"So then I went back in time and assassinated Queen Chrysalis.
Yeah, that did happen. Shut that muzzle of yours, you're only gonna catch flies.
Changed it right back after how well that turned out.
Turns out King Sombra took over the world, again. That damn love-alicorn didn't manage to defeat him. Discord-darn butterfly nonsense again, princess-type didn't do her combat training 'cause she never spent two weeks in a cave.
Sigh... back to the drawing board, it was."
Set in early season 6. First draft originally written before Starlight's season 5 time travel escapades. Entirely unrelated to "A Nation of Love".
Dark and Sad tags for retellings of visits to several apocalyptic timelines in the above narrative style.
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9530526
You are very welcome, I'm glad to hear it!
The 2013~2014 influence stands out.
9530878
Not too surprising.
You even go around and repair each others' toasters out of the goodness of your hemolymph pumps.
What? Nah, that doesn't count as a heart to a changeling. Your real heart's a lot more than some overhyped muscle.
In any case, I'm very glad this finally saw the light of day. Glad I could help.
Oh no he did sepuku when he saw rainbow moose
9531591
Whut?
Oh, you mean... [story ending spoiler] "What did he do when he saw the Crayon-lings". Ah, I get it!
Well. You know, that's actually a good question.
Would he consider them to be "true changelings", or see them as a twisted mockery, completely unrecognizable? What makes a changeling a changeling? It's a good question.
Though it'd certainly be one of the more interesting futures for him to visit, with little immediate danger and love abundant. If anything, he'd linger for a while, to make up his mind if this is what he wanted or not. If he still has any chance of getting a better result in his old age, or if the universe is giving him an ultimatum, "take it or leave it".
Maybe have a talk with Pharynx, if he happens to run across him.
9531542
Heh. Hemolymph pumps.
And thank you for helping!
Awww...
Well, that was quite... something.
Definitely not what I expected after reading the description.
But it was certainly interesting to read.
Good work!
9552223
Thanks!
Hmm. I'm curious - what did you expect, given that description? I was hoping it to give people an accurate idea what it was about.
9552271
I expected he/she/it will tell the story how he dealt with Chrysalis, followed by an lengthy story/explanation what happened afterwards.
Basically that there was only this single story to tell.
At least for me nothing in the description indicated it would be a lament about the difficulties of time travel.
9552284
I changed the short description. What do you think?
9562503
Not sure what exactly you had changed.
I don't have a comparison, but I don't notce any differences.
9563524
I changed the short description. Not the long description.
You can see, for example, when viewing my userpage, or if the story shows up in the "related" section on another story.
9563612
I don't remember the old one, but the current short description looks fitting.
I can't believe this story concept actually got written, after all the discussion on DA all those years ago.
Makes me green that I never did it myself.