Twilight and Spike. A relationship of ambiguous closeness that is one of the foundations of G4. Is she his mom, his sister, his boss, his friend, his girlfriend, his platonic life mate? Or some combination of several of those in a way that just can't be put into words? I recall it was always a point of debate among some how much Twilight was involved with Spike's upbringing; some said Celestia raised him and then appointed him as Twi's assistant, other said Celestia gave him to Twilight as a

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Dashie and Tank? I'm in! Dashie being insufferable and annoying? Ho boy... story by Katie Cook? Cue Tim Allen *oh no* grunt that sadly I can't find on YouTube to link.

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And now, we continue the two-part story we began in #32, the Return of Flutterbat. Oh, and some living apples or something, I don't remember.

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We continue the story arc of "Everyone Is Stupid And/Or An Asshole" with issue 31. Let's get it over with.

Twilight laments to Fluttershy that Ponyville Days isn't ready, the town isn't talking to each other, and Princess Celestia is expecting a grand event.

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Shining Armor and Prince Blueblood. Not a pairing I'd have ever thought of, but why not? It makes sense in a lot of ways, and we haven't seen Blueblood in any capacity outside small cameos since Season 1. I know he's almost universally despised, but perhaps this comic can win him some fans.

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Pinkie and Granny Smith? There's a few ways this could go. I adore Pinkie, because I personally relate to her. I like making people happy and I don't like holding grudges. I'm no saint, I've said bad things about people and done some bad things, but overall I don't like negativity and unhappiness. I think Pinkie's vision of ponies making each other smile is beautiful. Granny Smith... eh. No opinion. Christina Rice wrote this issue? Oh boy...

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Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash. My OTP. Oh come on, it's so obvious! Lyra and Bon Bon was just obvious trolling, but the writers have been friendshipping RD and Flutters since Day 1. How can this comic go wrong? Well, getting Christina Rice, writer behind Main Series 30-31 and the Tirek issue, is a good start. Jay Fosgitt as artist, drawing ponies with necks like hourglasses, is another. Getting a sinking feeling here...

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Rainbow Dash and Twilight? If Sunset Shimmer didn't exist, this would be my OTP. Still, that's why we have threesomes. Of course that only applies to the humans, pony Rainbow and Twilight, eh, I have no interest in pony smex. Anyway, um... right. Rainbow's wings are missing? Well, with how IDW's comics seem to increasingly be reading like subpar fanfics, I guess this was inevitable.

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Let the adventure continue!

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Rarity and the Cakes. An odd coupling but hey, that's what FF is all about, character interactions the show hasn't or can't give us normally.

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Three things. First, I don't really care about Zecora. Nothing against her, she's fine, but it's like Cheerilee, she's never much done anything in the show to make me take an interest in her, but at the same time hasn't done anything to make me dislike her, either. Second, just gonna quote my own fanfic here because the very premise of the comic made me snicker:

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She is vengeance. She is the night. She. Is. Flutterbat! That's all I know about this issue, Flutterbat Returns. Flutterbat Strikes Again. I'm fine with that, Flutterbat Forever!

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Princess Celestia and Pinkie Pie. There'd better be cake. Written by Christina Rice and art by Jay Fosgitt? The words "as hit-and-miss as an auto-shotgun held by someone on a trampoline" comes to mind.

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The Siege of the Crystal Empire took a very underdeveloped and unimpressive villain and made him into an interesting, sympathetic, three-dimensional character. So, who's next?

...Diamond Tiara... pre-COTLM... and it's written and drawn by Christina Rice and Agnes Garbowska, the same folks that did Ponyville Days...

Pollo, get the booze!

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First part was a shaky but promising start, let's move on to see how things development.

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Rarity and Gilda... I've seen odder pairings from this series so far, let's take a look.

Art by Jay Fosgitt, ho boy. Story by Georgia Bell? Doesn't sound familiar, let's go check the Wiki... oh, wow. She's only done one comic before, Friends Forever #8 which I didn't read. Makes me nervous but I'll give her a shot.

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Here we go. The Siege of the Crystal Empire. The first major multi-part story since Reflections, which promises the return of King Sombra and plot elements from Fiendship is Magic #1. With Jeremy Whitley riding high after Friends Forever #20 and the mentioned Fiendship is Magic #1, I have high expectations as I'm sure many do. So, let's not waste any more time and dig in.

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Luna. One true princess of the night, candidate for best pony, unquestioned best princess. She of the abacusshipping, the moonbutt, and the dreamwalking.

Discord. Lord of Chaos, recurring guest voice actor, fountain of fan speculation. Counts Kefka and Sheogorath among his peers. He of the mysterious past, the reality warping, and the pop-cultural references.

They come together to give us a comic.

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Time to end the Siege of the Crystal Empire. It's been a bumpy ride, now will it crash and burn and achieve lift and soar majestically?

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As you probably noticed, there wasn't a new chapter for "Princess Flurry Heart, Destroyer of Worlds!" last week. There is a reason for that and I'm going to explain it now. I went over it in a blog entry explaining why I didn't update "Aunt Millie" for more than three weeks here already, but I give another rundown in this entry for everyone who doesn't read the other story.

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