Soon...

... the Snippet Season One Finale will be posted!

I'm currently shopping around for an artist to commission a cover for the piece. Feels fitting for an anthology inspired by images should have a custom group picture made for the story where all the major storylines converge. Anyone got any suggestions? I've never commissioned anything before and the only lead I have right now is an artist named Lia Aqila. Anyone got better quality than her for a reasonable rate? My piece'll need to feature five characters (two of whom are OCs), so the artist I hit up would have to be comfortable with that. Time constraints aren't really an issue, although I obviously can't post the story til the cover art is finished and delivered to me.

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As for the actual story content...

There's plenty of time to review the Snippet Series in its entirety, but only 7 of the 15 Snippets are required readings for the finale to make sense. They are...

The Lightning Dust plotline,

EThree Bolded Words

• MLP: FiM
• Drama
• Slice of Life

Lightning Dust has been to plenty of wellness checkups, but this is the first one that included a psych evaluation. She doesn’t understand the three word result, but her instincts tell her she didn’t do very well.

• Lightning Dust

Casketbase77 · 2.3k words  ·  493  10 · 6.8k views

ECover to Cover

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

Fusion spells aren't complicated, but the temporary ponies they yield are. Speed Reader isn't thrilled to be made of the two most high strung ponies in Equestria, but surely she can keep her selves together for a measly half hour, right?

• Twilight
• Rainbow Dash
• Lightning Dust

Casketbase77 · 4.3k words  ·  567  6 · 6.9k views

The Flurry Heart plotline,

EThe Tale of Maredusa

• MLP: FiM
• Thriller

Flurry Heart has requested a very unusual bedtime story. Shining Armor senses something is up, but he also knows that children occasionally come across feelings they don't have words for yet. Books can supply those words.

• Shining Armor
• Flurry Heart

Casketbase77 · 4.7k words  ·  107  0 · 1.7k views

EIdol

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

An older, mellower Scootaloo relocates to the Crystal Empire, tasked with tutoring a jumpy junior Princess. She's either the worst pony for the job or the ONLY pony for the job. There is no in-between.

• Scootaloo
• Cadance
• Flurry Heart

Casketbase77 · 3.3k words  ·  208  0 · 2.7k views

And the three one-offs starring "Rainbow," Stock Image, and Vitty (respectively).

EBe Yourself

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life

Life as an anonymous artist isn't glamorous, but it's the most secretive an imperfect clone can have while trying to keep a low profile. Then again, "most" is a relative term.

• Rainbow Dash
• Spike

Casketbase77 · 2.6k words  ·  510  2 · 5.6k views

ENot Scary

• MLP: FiM
• Comedy
• Slice of Life

The Wonderbolt Barracks are haunted, but not very well. Which is weaker: Fluttershy’s nerve, or one sorry specter’s skills at spooking?

• Fluttershy
• Rainbow Dash
• OC

Casketbase77 · 1.9k words  ·  195  1 · 2.1k views

EVitium

• MLP: FiM
• Slice of Life
• Thriller

Unshakable bravery is needed to live peaceably in the Everfree, and nopony can ever truly be prepared for the fearful creatures that turn up on one's doorstep in the dead of night.

• Zecora
• Other

Casketbase77 · 1.6k words  ·  82  0 · 1.2k views

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References to the other 8 fics in the series will be unobtrusively sprinkled throughout, and any unresolved storylines will continue into Season 2. I thank you all for sticking with me all this time, whether you joined as recently as yesterday or all the way back at the beginning in February. I aim to please, and your upvotes and comments let me know I'm doing my part to make this tiny corner of our fandom the best it can be.

Good night everyone, and good luck in all your own creative endeavors.

Casket out.

Comments

[Str8aura]

You're lucky you have enough interconnectivity to be able to do this. In my snippets, the world ended five times over.

[Nitro Indigo]

You could try asking for a commission in the Art for Fanfiction group.

[FanOfMostEverything]

You can also try looking over the Derpibooru commissions aggregator, though a five-character picutre's going to cost a pretty penny no matter who you find. Still, good luck!

[omegasnowfall]

Welp, i'm excited!

[Thought Prism]

Oh, cool! I have a few more fics I need to read, then.

[Super Trampoline]

You’re quickly shaping up as one of the best newer authors on the site. It’s really encouraging to see someone who joined right before the end of the show producing so much great content.

[Casketbase77]

5373973

My only regret is I didn’t start sooner. It’s FiM’s tenth birthday today, and I’ve been an on and off fan since Season 2. Didn’t read my first fic til 2018 and didn’t publish any til over a year later. Makes me sad to know the site will probably never have another story pass the 1000 upvote threshold. Just aren’t as many users anymore.

Not gonna let that stop me though. I still have another season of Snippets planned as well as a novel-length Sweetie Bot draft to keep working on. Casket’s name might be morbid, but his outlook is bright.