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Welcome to my weekly Random Musings blog!

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It's probably no surprise to you, dear reader, that I am something of a nerd. I mean, it takes a special sort of personality to write hundreds of thousands of words of fanfic based on a kid's cartoon, right?

Also, I dig Star Trek. Or, uh, parts of Star Trek. I hear good things about Discovery, but I maintain that the best Trek show was Deep Space Nine. And the best character on Deep Space Nine (if not all of Star Trek)?

Morn.

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Length is one of those tricky things when it comes to writing. Humanity has written stories as short as the (most likely apocryphal) Ernest Hemingway tale of "For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.", to the current world record holder for longest novel, "In Search of Lost Time".

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Took a late night walk with some family members, and it reminded me of a discussion I had with them a month or so ago.

We have a habit of associating things like good and evil with light and dark. I don't think I need to elaborate on which is which. I think a large part of it has to do with our status as primarily diurnal creatures. Day and light are open and familiar to us; darkness, by contrast, limits our field of view, and leaves us more vulnerable to danger.

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You know, technically that's not wrong. Theologically speaking. Lucifer demanding to be seen as the equal of Man, and all that.

It does raise some interesting, further points about just how The Fall actually happened, though, doesn't it?

Less this:

More something like this:

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“You contacted the most powerful being in Equestria to help a pony in need without any thought to what you would gain from it, Sunset.” Crystal Clear beamed at her. “That’s called generosity. And that’s called kindness. "

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