I'd say after; gives him the chance to give Trixie some Character Development; maybe changing the "humiliating heckers" part of her show after seeing how badly it went over in Ponyville.
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I was going to suggest that Chuckles might help her address her issues with her performances...then I thought better of it.
My fanfic outline. RIP PoseyWell, he still could. Like she sees how he incorporates ponies into his performance without embarrassing them. Or more likely, Trixie sees him as a rival and tries to one-up him.
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Starts with the latter, ends with the former?
Trixie should be able to mess up his mine powers somehow. Along with his juggling, balancing etc.
My fanfic outline. RIP PoseyI just wanted to ask something Applelight.
What kind of storylines do you want the Other Six to participate in, and what kind of threats do you want them to face?
I ask this mostly cause I have an idea for possible antagonist(s) but I'd like to get an idea of what scale of threats do you want them to face before I present it (it is still a very basic idea for now).
re: the Great and powerful Trixie
Trixie pulls him into her show with the intent of humiliating him like she did with the AJ and Rarity and instead he turns the tables on her. She isn't actually humilated but she takes it that way and declares war on the Chuckles.
edited 27th Dec '11 7:35:22 AM by LMage
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Hmmm,
slice of life stories could work for these guys...but the adventure stuff is the main focus. The So L is important though, for getting their characters and relationships developed.
Threat levels? Well I believe I said earlier that if the Mane Cast were like Superman (handling the big stuff occassionaly), this group is more like Batman, handling smaller threats on a much more frequent basis.
For a scale, the mane 6 take out Equestria threatening threats...the foil 6 take out regional threatening threats up and down the country.
It's a weird situation were the Mane Six weild the most powerful magic in Equestria, making them the only things capable of taking out the likes of Discord...yet apart from RD, AJ and possibly Twilight, none of them are really fighters, and could be overwhelmed by squads of mooks or forced to flee by certain monsters, making them not so great in a combat situation.
By contrast, the Foil Six have nothing even close to the Eo H in power, yet they do have a Blimp, Moonbeam's gadgets, Scales's combat skills, BR's immense strength and world knowledge, SS's flying skills, PI's engineering talents, Check Up's medical talents and Chuckle's miming powers and performer skills (Chuckles is partically a ninja...really), making them like a quirky squad of commandos.
So these guys are better at eleminating things like pirates, bandits, diamond dogs, gangsters, certain monsters etc. Also, I believe in ghosts.....they might be sent to help lay them to rest (Justice and all that).
They get set out by Luna to deal with these problems on an almost weekly basis. They are the Knights of the Night Princess, and they enforce her law and uphold her peace.
Ah...I know. Imagine a villian that needs the Eo H to be taken out, yet they surround themselves with powerful henchmen/machines/monsters etc. The Mane Six can't get to them through the mooks...enter the Foils. They take the mooks out and clear the way open, creating a path to the Big Bad, then they stand back and admire the fireworks.
I hope that this sort of makes sense.
Heh heh, I like this. I like this a lot.
edited 27th Dec '11 7:09:08 AM by ApplelightLimited
My fanfic outline. RIP PoseyI'm planning on making Trixie's show similar to the one in Ponyville differences being that her story this time is about how she saved Ponyville from a rampaging Ursa Major after Twilight, somepony who heckled her and failed to repel the Ursa. Also, her challengers will be Big Rig, Pig Iron and possibly Moonbeam. Big Rig will lift something extremely heavy, Trixie will make him drop it. Pig Iron will sculpt something incredible, Trixie will make it come to life (or look like it has) and pin him. I'm not sure about Moonbeam, have we even got a speciality for him yet?
Anyway Chuckles doesn't want to intervene because he wouldn't want some random other performer crashing his show, but Roy makes some negative comments about the show and Trixie singles him out and forces him to compete. This'll lead to a lengthy battle of one upping the other pony e.g. Chuckles breathes out fire in the shape of a Phoenix, Trixie manipulates into a Dragon, Chuckles mimes a hose pipe and puts out the fire etc. Show will probably end with some length applause and Trixie possibly learning a lesson that you can bring other ponies into your show without humiliating them.
Tealove is best pony.Pony Fanon IndexAh, long weekend, good time to recharge.
I have half a mind to rewrite "The Music of the Night" (from The Phantom of the Opera) as Luna's personal address and appeal to Moonbeam to get him to accept Knighthood, after he's brought before Her.
The rewrite would lose the seduction/romance/music angle, but still retain the mystery and wonder aspect.
(Not implying that "Redemption is Magic" should be a musical, but Luna needs a song, dang it.)
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That seems reasonable enough. I have any idea for some antagonists I will try to expand on later since I have to go to work soon.
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Seems good enough. Personally I would tweak it a little more to be less like a retread of Boast Busters, but I'll leave it up to you.
Before I leave I just wanted to add a little something else to differentiate Ponyville from Hoffington. Perhaps they don't celebrate Nightmare Night the same way as Ponyville. Instead of being an American style Halloween it is something more akin to La Dia de Los Muertos, or Bonfire Night, or Walpurgis Night, take your pick. Generally less emphasis on scary (no cannibal Nightmare Moon) and more on revelry.
edited 27th Dec '11 10:22:25 AM by Mio
Mio: Day of the Dark (instead of Day of the Dead). Black marigolds everywhere. Also, Nightmare Moon-styled masks, and some other things, followed by a public reading of the Mare of the Moon fable by the town's elder. Held upon the last Full Moon of whatever late autumn month.
This year, though, with Princess Luna returned from Exile, it would play out differently. Maybe She shows up?
edited 27th Dec '11 10:26:15 AM by pvtnum11
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Chuckles would love revelry.
@ Badwolfwho
Love that idea. I think Chuckles would be reluctant to get evolved, but he would really dislike Trixie's methods (his shows are for the audiences benefits, not his own). And a Trixie v Chuckles showdown could be awesome.
edited 27th Dec '11 10:33:37 AM by ApplelightLimited
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I'm setting this shortly after the group comes together so I don't think they have their elements yet.
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Any suggestions on further differentiation. The only real difference I have is how the show is concluded.
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Luna tells the tale of her banishment from memory?
So Chuckles is conflicted, he wants to get involved to show his displeasure for her methods but doesn't want to crash the show. Would explain why he's so quick to compete when put on the spot.
When does the group come together anyway? Before or After Nightmare Moon?
edited 27th Dec '11 10:40:48 AM by Badwolfwho
Tealove is best pony.Pony Fanon IndexThe Other Six should come together soon after the Day of the Dark festival. One that has Luna show up unannounced, recite the Mare of the Moon legend from memory, receive some honest love and adoration from Her subjects (unlike the debacle that happened a few days before in Ponyville - perhaps She has less of a grandiose entrance this time or something) and Moonbeam ends up doing a Crash-Into Hello thing with Her.
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.Recently, I discovered the Cold Iron trope...I'm having fun thinking up ways for Pig Iron to use it.
My fanfic outline. RIP PoseyOkay, I'm stuck.
The Music of the Night has a peculiar pattern and rhythm structure, and I'm getting jammed up on a few things - using the Royal We (and other tense versions) and using older english is proving to be a sticky point and I'm probably doing it very badly.
The other things is bolded for your convienence. I cannot for the life of me find a replacemnt that fits. Part of that crappy wierd pattern of syllables that the song has, or my own complete lack of creativity.
Feel free to do better, as I'm stuck (don't mind the formattting horror, the forum isn't a good place to write or edit poetry). In fact, feel free to scrap the entire idea as utter rubbish.
We have brought thee to the seat of Our Midnight throne ...
to this kingdom where all must pay homage to darkness ...
darkness...
Thou hast come here, for one purpose, and one alone ...
Since the moment We first saw thee worship,
We have needed thee with Us, to serve Us, to fight, for redemption ...
redemption ...
Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation ...
Darkness stirs and wakes imagination ...
Silently the senses abandon their defenses ...
Slowly, gently night unfurls its splendor ...
Grasp it, sense it - tremulous and tender ...
Turn thy face away from the garish light of day,
turn thy thoughts away from cold, unfeeling light -
and gaze upon the beauty of Our night ...
Close thee eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams!
Purge thine thoughts of the day thy knew before!
Close thine eyes, let your spirit start to soar!
And you'll live as you've never lived before ...
Softly, deftly, darkness shall surround thee ...
Feel it, sense it, closing in around thee ...
Open up your mind, and let your thoughts unwind,
in this darkness which you know you cannot fight -
the darkness of the beauty of Our night.
Let thy mind start a journey through a strange, new world!
Leave all thoughts of the day thy knew before!
Let your soul take you where you long to be!
Only then can thou truly worship me ...
Flying, falling, sweet intoxication!
Touch Us, trust Us, savor each sensation!
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
to the power of the stars with which We write -
the power of the beauty of Our night ...
Thou alone can make the moon take flight -
help Us craft the beauty of the night ...
Happiness is zero-gee with a sinus cold.I don't know how, but I really want to incorporate this into story:
The foils build a giant working fake metal dragon (or the upper half anyway) to scare away attackers from an area.
PI built it,
MB provided the sound spells,
BR is pushing it along,
Check and Smoke are working the arms,
and Chuck and Scales are providing the flame effects.
Also, maybe Moon is talking to the attackers when it 'rises' up. He says that is his dragon...Scales...
edited 27th Dec '11 2:16:29 PM by ApplelightLimited
My fanfic outline. RIP PoseyI wonder if there is anything immune to magic in the setting. I've often heard things about how you 'can't magic iron or steel', so maybe they could be immune. That'd be pretty cool - it's a shame I'm only thinking of it now, though, otherwise I could have made all the Aloan's armour iron, so they would be immune to magic. Good for a military made entirely of unicorns.
Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.

The logging company logs a different area...I have this image of the Everfree being on one side of Hoofington, then their forest is on the other side, with Hoofington and a clearing seperating them. And then there's the coast.
Oh I like this Trixie idea! But should it be before or after Boast Busters?
My fanfic outline. RIP Posey