Fics in the making (as of the 25th of September, 2022) · 10:17am Sep 26th, 2022
Just going to info-dump here about some of my drafted/unwritten fics I plan on writing and publishing here (from longest thought-of to shortest), to see if anyone is interested in them for when I eventually write/publish them.
“Together We Mourn” - Playlist here. Twilight is in mourning, having now learnt the cons of immortality first-hand. Discord decides to pay her a visit.
“The King’s Brood” - Playlist here. I put this here because it’s still on going. It was my on-off fixation for-like-ever, and now hopefully it’s just my on-fixation.
“The Raven” - Playlist here. A Cheerilee x Thunderlane fanfic strongly referencing Hearts and Hooves Day (S2E17). Kinda contains dark-ish themes about depression and some elements of OCD and PTSD.
My friend Local_trashbag said there’s an MLP creepypasta with the same name from years ago, but I couldn’t find it after a few Google searches. For anyone who knows what it is, it’s got nothing to do with it. I don’t think I’ll ever write a creepypasta.
“Concordant Harmony” - Playlist here. Discord and the Spirit of Harmony have a chat.
“Pinkie Pie’s Home for Reformed Bugaboos” - Playlist here. Kind of inspired by a video Sawtooth Waves made concerning the reformation of the Villain Trio after the finale. They elected Pharynx, and I basically thought ‘Huh. Let’s pile it all onto Andrea Libman.’ In an alternate universe (I guess, I haven’t worked out if it could qualify as not an AU), Princess Twilight/Celestia assigns Pinkie Pie to reform Chrysalis. Love-triangle-and-evil-relapse-hijinks involving Chrysalis, Pinkie, Cheese Sandwich, and Princess Luna ensue.
“Celestial Ascent” - Playlist here. A fic where Celestia, long after Twilight is crowned, looks back on her life before becoming an alicorn. ( ✔️ )
Untitled Embrax Project - Subconsciously inspired by Into The Dragon’s Lair (a good read if I do say so myself) and Secret of My Excess. Thorax gets a letter from the Dragon Lands to visit Dragon Lord Ember immediately.
“Debris” - Acting as a sequel to This Is What It’s Like. There isn’t really a playlist for this, but it’s inspired/fuelled-with-after-I-thought-of-it by Frustration Tears from Centaurworld (S1). ( ✔️ )
“Seeing Orange” - Based off of a prompt-exchange with Local_trashbag of ‘Something with Rarity. Rarity and flowers.’ Tagged Comedy, Random, Slice of Life.
“Control” - What I was contemplating writing for the 2022 Crackships Contest, instead of Details Create the Big Mac Picture. Zephyr finds a job at Canterlot Carousel. Tagged Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life.
“Perfect” - Cadance always looks perfect. She isn’t too happy about that. Tagged Sad, Slice of Life, Tragedy.
“Grows On Trees” - Some sort of prelude or prologue to Concordant Disharmony. Discord tells Fluttershy and Twilight how Draconequui are born.
“Inside Voice” - Posey Petals is loud. Shy Breeze is not. She doesn’t understand why he avoids her. Tagged Romance, Sad, Comedy.
“Long Live the King” - Playlist here. Chrysalis’ ascension to the throne. Tagged Dark, Drama, Thriller. Also Sad.
Looking at it, the ones that really tickle my pickle are...
Pinkie Pie Bugaboo - Pinkie Centred stuff can be very hit or miss thanks to how easy it is to fall into lolwackymeme territory, thankfully your prior work speaks for itself. Plus seeing Chrysalis redeemed with someone OTHER then Twilight is an interesting idea.
Control - I'm a fan of nuanced Zephyr. He's very very easy to turn into a walking cliche unfortunately. Fwiw I see the guy as essentially a male Fluttershy. Flutters anxiety wouldn't be presented in the same way through a masculine lens, guys aren't "allowed" to do so. So he's bottled it up and smothered it with false bravado. He's Zephyr Breeze, ladies man and free spirit, he doesn't lose a job he just "needs to find his vibe", he's not a failure he's just "living life his way". You could even theorise that Rainbow Dash may not even be in his sights romantically, she's just familiar, safe and wont hurt him too badly. If he tried with someone new...well that could lead anywhere and thats SCARY. Good and bad.
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You’ve just summed up my Broverse perfectly. And thank you for your kind words!
Personally, I see Zeph as an amalgamation between Rarity and Fluttershy (his and Rarity’s respective breakdowns speaking for themselves).
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Zephyrs clearly an artistic soul, just lacks the fervour and confidence to find his niche
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He’s (one of) my favourite character(s). I think the best way to characterise him would be “Rarity but without the urgency”.