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Our quest for coherent plot continues!

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And that’s that. That’s the end.

It’s been quite the ride, hasn’t it? Over a year spent writing The Bonds of Love, and over a year and a half spent discussing the actual writing process.

I think I’ve said everything I had to say or even could say about my story, but well? Come on, you all know me enough by now to know I just can’t shut up even when I should.

Sooo…?

To summarize my overall opinions on every major aspect of The Bonds of Love…?

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Alright! Time for the second half of Serenity; let’s not waste any time and get right into it!

Continuing where we left off, we open on Gallus and Silverstream on their way to the restaurant, bouncing along in a bumpy but otherwise non-chaotic carriage ride, and—Wait, what do you mean that’s not how we start the chapter?

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And here we are at last... The final third of the Epilogue's discussion, and thus, the final major installment of the Writing of The Bonds of Love.

No need to dawdle any further, I think. Let's get right into it!

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Alternate title: Normalcy — Went with “Normality” since it sounded better at the time. I lean more toward Normalcy presently, but it doesn’t matter since they’re synonyms.

Ah, Ch.5(Normality), you will always stand out for being the only chapter to actually follow the original character-specific chapter plan.

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Ahh, Ch.3(Expression). Or as I like to call it: The chapter where I finally figured out what the heck I was doing.

Look, I was writing a story about Gallus receiving therapy for his trauma, his friends’ reactions to learning about his breakdown, and the blossoming romance between him and Silverstream who was going through her own breakdown, all while trying to work themes of identity, personal growth, paranoia, self-worth, family, and the classic “Coming of age” trope into the narrative.

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And we’re back for the final part of the Ch.15(Family, Part Two) discussion!

The story so far: After a grueling impromptu therapy session, Gallus has finally won Ocean Flow’s approval, and the duo now races toward the surface world to inform Silverstream of this glorious development, alongside an explanation for why such approval was refused for so terribly long…

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Hey, everypony. I know this may seem a bit weird of me to do, but I wanted to put out this blog post in order to talk about some feedback I’ve gotten on my recent Tell Your Tale review video on “Moon Festival.” Thank you all who have commented so far and I’m so glad that things are going well so far for me on the YouTube side of things. This won’t be a depressing post, don’t worry. I just want to put this out to let you guys know that I hear you and I’ll be changing some things about the

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New Make Your Mark review out now! I’m quite proud of this one as I think I may have finally found my footing as a reviewer. The presentation style is changed up somewhat and I hope it results in a better product overall. Speaking slower was a key priority for me, so let me know if I accomplished that, also what you think of the episodes in general. Enjoy!

Behold! The best chapters in the entire story! I’m not exaggerating; the Mount Aris arc is fantastic! And you have Great White Prime to thank for its existence.

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“Attention, everypony!! This is a national emergency!! Shut ‘em down! Code red! Code red! Activate the alarms!! They know everything now!!!! Erase all possible clues!! We’re busted!!! BURN THE EVIDENCE AND RUN!!!!!!”

screaming and mass panicking noises intensify

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New review for the Tell Your Tale episode “Scents of Adventure” out now!

Transcript:

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And we're back! Due to apparent word count limitations, this chapter's discussion required it be split into separate posts, and today I bring you the second half, containing the oh so tumultuous resolution to Gallus and Grandpa Gruff's fued. Let's not waste anymore time and get right on into it!

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This is the shortest and last installment in my Bride of Discord commentary. The previous five are located here, also here, don't forget here,

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I'll get the housekeeping out the way first. Clopficsinthecomments wrote a blog about the charity his Aryanne story was connected with and organized on 4chan. Whatever opinions you had about Aryanne, the event was the largest fundraising success in the history of the fandom and we got an adorable filly mascot out of the deal! There's also a Big Man

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Ah, Ch.11(Closure). For a while, I considered this to be the best chapter of The Bonds of Love, even better than the Smolder and Mount Aris chapters. It’s not hard to see why—Ch.10(Home) did most of the setup concerning Gallus’ feelings toward Griffonstone, leaving Ch.11(Closure) to ride that setup and finally discuss his and Gruff’s relationship—something I’ve wanted to address since the very beginning with A Day for Family.

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