No Mas Ideas · 5:26am Feb 14th, 2015
I got nothing. I am at a loss. I have tried literally EVERYTHING. But I can't find a good and engaging way to kill off an Ursa Major. Or defeat him for that matter. I can write a decent dialogue chapter but when it comes to actual action. I can't think. The most I'll get is a bunch of thesaurus words and an idea that is absolutely stupid! I've been busy working all these days with ideas and also having to deal with my life so, it's pretty darn hard. I don't know whether i should ask you guys for help because it'll make me look like a talentless writer with no ideas. I don't know whether I should just give up on this one or not. On "the internet" there are people who judge everything you do. If I write down a bad idea I'll probably get a angry mob of down votes until I change it. So, what do you think I should do? And no, I can't resort to Dues Ex Machinas this time.
If you want to see the unfinished chapter it's here
The password is: thisisthepartwhereikillyou
...yeah pretty stupid huh.
question: do you HAVE to kill it off? because sometimes the best way to get rid of something is to try a different way if you cant kill it.
2795016 I tried defeating it but....it just sounded stupid...
Trixie is an illusionist and Twilight Sparkle is a supercharged swiss army knife.
1) They could summon up the illusion of an Ursa Minor in distress(or dinner) and lure Mama Bear out of Ponyville.
2) Or watering down the Want It, Need It spell and running like hell. Or shoot it in the eye and then run like hell.
3) They could possibly steal Berry Punch's entire stash and.. well, there are a lot of ways to get alcohol into something. Did you know that 'Butt Chugging' is a thing? I'm fucking serious. It's an actual thing that actual people do.
4) Distract it. Kidnap Zecora and score a pile of Poison Joke. The idea here is to get some fast acting derivative of Poison Joke into the bear. It'd be the plant's biggest prank ever.
5) Organize the Pegasi to keep the bear wrapped up in fog, rain and clouds. Evacuate the town until the bear is done or has wandered off.
Well the honey idea, actually works but I would put more effort in the story about how they collect the Honey. Let Trixie bring every pony together and let them all search pony vile to collect enough honey. Meanwhile while the ponies are busy collecting the honey, Trixie and Twilight go off and try to distract the Ursa Major. Preventing it to cause more damage or at least trying to do so.
Also the idea for the honey can also be easily slipped in, did you knew that at the golden oak library there is a Bee hive attached to one of its branches. While pondering what to do Trixie may spot the Bee-Hive and suddenly have her eureka moment. In which she comes up with the entire honey idea.
One last thing though, we know Rainbow Dash is athletic and really fast. But I doubt she's strong enough to lift and entire giant pot honey if it would be as big as the water silo that Twilight used in the original episode "Boast Busters." So my suggestion would be Either a group of Pegasus, Earth Ponies or Unicorns lifting the honey and lure the Ursa Major away.
The trick to make this a believable story is into making it into a group effort to get rid of the monster rather then a single pony. It was even stated in the show that No pony "Single" ever defeated and Ursa Major. Which means actually that they perhaps can be defeated in a group effort.
You can always let the bear just unmake a chunk of Ponyville and then wander off. A tragedy of that level would be excellent fodder for all sorts of things.
For added laughs, kill off or maim a couple of minor named characters and kill at least one major background character. I nominate Big Mac and.. hmm.. Twist, a flower sister, Caramel, and
Beef SwellingtonTime Turner. Also, Silver Spoon should lose a leg at the very least. Or possibly her eyes.It falls under the Sad tag! I'd be sad if a bear ate my eyes too. And people would be sad for me. I'd hope, at least.
Speaking of Tags, as this story is developing perhaps it's a good idea to review tags? You should qualify for the Dark tag. Possibly Comedy too.
2795200 Thanks for the ideas. I appreciate it. Yeah, maybe I should kill more than Snips and Snails. Muahahaha!
Though currently I am working on a one-shot sad fic.
You van always make a chase scene a la Harry Potter 4 (the part with the dragon) or go into more "crazy awesome" territory with Trixie and Twilight creating an illusion that outright scares the Ursa (like a bigger Ursa, or a dragon or one of Nightmare Moon if you want a symbolic moment).
2795789 Y'know...that isn't half bad.