Alternate Universes · 5:17am Jun 26th, 2021
During the "Off The Mark" saga, Mark Wells visited many alternate worlds. To recap, aside from the show canon ones, there were worlds where:
0. Starlight's cult had destroyed civilization.
1. Every character was the opposite sex.
2. Every character was an anthro.
3. An epidemic killed almost every male.
4. Chrysalis was Cadance's teenage friend and grew up to be married to her and Shining Armor.
5. Celestia was the alicorn who was corrupted and wiped out all life in the world.
6. Nyx's universe.
7. Sombra, Chrysalis, and Nightmare Moon were at war with each other.
8. Discord reigned over Equestria.
9. Griffons had conquered Equestria.
10. Ponies were non-sapient.
11. The Storm King had overrun Equestria.
12. The world was endless forest.
13. Every pony was a unicorn – no pegasi or earth ponies.
14. Changelings lived openly with ponies and had always done so in symbiosis.
15. It was the cultural norm for ponies to marry griffons. Same-species marriages were rare.
16. Twilight was married to Celestia.
17. The House Path Universe.
18. Various deer species replaced the various pony species.
19. Different characters were the Element Bearers.
20. The Fallout Equestria universe.
And other minor variations.
I was wondering what other universes there could be. Mark Wells and Twilight Sparkle will continue to carefully explore other possible worlds as she creates new portals. What will they find? For example, I recently wrote a one-shot where all alicorns are hermaphrodites. Maybe they will find that ponies are taurs. Or hippogriffs are the norm and the ones with horns are the alicorn equivalents. Maybe cross-dressing is the only difference and the stallions turn up to the Grand Galloping Gala in gorgeous gowns while the mares wear suits.
So, what I'm asking of my readers is — what alternate worlds do you think Mark will find and should explore more?
Maybe the Ponies after People line? Either the official one or one of the alternates. That could lead to some interestering tales.
Infinite possibilities. To give an example a universe where the situations were reversed and Changelings ruled and ponies were the ones who hid.
I'd be honored if you'd feature the Alternate Universe of my story, "Blaze the Pony Tale"
I'd be interested in seeing Mark Wells interact with my OC Midnight Blaze, and seeing some pranks and shenanigans result between their two worlds
How about an anthro fallout equestria? That could be interesting.
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The problem with the PaP universe is that it takes place on Earth. And while there's obviously at least a couple to there (Phil's and EQG), it's really problematic. Then again, anything is possible in infinite universes.
Four Score universe.
any of mine are also availible if interested
This would be a good way for them to meet my ponysona Gargon. They could "accidentally" connect to the portal in Gargon's personal dimension and not only meet Gargon but also the many races that make up the Multiverse Peace Force that protects the Multiverse at large. One of the races they could meet is the Shadowlings of the Shadow Hive Kingdom of a different Equestria. I am interested in what your thoughts are.
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Four Score is a great tale but that storyline is complete and I don't see an interesting way of interacting with it that doesn't subvert it.
The only story of yours that I have been reading is "Love... Seriously?". I like much of the way you've handled the idea and am curious to know when the next chapter will be done. What I don't know is how to have Mark interact with a Cadance who is outwardly the same but secretly different.
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be a bit, like the cycle my stories.. any questions just PM me
*a digital image of celestia flickers on a screen in front of you for a long moment* "Freindship is....optimal..." she says in a staticy voice, sudenly everything is coming up ponies...which isnt very diffrent really >.>*
though seriously mmmm depends on the sort of thing you want to play out, theres a wealth of fun fanfic universe they could visit, hive alive where chrysalis was cast out and eventualy gifts twilight changeling powers becoming twilights lover and eventualy mate
or the Alternia series where the celestia everyone knew was a changeling the whole time and the real celestia had been in a coma since nightmare moon becuase of hte injuries she sustained fighitng her sister
a my hero acadamia crossover universe maybe, where a ponies 'special tallent' is far far far more pronounced and akin to the quirks of the MHA universe?
or perhaps they could stumble across the horror that is the gen 3 universe (twilight would likely have that mirror flung into the sun after that...)
The universe in my fic is also available just shoot me a message if interested. Though some things have changed lore wise since I started writing it.
Hiver's Pageverse? Prince Beanverse? Quill and Blade-verse?
Could always give Crusader a bit of a headache in Legacy? Hope the authors ok, its been a Long while since there was any news from them, never mind updates.
Then again,. Crusader has Nanites, and Mark could end up infected?
I think If Wishes Were Ponies would be cool.
what about one were ponies are centaurs, centaurs are ponies, griffins and hippogriffs are at war and Kirin have great pumpkin bread
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I would love a series of the adventures of Mark, Page, and Bean, as they try to find the macguffin and return home.
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Okay, then, I make available to you the universes described in my stories 'Horse Play' and 'Restart'. You let me work with you, please, feel free to work in mine, if it is of any help to you.
I think that these would be interesting:
Lap's Hive
Your Human and You
I can also suggest some fics in Russian. Say if you would like to read them.
Chakats instead of ponies as main species.
Or maybe discord pulls small group of chakats to ponyville right before his second stoning. Story of them learning to coinhabitate and mingle in the storyline
An Extended Holiday
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/181692/an-extended-holiday
Be warned: it is long, time is wibbly wobbly, and there are so many references to other things, one might suspect this dimension got caught in a blender.
Ponyfinder could be interesting : )
Also there's a lot of other interesting Equestria variations out there. Princess Celestia: The Changeling Queen for example. TCB's Equestria should be possible, but dunno how to implement that. Probably the most interesting crossover in the context of your stories would be post-Cosmic Lotus House of Path interactions : )
A ponified Harry Potter universe with Celestia as Dumbledore and Twilight as The Filly Who Lived.
BattleTech or a pony equivalent?
And I remember that episode of Sliders, too.
Honestly, seeing Mark run across Samus Aran, Commander Shepherd, or the Master Chief and having a fanboy moment would be cute. And there’s some great source material here on FiMFiction to draw on.
Or that one Ultramarine, what’s his name, that found his way to Equestria by accident?
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Oh, I’d love to see a story where they visit the Royal Beanverse.
zebras, griffons and deer instead of earth ponies, pegasi, and unions (O maybe yaks instead of unicorns. I think their culture mixed with magic casting has potential.)
wth Ahuizotl raising the sun and moon with artifacts instead.
ponies are a long lost race thought to be extinct from the wendigos.
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lots of 40k stories but I think 'My Little Xeno' with Antonius is might be interesting.
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The Royal Beanverse is a tempting possibility.
The My Little Mages universe, the asdfmovie universe, the chess game of the gods universe, a version of Marks world where everybody is a pony or other equestrian race instead of human but other than that everything's the same also they all wear clothes, the foal world from Zubric's story Foal Quest, (Could give everyone a chance to see what Mark looks like as a foal and never let him live it down) a universe were the monarchy was overthrown and replaced with a successful democracy and Celestia is remembered as an opressive tyrant but despite the democracy's success to bringing the pony's freedom and prosperity there are things to suggest that this is a product of Historical revisionism by the founding fathers of this nation also their George Washington was a batpony stallion and the ponies of this universe aren't so squeamish about war or meat, the power ponies universe with a superhero version of Mark, a universe were humans are apart of their world and have a nation called Aetherium They have the most advanced technology and are in a cold war with the dragons who they are historic enemies with but thanks to princess Twilight and the friendship school they are beginning to put their past grievances aside also there is a 7th element of harmony for selflessness and the school six's element of selflessness is a human whose relationship with the Smolder of that universe is just like Sam and Freddy's from iCarley but a bit more friendly, a universe where a batpony terrorist just like Joker from The Dark Knight Is wreaking havoc across the land setting up scenarios to prove to the ponies that they are not as moral as they like to think and that harmony is a lie despite how it may seem he has no loyalties to Nightmaremoon or Discord, (and what could be interesting is if he's an alternate version of the batpony revolutionary that overthrew Celestia in the previous universe) a universe were Celestia and Luna have a brother alicorn named Corpus younger than Celestia but older than Luna that controls a giant prism that rotates between the sun and the moon also because of his presence Males are not seen as the weaker sex, a version of the Elder Scrolls world with Equestrian races in place of the Tamriel ones,
Nords-Yakes Bretons-Hipogrifs Imperials-Griffins Redguards-(MLP)Dragons Orcs-Dimond Dogs Khajiit-Kirin Argonians-Changelings Altmer-Unicorns Bosmer-Pegasui Dunmer-Earth Ponies Maormer-Sea Ponies Falmer-Crystal Ponies Dwemer-Alicorns (ES)Dragons-Draconequuses
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I love the idea of "Your human and you". I loved the story...or at least the first part of it. That later chapters became...strange...IMHO, but I liked the idea of our main character being the only sapient human.
1) A world where MagiTek more or less ran amok. A cold magitek war had broken out, say between Equestria, Zebrica and some other nations. More and more complicated magitek was made, including some golems, the latter invented to save lives and possibly to help local leaders to stay in power, as starting a war shows that you're Doing Something, but once the body bags start coming home, the war is less popular. Several nations build giant AIs, either for military or research purposes.
Then follows the classic "robot revolt", and we have a scenario "The war is over the robots (golems) won", and ponies are hiding and trying to survive (a bit Terminator-like universe).
Equus is divided in sectors, run by MagiTek AIs, each with their own agenda and personality. Inspiration "GURPS: Reign of Steel": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Reign_of_Steel
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2) A Dark/Mirror universe. Empress Celestia runs Equestria with an iron hoof (Day Breaker?), supported by The Elements of Order, lead by an evil version of Twilight. A resistance is brewing under the surface, lead by Luna, possibly supported by Discord.
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3) A magic-less universe (either no mana, or ponies forgot magic). Unicorns still have telekinesis and pegasi can fly, and instead of magic, ponies have technology. The beginning was rough, but now thanks to mainly the unicorns and some tinkering, ponies have cars and other machines, with controls that allow the use of hooves.
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4) Crossover with Everyday life with guardsmares. https://www.fimfiction.net/story/479815/everyday-life-with-guardsmares
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I'm still waiting for an update for No. 4
Not sure how to interact with a story in progress but it's a great place to visit.
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The greentext version on Ponepaste just updated a few hours ago. I wouldn't have noticed except that I have had insomnia tonight (I'm on the west coast of the USA).
Another thing: however much I love your pony stories, I wonder if we'll see any pure chakaverse stories anytime soon?
Other than Allen, it seems no one is writing any chakat stories at the moment, sadly (I'm guilty too - haven't posted anything for *years*, sadly).
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Where do Allen upload these days?
I know there's at least two to three others writing, but publishings is not in a rush on all accounts
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Allen publishes his WIP on Fur Affinity. Once he eventually completes a chapter, he hands it off to me for the final vetting and uploading to The Chakat's Den.
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Yes, what Goldie said (damn, you're fast, Goldie). If you PM him on Fur Affinity, he might send you stuff before they are published of FA.
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FYI A new chapter just came out :-)
Your Human and You universe?