Fillies and gentlecolts. You are invited to attend the ceremonies of the Marriage of Princess Cadance to House Sparkle.

It's happening people. My new story is finished and has just been submitted. I think this is going to be special.

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This morning there was a solar eclipse visible across Northern Europe, which happens to be where I live.

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The first time Clover saw Star Swirl that morning he was standing alone in the middle of one of the platforms, as if locked mid-action, staring awkwardly into space. "Professor?" she asked. "What's going on?"

"I'm not sure. I am observing myself," Star Swirl said. He turned his head to see her, and his eyes were wide and teary. "I feel as if some part of me has been ripped open, and I am in danger of leaking out. I don't know why. But I feel sad."

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First off, today's my birthday. Happy birthday, me!

"Congratulations, you're now even more too old for this."

Shut up, Star Swirl. You're a hundred and seventeen.

"That depends on your point of view. Another is that I'm twenty-one, and that no time at all has passed since Princess Luna gave me a mission in Saddle Arabia a year ago."

Fine, whatever, point taken. Hoo-boy.

So anyway.

Star Swirl is going to Saddle Arabia.

Clover is going to FIX EVERYTHING.

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So. Not only were those Day of the Dead covers drop-dead gorgeous: the other covers, the ones depicting the actual villains, are all based on Italian renaissance paintings of real-life villains. This is relevant to my interests.

King Sombra is Rodrigo fucking Borgia. Why does this fill me with delight?

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This interview is relevant to my interests.

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So, those villain comics that were rumored a couple of days ago have now all been officially announced, and I am stoked.

First thing that leaps out at me is oh frigging wow look at those covers - ponies done up in full Dia de Los Muertos makeup. That is gorgeous.

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First off, holy crap, this is going to be awesome.

Secondly, without making any promises about exactly when this will be ready, I want to invite you all to follow me into a land of myth and legend...

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Alright, the veil has been lifted, the results have been announced, and I was, well, somewhere in the middle as it turns out. Could have been worse, could have been better. I'm okay with this, I think.

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I just need to shout out to FOME, whose chapter of Fimfic Authors Are In Your Bed from earlier today shouts out to Star Swirl the Bearded and Clover the Clever, and also contains a vast abundance of Lyra, because let's be frank, you always need more Lyra.