It's a particularly reassuring feeling that it's felt like a year since I've last written in this register and yet I've only managed to keep myself almost entirely away from pony for just two months.

(My life and views have, of course, changed in various ways that I'll no doubt find absolutely, hilariously irrelevant and awful in turn within about a month.)

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god bless

Twilight Sparkle Teaches Pinkie Pie Equestrian Jurisprudence is the fic...

...about al-Fiqh.

I've got no clue why I thought this was worth making a post for.

I'll go back to my corner now.

I swear I didn’t set out to do this on purpose.

darf’s Alectrona: Like a dick turned into neural tissue and its whacker didn’t quite notice

Here’s the plot.

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This post was inspired by the following image:

Now, I thought I was a bit silly for a second for getting angry at this picture - I mean, something being stolen a few hundred years ago clearly legitimises the original theft and unironically fails to justify further theft - but then I realised that my anti-imperial sentiment would be better directed towards artistic pursuits.

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Fair warning: I might be a bit biased in this fic's favour by virtue of its excellence.

PatchworkPoltergeist’s Somewhere Only We Know: A slashed masterpiece

“If thus to sleep is sweeter than to wake,
To die were surely sweeter than to live,

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There's a weird feeling going back to reviewing after spending a while away from it; you think you're going to write a positive review, and everything comes down in flames the moment you start thinking about what you've just read.

It's a sobering epiphany.

Eakin's The Incredible Rockiness of a Winning Rock: We get it, it's a bloody rock

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I very recently had the realisation that my regular style makes it unusually difficult to write non-fiction in without sounding pretentious.

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I've pinged all my fics because archonix did it. Feel free to direct all expressions of hatred to the appropriate authorities.

Also, check the Pony Fiction Vault interview for Solace if you're interested in more vague, authorial questions; I'll gladly elaborate on any point if you wish.

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