Unfortunately, the pictures that show up in EZboard postings of this story will not show up on Fanfiction.net. I have left the URL to each picture inside the story, though, so you can copy and paste for viewing pleasure!
::coughs:: Anyway, this post will basically be a fanfiction-styled illustrated telling of the goings-on in my own little Survivor. Just for enjoyment, more than anything.
I've written the names of each of the contestants [all ponies form my collection] on slips of cardboard-like paper, and put them in an urn styled glass. Basically, to make this more fun for myself, instead of just deciding "Oh, Steamer should win..", I've turned it into a game of chance. I won't know the outcome of each elimination point until it comes. As I go along, I will manifest the random pull of a name into a story with purpose and meaning... I will tell the tale as if the ponies were playing the game, rather than "I drew Curly Locks' name. She's out."
An example: I will pull a name out of this urn. That pony's tribe will have lost immunity and will boot one of its own out of the game. The pony whose name I drew will have immunity in their own tribe. I might then continue to draw names, and decide that the last name drawn is the pony that loses. I will predertmine each method before hand. Then I'll make up a story about how the outcome came to be in the game :)
These simple results of chance will help develop the remaining characters, and form their motives enough to allow me to have their characters decide later on. It's still scientific, but just not chance.
But perhaps I should explain how the game "Survivor" works for those who do not know! Survivor is a game where a grouping of contestants are stranded in a desolate area and left to fend for themselves, all the while booting out other contestants one-by-one by converging at certain points and voting. We start with 16 contestants, seperated evenly into two tribes, and soon end up with only 1, the sole Survivor. When only 2 contestants remain, the winner is voted on by the previous 7 booted contestants, or the "jury."
Blueberry Baskets shall host! Woot. Not much to say about her. Or her hosting duties.
Below is a graphic of the 16 contestants, before I drew names for which pony would be on which tribe. Below the graphic is a breif character summary for each pony, so you can get to know them a little before the tale begins. If you click on their names, you can see a full body picture of them. I recommend you do this, because I like the photos I took, lol.
[initial character descriptions, from bottom to top, right to left]
Braided Beauty: Braided Beauty, while rather feminine and slightly shallow, is strong willed and motivated.
Star Hopper: Star Hopper is quiet, mysterious, and possibly even brooding, and she likes it this way. She exhumes her cunning at only the most appropriate times.
Up, Up, and Away: Up-up is shy and sweet, rather dim-witted, and rather weak physically. Count on the other Survivors seeing her kindness as an asset.
Curly Locks: Curly Locks is a very-down-to-business pony. The charms of beauty and poise are not lost on her, and she will use any means to get what she wants.
Dancing Butterflies: Lazily recapturing her character from 50MBP, she's rather a normal gal. She's a hair-designer, and ponies being ponies, others will see this as a valuable survival tool - it's not.
Milky Way: Physically strong, ethically sound, but plotting none the less. Milky Way has a modern grace. A large presence.
Sweet Celebrations: All around nice guy. A bit of a follower, but unshakable in any resolve.
Star Dancer: Girl-next-door, but with a little more upstairs.
Sky Rocket: Sporty. Sky Rocket's got herself together, but can she survive the other players?
Apple Delight: Bossy, demanding.. He does everything his own way and gets angry when others don't go along.
Ringlets: Manipulating, conceited, but hides said conceit with earnest fraudulant compassion. However, she's not a good actress ;)
Munchy:Quite intelligent, but nerdy and a little timid.
Steamer: Steamer's a joker, a boob. And he likes it like that. Imbue all 50MBP stuff about Steamer into this character.
Pretty Vision: Flippant and irresponsible. Best of intentions at heart, but little knowledge about how to pull it off.
Sunspot: Wait, Sunspot's in this game? Wallflower.
Sugarberry: Mentally feeble, with hopelessly jarbled self-image. She's most likely to just go along with whatever she's told.
And now that I've established the characters.... ::reaches in to urn to randomly draw the tribes::
Dura Tribe [yes, this name sucks. Too bad, lol]:
Braided Beauty
Star Dancer
Ringlets
Steamer
Dancing Butterflies
Sugarberry
Pretty Vision
Sky Rocket
Skélé Tribe
Star Hopper
Apple Delight
Curly Locks
Sunspot
Munchy
Sweet Celebrations
Milky Way
Up, Up, and Away
Geez-ow, that took forever to type!
Oh yes, and my writing is in script format. I trust that won't be too annoying. And if it is, too bad. ::grins::