Chapter 25 Brain-trickle · 3:22pm May 27th, 2015
Chapter 25 Brainstorming.
So the ponies find the human attractive. Not interesting. Must be addressed.
There's a reason that they find him attractive. Will require ret-con to make sense. Won't be interesting. Must be addressed.
Must involve magic? Lack of magic? I delayed answering the question because I don't know what I'm doing.
There are still Gryphons out there. Might be interesting. Might want to address.
Boss, the boss, and egalitarian
Sniffer, his friend and the seeing eye,
Schultz, the pragmatic, yet incompetent psychopath,
Herman, the most compassionate and fat one.
The Equestrian army's officers like Jenner. Interesting.
The recruits don't. Not interesting. May need to be addressed.
Celestia wants to keep him in the guard, and to protect him from Luna.
She might occupy her with paperwork that she's insisted on doing?
Luna still thinks lowly about herself. Not interesting. Not relatable.
Jenner still has weapons in the castle:
Coat & cloak,
Flame-bladed 1 1/2 hand sword,
Bolt-action rifle with... let's say 80 bullets in a small pack.
Some are in the hooves of Equestrian smiths and pyrotechnicians, who are trying to reproduce them.
They do not yet have the means to use them.
What if Luna were to try a change of heart? Too soon? Too boring? Not enough Yandere?
What if the change were false?
Why the fuck did I do the Yandere anyways? It's not funny; it's not entertaining; it's not relatable.
There's also the herd-mentality and group-think reversal bullshit I stuck in there.
Humans tend to gain anonymity and lose responsibility when in a mob. Capable of losing restraint and doing more evil.
Ponies tend to gain anonymity when outside the herd-mentality (think Trixie's egotism and disconnection from Ponyville; Sombra's power, Luna's Loneliness & Rarity's isolation when around NMM, and the Mane 6 acting alone before learning their lessons about friendship.) this logic already has holes in it, and I can't see them yet.
Goddammit, I didn't plan this shit out. That's why I'm writing myself into corners.
That's why I'm here. To plan my next two moves.
Two, not one. Planning only one move ahead screws things up.
What about his relationship with Twilight and his Gary-Stu style learning montage?
The Mane six still find him sexy.
Applejack just fucked him and he's okay with that.
Current situation:
Celestia just tried to get creepy with Jenner after being alone with him for too long.
Her inhibitions were lowered when they were alone and Jenner got all snuggly.
Jenner's newly forming magic does not contribute to the herd-mentality.
Jenner's magic does something not specified (I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't start losing readers.)
Jenner has learned a little levitation and fire from Twilight. He also loves Twilight as a teacher.
Jenner's relationship with Twilight for the unspecified time he was in Ponyville is not elaborated upon.
Goddammit, I need to find a smaller editing group that might actually help me. "Looking for Editors" isn't going to help. My story's been in there for months, and no one has done anything.