I think we can all remember the Season Five opener. It had a healthy balance of humor and danger, our heroines were victorious not by Deus Ex Machina, but through their own intelligence, and most importantly it had My Little Pony’s first attempt at a moral grey area with Starlight Glimmer. Granted, it wasn’t a particularly good grey, but it was still a new and interesting villain: not one that simply took glee in causing havoc, but one who had an argument for why she were the hero

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Eye to eye with the mare, Rainbow met her gaze, unflinching. “It doesn’t matter what’s going on,” she stated. “ You’re my best friend, and I am going to save you.” The words were unwavering, with a force behind it that would cheerfully deny the universe itself. She was Rainbow Dash, and she didn’t leave her friends behind. Ever.

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My job search goes decently well: I have two separate jobs I feel really good about getting. I am worried that I'll need to move back home temporarily which I find troubling. On a more uplifting note: The More Things Change is almost done! I just have one more chapter and an epilogue to go.

Last week, I posted an old, unused blog post to get under the deadline, so this week I’ll posting one that wasn’t written over the course of an hour with next-to-no proofreading.

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I’ve been reading an old devotional book I got back when I was a teenager. It was called The Me I Want to Be, by John Ortbrg. It's about how we can get stagnant and become satisfied with where we are, rather than what we could be. Something in it really stood out to me.

Nothing Spiritual, of course. It helped me write ponies.

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Life is complicated.

“I’m so sorry,” the nurse said as gently as she could, “But your father has passed away.”

It rarely cares for the plans we have set into motion. We are at its mercy.

Sunset threw a ball of fire at the alicorn, who simply ignored it and stalked forwards. “You lied to me!” Sunset exclaimed. “I’m your greatest student! How can you just send me away?”

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