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A British Gentleman


I am a fan of many things, particularly the fine works of Sir Terry Pratchett (may he rest in peace). After spending a long time lurking, I have elected to create an account.

May
24th
2016

Big Essay Imminent: Advice Required · 10:23pm May 24th, 2016

Greetings, my good ladies and gentlemen.

I am currently in the process of writing a fairly hefty essay on the topic of crossovers, and why so many of them end up as badfics. I post this blog seeking your advice.

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May
22nd
2016

A Canterlot Wedding Blues: the Problem with Fixfics · 9:57pm May 22nd, 2016

Greetings, my good ladies and gentleman.

I have recently had cause to think about a particular breed of badfic. Namely, the lesser spotted A Canterlot Wedding fixfic.

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May
2nd
2016

A Remarkable Achievement · 9:38pm May 2nd, 2016

Leicester City Football Club have just won the Premier League. The odds of this at the start of the season were five thousand to one. To put that into perspective, the odds of the Loch Ness monster being confirmed unequivocally to exist are are five hundred to one. In other words, it was considered ten times more likely that someone would fish out Nessy. Elvis being discovered alive gets you odds of two thousand to one.

But they did it, and I send my warmest congratulations.

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Apr
23rd
2016

Princess Ember: An Analysis of Gold Rushes, Bandwagons and Next Big Things · 11:39pm Apr 23rd, 2016

A rather insightful fellow, or a rather insightful lady, as the case may be, recently posted a thread on the forum of Rage Reviewers. -TGM- was inquiring about the viability of a new thread on Rage Reviews about "growing (also terrible) trends on fimfic."

Anyone who has observed the regrettable state of the feature box over the last week will likely be able to guess as to what bought this on.

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Apr
19th
2016

Fic Recommendation: Jake and the Kid · 11:17pm Apr 19th, 2016

I shall post this recommendation here, as I found out after writing it that it does not qualify for Rage Spotlight, its original intended destination.

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Dec
3rd
2015

Potential Good News for Cheese Fans... (and shippers) · 9:27pm Dec 3rd, 2015

From this ED article:

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Nov
28th
2015

Season Five Finale: A Discussion · 10:07pm Nov 28th, 2015

WARNING: SERIOUS, COMPLETE SPOILERS FOR THE SEASON FIVE FINALE BELOW.

Additional warning: beware this site until you have seen the episodes; people will spoil unapologetically at this point, and someone is undoubtedly working on the most spoiler filled fic that can be put into one thousand words even as I type. AGAIN, SPOILERS BELOW BREAK.

Edit: Sure enough, two hours after this was posted, two very short very spoilerific fics have gone up.

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Nov
26th
2015

Happy Thanksgiving · 5:58pm Nov 26th, 2015

Greetings on what I hope is a fine day, my good ladies and gentlemen. Please permit me this opportunity to wish any Americans reading this blog a wonderful Thanksgiving. May many goodies and treats be consumed, ideally with some pleasant ale, quality lager or good wine to wash it down.

Enjoy your day, my good ladies and gentlemen, and have some cute pics on me:

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Nov
21st
2015

Beware the Spoilers! · 10:18pm Nov 21st, 2015

A new video preview of the season finale has been released. As is oft the case with such, it contains hefty spoilers. Normally, this would not be a thing, as the video can be easily avoided.

Sadly, however, there are many here and on ED that believe these spoilers to be fair game, and are spreading them liberally. I advise deactivation of group notices for the time being.

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Nov
12th
2015

A Rage Retrospective: My First Review · 11:07pm Nov 12th, 2015

Greetings my good ladies and gentlemen. It is my hope, on this thoroughly miserable November evening, beset with that which Manchester produces most, endless soaking drizzle, that I find you all in good health. As I put the kettle on for a nice mug of tea, it occurred to me that it is one month to the day when I published my very first Rage Review. While memories of it are still fresh, I felt it wise to look back upon it.

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