Super Collab Projects Thread

[TotalEcplise]

Hello Canterlot, Eclipse here. I've created this thread to give us authors somewhere to brain dumb and organize projects with our fellow bronies and pegasisters. The point of this thread is for anyone interested to drop in and post their idea's for collab projects and fish around for people who are interested in helping in some way. Think of this place as a vault for collab story ideas and a roster of people willing to help.

Now what is collab? Well simply put, it's jolly collaboration! Collab is no more than working together with others.

It doesn't matter what you have.

You have a story that needs prereaders and editors? Post it here.

You have a big project that you want to expand by having others write stories in your universe? Post it here

Got an idea/story lore you need help sorting out?

At the very least I will try and help, but hopefully there will be many participants in this thread. If enough people show up, who knows. I might make a group for us on FiMFiction.

Since this is my thread I guess I'll start with an Idea that has been on my mind for almost a year.

I've I've thought about creating a huge series of stories about the Mane 6 and maybe a few random mares from around Equestria. The series would be an alternate future imagining about what if Discord defeated the elements and exiled them to the corners of the earth, imprisoned Celestia and Luna, and took over.

I call the Idea the Queens series. Because a recurring theme of the stories was going to be that the protagonist(s) would have come into some sort of power that they could use to help defeat discord. In essence they would become a "Queen/master" of something.

Stories about how the average citizens dealt with what happened are also important. I even had planned for every epilogue to occur about several years after Discord's take over, that way collab would be easy to organize.

As an example I'm just going to brainstorm the premise of one of the stories...Ok since the idea of the stories is a simple formula

Rarity

Exiled to the Frozen North

Stumbles upon ancient ruins

Ruins prove to be the tomb/prison of a majority of Dragon-kin

Rarity accidently awakens the slumbering beasts

They aren't murderous, bloodthristy monsters and appriciate Rarity helping them.

The help Rarity survive in the Frozen North and Rarity helps them rebuild and revitalize their capitol city.

Something happens and Rarity is instramental in solving it by using her Element of Generousity.

What she does with her element changes her and makes her more powerful

She's crowned Queen of Wyrms and now has Dragon magic a legion of Wyrm-Kin at her beck and call for the fight against Discord.

She contacts the other elements.

End story until the big epilogue.

Similar to Ponyfall there is a formula for the mane 6 as said, but other than the bare minimum it can be whatever, and stories about Discord and the ponies living in Equestria during his rule are fine, and dont need to use the formula at all!

That's the gist of the idea that was running through my mind.

Who else has something interesting to toss out into the idea pool?

[frostfauna]

Me, me! Pick me! I love collab stories! Okay, well, I don't really have anything for the mane six, but I do have something for the changelings, if that's alright with you.

Changelings

Discord's reign ruins Chrysalis' plans to infiltrate Canterlot

Gathers her hive to fight Discord for small pony town

Is defeated, regroups in Badlands

Finds one of the exiled ponies

Strikes a deal with the exiled to help find the others and retake Equestria from Discord

Changeling scout parties sent to locate the elements

Scouts find them all and begin shuttling messages between them

End up escorting elements to a central location

Prepare for final assault

I was thinking maybe this can act as a catalyst or a vehicle to get all those individual stories to come together and flow into the big epilogue. Maybe this is how the exiled ponies can end up getting in contact with each other. Considering the time frame, (changelings show up a full season after discord) this would give the characters and stories time to develope individually, before you move them into position for the finale. What do you think?

[Cadabra]

I'd love to colab! I love round robin story telling, and I am up for all kinds of ideas. I could also use some help with kind of a grim dark fic about Granny Smith and her family.

[TotalEcplise]

Me, me! Pick me! I love collab stories! Okay, well, I don't really have anything for the mane six, but I do have something for the changelings, if that's alright with you.

Changelings

Discord's reign ruins Chrysalis' plans to infiltrate Canterlot

Gathers her hive to fight Discord for small pony town

Is defeated, regroups in Badlands

Finds one of the exiled ponies

Strikes a deal with the exiled to help find the others and retake Equestria from Discord

Changeling scout parties sent to locate the elements

Scouts find them all and begin shuttling messages between them

End up escorting elements to a central location

Prepare for final assault

I was thinking maybe this can act as a catalyst or a vehicle to get all those individual stories to come together and flow into the big epilogue. Maybe this is how the exiled ponies can end up getting in contact with each other. Considering the time frame, (changelings show up a full season after discord) this would give the characters and stories time to develope individually, before you move them into position for the finale. What do you think?

Cadabra is probably contacting you via PM. I just wanted to let you know that I'm not ignoring you I just forgot to follow the thread...

Anyway, I'd be glad to work with you! I like the idea you had. I wonder what we can do with it.

I look forward to brainstorming with you guys.

[TotalEcplise]

I'd love to colab! I love round robin story telling, and I am up for all kinds of ideas. I could also use some help with kind of a grim dark fic about Granny Smith and her family.

I'd be glad to help in anyway I can with your story.

[Cadabra]

I'd be glad to help in anyway I can with your story.

Thank you! I just need a proof reader as the fic is about half done right now. It's a long fic because I can never write something short and simple to save my life. I'll have to email you what I have chapter by chapter later.

[frostfauna]

Thank you! I just need a proof reader as the fic is about half done right now. It's a long fic because I can never write something short and simple to save my life. I'll have to email you what I have chapter by chapter later.

I'm pretty good with proofreading, if you want me to help. I'll PM you my email.

[Cadabra]

Thank you to both of you! I'll work on getting the google doc started for us to work in. I'll let you all know when it's up.