So, I've been looking forward to this blog post for a long time.

Ten years and two deployments to Afghanistan ago, I ran across an article on Wired about a weird cultural phenomenon -- adult men who loved the children's show My Little Pony. How strange, I thought. And, for a lark, I decided to check it out.

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Today makes an entire decade that I've been on this site. I honestly don't have any profound words for the occasion, but the anniversary feels too significant to let it go by without saying anything at all. I guess I'll just say thank you to everyone who has read my stories, faved and commented on them. And especially I'll thank anyone who has followed me. Y'all are definitely the reason that I've stuck around as long as I have.

Anyway, that's it. Thanks again for ten great years!

On this day, ten years ago, a meme was born...

... and we haven't shut up about it since

Happy Annihorsersary everypony! May the light of hope and friendship see you through your darkness, and may Harmony find it's way into your very soul.

Love and best wishes,

-Derply

You cannot believe how long I've been waiting to make this post. I'm so excited!!

Let's kick things off with the most exciting news. I'm hosting a Rainbow Factory Contest! It's going to run from today until September 30, 2021. Details are in the linked post, and I hope you participate!

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10 Years...wow. The show coming to an end was a sad, sad day for MLP fans worldwide. I'm not going to go on with that ''don't cry because it's over'' cliché, but the opposite. MLP taught us all valuable life lessons and how to be better people, how to be more connected and in-tune with ourselves and others.

I'm wondering, how exactly did it help you out, in any way? It can be personal or emotional. Did it help bring you peace and meaning into your life?

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ELyra Logs On

• MLP: FiM
• Sad

Welcome to Ponyville, Population One.

• Lyra

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Ten years ago, I started a story.

TBackground Pony

• MLP: FiM
• Random
• Sad
• Slice of Life

"My name's Lyra Heartstrings, but you won't remember anything. Listen to my symphony, for it

• Lyra
• Main 6

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Ten years later, I am alive.

F'naaaaaaa
-SS&E

Some of you may have realized that this August will be the 10 year anniversary of Rainbow Factory. The story, specifically, was released August 19 2011.

Being back in the fandom for such an auspicious occasion, I feel like I should capture the moment, celebrate, or do something special.

I’ve had a couple ideas but I’d like to know what my followers think would be a fun or interesting thing to do on August 19. So... what do you think? Any ideas?

Today marks the tenth anniversary of me creating my account here on FIMFiction. It feels incredibly surreal to type that out. Sometimes it almost feels like yesterday when I was a bright-eyed Brony entering the world of MLP fanfiction for the first time. And sometimes it feels like another lifetime ago.

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A decade has gone by since I first began this journey, pitting six different monsters within the confines of the lands of harmony, starting as a nine chapter one off about a stupid ice-frog from Devil May Cry 4. It had long since expanded into the multi-part series "Elements Change the Dark Hearts", threaded with an overarching plot asking WHY they were brought here, then further made into other projects, with recently capping off with a physical book of the original story. To say I'm proud of

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As of today, I have now spent officially ten years in the fandom. My admission into this little cultural movement started on November 15, 2011, and I've enjoyed myself for the most part ever since. Even when things didn't always go right (looking at you, BronyCon 2019), I more often than not found the fandom adding a degree of excitement and interest into my own life. So to all of you out there, thank you for making the world a little more interesting.

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My apologies...

It has been 7 months since "The Spy" has last updated... It has been 7 months since March...

It's October, right? And... ten years ago!.. ponies first aired! Yay !

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Today marks one full decade since I first joined this site. I really just cannot express how grateful I am to have discovered it (all thanks to falling down a google rabbit-hole and discovering a fic that damn near changed my entire view on life) I just can't believe its been ten years though. It feels like yesterday, but also a lifetime ago, like I've always known what it felt like to log into fimfiction and open up a good story.

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