I didn't really expand upon the title of the last one, but the reason for it was because I had actually read these 2 fics before I'd gotten around to reading the source material. Mostly for lack of caring, but also because they and others like them provided their own stories, making the source material moot as they continued on in the spirit of the original, rather than the letter. However, I was inspired recently to read it, as I felt it was an experience which I was sorely lacking. However,

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Well now, once more, my uncanny ability to find the perfect stories to lead into has yet to fail me. If you haven't already noticed, my intention with these blogs is to have each review's subject matter to flow into the next, be it a character or a plot thread of some description. This time around it happens to be a double whammie, in that I am now reviewing "The Conversion Bureau" by Blaze, and my own fic just so happens to be a Conversion Bureau fic., which I have made a decision about

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Well, I know you're wondering with baited breath what this one's going to be, and here it is: I wasn't finished with" My Little Dashie" yet! There were so many fans that cried and complained about the ending to MLD (myself included), that I decided that, for the next day, I'd search for a worthy successor, and after having read through eight separate possibles, I finally happened upon the one, the only fic I felt to be a worthy successor to this masterpiece, called "My Little Dashie: A Sequel"

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Of course, today, we will be discussing the VERY famous "My Little Dashie" by ROBCakeran53, but first I feel like talking to you about tangential things, as usual. And I figure you wouldn't be reading somepony's blog unless you wanted a slice of life or an opinion now and again. So here is one of many admissions: emotional connections and the achievement of them in writing honestly perplexes me. Not to say I don't feel them, oh no, I feel them more than most, but the problem I have is that

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Well, after a rather emotional reading of "Rainbow after the storm" (interrupted, but yet equally assisted by my being bedridden and having nothing to do but read the past few days but more on that later.) I have finally come around to writing this review on my new, hard earned iPod, making this a thousand times more convenient than the hour a day I once got.

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Well, here we are, mere chapters from finishing the APR storyline and my eventual moving on to different, yet still somewhat related, fics. Now, there is a a piece on his profile page that SAYS that it's still in progress, but the epilogue is up, so I assume it's done, whether it says so or no. Now, this one may take a while to get a review out, as I hadn't read it because I hate to be kept waiting by in progress stories, so I may have to take some time to read it, though after that, the fic i

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Okay! Jumping right to the explanation of the pun because I need to rant and rave to someone about this, and it may as well be the big empty hall of the internet that is my blog post. Skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to hear it. I hate computers, sometimes. God, do I ever. i actually had had this review all written up YESTERDAY because this was such a short story, but the my keyboard (and fingers) decided to screw with me as, when i went to hit the "w" key, my post was suddenly

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I know you're wondering 'Why the crappy pun?", but hey, give me a second and calm the hell down and I'll tell you... geez you're impatient... First, I want to tell you that this blog post will (for like 2 posts, anyway) be the last story that can make you cry. hence the corny little pun. anyway, enough putting this off.

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We now return to that guy who is talking to no one! I know this may not be true later, if someone somehow finds this blog buried DEEP within the archives of the internet and shares it with friends and becomes a phenomenon long after I have forgotten I've even written it, I feel it is important to put down my feelings of the time. maybe to preserve my sanity as i see the week and a half of history piled up before me, but I honestly couldn't care less if Iose it. It'd be a good way to go!

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Alright, I've still got a heck of a backlog of stories that I've read and want to rave, and those crazy few of you who give a damn enough to be still reading by this point probably want to hear more about "Investigation of a Nightmare" so I will... in a minute, but first I want to address an issue invading the community that actually has me a little worried. This pervasive idea that any particular kind of story is better or worse. I honestly believe that every single kind of story has its own

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