Stories set in the Oversaturated World, some silly, some less so.
(FoME)
Wonder Comics Headquarters
“Okay people, time to deal with the elephant in the room. What do we do?”
“What do you mean, boss?”
“The world’s changed, and we have to change with it. But that change is going to be rougher for some heroes than others. The staples aren’t anything special anymore. Flying, strength, magic, we’ve got people in this very room who can match some of the characters. So, what do we do? For that matter, what do we do with the Cinematic Universe, especially the ones midway through shooting?”
“All of Applewood has to worry about that one, boss.”
“And so do we. It’s just like that one line in The Amazings. Everyone’s super these days, and that just made a whole bunch of characters a lot less so. Heck, the Y-Men books just lost their main conflict. Everyone’s a mutant these days.”
“We could explore that.”
“Well, it’ll buy enough time to figure out something else to do, as long as we don’t turn it into another Clone Saga. Still, that’s one problem down, a hundred to go. Settle in, gentlemen. We’re in for a long night.”
SC Comics Headquarters
“All in favor of Filli-Second running fast enough to reboot the universe again?”
“Aye.” “Aye.” “Aye.” “Aye.”
“Fantastic. What’s for lunch?”
Shining Armor smirked. “Pretty sure that isn’t how it’s going to go, Dex.”
Poindexter scowled and adjusted his glasses. “Wait and see, Shining. You just wait and see."
(Masterweaver)
"In entertainment news--girls, do I really have to say this?" Adagio groaned.
Aria grinned. "Yep."
"This is stupid! This is stupider then the heartsong thing! This is literally the child of stupidity incarnate after it got knocked up by a drunken geek! Who is also stupid!"
"...Wait." Sonata tapped her chin. "Who in their right mind would incarnate stupidity? And what would it end up looking like anyway?"
Aria coughed into her sleeve.
"Huh? Oh right! Tangent. Entertainment news, Adagio."
"...in entertainment news," Adagio managed, "there have been a number of people arrested after they insisted they were... copyrighted... comic book characters. To be fair, they were arrested for vigilantism. The comic book industry is now... partnering with... this can't be right."
Aria tilted her head. "What?"
"...is now partnering with the police force to create a super hero training program."
There was dead silence for a moment.
"...I can not be the only person who thinks this is beyond stupid," Adagio said flatly.
"No," Aria managed, "I kind of find it stupid too."
Sonata twiddled her 'Marrina Was Innocent' button with a small blush. "Uh... it might not be all that stupid..."
(archonix)
"Really?"
Mr Discord steepled his fingers and smiled an all too friendly smile in Sunset's general direction. He turned his head to catch it a moment later and waggled his eyebrows. "Really."
"A supervillain school."
"Of course!" His smile broadened. "You did take great pains to lecture me about maintaining the balance of nature and magic in this world, my dear. There can be no light without darkness, no pleasure without pain."
"No up without down," Sunset supplied. She put her hands on her hips, but Discord only laughed at her interruption.
"No straightman without the clown," he continued, gesturing smoothly toward the motley assembly before them. "The moment these superheroes turned up it was inevitable that their mirror would appear too, yes? And frankly it seems unfair, nay unjust that they be allowed out into the world without a little guidance."
"Guidance. Discord..." Sunset pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed. "You're training them to be bad guys."
"I most certainly am not! And I resent the implication that you think I'm somehow 'bad' as well. Being bad means following the rules."
"You used to be a physicist."
"And you used to be a horse," Discord shot back. He paused as Sunset raised her hand, but then she lowered it and sighed again. "And so we reach an impasse. I'm not teaching them anything about how to commit crimes or whatever other schemes your worryingly expanded mind is coming up with. Is it boredom that makes you so paranoid? If I were in your position—"
"You aren't! I am! And I'm not paranoid!" Sunset rubbed her temples this time. It had little effect – the headache she was feeling was only as real as she wanted it to be, which raised all sorts of ontological questions – but it gave her something to do for a moment. When she opened her eyes again, Discord was edging back toward the group, though one eye remained firmly fixed on her.
It was in his ear.
"What," she said, very carefully, while ignoring the mischievous grin that was now flitting about her head, "are you teaching them?"
Discord pouted. "Why, how to laugh, of course! A villain is nothing without his laugh."
"Or hers," Pinkie Pie yelled from the back of the room.
Sunset could only put her head in her hands.
SC once stood for Sleuth Comics.
Also, I'll just be over here squeeing my head off about archonix joining in. Don't mind me.
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Some mornings, Sunset wished that she was still capable of sleep or any other way of blocking world events out of her consciousness.
The obvious solution is to have potential heroes AND villains go to the same academy. That way, not only does the government have a register of names and the powers associated with them, but the graduates get to sling remarks about what happened when they were at the same school at each other during fights. The idea of seeing a hero/villain fight devolve into
"You failed PE! Twice!"
"You're one to talk, Mister 'glaciers replace glass'!"
Is kinda funny to me.
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Maybe once she gets things going smoothly enough she can let her subconscious run things while she takes a little kip.
*snickers* It was only a matter of time...(both the villains and arch joining.)
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Shortly after ascending, Sunset bought a customized coffee mug with the caption "I'll Sleep When the World is Less Stupid"
It was once on camera during one of her EweTube videos. The things sold like hotcakes thereafter.
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Makes sense to me. Plus, Mr. Discord makes sure "For Entertainment Purposes Only" goes on every diploma.
A Super Villain school actually makes a lot of sense, teach Super Villains to be evil but not TOO evil and follow the "unwritten rules" like don't go after a super heroes family or don't risk destroying a large chunk of your city or keep secret Identities a secret. Sensable things like that which allow a Super Villain to keep being one for the long term.
7302502 Agreed. A supervillain school would actually cover most of the same material as superhero school. Self-defence. First aid. How to avoid collateral damage. How to maintain a secret identity. Public relations. Magic and super-science. And, of course, keeping dangerous vigilantes/criminals from becoming complete loose cannons, incidentally helping them achieve their personal goals better. It's the same thing marketed to different people.
7270534 I vote that it isn't just a school. But a city! No, more than that. TWO cities! One for each side. Have them able to act like heroes and villians, but only in those two cities. Which can be on an isolated island away from everyone else! And this. This can be the poster!:
img.hexus.net/v2/gaming/screenshots/cityofheroes_logo.jpg
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What will Discord be teaching them? Mainly presentation!
Well, at least Discord is getting the important bits down. Other courses to include would be "Monologueing: When to and When to Shut Up, Dramatic Entrances", and "Villain Fashion 101: Never Wear Capes Ever No Seriously They Will Straight Up Kill You".
You know. The important things.
Superheroes. Nice.
That reminds me; I sometimes wonder about the collective intelligence of comic publishers. See, DC Comics is an oxymoron, since DC stands for Detective Comics. So in the modern age, they actually have Detective Comics Comics as their logo.
Go figure.
Billy from TGAOBAM mon.
7787156 In one crossover compilation fic, Billy from that show is so stupid he was labeled a threat to the omniverse by the gods.
Why do I get the feeling that Adagio's outbursts actually rise their ratings for the program?
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Oh, you mean the MLP Time Loops?
And I will forever facepalm at the fact that DC Comics is a redundant name for a company to have. DC is an acronym for Detective Comics; i.e. DC Comics is basically Detective Comics Comics.
Makes as much sense as calling red rouge red. FYI, rouge means red in French!!
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Yeah, right up there with ATM machines and rice paddies.
Actualy laughing out loud
Pinkie your a hero