Chrysalis: "Oh, no. I know that look, Ghost Mike. Even if I can’t read a spirit’s emotions, you’re like a book to me. Don’t you even think about reviewing some of your fellow lowlifes’ trash fiction that’s dared to desecrate me by my mere inclusion in such trite fantasies.
Dazzle Feather: "This just in – Reunification Hero Sunny Starscout, upon hearing Ghost Mike had a Generation Five-themed review week lined up, was more ecstatic than Princess Pipp was to hit No. 1. Her joy quickly turned to sour grapes upon seeing the contents within. More as this situation develops."
Well, here we are. Generation 5’s about to start in the form it will be most defined by, a Netflix CG show, kicking off with the two-parter Make Your Mark.
Off the promos, trailers and clips, I have thoughts about it. Many… conflicted thoughts, not least about the animation (hey, a ghost's gotta have his priorities). But, now is not the time or the place for that, it can wait. In the meantime, let’s celebrate with another batch of just Generation 5 Ponyfics, shall we?
Was dedicating three weeks solely to the 16 stories written for the Who Crossed Over My Little Pony? contest the best idea? Maybe, maybe not. Oh well, the reviews are all prepped now, let’s ride it out to the end.
September really is a rather quiet month once you’ve no new year of education for it to mark. Not close enough to the holiday season for the media blitz to start (sans the last week, of course, and not just in the world of MLP), hardly anything at the cinema* or in gaming (I’m sure Splatoon fans would like a word on that), rarely any big intended events – not like the Queen planned to kick the bucket last week – and so forth. I mean, there’s not nothing, especially for me: passing
So, the next chapter of Operation Echo Solace will be coming sometime soon. As such, here's an update of what to expect, some changes I've made, and a few other things.
First, a preview of the the next chapter.
Paddy’s Day came and went. Given I don’t drink alcohol at all and am not the most social phantom except in moderately-sized groups with close friends, acquaintances and colleagues, I naturally stayed in, even if large chunks of this emerald isle celebrated or got themselves wasted. Not that I minded, the national holiday gave me a three-day weekend, and those are always nice.
Author Spotlight time again! Three times makes a tradition with the fortnightly edition now. And unlike last time, not just a cluster of small one-shots with small word counts; indeed, we’ve got two novelettes here aiming to be episode-like stories. Those are always curious. So, let’s look at some of Piccolo Sky’s work.
*Sigh*… You ever just have one of those weeks? I literally haven’t read any Ponyfic since last week’s Monday Musings, and while I have enough stockpiled that I’m not nearly scrambling yet, in general, my prepared reviews and word count of fics therein has shrunk gradually but consistently this year. Today puts it below 200K and across less than 30 stories. I might not be getting the novel-length fics here as soon as I’d hoped.
Yowzers, I’ve had a busy week. If an exciting one – filling in lead duties on managing the dev workflow on my team’s project at work while the lead engineer is off was something I was very grateful for, naturally. But between various things popping up, and other fics I read recently being confined to future weeks of specific groupings, this is one of the shortest weeks for fics in wordcount in ages.
Christmas is almost upon us! Though the holidays are a time that should be celebrated by all, of course. Personally, not being the most social ghost, the family gatherings and togetherness can be a bit much, and are something I prefer in limited quantities. But I do fully believe in taking time off from regular things and doing low-stress relaxation things not on a schedule. Which, after the 23rd, will be through to 2024. As it should be!
The big #100. Honestly, I was never doubtful I’d hit it, least after the first few months: my backlog was substantial enough that my reading pace would have to slow fast to not get here without a break. I don’t have any big sentimental feelings or sense of celebration associated with it – I associate that mentally with the first Monday of March, the anniversary of Monday Musings – but yeah, it’s still pretty cool. 
Hope none of you are feeling the post-Thanksgiving blues too hard. Me, well, it’s an odd holiday to observe from outside America. I’m well aware and tuned in to its commercial reach and importance (when you work in mobile app development you can’t avoid the importance of holiday season targets, plus you kind of notice any American-based companies you’re in collaboration with largely vanishing for a week), but the actual familial reunions and bonding? Doesn’t tend to penetrate my mind too much.
Okay, well, after three weeks of fun year-in-review stats, no real news today. Just moving out of the January doldrums. Not that it’s been a bad month: outside of the royal pain from last week, it’s actually been pretty good, as January tends to go. And I have a weekend with friends coming up centred around a Bank Holiday next Monday (new enough in Ireland, only its 3rd year). But nothing to really say here and now.
Last week was the “serious” side of looking back at 2023 for Ghost Mike’s Ponyfic Review Monday MusingsTM in review, focusing largely on quantifiable stats calculated in the Archive Spreadsheet. Now it’s time for the fun, goofy side of that – quirky takeaways that don’t mean much except being something to chuckle at.
Eventually I’ll have to contend with these yearly anniversaries getting a day further off each time (or two, Leap Year and all), as I started on March 7th. Price to pay for committing to a fixed day in the title, eh? But that day isn’t yet (likely next year, where I’ll have it three days after rather than four before, to be closer). Right now, it’s here. Folks, Ghost Mike’s Ponyfic Review Monday MusingsTM has been going on two years now. 
Just for those of you interested in games, I thought I'd point out a new one I found. (It's on both GoG and Steam.) Here's the trailer.
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This game is called "Ghost of a Tale", and it's a rpg you play as a adorable little mousy! It's kinda really really Redwall-ish.
No, not broken as in I hit a message cap for the day like so many others seem to ... "Oh noess muh pms is breaked"
The whole damn system, while normally inefficient with its layout when it is working like normal, seems to be running on fumes during its bad days. The past month, messages that have be sent to others as part of a conversation instead come right back to me - from me! Sometimes messages don't even get sent at all, despite no error notification whatsoever.
PREVIEW FOR FOREVER INFERNO CHAPTER ONE
BODY DUMPED AT GINGER ALE’S
Behind the anchorstallion was the live-footage of a crime scene. It was a montage of panic-stricken civilians, nosy reporters, frustrated police detectives, and yellow police tape.
*Screaming* Someone was awesome and made a full reading of one of my stories! All three chapters, full with audio effects in the background to add to the atmosphere! Thanks, Knick Knack!
So check it out!
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