Extremely snooty people, probably English majors, have stated that no truly original story has been created since the Ancient Greeks. While I could easily dispute this assertion -- as far as I know, the Greeks didn't do surrealism as we understand it -- I am inclined to agree with the snobs and hipsters, at least in general. In fiction, there exists a finite number of concepts and archetypes from which to draw, and given the world's huge population coupled with such a long span of time, there

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So a while ago I posted a blog post indicating I intended to write a history of fimfiction. Since then, I've been shooting out emails to some authors and getting their feedback from a small survey meant to both collect information on the history of My Little Pony Fanfiction and get a good idea of how the writing community operates.

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you thought it was a joke you absolute prick - all you did was seal your own doom

go be an unapologetically and boastfully hateful person on some other site

The technical term for the viewpoint used in No longer Necessary is "third person limited" of the "deep" sort. How you combine those words depends on precisely whose version of the terminology you're using. I first encountered the term as "third person limited, deep penetration" but I have feeling that would get some puerile giggles, others call it "deep third person limited", or even "third person deep" without the

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Okay, so today is the day for retagging stories. We've got a bunch of new tags to play with:

• 2nd Person
• Drama
• Equestria Girls
• Horror
• Mystery
• Sci-Fi
• Thriller

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This was my idea, and it would not leave my brain, so here it is.

Contest description here. What we're trying to do is to find the MLP fanfic that is the MOST like My Immortal. Not the worst fanfic ever, but the one most like My Immortal, widely considered one of the worst fanfics ever written. You'll find details at the link.

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"This will be my first test." Melody said, speaking into a recorder. Griff was trotting alongside Metamorphosis, taking a walk with him. "Step one..."

Melody clicked on a red laser and shone it out at Griff. He froze, stared at it, then, when she moved it, he began chasing it. Meta giggled and followed as Griff began pouncing on it like a kitten. Meta batted as it as well, and soon the two were chasing it. Melody shrugged.

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*Walks in* "Okay, will someone kindly clue me in on what is going on with you lot today?! Everywhere I go there's one of you idiots laughing their bloody arses off!"

"...Fortuna, it's because of your accent."

"What's wrong with my accent?!"

"I think they're laughing because of... well, stereotypes."

"...What?"

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--which is not mine, but is by my friend and partner in (reviewing) crime, Elric of Melnipony: From Dat Place To Dis Place. It's a parody of Displaced fics, which I've been seeing a lot of in my role of Rage Reviews admin.

But what is a Displaced fic?

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"Do you three understand why what you did was wrong?"

"Yes dad."

"We were just being funny-"

"Ocellus! Do not make me warn you again."

"...Yes, I understand."

"Yes dad..."

"Good. Now, you're all grounded for a week, and when you're ungrounded, I expect each of you to give Griff a sincere apology."

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Here we go. Another blog post not attached to a story. Will anyone read it? Don't know. All I know is it needs to be written.

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So, this is a thing, eh. This is an extract of sorts from the HaS Novella - School Days, but it was orignally something else until I threw it into the story, and I decided to post it here for everyone to see, eh. Now, just because this is a real thing it doesn't mean that I haven't finished the novella or previous bits of the story, eh. My computer fucked up, and this was like one of few pieces of works of the HaS Novella that survived, eh. With my moral destroyed I want to work on

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I've updated my icon and user page.

This has nothing to do with the previous post—I'd been planning this for a while now. I'm probably going to tweak the icon a little because it's kind of imperfect and only looks good at full-size (the fine fur disappears below that level).

Also, I now have a sellout Patreon page, because why not? Everypony has one!

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"Dad!" Thorax burst into his father's room, and the unreformed male glanced up.

"Thorax? Is something wrong?"

"Kind of... um... dad..." Thorax took a breath. "Which one of us is your favorite?"

Metamorphosis blinked. "Why?"

"We have a bet..." Thorax admitted, and Metamorphosis chuckled.

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And soon it would be 2 years since I last posted an update to my story, which is a damn disgrace.

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Hello and welcome to Wave Blaster's blog, where Linkara is ripped off too.

Well, a lot of you guys may be wondering when is going to be an update *dodges a flying ax* and some of you may want my head for taking this long. The thing is that nightwalker and I have been working on something big, really big, and we both agree it needed to be worked on for a while without time pressures. I apologize if the waiting time has been a little long *dodges a flying kukri* okay, okay, Valve like long.

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The titles and brief blurbs about the first two episodes of the upcoming My Little Pony series have been released, though an actual airdate is still forthcoming.

Episode 1: Flip Sides Of The Same Bit
Twilight Sparkle deals with a frustrating new acquaintance, while Sunset Shimmer helps prepare for an important celebration.

Episode 2: All The World's A Stage
Sunset tries to keep calm during the feast, while Twilight and her reluctant new associate struggle to get along.

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It just occurred to me. Princess Bride (the book) is the original fake doc fanfic/fixfic, isn't it?

If you haven't ever seen the Princess Bride as a movie, you should; it's available digital everywhere, and you've probably read a reference to it without knowing.

If you've never read the BOOK, which predates the movie, I _highly_ recommend it. It is even more hilarious, and it's written as the actual author claiming to edit, cut down, and "fix" issues with the fictive original document

Now that my Sonata story is set to go live (any day now…), I'm sort of at a loss on what to do. That was the last piece of writing that I actually had a page set up for here – on my story timeline thingy, it's actually in between my Sunset fics – so whatever I put out next will be completely new. At least to my reader(s?).

Anywho, here are some story possibilities I'm throwing out into the ether…

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"Hey, dad...?"

"Yes son?"

"You, uh...aren't seriously considering marrying Steel, are you? I mean, aren't you older than him?"

"I'm not that much older than him Pharynx."

"...Dad. He's twenty three. Thorax and I are twenty one, and we turn twenty-two in May. He's practically our age!"

"What does age have to do with this Pharynx?"

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