You know, I looked for both stories and pictures involving Quibble Pants and Happy in some fashion, either fused or swapped or next to each other. And maybe it's partly because "happy" is a word that sees enough use, but I kinda came up empty.

Puzzle story preview coming shortly. Still need to cap it off and excerpt it, then ask a favor.

The prologue I mentioned is up now! Yay!

I wanted to mention this in the notes, but was in enough of a hurry I skipped it. Anyway, in an exchange calling back to the Canada episode, Elise mentions something called the 3Q gene. This is a reference to the qupqugiaq, a sort of wifbear of Inuit myth. Even if the woman's polar bear form didn't have ten legs, I think I'd make an effort to remember the name for its three Qs.

Now to copy that into the AN.

This story isn't supposed to be two years old with only two chapters out. The events were/are going to span a couple months. I wanted to have fun with it, not wear it like an albatross.

*grumble*

I may have a prologue out before December. Maybe I can put out some one-shots with a lack of polish.

I think part of my problem is I have a fear of first drafts. I don't know what they look like, and I try to skip them entirely. I don't suppose any of you can point me towards some collection of first drafts alongside their completed states, can you?

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"We were sent here by a superintelligent, benevolent..." Reese briefly considered how accurate to be here, eventually settling for a catchall term: "...magical device, which routinely provides us with sparse information on our task."

"Huh," said Rainbow Dash, "you too? Ours is a crystal table that projects a map."

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Alicorns, as a rule, aren't born. Princess Twilight was born Twilight Sparkle the Unicorn. Princess Mi Amore Cadenza was born Cadance the Pegasus. The Royal Sisters... well, Celestia's being cryptic and Luna's keeping mum. But they agree that this has never happened before, so let's take it as a given that neither of them was a born Alicorn either. So where does Princess Flurry Heart fit in?

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I had an offbeat idea a while ago, and I managed to bounce it off one Solid 6Gear. (The 6 is silent, you see.) I posed the question of what mammals the Mane 6 might become if they took a transformative trip to the world of Zootopia.

Solid Gear 21:56
Applejack has to stay a horse...but will end up a Clydesdale. :P

Prawo 21:57
And if I again specify that *Twilight* would be the only horse?

Solid Gear 21:58

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So... I'm behind on watching the show. I'm in the middle of two episodes, but I haven't finished seeing anything after "Stranger than Fanfiction." I fear that something about me is getting in the way of my enjoyment, like my aversion to even watching awkward situations. I don't know exactly what it is, though. I can tell you I'm not having the same problem catching up on "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

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I was having a little trouble starting this entry. I considered ranking them from 10 to 1, but I couldn't think of a methodology that I could keep consistent and explain clearly. Some of these ideas are here only because they amuse me; should I lead with them and bore readers?

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Sorry, folks. When I said "one week, Valve time" almost three weeks ago, that meant three weeks. And the chapter was almost entirely stopped during that time. I won't have it ready tomorrow.

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