Forget not that I am a derp.
By simple biological necessity, one can conclude that Scootaloo has parents. And, indeed, there is a couple in Ponyville who claim her as their own. But they adopted her long ago. The documents are in Town Hall for anypony who cares to look. So, whence came the winged Crusader?
To learn that, we must go not just to another time, but another place, for Scootaloo is as orphaned as an orphan can be.
Written for F*** THIS PROMPT! 11. Prompt: Scootaloo is an orphan.
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I like this idea. I sort of messed with making Scoots into Mowgli, so why not Superman?
Well, that was a fun retelling of Superman's origin story. A shame Scoots doesn't get some funky high from Celestia's sun, but at least she survived. Sending her through P-space was a neat innovation, too.
So if Equestria's magic makes Crouptonians weak, how pathetic a pony would Doomsday be?
This idea is so cliché and overdone. I love it.
7295892 Well, seeing as comic Doomsday is supposed to be this highly adaptive creature that automatically and almost instantly evolves whenever it is defeated or injured, I would think that being from Croupton would hardly matter. Although, considering that in My Little Pony it's possible to literally just toss someone into the pits of Tartarus, I doubt that adaptability would be of much use in the first place.
Honestly, this could be an interesting revision on the superman concept- Twilight figures out how to properly sync up her magic, not only can she fly, but she's supermare! But instead of Crouptonite weakening her, the magical device that syncs her up is the weak point- if it's damaged, not only is she a mortal mare, she'd fall right out of the sky!
Dammit! Scootaloo should have been Supermare! I mean, come on!
I would go with Bulk Biceps Aka Snowflake for somepony who would understand how she feels about not flying.
Poor Scoots. Maybe now that they know the reason why she can't fly, they'll be able to figure out some kind of work-around for her.
Alicorns, crystal ponies, batponies, maybe even earth ponies? The lack of a special connection to nature would surely lead to environmental catastrophe.
This is SO COOL!
And yet so sad....
It's perfect.
You will give the ponies of Equestria an ideal to strive towards. You will stumble, you will fall, but in time, you will join them in the Sun.
In time, they will help you accomplish wonders.
The principle of parsimony dictates that the simplest answer is best. This means that Orange Swirl/Dizzy Twister is clearly Scootaloo's birth mother.
Really cool idea, I liked it... hmmm...
Scootaloo: Oh no, you're not turning me into Superman too, Lucifer was weird enough.
Darn, fine.
Ooh, nice! I noticed you using both Plao and Rao in the story; a goof, or something intended?
But yeah, this is a fun kind of a crossover. Now I, too, want to see what happens when Twilight (or for extra fun, Starlight) figures out that Scootaloo's magic is out of phase with Equestria's ambient magic field, and crafts something to compensate for that...
Who knows about Scootaloo's origins now? Twilight? The rest of the CMC?
We require more of this. Lots more.
Even though I want to murder you for the puns. Croupton? Laur-El? Carav-El? IT BUUUUURNS USSSS!
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Hey, if I had to make her an orphan, I figured I should make her into one of the greatest orphans in fiction. I'm glad you considered the idea worthy of derplause.
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Equestrian superweapons tend to come in two flavors: Nonlethal subdual and total obliteration. Doomsday might be able to surpass the former eventually, especially a version that was created with magic. The latter...
In order to evolve, something has to survive.
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I was trying to work within canon as best I could. Plus, it lets the story answer "Why can't Scootaloo fly?" along with "Who and where are Scootaloo's parents?"
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Bulk got into the Wonderbolt reserves and flew in the Equestria Games. Probably not the first pony she'd turn to.
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Alicorns, hence the comment on Equestria's surreal cosmology.
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Yes, but the prompt precluded the use of Occam's Razor.
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Aww, but then you could have Superloo vs. Scootalucifer fights!
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That was definitely a goof and has since been fixed. Thanks. And you and 7296128 do offer some intriguing ideas for a sequel. I didn't plan on one, but this could prove very fun indeed...
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At the moment, just her parents. As far as everypony else knows, she was born in another country with poor documentation procedures. From this point on, who Scootaloo should tell the truth is up to her.
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Fun fact: Brainiac was originally going to call Scootaloo's father "Lor-El." He'd do that with everypony's name. ("I already know that, Councilpony So-Lar.") I cut it since it undermined the mood and hammered the pun in harder than necessary.
Also, "Kal-El" was surprisingly hard to pun, so I just went with a vague phonetic similarity that still worked very well for Scootaloo.
This was absolutely amazing. Headcanon.
I like the punny names, I think they're great, in keeping with both the classic Superman stories and our ridiculously-named tiny pastel ponies. (Nothing quite as astonishingly out-there as the puns Grant Morrison managed to work into All Star Superman, mind).
This is now my Scootaloo headcanon, purely because it makes me laugh, and because Scoots in a heroic cape is an adorable image.
I so need more of this.
I realized a third of the way through where you were going with this.
I had to take off my glasses, I facepalmed so hard
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Yeah...I know. I was just saying. I kinda figured that you were sticking as close to the established canon for the character as possible...
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Oh, I forgot to mention. "Collision Risk" is actually a PERFECT true name for Scootaloo. For obvious reasons.
EDIT: And somebody just clued me in on the "Turnip-Complete" joke
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You made me do a spit take. Thankfully only water and none got on the keyboard. My lungs hurt now.
Well played, well played.
So Scoots is like the 'anti-superman'. Poor kid.
Woo! Discworld reference for the win!
Well hopefully not for the win of the contest, since I'm entered in it too.
Certainly an interesting and enjoyable story. I'd also like to add my support for a sequel, should you have the urge and idea for one.
Two seconds after they shift Collision Risk to another world:
"Hello, Doctor Wreath. My name is Starlight Glimmer. And this is time magic."
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I wasn't sure how people would react to this story, but I never thought I'd hear "headcanon accepted." Thanks for surprising me.
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I thought the title and chapter title would be enough of a tipoff.
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You can thank Chuckfinley's A Brief Glance at the Paper on Princess Luna's Desk for the Turnip-complete pun.
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Thanks! Best of luck to both of you as well.
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Hmm. Not sure if the Cutie Map can access such extremely alternate timelines. Still, given time, resources, and Twilight, Starlight probably could put together a time-space traversal spell. Certainly interesting to think about.
*Grins and applauds slowly* I lvove the fact she was reading a comic book, it seems so appropriate somehow ;)
Well, Scootaloo could potentially catch up with Twilight Sparkle for smarts. Twilight might have been studying since she was young, but Scootaloo has most of the combined knowledge of an advanced culture along with an A.I. to teach her it all. Though at a guess I suppose she wouldn't be able to become an alicorn because it's cosmically impossible for her given her different frequency magic.
As for Scootaloo's father, well obviously it's the hockey-playing stallion. Because all ponies share family resemblances in the series, which is why Sweetie Belle and Bon Bon are half-sisters, Pinkie Pie and Twilight are both adopted, and Apple Bloom has recessive genes...
Huh. Now that's an interesting take on "alternate universe".
Hmm, I have a craving for croutons now.
If you're curious, I actually wound up making the fanfic about Scootaloo as Superman (well actually Supergirl, but she got a bit of both really):
The Girl of Tomorrow
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Mmmm... Depends on how much they each evolve. If Scootaloo isn't selfish, and Twilight gives the (true) impression of restraint, then this ends up with the data being shared with Twilight, and through her, all of Equestria.
That WAS a fun read, but I don't think I'll come back to it, so I'll just upvote it.