Advice for fanfiction writers regarding the season 6 finale - SEE BELOW !

My advice for fanfiction writers:

up-front

Headcanons, and how to deal with the s6 finale:

Oooof, this took the better part ofworth of evenings to complete, starting right after seeing the finale. Bah. I am not a fast artist. X_x;;If anypony wants to use a panel from this for a fanfic-cover, be my guest.I amheavily invested in thescene.As such, the season 6 finale left me with very mixed emotions.On one hoof, itpretty awesome (Come on! Would youhave imagined Trixie and Discord teaming up to invade the changeling-hive?!), and holds potential for a lot of interestingA Discord / Trixie magic show (plus the inevitable ship-fic, they both love to annoy Twilight Sparkle)Luna and Starlight relating to each other and their "past sins" ("last month" in Starlight's case, ya know, the whole mind-control thing)Poor, timid Thorax trying to rule a kingdomWhat about the changelings whoat the Hive at the time of the metamorphosis?...On the other hoof, it feels like Hasbro took away one of our favorite toys.Which is ironic, because they most likely did this to sell toys.Do I like the new changelings, or the fact that they metamorphosized? Not particularly, no, I must admit.I do hope fandom content will change my opinion over time, though.Weirdly enough, the s6 finale - with a two week head-start, no less - seems to have spawnedfanfiction than the week-early Brazil-release of EQG 4... during theleading up to its US-Netflix release.I've seen less than 10 fanfics based on the finale. In total. ...Not "read",I guess nopony knows what to do with these new "Neon-Changelings"?If your story, or a story you were planning to write has been jeopardized by the s6 finale ---, if it was well-established prior.It's all about reader-immersion, making sure the reader doesn't get jarred out of the experience half-way through the story.If you can make it clearthat the story ignores the finale, takes place in the past, or an alternate universe/continuity, everything should be fine.In a way, the distinction between "Neon-Changelings" and "Cheeseleg Classic" can give your reader the right idea just from the cover art alone.So,from continuing their changeling fanfics, or to publish their unfinished fanfiction-ideas after all!is ... problematic. It'd break pretty much 90% of all changeling fanfics.Instead, here's aThe changelings sharing their love wasn't the cause for their his metamorphosis. It was aOff the top of my head, I can think of at least six different factors - some of which non-repeatable - which may have combined to cause the metamorphosis.Mostly, I blame theThink about it: It was absorbing the. The Lord of Chaos. AND the six Harmony-bearers of the Rainbow-Power.Not only that, but its victims were right overhead. The flow of magic through the air must've beenTo top it off, Thorax wassuper-charged with love from his open stay in the Crystal Empire, possibly with considerable trace amounts of magic from the Crystal Heart as well. ( Heart. Love. Get it?He was so well-fed there, he never even got hungry anymore - unrelated to his later metamorphosis, mind you. (Meaning, even the new 'lings would still need love.)And THEN Chrysalis usesmagic to drain the love from Thorax.Every changeling present was basically standing in a super-charged magic-field that was tuned as such to only allow changeling-access. Magic responds strongly to emotions, Thorax shot a beam of love... the throne, well, at leastat that moment, andwhat a powerful magical artifact does when it's...Thorax being the first to transform, and also the one with the most love already absorbed prior, thus was the one most receptive to the magic and therefore absorbed more of it. Et voilá, new changeling king!This headcanon has certain implications; namely,(or close enough to) the epicenter, or their friend/ships with ponies. Also, themay or may not be. (Throne's destroyed / Chrysalis' magic is a necessary factor)comes to mind: