I’ve been in this fandom for a long time. About a third of my life at this point (which is its own breed of terror to herald the start of Spooky Season.) And in a few months, I’ll be celebrating ten years of Friendship is Card Games. According to tradition, that’s the tin or aluminum anniversary.

And now you have context for the contest’s subtitle.

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Polite reminder that we've passed the halfway point for Imposing Sovereigns II.

Additional polite reminder that Ponies: the Galloping, the actual MLP-based Magic cards that genuinely exist, go on sale tomorrow on the Hasbro Pulse store. Yes, they're really calling it Ponies: the Galloping.

That is all. For now.

Firstly, judge volunteering for Imposing Sovereigns III is still open until the end of tomorrow, so feel free to comment here or in the main contest blog if you're interested. Now, on to what gave this blog its title:

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We come at last to the final entry in this "Why the hell did I get myself into this? ....Oh right, it seemed like a good idea and then you all were so awesome and supportive and liked it so much no way was I not following through." Line of reviews. The Madmares! Princesses who have lost their sanity. Who have stepped over the fine line between genius and madness. Who have stared to long into the abyss and had the abyss stare back. Who looked out into The Black and were overwhelmed by the

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Back again folks with two more short entries to the Imposing Sovereign II contest that I picked at random this time. Since there are a few of these up already, I'm going to also at the beginning here link to the first 4 of these blogs. They're easy enough to find, but if you've just hopped on for this latest blog, this will hopefully make it a bit easier to jump around to the others.

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The badass, dominating, hardcore Princesses who fight for what they want and decimate those that stand agsint them through shear skill and prowess have had their day, no it is time for another group to take the spotlight. Those who take what they want, who seize power anyway they can. Be it diplomacy, deceit, politics, war, or simply being to damn awesome to not be allowed to take over. These Usurpers will have their day in the limelight, they will taste the joys of the power they so desire,

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Friendly reminder, there are four weeks left in Imposing Sovereigns II. With the finale having aired, every detail is now freely usable in your entries, up to and including stories featuring Luster Dawn or any of the canon offspring we saw in the closing montage. Signups are still open, and there are even a few preexisting alicorn slots still available. And in case it needs to be said, if I never

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Stay Determined - This one was written for FanOfMostEverything's Imposing Sovereigns contest. But that is not why I am promoting it. I'm promoting it because it is a really clever piece of fiction. This has to do with the time loop within a time loop. Though I do believe it should have a Slice of Life tag, it's up for debate.

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We’re doing something a little different this week. Horizon’s encouraged me to make cards out of the entries to the second Imposing Sovereigns contest, and I do plan on doing that. But first, I’m going to address the entries in the first one. Each story is linked in the appropriate card's name. See here for an easier to process list of what goes with what.

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Quick and dirty check of everyone's thoughts on the matter: I'm thinking of putting together another Imposing Sovereigns contest (details in the link.) Who'd like to participate? Who'd like to judge? Who'd like to see some twists on the formula, and what should they be? And most importantly, if we were to start this Sunday, who's okay with October 20th as a deadline?

... a brand-new story drops tomorrow night, hopefully squeaking in under the wire of the Imposing Sovereigns II deadline:

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As promised, this week I present a collection of cards based on the entries to the second Imposing Sovereigns contest. As with last time, the name of each card links to the story that inspired it. See here for an easier to scan breakdown. Now, let’s get right to the cards.

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Howdy howdy.

I recently finished an entry to FoME's Imposing Sovereign's II contest. It was pretty fun to write, since I got to play with two characters I've never actually written before; Ember and Thorax, both of whom are adorable in my opinion, and very fascinating as both of them are monstrous rulers trying to play nice with the pastel ponies of Equestria, each in their own suitably awkward way.

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TBattle of Canterlot: I Want to Break Free

• MLP: FiM
• MLP: Movie
• Adventure

The Storm King has defeated the reigning Princesses and put Twilight Sparkle to flight. Now more than ever, Equestria needs a wise and selfless leader. Instead, they have Blueblood.

• Death
• Violence
• Alt. Universe
• Prince Blueblood
• Fancypants
• Royal Guard
• Tempest Shadow
• Raven Inkwell

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It's ready! If you're interested in badass ponies, cad-to-antihero Blueblood character arcs, a major role for the tragically underused Raven Inkwell, and Tempest being especially badass, plz give it a read.

Okay. Having busted my ass all month, and posted two stories in two days, I'm going to go pretend FiMfic -- and, indeed, the entire internet -- don't exist now.

So, a couple months ago, Quinch asked if he could read The Red Crest of Love! I'm always happy to see people use my work in other media, so I of course said yes. He wasn't happy with how it turned out and asked to switch gears. The end result features a story that's rather appropriate for the season:

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It’s that time again. Let’s cap off the latest addition to the dynasty with collectable cardboard representations of each entry, as per tradition.

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I see many things on the horizon.

...other than gaudy colors.

No, no, not that horizon! I mean fic forecasts! Specifically, I have several things burning right now, and one or two on fire. My Twistyle checklist:

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This week, it’s time to look back a bit and consider the third in the noble line of Imposing Sovereigns.

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Yesterday I submitted my entry to FanOfMostEverything’s awesome Imposing Sovereigns contest. If you haven’t done so yet, take a look at Crystal Glass Ceilings, the tale of Princess Cadance the Usurper - a princess who grabbed power in a man’s world. That was the prompt. While FOME was clear that it wasn’t expected to adhere to the

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