This is a blog I've been meaning to write for quite some time, as you may have gathered from the story tag. It's an explanation for my choices when associating the Elements of Harmony with the colors of card game magic. If you have no interest in me connecting Equestrian thaumology and Magic color philosophy (or how my thought process generally runs when planning a crossover,) then I'll see you next week. Everyone else, read on as I plumb new depths of nerdery.

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Bringing this up now since I'll be heading out tomorrow morning, but the next card blog will be delayed.

You see, I'm going to go play cards in Vegas this weekend.

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Thanks to the side issues, there’s actually quite a few pony comics for me to review in the coming weeks. Let’s start attacking that in-box.

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And so, finally, I can try to get this episode reviewed. Let’s hope the new laptop’s motherboard doesn’t also go the way of the Apple parents.

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We return to the ongoing adventures of Trailblazer, deep in the thick of things on the distant island of Midgard.

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After more than half a year of G5-engendered delays, we are finally able to return to Moonstuck, just in time for the final boss fight. Let’s throw down.

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Well, that’s six time counters removed. Time for the first TinyPop review, ironically of the last new episode they aired.

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Well, this is mildly frustrating. It seems Leap Day completely threw off whichever underpaid intern or unpaid autoposter that’s in charge of uploading Tell Your Tale shorts. Combine that with a still unreleased one-shot I had planned on covering next week and we’ve got two very different comics to cover.

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No, it’s not about a Jabberwock made of Legos. That would be a Hearthstone card blog. The first Tell Your Tale special is about the extreme lengths and depths Izzy will go to to overcome a creative block. Let’s take a look.

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Well, that’s what the Discovery Family site’s calling it. Though to my surprise, they've manage to contain themselves enough to stop posting the videos there after putting up a quarter of them over the course of a week. That means I only have enough material for one of these before returning to the comics next week with a long-overdue look at the 2013 annual now that I actually have a copy. (Thanks again, princeps!)

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Who’s a silly iTunes? You’re a silly iTunes!
Who is? You is! Apple Inc.
Leaking episodes and not getting the memos.
Who is? You is! Apple Inc.

Yeah, thanks to that mix-up, I was able watch yesterday’s episode as unanalytically as I ever can. I already had The Liveblog That Time Forgot waiting in the wings.

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To say I have an eventful day tomorrow is putting it mildly. Let's break it down:

8 AM: Friendship Games airs.
11:30 AM: New pony episode airs.
12 PM: Battle for Zendikar prerelease.
5 PM: Weekly gaming session I've been unable to attend for the past two weeks.
Update: 8 PM: Friendship Games airs.

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Come on, how could I pass up a blog title opportunity like that?

In any case, this week, it's the introduction of the almighty force of professionalism that is Ms. Harshwhinny. And, you know, some other stuff.

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In case you missed it, I have a contest going on! Sign up here.

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My apologies for the delay, everyone. Still, better late than never, and if I haven’t missed a Sunday for more than three years, I’m not starting now. Let’s get to it.

(Incidentally, I semi-seriously considered streaming this. Would anyone actually want to watch me read comics and cogitate? I can't guarantee it'd be all that interesting, but I'm not the best at gauging popular appeal.)

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If you were expecting “Keep Calm and Flutter On,” you’ll find it here. Instead, we’re once again focusing on Spike. And once again, overcompensation is the name of the game, because in the space of two episodes, he’s apparently gone from utterly servile to as self-serving as draconically possible.

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Ah, the Cutie Mark Crusaders. When a friend introduced me to the show, he described them as something of a Plot Tumor, and I can certainly see how those who watched Season 1 episodically would feel that way. We're introduced to this amazing world and six incredible mares… and then we have to sit through 22 minutes about a trio of yutzes who can't even tell what they're good at.

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One last reminder: Less than 48 hours to submit Villain Exchange Program entries!

In any case, with Season 8 in the books worldwide, we come back to IDW… for a week. Just so you all know, there’s a holiday special coming up next week with timing that would make Jack Skellington proud.

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Thanks to the magic of early airings, I have a hole in my schedule. One that’s just big enough for the first comics that demonstrated how Season 7 was the season of cross-media connectivity.

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This week, it’s Surr-yak Dragonclaw* against a rather svelte daughter of Atarka. Let’s see how this clash pans out.
* Yes, his shoulder pads are a bear’s face. One he punched to death. Surrak is basically a testosterone crystal that walks like a man.

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