Jan
6th
2016
It occurs to me · 4:17am Jan 6th, 2016
That Sumac will still be cutie mark-less at the end of Trixie Lulamoon and the Horrendous Hypothesis. As I go over my story outline, I keep snagging on this one point and it IRKS me. For some reason, the story feels unfinished because of this one element. It is driving me crazy. I don't know what to do. It feels like an unfinished end. It's making me barmy and I really, really hate it.
Some random spoilers, because I can.
Sumac has a bit of a chat with Big Mac on what it means to be a stallion. Big Mac offers some advice. Expect a chatty Big Mac, he has a lot to say on the subject.
This is a story about adoption.
No more Applejack cameos?
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We're negotiating her contract.
Have to say that, to me, you totally telegraphed the overarching subject. Not a bad thing, mind.
that just means there's more story to tell, sequels in the great wild yonder of your mind.
Does Sumac need to have his cutie mark by the end of the story?
Will the story be unusual if he does not? e.g., Will he be much older than a typical blank flank?
If the problem is just that the story flow has been laid out and there isn't chapter space devoted to his cutie mark acquisition, I don't see that as much of a problem. You could easily write a side-story which happens as some point during Horrendous Hypothesis where he acquires a cutie mark, perhaps during a spring break or some other similar downtime. Not every major event in Sumac's life needs to be contained within this single story - plus, it means his cutie mark story could have a different tone without being disruptive. If Horrendous Hypothesis is just going to conclude in a relatively short amount of time, relative to Sumac, then you could just leave the topic of Sumac getting a cutie mark to another tale.
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Yeah, I know, I'm just being stoopid about this. It just feels like an important unfinished end. It's like looking at a sweater and seeing a dangling bit of yarn just hanging down.
Ugh.
Just make a sequel story where Sumac gets his cutie mark. If you feel it's an unresolved event that won't be resolved in the story you're writing, figure out how it would be resolved. (Even if it wouldn't be long or involved enough to be a published story on fimfiction.)