Next Story · 2:11am Oct 14th, 2020
Because I'm a lazy shit, My Little Human is going to finish in a couple of months - will probably end up 25 - 30k words.
The problem is time, you see, with college and such, so I figure that I'd list some story ideas and see which ones get the most positive feedback, and go forward with that in mind.
1.) Human to Nightmare Moon (original, I know). He wakes up in the Castle of the Two Sisters on the 1,000th SS Celebration, and has absolutely no idea why he's a horse. Learning about ponies and shit from some books he found in the remains of the castle library, he realizes that maybe some subtlety is in order, and disguises himself as a regular unicorn using his oddly intuitive magic. He then stumbles across Ponyville, eventually becoming a valued member of the community (maybe some romance too), all the while a depressed Celestia and increasingly paranoid Twilight (who returned to Canterlot) try to find out what happened to NMM. The big reveal is that he was Nightmare all along, banished to Earth or something, and, realizing this, goes through a personality crisis just as he's finally discovered. Luna, meanwhile, realizes that something's fucky, and tries to communicate to him through dreams, as her consciousness is pretty deeply locked away.
2.) Dash adventure story. 20 or so years after the finale, Dash, who's moved up to some high staff position in the military, realizes just how profoundly soulless her life and country (encroaching modernity, trying to fit some politics into this) has become, and gives it all up on some hairbrained quest to find Dream Valley, the mythological pony homeland. Traveling through the yet to be named Old Continent, she experiences life in the fractured non-Equestrian pony nations, and eventually comes across some more fantastical magical shit. Early on she finds Lightning Dust in some bar or something, and they become traveling companions, their friendship slowly building over the course of the story. I don’t just want to write a story, however - I also want it to look at Dash as a character, and sort of explore why she's so ambitious, and why she's such a glory-seeker.
3.) One night, Anon is teleported into the bedroom of some talking horses, and after some questioning, they engage in (what he believes is) dream bestiality. A few hours later, just as he dismisses the experience, a purple unicorn named Twilight shows up at his apartment, claiming to be his daughter. Oops. This is another AiE/PiE comedy, but it'll probably have some initially awkward, slowly building parental relationship feels.
All of these are agreeable. I approve.
Number three but they’re all pretty good
I'd read number one, and number two seems like it has potential. Number three was done once but sadly never finished.
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Done twice, actually. I can't find the link, but it's somewhere on the RGRE spreadsheet. Let it not be said I'm original.
Would definitely be up for the first story idea. I've read a few good NMM stories recently, and I wouldn't say no to another one.
Definitely number 1. That plot twist sounds really cool
Out of the three of them, number 1 seems like the option that has the most going for it.
But option 2 has a lot of potential as well.
I'd recommend option 1.
Ill have 2 number 1s, a number 1 large, a number 1 with extra dip, a number 1, 2 number 1s, one with cheese, and a large soda.
Not a fan of tf stories, so I'd prefer number 2.
I am absolutely down for number one. That stuff is my jam!
Yes more Nightmare stories and you have one with a dam good plot!!!!
Number one for me please
Number 3 sounds like a cool concept
I think I've seen the beginning prompt for #3 before, and I'd love a full story based on it.
Here's the current count.
Idea 1: 7 or 8
Idea 2: 2 or 4
Idea 3: 3
Idea 1 won