I shall not be writing a lengthy journal, with various links to external sources, over this topic. I'm under no illusion as to how far my voice carries, or that there are other, better-informed parties out there who'll cover it better than I. Nevertheless I feel like I must add my voice into saying that which needs to be said;

This is domestic terrorism.

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I feel like I should have more to say. Were my schedule in the past week down to me alone, I would have written a lot, lot sooner. I’ve a habit of waiting a while. Largely because I like to think on things. But there’s little here that requires thinking about. Or there shouldn’t be. What’s right and wrong, for once, should be clear.

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On Monday 15th April 2019, at 18:50 (GMT+1), it wasn't London Bridge that was falling down, but the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris which caught fire, for causes as yet unknown at the time of this writing. As so often happens, a work which took a little century to complete – construction on the famous cathedral lasted from its inception in 1160 by Bishop Maurice de Sully until its official completion in 1260 – needed only a few hours to endure great, irrevocable damage. With the fire's

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The majority of world leaders showed up today in Paris, at the eleventh hour of the day by Paris time, to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the signature of the Armistice which officially ended the Great War of 1914-1918, the biggest punch-up of nationalist interests the world had seen – until a repeat performance twenty years later where, admittedly, the "nationalist" aspect was far more pronounced on one particular side this time.

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I've made it no secret that Rarity is my personal best pony.

... Well, how can you not love someone who'd give a lock of their own hair to fix someone else's moustache.

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For added context, I suggest reading JedR's journal first.

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Yesterday, Sunday May 7th 2017, the announcement was made at 8PM (GMT+1) as to the name of the new Président de la Ve République: Emmanuel Macron, leader of the fledgling left-wing party En Marche La France, who won at a tally of 66.1% of votes against Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right Front National, who got 33.9%.

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Well folks, as some of you may know, I spend a good part of my year studying in France.

... And tonight, Paris is once again subject to terrorist attack, but with a casualty toll which dwarfs the tragedy at Charlie Hebdo earlier this year, to the point that President Hollande has declared a state of emergency and taken the measure of closing the country's borders, over an indefinite duration.

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Because while it's been a year since I joined Fimfiction, I've spent a lot more time in Internet fandoms.

It all started back in March of 2008, when I was a big fan of Lilo & Stitch. The ride since then has been fascinating, exciting, maddening, call it what you will. But personally, looking back on it, one word comes to my mind more than any other.

Bittersweet.

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