♫Stick A Pony On Me Docket♫ · 2:15am Jul 5th, 2021
The reference shall be explained, don't worry. Anyway! Finally got a chapter out and managed to finish an entire scene for the following one, so I'm feeling pretty good and in a mood to take stock.
Also, yeah, probably procrastinating, but procrastinating with a purpose, namely laying out what sorts of stories are rattling around in the old noodle.
Super Pony Roomies Season 3
Obviously.
Super Pony Roomies Season 4
We'll see! Got a couple of very specific plans for season 3, so one benefit to a fourth (and potentially a fifth) season is they'll be cobbled together from whatever’s left over and so less high stakes. And if there's a reason I dedicated any time to smushing two of Marvel's best meatheads into the wonderfully white bread world of MLP, it was to provide a lower stakes, character driven alternative to the many, many "How is this not a eugenicist power fantasy?" Marvel/MLP mashups already out there.
Ponies Vs. Polymorph
Keep meaning to get around to this, and might give it a go after Roomies season 2 is wrapped up, just for the change of pace.
For context, a Polymorph is a Genetically Engineered Lifeform from the space bum comedy universe of Red Dwarf, a telepathic shapeshifter that takes on specific disguises to elicit specific emotions and then, literally with a little sucker from it's mouth, sucks those emotions out, leaving the victim to now wander around missing a vital component to their survival, such as anger or fear. The appeal of dropping this thing into MLP is just how interesting it is: what would the girls be like without those emotions? How important are those emotions to their sanity? What's Twilight like without her...well.
Pros: Years of pondering this means I do have a pretty concrete idea of what pony loses what emotion and a rough outline of a story! Half the battle!
Cons: It's going to be a fairly straight forward story, which isn't too much of a con. But, well, it's the girls vs a monster. The reason the two parters get old after a while is there's really only so long you can drag out "Oh no, we're losing!" with "Awww yeah, we're firing the rainbow laser!" (which actually isn't how I intend to end the story, so another pro is I genuinely think I'm onto a strong thing.)
Speaking of horrible monsters:
The Thick of It
Why would you take one of the most scathing, nay, blistering political comedy shows ever made and try to combine it with the innocent, introspective world of Equestria? Because, provided you did it right, it’d be hilarious.
Thick was defined by everything that could go wrong going wrong, so it never really outright punishes it’s cast for being who they are because, well, honestly, isn’t that punishment enough? Even Peter Capaldi’s Malcom Tucker isn’t the furious voice of a frustrated Britain, for all his Glaswegian roots and undisguised contempt for the staff of DoSAC, he’s the best of the worst.
Plus there’s, y’know. All the amazing swearing.
Pros: The inherent hilarity of Celestia employing a Peter Capaldi character. Getting to punch up, down and all around. Uh...politically, of course. Chance for lots of comedy skits that can be woven together into a cohesive story. A fun excuse to watch both shows back to back for inspiration. Beating the shit out of the Tories. Explaining why Labour’s so fucking useless. The visceral thrill of copious swearing.
Cons: Thick of It is unambiguously about what terrible people it takes to run the world, where competence means you’re probably actually a worse person. MLP, even if only by contractual obligation, is about offering an alternative to even the worst of us. (And wannabe scolds can shove it; what else would you call turning the clearly unrepentant to statues if not a humane alternative?) So overlap isn’t impossible, but we’re dealing with two inherently different philosophies here. If this entire thing is commentary then what does it (hypothetically) say about Celestia if she has something like DoSAC, even as a waste paper basket for the Glens, Ollies and Terris of her little ponies? What does it say about her if she uses a Malcom Tucker at all? Which is another thing, other than “Thunder” I don’t have a ponyfied Malcolm name. Or even a plot at this stage.
For all that though there’s something there, so maybe someday!
Blackadder
I mean, someone’s gonna have done this before. It is gloriously obvious. You could argue Blackadder’s the easier comedy to hook up to MLP than Thick of It, since it’s also got a very defined, wonderfully awful personality to go with Ponydom’s own certainties.
The period piece, multi-generational gimmick lends well to multiple stand alone stories, so a one shot’s got as much satisfying potency as committing to a classic six episode season.
Also more confident about this than some others because, well, I already wrote some MLB and it was fun.
“Play our cards right, discarding the used hankies and dead moths that comprise your hand, and we could really make something of ourselves up here!” Blackadder folded the paper and wistfully adjusted his lapels. “I as majordomo, you as something small in a bag in the corner of a dark underground room with one of those doors that only opens from the inside.”
“Will we not be going back with Prince Blueblood then?”
“I shouldn’t think so, no.” Blackadder began to pace contemplatively. “All we’ve got to do is keep our heads down during one of these random assaults and convince his royal ignoramus that the only thing young fillies these days love, more than a stallion who sticks his neck out for danger, is one who has a sarcastic tattoo on it like ‘Cut along diagonal line’. Then we simply tidy what’s left into a bucket and add it to our resumes. I could even use him as fertiliser for the flowers at his funeral! An example of how I’m the sort of pony who takes the initiative!”
“You don’t fancy the Princess’ chances then?” Baldrick asked, wringing his sponge and turning it biohazardous colours.
“T’ch!” Blackadder scoffed as if with centuries of experience. “Which one? Because unless the final confrontation comes down to a high stake sitting around and waving competition, they probably don’t have any.”
“Word down the Trough and Barrel is Princess Luna’s in charge.”
“Well far be it from me to question the tactical genius of somepony who spent every decade after the Renaissance on the moon, Baldrick, but according to the briefing parliament received upon her return, consisting of her own testimony, the only thing she did for those hundreds of years, besides contemplate nightmarish ways to enslave everything on Earth, was try and come up with a fresh, new spin on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.”
“That doesn’t sound so bad to me, sir.” Baldrick helped himself to a potato.
“Then how about the fact she only managed three? And two of them just switched the first letters of the words around.” Blackadder peered into a shiny pot’s surface to fix his reflection’s tie. “I wouldn’t go so far as to insult the lady by suggesting she really is the Prince’s aunt. They married into the family after all. But you’ve got to admit she’s hardly been making the best of this one in a million second chance.”
“What about all that charity work and the night stuff?” Baldrick dipped his potato in his bucket water and took another bite. “Helpin’ ponies with their ‘orrible dreams and such?”
“Precisely: what about it?” Blackadder asked over his shoulder, spooning coffee beans into assorted preparation machines with the royals’ cutie marks on them. “I mean, she comes back to find that with inflation the lint in her piggy bank could now buy Hawhinny. But, instead of becoming governor for life and hunting tourists for sport, she just skulks around in the dark wondering why nopony likes her and eating spiders! Shame about the class barrier, the two of you could’ve opened the world’s most depressing café together.”
“Is that what you’d do with the power of the night itself then, Mr. B?”
“Mmm? Oh, Hawhinny was just an example,” Blackadder clarified, arranging some jaffa cakes just so on the Princesses’ plates before stealing one for himself. “Although now you mention it something about those shirts just always cheesed me off…”
“No, I meant skulk in the dark eating spiders and wondering why nopony likes you.”
Blackadder shoved Baldrick’s face into his bucket on the way to the fridge for some milk.
Kouma Yojimbo
Stan Sakai’s iconic comic series, answer to the question no one asked: What if Ninja Turtles was really as good as Peter Laird desperately wanted it to be?
(Ooh! Leo and Usagi are friends, so that could be an excuse to involve my favourite Ninja Turtle Hmm.)
Don’t have anything concrete with this one, or ah, most of these, but it’s something I like, something with a distinct voice that can compliment FiM very well, and there’s the fun of engaging hard mode and not making any easy Angel gags. Still got to work something out but I’m leaning towards Usagi’s anthro world just existing as another nation the girls can visit because seriously, fuck dimension hopping.
So yeah! The Elements help out a nice rabbit samurai and his boorish rhino friend. Good times guaranteed.
Three Leaders and a Catastrophe
Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash. Three Elements of Harmony, three of the bravest ponies in Equestria, three natural born heroes, first in their fields, into the frey and of course, among equals. Each a leader in her own right.
So obviously throwing all three of them together on the same case should mean the most effective friendship mission ever, right? Yeah, of course not.
This...actually might be the closest idea I have to an actual episode, come to think of it. Just always struck me that there were plenty of laughs to be had in watching three people who know themselves very well wrestling with each other over who gets to take the lead. One of the most endearing things about the show is that it’s as fully prepared to question it’s own rhetoric as it is to paint by it’s numbers, so the idea feels natural. Twi, AJ and Dash all get the same mission together and are halfway through charging into it before realising A) they never established who’s in charge, B) each of them thought it would be her. Ruh-roh!
Con: I have my leaders but no catastrophe. Not yet, anyway. But the idea has serious legs and I wanna get round to it someday. Hopefully without it bloating. (Maybe I could write it as an actual script?) There’s also the question of whether or not Fluttershy, Pinkie and Rarity should get a similar story, where they try and prove they're not “the B-team”. Maybe the other three get turned (mildly) eeeeeevil and they have to out fancy/party/cute them? Hmm. Will sleep on it.
The Sister Bothers
“wHy DoN’t CeLeStIa ‘n’ lUnA nEvEr dO nOtHiN?”
Because in a show where the characters are unambiguous audience surrogates for pre-schoolers, it’d be kinda daft if you solved every single problem by running for your mum, yeah? Nevertheless.
Huh. This is the only post-Season 9 idea I’ve got. Anyway. Now that Celestia and Luna are retired, bound only by cosmology related responsibilities, y’know, making sure the planet doesn’t freeze to death, the Elements try to bring them along on missions. To very mixed results.
Because the assumption that the sisters are fundamentally useless or playing some kind of sociopathic mind game with the fate of the world always bugged me. For starters, there’s a big “Well that’s what I would do” component to it, that thing that makes Death Battle fans so tedious and unpleasant. And loathe as I am to play that kind of game, by that logic what exactly are the Sisters going to do differently from the Elements? Which is the only part of the question that’s worth exploring, and even then the answer’s obvious. Nothing. Just whatever they can. Whatever’s right. Because they can.
Pros: Lesson inherent to the concept. A little catharsis.
Cons: The sheer amount of tedious wanknerds likely to show up in the comments of something proposing the Sisters aren’t morons. Also there’s having to actually come up with something for the Elements to do, so.
Twilight Becomes Her
Again, not much meat on these bones but it comes with a tantalizing wiff.
Equestria is in trouble. Well, it’s already in trouble, Twilight Sparkle leading the Elements of Harmony against a force that will engulf first Equestria, then the world! But more immediately, something or someone important has shown up on the doorstep...and they want, nay, demand Princess Twilight!
The one advantage Ponyville has is that they have no idea what Twilight looks like. This becomes less of an advantage when Trixie introduces herself as Twilight, seeking to be in the spotlight and have some fun at her rival’s expense in one fell swoop.
To quote the great philosopher Rattrap: “Ooh boi, we’re all gonna die…”
So obviously a lot of construction work to do, but also YES.
The King & Shy
(Working title, but c’mon, the show would’ve done it)
An inadvertent inspiration from Super Pony Roomies: take sweet, (mostly) innocent Fluttershy and make her friends with T’Challa, one of Marvel’s most noble and complex utter bastards. Or, well, see, he kind of has to be. That’s not just a Totsasku jumpsuit he’s wearing, it’s a habit, a flag and the spirit of his nation rolled into one. He sits on the throne to one of the most advanced nations on the planet, rich in a miracle metal that makes it even more of a target than just the usual reasons the West treats Africa.
T’Challa is everything you’d want in a handsome prince: he’s kind, noble, principled, intelligent, a million Very Good qualities. He’s also a king, which means his job is to be a powerful, calculating bastard.
(I’m a big fan of Christopher Priest’s Panther run, in case you couldn’t tell.)
Pros: Something about Fluttershy and T’Challa buddying up just feels like it works, despite the sheer comedy potential of Priest Pessimism in Pony Peanut Butter. Political intrigue! Ethical dilemmas! Fluttershy as a stranger in a strange land! Afrofuturism and fantasy! The Mighty Marvel Manner and the Wide World of Equestria! And a friendship to tie it all together and centre everything around!
Cons: Centre what, exactly? I am rich in elements, lacking in actual story. And this is a Scottish cis guy dabbling in a children’s fantasy comedy version of African culture here, which requires a careful touch, to say the least. T’Chall’s world is also lush and rich in character’s, but so rich that what would Fluttershy even do other than get dragged along on a typical panther adventure?
30 Rock
Don’t think anyone’s attempted this yet?
30 Rock was one of the shows that made me want to be a writer, mostly because it amazed me that human beings could…do this.
Y’know, comedy writing.
See, it’s not a matter of whether you find 30 Rock funny or not (it’s alright, I’ll still love you even though you’re terrible and wrong) but it is writing. Comedy writing. This is going to sound ridiculously obvious, but part of my magpie like fascination with the series is that it’s a bunch of moving pieces that always come to a conclusion. In approximately 22 minutes. There are beginnings, middles and ends to every one of those components, and so much mastery of language that the show can break the rules and go total dude bro whenever it wants. And I’m Scottish! We don’t get NBC! 30 Rock had everyone I went to college with laughing their guts out, and it was about as unimpressively esoteric as you could get: “What if writing for Saturday Night Live was soul destroying and life stunting, also Bush/Obama era capitalists and New York liberals suck.”
30 Rock, whether you laugh at it or not, talks about some of the most complex social realities of early 21st century American life and TV culture, using the most niche possible premise and the most uncomplicatedly simple and shallow characters.
Also let’s be real, Liz Lemon’s just what Twilight would be if the show could afford to be brutally honest, yeah?
So! Dunno that I can replicate the show’s voice but I’m absolutely willing to give it a go at some point. Just need, y’know. A premise. The Elements guest star on the show maybe? We’ll see.
'Allo 'Allo
Eeeeeeeh, somehow?
‘Allo ‘Allo is a tribute to/send up of Secret Army, the story of a cafe owner in occupied wartime France smuggling British airmen back over the border. The gag isn’t just turning the role into a typical BBC comedy protagonist, cowardly, cynical, sex crazed and surrounded by idiots on all sides, it’s that the stakes are also exactly as high. René Artois risks death at the hands of the gestapo no matter how endearingly weasley he is. And he’s not even that endearingly weasley.
I have a soft spot for ‘Allo ‘Allo. It’s partly just a culture thing; sometimes it feels like there was never a point it wasn’t playing somewhere. It’s legit well constructed television! And it was one of several things a course I was taking used to illustrate how telling stories, specifically comedy stories, worked. The world of the show isn’t so much complex as it is elaborate, but it’s also very simple. The multiple factions are easy to tell apart, leading to lots of juicy intermingling and odd pairing up, and just about everything revolves around two things: getting a pair of buffoonish airmen over the border and hunting down The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies by Van Klomp, a priceless artwork that could make the cast rich beyond imagining. We are constantly, joyfully asking ourselves how old René’s gonna get outta THIS one!
‘Allo ‘Allo is a masterclass in how to construct a farce, creating a reality elastic enough to get around the horrors of World War 11 without trivializing them or undermining it’s gags. You aren’t being asked to sympathise with selfish, inept villagers, nevermind the Nazis. There’s no glory for any side here. British intelligence? PHA! They can barely speak the lingo! It’s not clear why there’s so many assassination attempts going on when the cast can barely handle subdefuge to the point they’re constantly on the verge of dipshitting themselves to death! Jesus, René has to fake his own death and begin a new life as...his identical twin brother also called René. And this makes total sense for the world of the show. That’s the secret to comedy writing. This makes total sense.
None of these people, even the ones who aren’t Nazis, are heroes. The best thing you can say about them is that they’re totally self unaware. It’s better to think of them less as historical figures, more a giant class of awful, awful adult children.
So you can see where the association with FiM comes from.
Pros: All of the above. ‘Allo ‘Allo, title derived from René’s plaintive radio calls to resistance HQ, which he archives via a radio concealed in the floorboards of his mother-in-law’s attic bed, meaning everytime there is vital news to winning the war they have to tip the bed up with mother, who’s name is- I’m not making any of this up -Madam Fanny La Fann still in it, is brilliant. Adult innuendos abound but it’s schoolyard enough to slide effortlessly into FiM.
Cons: How? For starters, the war era setting puts a considerable limit on things. Politically speaking, ridiculous as these characters are, I’m reluctant enough introducing Thick of It’s Labour into Equestria, never mind the fucking tories. The fucking Nazis? Yeesh! And is it a cast swap? That feels like such a waste. Time travel’s out (how the fuck did WW11 take place in Equestria? No way. This isn’t one of those accounts with a knight or battleship or fighter jet avatar.) but what does that leave? There might be something with the Madonna, at least. And who gets what catchphrase? You’re gonna do ‘Allo ‘Allo and no one says “Lizzen very carefully, I shall say dis only wonce.” or “Good moaning!”? Please.
Speaking of France:
Of All the Unmitigated Gauls and Ponies
Same boat as Usagi, really. Asterix’s world of adventure is charming enough to sync up perfectly with FiM. It even comes with naming conventions for all the characters! Both casts globe trotting antics and magic potions mean it shouldn’t be too difficult to weave them together (ponyfiying the Gauls, obviously) it’s just a matter of figuring out a plot and how the history works. Do they share an era and it’s just a matter of geography, or…? Will workshop it.
Here There be Dragonballs?!
Not how you’d probably think.
A super strong monkey boy drops off a magic cloud into Ponyville, searching for...haven’t decided yet, either a dragonball or some training method. Goku is powerful enough to destroy an entire army, can eat twice that much and has the impulse control and social understanding of...well, a child. Which is part of why that’s the incarnation I’d want to use. Not just because he’d fit into FiM better, although yeah, but Goku’s shit is a lot easier to take if he’s the right age for it instead of married with children. It’s even endearing if he’s a kid.
In fact, not to go off on a tangent, but y’know what American superhero is the most comparable to Goku? Not Superman. Spider-Man. An engaging and endearing young character who’s initial attractions are centred around their adolescence, and need to either evolve or become horrifying in their own context as they grow to an adult and keep not acting like one.
ANYWAY.
Don’t have anything for this yet, but there’s a couple of ideas. What’s Ponyville’s reaction to a super strong, monkey tailed foal who’s nice enough but can lift your whole fridge to swallow it and doesn’t know what anything is? Beyond, y’know, horror? In fact maybe that’s the Elements reaction and we can all have a good laugh as they try to call social services on Goku’s friends and (completely fail to) socialize the poor lad. A nefarious force being after the Dragonball feels obvious, so instead perhaps Goku inadvertently puts the Elements friendship to the test: how does each of them react to the chance to have their deepest fantasies made real?
So yeah. Thinkin’ about it.
Rarity and the Bat-chelor
Working title and it is going to be heavily workshopped because YUCK.
Rarity and an as of yet undecided retinue is summoned to Gotham, possibly by the Cuti-Map, where she must not only help the Dark Knight solve some friendship related mystery but also finally come to term with her ex: Blaze Reign.
TLDR: Rarity is Silver St. Cloud. It’ll make sense in context.
Pros: This’ll be nicely different from my other story where I ship an Element with a superhero, since this romance is about why it can never be. Bound to be shorter too. And because ponyfication>portals and alt universes, no uncomfortable biological compatibility questions!
Cons: Looooooootta work to do before this is an actual thing. Weaving in flashbacks to Rarity’s college age doomed romance with The Goddamn Batpony is going to be a job in itself, but we need a present day mystery and a team for Rarity to bring along. On that note, my pipe dream Bat experience has always been Arkham style combat combined with Frogware’s Sherlock Holmes puzzles and deductions.
So yeah. Gonna have to put one of those together. For two people.
Zorro, Who Makes the Sign of the Z!
Because he’s more fun than Batman. He lives on a ranch too! Synergy! Why, he can even be his own horse!
Wyrd Sisterhooves Anti-Social
(Working title, but try singing it to the Ninja Turtles tune)
Less sure about this one, but yet again it’s a distinct voice that can compliment FiM. Hell, what is pony magic if not headology with brighter lights?
Pros: The Ramtops can easily become Ponyville’s neighbour. Rules and magic systems don’t matter (at all, but in this specific case) because, again, you can weave Granny’s headology into harmony pretty well.
Cons: What to actually make it about, though? Twilight’s summer exchange program in college? But then how is she the brat we meet in the premier? Maybe it’s a Crusaders thing? There’s three of them and three witches. And then there’s the twin problems of a story that’s not just Everybody Meets Everybody and stopping it from bloating to novel length. Which the characters deserve, absolutely, but I’m only flesh and blood and am not being paid for any of this.
Ah well. Maybe someday.
Moist Von Lipvig
Same deal but my wallet is missing.
Opportunities Endless
Working title from a quote by Justin Rosentien; “Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact?”
So yeah, something else with the Endless, maybe? Those that read it seemed to enjoy Her Wings, where Dash explores her feelings relating to death, as in the blaze of glory she maybe wants deep down and the very probable end of her hair brained stunts and trigger happy impulses, and Death the person, the cool, collected, compassionate goth girl who represents the end of us all. Even now I’ll still get a lil’ red 1 next to the notification bell that someone’s added those two crazy kids to their favourites.
Gaiman’s comic cosmology is a better fit for Equestira than you’d initially think (beyond obvious shit like Luna and Discord’s existence) and it’s not like “the girls muck around with the personification of D-related concept, high jinks ensues” would've been that off beat for the show. Gaiman’s work is arguably ideal for crossovers, because it’s a defined voice and setting meets another, and MLP specifically because of what happens when you introduce something complex into something innocent. Plus both borrow heavily from literature and folklore.
C’mon. How weird is it that Equestria’s dreams, deaths, destinies and so forth are embodied/governed by these aristocratic goth ass weirdos? Family? Friendship? Cmon.
Buuuuut…
Well. What’s even the point? I didn’t write that DashxDeath one shot with any real intention of writing more, beguiling an idea as it is. But there’s having to come up with an actual story, making it about something. Not something that surprises people so much, but if there’s one thing that guarantees a boring crossover it’s writing The One Where Everybody Meets Everybody Else.
On the other hand it’s not as if it’d have to be a direct sequel (Desire and Despair would very much prefer to be individuals and not in their older sibling’s shadow) and, well, dammit, it’s just feels as if there’s something there. Maybe I should just lean into the theme and sleep on it.
So there we are. Not on the table, but not entirely off it either. Schrödinger’s table. Gaiman would probably approve.
Only Fools and Horses
Reference explained!
Only Fools and Horses follows the trials and tribulations of a pair of hardly working-class Cockney brothers, living hand to mouth as “independent traders” on the streets of Peckham, London. (Technically filmed in Bristol) For all that Del-Boy is a swindeling little shit who’d sell you the time of day at a trumped up price (this is not a joke, a running gag throughout the series is dodgy watches he sells to people) and Rodney is a gormless little twerp who, even on his best day, will never quite be the adult he wants to be, their brothers. They love each other and they have each other’s backs, always.
What’s more pony than that?
Only Fools and Horses feels like it’s been around forever, mostly because it’s one of the longest running British comedy series in BBC history. That time Del and Rodney dressed as Batman and Robin was still appearing on posters and in ads when I was a kid. Even when the show made the mistake of extending to 55 minute length episodes, it never lost that funny, bittersweet edge that made it so beloved. Under all the jokes about merchandise and masculinity was poverty. Almost bone deep poverty, the kind you can spend your entire life in, no matter how hard you dig. And god, does Del dig. Every second of every day. Maybe that’s why it was so funny. It’s so sad you have to laugh.
Peckham’s long since been gentrified, but FiM never lacked for back-of-a-van merchants and hair brained schemes, so hilarious or melancholy I’m confident there’s a story to be had out of these two. After all, Del-Boy could talk his way into just about anything. It’s talking his way out that’s the trouble, and it’s the trouble that’s the fun!
Pros: Imagine a Canterlot borough con-pony inadvertently buying the Elements of Harmony. Yeah. If you’re more familiar with Fools, just imagine fucking Del-Boy loose in a world of magic.
Cons: As ever, need to come up with something. The Trotter’s depressing existence happening in the magic land of Equestria isn’t really a problem, since the emotional wavelength of the show was flexible enough (Jesus, it was practically a seismograph of Pangea) but it’s work enough coming up with an Only Fools and Horses plot. One that can include the Elements but not make them feel like tag alongs is gonna take even more. And as much as DashxRodney would be sweet I don’t hate either of those poor kids enough to pair them up and inevitably break them up. Plus, the Peckham of the show doesn’t really exist anymore. Hell, Del’s desperate to become a yuppie. Maybe there’s something to the gentrification.
I dunno. I just wanna go for it. He who dares, eh?
So! There you go. That’s what you might be in for.
We'll see.
I've always wanted to do a story like those old "Road To..." movies, starring Bing Cosby, Bob Hope, and Dorthy Lamour. They have to get to X and help out an attractive local while shenanigan-ing their way through a situation they do not fully comprehend. (Road to Eldorado was a tribute to the Road To... movies)
Are they stalling a monster (You can't just show up! You have to declare your evil plan, and Twilgiht has to see if you rate high enough to be a proper villain You want to be a real villain, right?) or it is like, Blueblood?
I remember talking to someone (maybe you) about doing a riff on Asterix based on the Nightmare Moon timeline? Nightmare Moon is Ceasar, Zecora's has a magic potion that turns people into Alicorns, Twilight is Asterix, Trixie is the terrible singing one...
Rarity and the Bat-chelor
I really liked all of your ideas of JL/MLP, BTW.
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That'd be great! Gail Simone's episode had a bit of that vibe.
Huh! Should see if it's streaming anywhere.
("Sister Bothers" is a reference to Patrick DeWitt's The Sisters Brothers, btw)
Yes. That is the only time they should get all Dragonball Zish. When it's petty and hilarious.
Still haven't decided yet! Blueblood would be good for a political connection and he's absolutely oblivious and awful enough to have no idea who Twilight is, but he also probably would. The gag's also Trixie having to try and be like Twilight so the stakes maybe should be less epic fantasy (Twi and the girls are doing that off screen is also part of the joke) and perhaps more "Set back Pony/species relations for decades."
Don't remember that at all but it's a fantastic idea and you should do it.
Thanks! RarityxBats and Twilight finding out J'onn was one of her teachers are the closest to be made someday.