Now, to make myself clear - I don't want to criticize nor to discourage. I'd consider spicing things up a bit - an earthquake, Ursa Major incident, possibly somepony from Trixie's past coming back to haunt her a bit - just few ideas from the top of my head ) Such a happy resolution isn't bad in itself, but if it gets drawn out over a few rounds of the contest, with each one getting one chapter, the story may become quite boring. So what I worry about is the possibility of everything continuing on the path that seems to be set now - mane cast getting to understand/like TGnP Trixie, TGnP Trixie discovering the magic of friendship along the long magical contest, Twilight falling madly in love with the other magical mare (although as of yet we still have to learn why is she attracted to TGnP Trixie at all). In the forth however, the stage is already set, and little mystery remains as to inter-character dynamics of the situation. This plot engine was very successfully used in the first 3 chapters of GanonFLCL's story.
Given their last encounter in "Boast Busters" it's very interesting to see how everypony deals with the situation. There is just one thing that worries me - best part of this story (and probably any other Trixie fic) is when she meets the mane cast. Thanks again for all your support guys, I look forward to hearing more! Reply Delete The tag comes first though! :)Ĭhapter 4 is rolling along nicely, I should have it completed by the end of this weekend. To answer one specific concern, yes, there will be actual shipping *eventually*, right now there are just little hints being dropped that you might catch with a keen eye. There are many more events to come, some of which clearly favor Trixie. Some of your concerns about whether or not Twilight and Trixie are actually evenly matched *will* be answered later on in the story - without giving too much away now, just know that even if Twilight is *stronger* than Trixie, that doesn't make her necessarily *better*. I am really glad people like my Pinkie Pie, it is unbelievably fun to write for her. Hi everyone! I want to thank you for all the wonderful support, I honestly wasn't expecting so many people to like it I haven't done fanfiction in years - MLP gave me a newfound inspiration to write again, so it feels good to get so much love right after getting back on the horse, as it were. That and let's face it, it can be kind of hard to think properly when suddenly thrusted into a situation like that right? Reply Delete It probably didn't take much to outshine simple ponies across Equestria and she could have just been so used to using the same relative magic so much that it was her first go to spells for when the Ursa showed up.
Now when it comes to the Ursa Minor her lackluster performance could be linked to her depending on the same magic she used to out perform anyone who opposed her. One thing to note is that Trixie has to know some powerful magic, like I said she is a show mare after all, she wouldn't be able to hold the audiences attention for very long if she didn't have something spectacular to show them and then something big to end everything with for the grand finale. As a show mare she would more than likely stay in each town or city and perform for multiple days but always use the first day to show up any and all who opposed her. That could easily always be her first days performance. Now, I think when it comes to Trixie I have to agree that she could actually be almost as powerful as Twilight, from what we saw in Boast Busters we only saw Trixie over power and embarrass a few of the mane cast with simple magic. So I just now started reading this and I think it's amazing! I love it!