So it's no question that Lovecraft's unique brand of horror has inspired a lot of artist over the years. From stories to artwork to games and even music. His influence is vast and expansive almost as much as the universe in his stories is mysterious and cruel. I mostly wanted to go over my oldest memory of the first time I had been introduced to Lovecraft themes. I was probably about ten, or so, and we went down to the little Blockbuster which was only about a block away from my house. I got

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In this blog post, I want to attack the idea that art (including fiction) and religion are inherently good or noble.  I don’t think they’re inherently bad or evil, but I’d like to try thinking about them in evolutionary terms.

I also want to attack the idea that the concepts of racism, greed, impiety, or evil have explanatory power, though that’s only a secondary focus.

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Canterlot...

Canterlot...

It's only a drawing...

Ok, I took the time to read about it on MLP Wikia, and learned why its flat ground. Kinda weird how its on a mountain, on a flat piece of ground on a mountain, but whatever.

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Would you be interested in owning a printed-out, bound, hardcopy, dead-tree edition of History Repeats, and/or do you plan to attend the upcoming final BronyCon this summer?

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Okay, yeah, I was sorta displeased with how Sword and Shield turned out, but let's be fair here, I get the feeling the game was rushed, and god knows what else went on in the development cycle we're not party to. Yeah, the game is a bit too thin in some aspects, but Gamefreak in the past has listened to critiques.

For example, let me go on a short list of problems addressed in the past. (Huge thanks to Tarbtano for inspiring this little list)

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Well, my work's going well so just so I have some ideas for later;

Where do I go with Puddinghead and Smart Cookie?

I mean, I used the rise of Emperor Augustus for Hurricane and Elizabeth I for Platinum but I've never been able to find a figure from history to base Platinum on.

I mean, an insane elected authority figure?
Who do I base her on?
And don't make any Trump jokes. It's too easy.

Any ideas for how to conclude her story? Please let me know.

So if anyone cares, today is the 21st Anniversary of the Murrah Federal Building Bombing.

For those of you who have absolutely no idea what this is, here's a link.

This was written a while ago, elsewhere, but I was inspired to dig it up and post it here by Carabas's blog post about Diamond Dogs in his Palaververse.

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Having passed the fourth anniversary of first posting one of my favourite works recently and having been asked about a sequel, I took the time to look back at History Repeats and explore my old notes and files and unused concepts.

Consider what follows the break to be potentially spoileriffic, and also to be a Blu-Ray Director's Commentary on some of the hidden jokes and references and deleted bits and pieces that didn't make the cut...

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So, I got the idea to write something about before the unification of the tribes. And then I just built off of what I wrote until I had 1k words. I meant this to be a published story, but I don't think it's good enough for that.

Also, two notes. A) It's set in the future. B) It is in reverse chronological order.

Get it after the break:

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So, yeah, now I'm running three stories simultaneously.

How am I going to deal with this workload, you ask?

Answer is, I'm not.

Not well, anyhow. Updates will come as they wish, though not to the point where I'm inactive for months at a time. I don't do that.

Thing is, one more story and I'll be on equal terms with the amount of non-oneshots I've written for a variety of fandoms on Fanfiction.net.

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The Puzzle of Spartan Excellence

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In the year 1436 BTH, some 1936 years before Twilight Sparkle rescued Princess Luna from her Nightmare, and three decades before the Migration of the Three Tribes had even begun, there was a regiment of Pegasus mercenaries in service to the Crystal Republic as foederati (allied auxiliary troops under their own leader and laws). This was in the Twilight of the Old Republic, which was to harden into Empire under the impact of the catastrophic climate change brought by the Windigoes.

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Hello, all. How's everyone doing?

So, some of you might have known of this because of my previous blog entry. I've also decided to dedicate an entire blog to this announcement, so that those who followed the story would know as well.

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I won't call it a story prompt, or a story idea, as I don't think it's anywhere near fleshed out enough. It's a story i'd love to read, though, assuming someone writes it. (Who knows, maybe I will?)

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One of the biggest problems I'm having with writing Dante is his origin.

He was born in Switzerland around about ten thousand years before the Battle of Earth took place, which is what landed him in Equestria. Switzerland, from what I've found, has only been populated for about ten thousand years.

Dante was born just a little after the first tribes took to Switzerland, making him roughly ten thousand years old.

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Hello again, everypony!

I must apologize for the long wait for I have been rather busy lately. I’ve been so many adventures as of late that I haven’t even had any time to write them up!

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Before talking about the Arian [10] heresy and the fall of Rome, I should probably explain why it’s important to fan-fiction.

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First post in series: How I took a literary theory class and accidentally stopped hating Republicans, part 1

Previous post in series: HITALTCAASHR, part 3.1: College English leftism: How did it begin?

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I want to write a 'ponies are Napoleonic infantry' story so bad now. Like Sharpe's Rifles but with friendship.