- The freaking extermination continues.
34, now 12. Again, quite the culling.

- Dresden now have the proper number of daughters. Oops.

- Spelling/Grammar.

- Tiny text switched for smcaps.

- Clarification on why Dresden thought giving Nemo 'The Talk: Never Summon Anything Larger Than Your Head Edition' right then and there so important.

Frankly, it felt as if my damned wings shrunk about five sizes.

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- The freaking freaking count:
45 (!), now 11.
Yeah, really need to cut down on that one word, but at least I've had it pointed out now.

- Spelling, and tweaking of the dialogue.

- Added the you-know-what, but left the tiny text partially for a 'something weird just starting up' feel.

Again, not much reason for a re-read unless you're feeling for it anyway.

- Spelling mostly, and a few wording tweaks here and there. Not much to add this time either.

- Many 'Frea-kin' died to bring you these news, Lord Reader.

(39, now 16. Quite the culling.)

Think that's about it, so no real need to re-read unless you're feeling for it already.

- Spelling/Grammar.

- Removed both instances of the word 'freaking' since they didn't add much in this chapter, and I overuse that word.

- General tweaking of the dialogue.

- Added line to foreshadow the heat/cold resistance stuff:

I fidgeted slightly again. Sadly about twice as hot as well, from the feel of things, but still.

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For a good reason this time, though!

I had a few last minute ideas for the chapter finale that I think is going to blow your minds, and it's going to take a few hours slash days extra to implement depending on how easily it comes to me since part of it's quite a bit outside my comfort zone.

So preview for the followers Thursday-Friday, (hint-hint ) and update proper on Saturday-Sunday.

See you then!

A minor family emergency have had me running myself ragged the last couple of day.

Again, minor stuff, one of my brothers needing help moving to be precise.

Still, seems like my earlier plans for an update are slightly shot. New plan is the preview/fixes during the weekend, with the chapter proper publishing Monday/Tuesday.

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'Just' a bad cold this time. Still slowing things down, but this time I can at least think slash sneeze my pretty little head off slash write.

Sadly more one of those than the others, but things are moving forward at least, if slowly.

Chapter six is at 7131 words, and about 33% done.

I'm planning on doing a comb-through of the story so far, as well as the extra polish on #5 before that, though. So the numbers on #6 are a bit misleading.

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TL: DR version: Still working on it, but things are a bit slow at the moment.

Currently sitting comfortably at 5128 words slash about 25% done, and raising slowly if steadily.

And no, I'm not talking about that 'Dresden/Fluttershy was a Decepticion all along' April Fool's thing.

Because I'm saving that spin-off for the next April Fool's.

Longer, more in-dept explanation beyond the cut.

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Source... like you actually need one for Penny Arcade.

Hmm... you know, s/he did technically transform in the back-story of Dark Horse, and I haven't described how yet...

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You ever want to take that movie's ending seriously again, don't click the cut below.

Made me crack up, though, so I thought I'd share.

And yes, this is pony/Dark Horse related.

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Some of you might have seen it already, but I've added this to the top of 05.

This chapter is being re-written!

Content should stay mostly the same, but I've received multiple complaints about a quality dip, so just fair warning that is yet to be fixed.

Once is coincidence. Twice is happenstance...

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Pros:

The small-caps seems to have gone over well, so I'll start changing things over to the 'new system' for lack of a better word.

Cons:

The chapter itself seems to have been a bit 'love it or hate it.' No spoiler for those not yet coughs up, but it seems the big 'twist' of the chapter was just a bit too out of the left-field for some people.

Don't read this if you haven't the chapter yet.

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Not sure if I'll have time tomorrow, so publishing directly this time.

Enjoy!

Yeah, I know. Finally, right?

Anyway, here's the info re-posted:

All other stories on temporary hold until the end of Dark Horse.

05 — 25-30% Done — 3165 Words.
06 — 97-98% Done — 20221 Words.
07 — 15-20% Done — 0 Words. (Mostly planed out, but unwritten.)
08 — 15-20% Done — 0 Words. (Mostly planed out, but unwritten.)

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*Browses FIMfiction.*

"Hey, look! A new TD story by BronyWriter, one of the top ten writers on this site. And it's in the 'Princess Antares' continuity, score! Let's see what it's about!'

*EXTREME READING ACTION.*

"Huh, interesting first chapter, but I'm feeling like reading something else. Let's see what's in the similar stories bo-"

...

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Thanks to IceOfWaterflock for the tip.

It's called Hemingway, and checks your text for readability. No spell-checking or anything like that, just how easy your text is to read for people.

To test it out I ran Dark Horse through it, and my result was:

01 = 07 (Good)
02 = 07
03 = 06
04 = 07

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Short and sweet: colored text to distinguish Harry's 'inner Fluttershy' from her own thoughts, yay or nay?

I know it's often used as a rather pointless gimmick, but I think it could work here. Not only would it give me a chance to play a bit more with the concept than 'just' the tiny text thing currently does, but I think it would give those bits a jarring and 'something wrong' type feel.

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I realized that the last chapter introduced all the big players, so I've gone and added the character tags.

[Fluttershy] [Twilight Sparkle] [Rainbow Dash] [Princess Celestia] [Princess Luna]

Oh, and I've flipped the Gore tag to ON.

I intent to keep things at the current level description vise, but with what happened in the last chapter... Just seemed a bit hair-splitting to call that non gore, even if no blood was technically spilled.

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I freaking knew I was forgetting something!

Massive spoiler for Skin Games below! Last and only warning!

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So you guys have noticed yet that there's a pic of ---- Fluttershy ---- doing something in every author's note of Dark Horse, right? Just a small running gag, slash seeing if I can keep it up for the whole story.

Well, I searching around I found this caption, and I can't stop giggling at it.

In combo with Dark Horse it's just SO, SO wrong, but I can't stop giggling at it.

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