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.
We’re approaching the end of my Author Spotlight catchup, where, as you may recall, to make up for not doing any for October through January, I’ve doubled up for four months starting in March. Meaning only three to go; after that, it won’t be a regular feature anymore, instead only when it best suits. And, this antepenultimate entry is the first of an author who’s a regular reader of Monday Musings: that being Rune Soldier Dan.
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.
Aw, geez, not even 15 blogs in, and I’m already reaching for things to say for these intros. Hope that isn’t a sign of things to come!
Okay, that’s not strictly true. I have been structuring my reading time a bit more, enough to slow/stop the decreasing backlog of prepared reviews. It’ll be a little while before it’s returned to the safe threshold of when I started these (that was nearly 50 stories, somehow), but it’s something.
Eh, the cover screencaps/gifs and funny captions lasted 10 blogs, but they’re not worth the effort to bring up every week. Leave them for when inspiration strikes, I say! It’s all about streamlining, my friends.
"Everyone being ridiculous on April Fool's Day. Yet I just find it annoying. Am I so out of touch?
"…No. It's the children humans that are wrong."
January’s often a quiet month for many, both in life in general but also in the workplace. And that is mostly true for me too. However, as I work on mobile apps/games for the kids, this isn’t the case as much as you might think; on top of the work we’re integrating into the app always being for the next release or two ahead (meaning December is actually the quiet month, when folks start taking their holidays and the January/February updates are in core production/integration), it’s also where
My UK PonyCon report should start publishing soon, just want to do another round of polish. I took plenty of pictures this time, so it’ll be an easier read than last year. A lot happened beyond what I’ve shared already (one panel was so tailored to me it demanded a play-by-play 
), so there’ll be plenty to sink into. Not yet sure how many parts it’ll be split across, that’ll depend on final length and good breaking points. But it’ll be a good one!
I am literally in the door from getting back from UK PonyCon, and am still reeling from what a great experience it was again. Not perfect, but undeniably great. And I am not a heavy con goer (or really a con goer at all), nor do I like large crowds – but one as well managed and as cosy as this, once a year? Yeah, that’ll suit me. Three years since my last one was much too long. Least I can finally move past hesitating for last year’s one and regretting it ever since.
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
*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!
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.
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.
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. 
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