Aug 25th, 2013
As I think I may have hinted in my previous blog posts, one of the things I've been doing while utterly failing to make progress on turning any of my fanfic ideas into actual stories is contributing a couple of snippets to Saphroneth's semi-collaborative story MLP Time Loops.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the basic concept is that Twilight Sparkle (and to greater or lesser extents the rest of the cast) is caught in a vaguely Groundhog's Day-esque time loop, but not every loop is the same. Sometimes loops are crossovers or fusions, or otherwise AU to the original story. (And there are also other looping characters from other series who occasionally intersect with the MLP cast.)
Anyway, Saphroneth was kind enough to decide to use one of my snippets in the latest chapter. It's basically me using the AU time loop concept as an excuse to get an old fanfic idea that never really worked out of my head, and if you are curious you can find it at that link labeled as 24.4.
Damn, that was a nasty universe there!
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Part of why I didn't feel the fanfic idea worked very well on its own; it would have wound up too dark for my taste, even with a happy ending planned.
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Yeah, this was probably a better solution for you, for the readers, and most of all for the poor ponies!
I want this as a story