Nov
28th
2015
MRW I had the next arc planned out several months ago and already written 250k · 4:36pm Nov 28th, 2015
... And then all the major reveals (and a bagful of background settings) just got brutally untwisted by new canon development.
Now the whole thing looks bloody unoriginal, god damn it Nostradamus.
I don't know if I should be glad for the vindication, or be mad because I could have saved up the time thinking up all o' them for other stuffs right now.
These things happen. If nothing else, feel proud that you were able to call it.
Aww I was hoping to see more from you.
If you can fix the whole "semi-random unicorn is as powerful as the princess o magic" thing, it may be worth posting anyways.
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But yeah, ha. Guess a bit of a rewrite is in order, if only to be slightly adjusted to match the Almighty Canon.
3575285 Heheh. Thanks. Speaking of unicorns... (Embarrassingly glanced at blog entries more than 100 weeks ago)
Canon has a lot more leeway to have inconsistencies like this. The level of raw power, battle prowess, stamina and exact skills of Twilight varies from episode to episode. It arguably boils down to 'up to the particular writer'. And if the plot calls for a strong antagonist, then she would certainly get Worfed. Fortunately, I have other plans for Starlight in the first place. It's just the stuffs in the altered pasts that coincide heavily with my plot points, but the fact that they are now sort of canon makes for interesting twists as well.
Fan-written stories have no such luxury, however. Readers are going to scrutinize and rip apart all the internal inconsistency in the plot. Canon writers can completely change the established geography with an offhanded comment, and they can afford to resolve the crisis with just a small dose of Good Talking To. When fanfic writers try that, they're so pressed onto the ground by the downward thumb (or at best, receiving the 'meh' response or no response at all.). Sometimes I wonder if a fanfic writer can be too predicate on maintaining consistency, or making sure that previous events have long-term consequences, foreseen or unforeseen. This is because the canon can be much more transient and volatile, and a story can come across as unrealistic when ever smaller details are dwelled on. Not that every story has to go with the canon feel, but this just made me think.