Okay. Whew! The story’s back on track. No more interviews or BBC montages to fill in exposition. Here’s a tip for anyone who decides to write a story with a first person narrative: the entire story happens from the perspective of the narrating character. This means that there’s no room for exposition to fill in any blanks that the character might not know about. Theresa even says at the beginning of the story that she doesn’t know how some things happened because she wasn’t there, even though

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Disney historically has done very poorly upon portraying race. From the racist crows (A reference to Jim Crow) in Dumbo to the whitewashed sanitized Pocahontas that neglected the part with the rape, genocide, and deadly diseases, Disney has many more examples of racial insensitivity to say the least. It's surprising then that they've produced Zootopia, a film that tackles race relations with touching nuance and sensitivity as to be relatable to children and adults. If you haven't, go see it.

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EDIT, BREAKING NEWS: M.A. Larson (writer of Magical Mystery Cure) pretty much confirms everything I'm saying about the episode in this blog.

Complete with such gems as:

"The climax happens in the middle."

"It doesn't make sense structurally."

"That's my problem with what aired, she didn't really earn the wings."

JawJoe: 1
Atheists: 0

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A common writing fumble I see in pony fanfiction?

People treating ponies as Hobbits, when in actuality they would be more comparable to dwarves (fantasy dwarves). By this, I mean people tend to treat them as 'light and small' creatures. This is not the case.

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So... Sex sells. What else is new? I guess if you want to get on that feature board, it'll help if you put down the M-Rated, (sometimes teen-rated, how the hell does that work?) sexy times. I'm not complaining about that fact, I just find it funny is all. The first three stories in the new story section are listed as explicit sexy fics, and four of the featured ones too. Though I'm sure they all contain a driven and not at all forced romance at their core, especially the one about Anon and

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Yona best.

This concludes our three-part analysis series on Yona.
-Sprocket

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Everypony remembers Power Ponies for its fun premise, its campy action, its awesome villain, and its crowd-pleasing comedy.

However it was also the very first Spike episode where the central conflict didn't revolve around him being, well...a jerk.  

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Aright! Let's talk about Starlight and how she handled herself in the Equestria Girls world!

https://youtu.be/eTZVpsFO8Z4

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine took a meme quiz. I don’t remember what exactly the theme was, but her results where that she was an “outsider” personality - a black sheep. This prompted an interesting discussion (which I will make relevant to MLP shortly).

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Story review #8: Obelus —by applejackofalltrades

Warning this story and the review talk about: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Character’s:

Sunset Shimmer: Sunset is actually really in character compared to a lot of fanfics I’ve read (mine included)
And her anxiety about something/insomnia all matched up to her in canon self pretty well. I also so think she would be the overprotective Gf to Wallflower if they were in a relationship.

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MMMystery on the Friendship Express is an episode that doesn't come up a lot in analyses or reviews, but I feel it's deserving of praise because it manages to go completely off the wall with its humor, pushing the boundaries of the show's silliness, and at the same time, remaining grounded.

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So CAN the baddies use friendship as a weapon against the good guys?

https://youtu.be/YKvQlAnxvok

Shipping. Some people hear it. Some people fear it. Some people just won't go near it!

https://youtu.be/rsAypymfw_o

Grrrrrrrrrrrrreetings everypony, and welcome back to Deconstruction is Magic, my Retrospective/Review/Analysis of every episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is magic ever. Today, we have a strange one, showing us that only the strangest of ponies knows how to handle a Parasprite plague: it's Swarm of the Century! Without wasting any more time, let's get on with the analysis! I am the Mage of Mind, reminding you, as always, that even a

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Story review: #28 The Sun and the Star
—by General Alduin

Characters:

Sunset Shimmer: I really like the way you highlight who Sunset is in this story it feels very organic. And I appreciate the amount of characterization we get for her in such a short run-time.

Starlight Glimmer: This alternate human version of Starlight is interesting….
…..because although she is very similar to the Starlight in the pony world/the canon she also isn’t.

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Firstly: Obligatory spoiler warning (after the break)

Secondly: Shameless plug for my newest fic, The Silver Standard

So! How about that new episode, huh? I'd almost forgotten what new episodes were like. Feels nice.

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Jeez, the draft of this blog has been sitting open for most of a week. Anyone still care about this episode? Good, because do I have things to say about this one! And screencaps! Lots and LOTS of screencaps!

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Okay, so... calmed down, watched the ep again now that my head wasn't exploding for the last five minutes of it.

Overall, a great episode. Very strongly reminiscent of Magical Mystery Cure, and considering what happens it's an appropriate parallel. The numerous songs, the transformation at the end, the letter to Celestia. This felt like a season finale, in a good way, because it was grand and world-changing.

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Holy crap, my heart. That episode. I... I... can't...

I'm a little bit in shock right now. Season 5 is just so... progressive? Not the implication I'm looking for, but the best definition.

Still no screencaps. Going back to the episode and combing it for frames is the last thing I want to do right now. Spoilers ahead, of course. Drop what you're doing and watch this thing if you haven't already. Jeez.

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