Exploring new lands, adventures on the high seas, and finding great fortune are all things Rose Sweetsail dreams of. The trouble is, no one takes her seriously. As a part of the Sweetsail family, all she's ever been allowed to do is make sails for the lucky ships that get to sail away. Her sweet look and gentle voice do her no favors either. But the unicorn's true talent lies in ship architecture, and it is this that catches the attention of the dashing Captain Swashbuck. They strike a deal. Rose designs a ship that can do what no other has done before--sail to the legendary land of Equestria. In exchange, Swashbuck allows her to sail with him as his boatswain.
Of course, that isn't how things go. Who wants to read a story where everything goes according to plan, after all? No, no... This is an adventure of swashbuckling danger in an epic quest of revenge. It's also the fantastic tale of how one sweet pony comes to be the most feared pirate on the high seas.
This is mostly an OC pony fic, though canon characters are planned for the future. Moderate blood and violence, some sexual suggestion but nothing graphic. Alternative Universe in the obvious ways, and also to ignore certain major canon events, as well as to ignore that IDW comic where the Main 6 play at being pirates with Hoofbeard. Some LGBT themes, though they aren't central to anything. Some gore, but only as much as you would expect in a pirate life. Yar.
Cover by EZTP.
This reminds me of something... Oh right, Franky's mentor, designed a ship that a pirate then took to destroy vast portions of his city, then was blamed for it.
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Sorry, what's this from? Who's Franky?
Lol, I didn't write this based off of anything. If it seems derivative of something, it's entirely coincidental
6741871 One Piece, the anime, there's actually a story arc where something like this happens, a shipmaker making a ship on comission, then the ship is taken and used to demolish the town he lives in, and he is blamed for it.
I know you probably didn't write it based of that, but there's definitely similarities.
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Wow, I had no idea! I knew there was a chance certain parts of my story might feel reminiscent to other piratey stories, but that's pretty darn close... One Piece was one of those animes I skipped out on, lol. Geez, how funny!
6742141 dont feel bad, one piece is so long at the moments its bound to catch every story arc at some point
I think I'll save this to my read later section.
Looks good. But I other stuff I still need to catch up on.
It's a shame that this was cancelled because I just found it and I really liked where it was going.
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Thank you! Yeah, I shopped it around to some help groups and their suggestions were to (basically) rewrite the entire story. I meant to try, but never got around to it. Plus it was ripped to shreds by the gatekeeper for Equestria Daily and I just lost all steam.
As a first jump into pony fiction though, I enjoyed it while it lasted!
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Equestria Daily is always a place to take with a grain of salt. They turn down more good stories than they accept.