Trivia / Fall of Starfleet, Rebirth of Friendship

Trivia for Fall of Starfleet, Rebirth of Friendship:

• Author's Saving Throw:
  • Due to the negative response garnered by the graphic sexual content in the early chapters, the author eventually rewrote the beginning of the story to remove most of it, and the later chapters cut it entirely, focusing solely on the story and action.
• Fandom Nod: It is stated that Ditzy Doo/Derpy Hooves is the mother of Sparkler/Amethyst Star and Ditzy Doo.
• Hypothetical Casting: Legendbringer has made a blog detailing what voice actors he would choose for which Starfleet character and comparing them to Dakari-King Mykan’s choice of casting.
• Meme Acknowledgment:
  • Madilyn acknowledges that Sunset's hair does resemble bacon.
  • This is actually used as Foreshadowing when Grey Son is introduced, Sunset and Madilyn think he has a nice butt, and later it is revealed that Grey Son is actually Dick Grayson who is infamous for having a well-detailed rear end whenever he appears in comic books.
• Mutually Fictional: My Brave Pony: Starfleet Nemesis is an In-Universe work of fiction in this story. Likewise, Fall of Starfleet, Rebirth of Friendship is an In-Universe work of fiction in that story.
• Reality Subtext:
  • The In-Universe criticisms of Starfleet sound exactly like the criticisms of Mykan's Starfleet Magic.
  • In Starfleet Magic, Dementia is a Palette Swap of Starla Shine. In Fall of Starfleet, Dementia is Starla's mother.
• What Could Have Been:
  • The author originally intended to kill all members of Starfleet before deciding to give certain members Character Development.
  • Rhymey was originally intended to be made more sympathetic, as with his compatriots. However, the author felt that his Domestic Abuse of Fluttershy was impossible to pull off, and so decided to give him the full Adaptational Villainy treatment.