I debated long and hard about which story to write about this weekend. It finally came down to a pair of my all time favorites and the deciding choice between them was that one of them features both my favorite pony, Princess Luna, and a bucket load of archaic language not only used, but used well.

I speak of Parlous by Carabas.

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This week, I'm looking back at a special story for me. The story that got me into fan fiction and MLP fan fiction in the first place.

The Dresden Fillies: Strange Friends by Psychicscubadiver

I was already a fan of the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher before I got into MLP. To quote one of the major characters in the series:

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So this weekend, I'm recovering from my third Covid shot reaction and trying to scrawl out a new chapter of How Twilight Learned and discovering that there is an update to an old favorite story of mine.

Journey with a Batpony by Gulheru

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So... I'm going to try to make this a weekly thing of talking about a story that I've been reading on Fimfiction that I feel deserves some attention. With that in mind I'm going to be talking about a story that I'd never thought I'd recommend, nevermind read.

Cat's Cradle by Shakespearicles

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So, I wanged my hand at work and it made long periods of typing painful. Which got me reading more, and I decided I want to start commenting again about some of the things I read on this site. Especially in light of the closing of some of the more well-known reading groups.

One story I'd like to point out for your consideration is Rekindled Embers by applezombi.

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So, I did take most of the month of August off. I did what I said I would do, including celebrating my son's 19th birthday, making arrangements to travel 1500km north in October for my grandfather's 100th, hit the local rivers and lakes and played a lot of video games. Just in case anyone is wondering what an old fart like me plays, my main games currently are:

- World of Warships (Mare_in_the_Moon)
- 7 Days to Die (highly recommended zombie killing, base builder)

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I'm going on hiatus for the month of August. I realized that I've been pushing myself to make deadlines and the self-pressure built up to the point where I put out an unfinished chapter to a story that cause great controversy among my readers because it left them hanging and wondering what the heck was going on.

It was a substandard product and I'm sorry.

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So, every month for the past few years now I've done up a chapter of Brightly Lit or its sequel, Brightly Lit 2: Pharos. However, what I write after that has always been a major decision and I often have people clamoring for fresh chapters of stories that have had to sit for awhile. Also, I always feel guilty about taking money for writing. Yes, I know it's deserved and those of you who are Patrons are happy to support me, but I've always wanted to give you folks more.

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Well seeing as I don't have a lot of secrets, and others are doing this...

1. What is your first name?
Penalt, Penny, or Scumhunter

2. How old are you?
54

3. What country are you from?
Canada

4. What do you look like?
Solid with a long greying ponytail, and glasses.

5. What do you wish you looked like?
A pony

6. How did you come across MLP:FIM?

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Things are restarting. My children and I have accomplished our move and to quote my eldest daughter, "I never thought freedom would look like a three bedroom house."

So I'm sharing a couple of things with you all. First is my get up and go playlist of music. These are the songs I listen to when I want to feel invincible, with the wind at my back and words flowing from my fingers.

Go Faster Playlist

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