So... what next? · 9:15pm Oct 11th, 2012
I want to write something, but I'm not sure what. The options that I've been thinking about include:
(a) Finishing up a non-pony story that I kind of trailed off on to write MLP fanfiction instead. It involves otters in space. Completely separate from the 'moon ponies'.
(b) Instead, writing a crossover between space otters and MLP. Probably, posthuman 'internet' users 'projecting' solid avatars into Equestria because they think it's a game, and proceeding to wreck the place accidentally. The idea would be to re-imagine various events of the series (eg, the existance of Cadance) as being fallout of that.
(c) I kind of want to do a Conversion Bureau story where it's all a trick and run by changelings. Twilight's famously bad speech is because the 'real' Twilight Sparkle was assassinated just before the speech and a random security guardling had to take her place. Problem: distinct possibility of there being no actual ponies in the story.
(d) I was going to do 'Pinkie Pie has always been a changeling' but I think that's been done to death by now. In particular I've read at least three different stories that did the same angle I was going to do and they weren't so horribly bad that I feel compelled to do it right.
(e) Various sequels to Space Captain Pinkie Pie...
(1) The straightforward sequel, where they build a new ship and go out to explore space. This would probably end up being a crossover with something.
(2) Side story with Twilight as an Earth Pony
(3) Side story with Ditzy and Thunder Lane
(4) Something horrible with mirrors.
(f) Requests?
The default, if nopony cares, is probably 'nothing for the next couple weeks and/or until I suddenly get the urge to write something in particular'.
You could try a Lightning Dust centric story. Fandom needs more Lightning Dust.
732106 It looks like there's a group for that: Lightning Dust is Best Pony
Not sure what I'd do with Lightning Dust. Shadowbolts maybe?
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Already one of the first members of that group. Well there is shipping her with someone: Rainbow Dash is the obvious choice. Hard mode: Ship her with Snowflake/Roid Rage, the giant muscle bound pegasus.
Shadowbolts as a concept is kinda meh. Lightning Dust, Wonderbolt redemption fics seem popular. You could try that.
740647 I'm not sure a redemption fic really works for me, at least not with her in the Wonderbolts. She didn't seem awful enough to need to change, basically, even if that means the wonderbolts specifically would be a bad fit. The 'she becomes a merc' idea seems more interesting although it looks like it's been done a couple times; was planning on checking some of those out.
There's also pre-apocalypse fallout equestria with her always being outshined by Rainbow Dash despite being better in every way.
Or maybe a ship-fic where she gets shipped with everypony.
... Lightning Dust == Captain Jack + Booster Gold, stole a time machine and went into the past to prevent the destruction of Equestria by sabotaging and replacing Rainbow Dash?
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Oh, Lightning Dust goes back in time, in an effort one up /jealousy/steal her life/whatever, and replaces Dash, as the Element of Loyalty, breaking the timeline. AU fic.
Hmm...inspiration is at a premium sometimes. I suggest not looking for inspiration as actively; instead, try just letting it come to you, which tends to happen at 3-4 AM (in my case anyway), and then just run with it. Try writing something outside your comfort zone and see what happens!