Public Notices

People keep asking, “Hey, I see you rated my story! Are you going to review it?”

If I read it, I review it.

There are no exceptions.

Review Requests

Rules for Requesting Reviews

Want to request a review? There's no 'correct' way to do it. PM me, comment on my blogs, comment on my user page, it's all good. As soon as I've acknowledged the request I'll go into my Review Schedule and add yours to the queue. Just remember: requests are always first come/first serve, so don't be surprised if you're waiting a few months when my request list has gotten overwhelmed. There are only two rules:

No Clop
Have I read clop? Yes. Do I review clop? No. My reviews are for stories, not blatant fap material.

Incompletes
As a general rule, I avoid reading incomplete stories. I tend to make an exception to requests, but I reserve the right to decline incompletes.

Reading Progress

TBlueblood: Hero of Equestria

Like all heroes, Blueblood will always do the right thing... after he has exhausted every other option.

Raleigh · 419k words · 720 26 · 13k views

71.16% (298,261 / 419,164)

TThe Dusk Guard Saga: Hunter/Hunted

An ancient, lost empire is on the verge of returning from its imprisonment, and the Dusk Guard have been dispatched. Their mission? Retake the city, secure it, and above all, keep its ancient ruler from seizing control once more.

Viking ZX · 267k words · 145 2 · 911 views

36.56% (97,647 / 267,060)

TMother of the Hives

Forgiveness and love are some of the hardest things to re-earn once cast aside. Doubly so for family.

law abiding pony · 93k words · 598 14 · 4.8k views

35.21% (32,653 / 92,730)

Review Schedule and Other Spreadsheets

My Long Term Schedule for stories over 70,000 words in length is currently booked through January 2022. Please keep this in mind when planning to request stories longer than 70k words in length.

The Review Schedule

This schedule lists the stories that are set to be reviewed every week. The next six weeks are always included. I may have more than six scheduled, but only the nearest six will actually be visible at any time.

The Reading Schedule

The day-to-day reading schedule, which dictates what I will read and when. Mostly meant for my own use in limiting how much I read every day, but kept available to the public for the sake of transparency.

Archive Spreadsheet

The archive. Contains a list of every story I've ever reviewed with links to both the story and the review.

A Brief Look Into The Insanely Detailed World That Is Paul's Mind

Read this if you want to see what I go through every Saturday to deliver to you folks a weekly review blog. Be warned, this thing is overbearingly detailed.

Favorites

The Silver Standard Once upon a time, Silver Spoon's life made sense. Now she lives in Ponyville. by PatchworkPoltergeist 296,559 words · 465 · 8
Five Hundred Little Murders Flitter thinks Fluttershy is the weakest pony in the world. Flitter has never confronted what Fluttershy's job really means. Nopony ever wants to or should. Now Flitter has to. And 'weak' will turn out to be exactly the wrong word. by Estee 10,523 words · 1,023 · 25
The Flight of the Alicorn Rarity finds herself forced into an unlikely alliance when her airship crashes far from home. by Ponydora Prancypants 227,108 words · 1,409 · 29
Sucker for a Cute Face Adagio finds Fluttershy alone one morning, and many to follow. by Eyeswirl the Weirded 276,133 words · 1,149 · 28
Daring Do(esn't Need a Special Somepony) A.K. Yearling doesn't write love stories, because Daring Do usually spends Hearts and Hooves Day tearing through Equestria in a no-holds-barred search for candy. There's no room for anypony else in the chase. Especially not some stuck-up stunt flier. by Fahrenheit 9,335 words · 475 · 9

A current list of my favorite stories on FIMFiction.

Concepts & Creations Index

A while back I started posting blogs detailing stories that I conceived but don't expect to ever write. The link below is to an index of all these blogs.

Concepts & Creations Index

Jan

21st

2021

Paul's Thursday Reviews CCXXXVI · 9:05pm Last Thursday

The time has come, but not for the reasons I anticipated.

As I’ve been setting up my schedules in the last few weeks, some things are becoming increasingly clear to me. My decision last year to make sure there was always a 70k+-word story in these blogs has put me in a position where it’s hard to get all the material I need to read done using my current wordcount limits. I attempted to expand upon those limits slightly, and that seemed to work at first.

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Best Stories

Time for Tea As far as everyone who isn't Fluttershy knows, Rainbow Dash is not a 'tea' type of girl. Really. by PaulAsaran 1,000 words · 83 · 1
No Heroes Part III - For Dreams Luna's team takes on its first task, working together with the Element Bearers. But with Fine Crime out of action, can Luna keep the team going in their dreams? by PaulAsaran 92,694 words · 110 · 1
Of Angels What makes an angel? Is it wings and a halo? Is it good deeds, a gentle touch, beauty? I’ve thought on that long and hard. by PaulAsaran 4,023 words · 341 · 4
Friendship = Evil Filly Twilight has come upon a groundbreaking truth. Now she just has to convince Celestia. by PaulAsaran 2,393 words · 887 · 11
Lessons in Generosity Scootaloo is the last pony Rarity ever thought would want to be more 'Rarity', but that's exactly what the filly claims. Sadly, Scootaloo's understanding of generosity is disastrously flawed. by PaulAsaran 4,887 words · 280 · 4

My best stories by rating.

Personal Best

Bulletproof Heart In a hot desert Equestria, Rarity Belle makes her living as a clothier in the small town of Spurhoof. But when a posse of Bad Apples arrive in town, she finds her life turned upside down. Now she fights for only one thing: survival. by PaulAsaran 314,571 words · 259 · 12
Frequency While randomly scouring the airwaves with her two-way radio, Vinyl stumbles upon a desperate voice with a wild story. Can words save a life? Can they give hope, and is that hope even worth it? by PaulAsaran 66,215 words · 689 · 47
The Gentle Nights: Audience of One A chance meeting at a ruined gala leads to opportunity. Luna longs to recover from her isolation and the shadows of her past, and she clings to the one pony whose music provides her comfort. She might not be the only benefactor in the arrangement... by PaulAsaran 126,854 words · 587 · 19
Of Angels What makes an angel? Is it wings and a halo? Is it good deeds, a gentle touch, beauty? I’ve thought on that long and hard. by PaulAsaran 4,023 words · 341 · 4

The stories of my own making I consider my personal best.

Comments ( 749 )

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Dandereshy

Dandereshy #749 · 1 week ago · 1 · ·

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Aaaaaaaa I'm sorry. The pandemic and economic impact thereof is destroying my normal habits and everyday life. I would really like to finish it but I simply haven't the time lately.

Scheduling coincidence? Riiight. 👀

PaulAsaran

PaulAsaran #748 · 1 week ago · 1 · ·

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Yeees, this is your punishment for failing to complete 366 Hours!

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But seriously, two at the same time is a scheduling coincidence, nothing more.

Dandereshy

Dandereshy #747 · 1 week ago · · ·

Ah, I see you've added two of my stories to your reading list. This ~~frightens~~ intrigues me!

ShiningBeacon

ShiningBeacon #746 · 1 week ago · · ·

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Thanks for the response! Yes, that's quite the selection of interests. I must say, I'm not too partial to horror, but otherwise I enjoy anything that is well written, which is why I follow you. Thank you for your time, and have a nice day!

PaulAsaran

PaulAsaran #745 · 1 week ago · 1 · ·

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Ah. Ah-ha! I just thought of a big thing for me:

Ambition.

Give me an ambitious idea. I love authors who are willing to go big with their premise.

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