There are some stories that have the plot point that Celestia and Luna do not actually have the control over their respective heavenly bodies that everypony believes they do — that they are merely pretending to raise and lower them, while natural causes are really responsible. Sometimes this is done in an attempt to make Equestria more realistic and believable, with the nasty character implications of such prolonged and enormous deception merely coming along for the ride. Sometimes it's the

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There are a number of fics that explore the consequences of integrating friendly changelings into Equestrian society en masse. One of the obvious problems is that of unrestricted disguises and the ever-present possibility that creates that anyone might be, or have been, a changeling, meaning that anyone now has a (theoretically) plausible alibi ("It was a changeling taking my shape, I swear!"), even other changelings. Bad as allowing arbitrary accused criminals to escape justice is, it

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If Applejack grew chiefly maize, would we call her a corn pone?

I have the faint hope that this writing may either suggest organization methods to others, or explain my own system more perfectly to authors and other readers alike. Perhaps even both. Also, my OCD called and I could not but heed. If you want a quick reference to how to most efficiently use my shelves, just start at the top-left of my library and go from there. The first shelf in which a given story is found is the best indicator of just how good I found it. (Many stories show up in

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