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Masterweaver


Just an average insane brony, doing average insane things. Professional Fanfiction Writer and Purveyor, relevant links are on my profile page.

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I am lost and that is okay

I cannot find the normal

but I do not need it

I have the ones that find me.

Cover art by WubcakeVA. Part of the Oversaturated World.

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Comments ( 28 )

This made me wonder if the Shimmerist Church includes a pantheon of lesser powers connected to other fundamental aspects of reality. Like the Crusaders.

This is right up there with the sirens in terms of ideas you've introduced that took a while to grow on me. The logistics involved are tricky, but Discord and Cinch getting married that young actually does make sense; it's the only time they'd be foolish and impulsive enough to go through with it. They may actually end up having been married longer than I intended, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. And as for their daughter...

Well, what can you expect from the child of chaos and willpower but anything and everything? And that's a terribly great amount to stuff into one young mind. And that sadly wasn't the only thing that got stuffed in her, when she was only fifteen.

In any case, I'd come into this undecided, but you've definitely made it work. May Screwball watch the realms orthogonal to reality for as long as she is able.

Screwball is my new favorite oversaturated character.

Well wasn't this a slice of unexpected lovely? I am not, shamefully, familiar with the rest of this universe, but I aim to fix that as soon as possible.

This is interesting and fun. I like it! A tad bit confusing (or screwy as i like to call it) when it comes to who is in each scene, but that aspect made this story even better. I would enjoy seeing more of this

I'm loving this. Awesome story.

This was fun.

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I think sunset tries to keep who is doing what on the DL. also, I assume that even if they knew it'd be mostly saints, considering a lot of it is explicitly Sunset going "hey can't afford to focus on this right now I'm offloading this on you!"

Screwball, Guardian of the Unwritten, Keeper of the Phantom Tollbooth, Shrine Maiden for those Unseen and Unseeing, and Lateral Planeswalker.

Um this confuzzled me lots, but still was fun.

I wonder what would happen if she meet Ditzy Doo.

Soo... was Screwball supposed to be Cadance's mom? That bit was odd.
Well, the whole thing was odd, actually. Felt like a story purposefully meant to confuse the reader in an attempt at being high-art, but instead coming off as trying too hard with a bargain-bin Luna Lovegood to boot.
Simply put, I didn't like it, but to each their own, I suppose.

I just can't get over how adorable that cover photo is... I just want to give her a hug!

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bargain-bin Luna Lovegood

What?! ... The things Screwball sees, reflects reality... Luna Lovegood is... just sorta a conspiracy theorist.

Also, I guess you don't follow Group Precipitation?

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I wanna see Screwball meet up with other Seers, mainly Tree Hugger... But, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie would be really interesting... What Truths would Applejack reveal?

And when looking at a Fairy... Mmm...

And why aren't there Pegasai in the sanatorium?

... Could Screwball lead to a Bad Future? Her interacting with the CMC... Hmm...

Speaking of Singers... How well does Screwball sing?

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She sung Cadence into existence.

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I see a trend of VerbedTitles... Cool!

... Hmm... ... Singing now makes me think of the Sirens and Wavetongue...

Perhaps in another part of the world...

Foreshadowing??

Or you could let others make what they see become real.

Bitter Honey?

"You're trying to turn magic into science, aren't you?"

She knows her parents well!

He has so much he can do now.

He has so much that he must do now.

And such a quick thinker!

Typo:

saturday > Saturday

[Or is that just her special speech pattern?]

More please?

This is an excellent one-shot.

I am...... I suppose I am a bit hung up on what her brand of madness is meant to be. If you can call it that. Given Pinkie and Ditzy, she maybe just already had magic on some level already. It makes more sense that way, to me, anyway. (Ironically, I think) The story seems to go out of its way to be infuriatingly vague, and while using nicknames is clearly a trait of hers, she also shows she knows everyone's "proper" name well enough that it could have been used at least once in conversations to let the audience know who she was speaking to. Especially since the story otherwise is not trying to hide it. It felt like it was channeling the fey story maybe more than it should have, in terms of presentation, I guess.

On the flip side, the concepts here are quite good at worst, and outright fascinating at best. I DO like this particular take on Screwball as Discord's daughter, but even more, the notion that Cadence is Discord's granddaughter is almost as compelling. Also, given her predilection for singing, I wonder how the Sirens would react to her. It's definitely interesting.

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And doesn't that raise questions about the pony iteration of the Oversaturated Omniverse?

If Cadence is Discord's granddaughter, then how old is Discord?

For that matter, how can Cinch get away with having her own granddaughter as dean without accusations of nepotism?

This was a fun read! Well written and had me hooked the entire time!

Fascinating is the best word to describe this.

Each visit unlocks more and more information about who Screwball is in this headcannon of your story and I love it!!

The only confusion was figuring out was the flippy girl... A nurse???

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Nope, the nurses are the nice ones. There are several clues but at the end of her second visit it's flat out stated that this is Lemon Zest.

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Discord and Abacus are Cadence's grandparents.

I have lost the ability to even.

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About 55-60. He and Cinch have Screwball... Let's say, 18 as basically the lowest bound... Screwball gets pregnant at 15... Then Cadence / Cadenza is now... 20? 25? Dunno.

Cadence is really, really good at her job, or the only who would willing apply to work with Cinch. Or both.

BTW. Crystal Prep's new principal still hasn't been revealed?

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A firegirl came and told me magic was real. Of course it is real, I knew it all along.

Did she actually know Human magic before the Saturation??? :derpytongue2:

Ianthe Pratibha Stencil Screwball Discord-Cinch

That is the greatest name of all time. Ever. Period. And It has that beautiful dichotomy to it. Equal parts order and chaos. And yet, "Aunt Screwy" winds up being both and neither together.

If it's not obvious, I'm wowed into and beyond words. Have a like.

I'm going to be introducing an Equestria Girls Screwball in one of my stories. I wanted to see what others had done in that realm.

"You're basically the gateway to the magic of imagination, of possibility."

Obviously it's not the same has having her be the (redacted) Element of Inspiration, but it's always interesting to see when others have similar ideas. Years before me, as per usual.

This was good.

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