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Poetic Justice

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I have the opposite of writers block. I have outlined an epic fanfic. (Epic in the sense that it's a long narrative poem written in elevated style. Not that it's epic as in cool. I don't really think cool and mlp fanfics belong together...ANYWAY) Besides dwelling on the fact that my time could probably be spent in other places, like actually going outside, I feel like I have too many ideas that I'd like to shoehorn into this project. I would like your help with gauging on what ideas I should focus on, and if there are ideas that should just be taken out altogether. I made a poll that's 5 questions long, and since I definitely did not read the rules, of course I messed this up. I made a google forms thing, and I can't link to that, so I'm going to type it out here then, since I can't delete threads either.

Man, I need to read the rules again or something. ANyway

PREMISE: A stallion, heartbroken about being turned down by his marefriend when he proposed to her, sells the ring and uses the money to get blackout drunk at a tavern. He wakes up the next morning, owing a massive debt to the tavern owners. While drunk, he boasted about once being a brave adventurer. The owner tells the protagonist that if he can recover the money from open tabs from a few ponies around town, then his debt is forgiven. One thing leads to another, and the stallion finds himself going all around Equestria, and beyond, on an epic adventure.

 
What Side Characters Should the Protagonist Interact with?

There will be plenty of characters, but which of these should drive the plot in a major way?
-Trixie
-Octavia
-Gilda
-Daring Do

 

Which of these lands would you like to visit?

-Griffon Kingdom 
-Frozen North
-Badlands
-Cave Cities
-Zebra Country

Should there be interaction with the Mane 6?
There will be a plethera of side characters, and there will be references to the Mane 6, but should there be extended interaction with them?
-Y

-N

 

Anthro / Humanized / Pony?
-Anthro

-Human

-Pony

 

I appreciate the time you took to help me out.

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I don't know if Octavia and Daring Do are bad, but I know for sure Trixie and Gilda are! If you do want to have a good character turn evil, my suggestion would be Octavia. I would do an evil Princess Twilight or Celestia who would go against some custom made or background ponies. Background ponies that are are not known as well as others. For instance, Lyra and Bon-Bon (and Derpy!) are known more than ponies like Roseluck, Cherry Spices, and Sweetie Swirl! Anyways, good idea to do a poll before you write the Fanfiction, Poetic Justice!

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What Side Characters Should the Protagonist Interact with?

Gilda

 

Which of these lands would you like to visit?

Zebra Country...not quite sure how you would work that out with Gilda tagging along. But Zebras are largely not fleshed out in the fandom -- let alone where they live. It could make for an interesting quest since it's largely (if not completely) unknown. ^-^

 

Should there be interaction with the Mane 6?

A resounding no. :lol: When the Mane 6 are put in the mix, things get complicated; people have extremely high and strict expectations of the characters. If you want a little more freedom to explore characters, I would stick with the second-tier group.

 

Anthro / Humanized / Pony?

Pony. I'm personally not a fan of Anthro and I tend to avoid human MLP fics.

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I don't know if Octavia and Daring Do are bad, but I know for sure Trixie and Gilda are! If you do want to have a good character turn evil, my suggestion would be Octavia. I would do an evil Princess Twilight or Celestia who would go against some custom made or background ponies. Background ponies that are are not known as well as others. For instance, Lyra and Bon-Bon (and Derpy!) are known more than ponies like Roseluck, Cherry Spices, and Sweetie Swirl! Anyways, good idea to do a poll before you write the Fanfiction, Poetic Justice!

I totally forgot how to tag people. It's been so long since I've used this site.

Anyway, they aren't going to be "bad", when I say change the plot, it could be stuff like:

 

Protagonist has to go to Trixie for her knowledge on spells to open a gate.

Protagonist sees Octavia working in a tavern, the song she plays is the same song that he heard while his parents were kidnapped.

Things like that. Those two are scrapped plotlines, but they're just important turning points in the story, not meant to be the hero or villian. The plotline is more of the "Hero goes in quest for X item:, it isn't necessarily going to be a good force fighting an evil force.

 

Although...that does give me an idea..

 

I thank you for your input.

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