In the moment before her execution, she realized what it meant to be a princess, to be alive, to be Twilight.

A while ago, I wrote a quick bit (which I won't link, because it's bad) about Twilight Sparkle's planeswalker spark igniting when a season finale/opener goes wrong and she is defeated by a villain. Bonus points because she's already said to have a "spark."

I thought about turning it into a full on crossover fic where she finds herself in... somewhere iconic and not distracting like Dominaria I guess, and is tutored by someone iconic and not distracting like Jace I guess, who is frustrated with Twilight's apparently low power level and takes a long time to figure out that the magic of friendship is not, in fact, blue mana. But MTG lore can only be found in vague blurbs and really shitty novels, so I didn't follow through.

But this latest set, Origins, it's all about doing pretty much exactly what I was planning on--they've written five (very) short stories about five iconic Planeswalkers who previously had vague or nonexistent origin stories. This includes some questionable writing decisions and some serious, egregious retconning.

Which has me thinking about who else besides Twilight has a backstory befitting a Planeswalker.

Anna is too slow to save Elsa. Instead, Elsa explodes just like Chandra and wipes out half her kingdom.

Robin drives her sword into Grima's heart. She disappears without a trace, and to her dismay, finds herself still alive and full of unspeakable dark magic that she must never allow back into her own world.

Pretty much every League of Legends character follows the formula.

Commander Shepard weighs her options for a bit, and chooses Orange.

Hiccup, uh... I haven't actually seen this movie, but it's literally all about dragons I'm sure you'll think of something.

Anakin Skywalker is led to believe that he killed his wife.

I wish there was a way to say Maya Fey but there isn't.

Bruce Wayne's parents get shot.

Your ideas?