So, here I am, and there are all these crossovers and arguments and scenarios where Celestia gets, for the lack of a better word, completely owned.
So I wonder: How powerful is Celestia, actually?
We never really saw her fight, and aside from the fact that she can move Sun and Moon and is probably very skilled when it comes to magic in general, we don't know much to help put into perspective how powerful she is.

So I went and crunched some numbers.

Here's the idea:

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Ergh, the things it takes for me to post something.

So, I've been quiet for a while, and all the more I want to talk about.

First, about writing Ducenti Septuaginta Septem:
As all of you will have noticed, my writing speed is quite low, and it's not getting any faster anytime soon.

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Who built this?
Why the portals?
Where did the magic go?
What–?

UVZI GSV DSRHKVIH RM GSV WZIPMVHH
UVZI GSV HVIEZMGH LU GSV YORMW ZOOHVVRMT LMV
GSV WVZW LMV IVGFIMH GL VJFVHGIRZ

DUSKCCWNI RFCL USH TMFL JFFK PPXVZL UBX TIMF DMHYMNA
AVF AHTFWECL AIQYLHSSUP YGK QOXGV PW SMCKMVSV
QAL AVZQILVG ZL MOI PRAD VJ MFSK–

...

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Remember Tantabus? Good old Tantabus created by Luna to punish her for the whole Nightmare Moon thing?
So, the word apparently comes from "tantibus" which is allegedly Latin for "nightmare". I say "allegedly" because despite trying quite hard, I have not been able to actually find a reputable source that confirms there even is a Latin word such as "tantibus".
And, no, Google Translate is no reputable source.

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The dichotomy of order and chaos is a common theme not only in storytelling in general, but also very much present in My Little Pony fanfiction in particular (Not surprising since there is a character denominated as spirit of chaos and disharmony).

Of course, we all know that the topic is a bit more complicated than the other common dichotomy, the one of good and evil.

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Episode 100 was just a big snowball of crazy that became bigger and bigger the farther it rolled down the hill.
Just thinking about the implications of all this nonsensity gave me a headache.
Granted, there were some things that actually made some lick of sense, like Cranky and Steven venturing out together to find a cure for baldness.

Luckily, she showed up and saved the day:

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It is the finale of the fourth season of My Little Pony, a TV show about friendship and colourful equines. After defeating the evil centaur Tirek, the ponies celebrate in a song about rainbows. In the middle of the song, Discord, the abominable spirit of Chaos hands Princess Celestia, the ruler of all ponies, a bouquet of flowers.

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In the hiatuses (Some part of me insists the plural should be hiati. It is not.) between seasons three and four as well as four and five, two movies featuring an alternate, parallel reality to Equestria inhabited by humanoid creatures were released under the name of Equestria Girls.
The parallel world featured in the movies is accessed from Equestria via a magical mirror dating back up to Star Swirl the Bearded.

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Remember when I talked about the opening episodes of season four and said they fit perfectly well with my story and in fact made some things fit even better?
Now that I have watched the first two episodes of season five, I can only say one thing: Ditto.
The show writers remain considerate to things they can't possibly know about!

Let it also be known that there's no possible way anything in season five will actually affect my story in any meaningful way.

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Do you know the term "wordsmith"?
For me, it invokes the mental image of an author standing in a forge, placing their manuscript on an anvil and hammering away at it.
Do you know what happens if a smith is bad at their craft? The stuff they forge ends up wonky and misshapen.

That's what writing sometimes feels like. Like beating up words for hours and in the end, they still don't look quite right.

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