Next chapter of Pony-Me coming soon! · 5:32am Jun 20th, 2018
And oh boy, is it gonna have a twist...
And oh boy, is it gonna have a twist...
It can be about stories, it can be about whatever the heck I've been doing lately, just no personal information-related questions.
I'll be tagging Pony-Me in this mainly because I know that I keep throwing in cliffhangers and twists in that story.
And partially because I'm just curious on y'alls thoughts on my stories, with Pony-Me being a specific point of interest.
I'm trying to figure out potential ways to make Pony-Me, and by extension, My Own Reality more unique. Not simply by avoiding common cliches that are now solidly established by films such as The Matrix or Ready Player One, but by creating something that truly hasn't been done before in this category of science fiction.
See you there!
So, you know Timothy Carter, AKA Spike (In Pony-Me) or Caleb Waterman (In My Own Reality)?
Yeah. This'll be about him. Catch y'all below the break if you dare...
I've since added quite a bit more to the first chapter, exploring additional aspects of the story's world that previously was assumed via Pony-Me's connection to the MLP universe. For example, the friendship between Twilight and Pinkie is instead transposed into Rebecca and Julie, with the latter still somewhat holding onto Pinkie's personality, but becoming largely a much more original character in and of herself, with additional traits contradicting Pinkie's to likely be revealed in later
Outside of major plot points, character names, and places, My Own Reality will not be a carbon-copy of Pony-Me with MLP stripped away. While previous blogs might've made it sound like that was the direction it was heading in, I'm treating the new story as an essentially overhauled version of Pony-Me, complete with several revised elements that would set the story apart from the original. Though, there will still be small Easter Eggs tossed in referencing Pony-Me. For example, the date of
I've completed most of Chapter 1's conversion to original fiction. Take a look at the draft below. ^_^
My Own Reality
Everything seemed so real. The people, the places, the experiences, all nothing more than a simulation. With the abrupt severing of a single connection, it all comes crumbling down. Now, it's up to Lisa Garnet to find her way back, and along the way remember who she is... and who she was.
More specifically, I'm creating character sheets to serve as reference in the Original Fiction take on Pony-Me, which I've decided to title "My Own Reality".
So far, I'm planning on going with the route of adapting existing characters and removing any relation to MLP that they've had.
Yup. Over a year since the last update, and I've finally decided to get around updating the story that helped inspire a major portion of Pony-Me's subplots!
Except instead of Samantha and Pinkie, this time it's Craig and Twilight!
And with 100% more awkwardness simply from the story being so much more slice-of-life-y!
Alrighty, so for those of you who are interested in a document with all of the info on the world of Pony-Me collected in one place, or for those interested in working on the collab, here's a thing I've written.
The document below the break goes over everything from the setting, to the lore, to even the economic feasibility of Pony-Me based on current e-commerce and DLC practices.
As for now, I'll leave the document as a blank slate. If you'd like, you could join my Discord Server and discuss ideas for the fic!
Currently, I'm planning on making another insane one-shot involving LawnPo from The Amazing Adventures of Butter Knife! (& Friends!), and a special follower collab one-shot taking place in the Pony-Me universe involving OCs from you guys.
Basically, two one-shots are planned for this summer.
Insane lawnmower-pony story
and
Pony-Me follower collab spinoff
Choose from this list and comment it down below choose as many or as few as you'd like. Keep in mind that your choice doesn't mean that the story will focus solely on that specific aspect. It only means that additional focus will be placed on the chosen aspect of the story.
Samantha/Pinkie fighting for control over a single body: I drew inspiration for this off of
Split Conscience, a story that hasn't been updated in over a year.
Poetic chapter titles/chapter titles tell a second story: Equestria Forever. I really liked the idea of the chapter titles being like that, but not the way it carried out in that story.
Don't worry, I've pixelated it to the point of being near-unrecognizable. And unless you've seen the art display post up in the Art for Fanfiction group or are part of my Discord server, then this here's a sign of what's to come...
Side note: Speaking of Discord server, here's the join link. https://discord.gg/NPjux3T
And with it, some new (non stock-image!) cover art as well! For the most part it's complete. I've just gotta run it through some effects and finish tweaking the coloring a bit.
As for what part 2 will contain...
Gimme some guesses, y'all. ^_^
With the end of Part 1, I'm sure many of you still have questions. With that, I've decided to use the chance to make a Q&A session for the story!
Go ahead, ask away!
I accidentally published the unfinished chapter yesterday and took it down a few moments later, but now it's ready!
(Also, I don't believe that the story's able to make the Updated Stories list this time since it's a chapter that technically was already posted.)
I went for the "Edit" button on the final chapter of Part 1 of Pony-Me, but accidentally hit publish. Well, y'all probably know what the chapter title is...
Though, the chapter itself is still quite far from finished.