Forget posting schedules, let's see if I can hit 600 reviews by the end of the year! :V (Probably not.)

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Apples and Oranges by BieberLover124
Mature: Sex
Reading by ABronyThatPwnys
Genre: Badfic
This is… not even worth comment. The story link doesn’t work anymore (thank God), the reading is not even three minutes long, and it’s just a string of ‘words’ describing Apple Bloom being raped by family members. But hey, a human being wrote this.
I Need Something Stronger Than Not Recommended

Pinkie Pie’s New Game by SummerHazel
Mature: Sex
Reading by ABronyThatPwnys
Genre: PWP
So Pinkie shows Fluttershy a new "game" called “clopping”. This more or less involves raping her. (I’m sensing a trend with these readings.) There’s also incidental foal-on-foal action. Yeah. ThankfullyUnfortunately, the reading is incomplete and the story no longer exists, so gee I guess I’ll just have to wonder what happens next. :| Seriously, ignore this story.
Not Recommended

In Memoria Di by TrebleClef91
Reading by ABronyThatPwnys
Genre: “Sad”
Rainbow Dash visits Scootaloo’s grave and I start laughing. So help me, I couldn’t stop. Aside from having a very maudlin plot, the writing is extremely poor (“Rainbow Dash’s eyes turned into water”?) That’s really all I can say about this. I’m glad ABronyThatPwnys doesn’t have any more readings. (Though I’ll admit some of his commentary made this even funnier.)
Not Recommended

All Dead, All Dead by Nathan
Genre: Behind the Scenes
I was all ready to write this off in the first half. It’s a season one setup I’ve seen before: Celestia-the-Schemer orchestrated the entire Nightmare Moon debacle to maneuver Twilight into becoming the Element of Magic. But as poorly as this story has aged over three seasons, I couldn’t help but feel it resound with some more recent developments, most especially the furor of speculation that erupted over the appearance of the book at the end of The Crystal Kingdom. (Also, he named Twilight's predecessor “Shimmer Shine”, that was pretty fun.) The revelation of what, exactly, Celestia was doing definitely caught me off guard, and that's what gives me something to recommend.
Recommended If You Can Still Do the Season One Thing

The Corpse Bride by Bad Horse
Reading by Scribbler and NDLMongoose
Genre: Dark
I love how the title makes it very clear what’s happening in the first scene. I wanted to label this a “dark comedy”, but actually it’s not all that comedic by the end. What it is is a great look at Discord and Fluttershy’s friendship, specifically what happens after she dies. (I’m so mad, that’s something I wanted to write about, but I fear that ship has already sailed.) I do have a couple of problems with this, but Applejack actually covers most of them in the middle scene, so I guess the lesson here is “Always listen to Applejack, dammit”. The only problem remaining is that of implications related to choice. Twilight wants to end Fluttershy’s suffering at Discord’s hands, and has to go through a lot of justifications to reach an action point. And sure, if they’d asked her what she wanted, she probably would have been against it for any number of reasons, but having them go ahead with the plan without even trying to ask her first felt a little wrong. Of course, the ending makes it clear that there was really no “right” answer in this situation, so I can’t be too mad, I'd just have liked to see it addressed in the story. (Also, for the record, while DiscoShy is on my List of Ships I Cannot Abide, this is officially now the only way I will accept their relationship as being anything other than friendly/slightly antagonistic.)
Recommended

Path of Discord by Lance Hardwood
Mature: Sex
Genre: Fetish Odyssey
I read the first chapter of this long ago and have decided to finish it up because Lance Hardwood “completed” it by releasing his notes for the ending. This is essentially a sexy revision of Return of Harmony. It's actually the author’s first attempt at clopfic, which might explain some of the bizarreness, like the very matter-of-fact way in which Twilight describes numerous sexual occurrences at the start. There is an awful lot of side comedy in this story, and I have no way of knowing how much of it is intentional. But this is just out and out weird. I mean, where else are you going to read about Twilight fellating a wall? Or see a line like “I summoned my personal dildo from its pocket dimension”? Of course, said humor is also mitigated significantly by the fact that Twilight and her friends are more or less raped continuously throughout this little adventure. I’m pleased (I suppose) to say that this is at least dealt with properly in the story itself. So yes, the tone shifts from funny to uncomfortable to seriously uncomfortable. And why not? Because it turns out this story was meant as an enormous troll-shaming fic, and I applaud the fuck out of the author for going that route. Of course, the fact that he never finished it means that no one gets any points, but okay.
Recommended If You Don’t Mind Weird Sex and Unfinished Stories

Hell Is Other Ponies by alexmagnet
Genre: Absurdity
Unfortunately, the inaugural writeoff for the Fimfiction group has been plagued with problems, the most recent of which involves the site being down during the last few days of voting. As a result, it has been decreed that people can submit their stories, dropping all pretense of anonymity, and alexmagnet has been the first to take the bait. This story is fun, but there’s a major caveat: Twilight is 100% out of character. The plot involves her sending ponies to the moon one after another because she’s just tired of them being around or something. It is, like I said, more funny than dark, but for some readers, it will be a hard pill to swallow.
Recommended If You Can Sacrifice Characterization for Enjoyment

Where the Heart Is by Benman
Genre: Holiday Vignette
I’m not the only person to point this out, but there’s one issue with this piece: it needs another scene. The first scene especially feels like something is being set up, but just before the 700 word mark, it stops. With that said, for what it is, it’s quite good. I’m most impressed by how much Ben is able to pack into 700 words (for instance, the identity of a strangely-named OC who is never seen). Anyone looking for something seasonal might enjoy the opening scene, at least.
Recommended If You Don’t Need Closure