It is almost Christmas, and that means that it is time for me to get off my butt and get people stuff to read for the holidays. I have been remiss in getting review sets posted; hopefully the rapidly approaching end of the year will encourage me to get more done.

This is a rather eclectic set of stories in some ways, but in another way, all but one of them manages to capture a lovely little sentiment. I wonder if you can guess which one that is from the titles?

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Something awesome just happened! A few days ago, a user here going by the name of NovemberDragon sent me a message and said that he has translated "Filly Friends Forever" into russian.
He asked me if he can publish the translation on the russian pony blog https://tabun.everypony.ru (Herd) and I of course agreed!
Yesterday, he wrote me again and sent me the link to the published translation!

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What then? How would your life be? How would you feel about having a special talent that is supposed to help ponies, but harms them at the same time? How would you react to this and how would you try to cope with it? Can you imagine how it would be to go through life with such a cruel fate?
There is a pony who can imagine this, because this is exactly the fate that was bestowed on him.

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When Crackle Pop awakes the next morning, he finds an unpleasant surprise. An unpleasant surprise that suddenly makes everything different for him and his sister. It leaves them both in sorrow, but is there a glimmer of hope?

for 150 updoots on this:

TForever Mare

• MLP: FiM
• Dark
• Sad

There are ponies that even the gods cannot help.

• Violence
• Suicide / Self Harm
• Celestia
• Luna
• OC
• Royal Guard

Ice Star · 12k words  ·  206  28 · 6k views

and 90 on this

TCrystalline: Her Destiny

• MLP: FiM
• Adventure
• Drama

Lately, Princess Cadance has been feeling inadequate. She's spoken of this briefly to Twilight Sparkle but her longing for a grand adventure is really starting to get to her as are the thoughts that she isn't doing all that she can.

• OC
• Cadance
• King Sombra

Ice Star · 24k words  ·  173  11 · 4.5k views

and 70 on this small contest story

THer Own Sky

• MLP: FiM
• Equestria Girls
• Drama

Twilight Sparkle is many things, as Princess Celestia is about to learn. Will her newest Faithful Student finally serve a higher purpose?

• Twilight
• Celestia
• Cadance
• Sunset Shimmer

Ice Star · 18k words  ·  130  11 · 4.1k views

and especially to whichever of my readers read far enough to finish and updoot this

TFavorable Alignment

• MLP: FiM
• Romance
• Adventure
• Drama

Princess Luna disappears from Equestria with hopes of saving the world and is accompanied by the enigmatic Sombra. Meanwhile, Celestia tries to bury secrets as immortal as she is and Cadance must choose her loyalties carefully...

• Gore
• Violence
• Luna
• OC
• Cadance
• King Sombra

Ice Star · 360k words  ·  93  10 · 3.2k views

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I think I've mentioned in a recent blog that I've been working on a revision for Favorable Alignment, because I found some things (a short list of things, but still) that weren't up to par and really looked like they were in need of just... a once-over, of sorts. That story is by far my favorite of all my works, and I would like it to reflect that. Hence the revisions, when I have the time for them (and cramming in updates for Enemy of Mine because that is a thing, also). So far,

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