Rainbow's Factory- The Fresh Perspective I Needed · 8:25pm Aug 23rd, 2021
For those of you who've been around since the beginning of this blog, you likely remember the first stories I talked about were Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory. I briefly said that, while Rainbow Factory had some decent lore and gore, it was more or less just another 'Mane 6 gone bad' grimdark story to be read, and then dismissed. And while I know that it's become something of a brony icon alongside Cupcakes, my opinion held firm.
But now, 10 years after the original fic's release, author AuroraDawn released a new story that breathes whole new life into the original. As it's said: perspective changes everything.
This story more or less shows the same events as the original, but from the point of view of the antagonist. And what a view it is.
Where once was a monster killing her sister, is now a businessmare erasing a mistake. Where once was a pony gone batshit insane, is now a pony raging against children destroying her life's work. And while everyone here is still awful, they are a little bit more, well, human, for lack of a better word. It's made very clear that not everyone enjoys what they are doing here; heck, that idea was established with Awoken, and it's cemented even more here.
There's even a bit more lore this time around! I won't go into any details, but there are some seriously disturbing implications dropped here!
Overall, I'd say that this is a good story, and a marked improvement from it's predecessor. It's cleaner, better paced, and it let's us see what goes on inside the mind of the Director of the Rainbow Factory. And honestly? What's wrong with that?
