Equestria
Scope
The motivation behind building Equestria
It all stemmed from, what would my cutie mark be?
The goal of the project
To explore myself as I would be in the world of Equestria
Equestria's Unique Selling point
I'm not writing a story, I'm writing a livelihood.
Theme
Genre
Romance and Fantasy Adventure
Reader Experience
Experience the wonder of seeing Equestria through the eyes of actually living it.
Reader Tone
It is a bright world, but a two dimensional world. The protagonist brings a sense of realism, being a three dimensional individual.
Recurring Themes
The protagonist already knows the setting, the characters, and their likes & dislikes to effectively manipulate them for his own means.
Character Agency
The protagonist's agency is limitless, having meta-knowledge of the shoe and the world from S1 up to S7.
Focus
Drama
The protagonist's polyamarous romancing and free love, changes and challenges views of many characters .
The drama to avoid drama while being a villain in secret. Forsaking glory for accomplishment. Never letting anyone know just how powerful he has truly become.
The drama of romancing Luna and the drama of romancing Chrysalis are diametrically different from one another.
The love with Starlight was spontaneous and genuine, as it was never supposed to happen. Acquiring some great love with Starlight was never in the design structure of the story, and yet it still happened.
All secrets exist only to be discovered eventually. Rayne isn't only successful, but he has an easy time of keeping his villainous deeds hidden from his friends, because they are so easy to manipulate. But when he is finally called out about it, he acknowledges when it's time to come clean.
The romance with Luna and Chrysi is a saga, not a singular event. There are ups and downs, that follow the arcs of the main story.