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Mar
23rd
2017

The Witcher 3 and moral ambiguity · 4:01am Mar 23rd, 2017

I've been playing The Witcher 3 a lot lately. It's a good game, and a lot of the praises I've heard are accurate. It's got a big, living world with a good story. But one of the more frequent discussion points is the game's supposed moral ambiguity. In this game, there are supposed to be no right answers, no black and white. Only shades of gray.

It's a shame, then, that actual ambiguity pops up a lot less than it ought and the "gray" is closer to black.

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Nov
7th
2019

Moral Writing: An Essay · 2:23am Nov 7th, 2019

Moral Writing

An Essay by That Guy Who Thinks Too Much

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Aug
16th
2020

Caveman Morality · 3:11pm Aug 16th, 2020

Could you list me some examples of what you think as a cavemen morality may have been like? Just for some writing exercises. Useful for a story for the ponies to encounter a savage tribe or something.

Note: It seems to be proven cavemen were not completely ruthless savages either. Even in the stone age, it seems we cared for the weak.

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May
14th
2021

So Apparently · 10:44pm May 14th, 2021

Apparently, wishing death on an entire people is fine, as long as you're a progressive. Bonus if you're using the same actual words that the Nazis are, but clarifying that you're not a Nazi apparently makes that line okay. So let's review: A picture of a Swastika is hate speech, but a blog entitled Death to Israel isn't. Someone trying to explain that the picture of a Swastika doesn't inherently mean support for genocide

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Aug
8th
2014

Ponies Aren't Perfect · 4:27am Aug 8th, 2014

I'm going to state another self-evident fact.

Ponies aren't perfect. Some of them behave well. Some behave badly. Some are good. Some are evil.

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Mar
1st
2023

The Weight of a Generosity; Measuring Morality · 1:40am Mar 1st, 2023

There was a subject I didn't get to broach in O' Selfless Child due to how the story was written, but it's something that's been on my mind for a while. I can't stop thinking about it, like a song stuck in your head in a constant loop. It's a question that's been with me throughout my life for everything that I do.

And that's the weight of generosity. The weight of our actions, and how we measure morality.

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Nov
16th
2021

Inevitabilities Of Life · 11:36am Nov 16th, 2021

My mentally ill mother is passing away as I type these few words...

I don't know how to handle this numb anxiety let alone come to terms with a conflicted history dealing with twenty years of psychological turmoil coming to bitter conclusion. 😟

Oct
3rd
2016

"WTF ARE YOU DOIN' BRUH?" - October 2, 2016 · 4:03am Oct 3rd, 2016

Science-fiction horror story coming up. It's a one-shot.

Genre(s): Alternate Universe, Dark, Horror, Sci-Fi
Rating: Teen (for violent themes)
Title: 'Unlimited'
Plot: Princess Twilight Sparkle, fearing the rise of a new villain, uses the time travel spell once again to return to the desolate landscape she came across in her stand-off with Starlight Glimmer. Her mission: to gather any evidence she can pointing to the evil that succeeded in destroying Equestria.

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May
10th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Author Morals and Character Morals · 8:03pm May 10th, 2016

Welcome back, everyone! I'm sure many of you wondered where I was yesterday, since BaBW is primarily a Monday -specific post. Rest assured, all is well. I just had a shift at my other job yesterday that was all day. Didn't seem worth posting once more that I wasn't going to be able to post due to that since I'd already given enough warning that such was going to happen, so I figured most would be okay enough if I left things for today.

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Apr
13th
2022

Anyone wanna join me in Ruining a would-be-hacker's day? · 3:51pm Apr 13th, 2022

Jun
20th
2016

Being a Better Writer: Author Morals and Story Theme · 8:52pm Jun 20th, 2016

So, right now, I think I may be able to guess what many of you are thinking, which is, upon looking at the title: Hey, didn’t we just read this like a week or two ago? To which I say, yes, almost.

For those of you who weren’t yet thinking, but now have looked up and noticed the similarities in the title, yes, it’s almost the same topic. In fact, there’s only a single word of difference.

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Jul
9th
2015

We are glorious · 6:35am Jul 9th, 2015

Don't let the world get you down.

We are glorious.

Also on Tumlbr.

Aug
19th
2020

My Review of MLP: FIM season 9 episode 12 The Last Crusade · 6:50pm Aug 19th, 2020


Grading Scale:

A (fantastic episode)
A- (an excellent episode with at least one flaw)
B+ (a great episode with a couple of flaws)
B (a good episode which still could have been better)

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May
28th
2016

Review of Applejack's Day Off · 8:50pm May 28th, 2016

So this episode was..... decent. I enjoyed the moral and the way in was integrated in the story, but outside of that this episode didn't do that much. It wasn't bad by any means, but it did feel kind of dull, especially compared to last week's hilarious episode and compared to the last episode written by Micheal P. Fox & Will Fox, The Gift of Maud Pie. (I'm assuming these writers are related, so in the rest of the review I'll refer to them as the Fox brothers).

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Jan
18th
2017

A brief discussion of incest in my stories. · 6:59am Jan 18th, 2017

I feel it is important to make a note on my portrayal of incestuous relationships. I will only ever write about sister-sister or perhaps brother-brother incest. Nothing more. I hold a great dislike for brother-sister pairings, and father-daughter or mother-son parings are equally distasteful in my eyes. My reasons for this may at first not make sense but my attitudes and justifications for this seeming contradiction are based on one simple and all-important consideration. Homosexual pairings,

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Jul
17th
2017

Writing in Aesops (mind blowing moral lessons) into your story: Part 1: What not to Do · 4:45am Jul 17th, 2017

So, you want to make your story have a bit more oomph. You don't want to simply make it about characters resolving a conflict in a setting of your choice. Instead, you want to make it leave an impression on the viewers, teach the reader a mind-blowing lesson that will stick with them for their entire life.

*vren55 sighs, gets up and screams*

*Stand-in Straw Man Oblivious Reader For My Convenience*: Vren55, what's wrong?

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Aug
28th
2016

28 Pranks Later · 5:36pm Aug 28th, 2016

Only just got round to watching this one. That's time I could have spent jetwashing flagstones or somesuch. Ah well. I have to ask why they felt it necessary to write this story. Have they felt guilty about condoning prankery ever since Griffon the Brush-Off graced our screens? I doubt even Hasbro could be that apologetic.

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Jun
26th
2015

Thursday thoughts: My Princeton interview · 12:48am Jun 26th, 2015

That Princeton fan-fiction course that covered "The Magician and the Detective" finally posted my interview on their blog… 2 weeks after the course ended, so nobody read it.  But you can!  It was posted here, but no point going there.  You can’t leave comments there, and the slightly-improved version is right here:

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Oct
8th
2019

What's the most valuable lesson you took away from MLP? · 11:06am Oct 8th, 2019

With the finale on the horizon, I'm in the mood to look back on previous episodes and ask you guys:

What is the most valuable lesson you took away from the show?

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Jul
14th
2021

My Review of Imagine That · 6:54pm Jul 14th, 2021

Rating Scale:

12/10—a complete masterpiece; flawless and outstanding
11/10—Excellent, near-perfect film
10/10—the standard rating; awesome film with a couple of flaws
9/10—a wonderful film with several flaws
8/10–a great film with numerous flaws but not enough to ruin it

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