Ideas for a one-shot · 8:47pm Oct 8th, 2012
Once more I have hit that infernal wall called 'writer's block'. 1500 words into the new chapter of Queen of Blades, and I've suddenly lost all inspiration. Last time this happened was with Seraphim, and I got over it by getting started on Queens of Blades instead.
I'm not going to start an entirely new series, that'd just be silly, so instead I want to do a one-shot fic in order to get my creative juices flowing again. The problem however, is that I'm entirely void of a plot, concept or idea suitable for a one-shot. I could probably write the prologue for half a dozen longer reaching fics, but that'd be pointless. If I can't find the inspiration for a one-shot, it's very likely that I'll rewrite a lot of Seraphim and then go back to updating that particular story, but that'll mean slower updates on Queen of Blades.
So, what I'm trying to gain with this blog post is the following: Ideas.
Do any of you, my dear readers, have an idea/suggestion/concept or some such for a one-shot fic? Feel free to leave a comment or send me a PM, no idea is out of the question, though I'll still never write true Grimdark. I'd be eternally grateful for your help, and I'll of course credit the person who comes up with anything I decide to write.
Yours truly,
- Salacar
You should write for this: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/10/announcing-hearths-warming-care-package.html
Essentially a one-shot that is 1000-7500 words long.
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I very much consider it, but I still need to find out 'what' to write
410503 I'm in the same boat. As I have told others, I kind of feel like Twilight right now.
If I can't think of a friendship problem to solve, then I will make on.
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Of course I don't have an inspiration like a Smarty Pants doll laying around my room to help.
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Mene, give me one of your story ideas
410529 Unfortunately none of my current story ideas would work for that care package. Too many OCs and/or it would be far too long than a one-shot.
During one of Pinkie's parties, debate between Applejack and the Cakes over the supremacy of Cake vs Pie (Religious tones?). And poor Pinkie doesn't want to take sides, but since she's a "Pie"....
Twilight is bored. There you go. Oh, more? Um, she decides to try pranking with RD and Pinkie, it can either go well or horribly. Or, she cooks something, but since she followed the recipe compulsively, it turns out ok, if slightly overcooked because somehow, your oven/stove is always hotter than the ones they use.
A parody of that most annoying of HiE cliches, where a bale of hay or an apple tree or whatever gets turned into a pony, and now the ponies are bastards because they all used to eat it as a natural and necessary part of their diet.
Scootaloo (because fuck yeah, Scootaloo) or whoever, while lost in the woods, gets adopted by a confused dragon or lion or something. Shenanigans ensue and much face-cl/p-awing happens at her horrible attempts to hunt and etcetera while she's trying to blend in, so as to avoid being seen as a food source herself. This could be done as a straight up comedy, or you get all sad and dark about why the creature is so desperate to get all maternal on something in the first place.
A mysterious cloaked bandit, known only by the name of 'Mr Magnet', is going around stealing everyone's tails for some unknown but almost certainly nefarious reason.
A Brony falls down a hole and gets sent to Equestria! Except that she finds herself in the body of a normal, non speaking rabbit. Will she be able to find a way home while fending off Angel's attempts at bunny romance, Sweetie Belle or whoever's desire for a pet, and some third thing? Animal's don't talk because that's cliched and annoying, or if they must, at least keep it in the same species. Double points if you can fit in some innuendo about finding out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
Pinkie Pie meets The Mask. OH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Derpy is out flying a kite when it, and for some reason she, crashes... IN ROSWELL NEW MEXICO, CIRCA 1947! Okay, to be honest, I was ripping off Futurama with this one. Keep it a comedy because the alternative is just not cool.
Hum. So do you want like... an outline of a story, or do you just want me to throw random ideas at you?
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I'm really liking that Scootaloo idea, as well as the brony-turned-into-rabbit (Considering I'm a huge Alice in Wonderland fan). I'm not entirely certain if I'd be able to pull off comedy, but I'm gonna give it some thought
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Whatever you've got, I can work with anything that gets me started
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Let's see.... What are some video games that you like?
For me... Pokemon, Starcraft, Warcraft, Metroid, Monster Hunter, Minecraft, Supreme Commander, Diablo, Torchlight, Terraria, Halo, Legend of Zelda, Mario. And the list continues, but I don't feel like scouring my brain more. So yeah, since you have done one crossover, why not do another?
EDIT: Fuck mario, don't do that.
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But mushrooms! And capes! And Tanuki/Racoon Costumes! And Fire Flowers! And glowing green mushrooms that let you come back to life!
On a slightly more serious note, I was going to nix the Starcraft idea, but then I had the most awesome thought: one baneling. Or maybe a baneling cocoon. It hatches, looks around, rolls off into the forest, and BOOM. Heheheh. This idea amuses me. Now, who should be the one to pick it up....
Oooh! What about Fluttershy adopting a Metroid? It'd only really work if it can also absorb magic though, cuz I can't see a Metroid living per say off of just fish.
I don't know if you're still looking for ideas, but I had to get these out there.
Breaking Bad crossover. Walter White finally decides to sample some of his wares, and starts seeing colourful ponies everywhere. Oh look at that, now he's one too. Damn, that stuff really does fuck your brain up. Well now what's he going to do? This stuff doesn't seem like it's going to wear off any time soon, and he's lost his pants again so he doesn't have any money for snacks (meth gives ponies the munchies - trust me, I'm a scientist). Now there's this pink ponies babbling on at him like a crackhead looking for a hit, and he needs to think of a way to make some cash. Oh what's a world class meth cook to do?
Equestria is a top secret CIA program. A Federal Witness Protection Program to be exact. Unfortunately everyone they send there keeps going around making a big show of themselves and generally not lying low. Of particular concern is one particular group of ponies that seem to wind up involved with almost ever person that gets relocated there. An agent is sent in to investigate this so called 'Mane 6' gang, find out which mafia organisations they are in league with and, if necessary, eliminate the threat they pose.
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Nope. No mario
Haha, I do like the baneling idea. And Fluttershy adopting ANY weird animal is always fun.
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A Blood Moon is Rising....
A weird contraption appears by the outskirts of town, a fountain appears with three goldfish statues, that upon appearing, spawned some goldfish to swim in the fountain. On the second day, it is discovered that they will be replenished if taken from the fountain. On the eleventh day, everyone in Ponyville hears the same thing at dusk: A Blood Moon is Rising....
Also, on a more cynical/calculating note, hopefully whatever you choose to write will get super featured, and get more readers for Seraphim and Queen of Blades.
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The fish continue to spawn endlessly, soon filling the fountain. Ponies start trying to relocate them elsewhere but find that they continue to pour forth at an increasing rate, until they are being created faster than they can be removed. All attempts to get near the fountain to destroy or remove it are defeated by veritable waves of goldfish spewing out from the mass. The surrounding area is placed under quarantine and sealed inside a large dome. Believing that the matter has been handled, the fountain is soon forgotten and the weeks go by as normal, until one day an earth shattering crack is heard and the fish are forced through a break in the dome. The pressure inside the dome has reached such volumes that the fish are ejected miles into the air, and they begin to coat the countryside. By now the rate of their creation has become so high that within days, all that can be seen from Canterlot is a writhing sea of golden scales, slowly creeping higher and higher. Snap forward a year and the last surviving ponies, now having taken refuge on a facility on the moon, can only watch and wait as the aurulent orb they once called home continues to expand ever faster, in its attempt to fill the entire universe. With fish.
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Nah, there's a spawn limit of three total, not even per statue. However, on the Blood Moon, every goldfish and bunny on screen is instantly replaced with a corrupted version, which deal damage, and seek the players out. This leads to some very nice statue farms, because with every toggle of the switch, or tick of the timer(s) attached to said statues, a new wave of corrupted spawn. And since the stop condition for the statues is for there to be three uncorrupted bunnies/goldfish in range of the statues....
So only on the Blood Moon is your scenario a possibility. But even then, it'll take several to build up, since it's a constant increase, not geometric or exponential.
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Party pooper.
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... Pinkie Pie gets her hooves on an industrial size shipment of the Party Balls from Smash Bros. (Melee and Brawl), obviously with a tweaked items list, but still. Or better yet, she modified her party cannon, but now gets Party Balls rather than Parties.
Items good without much change: Banana Peel, Bumper, Bunny Hood (oh god don't let Pinkie wear one
), Cloaking Device, (fire)Cracker Launcher, Fan, Flipper, Golden Squeaky Hammer, Heart Container, Lightning Bolt, Lip's Stick, Maxim Tomato, Metal Box, Mr. Saturn, Parasol, Poison Mushroom, Smoke Ball, Soccer Ball, Spring, Starman, Superspicy Curry, Super Mushroom, Timer
With some tweaks, these could be fun: Barrel Cannon, Beam Sword, Fire Flower, Freezie, Hammer, Headless Hammer, Home-run Bat, Hothead, Pitfall, Poké Ball, Ray Gun, Red Shell, Screw Attack, Star Rod, Warp Star
I was bored, and went through the item list for the Party Ball on the wiki, okay?