Discord’s alleged rule of Equestria has been an oft-repeated notion in horse writing, and there is much praise to be said for some of the depictions, just as there are those of them which didn’t turn out so well. However, the subject of today’s musing is…

…When did it happen? What was it like? And, did it even really happen?

As usual, a question more complicated than it appears.

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Fimfiction's emphasis on the frontpage as the primary means of story propagation is the biggest shortcoming for what is obviously meant to be a social fanfiction site. All that nonsense about the feature box and popular stories columns, which have obvious self-sustaining amplifying effects. This heavily biases visibility towards ultra-long-runners, (which keep slowly rolling until they finally hit it off) comedic oneshots, (which amass followers, which get a new story into the

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There’s a thread in the Writer’s Group, titled Could a Fully Equalized Equestria Actually Function? and while it isn’t a thread I actually have anything noteworthy to contribute to, there’s an overcomplicated joke I can’t resist making:

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This is much more off-the-ground theorizing than my typical article on the subject, but eh, why not, canon is sparse, and fanon on the subject is sparser still.

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When writing this chapter of Aporia, which drags Shining Armor into the narrative and primes a lot of what this esteemed stallion will be doing for the rest of the story, this question came up repeatedly: Just what is the Royal Guard and what does it actually do?

Because I have to decide just what exactly it is that Shining Armor is a captain of, if only to mention it. This is more complicated than it sounds.

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My previous argument regarding the nobility of Equestria leaves one interesting issue unresolved. It so happens that this issue is both very minor, and at the same time, has some rather far-reaching consequences for the interpretation of the rest of the canon.

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…Apparently does not exist.

No, seriously.

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First, let me delineate for the purposes of this post and all the subsequent ones in that vein…

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While I’m working on my own story, (Just getting through the initial setup of the plot is taking so long, that I might as well start publication after the season finale) I had an idea which would be a waste to waste, so to speak. But I won’t be writing it myself, and it doesn’t fit the themes of my own opus, so… Let’s post it here in hopes someone stumbles on it and makes it a fabulous oneshot.

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