As the title of this article indicates, I will try to summarize here the main arguments of the long review of Fallout: Equestria that I wrote and that you will find in a link in this article. This summary is not meant to elaborate in detail on the different aspects mentioned in the critique but simply to provide an overview so that people who do not have the time to read the critique in its entirety can have access to my thoughts.

So let's start.

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Now, I play Dungeons and Dragons regularly and this is actually the game that got me interested in the table top game. The “A” in AD&D stands for Advanced. Which translates into 2nd edition because of all the editions out now. But there were a few things that made no sense (I'm looking at you THAC0!) But that's the system I started on so it's not that bad for me.

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Grading Scale:

A (fantastic episode)
A- (an excellent episode with at least one flaw)
B+ (a great episode with a couple of flaws)
B (a good episode which still could have been better)

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Overall.
We speak,
Tree-speak,
Are meek,
Life bleak,
Bird beaks,
Sap weeps,
Boughs creak,
Bugs eat,
Roots deep.

Best lines:

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Grading Scale:

A (fantastic episode)
A- (an excellent episode with at least one flaw)
B+ (a great episode with a couple of flaws)
B (a good episode which still could have been better)

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Between reading and reviewing entries for the latest writeoff, I managed to get another set of stories reviewed for you folks as well, mostly courtesy of the Royal Guard’s queue. I go into a fair bit of detail about prose in the review for To Drown a Butterfly, as well as talk a bit about meter in poetry in my review of Happy Hearts Warming, so there’s a few things which are a bit different in today’s reviews.

Today’s stories:

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For those of you who missed my post earlier today, Mistletrapped’s sixth chapter went up earlier today.

But Mistletrapped is not all there is to the world of ponies today. There was an episode, which I actually liked! And, of course, new stories to be read.

None of which relate to today’s episode, so maybe that was a bit misleading. Still! I’m sure at least some of them will be good, right?

Today’s stories:

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I’ve been re-reading Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, and I have at least one blog post planned based on that book. If you’ve never read it, it is an interesting read, and at some point, I’ll likely write a review of the book, but I can tell you that if you’re interested in comics as a medium, it is well worth your time.

Today’s stories:

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Horizon and Bookplayer released new stories today, and Baal Bunny and Estee each released one earlier this week. You know what that means – it is time to get reading!

Today’s stories are four stories from established authors whose works I enjoy, plus a fifth from a new writer whose very first story ever got featured.

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Howdy folks!

With BronyCon in the rearview mirror, I’ve been feeling productive of late. While waiting on Thursday night for my roommates to arrive at the hotel, I started editing an old writeoff story of mine, and managed to finish it off and post it yesterday afternoon:

May Those Who Step Through This Door Know What it Means to Rule

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Sorry for my relative silence this week – I entered into the last writeoff, then read some more writeoff stories, and spent a lot of time writing stories that I didn’t end up feeling quite happy with, and am going to have to heavily revise.

However, I did finally hit on a revision I did like, so I published another story this week!

The Perfect Cure for the Common Cold

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One other interesting aspect of the Royal Guard queue is that it encourages me to read stories I’d been putting off reading; if a story I’ve been putting off reading ends up on the list, I’ll frequently end up checking it out to see what I’ve been missing. A number of today’s stories came up in this very way.

Today’s stories:

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I reviewed more than 15 stories yesterday. Today is the second set; you can expect still another tomorrow.

Today’s stories:

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