So I haven't covered these two and don't know that I will.

Given that we know a lot more about gryphons in the Apotheverse due to Cartography of War, and with the events of Apotheosis and Triptych, the perspective on these two antagonists (I wouldn't even call them proper villains) should be different. Especially since I don't think either of their return episodes were particularly good. Trixie's was better but Gilda's was terrible.

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In this post I set out three artifacts that I thought were appropriate for my Apotheverse trinity. However, there may be other options, and weapons are not the only kind of artifact. What can you come up with?

Mostly just some thoughts I had when discussing artifacts.

The Crown and the Mirror

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Stolen from Rod Serling:
"There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on."

It's ambiguous, either horrifying or reassuring depending on how you take it. Or perhaps both at once.

What kind of story would you write with such a prompt?

I had been working on a scifi story for a while (which was semi-interrupted by Cartography) but I was having serious issues getting my teeth into it.

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All of a sudden there are a bunch of people commenting on my xenofictional blog series. Not that I'm complaining, but I feel like I missed something...

Wow it's been a while since I did one of these.

In what is likely to be a minority opinion, my reaction to the episode was distinctly 'meh.' It's not that it was a bad episode per se - there was a lot of good character moments and development bits for Twi, and it was fun to see the old villains. But...there was just too much that made me go bwuh.

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Welp.

Pretty fantastic! Diamond Tiara's turnaround was a bit too fast, but good enough for one episode I guess. And it does make more sense with a slight xenofictional take on cutie marks (her cutie mark was in getting others to do what they wanted, and she failed, so crisis!). I also like they showed off the good and bad sides of that mark - leadership vs. manipulation.

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Stuff I plan to do eventually (after I finish this original fic)
Chiaroscuro: Queen Chrysalis and the fate of the changelings. Probably just a <10k word oneshot or coda.
Tenebrism: Far-future, scifi-themed Apotheverse oneshot or coda.

Stuff I'd like to do at some point
Lost Cities of the Apotheverse. There's a few possibilities here - Tozo's desert, the mušḫuššu city, the Island, Cantrot.

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Okay, I'm done complaining.

I don't have any pony words for you people, so have some questions instead. I can't promise they'll amount to anything but I still want to know.

What race do you think needs an entry in the Apotheverse other than Changelings? Yes, they've got a reserved slot, it just won't be anytime soon.

Is there a minor character who needs to be revisited?