So, I'm watching Sanderson's lectures and he has a really interesting story about how Jim Butcher's Codex Alera came from an online discussion as a counter/bet to the assertion that "writing is mystical" to which Jim replied give him two bad ideas -- the ideas were Pokemon and the Lost Roman Legion. -- Given the course instruction is to lay aside anything you've "been working on" I need a few new ideas, and this actually sounded pretty fun, so... please give me two or three "bad"/"lame" ideas to play with.

Thanks.

A red and black dragon OC and conversion bureau

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Sharknado crossover. What do I win?

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That's the first thing that came to mind.

I do a similar sort of thing, where I try to take on an unpopular trope and subvert it. I did that for a HiE fic where the human arrived in Equestria after a tragic accident, befriends the main characters and is called upon to save Equestria several times. Try doing that and not make it cliché.

Interestingly enough, it's my most liked story (which admittedly, does not mean alot)

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A link to "Two Real Military Projects that must be merged - Robotic Sharks and combat lasers" ... and maybe a story.

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Rainbow Dash becomes a penguin.

LOL -- That's funny. (You might like this (unfinished) story.)

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Rainbow Dash gets a blender. A really, really powerful blender.

--Sweetie Belle

Princess Celestia grants a parcel of land in Equestria to a tribe of wandering Zebras.

The mane six proceed to fall in love with the elegant, muscular, athletic female zebras, or the huge, powerful, domineering male zebras.

Hilarity may or may not ensue.

You could call it "Guess Who's Coming To The Grand Galloping Gala?"

Allow me to combine everything so far. Rainbow Dash gets turned red and black by falling into a blender, and is also cast into the human world to fight an evil penguin alongside George Washington.

Aw, crap. I forgot the sharknado thing. I don't know, George Washington has a sharkgun.

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Rainbow Dash/George Washington

Does a robotic Geo. Washington count? Because I think I can make that work...

Robot Geo. Wa.: "We can't see each other any more..."
Rainbow Dash: "Why not? We love each other don't we?"
Robot Geo. Wa.: "Yes, but we're too different... I'm a cold, heartless machine, brought back to win a war against the Robot Redcoats... and you're a penguin."
Rainbow Dash: "But we can make it work! I know we can!" *bursts into tears*

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LIE (Lemon In Equestria)
Sorry, I misread the title. I thought you were looking for AMAZING ideas.

3960765 Okay, I have to ask. Would a lemon born in britain technically be limey?

3960764 So long as he has a gun that can shoot sharks. And by shoot sharks, I mean it has shark ammunition, but could shoot at sharks if he really wanted. It's best to cover all your bases.

Anyway, I think I've supplied enough bad ideas for today. Although if you're looking for a challenge, try to write a murder-mystery where the killer can remove a victim whilst leaving no evidence, no body, and has an alibi.

Good luck!

Also, I just figured out that Rainbow Dash could be red and black whilst being a penguin: she gets sunburnt!

Wearing clothes is considered taboo in Equestria as much as nudity is here.

Psh, everyone ignored my idea. Psh. Typical. Psh. That's why I don't post here regularly, you guys.

I'm just kidding, relax. Also, it's probably better for me if I get ignored. Then I'd actually write something, instead of prancing about, sillyposting.

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No.
A Lime born in Limeland is a Limey.
Ya silly goose.

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Princess Celestia grants a parcel of land in Equestria to a tribe of wandering Zebras.
The mane six proceed to fall in love with the elegant, muscular, athletic female zebras, or the huge, powerful, domineering male zebras.
Hilarity may or may not ensue.

That'd be tough to do... especially since I'm not all that talented in the Romance genera.

You could call it "Guess Who's Coming To The Grand Galloping Gala?"

Hm...

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I, uh, wasn't genuinely expecting a reply, but thank you all the same. I give you this moustache. Here.

Also, I was being facetious when I said that there would be shipping and a love story. If you aren't familiar with me already, I think that all the focus on romance and love is kinda silly and banal.

3960795 Okay. I guess that cumquat may, I'll always get my citrus confused.

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I was being facetious when I said that there would be shipping and a love story. If you aren't familiar with me already, I think that all the focus on romance and love is kinda silly and banal.

Ah, gotcha.
I think a good love story can be embedded in a good story, maybe even take a chance at the spotlight once and a while, but as the key driving-force... I can't do that. (Which is different than having [some] characters that are focused on romance and love [e.g. teenaged girls].)

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Me, I lean more towards writing geopolitical thrillers, action, and then there's smut.

Surprisingly, people actually like my pornographic stories. Which...isn't really what I was aiming for. I wanted to be well-known as a writer of globe-spanning epic conflicts, personally.

I find the whole lengthy courtship and romance stuffs to be like watching paint dry. However, I also realize that this is probably how people feel about my political stories.

3960653 Anyone who thinks Pokemon is a bad idea in any way, shape, or form needs a reality check.

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Maybe so, but I wasn't involved in Butcher's bet and I'm just telling the story as I heard it.

How about an MLP/Katamari Damacy crossover?

Imagine this: Luna destroys the moon during a drunken bender, and has to rebuild it by rolling up random objects into a massive ball.

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I usually save all the bad ideas for my own stories, but I'll toss something your way.

Sombra/Dash shipfic

Applejack is made of Dark Matter.

The Mane 6 as Power Rangers.

Cadance is pregnant... AND CHRYSALIS IS THE FATHER!

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Ah, sorry about that. I was really reaching for the last one.

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Sharknado crossover. What do I win?

Greenback already beat you to it.

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Rainbow Dash uses the Mirror Pool instead of Pinkie Pie so she can go to Wonderbolts Academy and not miss a Very Important Event being held by one of her friends. At first it seems awesome, but then when Clonebow Dash creates more clones, there's way too much coolness going around, and they need to be stopped....

I'm so glad someone else on here watches those videos. Alright here we go

*A briefcase that wishes it were a toilet*

go

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I think I win a medal now or something...

3960653 Master Chief falls in love with Fluttershy...

A fic where Twilight, shorty after becoming a powerful Alicorn, is introduced to representatives of the great powers of Equestria. I don't mean Celestia and Woona, I'm talking about politics, and how her presence is a bit... Worrying to the other world powers, growing weary of not just two, but four godlike beings. Some of the represenatives:

-Three Griffin monarchs representing their individual Kingdoms.
-Leopold, a aging Grundle Arch-Duke and the true power behind the Greenskin throne.
-Keythong Emperor Barbossa.
-Zecora's Mom.
-Discord.
-And finally, Pinkie.

Edit: Oh!
-And King Charlatan, the genocidal Penguin Hitler from G1.

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Twilight's ingrown toenail becomes president.

3960653 A quarter of Equestria's population spontaneously combusts.

SimCity: Equestria

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-And King Charlatan, the genocidal Penguin Hitler from G1.

Surely you must mean Rainbow Dash, because she's being turned to a penguin.

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She also freezes Scootaloo at one point, why? For merely pointing out that throwing Equestria into a new Ice Age isn't the best of ideas.

A generic boring HiE story. Minus the clop.

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Appledash. Yes, you read that correctly. Another Appledash fic, with self-insert male characters getting some in an orgy after watching Rainbow Dash and Applejack go at it for a while, oh, and don't forget the scats. Now that's an idea that sucks ass...quite literally.

Or even more cliche...TwiDash........

A fic where Applejack and Big Mac disappear, and it's up to Applebloom to find them. She then embarks on a terrible mystery as she uncovers Ponyvilles darkest secret, potentially losing not just her life, but her very soul in the process. (yes, you know what I'm suggesting)

Oh, and it has to have:

-Ape Mobsters
-Button Mash wearing a fedora
-A Griffin Aristocrat
-Flash Sentry and bloody Nurse Redheart getting together

Ok, thank you everyone; I think I have enough ideas here.
I won't use all of them, but if you're interested in the story it is (or will be) over here.
(The password for the unpublished chapters, of which there are currently none, is "BadIdea" — obviously.)

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...and now I have to read Conversion Bureau because of you -- jerk.
(j/k)

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That is a terrible pun, of which I approve... though the subject matter, not so much.

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You're... Doing this? Woah, this is something I got to see.

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Pinkie learns to vomit on command, and proceeds to demonstrate her new skill to all her friends.

...I know I'm late, but eh.

3960653 Anthro aged up Spike harem fic featuring every mare in Ponyville.

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If you were talking about humanized ponies or anthro ponies, this could, potentially, be some really great fetish fiction. It'd be like a Monzetsu thing, in which the girl throws up while having sex.

Don't google monzetsu if you're a kid. Or, at least, don't do it while your parents are standing behind you.

EDIT: I can't believe this is the TOTP.

EDIT2: Without getting too specific on what is, ostensibly, a family-rated community, the situation could be Monzetsu-ified even more by having someone reach inside Pinkie Pie and apply pressure so that the...magic...happens.

EDIT3: in before absolutelydisgusting.jpg

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Prolog and first chapter are up -- This will be the last time I update everyone on this thread; again, thank you for all the ideas.
Link.

3974978 Replied to me twice lol

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Because you're twice as special... or because I didn't remember if I got you the first time.
Take your pick.

Turning Luna into a god-mode waifu/can-do-no-wrong mary sue (with a suitor who is a blatant self-insert) while needlessly vilifying a horrendously OOC Celestia

Doing a horribly unbalanced crossover where both parties act OOC and have zero development

Anything involving a flawless, red and black, overpowered OC from the land of 'Doughnut Steel'