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Benman


Benman belongs to a class of bipedal ape notable for its use of tools and clothing, highly adept at symbolic communication such as language and art.

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  • 218 weeks
    Fragments From The Archives

    Hey folks! It’s been a while. I hope everyone’s doing well over here.

    I was going through some old files, and I found a bunch of unfinished stories I was working on, way back when. I’ve posted three of them in my scrapfile for whoever's interested.

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  • 506 weeks
    I Am Technically Not Dead

    So, new story. My first since 2013, actually. It might be my last.

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  • 531 weeks
    Unlikely Crossovers: Royal Canterlot Library Edition

    “An Imaginative Performance” Or “Expectations”: Apple Bloom has the lead role in her school play, and her performance will be perfect. No matter what.

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  • 540 weeks
    New Holiday Story: Where The Heart Is

    I've posted a new story about going home for the holidays. You won't see it in your feed, because the mods in their infinite wisdom have decreed that sufficiently short stories aren't actually stories, so this blog is to let you know that it's available in my

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  • 542 weeks
    Help Me, And Win A Free Commission

    Thanks to Chris, I've been thinking about writing style recently. What is a style? Do I have one? Do I have more than one? How can I tell? “Thinking really hard about these questions” doesn't seem like a good way to get answers, since my most common problem as a writer is that I don't communicate the ideas I mean to communicate.

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Jun
1st
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On Living In A PG-Rated Universe · 8:19pm Jun 1st, 2013

Every filly wonders why, when her parents describe what will happen on her wedding night, the story eventually becomes vague, and after much clearing of throats, the topic is deftly changed. There is a simple explanation: that is how reality works in Ponyville. Tasteful scene cuts are an ironclad law of nature.

(From a conversation with Baxil.)

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Sounds legit!

Y'know, I wouldn't mind seeing a fic exploring this idea.

Like, maybe Shining Armor and Cadence keep trying to have sex and ending up with a 'fade to black' happening, it'd be fun. :pinkiehappy:

Well, no one's questioned the barbie doll anatomy of everypony yet, so I guess that makes sense...

This has led to a fascinating pornography industry where scene transitions are considered "money shots."

Meanwhile, the non-pornographic film industry stagnates as cinematographers struggle to find ways of moving between scenes that don't violate decency laws.

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Human viewers confused as pony cinema settles on what becomes known as the 'worldsweep cut', an overly elaborate scene transition that seems to have no benefit to justify its cost save that it absolutely, positively, does not resemble anypony's wedding night.

I like that idea. Presumably its also mediated by the same supernatural force that forces ponies to sing and dance in time when it is dramatically appropriate?

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