My second finished story! · 2:56pm Mar 10th, 2015
Inspired by the following prompt:
"A black and red alicorn attempts to woo Fluttershy"
I spent the last week and a half composing a story from start to finish. Unlike the other stories in my repertoire, this one was not a character driven slice of life, but a full on parody of the horrible tropes that often come with the territory of "black and red alicorn OC's". Absurd, self-referential, ironic, and hopefully funny, this was a pretty drastic departure for me.
My slow writing combined with my knack for failing to keep anything short and sweet, "The Rise of an Alicorn's Destiny" did not meet the timeline for the aforementioned prompt - which is fine, because the narrative I had in mind meant that Fluttershy could not reasonably fill the role of the main character opposite Reveille.
It's my first attempt at comedy, and I hope that it worked. If people "get" it, that's great. If they "don't"... well, I'll assume that to mean the character of Reveille was truly an awful deterrent. I won't be upset if this story gets more knee-jerk dislikes than my others, because it meant I was doing something "right."
Big thanks to RaylanKrios, who provided feedback nearly every step of the way, making sure that the premise and execution were entirely awful. I apologize for the amount of awful puns he had to endure. There were many more than were featured in the final story.
Faithful readers, I would also like to know your thoughts on how the experiment worked out - particularly the ending.
