Reconstruction / Fan Works

Reconstructions in Fan Works.

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• Bait and Switch (STO) does a lot of this for Star Trek.
  • The Federation is stated in From Bajor to the Black to favor Enlightened Self-Interest (providing humanitarian aid to beleaguered Romulan worlds partly because it improves their image and screws with the Imperial government), rather than Realpolitik (as in more deconstructive works) or straight-up altruism.
  • The series is also extremely critical of the Berman and Braga-era shows' use of the Prime Directive as an excuse for not intervening in humanitarian crises (one of the major viewpoint characters is Bajoran, a race that was screwed over by that approach in Star Trek: The Next Generation), with characters preferring to bend the rules or twist them to their advantage rather than follow the PD to the letter.
  • Jaleh Khoroushi is one for Middle Eastern Muslim characters in general, after the author got tired of how they were nearly always Islamic terrorists in contemporary fiction. Khoroushi doesn't wear hijab^note Not on duty, anyway; she is shown wearing a headscarf in civilian clothes once. and states that she gave up trying to keep Islamic dietary laws on deployment years ago (in particular it would be extremely inconvenient in her current position as an exchange officer on a Romulan ship), but she is highly devout and is a devoted Starfleet officer, and sees no conflict between them at all.
• Blue Sky (Waffles) is a reconstruction of the "Wheatley becomes human" breed of fanfiction. This extremely large branch of the portal fan-community tree is rife with variations, ranging from innocent, helpless Human!Wheatley who needs Chell, to Wheatley being a psychotic, corrupted android with a taste for non-con. In this fic, Wheatley is sorry for what he did, but he's not entirely innocent either. Chell is willing to forgive him, but doesn't right off the bat, and makes it very clear that Wheatley has to earn her trust. Even the most common thread of these stories, GlaDOS seeking revenge, is subverted. She is only interested in testing, and making Wheatley hurt to reach that goal is more of a fringe benefit than anything else.
• The Bridge (MLP) acts not only as a crossover between Godzilla and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, but a massive reconstruction of the former franchise's more light-hearted aspects after several stories of the same crossover focused solely on the Darker and Edgier side of kaiju franchises and ignored the lighter aspects in hopes of making it more "mature". This often resulted in a Dark Fic involving a Sugar Apocalypse for Equestria. Instead, The Bridge focuses on the things that make the kaiju franchise appealing to some, especially children, not ignoring but instead embracing the upbeat aspects of the often ignored Showa Era. Instead of treating the kaiju as unknowable forces of nature like most fics and films have, it instead gives them a fully fleshed out personality and voice; allowing them to interact with both each other and the MLP cast. That being said, while the fic is frequently heartwarming, humorous, and upbeat, it still knows when to get dark, via terrifying villains from both sides of the crossover, and sometimes heavy subject matter- and is very adamant about the idea that upbeat kaiju stories need not be synonymous with poor-quality ones (shade is semi-frequently thrown on the much-beloathed Showa-Era Gamera films).
• Peculiarly, Child of the Storm. On the face of it, it's a classic Deconstruction Crossover that neatly takes apart every single trope associated with Lord!Harry, DifferentParents!Harry, Super!Harry and God!Harry and a fair few superhero tropes, introducing a hefty wodge of moral ambiguity of the Black-and-Gray Morality flavour, with an epic Gambit Pileup featuring chessmasters galore, while demonstrating the kind of carnage that superpowered violence can potentially wreak and the psychological damage that Harry has suffered thanks to the Dursleys and a lingering sense of abandonment (not that Thor had any choice about it. He didn't even remember being James Potter thanks to a really very necessary mind wipe), while not being a major feature, is ever present. Yet, in doing so...
  • It also reconstructs the idea of heroes in general. In the deconstruction of the Fandom-Specific Plot, it demonstrates that ultimately, Harry is Harry. Yes, the circumstances are going to lead to some changes - he's more of a snarker (possibly of the Stepford Snarker variety), he's more assertive and more confident, expressing his emotions more (this is not always a good thing). He's got more power to call on. But he is very recognisably the same person, not automatically becoming nigh invincible, super intelligent, and The Casanova. As the story repeatedly stresses, despite everything going for him, he is a damaged teenage boy making his way in the world, and he's sometimes a little overwhelmed by it all, but he will ultimately always try to do the right thing. As Big Good Stephen Strange puts it,
    "You are who you choose to be. In every timeline, in every could-be and might-have-been, you are who you choose to be, Harry James Potter. Mantles of power, genetic gifts, cosmic protections... they're all window dressing. You are a hero not because of the powers you have, but in spite of them."
  • Furthermore, while there are plenty of characters who are morally grey, and while even the nicest and sweetest characters are forced into battles and hard decisions, genuine heroes like Captain America and Michael Carpenter, not to mention Harry himself, really do exist. They don't ignore their own personal weaknesses, but they stand up against them, overcome the darkness, and provide moral standards for everyone else anyway, even and especially because they know what it's like to have personal flaws.
  • The story also beautifully reconstructs the idea of the typical Romance Arc. Harry and Carol are falling in love with each other, and both of them more-or-less admit it in time (because pretty much Everyone Can See It). However, this does not lead to them falling into each other's arms and making out, or else bottling up the issue; what she needs most is a friend, not a boyfriend, and Harry has plenty of issues and emotional baggage to deal with as it is. However, they both acknowledge their love for each other (although still somewhat in denial), and want to move forward, together. If they do end up together, which they almost certainly will, it will be all the better for the fact that they've taken the time to wait and figure things out, and it's heavily implied that part of the reason why she loves him is because their friendship comes first. They eventually hook up in chapter 46 of the sequel, but, aside from kissing and overt flirting, their dynamic remains more or less the same - and very, very sweet.
  • Surprisingly enough, The Chessmaster gets a reconstruction as well. After having spent the whole of the first book being seen (with very good reason) as the Magnificent Bastard supreme in a world of Manipulative Bastards, the Forever Red arc of Book 2 occurs because someone was actually able to outgambit Doctor Strange and keep him away for about fifteen years. The results are absolutely horrific and incredibly widespread, ranging from the personal to the international level, and Strange drives himself half-mad trying to make things right. That being said, Strange is the master manipulator of the 'verse for a reason, and while the results are not nearly as positive as he would like, he's still able to guide the world onto the path that involves the least amount of destruction and chaos, with him turning many of the events of the arc and their ramifications to his ultimate advantage. In short, just because you get one over an expert manipulator, don't assume that you've won the war.
• Coreline Invasion Of Portland deconstructs the Reincarnate in Another World trope with one of it's secondary characters: An alternate version of the Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths-era Supergirl. As a result of her death and rebirth, Kara is shown to be traumatized by it. The skies turning red over Portland triggers her, making her fear the Anti-Monitor will return. The trope is reconstructed when it's revealed that she's been getting therapy. Kara may have mental scars from her rebirth, but she is in a place where she can get the help she needs.
• Crumbling Down not only is a Deconstruction Fic of the Salt Genre prevalent after the infamous Miraculous Ladybug episode "Chameleon", but ultimately serves to reconstruct the pre-season 3 dynamics between the protagonists as they work together to take down Lila.
• Doing It Right This Time: After a glut of deconstructive Peggy Sue fics this story gleefully reconstructs what they tore down:
  • Shinji cannot possibly outsmart Gendo or SEELE... but he will try anyway since he has nothing to lose.
  • Gendo figures the Children are up to something... so they confront him from the start and tell him his scenario to reunite with Yui will fail.
  • The Children are unstable for having gone through it once... and they are aware of it, so that they try to channel their craziness into productive ways.
  • People notice the Children are having out-of-character moments... and they use it to their benefit.
• Worm/DC Universe crossover Echoes of Yesterday reconstructs Superheroes Wear Capes. When Supergirl joins the Protectorate, PRT's fashion designer Arnold Adams wants to dissuade her from wearing a cape, arguing "they're impractical and can represent a danger to the wearer", but Kara will not be talked out: she don't care about "practicality", she can't be killed by "cape-snagging" thanks to her invulnerability, and most importantly, her cape represents a tangible link to her deceased family.
• Forgotten Bonds, which is written by the same author who wrote One of Those Days, also shows how Slade forcing Robin to become his apprentice can still work. In other fics, Slade's actions would have successfully turned Robin evil or simply failed. His butler, Wintergreen, states that Slade's methods attempts will simply destroy Robin and cost Slade his perfect student. The solution is to use Robin's neglectful childhood thanks to Batman as an opportunity to connect with the hero. As a result, Slade's character is peeled away both literally and metaphorically as he uses Wintergreen's method. Instead of it being a case of Stockholm Syndrome, Slade eventually wins Robin's trust and finds himself truly remorseful for his previous attempts at gaining control. Meanwhile, Robin still retains his heroic morals and refuses to throw away Thou Shall Not Kill not because of Batman's teachings, but because of his mother's beliefs that all life is precious. The end result? The fic turns from a cliché plotline to a father-son story where Slade ultimately retires as Deathstroke to be a father and to help Robin improve as a hero and a kid and starts reconciling with his family. The kicker? Robin's mom, Mary Grayson, instigated the plot as Slade's guardian angel to help both the man and her son heal. She is far from pleased with Slade's initial attempts, though, and calls Slade out on it in the sequel.
• Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce reconstructs Harry's friendship with Hermione and Ron: while the fic acknowledges that Harry's friendship with them can often involve more give his way than back, it is quite often a case of him needing more and that Harry not only does truly care for them and they care back, but that he will apologize for such a tendency and try to work to balance it out. The fic at no point presents Harry as utterly irredeemable for this friendship foible, but acknowledges it takes a bit for Harry to both acknowledge the issue exists and to stomach his pride enough to apologize for it.
• Heroes for Earth is a Darker and Grittier reboot of Captain Planet, set in the not too distant future. It takes the concept of how hard it would be to be chosen by a mysterious godlike entity and have the power of the elements, and be tasked with stopping those who are constantly endangering the Earth through their carelessness or greed. However, the heroes are all three dimensional characters, who remain hopeful once given a chance at changing the world's fate, and bring hope to the world, and bring about a better era.
• While Hunting the Unicorn is largely a Deconstruction Fic, it's also reconstructive since it portrays Blaine as a believable character rather than a Relationship Sue. In-story, it reconstructs how damaged he is by showing how Kurt and Blaine genuinely care about each other, averting There Are No Therapists, and using a healthy dose of The Power of Friendship and Love.
• Karma's a Bitch: builds back up the oft hated in the fandom concept of Adrien's "high road" approach. While it's made clear that it's not a good long-term solution for dealing with Lila, once Marinette adopts it herself she's able to deny Lila the easy opportunities she formerly had to discredit Marinette and dismiss her accusations as the product of jealousy. This eases some of the tension between Marinette and her classmates over her accusations toward Lila and gives Marinette time to brainstorm a more effective way to take down the liar.
• The Rising of the Shield Hero deconstructs the idea of being transported into a video game world by having Ren, Itsuki and Motoyasu do just that and showing the horrid consequences. The My Hero Academia crossover King Explosion Murder the Shield Hero, a take on the usual plot of replacing Naofumi with a character from another series, reconstructs this when Bakugo's reason for getting in a better initial situation than Naofumi is that he does just that: accepting the new world is similar to an RPG he starts acting as if he was in one. And just as in the games he played in the past, he aims for 100% Completion; he would talk with all NPCs and take every single available side quest just to better enjoy the game. He talks with as many people as possible and takes all sorts of odd jobs, so by the time the False Rape Accusation is leveled he already has a decent knowledge of the new world and a popular reputation as that strange, foul-mouthed and arrogant guy who nonetheless helps everyone because he can.
• The crossover A Knight's Tale as Inquisitor reconstructs the idea of someone from our world being transported into a Standard Fantasy Setting or Medieval European Fantasy on another world. Our protagonist isn't from the modern day of Earth, but hails from The Time of Myths and Dark Age Europe era, meaning that she's already been acquainted with more fantastical elements and avoids the usual Culture Clash and other such problems a character from Earth would face in your average isekai story.
• Kid Hero is reconstructed in Neon Genesis Evangelion R, as much of Shinji's character arc is him coming out of the pit of despair he'd fallen into at the end of the original series.
• A Mother's Touch is a reconstruction of the Accusation Fic. While Yoko Sakaki does go on multiple rants against the accusers, she actually has many justified reasons for doing so. She's a struggling single mother who has to take care of a son who is being bullied for no reason except his association to her husband disappearing on the day he was supposed to fight another duelist for a Championship. The people who are trying to make his life a living hell range from privileged pricks to a CEO and his mom who only want to attack him solely because of two cards that even he doesn't know how they appeared. Yoko tells them that the likes of Sylvio, Reiji, and Himika are all guilty as charged for their crimes and for not confessing how much they cared for her or Yuya unless it was for his cars. What makes this a reconstruction is that Yoko is willing to show empathy for them and does her best to tell the ones accused that they can be better. She's not accusing people to give herself a catharsis; she's accusing them for wrongs that she has every right to be mad at, but is willing to be the adult in the room and move forward.
• The Night Unfurls examines some often deconstructed tropes and provides solutions for them to work in a better way than before. More info here (it would be too long if placed here).
• While the story No Chance for Fate goes out of its way to tear down lots of stuff in the Fuku Fic and the canon of both series, the characters at the same time also get reconstructed. Ranma, the Senshi, and other people are shown to grow with their responsibilities and develop realistically. In the end, the battle against the forces of darkness is still shown to be a noble and just cause, only now with way more realism in it.
• Nobody Dies: From the general tone of the series down to the upgraded weapons and newfound "Superness" of the Evas, this series is a very deliberate attempt to merge Evangelion with the classic Super Robot formula. We've even gotten a Rocket Punch, a giant golden progressive hammer, and a GIGA! DRILL! BU-REEEEAAKAAAAAA!
• Sailor Moon fanfic Of The Stars is a reconstruction for the Messianic Archetype, where even in a realistic world The Power of Love and Forgiveness still work.
• One of Those Days takes the usual plotline of Snape becoming Harry's legal guardian and bonding and simultaneously tears apart the idea and builds it back up.
  • Harry and Snape are both adamant against being forced to live under the same roof, and even though they do find connections with one another in the beginning, it doesn't mean Snape will stop hating Harry for his father's actions or that Harry will put his faith in a man who has bullied him for years. The reason they manage to bond in the first place is simple: they have to. A spell that was cast in the beginning makes it impossible for either of them to be far apart from each other and the only way to break the spell is to work together and overcome their hatred unless they want to be stuck with the spell forever.
  • Eventually, the spell weakens overtime as both parties begin to trust and like one another to the point where Harry is able to feel comfortable in Snape's presence and Snape starts seeing past his childhood grudge and recognize that Harry isn't so different from himself.
• Penance is a rare example of the trope that is more bittersweet than hopeful, as it shows that Batman's often criticized Thou Shalt Not Kill rule can work... but only in certain circumstances and only if it is ensured that the guilty part can never harm others again. In short, the moment that Batman is killed and turned into the Spectre, he doesn't kill the Joker at last as one would expect the Spectre to actually do, but uses his new powers to wrest control of the Joker's mind from the madman himself and forces the Joker to watch his person do good deeds and be unable to harm anyone even if he wanted to. The story ends with the concept that death isn't the only way to punish evil, with the additional implied message that with Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.
• Percy Jackson and the Gods and Devils, a crossover between Percy Jackson and the Olympians and High School D×D, reconstructs You Can't Fight Fate. The story's plot begins with a Reality-Breaking Paradox over a prophecy being made impossible to complete, though this turns out to be a case of something from outside of the universe deliberately doing something to make it impossible. As Hermes notes reality is in fact flexible enough to adjust to an Outside-Context Problem under most circumstances and keep the plot mostly on track. It is only when someone outright goes to try and break it that 'the universe starts screaming'.
• The Pixie Of The Hidden Leaf, the crossover between The Saga of Tanya the Evil and Naruto, reconstructs the concept and results that come from Training from Hell. While she never denies the difficulty of her hellish training regime - outright admitting that men are known to actually break from it - Tanya has designed it to push those who receive it to their breaking point, not pass it. This leads to Team 7 not only becoming more capable as ninja both individually and as a unit, but they have also had their Character Development kickstarted far earlier than in canon due to Tanya's teachings and are much better at handling the realities of the shinobi life than they otherwise would have.
• Pokémon Reset Bloodlines is inspired by Ashes of the Past, and as such the story takes on several aspects of canon and fanon and makes them work in a way that retains the spirit of and fits with the original show. For example:
  • Instead of Ash just being forgetful, the reason for him never going back for Pidgeot was a side-effect of climate shifts from the second movie causing the flock to move, and the Counter-Shield wasn't used in Unova because his attempts to teach it to his Unovan Pokémon ended in failure.
  • Ash's somewhat fan-disliked habit of leaving his Pokémon in Professor Oak's ranch whenever he goes to a new region helps them in keeping in shape, given that they have plenty of space to train by themselves and stay active.
  • The league ability of un-evolved mons is also reconstructed: Scott notes to Yellow that an unevolved Pokémon, while less durable, also has the advantages of learning moves much faster, plus trainers might be less familiar with fighting them at higher levels, as they would be used to fighting their more advanced forms.
  • There are benefits for evolving Pokémon, and there are benefits for not evolving them. Chapter 30 explores this in depth by taking an episode with the anime's common evolution based argument, "The Battling Eevee Brothers", and expanding it. The Brothers have legitimate reason to want Eevee to evolve that are entirely based on wanting the best for their brother, and their belligerent attitude is noted to be fueled by an outside pressure. While Ash and Karen are able to make a strong point, their points are treated as just as valid as the concerns the brothers have.
  • The series overall could be seen as a reconstruction of a Harem Fic in general, particularly those with a Polyamory ending: The general end goal of such a story remains, while the author goes into detail not only on how long it takes to get to such a point, but also the many hurdles that stand between a canon character and such a relationship, up to and including it not being the first solution thought of. However such a relationship is not only shown to be possible in the universe, but come in a variety of flavors and healthiness.
• The aptly-titled Captain America: The First Avenger fanfic Reconstruction (still in-progress) applies the familiar Gender Flip trope to Steve/Stephanie Rogers, then goes on to illustrate why the character traits that created a patriotic hero remain constant regardless of gender. Along the way, it also gives an impressive number of extremely well-thought-out insights into how the canonical events of the first Captain America film would have been experienced and influenced by the protagonist's altered perspective. Additionally, it examines the myth of that patriotic hero (in this case, "Lady Liberty" rather than "Captain America") from the viewpoints of popular culture looking back at it - via academic papers, historical books, and even excerpts from romance novels.
• Shattered by Time starts out as a deconstruction of many Naruto Peggy Sue fics where someone (Kakashi, in this case) goes back in time to prevent the bad guys from winning. The difference is that Kakashi has already been "shattered" before he comes back, needs to be "reconstructed," and it takes YEARS for him to get back to anywhere near normal again. But once he does, the story progresses closer to the classic versions, where he still takes in Naruto and "makes" Sasuke a good guy, etc.
• Sonic X: Dark Chaos:
  • The story starts as a deconstruction of Sonic the Hedgehog, from the concept of Chaos Energy and the Chaos Emeralds to throwing the kid-friendly characters into a not-so-kid-friendly universe filled with Black-and-Gray Morality. However, the second half - especially in the rewritten version - is spent showing that The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love can prevail even in the face of cosmic terror.
  • It also reconstructs the Cosmic Horror Story. Not all of the all-powerful alien beings are evil per se, even if they seem to be at first glance.
• Spectrum, while firmly anti-TCB, takes the time to give a new lease to those elements of a Conversion Bureau scenario which are the most popular targets of deconstruction;
  • A common argument of anti-TCB is that Equestria at war with all the nations of Earth should turn into a Curb-Stomp Battle — with Equestria as the losing side, were it not for the Barrier, owing to the technological disparity. While the Barrier is clearly the Solar Empire's greatest asset, the invading Equestrians have had years to prepare for the war, boosted by a crystal-tech industrial revolution.
  • Here, the issue of how the other people of the ponyworld react to Equestria's actions on Earth gets headed off at the pass; by establishing the Co-Harmony Sphere, a coalition with the hippogriffs and fellow equine nations, Equestria effectively rules more than half of its homeworld in this timeline, which also lends it an increased economic and military capacity to conduct its Earth campaign.
  • How is Equestria able to support the monstrous population growth brought on by Conversion? Although it is shown to be a difficult undertaking, the Equestrians are a lot more careful about preserving the human infrastructure than is usual for the genre, strategically employing "thaumon-seeding" on buildings and other inanimate objects to protect them from the Barrier. In fact, the only reason Equestria requires a military presence at all is to stop the humans from using a scorched-earth policy.
  • The Equestrian public are kept supportive of Celestia and her military operations on Earth thanks to excellent propaganda and leisurely distractions; tight media control leads the public to believe Conversion is done with the voluntary co-operation of humanity, while the military engagements are downplayed as "skirmishes" against a minority of dissidents.
  • Lastly, although the majority of slave economies have historically proven to be unsustainable, it's a system that is shown to be nastily effective when the slaves in question are programmed to be completely willing and subservient like the Newfoals.
• A Thing of Vikings: A core principle of the story's worldbuilding is finding explanations for why Berk's Vikings are literate and generally egalitarian in an era where such things are unthinkable for a typical Viking. Most of the reasons are related to the Green Death's raids exerting pressure on the Hairy Hooligan tribe forcing them to adapt to survive:
  • Why are there no thralls on Berk? Because on Berk, before the Dragon War ended, it was not people vs people, but people vs dragons and Berk needed every available hand to defend themselves from dragon raids.
  • Why are they so inclusive of immigrants, even non-Norse immigrants? Because Berk has every incentive to bring people into the fold to keep their numbers up in the face of dragon attacks.
  • Why are they all literate when in that era, even the aristocracy aren't good at reading? Because writing things down ensures critical knowledge are not lost in the event of someone's death.^note Also, one of their ancestors was a Jewish escaped thrall who taught them all to read and write—Jews, at least Jewish men, have historically had high literacy and placed value in education.
  • Why did Berk abandon the practice of abandoning sickly and weak infants? Because Deadly Nadder venom causes them miscarriages and bringing a child to term is very difficult as a result, as well as the fact they keep losing people to dragons.
• Total Drama:
  • Code: Total Drama Reality: Of the infamous D/C/G love triangle, or as much as a fanfic can pull off. Gwen, realizing that she and Duncan didn't have much in common on a deeper level, reconsiders her relationship with him. She ultimately decides that a Better as Friends dynamic would be better when she sees Duncan and Trent fighting over her ^note and earlier, when Duncan revealed his true feelings in chapter 19. Duncan meanwhile never actually gave up on Courtney, but her controlling personality and her reliance on her parents' opinions became too much for him to deal with, prompting him to start his relationship with Gwen to make Courtney jealous. After seeing Courtney in danger in Lyoko however, Duncan properly apologizes for his behavior and the two slowly rebuild a bond over the course of 25 chapters. Courtney doesn't come away clean either, as she also comes to accept that while her intentions with Duncan were good, her treatment of him was insensitive. At this point she also sees Gwen in a new light as they become allies in Lyoko.
  • The Legend of Total Drama Island: Although is neither intended or billed as a reconstruction, it does a fair amount of recon work. This stems largely from the author's fondness for explaining things, a generally higher level of realism than in the original, and a tone change from comedy to drama.
  • Monster Chronicles: While heavily Deconstructed over the course of the first story, Duncan's character is also reconstructed in the second half of Voodoo's Disciple. After realizing how foolish he'd been acting, Duncan decides stopping Cedric is more important than his bad boy image, and he does everything in his power to stop him and ultimately decides to go straight. By embracing his good side and doing the right thing, he's able to stop Cedric and turn his life around. He breaks up with Gwen shortly after World Tour but still maintains their friendship, unlike in canon where Gwen can't stand him. He gets a new girlfriend outside of the game, and develops a more positive relationship with his family.
• Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams and Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light are intended as Reconstructions of traditional superhero comics. Many plots are "done in one", efforts are made to explain traditional superhero tropes and make them more believable, and Writing for the Trade is notably absent.
• The Stories of Sodor goes into detail about society would react to the existence of Sentient Vehicles, unlike The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends, which are Like Reality, Unless Noted. Nobody knows what makes certain vehicles come to life, but since they're sapient beings, they have rights and responsibilities. However, it defies one of the darkest aspects of canon: it's illegal to scrap a non-faceless vehicle while they're still alive.
• Unfair Rule: This story reconstructs Bloo's character as an imaginary friend. This story explains why Bloo is a jerk troublemaker despite his creator being a nice mature kid named Mac. The reason Bloo is a trouble-making jerk is that Bloo is supposed to help Mac have the strength to stand up to an unfair rule that only hurts him. Mac makes it clear that for all Bloo's faults, he is a good friend that cares for him, is a part of him that he knows he needs, and visits Bloo at Foster's make him feel happy, healthy, and alive.
• When the Sun Comes could be considered a reconstruction to the deconstructive genre that is the The Conversion Bureau series. Despite the simplicity, the situation presented is one where where Celestia and the ponies genuinely go and offer humanity as much salvation as they can. No side is treated as being better than the other and the disaster that prompts was not man-made, but a natural disaster (supervolcanos erupting). Despite being a short oneshot, a Verse is quickly being made around it.