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Distaff Pope


An experienced writer of limited skill and dangerous enthusiasm.

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  • 180 weeks
    That She-Ra Fanfic is Published

    Chapter one and the prologue are out. Chapter two is written. Chapter three is being written. If you want to see Catra be She-ra and a much more emotionally damaged She-ra at that, maybe click the link: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Distaff_Pope/works

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  • 190 weeks
    Non pony fanfics

    So, despite saying I wanted to write original work, I realized I still love writing fanfiction. I'm also pretty solidly out of pony fanfics beyond an unsettled itch to get back into Sweetie Belle's head. Luckily, other shows exist with other damaged girls with undiagnosed Borderline Personality Disorder. What I'm saying is, I'm dabbling with a She-ra fanfic where Catara becomes She-ra and was

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  • 270 weeks
    Adapted Out

    Ok, so by now, I think I've gone through enough stories to talk about things from the source material that aren't going to be a factor. Most of the reasons why they're omitted should be kind of obvious, but I want to run through them anyway. Note: I love all the things I'm about to talk about, and it hurts me to not include them, but they're not best for this story. I'm just explaining my

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  • 270 weeks
    "Marked for Evil" is now "We Killed the Dinosaurs"

    Just a quick PSA. I've changed the title for my current story because Marked for Evil just seemed so angsty. We Killed the Dinosaurs seems less so, in contrast, and I think speaks to the heart of the work more. I'm also debating changing cover art to show the meteor hitting earth and dinosaurs looking on moments before their doom, but I want feedback on that first.

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  • 273 weeks
    A Little Rewrite

    So, someone pointed out to me yesterday that they had some issues with the magic camera. The first being how easily Sunset rolled with it once she got photographed, and also how convenient the camera was. In light of that, I rewrote a bit of chapter three and a good bit chapter four. So you don't all have to reread the chapters to see the changes, I'm posting the major changes here. The first is

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Jan
9th
2019

Adapted Out · 5:28am Jan 9th, 2019

Ok, so by now, I think I've gone through enough stories to talk about things from the source material that aren't going to be a factor. Most of the reasons why they're omitted should be kind of obvious, but I want to run through them anyway. Note: I love all the things I'm about to talk about, and it hurts me to not include them, but they're not best for this story. I'm just explaining my reasoning why.

1.) Martha/Betty: Poor Betty, she got rolled into Martha's character for the musical, and now I'm cutting her out of existence entirely. The reason's pretty simple. Starlight =/= Veronica. Starlight has her own wonderful, tragic backstory in MLP, and I'd feel remiss if I didn't lean on that a lot. In this universe, I imagine she joined the Flowers solely because she looked pretty decent, had some money, and was a whiz at forging documents, a skill the Flowers valued.

2.) A lot of scenes with the Flowers: The Flowers are Starlight's 'friends,' the story takes place entirely from Sunset's PoV, so I'm afraid they get the short end of the stick. However, the next chapter's called "Lifeboat," so those of you who know your musical stuff should be able to figure out which Flower might be getting some plot relevance.

3.) Rose's ghost: Heather Chandler's a great character and I admit Rose doesn't do her much justice. While it would be nice to have Rose's ghost around to represent Sunset's growing guilt, we have a few problems. First, Rose isn't dead. She's in a photo and can be released at any time. Two, Sunset doesn't feel that bad about anything she's done. Up until now, she's been the prime instigator for the disappearances, so why would she see Rose?

Early on, I toyed with the idea of people holding a photo could kind of talk with the person trapped inside from time to time, but that idea didn't add much in your humble author's estimation so it got jettisoned in favor of keeping the plot simpler, and focusing on the emotional core: Starlight and Sunset's totally healthy relationship that's very good for them and those around them and won't end with them at the epicenter of a massive crater.

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