Story Concepts · 12:39am Aug 18th, 2015
Welcome new followers!
Once Upon a Nightmare was inspired by ABC's Once Upon a Time, specifically the end of the first season and much of the second season. If you've watched the first two seasons of OUAT, you have some idea where I'm going with the Sleeping Torment, but I'm putting my own spin on it.
Also, the subject of Emblems has been brought up in OUAN, but I didn't go into it in depth. It's difficult to find a balance between being too exposition-dumpy and delaying explanations for too long (I'm looking at you, Steven Universe). Just in case I can't find a natural way to explain it in-story, here is my headcanon on Emblems.
In the culture of pastel-colored humans, one is encouraged to promote oneself like a brand. People either design their own “logos” or pay someone else to create them. These logos are called Emblems, and are as important as one's name. They have to be put on an official registry, and a person must be at least fifteen to register an emblem. If someone wants to change one's emblem, a fee must be paid, and a statement about the reason for the change must be submitted.
Emblems are serious business. And they also just happen to be identical to the cutie marks that magically appear on ponies' flanks. Because that's the crazy way the multiverse works.
