Scratchpad

* 2013-04-22

  Factors:

  - Bookplayer's blog post about love between the main 6 and the

    Elements of Harmony

  - Couple of weeks later, reading the fic [Hard Reset], in which

    Twilight is gay

  - This puts me in mind of an interesting idea for a RomCom...

  The scheme:

  - rest of the main six decide that Twi needs to get together with

    some~one~pony.

  - They decide to hook her up with a guy

  - 'wacky hijinks' with each potential candidate

  - Twilight discovers that the others are behind it -- "Aww, that's

    sweet of you.  But you do know I'm into mares, right?"

    1) Problem:  I'm not gay.  In fact, I have _literally negative_

       clue how to write a Twilight who is[1].

    2) Problem:  This puts a _whole new spin_ on Twi's interactions

       with the rest of the main six.  For example, the group hug at

       the end of Cutie Mark Chronicles gets a whole new

       interpretation if Twilight's gay.  Where are the borderlines?

       1. subproblem: I don't think I can write regular romance

          stuff.  WTH am I doing with this?

       2. subproblem: How are the rest of the main six going to (re-)

          interpret that hug in light of this new information?

  - Somewhere in there, the idea of romantic relations between the

    elements being a potential problem is brought up

    - but it's okay because Twi's not interested in any of them like

      that!

      (This one doesn't really make sense to me)

      - Who is she after then?  I've no intention of turning this into

        TwiLestia/TwiLuna.  Twilight/Derpy?

  - ???

  [1] Not only am I not gay, as far as I can tell I'm asexual.  I

  can't say for sure that I am asexual, because I've never bothered to

  actually check[2][3].

  [2] Which is probably the strongest argument I have for me being

  asexual.

  [3] Funny, though, that that word comes up... In every other species

  on the planet, bisexual and asexual are technical terms, relating to

  what equipment a specimen has (I'm physically male).  In humans,

  they're used to refer to preferences.  Not that I'm knocking on the

  preferences[4], but it's odd.

  [4] Because I'm not, as far as I can tell.