History Fanfic / PonyPalsDirkStriderEdition

* BiTheWay:
--> Anna looked straight, but she was actually bisexual.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2427119?view_full_work=true ''Pony Pals Dirk Strider Edition'']] is an edited version of the ''Pony Pals'' book ''Detective Pony'', by someone under the screen name Sonnetstuck. In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Dirk made Jane an edited version of ''Detective Pony'' for her 13th birthday, and we get to read the first two pages of it; Sonnetstuck {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed that book, taking the entire book and modifying it the same way Dirk did. It follows Anna Harley, Pam Crandal, and the City of Pawnee, Indiana as they find a demonic cat named Minos who they and Anna's godly pony Acorn want to erase from the world. After a long series of events, they meet Jeanne Betancourt and [[AuthorAvatar Dirk Strider]], and they realize they're fictional characters in a messed-up version of an innocent story that they hope to restore.

* AuthorAvatar: Two of them. Jeanne Betancourt (author of the original Pony Pals) and Dirk Strider (the ''Homestuck'' character who modified it).

-->--[[https://www.homestuck.com/story/4441 In-universe description]] of Dirk's edit of ''Pony Pals'', '''Homestuck'''

-->--''In-universe description of Dirk[='=]s edit of'' Pony Pals, '''Homestuck'''

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2427119?view_full_work=true ''Pony Pals Dirk Strider Edition'']] is an edited version of the ''Pony Pals'' book ''Detective Pony'', by someone under the screen name ''sonnetstuck''. In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Dirk made Jane an edited version of Detective Pony for her 13th birthday, and we get to read the first two pages of it; Sonnetstuck {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed that book, taking the entire book and modifying it the same way Dirk did. It follows Anna Harley, Pam Crandal, and the City of Pawnee, Indiana as they find a demonic cat named Minos who they and Anna's godly pony Acorn want to erase from the world. After a long series of events, they meet Jeanne Betancourt and [[AuthorAvatar Dirk Strider]], and they realize they're fictional characters in a messed-up version of an innocent story that they hope to restore.

-->''--Homestuck's description of Dirk's edit of Pony Pals''

* AuthorAvatar: Two of them. Jeanne Betancourt (author of the original Pony Pals) and Dirk Strider (the Homestuck character who modified it).

* {{Defictionalization}}: Of Dirk's edit of Detective Pony featured briefly in Homestuck.

* {{Postmodernism}}: Highly metafictional and self-aware. Characters discuss and perform {{Deconstruction}}, and attempt to literally [[DeathOfTheAuthor kill the author]] of the story. Dirk also quotes and discusses the ideas of the postmodernist philosopher Derrida.

* GardenOfEden: Invoked during the climax. [[spoiled:The girls reach the last page, described as essentially their world's Garden of Eden. They find two apples there: the small one, representing the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, would keep things as they are, dooming everyone there. The larger one, representing fruit from the Tree of Life, would reset things to before Dirk messed with the story, but keep them ignorant. They even comment that their meta-consiousness was more like being forced to eat from the Tree of Knowledge rather than making the decision themselves, something they resolve to properly do with their final decision.]]

* GeniusLoci: Pawnee... possibly. Her confusion over whether she is a city or a girl causes her much frustration.

** ''Minos looked solemn; he wasn’t even shitting, which is kind of his character's gimmick, so you could tell he meant business.''

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2427119?view_full_work=true ''Pony Pals Dirk Strider Edition'']] is an edited version of the ''Pony Pals'' book ''Detective Pony'', by someone under the screen name ''sonnetstuck''. In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Dirk made Jane an edited version of Detective Pony for her 13th birthday, and we get to read the first two pages of it; Sonnetstuck [[{{Defictionalization}} defictionalized]] that book, taking the entire book and modifying it the same way Dirk did. It follows Anna Harley, Pam Crandal, and the City of Pawnee, Indiana as they find a demonic cat named Minos who they and Anna's godly pony Acorn want to erase from the world. After a long series of events, they meet Jeanne Betancourt and [[AuthorAvatar Dirk Strider]], and they realize they're fictional characters in a messed-up version of an innocent story that they hope to restore.

* TheyKilledKenny: The cat is killed only to promptly come back to life four times in the story.

-->“Fine!” Minos huffed. “There. No more dialogue. Happy?”
-->Acorn: Very.
-->“You don’t have to be an asshole about it, Acorn,” Jeanne Betancourt said.

* PonyTale: Subverted. The source material a prime example of the genre, and the story starts off detailing three girls and their relationship with their ponies, but quickly goes off the rails. Although, in the end, the plot is really about the love between a girl (Anna) and her pony (Acorn) and the two of them overcoming obstacles to be together, a staple of Pony Tales.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Nearly happens to Pam's claim of knowing who Pawnee's "real father" is. Dirk lampshades it after Pawnee asks him who her real father is, saying that he "almost forgot about this subplot.

* {{Retconjuration}}: Anna uses her dyslexia powers to remove Dirk's overprinting and return the story to the original, innocent story about a girl and her pony.

* SelfInsertFic: Dirk eventually inserts himself into the story as a judge of Acorn's fate.a

* SelfInsertFic

* AmbiguousEnding:
** The story ends with Pawnee making her choice whether to [[spoiler:restore the book to what it originally was]], but her decision is not disclosed.
** The side story about [[spoiler:Brandy and Dr. Crandal]] ends when they try to shoot each other, but only one gun is loaded; which one is not disclosed.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2427119?view_full_work=true ''Pony Pals Dirk Strider Edition'']] is an edited version of the ''Pony Pals'' book ''Detective Pony'', by someone under the screen name ''sonnetstuck''. In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Dirk made Jane an edited version of Detective Pony for her 13th birthday, and we get to read the first two pages of it; Sonnetstuck did a modification of the whole book that goes along with Homestuck's description of the story. It follows Anna Harley, Pam Crandal, and the City of Pawnee, Indiana as they find a demonic cat named Minos who they and Anna's godly pony Acorn want to erase from the world. After a long series of events, they meet Jeanne Betancourt and [[AuthorAvatar Dirk Strider]], and they realize they're fictional characters in a messed-up version of an innocent story that they hope to restore.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: Minos eventually gets bored of being a mysterious judge of the dead or anything and decides that at heart, he's just a cat.]]

* RunningGag: Many times, when a complex, uncommon word appears in the narration, a conveniently on-hand character will think [[AuthorVocabularyCalendar "(X) is a nice word"]] either internally or out loud. If it's said out loud, every other character in earshot will unanimously agree.

-->“I think I’m starting to understand what’s really going on here.” Minos got up, and stretched out his front legs in that way that cats do; you know the way, I’m sure. It’s really cute. But this cat wasn’t just being adorable, he was also being a dick. “I bow down to you, O Creator,” Minos said sarcastically.

-->“I bow down to you, O Creator,” Minos said sarcastically.

** [[spoiler: Anna also dies once but comes back to life a few pages later.]]