A Trip Through the Mirror · 2:16am Feb 9th, 2020
So while Cozy Glow's Tales of Revenge is in-continuity with Queen Chrysalis Reforms (Accidentally) and Trouble in Tiatarta, it isn't a "serious" entry in the series. I mean, then again, neither is (Accidentally), really, but the point is that Tales of Revenge was thrown together quickly just in case I didn't finish the story I actually wanted to work on for the Discovery contest.
However, I managed to get it done. A Trip Through the Mirror is an official part of the Reforms universe. Redemption universe? Tiatartaverse? I dunno, I'm still working on a name for it. Point being, it's the first of two stories intended to seriously develop Cozy Glow. It's also currently the earliest one, chronologically - meaning that no prior reading is necessary to enjoy it at all.
Enjoy! As a reminder, the planned chronological order for this universe is:
1) Cozy Glow: FIENDship is Magic
2) A Trip Through the Mirror
3) Queen Chrysalis Reforms (Accidentally)
4) Cozy Glow's Tales of Revenge
5) Trouble in Tiatarta
6) Trouble at Midnight Castle
7) The End is Never the End
I'm really excited for FIENDship is Magic! I have a feeling it's going to be awesome!
Could you put links here for all the stories that are already published? For future reference?
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Sure!
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Thanks much!
This is in my top 3 continuities.
The only reason I care about Cozy is because she's a one-dimensional psychopath that talks like a My Little Parody, but I'll check it out.
Oho ho? What's 6 and 7 about, I wonder....
...Hey, since you're already crafting a better future with this timeline, may I add my two cents?
Say, now I don't know if Cacophony's mirror is much different from the one(s) Starswirl made, nor if studying its magic could provide any insights and advancements in magical portal creation. Or, perhaps it's merely the happenstance of seeing a second mirror that sparks an idea in a certain purple alicorn's mind;
If Starswirl could create a gateway to connect two entirely different universes, and Twilight found a way to make that gateway permanent... nothing much stands in the way of creating a... "lesser" permanent gateway. One that doesn't connect different universes. Just two points in space.
Ponyville Castle and Canterlot Castle.
Her friends could visit literally for 15 minutes on a whim, or vice versa. Anytime. Daily. It'd be like she'd never left.
...And once you have one pair of mirrors, it can be assumed that, eventually, you'll be able to make more, for others across the world to use to connect distant friends with each other.
Just an idea for a bit of background world building.
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To be honest, the “once a month” thing in the epilogue didn’t bother me because they were only making sure that they would all get together at least once a month. Nothing is stopping Twilight from hanging out with her friends in ones or twos or threes - which is I’m sure how she hung out with them back in Ponyville anyway, I doubt she saw all five all at the same time every day.
Basically I don’t view it as catastrophically as other fans do.
There are no ends, only the point where you stop caring. Or, to put it even more pithily...
"The ends justify the means!"
"I don't believe in ends!"
(Also, holy crap my spellcheck actually recognized "pithily")
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Well, I suppose I'm glad for you that at least this part of the ... "happy end" wasn't as traumatic for you as it was for me and others.
I believe you do have a real opportunity here though if you're already building a better universe.
It isn't even just that Twilight isn't allowed to see her friends. It's also that she isn't allowed to be part of Ponyville's daily shenanigans. Or interacting with her other acquaintances, e.g., Trixie.
I imagine I'm not the only one who still, desperately, needs healing.
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I’m working on it...
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okay.