Permanence. A character’s actions should have a lasting impact on the world of the story, or at least on their corner of it. The last thing an author should want is to be able to remove a given character from their story and have nothing change as a result. How better to show the opposite, then, (and how sci-fi) than to actually remove the main characters to show how things would have turned out without them? Welcome, friends, to Episode 25 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

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This title is clever because one focus character is bound for home, while another is bound at home. Revel in my genius! Welcome, friends, to Episode 19 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – Homebound]

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A silly title for a silly episode idea, easily the shortest draft yet and currently the third-shortest overall. For some reason, my mind told me it was some sort of a reference to something I’d heard before, but…yeah, I got nothin’. Welcome, friends, to Episode 23 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – Parked in Hyperspace]

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I swear I hadn’t seen the SGA episode “The Defiant One” before outlining the story for “The Honest One”, I just knew the title—I was completely surprised by the staggering number of similarities between the events of the two after watching it. At this point, however, I admittedly don’t remember which parts were the original overlaps and what parts I added in later to milk how similar they already were. Welcome, friends, to Episode 21 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

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What do aliens look like? Considering the extreme diversity of life just here on Earth, there are countless possibilities. Would anything from another planet resemble any of the groups we have here, like reptiles, insects, or even plants? Arising from entirely different conditions, and perhaps not even using the same cocktail of organic chemicals as their basis, true aliens could be truly alien, challenging our very concept of what life needs to survive, or even what qualifies as this

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Excuse the long title, it gets abbreviated later.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – The Device Reawakens]

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Subtlety and subversion are things I appreciate. I love subversive plot points, things that look one way but turn out another. I especially like it when they set up with some trope that’s so obvious the characters should see it that you know there’s no way that’s actually what the author is using, and of course they’re not using it, they just wanted to quell your fears early that they wouldn’t go that way by letting you know they saw and ignored the opportunity. If only my ideas had actually

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This title is a reference to the phrase “blood is thicker than water”, olden wisdom implying that unchosen family ties you get born stuck with are somehow more important than the bonds with friends that both parties decided to establish and maintain across the stresses of life and time. Utter nonsense. Back to the title, it’s also usually a true statement about chemistry. Well, except for ice. Water’s weird like that. Welcome, friends, to Episode 18 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus

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This title has a rock pun in it. Three guesses who guest stars this episode, and none of them count because of course it’s Maud Pie. But she’s not all. Welcome, friends, to Episode 17 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – Of Quartz You Can Help]

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I read the news today, oh boy. About a pegasus that broke a wing. And though her friends had saved the day…well I just have to sa-hay. Your nerve will go awa-hay. Welcome, friends, to Episode 16 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – A Day in the Life]

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Many Stargate episode names are a single word that sounds deep or symbolic in how it will relate to the episode itself, like “Solitudes” or “Legacy”, and this episode is my attempt to replicate that pattern using one of the only mysterious-sounding words left over. Welcome, friends, to Episode 24 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – Dissension]

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So I know how it looks. I had the Wraith wipe out G3 Ponyville sans one right at the beginning and then immediately after I had the G3 Breezies wipe themselves out sans one. I don’t hate G3, I swear! The idea to include past Gen world chunks in this story came early on but after the full setup was otherwise established, and admittedly these were the first two worlds I planned stories for. I can’t remember if I meant for them to both be this early, but they were needed to more firmly

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Funny story, this episode used to have the far-inferior name of “Rise and Seek”, referencing the SGA episodes “Rising” and “Hide and Seek”, as this installment is based on a combination of the two. Because that’s a terrible name, however, it was eventually changed to reference the unrelated SGA episode “Grace Under Pressure”. Just thought you should know. Welcome, friends, to Episode 2 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

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Upon examination of the topics of each episode, I’ve come to realize that the first half of the story has more dealings with past-Gen worlds than the upcoming second half, from almost all to almost none. Guess I wanted more Stargate in my Stargate story. For the time being, however, we’re still riding the past-Gen wave. Welcome, friends, to Episode 14 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

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Science fiction is a genre about more than just robots and space aliens. It’s meant to be a medium by which to explore possibilities within reach of humanity in the future, to test how new concepts would work before they become widespread and irreversible. Basically, it takes real or speculative science and asks, “What if…?”. It’s about time that actual science joined all the fiction already in this sci-fi story, wouldn’t you say? Welcome, friends, to Episode 10 of “A Different Kind of

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One of the more awkward and latest-chosen episode titles, I’ll admit. I’d always hoped to improve it somehow like I did with “Rise and Seek”, but no good. Welcome, friends, to Episode 8 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – Do These Genes Fit Well?]

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Ah yes, a much better title than last time that tells a well-informed audience member exactly which two things from ponies and Stargate will be featured in today’s adventure. Welcome, friends, to Episode 9 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – Tales of a Traveler]

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Throughout the previous installments, “as in SGA” has been a running gag that’s getting old, and after laying down the background lore, we’ve finally begun to move beyond it. Pardon for a time, however, the switch to “as in SG-1” instead. Welcome, friends, to Episode 3 of “A Different Kind of Pegasus Device”.

[G-Docs Chapter Link – The Scourge of the Century]

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I feel like now is the time to explain the “progression” I’ve hinted at before. It started with the initial Wraith attack, breaking the peace and security of Equestria, with Atlantis providing the promise of a happy ending. Our heroes poke around in episode 2, finding the ruins of a Wraith rampage, a grim preview of their own future. Episode 3 has them stepping up to help, but failing terribly, a harsh reality check and a shaking of their confidence. Then episode 4 shows them, as stated

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And now we’ve reached the halfway point of the story, complete with the biggest all-out battle thus far. This massive event was positioned to act as a mid-season finale if need be, giving me a chance to take some time off and work on other stories before returning to tell the rest of the adventure. Lotta good that turned out. Also, this title references “Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams”. Not relevant, I just wanted to tell you that. Welcome, friends, to Episode 13 of “A Different Kind of

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