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- Arizona
That feeling when the thousand year old living sun goddess is the cute little newcomer of the cast... >.>
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That feeling when the thousand year old living sun goddess is the cute little newcomer of the cast... >.>
I wonder if celestia will come to the conclusion that the poor filly ascended before her in one of the chaotic era's before the tribal one she grew up in and was preyed upon by a horror that would be unthinkabley bad even in the tribal era and subsequently sealed away?
So they think she ascended, was possessed immediately after and then sealed millennia potentially millions of years before discord came to power heralding the chaotic era, discord isn't evil, just a chaotic prankster, the era before him however could now be perceived as a chaotic evil, where all sorts of horrors took place on the regular. Meaning this could be viewed as an adventure time lich moment! "Before there was discord, before there was harmony, there was nothing, and before there was nothing, there were monsters."
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The lich even has sweetpea similar to how QA will have the alicorn filly!
So they think she ascended, was possessed immediately after and then sealed millennia potentially millions of years before discord came to power heralding the chaotic era, discord isn't evil, just a chaotic prankster, the era before him however could now be perceived as a chaotic evil, where all sorts of horrors took place on the regular. Meaning this could be viewed as an adventure time lich moment! "Before there was discord, before there was harmony, there was nothing, and before there was nothing, there were monsters."
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The lich even has sweetpea similar to how QA will have the alicorn filly!
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I can see some potential in this, but I definitely prefer Illuminating Invitation and most of your other QA stories- it's most fun when QA just blatantly is overpowered and the conflict is with the other characters' expectations, but since they think she's an Alicorn with knowledge of Dark Magic and lingering influence of an evil being who possessed her she can't really do much that's outside of their expectations.
QA believes that Celestia is Arbitrator's host, is this a timeskip forward or is she somehow confusing the two alicorns?
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Don’t think of it as dying; just as leaving early
- Location
- Earth
Neither, she's being relayed information about what Celestia thinks that is making her opinion of Celestia fall.
- Location
- United States
My first thought was the Tantabus that showed up instead of NMM. Main thing really being I'm pretty sure Luna made it some time after the Mane 6 used the elements on her.
Ahh, blasted ponies stealing my fanfic writers!
Kinda surprised QA doesn't have any fireproof designs. Then again, there's a difference between fireproof and sunproof.
Kinda surprised QA doesn't have any fireproof designs. Then again, there's a difference between fireproof and sunproof.
There is definitely a very big difference between the two.
- Location
- Amongst the ashes.
My mind went "Luna?" and then the other parts made me quickly discount that theory in favour of Tantabus or other dream inhabitant/predator. Also, I'll just join all the others who say they would enjoy an expansion of this, even if I know it's unlikely to get one. But maybe if the bunnies for Illuminating Invitation ever dries up?To be clear, that wasn't Luna / NMM — I'd thought the mention of rotting (and the fact that it's chasing a screaming filly) would reveal that much, but 'tis is another case of "the readers are not psychic, so do a better job of describing, dummy." Think closer in appearance to the Tantabus as a default, with flickers to zombie pony here and there. I can easily see why everyone thought it was NMM, though.
*thought about it a bit more*
The answer is still no, but it is fun to think about a mini-Celestia being doted on and tap-dancing atop Sunset's issues.
That would be even more insulting, but some severe and (sometimes) adorable hubris is to be expected from Newborn.
LostArchivist
Sane, unfortunately.
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- The State of Confusion
Apparently I phrased my "request" (nagging*thought about it a bit more*
The answer is still no, but it is fun to think about a mini-Celestia being doted on and tap-dancing atop Sunset's issues.
) wrong. I had meant another story set in MLP when I said AU, not an AU of your other story (a merger or recursive fanfic). Bad phrasing on my part.But you're also right that having two of them active at once could be a distraction.
(I can't personally imagine why, I'd read both happily...)
Yes, but once she starts doing crazy stuff that even dark magic doesn't allow, and they can't detect any more...
Or she keeps going after the corrupting tomes like a normal filly would the cookie jar...
That said, Alivaril's earlier idea of THIS happening around Sunset would also probably be funny.
I wonder if QA will learn the power of friendship and harmony? Would be interesting to see her smiling and having fun with the ponies, acting like how celestia and cadance would expect a traumatised filly to act (silent but with the most bizarre and possibly creepy answers to questions due to "lingering corruption"), but when push comes to shove or when backed into a corner her mane starts to go dark and she gains confidence and becomes more willing to fight than flight.
Maybe it gets revealed that her special talent is doing occult rituals and crafting magical items?
I wonder how Luna and discord will react to her? I could see discord seeing through and just knowing what she is and either go serious and try to banish her or be happy that the amoral outsider has learnt how to fit in with the ponies and won't be going on any random murder sprees or try to end the world by throwing it into the endless void. But regardless what would her pony name be?
So, to me it would be funny if she does a sweetpea from adventure time and tries to fit in with harmony, due to her "trauma" I could see her having a hard time making friends, but maybe she could get along with celestial, cadence and a few select others if only to make it easier to fit in and wander around the castle? Cause equestrian magic is probably something she hasn't had a chance to study before and why not study the positive side of magic before the negative? And when twilight gets a hold of the elements why not try and study that too?
Though I wonder if sombre's crystals could force QA into being a villain again? But this time with her giving her friends enchanted carapace and more inbuilt spells to use for when Celestia, Luna, the Elements and the guards come to free her from the evil entity again.
Maybe it gets revealed that her special talent is doing occult rituals and crafting magical items?
I wonder how Luna and discord will react to her? I could see discord seeing through and just knowing what she is and either go serious and try to banish her or be happy that the amoral outsider has learnt how to fit in with the ponies and won't be going on any random murder sprees or try to end the world by throwing it into the endless void. But regardless what would her pony name be?
So, to me it would be funny if she does a sweetpea from adventure time and tries to fit in with harmony, due to her "trauma" I could see her having a hard time making friends, but maybe she could get along with celestial, cadence and a few select others if only to make it easier to fit in and wander around the castle? Cause equestrian magic is probably something she hasn't had a chance to study before and why not study the positive side of magic before the negative? And when twilight gets a hold of the elements why not try and study that too?
Though I wonder if sombre's crystals could force QA into being a villain again? But this time with her giving her friends enchanted carapace and more inbuilt spells to use for when Celestia, Luna, the Elements and the guards come to free her from the evil entity again.
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- Usa
I see why you're not interested in continuing Ignorant Intrusion. I'm not sure there's much you can get out of it that Illuminating Invitation or one of your other crosses doesn't already have, but I feel like there's still some potential in one more chapter.
Although Dreamer and QA getting accidentally mixed up again might be interesting. "No, I don't want an exorcism! The alien monster possessing me is my best friend!"
Although Dreamer and QA getting accidentally mixed up again might be interesting. "No, I don't want an exorcism! The alien monster possessing me is my best friend!"
The MLP snippet does bring up a point I've been pondering for a long time: How do you execute a premise where QA is firmly on the 'evil' side while still maintaining the signature humor?
The 'I don't want to lead the side of evil but I must maintain the facade else I will be killed by my subordinates' angle likely will not work since QA is likely far too powerful and far too oblivious to political intrigue to go for such route. That leaves only 2 routes I can think of:
1. QA is far too competent at being 'evil' that even her subordinates are scared of her. Her invasions and conquests are so 'ruthless' that they loop back around to be 'humane', ie. taking human prisoners to work for her projects instead of slaughtering them, with accompanied housing and workers' benefits because a well-provided for workforce more efficient than an army of starved slaves. But this sounds more like a Tanya premise than an QA one.
2. QA and her unwitting followers (who 'discovere' that QA is a far more worthy ruler than the current demon king) become a separate faction that does its own things and both the 'good' and 'evil' sides are left dumbfounded as to whether they were allies or enemies with QA. However, one can argue that it might undermine the premise a little bit.
I might take a stab at this later, but I'm not really sure which crossover franchise may work for it. It needs to be one with distinct 'good' and 'evil' sides, but the 'evil' side is not irredeemably so that the story becomes fringe horror. Maybe a magical girl one?
The 'I don't want to lead the side of evil but I must maintain the facade else I will be killed by my subordinates' angle likely will not work since QA is likely far too powerful and far too oblivious to political intrigue to go for such route. That leaves only 2 routes I can think of:
1. QA is far too competent at being 'evil' that even her subordinates are scared of her. Her invasions and conquests are so 'ruthless' that they loop back around to be 'humane', ie. taking human prisoners to work for her projects instead of slaughtering them, with accompanied housing and workers' benefits because a well-provided for workforce more efficient than an army of starved slaves. But this sounds more like a Tanya premise than an QA one.
2. QA and her unwitting followers (who 'discovere' that QA is a far more worthy ruler than the current demon king) become a separate faction that does its own things and both the 'good' and 'evil' sides are left dumbfounded as to whether they were allies or enemies with QA. However, one can argue that it might undermine the premise a little bit.
I might take a stab at this later, but I'm not really sure which crossover franchise may work for it. It needs to be one with distinct 'good' and 'evil' sides, but the 'evil' side is not irredeemably so that the story becomes fringe horror. Maybe a magical girl one?
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- He/Him
Did someone say "A Practical Guide to Administration"?
I don't think I've read that yet. Care to share a link?
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- Usa
I think you've got two tactics for keeping it a comedy. You could go full black humor. Use tropes like comedic sociopathy and crossing the line twice. It's a bit hard to strike the right balance and Taylor would have to be drugged up to the gills which runs into the fridge horror problem but it could work.
I think a better option with QA in a setting with evil as a real, explicit force would be for her to simply not care or even understand the war between good and evil. Sure she cares about the conflict because it's conflict but the why eludes her and she doesn't understand why everyone cares so much. The evil side can be as irredeemable as you want while you can still keep QA behaving with a decent ethics code (which she may or may not care about or understand) for the sake of Taylor, or give Taylor options to screw with QA if she goes to far. It depends on the setting but you probably couldn't have QA as someone's subordinate/a member of someone else's faction. Her fighting to give some obvious monster power wouldn't work. But leading her own factor which allegedly fights for some dark gods or metaphysical force of evil (which she doesn't take seriously because how could she take some being younger than her seriously) would work. Her not being 'properly evil' is a plus. You can use those moments for comedy with her minions and enemies or to create conflict with the other evil factions. I think there's a lot of potential with this idea. PM me if you end up writing it.
As for the setting, A practical guide to evil would work. Konosuba too. Personally I'd go even more recursive and put QA in the overlady or dungeon keeper ami setting.
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Queen Dungeon Administrator sounds like a great idea, although a lot depends on what powers she choses to take (or which powers/lack of powers she gets stuck with).
QA in Overlady, on the other hand, would probably work better if it's QA as part of Louise's allies, not as Overlady herself. Hell, she already acts and talks not unlike some of them!
You know what? I just had a really morbid idea.
QA takes over a Kyubey terminal, which some people may suspect her to be some kind of precursor/defective version of QB (looking at you Homura).
She spawns/steps in on a (group of) magical girl(s) despairing and in the process of turning into a witch and thinks that she has stumbled into some other Shard's attempt to bastardize her Friend-making process. So she just says 'NOPE' and modify the newly spawned witch into some kind of in-between state where they are semi-coherent, humanoid Witches (kinda like this but a little bit more eldritch). These Witches are not 100% subservient to QA but they follow her around because 1. They don't really have an identity, 2. normal human can't see them, and 3. QA is cute.
Cue Homura freaking out because there's now an entirely new kind of incubator going around making weird magical girl/witch hybrids, QB freaking out because an OP-as-all-hell new variable suddenly appears in their plan, and other cast members thinking that QA is dragging around animated bodies of her deceased MG friends while hunting down Witches in some kind of revenge and being horrified.
Meanwhile QA is just prancing around collecting sweet [DATA] by observing MG fights and collect Witches like Pokemons and anticipates Wall-knocker like a Endbringer fight.
QA takes over a Kyubey terminal, which some people may suspect her to be some kind of precursor/defective version of QB (looking at you Homura).
She spawns/steps in on a (group of) magical girl(s) despairing and in the process of turning into a witch and thinks that she has stumbled into some other Shard's attempt to bastardize her Friend-making process. So she just says 'NOPE' and modify the newly spawned witch into some kind of in-between state where they are semi-coherent, humanoid Witches (kinda like this but a little bit more eldritch). These Witches are not 100% subservient to QA but they follow her around because 1. They don't really have an identity, 2. normal human can't see them, and 3. QA is cute.
Cue Homura freaking out because there's now an entirely new kind of incubator going around making weird magical girl/witch hybrids, QB freaking out because an OP-as-all-hell new variable suddenly appears in their plan, and other cast members thinking that QA is dragging around animated bodies of her deceased MG friends while hunting down Witches in some kind of revenge and being horrified.
Meanwhile QA is just prancing around collecting sweet [DATA] by observing MG fights and collect Witches like Pokemons and anticipates Wall-knocker like a Endbringer fight.
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The problem with putting QA into PMMM is that Kyubey's goal is exactly the same as the Entities'. And Kyubey has already found a solution. So QA will quickly jump onto the bandwagon. At most she might try to sideline or kill Kyubey if she thinks him incompetent or dangerous.
What about putting her in naruto and having her limit her abilities to what she can do with the biological body? So no shard abilities just chakra, muscle and QA's perspective on things!
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Isn't the whole premise of the Naruto setting also "aliens harvesting energy"? Huh. That seems to be surprisingly common.
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Interesting headcanon. Especially since I generally subscribe to the opposite. A well functioning ecosystem is an expression of Harmony, so the fact that ponies need to help everything run is a symptom of some past damage, while the Tree is able to let the Everfree run by itself.
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- Texas
I see this misunderstanding all the time. The goal of the Entities is not just to reverse entropy - they already seem to have powers that do that. Their goal is to enable endless exponential population growth, which is a much harder problem. They basically need to be able to create new universes at will, without the process ever running into any limits on how many universes can branch off from a given origin.
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brought it back.
No, this is just particularly persistent fanon. I'm honestly not sure where it started, but it's, no offense, kind of stupid fanon too. Like, in the first place, the entire cycle is predicated on the entities not having infinite energy to spend? It's literally canon that they could just precog the results, that's just too expensive. And Scion burns lifespan using PtV. And shards and endbringers have a limited lifespan. And Eidolon runs his well dry. Etc, etc.
Comment by Wildbow - Entities are trying to survive heat death. Even assuming the solution to entropy that you think they already have doesn't allow infinite growth, that's a nonsense goal if they can reverse entropy, because, well, heat death is entropy. (Also the cite for 'they can just use precog/simulations to figure shit out if they have energy to spend')
No, the Entities don't have a solution to entropy yet, and far before they can even begin to dream of stuff like 'creation of infinite universes to inhabit' (which they would probably think is nice! But not their current goal) they first need the means to power that.
This is still assuming that QB's entropy prevention project is on the same scale of Entity's entropy survival, because tbh, I don't see QB's system working indefinitely unless it somehow predicts that a wish that breaks the fundalmental law of physics behind entropy will happen eventually. Like, they are starving off entropy by introducing into the closed system new energy generated from essentially nothing (or at least generating net positive energy even considering the cost of granting wishes).
Seeing as QB has run the system for what amounts to thousands of Cycles, we can assume that they have optimized the system to maximum efficiency. Which still leaves the angle of the Entities looking for a system that can scale much further, and QB's is just not up to the task because the Entities does not exist in-universe, cannot be factored into QB's projected model of the universe, and are bigger energy-hogs thab QB's system can handle (unless it's a merge instead of a crossover).
So QB's MG system can be seen as an endless capacity car battery - extremely valuable for a single household, but ultimately won't matter much in the grand scheme of a nation's energy crysis.
Idk, I'm just spitballing because I really want to write/read a PMMM fic.
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