The multiverse is a wild and varied place. And the lives of ponies can take many forking paths and the case of Trixie Lulamoon, those paths are very twisted and complex indeed.
In one universe, she's the Element of Magic and the personal student of Princess Luna. In another, she's been tasked with cleaning up corruption in the city of Neigh Orleans by Princess Celestia. And in both they're talented magic users.
And when an ancient magic item switches the two between their universes, they'll both have to scramble to find a way back home.
A Lunaverse/Skitchverse crossover.
Chapters (14)
Interesting, I haven't read your own universe yet, are Iron Will and the Lion element bearers or just some extra muscle Trixie is hanging out with?
Also yay Goats! and Boo mean Goats!
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In the Skitchverse, the Element Bearers are still Twilight and company. Trixie is running her own Leverage style team in Neigh Orleans, aiming to clean up the worst corruption of the city.
Trixie is the mastermind and planner. Iron Will is the hitter and muscle. Kassa is the grifter and smooth talker, and Northern Light's is the thief and slight of hoof master.
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Shame, I've always thought iron will would make a good element of kindness, specialising in tough love.
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Yeah. I’ll get back to you on that.
Really? It seems Lunaverse Trixie learned nothing about her trip in M6 universe. Once she found out that Celestia was good in the Twitch universe she should have immediately contacted her. While of course still dealing with the slave problem while waiting for response, Trixie should know to ask help when your in another dimension and not trying to solve the problem on your own. She's not that prideful.
Also Twitch Trixie, she should know that she can't keep up the fraud when you know your dealing with your counterpart friends. So perhaps it would be wise for her the tell the truth. Your hangover excuse won't work once it's rid off and unknown to her Raindrops is the bearer of honesty. She will soon figure it out that Trixie is really different and will decide she's either under a spell or is an imposter. If it's the later then we will see hoof on hoof combat between two brawlers.
Overall good work in showing the differences between personalities of these two Trixies. Both are smart and illusionist, Lunaverse Trixie is more cunning and devious. While Twitch verse is more direct and passion full in her actions. They both have a strong sense of morality but each one do it differently. Twich verse is more like Batman while Lunaverse is more like Loki.
I love fanfiction universe crossovers. Especially when done with Lunaverse characters.
Personal hope what I hope to see in this story arc,
-Lunaverse Trixie meeting a Twitch verse Chanceling.
-Twich Trixie being targeted by Pokey Pierce (Lunaverse assistant) puns.
-The infamous window shatter of nightcourt representativeness house.
-Lunaverse Trixie getting into a verbal combat with Velenta and easily crushes the slaver. (Her political career combined with her assistant
constant puns should make Trixie way more then a match against Velenta in a battle of words.)
So they switched over worlds? I was expecting both to end up in the same universe, but this works well
The goat spell resistance isn't exactly how I visualised it, although i can live with it, as they eat magic the invisibility spell would have just worn off quickly rather than them being able to see through it, unless she cast it on their eyes. I guess were lucky carrot top didn't have a heart attack when all her crops vanished.
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I dunno. I'm not exactly sure that I'd call it prideful. She does want to help, as it's a rather nasty situation for innocent ponies to be stuck in. Plus, it is a bit of a good faith gesture for when she does make contact with this universes Element Bearers and Celestia.
And in terms of not telling the rest of the team? Well, I'm not sure that Telling them that stuff right now would really help, or be a good idea. It would just give them something else to worry about while on the job.
Likewise, Skitchverse Trixie's main frame of reference for world hopping is a guy showing up and trying to drain her Equis of all it's magical power. So, in her mind, the logical thing to do is to try and fit in to not panic anypony. ....But you are totally right. There is no way she'll be able to keep the ruse up with Raindrops. In fact, she's already done something (outside the brawling) that's made her suspicious.
I like your superhero metaphor though! Skitch-Trixie totally is Batman, considering that her mother got killed in front of her. Heck, I've specifically compared Skitchverse Neigh Orleans to Gotham City in the past.
And I won't comment on exactly what on that list may or may not happen...but you have hit upon at least one of the things that I'm planning to do.
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Dang. I thought that the goat eating magic thing probably worked one way or another, and it looks like I guessed wrong.
Ahh well. You could argue that maybe it looked to Skitch Trixie that they saw through it, since she's not used to the goats in her universe having that ability and it was actually the spell failing. *nods* Yup. That's totally what happened and I'm sticking too it.
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Actually from that perspective, that is really Lunaverse Trixie like.
Lunaverse Trixie is the bearer of the element of magic. She will recognize camaraderie and friendship between Skitchverse Trixie team members. She will notice they start to suspect something is wrong. She will notice these people are good in nature. And since a team works on trust, I actually see her spill the beans moments before the sting operation. Telling them the truth whom she really is, where is comes from and why she helping them. Her true motivations.
Also another thing Season 1, The Hero of Oaton. In this story line Trixie learned to be honest to others when they think your a hero whom they believe you are while your actually not that hero. Lunaverse Trixie is neglecting the lesson she learned there. And you already have stated this is after "Crises in Two equastria" So keep that is another reason for her to tell the truth before the situation get out of hand by her negligence of speaking the truth.
Yeah one thing about Skitchverse Trixie is her being even more paranoid then Lunaverse Trixie. Also I already noticed her mistake. But there is also another thing that must have given her away. Lunaverse Trixie magical aura is blue but that of Skitchverse Trixie is still lavender. She already casted a spell that Carrot Tops and Raindrops saw.
So the question is when Lunaverse Trixie accidental cast a spell and Skitchverse team members notice it's off colour and think she's a chanceling.
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You do have some good points about Trixie there. Gave me a few things to think about and not just rush past and end up forgetting about. Thanks very much for your insights there Draco.
L6 Trixie called her Drops...that will not end well.
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*evil laughter*
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Glad I could give you some insights. I'm a fan of both Lunaverse and Twixverse. I have read all the stories.
You know, with Skitch having made the reference, and probably explaining it to Trixie, I like to imagine Trixie does the "Let's go steal a" thing for her crew. Her not saying "Let's go steal a birthday." should be a big clue.
But that's just my own headcanon.
So far, so good.
Is this happening at the same time as Springtime for Sombra or is this a side story?
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I have generally been trying to not be *so* blatant with the Leverage references, though there is an exchange in the next Skitchverse chapter that is rather Leveragey in nature.
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This actually happens after Springtime for Sombra and concurrently with another fic that I haven't written yet, but I have planned out already. You'll see more of that once Lunaverse Trixie hits Ponyville.
Regarding Trixie's universe doubts as the creator of the Sunsetverse...
S!Sunset: How do you think I feel? I'm like super evil in most other realities!
L! Trixie: Aren't you from another Nightmare Moon universe?
S!Sunset: ...you're successful and not a villain in my universe at least. Do I even exist in your universe?
L!Trixie: I'm...not sure.
S!Sunset: Quick tip, if I do exist, chances are from what I've seen of the multiverse that I'll be very evil. I feel like I'm the multiverse's punching bag sometimes.
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Yeah, once you start getting into alternate universes, things can start to get downright confusing. Funny you should mention Sunset though.... *looks innocent*
5212528 S!Sunset: Oh come on!
Two Hooves up!
A fun read.
Is something wrong? You haven't updated in a while.
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Just a combination of having a job that's sucking up a lot of my writing time, and having a lot of fics on my plate to work on. I have been making some progress though, so this fic is hardly out of the running or anything. Just time constraints and all.
5489286 Understandable.
Yesssssss
Okay interesting, for once I have no clue what Trixie has come to an conclusion. Normally I spot these things in stories rather quickly. So what ever the Goats goal is for me now a mystery.
A bit long term but are they trying to cause enough damage for another REMM grant to go out and then going to hijack the train with the money? Or maybe their boss is one of the ponies on the committee and they're going to run some sort of embezzlement scheme, hum, I never did trust that Fragrant Posey always pretending to be so nice
5545410 It definitely does sound like a plot to profit off of triggering a REMM response. And I bet they expect the payments to be set up and delivered quickly, considering the political crapstorm that was kicked off the LAST time somepony dragged their hooves.
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Well, as we've seen in this chapter already, the goats are in contact with someone. It's just a matter of what they want, when you get right down to it.
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You two got a piece of it. Here's a thing to consider. When money gets paid out, it goes back out into the world to be spent on repairs and such.
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So this all is an evil scheme of that window repair guy?
I knew it!
All we need now is for Skitch to arrange the prize fight of the century!
Iron Will vs. Iron Mike! All proceeds to charity!
Loved this chapter. It even felt like a Leverage episode, especially when Northern Lights started channeling Parker there. The fight scenes were great, too.
It's kind of funny to me that just as it seemed everything was winding down, Trixie gets thrown into more shenanigans.
You know it would be easier for Trixie in the skitch universe. If she would wear a costume to protect her cover up. You know creating a secret identity . Since you made Skitch verse Trixie kinda like Batman. Why not let her wear the Mare-do-well costume? Heck since Skitch watched the official show he can even suggest it to her.
Ahh, diplomatic immunity. Nowhere near as awesome as movies and tv usually make it seem.
I guess L-Trixie will be going on a diet now, nothing like almost being shredded by a tiger to make you want to loose a few pounds.
Plus Skitchverse Greengrass, Sweet! Does he have a Notary anywhere? She might have been in the scene but no one noticed.
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I'm not sure that's fair to Mike.
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Glad that I managed to capture that Leverage feel then!
Iron Will really does make the perfect Eliot Spencer when properly applied.
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You know, I completely forgot about Mare-Do-Well and the outfit. I don't picture that happening though, mostly because I am very much not a fan of that episode and I'm not sure I wanna do anything with it in the universe.
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Nope! Gotta thank RDD for pointing that out though.
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I'll admit, that I'm not sure about Notary. I kind of forgot about her when I was first writing this chapter.
I'll have to consider that.
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I'm not totally certain where you're getting Batman from, since Trixie's MO is not the same as his. She doesn't even have a secret lair; she just has the crown running interference for her.
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See her powers are effecting even you!
Well my personal preference would be for her to be Greengrass's lover in this universe, maybe just appearing near the end to make Trixie's brain go pop.
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I'm not a fan of that episode either. But like I said Trixie and her gang can't continue this up. Trixie methods are infiltration and that can only work if you target doesn't suspect a thing. Once the crime syndicates understand this was a personal vendetta. But when many of their fellow criminals are being brought down by the same mare, no matter what the official authorities and other "captured" members say. They realize Trixie is really actively taking them all down.
She needs to protect herself or otherwise she will become a target and a danger for everyone around her. That's why heroes create secret identities. Heck even in real life field agents create secret/false identities to protect their loved ones when dealing with powerful criminal organisations such as the Mafia.
Also you don't need to do the mysterious mare do well episode. You only need the costume. (Which is actually one of the few things I did enjoy from the episode because it reminds me of "Darkwing Duck" Outfit.) And the outfit can be brought in by many means.
-Skitch can herself mention that she had seen the "Mysterious Mare Do Well" episode. And actually decided to let Rarity make the costume so that she can wear it at the upcoming Nightmare Night. Trixie will just bumb into the costume and realize the potentional of wearing a vigilantly outfit. Takes the costume (while leaving behind some bits.) This way no one actually knows whom the Mysterious Mare Do Well really is.
-The "Mysterious Mare Do Well" is actually a comic book hero (Either in the Lunaverse or Skitchverse) By chance Trixie sees such a comic and comes up with the idea that it's wise to hide her actions with an alternate identity. (Lunaverse Trixie knows all too well that actions have consequences. Since "Boast Busted" she has seen the full effect when powerful figures retaliate. (Such as when Twilight Farther delayed help to Ponyvile.))
-The costume belongs to a famous cat burglar that actually got comprehended by the Authorities. Trixie spots the costume in the evidence room. And takes it wearing the costume for the good of pony kind rather then selfish criminal reasons. She actually can use the infamy of the previous owner to her advantages in getting contacts in the underworld.
These are just a few small examples how you can incorporate the costume without even creating a parody of that awful episode.
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Not the same in your opinion? Let's compare Skitch verse Trixie and Batman.
-Both Trixie and Batman have their families getting killed by the underworld.
-Both are vigilantes taking personally down the criminals.
-Both are detectives and investigate crimes as well.
-Both work in secret with the authorities. (Batman with Commissionaire Chief Gordon And Trixie with Princes Celestia and those below her.)
-Both seem quit well versed in art of hand to hand (hoof to hoof) combat.
Also GreyGuardPony are has told in one of his comments that his intentions are that Skitchverse Trixie is kinda like a Batman parody for the Skitchverse Universe.
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Sure they can. They don't actually need to bring down all the criminals, after all. They just need to disrupt their operations while the Princesses sort out the guard. Heck, they don't even need to do that!
All that Trixie and her team really have to do is collect evidence, and then let the proper authorities handle the rest. The sting we saw here was a special circumstance, since they were dealing with a foreign national.
In any case, similarities between Trixie and Batman here are largely superficial. In truth, the Skitchverse doesn't have any clear superhero analogues outside of comic books; if Mare-Do-Well shows up at all, it'll be in a comic book. Probably illustrated by Skitch.
And, let's be honest, it would probably be more in line with Darkwing Duck than Batman, featuring a heroine who stops crime more by accident than anything else (catchphrase, "Well, that was a freebie!").
Tribe clearly subscribes to the school of thought which tells us that "you can't make an omelette without breaking some legs."
It's also just now occurred to me that the Skitchverse, given its general setup, layout, and make-up, is actually the perfect setting for us and/or others to write stories starring costumed vigilantes.
Not like Batman, mind you, but older, pulp vigilantes like the Shadow, Doc Savage (provided by Daring Do), the Spider, and the Phantom, or even more legitimate crimefighters like C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes or Dick Tracy (maybe s/he's just getting started in Manehattan as of Springtime).
I'm sorry but Luna jumps to far to big a conclusion here. For example, why would a secret society member who's hidden their existence for years just casually use one of their codes in public? She has more than enough reason to go after the other Trixie without thinking it's some plot of Corona's
Yes! This is gonna be good!
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You know, I was going to justify Luna's point of view there at first, but the more I think about it...you do have a point. But I do think that I'll leave it as is. Sometimes, even Luna can have her moments of irrationality.
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Oh yeah! Things are gonna go down next Lunaverse chapter!
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well, you could give her a better showing in the next chapter. "It is unlikely I admit. Still, for everyone's safety it should be at least considered."
Owned!
Also, calling it now; the box totally does not have the transmodulator in it. I don't care, Guardy, that's what I'm calling it!
It probably has a piece of paper with a troll face on it while the actual transmodulator is buried under the front lawn. That what I like to think, at least.
Finally! I have been etching for you to continue this story.
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While I'm not going to say if you're right or not, I will say that Skitch did take precautions beyond what we've seen in the chapter so far. One of the potentially most dangerous devices in Equestria? Yeah, there's more here.
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Sorry that it took me so long. I really do have too many active fics at once right now.
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So, she buried it in a jar under the front lawn?
So you going to break the usual trope of switching with between the Trixies with each chapter?
Also nice chapter btw, though I doubt Lunaverse Trixie would ever talk to Luna like Skitchverse Trixie did in this chapter.
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Naa. We'll be jumping back to the Skitchverse for the next chapter. Just results in shuffling some other things around.
You are absolutely right about Lunaverse Trixie though. If there is one thing constant about Trixie throughout the various universes, its her ego. For Skitchverse Trixie it really manifests in this belief that she's in charge when it comes to situations like this. That she knows how these types of ponies think and how to dismantle them.