My upcoming card blog schedule is going to be a bit muddled in the coming weeks since I'm heading to Everfree Northwest just in time for enough G5 content to aggregate to the point of reviewability. (Yes, the "kinks" in the blog title refer to unexpected changes to my plans. You should be ashamed of yourself. ) As such, here's what to expect in the near future of FiCG:

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This week, we turn to the last one-shot issues of the IDW comic. The final three will draw Season 10 to a close. Let’s see if the prelude goes out on a high note.

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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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This week, we have an untitled exploration of metafiction. Seriously, even the FiM wiki doesn’t have a title for these issues, so a placeholder it is. Maybe the bookworm ate it. Appropriate for Thanksgiving weekend. Let’s dig in to the rest before the antagonist does.

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It's been just two weeks since I finished A Harmonic Sonata, and now this happens:

My first reaction: Is this for realzies?! Also, did they seriously just reference Fighting is Magic?!

My second reaction:

(On an unrelated note, this is the second blog in a row which has used that reaction.)

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The international diplomacy counterpart to last week’s pan-federation summit, by which I mean another diplomatic episode written by a Johnny Test alumnus who’s never written pony before. Hoo boy…

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I wonder if this episode is would’ve been called “Dragon Warrior” if it had been made before 2005…

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While the “Slice of Life” previews are only building in their ridiculous glory, the episode itself still won’t air for another week. As such, and as per your requests, I’m looking at one of the more ridiculous moments of the past, Operation: Chaos Butterfly. (Or, as it’s known outside of Equestrian black ops, Fluttershy starting Discord on the path of redemption.)

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I’m not going to say anything above the fold. This one’s pretty much a spoiler minefield.

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Just a heads up; FiCG: The Last Laugh will be delayed by a certain Baltimore get-together. I'll be working on it and retrospective blogs tomorrow, if not this evening.

I'm a huge fan of FanOfMostEverything. Not only does he write delightful stories and insightful blog posts on every episode and movie and many more things besides, but he also creates lots and lots of custom Magic: the Gathering cards, in his "Friendship Is Card Games" blog series.

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(deep breath)

All right, let’s get this out of the way: Yes, this storyline, especially the first issue, revolves around an election between a female career politician and a male entrepreneur entering the political arena for the first time. Please leave any other real life references in the comments to a civil minimum.

With that out of the way, let’s actually look at this thing.

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Kind of a shame they couldn’t fit in a reference to the Temple of Doom in that title. Then they’d have every Indiana Jones movie. (Yes, every Indiana Jones movie.)

That said, a moment of silence in recognition of the Great Headcanon Massacre of 2015.

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You’re in a desert walking along in the sand when all of a sudden you look down, and you see a tortoise. It’s crawling toward you. You reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back. The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs, trying to turn itself over, but it can’t, not without your help. But you’re not helping. Why is that?

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Due to my being on the other side of the country, preoccupied with this whole convention mishegoss, the next Friendship is Card Games will be delayed until Tuesday. Tomorrow, I'm flying from the West Coast to the East, and that tends to eat your whole day due to time zone shenangians. Expect the EFNW overview blog around the same time.

(And don't worry, despite the blog title, no mysterious guys in trenchcoats are offering cosplay supplies.)

I’m sure you’ve all been inundated with opinions by this point, but I keep to a schedule. In any case, it is at last time for M. A. Larson’s bizarre thank you to us for helping make this the longest running twenty-two-minute toy commercial in television history.

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Oh boy. This one. No episode can compare when it comes giving me mixed feelings. I won’t air the longer years-old grievances unless someone actually wants to hear them, but in my book, this is the iffiest finale. Let’s take a closer look.

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This week, it’s Pink Burton’s The Christmas Before Nightmare Night.

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One year ago today, I decided to share the cards I made of the Season 4 premiere. As such, this seems like the perfect time to provide a quick and easy way to access everything that's resulted since. The following is a hyperlinked rundown of every Friendship is Card Games blog, both those written and those yet to come. If you don't see something here, either I haven't gotten to it yet, or I've been a bit lazy in updating this particular blog. Feel free to yell at me about that if it isn't a

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The rain hissed down like a nest of snakes, a good match for this city. The only ponies you can trust here are the ones who’ve helped you fire rainbow friendship lasers, and Celestia knows those are few and far between. This is a dirty city, and there’s a mare here who has a thing about cleanliness. She’s trouble, but all dames are. Let’s investigate.

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