That Which Plagues the Mind

by Journey Blue

Writer's Note

This story first began as an attempt to spite a writer whose work I was displeased with. Sort of an "Anything you can do, I can do better" idea. However, too soon my spite-fueled motivation was replaced was a genuine desire to write a good story, a story that did justice for a cast aside villain.

Thus this story was cancelled because I decided to rewrite a more extensive and higher quality story. No more editing at 2 am, no more writing from sheer whimsy. I am putting the effort this story deserves to give Equestria the villain it deserves.

This story will still be left up for the sake of posterity and because, for me, it is stepping stone and evidence of the progress I have made.

The stories is redone and continued in: The Student of Sun and Shadow

Comments

[Zerodius]

I understand how you feel ; I started some of my stories the same way (though not in this fandom). This is especially notable if you start to notice flaws or other elements that don't hold up once your rage burn itself out. Or sometimes, you just want to distance yourself from the source material or noticed better plot bunnies.

(For example, in this fandom, the controversial misanthropic TCB cliched sub-setting, which once inspired me to make up snippets for a Kirby crossover. It eventually instead sparked ideas both for a more elaborate portrayal of Kirby villains for my fics in that fandom while, on the pony side, the characterization I gave characters inspired me to explore them in a non-crossover, non-human-involved AU involving an Equestria inhabited by changelings)

So I support you moving away from this story and can't wait to see how the 'purified' story will look like.