Anyone who has followed me for any length of time will have realised that most of the things I review are crap. There is, as a matter of fact, good reason for this: I find such reviews entertaining to read and write, and they allow me to highlight common trends in fiction which often lead to shoddy work. Thus, they are informative: this is What Not To Do.

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Warning: Spoilers for season six episode seventeen

I have noted, my good ladies and gentlemen, that when an episode with a popular new character appears, the race is on to get out a story quickly and hit the feature box.

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A good day to you my rather splendid ladies and gentlemen, I hope it has been and shall continue to be fun and productive.

Today I bring you the third edition of The Good the Bad and the Ugly reviews, featuring one of the most well known HiE's on the site. Before that, though, a quick reminder of our classifications:

The Good: Fics of clear high quality, showcasing the work of an excellent or promising author.

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Hello to you all, my marvellous ladies and wonderful gentleman, I hope to find you all in top form.

Recently, I reviewed a fic concerned, at least in theory, with a 'what if' scenario: What if Luna had never turned into Nightmare Moon, and had never been banished by her sister?

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Greetings once again, my good ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the second addition of The Good the Bad and the Ugly Reviews, my new review series for longer fics.

Before we begin, a quick reminder of my simple scoring method:

The Good: Fics of clear high quality, showcasing the work of an excellent or promising author.
The Bad: Fics of clear low quality, showcasing the work of a poor or inexperienced author.

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Hello my good Sirs and Madams, I hope all is shiny, cool and otherwise awesome.

As I'm sure most of you are aware, I am inclined to write the odd review. Mostly, I post these on Rage Reviews, and I generally review in the style of that group. While the Rage style of reviewing is awesome, there is a key problem: it does not lend itself well to longer pieces.

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I am aware that some of my followers tend to avoid Equestria Daily, and not without reason: it is a wretch hive of spoilers and spoiler happy people. While I detest spoilers, I do nevertheless keep an eye on it.

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Greetings my good ladies and gentlemen. As ever, I hope to find you in excellent health. I have a couple of things to go over.

First, I will be going on holiday tomorrow (my first in ten years, as a consequence of my Ph.D work) to the Lake District. I shall be doing a fair bit of hiking (here, for a start), which should be fun, assuming I avoid any calamities.

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Greetings, my good ladies and gentlemen.

I invite you to imagine a scenario: you are reading a fic and all is going well. The grammar and spelling are good, the characters well written, the plot has potential. Everything seems fine, and you are looking forward to a good read.

Then Princess Celestia shows up, and suddenly things are just wrong.

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Greetings my good sirs and my good ladies. Although I am a straight man, in order to show my support in light of the recent tragedy, I have elected to join the LGBT group.

While I am there, I wish to use this opportunity to show some love to the good ladies and gentlemen of the LGBT community. Therefore, to you I say this:

Back in my school days, many long years ago, we were told to be tolerant. I, however, am uncomfortable with the term.

I tolerate a crying baby on a bus.

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