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Post by sparkler on Aug 10, 2009 18:55:41 GMT -8
Or fanon... or whatever it is they call it when you create your own universe for these things we call my little ponies! (BTW, if I'm posting this on the wrong board... feel free to move it... augh. I'm mixed up! D:)
Okay, so... as some of you who've read my stories in the past, we all know that my version of Ponyland has a set of evil ponies called "dark mages". Now, when I first created them, all of them had a "second form" (yes, sounds like animagi, but honestly I made it up before I ever read Harry Potter, so I didn't really get it from her.) where they change into an animal.
Now, I'm considering letting it only be certain "families" that have this trait.. >_>;;;;
Anyway, what I'm asking is... have any of you ever changed or warped part of your fic-verse after you created it? And... would it ruin my street cred if I did so? >_>; LOL, street cred... yeah, Sparky's ghetto... ahem. >_>
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Peace
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Post by Peace on Aug 10, 2009 20:24:14 GMT -8
Sure. I've changed my ponyverse. I was going to have it closely resemble HQTs at one point, much like LM did, but that changed quickly once I adapted all kinds of different mythologies and the like for the ponies. Creating a whole new breed of pony did help with that little number. ;D
LOL Ghetto Sparky. HA!
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Post by Marbletoast on Aug 10, 2009 20:55:00 GMT -8
OH MY GRAVY. Have I changed my canon?
Almost every time I write anything.
Seriously, I am always polishing, revising, smoothing, editing, shaping, developing and detailing my own pony canon--to the point, even, that I eventually detailed out the word "pony" and adopted my own vocabulary. XD Your street cred (haha!) in my opinion is actually strengthed by the fact that your work isn't stagnant but developing and maturing.
That's my take on it, anyway. Could be self defence, since I just recently purged out enormous, erroneous hunks of information from my own "canon."
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Post by NumiTuziNeru on Aug 11, 2009 5:47:31 GMT -8
you know what happens when you put oil and water and food colouring and milk in the same jar and shake it really hard and the whole things swirls together in a total mess and then separates again?
yeah.
that's my canon.
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Post by Caelum on Aug 11, 2009 6:25:09 GMT -8
OF COURSE it's perfectly fine to change your canon/fanon/whatever! I haven't exactly posted much of the Tenses Saga, but it's changed a LOT from what I'd had in mind when I posted Part 1 two years ago! And let's not even go into how much it's changed since I first conceived the idea five years ago... Your street cred (haha!) in my opinion is actually strengthed by the fact that your work isn't stagnant but developing and maturing. LOVE THIS. Because it's true. Don't let yourself be painted into corners--if you see a way to make the story better, do it! Granted, you should probably go back and retcon and whatnot, and if this was a published series, I'd be less than impressed if you chose to change things or go against previously stated facts (like Stephanie Meyer and Christopher Paolini tend to do...). But it's just fanfiction, and so long as it helps the story and you write it well and retcon, I see no reason why you can't change it! ;D |
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Post by sunstar on Aug 11, 2009 11:02:46 GMT -8
My very first form of Kingdom Lost started out with Sunstar as an only child, a princess, and as a fluttercorn. (winged unicorn with flutter wings) and her parents, Flamingstar and Sunriver, Flamingstar was a unicorn and Sunriver a winged unicorn. she also had a younger sister named Brisa, an evil black winged unicorn. it changed to Sunstar being a standard winged unicorn and Sunriver a pegasus. in fact, I did a complete overhaul after a created the site and for some time, Sunstar would go dark during times of white twilight. everything changed again when the original site crashed because of a server breaking. I moved to Freewebs and did another overhaul as i found the original story done by me and my friends. that brings me to the current Kingdom Lost. It is also the same one I used to publish chapters of in the school paper.
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sparkler
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Post by sparkler on Aug 11, 2009 11:10:47 GMT -8
Thanks, guys. ^_^ The good thing is, with the information I'm thinking of changing--it hasn't really been stated, story-wise yet. I have told several people though, and kind of stated it through message board posts... I just wondered if it would make people be like, "omg sparky make up ur mind!!!1111!11" LOL.  YAY my street cred is still intact, yo! XD LOL, oh if it were published I'd be shedding tears of blood right now. XD; That'd be a no-no if it were published. XD - §parky |
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Post by ladymoondancer on Aug 11, 2009 14:06:23 GMT -8
I change stuff ALL THE TIME. For a long time my ponies were basically immortal (they could die, but didn't die of old age) and recently I decided to change it so they were just long-lived . . . What fun going through everything I've ever written to update it all! (Of course, I took the lazy way out by NOT going through everything and updating it. Procrastination FTW?)
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Post by Peace on Aug 13, 2009 16:46:49 GMT -8
Yea, what do you think ponies are, elves from Lord of the Rings? With all these babies running around, Ponyland would be overrun in a couple of generations! Silly LM. ;D I change stuff ALL THE TIME. For a long time my ponies were basically immortal (they could die, but didn't die of old age) and recently I decided to change it so they were just long-lived . . . What fun going through everything I've ever written to update it all! (Of course, I took the lazy way out by NOT going through everything and updating it. Procrastination FTW?) |
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Post by ladymoondancer on Aug 28, 2009 22:05:21 GMT -8
See, that's the true purpose off all those monsters in the cartoons . . . They were really GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BEASTS created to keep down the population. One of the pony royalty had this modest proposal . . . ;D
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Post by sparkler on Aug 28, 2009 22:20:53 GMT -8
See, that's the true purpose off all those monsters in the cartoons . . . They were really GENETICALLY ENGINEERED BEASTS created to keep down the population. One of the pony royalty had this modest proposal . . . ;D I SMELL A CONSPIRACY THEORY!  - §parky |
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Post by ladymoondancer on Aug 28, 2009 22:22:56 GMT -8
*sends Agent Flare ON THE CASE*
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Post by sparkler on Aug 28, 2009 22:27:05 GMT -8
*sends Agent Flare ON THE CASE* This is soooo going to get mentioned in a fic sometime. >D - §parky |
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Post by Lili on Aug 31, 2009 2:53:30 GMT -8
You should redo (clean/change only parts of it etc.) the fanfic but keep the original. Then read both through and see which one you like best Dx
Or something....
At least that's how I work >.>
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