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  • 26 weeks
    The Day of the Dead Anthology

    The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is a now-famous tradition from ancient times that has been a huge part of Mexican Culture through the centuries. Like so many things in Mexico, it's influenced strongly by certain aspects of the Aztec people.

    It has shaped the way those of us with that heritage look at life and death in many ways, and most importantly on the remembrance of, and honoring the deceased. We traditionally decorate little altars dedicated to the memories of those that passed away… but it's not a somber occasion.

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  • 26 weeks
    Jinglemas 2023!

    Jinglemas is the annual tradition on Fimfiction to exchange stories around the holidays with users on the site. This single event allows all Fimfiction users to come together and celebrate the reason for the season. Ponies!

    Enroll in this Secret-Santa-style gift exchange to request a holiday themed story, to be written secretly by another participant during the month of December. And in turn, you will be tasked with writing someone else's request. Then all the stories will be exchanged at Christmas! Simplicity itself! Thanks to the hard work of the Breezies, everyone will be ensured to get their gift!

    You only have until November 24th to Sign up!

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  • 50 weeks
    PSA: Using AIs to Write and Publish Stories in Fimfiction

    Hello everyone, this is a PSA (Public Service Announcement, for those of ESL) to put to rest consistent questions about using AI to 'write' stories and publish them here. This is not intended as a poll or a request for feedback. It is exclusively a clarification on an already-existing rule.

    People ask: "Can I, oh great and powerful D, post a story or chapter that I got ChatGPT to write for me?!"

    And the answer, my friend, is... No.

    Absolutely not. Not in a thousand years!

    Because you didn't write it.

    It is not your creation. You are NOT the author. In fact, you are the opposite.

    There seems to be some confusion when interpreting the following rule:

    Don’t Post (Content)

    [...]

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  • 78 weeks
    Jinglemas 2022!

    Jinglemas is the annual tradition on Fimfiction to exchange stories around the holidays with users on the site. This single event allows all Fimfiction users to come together and celebrate the reason for the season. Ponies!

    Enroll in this Secret-Santa-style gift exchange to request a holiday themed story, to be written secretly by another participant during the month of December. And in turn, you will be tasked with writing someone else's request. Then all the stories will be exchanged at Christmas! Simplicity itself! Thanks to the hard work of the Breezies, everyone will be ensured to get their gift!

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    62 comments · 12,458 views
  • 106 weeks
    Phishing Awareness

    Have you ever found yourself in a situation like this?



    And then you magically find yourself in a suspiciously familiar site, except that you're not logged in, and it requires you to do so?

    Well. Don't log in. This is a scam, and a cheap one at that. 

    There've been recent attempts to obtain Fimfiction users’ personal data, like passwords and/or emails through links like the one I'm making fun of above. And a distressing amount of people don't seem to know what phishing attempts are.

    If you HAVE entered a site like this and put in your data, make sure to follow these basic steps at least.

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  • 117 weeks
    All Our Best [Royal Canterlot Library]

    As should be obvious from 15 months without a feature, life has taken the Royal Canterlot Library curators in different directions. While there’s still plenty of awesome stories being written in the My Little Pony fandom, we’re no longer actively working to spotlight them, and it’s time to officially draw the project to a close.

    Thank you for all of your support, suggestions, and comments over the years. We’re grateful to have been able to share seven years of exemplary stories with you, and give more insight into the minds behind them. In the spirit of the project, please keep reading and recommending fantastic fics to friends—the community is enriched when we all share what we love.

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  • 122 weeks
    Jinglemas 2021 has come to a close!

    Jinglemas had 114 stories written and exchanged this year!
    You can read them all here, in the Jinglemas 2021 folder!

    Jhoira wrote The Hearths Warming Eve Guest for EngageBook
    GaPJaxie wrote Twilight and Spike Hide a Body for Telly Vision
    SnowOriole wrote The Armor Hypothesis for BaeroRemedy
    snappleu wrote Words Said So Often That They Lack Any Meaning for Trick Question
    NeirdaE wrote Starlight and Trixie Direct a Play for Moosetasm
    Ninjadeadbeard wrote Garland Graveyard Shift for NeirdaE
    Roundabout Recluse wrote Apples to Apples for Ninjadeadbeard
    MistyShadowz wrote The Times We Shared for NaiadSagaIotaOar
    Petrichord wrote A Gentle Nudge for Angel Midnight
    Jade Ring wrote Past, Future, and Present for Frazzle2Dazzle
    Jake The Army Guy wrote The Big Talk for Dreadnought
    The Red Parade wrote Heart Strings for Franso
    Greatazuredragon wrote A Hearth’s Warming Question for GaPJaxie

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  • 152 weeks
    Reunions: A Swapped Roles Contest!

    Okay guys here's something fun presented by Nitro Indigo.

    Presented by me, I guess, but I digress.

    Last year, I (Nitro Indigo) noticed that there was a surprising lack of roleswap fanfics on this site. To fix that, I decided to run a roleswap contest over the summer themed around secrets. While it didn’t get many entries, it nevertheless attracted the attention of some big authors and was the origin of two of my favourite fics. Overall, I think it was a success, so I’ve decided to run another one!

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  • 225 weeks
    Minor Rules and Reporting Update

    Hope everyone is enjoying the new year.

    Some small changes have been made to our rules as well as to the reporting process.

    Rules

    "No attacks directed at individuals or groups due to race, gender, gender identity, religion or sexual identity."

    This better clarifies our previously ill-defined hate speech rule and includes groups as well as individual attacks.

    "No celebration, glorification or encouragement of real life criminal activity."

    This includes past, present and potential future crimes.

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    747 comments · 15,922 views
  • 227 weeks
    Jinglemas 2019

    There's truly no time like the holidays. What's better than copious amounts of food, quality time with family and friends, hearing the sweet sound of Trans-Siberian Orchestra on repeat, and unmanagble financial stress from our capitalist overlords?

    Gift exchanges of course!


    Our Own Little Way of bringing Hearth's Warming to Fimfiction

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Dec
25th
2015

Site Post » Happy Hearth's Warming from the Royal Canterlot Library! · 9:02pm Dec 25th, 2015

It's been a busy two years of reading, evaluating, and spotlighting stories for our weekly author interviews.  With Christmas falling on a Friday this December, we at the Royal Canterlot Library are taking our first day off.  Rest assured, though, we'll be back next week to feature another excellent piece of pony fanfiction.

In the meantime, now is a good time to take advantage of a suggestion from RCL curator Chris, and give one of your favorite authors the gift of a thank-you for how their story made a difference to you.  If you'd like a starting point, browse our list of previous features, with 100+ top-notch stories.  Did one of them move you?  Help you come to a realization?  Teach you the bon mot that landed you that sweet job at the trivia factory?  Let the author know!  There's no greater compliment than to hear you've made a difference.

For readers and authors alike, happy holidays to you all.

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Comments ( 19 )

As one of Seattle's Angels, I approve this message. Go tell an author why they're cool.

3642756 Annd Annd.... lets not forget the Story Approvers, you guys have the hardest job, I raise my glass to you guys :heart:

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iisaw #3 · Dec 25th, 2015 · · 1 ·

Mele Kalikimaka, y'all! :derpytongue2:

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'Ōlelo Hawai'i 'oe?

Merry Christmas in three languages!
(Feliz Navidad)
(Maligayang Pasko)

Woohoo!

iisaw #6 · Dec 26th, 2015 · · 1 ·

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Nope, I just know a few dozen words. I can get by in the island pidgin, but I haven't used it for decades.

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Ĝojan Kristnaskon! Gëzuar Krishtlindjet! sere jakexmix anānte lā; .i gleki krirmsa

. . . or however you want to say it.

3643131 I am surprised there are Philippine dialects and languages in that link.

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What'd you expect? It's omniglot.com. They've got a lot of the world's languages and writing systems.

PresentPerfect
Author Interviewer

3643083
"Mele Kalikimaka" is also a classic Christmas song, made famous by Bing Crosby. That's how I know the phrase, anyway! :)

If we're doing the language thing, Fijn Kerstfeest, everybody! :pinkiehappy:

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Spreekt u Nederlands?

3646013 I don't think it's very polite to talk in a different language in a public comment section, but it's nice to know I have a fellow Dutchman (or at least speaker) in my midst. :pinkiesmile:

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I thought YOU were the Dutchman. My apologies.

Besides, it's perfectly acceptable to carry on in a different language here on Fimfiction. Here's one such example, in Albanian.

3646626 Oh I am Dutch, I just have two French cousins and it always really irritates me when they speak to each other in French when other people are there. :derpytongue2:

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Here's a funny story:

So George Orwell went to stay in France one time. He came fully equipped to speak French there. . . but it turned out the household language where he stayed was Esperanto. Needless to say, he was caught off-guard.

He got his revenge by creating Newspeak in 1984.

3646783 I'm assuming you did a little Esperanto victory dance when you first heard that story. :raritywink:

3642756
As one of Seattle's Angels, I fully condone bandwagoning onto an RCL post, because we are quite lazy. Least, I am. :twilightsmile:

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"Open up your heart and let the grimdark coltclop shipfic in!"
"We'll meet in Pinkie's kitchen and dance in Twilight's skin!"
"And Luna can be our re-gu-lar Sa-tur-day night thing--"
We'll decorate a Timberwolf, and gather 'round and sing...

Oh! Let's have a Sweaty Manchild Chrstmas this year...

"La-la-la, la-la, ha haaaaaaa!"

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