In late July of last year, my cousin was going away for a week, and I was asked to house-sit for them. As an aspiring author, this gave me a chance to write in private (and use their internet). Of course, my brothers invited themselves over and spent the first couple of days watching cartoons. After they ran out of shows to watch—and since I wasn’t getting much work done—I suggested we watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

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