Blackjack and Gin Rummy's Dreamscape · 2:07am Mar 29th, 2020
So, I'm considering doing a side story of Lord of Ragnarok that would deal with Blackjack's and Gin Rummy's dreams. Specifically it would be Luna trying to help them deal with what had happened to them, and in it Luna would get to experience some parts of Fallout Equestria: Project Horizons. Specifically she would get to go through life in Stable 99. She would also get to experience it in her traditional Alicorn form. Now, that said, part of the reason I'm considering doing this is because of something that I've been considering that slipped over with Blackjack, and that's a small sliver of Unity. Not the goddess so much, but rather the force that more or less personified the goddess.
My idea is to have the force take the form of an alicorn, different than Lacunae, but similar in build. This Alicorn is more of a reminder of what Blackjack had been a part of, and that force that was Unity is attempting to figure out to exist beyond Blackjack. The way its doing it is allowing it to spread out through deep connections with Blackjack, and it's corrupting those connections. Her bond with her mother, her developing bond with Clopmaniac, her budding friendship with Suavis (The Pegasus that had been enslaved along with Mistress Marevelous) and it's slowly trying to change those connections into one being.
The basic idea is that Luna picks up on it, goes into their dream realm, and she ends up facing Unity inside of both Gin Rummy's and Blackjack's perception of the Wasteland. I plan on the beginning happening inside of Stable 99, and then from there it just boils out into the world outside. Places where Blackjack had went, Chapel, the Arena, the Fluttershy Medical Clinic, Meatlocker and several others will be there, along with memories of the ponies (both smooth skins and ghouls) will be there as well. Unity will be flashing to each of these different places in order to get away from Luna, and in the end I plan on them having a massive fight.
So, I'm sure you're wondering why, oh why, am I going over this with everyone? After all, why spill what obviously is going to be a huge arch for Luna, Gin Rummy, and Blackjack? Well, this is where I want everyone's opinion. The way I see it there's two options. Option one. I do this for a few chapters, and it gets condensed down. Like it or not it's likely that I'm going to have to cut it down quite a bit in order to make it fit. Or Option two. I write this as a side story. Something that I can spend about forty thousand words on, and not feel bad about.
So, what is everyone's opinion on this? Should I do option one or option two? Let me know in the comments.
Thanks,
RJP
I honestly can't give you an opinion as I have yet to read FOE:PH. My gut instinct tells me you should go with option 2, but i'm not sure tbh.