I need help brainstorming for a story! · 7:53am Aug 5th, 2015
I'm writing an OC story. The character is in my profile picture. His name is Mousetrap. He's a computer expert/ experienced hacker. Haven't come up with a picture for his humanized version yet, though. I'm not sure whether I want the story to be humanized or pony. Here are the things I've come up with for the story so far:
-Mousetrap lives in Manehattan, a busy city where his line of work goes underpaid and under-appreciated, since there are many tech-savvy ponies in that area.
-He receives an email from his cousin in Ponyville, Vinyl Scratch. She tells him that she received his last email in which he complained to her about the lack of work. She then explains that if he moved over to Ponyville with her and her roommate, he could work for her as a stagehand/equipment and sound technician at her shows.
-I don't want this story to be a cliche OC story where every character immediately becomes friends with him. I want it to be somewhat realistic, maybe have some of the locals in Ponyville ostracize him a little bit since they don't know him.
-Not sure if I should pair him with anyone, and even if I wanted to, I'm not sure who to pair him with.
-I'm not really sure where this story is gonna go, but I'm planning on it just being a slice of life, feelgood story, unless my view on it changes, or anybody gives me a good reason why it should be something else.
-I am a horrible artist and would like some custom cover art for this story, so if there are any artists out there looking for something to draw, I would really appreciate a quality cover art for this story. You will, of course, get a huge shout out when the story is published. Mousetrap is in my profile pic. I'll leave the rest up to your creative minds!
-I also have no idea what to title the story. Suggestions are welcome!
Any ideas would be appreciated! You'll be credited once the story is published! Thank you!
Hi there!
IDK can me and my simple mind be of any use to you, but I'd love to help ya out
I myself am making an OC story, and trying to squeeze myself into the mlp life. Therefore I know how you feel
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I am a stinkish artist, but I could make a pic for ya (if nopony elwse makes one for you, atleast you'll have something)
Also, tell me wacha wanna know/ideas about what u need and I'll try to lend a hoof
. Friendship is magic, am I right? 
>>Lime Overtime Thank you so much dude! A pic would be great! I'm sure you're a better artist than I am. I just don't really know where I can take the story, which is really frustrating because I've wanted to write it for so long. I've got the story-line for the first chapter with the notes I put in the blog post, but I don't really have much else. Any advice or suggestions would be awesome. Thanks so much!
Here's a suggestion.
When he moves to Ponyville many ponies are sceptical about him since he grew up in a bad side of Manehatten, and don't understand his work due to the lack of technology in the town.
In time the mane six befriend him when he helps them out with certain tasks, and over time the fillies and colts start to get curious as to why their parents are staying clear of him and go to talk to him, and befriend him. The parents find out and try to get their children away from him but are convinced by the children and mane six.
>>PyraFlare I really do like the idea of the foals being forced to stay away from him, but I'm not really too sure that I want everybody to befriend him in the end. Maybe be alright with his presence eventually, yes, but like I said in the blog post, I don't like the cliche where everybody loves the OC in the end. It might just be me, but I think it's a kinda overused and tired gimmick.
guess what mate?
the 1st version of your requested drawing is done!
took me about 9 hrs ^^
gonna try making the 2nd version :p
>>Lime Overtime Thanks, dude! I just saw it on DeviantArt! It looks amazing!
How about using the plot of the game Watchdogs.
3300705 that's a really cool idea! Maybe not the whole vengeance run or anything like that, but Mousetrap having a device siimilar to Aiden's ctOS hacking rig. Great suggestion!