I was telling my therapist about my writing (in very vague terms) and how I really enjoy 'rage against the heavens' as a trope (see also bellikos rising against their creators in that EQ expansion) and they started connecting it to my parental issues.
And it made sense and yet I had never made that connection. It's so weird to observe my own habits and thought processes like that.
Guys, I've been driving myself insane lately trying to place the story in the show's timeline. Obviously Landshark arrives in a post-Tirek world AND sometime after Cranky and Matilda's wedding, and I probably need to add the AU tag since my Equestria has changelings in it (feel free to pretend something similar to your favorite changeling redemption story took place at some point).
In case anyone has actually been wondering about the slightly longer than normal delay, I've recently had a death in the family and been a mix of busy and unmotivated. 'm trying to get back into writing to keep my mind off other things, though.
I mean, this is a Displacement fic, I think. I may not be using the term right. But I didn't want to do that thing where a human being gets turned into something kind of weird in the transition. It seems to involve cons and cursed costume props a lot.