Blog Potpourri · 12:02pm Feb 5th, 2016
art by Allyster
Inked by NCMares and rendered by DILeak
Hello! 
I hope all of you are doing well.
Today's art was created by NCMares, Allyster and DILeak as part of a stream, each sketching a picture of Little Pip. They then traded the pictures to be inked and colored, and then traded again to be shaded. The results are amazing!
I will be posting the next part of Angel's Pip-Boy Diary later this week. I'm sorry for the delay. 
With Season 6 of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic coming this spring, I'm happy to say that I have just one episode of Season 5 left to catch up on. I hope to give you my thoughts on Season 5 in a blog post this weekend. Bearing in mind that I only sporadically reviewed the episodes during Season 5, how many of you would like to see me giving my thoughts on episodes during this upcoming season?
I just watched "Canterlot Boutique". I had been putting off watching the episode for the longest time. Rarity is my favorite character, and when the episode aired, I only got a few minutes into it before I became worried that the episode would end badly for her. I didn't want to watch her dream come crashing down just so the show could return to the status quo.
I should have had more faith. This show has proven willing to allow change, both in the world and in the characters, closing arcs and opening new ones. Season 5 in particular has seemed prone to shaking things up. But it wasn't until watching "Rarity Investigates", and seeing that Rarity would be allowed her dream, that I was willing to tackle "Canterlot Boutique". (And even then, I interspersed watching it with watching Strategic Jordan's reaction video to it, just to ease the tension.)
Amusingly, while I still have a single episode of Season 5 left to see ("Made in Manehattan"), I have watched "Crusaders of the Lost Mark" several dozen times, counting every reaction video I could find for it on YouTube. I absolutely adore that episode. 
In Fallout: Equestria news, The Manehattan Project has announced their fourth and final edition of the Fallout: Equestria audiobook.
art by NCMares
Inked by DILeak and shaded by Allyster.
from Novel Idea:
This one will have many fixes (including removing that obnoxious “Footnote: Level Up” comment in the middle of Chapter 37). Every repeated line that I could find will be removed. We’re also including Corvus’s “This Coming Storm” song at the end of the Epilogue, just as Kkat originally intended as DJ-PON3’s last song before the Afterword. I’ve also redone the opening and ending (even going to the point of including my version of “Audible hopes you’ve enjoyed this broadcast” at the very end for those of you who have listened to Audible titles).
The current plan is for the entire MP3 and M4B (Audiobook) formats to be released concurrently. I will be taking down all of the previous YouTube videos and replacing them with the updated versions. It will likely take me a bit to get all of those set up (That takes a TON of processing time, because they are actually movies).
But now, there should be no more delays and no further updates. So if you haven’t had a chance to listen, next week is the time to start.
On a personal note, I was thrilled to see The Hooves of Fate get its own page on Equestria Daily. Congratulations, Sprocket Doggingsworth!
On a similarly personal note, I am filled with anticipation for the next installment of Strategic Jordan's Fallout: Equestria react video series. The reason? Strategic Jordan's favorite pony is Vinyl Scratch, and his favorite CMC is Scootaloo... and he's about to embark on the fourteenth chapter -- the Stable 29 chapter. 
If you like MLP react videos, you might enjoy this series. (Or at least his MLP:FiM episode reaction videos.) The first video in his series is here, and here is where he starts doing reactions to CrazedRambling's audiobook (rather than reading it himself).
Thank you for reading; I look forward to hearing your thoughts. 
art by DILeak
Lined and colored by Allyster, and shaded by NCMares.
"Art brought to you by NCMares, Allyster and DILeak"
Uh, hate to be the bearer of bad news, but nope, it ain't. Images are borked, KKat. :3
3734416 Thank you. Imgur seems to be derping badly. I re-uploaded them and gave fresh links. Hopefully, it works now.
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Sorry, Kkat, it doesn't for me. Images still broken.
Something has gone horribly wrong with Imgur, it seems.
3734424 Is there any way to tell if the problem is on Imgur's end or FIMfiction's?
Never heard of Hooves of Fate before, but now I have something new to read. Thanks!
I'd love to hear more of your reactions to the episodes.
In less positive news, my web browser seems convinced that every image you've posted contains errors. And I do mean every image. The "More Blog Posts" column is just a series of broken image warnings. I do need to update Firefox, though, so this may be limited to me.
EDIT: Oh dear.
3734442 I just checked Knighty's page, and it seems that this is an issue between FIMfiction and Imgur, and that it has been going on for a few days.
Fortunately, you can still see these wonderful artworks if you click the links embedded in the artists' names.
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I especially like the NCMares-sketched one for how it presents the fused Pip-Buck. Never imagined it as just a screen growing out of her body.
The OC in Hooves of Fate is virtually identical to Roseluck in that cover art.
3734445 Good to know! I've been reading an illustrated story on Fimfic that I'll have to revisit once that's fixed.
Yes, so happy to see Hooves getting more attention,
Next chapter should be soon-ish, mostly on the nitpicky editing phase for it.
3734479 Well that only makes sense given she's Roseluck's little sister in the story.
3734499 Oho! I should have investigated further. Well if Roseluck is involved in any way... (sigh). Just when you think you're out, FoE drags you back in again. I'll track it. Thanks!
3734445 imgur, y u do dis?
The pics are still busted, but I followed the links as you said, and that is some pretty cool artings, right there. Top notch stuff.
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There was a notice a few days back saying it was on their side, not ours
3734536 How does that work? I can post Imgur links elsewhere without trouble.
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The server hamsters are just tired, no worries.
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I honestly have no idea. One of the site staff should know more.
Take your time! No need to rush when there is so much of the Wasteland to experience.
Rarity isn't my favorite pony, but I will say that I enjoy her episodes a lot more than some of the other Mane 6 episodes for some reason. Crusaders of the Lost Mark is one of my favorites, sadly, I don't get Discovery Family anymore so I have to look around else where for pony. Which I can't do when I've got Fallout staring at me.
I can't see the pictures at the moment, but I'll come back to see them since you always post interesting art work for us to see.
3734559 apparently, imgur has blocked fim fiction for..... Reasons?
Season 5 was abit of a hit'n'miss with me. I felt like something was missing... But I can't put my finger on what. Hope Season 6 actually picks up the slack. But if there is one thing I liked it was Slice of Life... don't know why it recieved mixed feelings.
3734654 Is this a guess, or something the admins have figured out?
3734719 A friend of mine uses imgur and has told me, but I can't really verify that. She has no reason to lie though and usually makes sure she's right before saying anything.
Can I just say something that has really no business being on this blog? Sure, why not.
I had heard about Fallout: Equestria. Once or twice, after I first started watching the show and looked at more stuff related to pastel-coloured ponies. Most of it were half-finished animations that didn't really strike me as all that interresting.
Four years later, I notice that there's an actual fandom to this show and get involved in Fimfiction. I remember Fallout: Equestria, and decide to check it out since I'd been familiarizing myself with the Bethesda games of the Fallout series.
Problem is, there are so many spin-off's, rip-off's and whatnot-off's that I can't seem to find the original.
If it hadn't been to that one animation in which Little Pip's name was mentioned, I never would have found that story.
And I would have missed out on one of the best stories ever written. The characters are original and relatable, there humour of the story is great and the morals it conveys made it even better. Best of all: It's a journey that lasts and doesn't get boring. I found myself binge-reading the entire thing. I did not manage to finish it in under five days. And I can read real fast, I virtually devour every book that crosses my path. (Here's an example of how fast I read. Remember the last Harry Potter book? I didn't buy it. Why? Because I read the entire damn thing through in just two afternoons at the bookshop. That's usually how that goes. Though I have to admit, that 52 000 word behemoth of a chapter towards the end of Fallout: Equestria put up a damn good fight. I actually didn't manage to read it through in one go.)
I think what I'm trying to say is, Fallout: Equestria presented an awe-inspiring journey. I, your friendly introvert neighbourhood critic of a bibliophile, added this story to the very top of my list of favourites.
... Give me a moment while I search for more vocabulary to somehow convey how much I enjoyed and adore this masterpiece.
The pictures aren't showing. May just be on my end though.
Hey Kkat, would you ever do a side story to FoE involving the events pre-war. That had to of been one of my favorit things about the story. When I was reading the story, hearing when Canterlot was attacked and what the mane six where going through. I think it would make for a great story, going back to where it all began.
3734763 They aren't showing on my end either :/
Kkat, I thought your favorite pony was AJ. All my life, I have lived a lie
again!. Why must you make me question everything?
3734833 I don't really see the point of it. Maybe an anthology series would be cool, but a full on fic based on the Pre-war world? I just get the feeling doing something like that would just leave it in a downer ending. But that's just my two bits.
Season five had to be one of the best this season. They cleverly found ways for ponies to raech theri dreams and still ahve stories to tell afterwards.
3734763 Same here, except they're broken everywhere on the site
Glad yall liked the art! My friends cannot wait for the audio run. And you sure had a lot more patience than I did, I had no choice but to watch the episodes as they aired :\
In other news, Livestream Tuesdays are now a weekly EQD event. I am sure there are going to be a lot more pip where that came from, but I know I would not be here now if not for you, so whenever I can get a pip in or two.... ^^
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*Table flip*
3734719 Looks like it's permanent. At least we still have deviantart.
Ehh... I didn't care for that episode. Really... it was pretty much the biggest media let down of my life. For years the talents of the cmc have been alluded to, and what do they give us? Oh, and that Diamond Tiara nonsense, blech! Ahh she just needed fwiends, gag me. Having a horrendous harpie for a mother does not excuse ones behavior, and thanks Cheerilee for being the poster child for useless ponies. On the school board my firm and toned butt...
Oh, oh, and where's Filthy, huh? No doubt down in his basement making ceramic bowls, building model plane, and looking at his aquarium all day to distract himself from the undeniable fact of his abject failure as father and husband, the useless pile of emasculation