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NOTE - this is the sequel to my other story, The Braggart and The Bug. This won't make much sense if you haven't read that first (sorry about that!).

Leech the Changeling is enjoying his new life as The Great and Powerful Trixie's assistant. Exiled from Pony civilization, they travel across the non-pony lands of Equestria, astounding and sometimes annoying the natives as they go. Leech certainly wouldn't ever want to go back to life in a Changeling hive now, even if his swarm wanted him to.

Of course, they'd probably never want him back anyway... would they?

Art once again supplied by ackdari.deviantart.com/ and butchered by me.

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Comments ( 183 )

No, Trixie can't lose her one and only friend, not to mention her #1 assistant! :pinkiegasp:

I can't help but hear all of Leech's dialogue in Waspinator's voice :rainbowlaugh:

Switcher needs a good smack across the face. I can only hope that Trixie or Leech are the ones to do it.

Sequel, yay!:yay:

This is going to be a great story, I can just tell!

I get the feeling that Leech's plan is to be such a big screw-up that the swarm sends him away just so they don't have to deal with him anymore. Hmm...:applejackunsure:

Always looking forward to more!

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Well, Leech's personality is actually partly based on the luckless Predacon himself. Was kind of an accident, as soon as I gave him the buzzing speech impediment, I automatically began reading his lines in Waspy's voice. So I made Leech even more of an incompetent boob to match. :rainbowlaugh:

"Why universe hate Leech?" :pinkiehappy:

Apple slices with peanut butter make a great snack, by the way. (I was clued into this by a kindergarten teacher. She said this was something relatively healthy that the little kiddies would go for.)

Before I read, I just want to say that, that picture is funny and awesome XD :pinkiehappy:

Edit: Ok, read both chapters now. All I can say is, MOAR! We need Moar!

This story is bucking amazing:pinkiehappy:

For the Swarm!.... but not this swarm. :pinkiecrazy:

Oh dear...I think I can see where this is going...

Great job! I eagerly await more!

Well, Leech is in trouble now. What could Chrysalis want him for that requires him to fail at everything?:rainbowhuh:

And I don't mind in the slightest about you using ideas from my story! That Necrosia thing is pretty cool, actually!

You update so fast, it's amazing! I can't wait to see what happens next!:pinkiehappy:

This is a great story:pinkiehappy:
And no dislikes? Me gusta:derpytongue2:

I should point out, this is easily as dark as this story gets, so *hopefully* a Dark tag won't be necessary.

That said, reckon I may well have a do-over on this chapter, reading back it's all gone a bit Cerebus Syndrome. :pinkiesick:

The idea was to try and add a bit of genuine, deadly peril for Leech to contend with, reckon I *might* have gone a smidge overboard.

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Well, I somehow doubt this is going to go as Chrysalis hopes. Given how much of a lovable screw-up Leech is, he probably won't even react right to becoming the active ingredient. (Hopefully he'll mutate into some kind of Super-Leech and break free?)

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Well, that's close, it's Changelings!

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We had the same mind part way through this chapter...we wonder how that changeling goop tastes...

Hmm... All for the swarm! For The SWARM!.... But not for killing 'useless' members.... That's just stupid.... :facehoof:

...Uh oh.:twilightoops:

Saw it coming as soon as it said that Leech would be used in Necrosia production and that all the other changelings were injured. But still, cliffhanger! Why would you do that?!:raritydespair: Now I really need to see what happens next!

Wow.

...I mean... just wow.

I had already thought that TeaPartyCannon's usage of the whole 'changeling pods turn ponies into Changelings' thing was MAJORLY dark. I mean, you can look through the comment section in that story and you'll see just how I feel about that little bit of fanon. In fact, I can link you straight to the comment.

There was honestly NO WAY that I really felt the whole thing could get any darker.

...I was wrong. t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRwTNCFeJEcRHpqTOL5O6XneTeCADDI_2vjAyPMM9vl59ANXEoVO2MoTdZY

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I knew it, I really did go too far on the whole 'peril' aspect. You *may* note the Comedy tag was left out this time around, but even so I reckon I've written myself into a dark, dark corner here. Such are the perils of the ad-lib writing style. :rainbowlaugh:

Reckon I've got a choice here, I can do a complete do-over of Chapters 3 and 4 and remove all references to Necrosia, or attempt to mitigate it over the next few chapters. Unsure of which way to go. :applejackunsure:

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Oh no, no... I need to see where this goes now. t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSHn0CMX-Ob_RcbwO8cPShU4BQe4XAgHktkzouqUTAvgIUJ6x6DMg

A do over of chapters 3 and 4 simply wouldn't do. No no. What this story needs? It needs some comeuppance for Chrysalis and Switcher.

You'd have to be an idiot not to expect your villains to do dark, evil, and, well... villainous things. The only reason I objected to it on Smoke and Mirrors was because at first he had made it seem like the hero of the story was the one basically enslaving and mutating innocents. This later turned out to not be the case and the whole reason she seemed to be in on it was basically because of mass mind control/brainwashing.

But I'd have to be an idiot to tell you this was too dark or too disturbing for me to handle. Yeah, it's dark and disturbing, but what else could I ask villains to be?

Of course... now I'll be really rooting for these villains to get some major comeuppance. Remember, even child-friendly happy ol' Disney does some freaking creepy ass things. Ursula turned merfolk into a cursed garden which she later harvested and used in her potions. Frollo murdered and kidnapped and wrongfully imprisoned all under the claim that he was being a good Christian. Scar turned a bunch of Hyenas into the fucking Third Reich! But they all got theirs in the end...

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Proceed. I shall be watching this carefully...

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Alright then, had a bit of a think and I reckon I'll roll with this. I might just tweak Chapter 3 a bit, whilst it does say that very few ponies have been converted, I don't think it makes the point clearly enough. What also isn't abundantly clear is that conversion isn't done wantonly - apparently. It's more to protect the hive's location - if a pony stumbles across it, they'll end up a permanent resident simply so they can't tell anyone where the hive is.

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I don't know why, but I find it kinda funny that you mention those guys, and then you use Discord in the post giving his shinagins in the first two episodes of Season 2, but of course, he also got his towards the end.

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Alright, that'll probably help a little. But yeah, don't just scrap this. You've got a goooood thing going here. :pinkiehappy:

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Was the best image for MLP I could find that had a 'proceed' vibe to it.

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The conversion thing is still a bit creepy, especially since they apparently have a hive mind. Only one other thing comes to mind there.
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Yeah, I know the conversions are done to protect the hive, but I can imagine that it'd be an awful experience for the converted pony as they're suddenly flooded with thoughts telling them what to do and there being no privacy and such.

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As I said earlier, I've written myself into a corner here. :fluttershyouch: Comes with the territory when you have no pre-planning. Seriously, I have absolutely no idea where this story is going, I only know what happens immediately after this because I'm partway through Chapter 5. Half an hour ago I was none the wiser. :rainbowlaugh:

The real test of skill is going to be writing myself out of it, in a way that doesn't feel forced and yet doesn't leave a bad taste with the readers...

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Well, to be honest, I'm kinda curious to see where it goes, and to see how this stuff reacts to Leech. Lol, like one of the other posters said, watch him be so bad at what he does, that it reacts negatively to him.

I do hope Switcher gets what's coming to him though, cause yeah, he's a jerk.

Oh Lunadamnit no. Don't you people even. Don't. you. even.:twilightangry2:

If in doubt.... NEEDLESSLY COMPLICATED PLOTLINE. :rainbowlaugh::rainbowlaugh:

*Points at Switcher*
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You let them escape.

Though unfortunately it looks like poor Trixie is about to undergo the conversion treatment, or becoming soylent green for the Changelings.

It's a big pod that has Luna in it, doesn't it?! Her 'evilness from nightmare moon' is feeding into the changelings and making them more cruel! :pinkiegasp:

......

Nah, don't listen to me, I know that's not it :pinkiecrazy:

And now Trixie is in trouble, and Leech is too far away to help her...this isn't going to end well. And what is that monolith?:rainbowhuh:

Eagerly awaiting updates like always!

Oh dear...If Trixie is in trouble, and Leech finds out about it....I feel sorry for Switcher...

And as for the monolith, they might not need to worry about what's inside it.

If you've read Rawhead Rex, the evil god-beast is usually trapped underneath.

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Yeah, Switcher ended up pretty injured when Leech was actively trying not to seriously hurt him.

The absolute last thing you want to do with a walking disaster zone is make them mad at you.

Well seems like shits getting real.

What a tweest!

I do hope that the conversion process is only physical, and that Trixie would have to go through the whole "mental conditioning" thing to stop being Trixie.

I KNEW IT!

...I wonder if the changeling transformation is reversible? Or is Trixie doomed to spend life as a changeling now?

...If that's the case, I wonder if she and Leech will start their own hive or something? ...That's kinda weird... but oddly intriguing...

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You'll just have to see, won't you? :rainbowwild:

Oh and for anyone who's maybe thinking this is getting hard to follow... I feel your pain. Starting to have trouble keeping up with it myself. :rainbowlaugh:

I'll start to tie things together in the coming chapters, so hopefully it'll clear things up a bit. Stick with me, people!

Changelings assuming other Changeling's Identities?....

MY MIND!

Good twist, by the way.

I have a feeling that Chrysalis won't have to destroy Switcher and the Pseudo-Queen, as Leech will probably do it for her.

Poor Trixie...Though, I have a suspicion that because she is constantly asserting the fact that she is the Great and Powerful Trixie, she will remain the Great and Powerful Trixie.

Then we find out later that Trixie was a changeling all along! :pinkiegasp: :trixieshiftleft::trixieshiftright::trixieshiftleft: It makes perfect sense!

You, sir, update at an unnaturally rapid pace.

... =')

Oh dear Celestia, Switcher has figured out a way to make the conversion process even more horrible! :pinkiegasp:

Also, Switcher hurt Trixie. Leech is going to have his hide and it's going to be glorious. :trixieshiftright:

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