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Having fun by taking silly cartoon ponies way too seriously.

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  • Saturday
    Reading Order for The Alicorn Adventures

    Several people have asked about this, probably because I've written these things out of order. So, here is what I would recommend:

    The Celestia Code
    The Luna Cypher
    The Twilight Enigma
    On the Rocks
    The Quest
    Tales from Twilight Town
    The Cadenza Prophecies
    The Skyla Pseudonym

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  • 6 days
    Double the Fun!

    Ahoy there, Captain! A Twofer Tuesday spotted, broad on the larbord bow!


    (The quarterdeck's gettin' a bit crowded, innit?)

    Just thought y'all might like to see the gals with their disguises on, and some of the other Nebulas.

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  • 1 week
    Cute But Deadly


    PirateFest this weekend was a blast! Several blasts!

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    18 comments · 165 views
  • 2 weeks
    It May Be Ridiculous...

    ...but I really wish that little airships worked like this! :rainbowlaugh:

    11 comments · 144 views
  • 2 weeks
    Some Art of a More Pleasant Sort

    Because I am obsessive about those sorts of details, I had to know if the captain's gig could plausibly fit on Nebula's main deck with her gasbag fully inflated. I wrote a scene where that happens, and a little voice at the back of my head kept nagging at me to make sure I wasn't describing something that couldn't be done. Turns out after a morning of modeling and measuring, the gig can fit—just

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May
9th
2024

Update to the Glossary · 6:20pm May 9th

As expected, sharp-eyed readers have spotted several errors and typos in the glossary for The Cadenza Prophecies and I have gone about fixing them. Nothing noteworthy there, but I also made a major overhaul to one of the illustrations that only served to explain one term. Now it is much more useful:

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Comments ( 23 )

I am impressed. Though less so than I would have been had you also marked Twilight's sternum.

...it's too warm here for a coat, sorry.

:raritywink:

Whereas "aft expression" is a terrible thing to say a mare has.

'Stern Expression' gave me a good laugh, but I agree with Logan.
I always imagine alicorns with especially fluffy chests, so I feel Twi's sternum deserves a honorary mention here.

I'm guessing it probably had one of the actual ship parts before, but it's funnier to picture it originally only having "stern expression" and so I shall continue to think such.

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iisaw #6 · 2 weeks ago · · ·

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:rainbowlaugh: I would have, if I'd thought of it!

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:rainbowlaugh: "Aaar, 'at it be, matey! :trollestia:

"Stern expression" lol

If you are going down that route, then I suppose better stern than consternated.

I'm consterned that there are no sternstairs or sterndoors to access the sterngallery?

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Access is through one of the four windows! (No kidding.) [At least for flightless creatures.]

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iisee ...

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iisee what you did there! :facehoof: :rainbowlaugh: :moustache:

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So, after Rawboned Mari and the Zarabian military attacked, was anypony able to squeeze through those windows or fly around the sterngallery to save the planters, or were the Nebulas stuck with older food stores after Fluttershy rammed Nebula into Viper?

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Unfortunately, the planters went overboard then. :ajsleepy: Another set also froze when Nebula did her crash assent over the Dragon's Teeth range, and there was a horrible sandstorm in Mareocco that practically abraded away the whole crop. Applejack is brilliant with plants, but she can't work miracles under all conditions.

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iisaw, yousaw, we all saw for iisaw! :trollestia:

I can't help but notice that Captain Blackmane here lacks any distinguishing headgear. Perhaps a bicorne for the naval unicorn?

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She has one, but I haven't modeled it yet! A bicorn is traditional, but Twi became concerned about the terminology. Adding a bicorn would make her a tricorn, right? Spike calmed her down with a nice cup of tea, but she still had nightmares involving pirassoipi that night, so she decided to go with a fancy sort of slouch hat instead.

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Pirassoipi have two horns, so clearly anything but a hat with a single point should keep Twilight safe. Logically, and all. Avoiding wearing a tricorne so as not to become a two-headed pirassoippos would just be silly. But tricornes are more infantry headgear anyway. Maybe donate one to Tempest, for science and peace of mind?

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I think Tempest would look good in a tricorn, but then she's the sort of mare that would look good in almost anything. :raritywink:

Reese #21 · Saturday · · ·

"STERN EXPRESSION"
:D

How is the sternboard held on?

iisaw #22 · Saturday · · ·

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"How is the sternboard held on?"

Two big bolts through the transom.

Reese #23 · Saturday · · ·

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Ahh, thanks. That makes sense for something removable but still solid enough to take the life of a sky pirate ship, I think.

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