Under The Red Hood: Making A Few More Adjustments

Greetings Gotham, Joker here! Just thought I'd drop in and share some of the adjustments I've made for Assassinverse: Under The Red Hood. First off, i'd like to lay to rest a myth once and for all. I'm not the genius behind the creation of the Assassinverse. That honor goes to one Rated Ponystar. My Assassinverse stories are merely AUs riding on Ponystar's coattails. If you want to know what the Assassinverse is REALLY like, then I suggest you go check out his stories. He just finished up the second installment of the canon series a few months ago.

Now then, moving on, as I'm sure you'll notice, I've swapped out the Original Character tag and replaced it with a Starlight Glimmer tag. This is because A: I want to further enforce the fact, for umpteenth time, Assassinverse: Under The Red Hood IS NOT A DISPLACED STORY. The Red Hood in this story is in fact the genuine article. Well, a real one from the DC Multiverse, anyway. B: I have plans to make Starlight part of Red Hood's new team of Outlaws, although I could use suggestions on the mantle she takes up. This is, of course, after she gets her ass kicked by Red Hood and is forced to return everyone's cutie marks (this story IS set between seasons 4 and 5 of the show, so Twilight and her crew haven't gone to Our Town yet, and they likely never will) and while we're on that topic, why don't we have some fun? Entertain me with mock-up scenes of Starlight attempting to remove Red Hood's "cutie mark" (meaning the symbol on his chest) and failing miserably, because that's been something I've been DYING to do. Almost like I want to do blind jokes with Sally.exe in a Halloween Special over on fanfiction.net. Seriously, look up a picture of Sally.exe and you'll see what I mean.

Now then, onto another topic: Gilda's motivations for joining Red Hood's Outlaws. You see, in order for her to become who I need her to become, she has to have something taken away from her, something she wants so desperately to do, but will never get the chance. That something, I regret to inform Rainbow Dash fans, one in particular if he's reading, is making amends with Rainbow Dash. You see, in the canon version of the Assassinverse, not long before Twilight's death, Rainbow tries to convince Twilight to use her new authority to get her onto the Wonderbolts. Twily, being the responsible mare she is, refuses to abuse her power, even for a friend. The last words Twilight ever hears Rainbow Dash say to her is, "I hate you!" After Twilight's death, Rainbow turns into something of a drunk and even has a dream of her own death, which finally gives her the kick in the ass she needs to get her act together.

In this version of the Assassinverse, however, Rainbow's grief and guilt causes her to spiral ever downward until she crosses what I understand to be the "Despair Event Horizon." I think you can guess what that means. And just to add a gallon or two of gasoline onto the fire, Gilda arrives at Rainbow's place, hoping to make amends for her behavior at that party, and happens to be the one who finds Rainbow. As a result, Gilda blames the Traditionalists for the death of the only friend she's ever really have, and becomes a ruthless vigilante who hunts the Traditionalists. Not Razorbeak, but rather- oops! Almost broke my promise to VampDash and spilled the secret!

Finally, I swear to God, this scene will be in the story at some point:

Servant: Milord, there seems to be some kind of red dot on the back of your head.

Traditionalist: Huh? *turns around, sees laser pointer beam*
*Traditionalist follows the beam to the rooftop of the building across from his penthouse, and sees...*

Thoughts?