DEATH! And Green Wing.

[girlofprey]

We took my nephew to the park, which has a lake in it. We saw a swan with signets, and a duck with ducklings. And then a dead bird floating at the edge covered in flies. And the circle of life was complete. And I was slightly put off ever going outside again. My nephew is sleeping now, or possibly tormenting my mother and making her show him the garden, again.

In one of the My Little Pony specials from when I was younger, they were up against a demon man who lived in a big dark citadel, and had a bag of darkness. The darkness used to twitch sometimes, and he had to stroke it and tell it to calm down. And when he opened the bag, the darkness would whoosh out and surround things, and make them evil. Puppies were turned into hellhounds. Butterflies became huge hawks of doom. The ponies turned into dragons, which pulled his chariots and killed things for him. It just keeps coming back to me nowadays how memorable that was, and what a great plot point it was. And how it's what more fic and books/films/TV shows need - a BAG OF EVIL. Just enough to make things evil and kickass. Dude.

It has occured to me that a lot of my favourite stories and plot ideas are about demons, witchcraft and guns. Possibly I'm just in all the wrong fandoms for this to mesh with. Although I was once going to write a Green Wing story where it turned out Mac was the Devil, and Guy was the Antichrist, and they both ran off on his motorcycle to corrupt churches and cause havoc. While Caroline, Holly and the hospital chaplain (and possibly Statham) joined forces to try to stop them. It occured to me I might not have the stamina for a story as huge as that would need to be. Though I still stroke it for its shiny sometimes.

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[whatho.livejournal.com]

In one of the My Little Pony specials from when I was younger, they were up against a demon man who lived in a big dark citadel, and had a bag of darkness. The darkness used to twitch sometimes, and he had to stroke it and tell it to calm down. And when he opened the bag, the darkness would whoosh out and surround things, and make them evil. Puppies were turned into hellhounds. Butterflies became huge hawks of doom. The ponies turned into dragons, which pulled his chariots and killed things for him. It just keeps coming back to me nowadays how memorable that was, and what a great plot point it was. And how it's what more fic and books/films/TV shows need - a BAG OF EVIL. Just enough to make things evil and kickass. Dude.

No good will come to my repution when I say this. But I must.

It's the Stridons!

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

Your reputation has just DOUBLED with me! (Though the fansites inform me it was the Stratadons). How brilliant was that? He turned ponies into dragons in his huge citadel of evil! Something I was not expecting from a show about pink horses with magical powers.

Oh. There was another one too. I remember. With something (evil) masquerading as a dark green Pony - dressed as a nurse? And none of them noticed, despite it being entirely the wrong colour. Oh. Childhood memories.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

Catrina, I think. And the bushwoolies. I could find this out.

I'm not going to admit how precisely I could find this out....

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

If you have the tapes/DVDs I will cry and possibly come live with you.

[whatho.livejournal.com]

*nods subtley*

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

::Packs bags::

[jekesta]

I think this is one of my favourite posts ever. I LOVE the bag of evil. But I remember it not. I don't think I watched my little pony. Clearly I missed out big style.

I think you could totally write that story, because you don't actually have to write the whole thing, you just have to write a fic in that universe as it were. So it's okay. And it could be short and be about Mac touching Guy's throat. Yes. DO THAT. It is the best and shiniest thing ever yay:):):):)

[girlofprey.livejournal.com]

You are shame not to watch the bag of evil ponies. Truly it was a cultural marker of our times. AND SO UTTERLY GLORIOUS I LOVE IT TO THIS DAY.

(Also, I realise there is a lot of glory in these replies. Apologies for the repetition. I think I may have a fever.)

See, the thing is, I'm not sure I could. Write it short. It came to me at Easter when I had an essay to do, and as we both know that's when my plotbunnies flower best. It has a life of its own now, and so many intricacies. Mac manipulating Holly into aborting their child without her realising it because he didn't want another one running around. Him picking Joanna because you just would, wouldn't you? Hot demon incest. HOW TO LEAVE ANY OF THEM OUT??

I may attempt it. It is one of my favourite plotbunnies ever, and SHOULDN'T DIE A LONELY IGNOMIOUS DEATH!