New Blog Schedule; Whatever Wednesday: IC vs. OOC

In order to make my convoluted series of thoughts, musings, and rants a bit easier to follow, and in order to motivate myself to keep up with stuff here, I have decided to begin a schedule of three weekly posts, and attempt to post something each of those days.

Monday will be Mysty Monday. I will post things pertaining to my character, Mystic Morning, including IC presented headcanons, and various musings that are not philosophy related. Monday posts will be in character.
Wednesday will be Whatever Wednesday, including any fan rants, fan theories, OOC clarifications, or... just whatever pony related musings or stray thoughts. I will begin tonight with this post. Wednesday posts will be out of character.
Friday will be Fillysophical Friday, during witch I will post Mystic's philosophical musings and ramblings. Sometimes they will be character based, other times just theories and ideas I feel like sharing. Friday posts will be in character.

To Begin, I will clarify some of the differences, albeit few, between my earthly self and Mystic Morning.

META MYSTIC MUSINGS : MYSTIC MORNING vs. IZHANE TWILIGHT

I felt it wise to clarify the nature of my living philosophy in character as Mystic Morning, and OOC as Izhane or Ishanna. While there is a difference, it is very small. As Mysty is my ponysona, she is essentially me as a pony, with all the same hobbies, interests, turn-offs, and goals. The key difference is that Mysty knew what she meant to do as an adolescent, while all I knew was that Latin was cool, Sanskrit was 20% cooler, I was good at language and social studies, and I wanted to be a academician.

While I have spent years in college deciding between Classical Languages, Modern Linguistics, and Anthropology, Mysty spent her young adulthood studying the history of Equestria. In my real life, I have settled on, and currently study Classical Linguistic Anthropology, Philology, and Archaeology. Mysty continues to function as a historian, chronicler, and storyteller. Both my ponysona and I are interested in history, old languages, storytelling, and philosophy. The only distinction is that for Mysty, language is key to history, and to me, history is the key to the study of philology.

It is worth mentioning as well, that Mysty's special talent is storytelling, and my primary life goal is to create settings and adventures for tabletop role-playing games. So ultimately, we have the same "destiny." For her, retelling history is the greatest story, while for me, the joy is in finding the stories. As far as the study of philosophy, that is a new interest of mine. It came along about the same time I discovered FiM, and thus is part of Mystic's identity.

Anyway, returning to my point, these philosophical musings are informed with active research. I have no credentials in philosophy as of this time. Mystic Morning, however, does, as she has had the time to study it. Keep in mind that these are my personal musings and thoughts supported by current research, but they are presented in character as Mystic Morning, who can be said to have at least studied it as a hobby.

Ultimately, the differences are skin (and bone structure) deep. The thoughts and motivations are drawn from a common source: my knowledge, inspiration, and personal musing, but will continue to presented in character, and contextualized appropriately.