Ditzy Doo has gone through a lot over the years. She's been a planeswalker, a wife, a mother, a savior of worlds, a postal worker, and more besides. But a routine delivery route is about to lead to a very novel experience for her.
Not enjoyable, no, but definitely novel.
This story is in the same continuity as Elementals of Harmony, but reading that isn't necessary to understand this.
Written for Estee's Swift Selections contest. Graciously edited by themaskedferret. Rated Teen for unpleasant things happening to minds, bodies, and souls.
Image credits: Ditzy's mark | Equal Four marks | Starlight's mark | Colorless mana symbol
Chapters (1)
Only partway through reading but I just realized what Our Town should have been called: "Grinnsmouth".
Okay, done. That was fun. It's always entertaining to drop a powerful and genre-savvy character into an established storyline and watch it explode.
Ah, well. At least this takes the heat off of the Bearers. On the other hoof, Ditzy has herself an archenemy.
7325488 Give them time.
I always find it hilarious that I really wasn't a fan of 'Elementals of Harmony', but I adore the other fics in the verse.
Editing was a delight and I hope my hysterical laughter didn't deafen you.
Come on. Shouldn't the transformed Ditzy be 7/7, for flavor purposes?
omg that card
Very enjoyable little story. Love this version of Derpy
Noticed a couple errors in the text but overall nicely done.
Neat.
... I'm now holding the image of the Isperia the Supreme Judge being glomped.
Your reason for the Eldrazis' existence is... disturbing. On the other hand, send the 6 over to Zendikar and (maybe) Innistrad and very thing is golden.
Is the thing about a planeswalker's cast-off (and shunted out of the universe) soul forming an eldrazi canon to MtG? Even if not, that was cool and amusing.
Did she get to keep any of that mana she nommed?
Also, I found it greatly amusing that Ponyville was Temur-colored. It fits.
Amateur dental exams is a beautiful phrase.
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She said "against that which you had become." So Starlight is going to go join the Gatewatch!
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No, it's not MtG canon.
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"Grinnsmouth" is frankly too perfect for words. And yes, Ditzy does often prove entertainingly volatile when exposed to most storylines.
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One with ongoing schemes that she isn't likely to abandon any time soon.
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It is my first story on this site. I've learned a lot since writing it. And gotten over that nasty case of LUS.
Editing was just as fun on my end.
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I'd say 9/6 is just as flavorful.
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Why Isperia specifically?
I got better.
For some reason that line never gets old at all.
7325922 blue/white magic was mentioned, and I could see a headache for her if, in an alternate scenario, this upstart with such improper use -no paperwork or order to it- of her Guild's type of white/blue specifically ends up in Ravnica via Spark Interference. I mean, Starlight Glimmer IS keeping them in a state of Detain...
That, and Derpy's colors were blue/red, making think of Izzet, and her mentor IS the living guild pact now, with Lavinia as his paper-pusher.
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I didn't mean to imply that this origin applied to all the Eldrazi. The eldritch trinity likely emerged from the Blind Eternities through mechanisms we cannot fathom, limited as we are by our four-dimensional perspective. Using the Elements of Harmony might help against Emrakul—assuming the Mane Six managed to retain their sanity and bodily integrity long enough—but it almost certainly wouldn't turn her human. Or equine. Though that is an amusing story idea...
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As noted above and by Lithl, the planeswalker-Eldrazi inversion concept is my own creation.
Ditzy didn't get to keep any of the mana or matter she nommed, nor did she really want any of it.
Ponyville's actually been Temur-colored since before the Temur were a thing. Eclectic Village was one of my earlier cards. Though "surviving a harsh frontier" certainly does describe a town on the edge of the Everfree."
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"For harmony and equality, I will keep watch."
And then Chandra set her mane on fire.
Well then, this gives me something to think about for later.
Good headcanon to go with a good fic.
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I only just got the Derpdrazi's power/toughness right before reading your post.
Clever.
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Oh God, that's brilliant
Overall, loved this story, and it would be REALLY freaky if your theory about how Eldrazi are formed turns out to be canon. Of course, it'd also prove how badass you are at this stuff. This was an awesome story, I just hope that Starlight Glimmer doesn't decide to break the dimensional fabric of the planet's timeline to get her revenge this time.
I doubt I'm the first to notice, but I'll be the first to point it out: Harmonizing Derpeldrazi was silver-bordered.
Planeswalker Ditzy is now headcannon.
Ooh this looks fun
So many thoughts I got from this, I don't feel like writing them down.
I will just say this much,
I wonder what this word means : "thaumophysics"
and on an unrelated note FanOfMostEverything is sooner or later gonna make me get into magic the gathering that's almost guaranteed after this.
~Leonzilla
Starlight really messed up this time.
It is super jarring to see a fix be so casual with the crossover.
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By about five years at this point, yeah, he did.
I also kinda hope Starlight tries to take revenge and mentions targeting Dinky. Just to see how poorly Ditzy takes it. I imagine it'd be... very unpleasant. For Starlight.
I get the chapter title joke now!
"Where Parallel Lines Converge" is in non euclidean space!
I tried to say this with Voice to text with the swamp cooler on in background, it became I now live in Maryland space
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Does that mean there are now Slivers In Equestria???
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Yanno', this inspires me to realize Starlight Glimmer does fit the psych profile for a White alignment more than her obvious talents in Blue.
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How do you feel about Planeswalker Dinky?
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*head explodes*
Well this is certainly interesting. I hope this means the rebirth of my Little Praetors soon.
7327409 Next stop, the Blind Eternities.
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(If you can't see the image: "They told me what you did there / but I didn't listen!")
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Probably how things will end up going...
There's a reference with this title... I think it's from sponge bob... I dunno.
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Good! I always like providing food for thought.
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It will certainly be a lot harder for Starlight to fracture time without Twilight's magic coffee table/national surveillance system. On the other hand, this setting does have a lot of canonical space-time manipulation... We'll have to see what happens.
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Which should tell you how seriously to take this story.
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"Headcanon accepted" is one of the nicest things I can hear. Thank you.
Even though a lot of elements of this setting have been invalidated by later canon. That's what happens when you start something before Season 2.
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Thaumophysics is the intersection of physics and magic, the scientific analysis of the supernatural in a nonbiochemical setting.
And it is quite entertaining to watch your resistance crumble before my onslaught.
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Crossovers that make a spectacle of the two universes meeting can be fun, but I like to integrate them into a more cohesive whole.
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In addition to Elementals of Harmony, linked in the story description, I've also written a few blogs on the combination of ponies and card games, along with The Implicit Neighs, set on an alternate, partially pony-populated Ravnica.
So yeah, kind of been doing this for a while.
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And that's assuming that the unmarking spell can contain a talent for antimagic. Probably possible, but it'll take a lot of focus, leaving none to notice the rapidly approaching pegasus with a doom spell in her hoof.
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Silver like the metal, not sliver like the hivemind.
Starlight is very clearly a white-blue character, claiming victory by denying the opponent the opportunity to do anything constructive. Anything not forbidden is mandatory, and anything not mandatory is forbidden.
Not likely to happen in this setting. While Dinky is set to become one of the most terrifying wizards in Equestria, she isn't going to leave the plane. Not unless somepony invents the transplanar airship.
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A little geometry, a little Mentally Advanced Series.
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Y'know, depending on how their astrophysics works, it's possible that every time they move the sun around, they're moving it retroactively.
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Nah, I take Ditzy as more the sort to, in the unstable state of mind that is a pegasus mother seeing their child threatened, channel the fury of storms and put enough electricity through Glimmer to put the entire Kolaghan Brood to shame.
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Kolly-chan "Damn, I do not want to piss her off"
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Yeah, don't be surprised if I touch on something similar when it comes time for me to write a Planeswalker.
7325634 9/6 looks like the eyes.
Indestructible, good luck beating ditzy, you will need it starlight if you dont want to not exist.
7327871 A transplanar airship?! Wherever did you get that crazy idea?
That said, Jace and Ditzy might be able to come up with the schematics, and Pinkie could probably break enough realities to get the thing working... She'd probably end up fueling it with cupcakes, saying that "to get through the Eternities, this ship need one heck of a sugar rush". Still, you never know when you might need a filly that can break spells over her knees like I can break sticks. Or, alternatively, when you might need any of the other crazy things Ungula has to offer.
I love how twilights all "oh hey deeply, what's going on?"
7328244 Ah, the Weatherlight... Heard that was a great saga.
My fave legendary out of that crew gets screwed over in both timelines, though. Poor Mirri.
7328189 I didn't even think of that.
7328202 Indestructible? Bah. There's always Swords to Plowshares, the bane of every Marit Lage avatar.
That was honestly very interesting, and the part where Starlight tried to equalize Dizty. I can't think of a more appropriate reaction to the equalization process.
It's kind of interesting, actually. Planeswalkers' essence-or the spark to be more precise- are practically the antithesis to Starlight's equalization theme. Unless my knowledge of MTG lore has failed me, the spark makes them unique, allows them to be exceptional, and is incredibly difficult to separate. If she actually knew what Ditzy was/had, she'd probably scream in frustration.