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The Trouble with Phoenixes Phoenixes are like a three-legged kitten: adorable in small numbers. by Cold in Gardez 7,219 words · 965 · 13
Why Can't Rainbow Dash Manage To Become A Princess? All of Rainbow Dash's friends have become princesses–except for herself! When will it be Rainbow Dash's time to shine? by Autumn Bramble 4,932 words · 441 · 52
Michael Bay Presents: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Revenge of the Unicorn God Slayer He did it to Transformers. Now Michael Bay turns his genius to My Little Pony. by Cold in Gardez 20,221 words · 227 · 11
Facebook Buys Ponyville Twilight Sparkle vs. social media by Eakin 4,339 words · 976 · 27
Small-town Charm Twilight has seen some odd things in Ponyville. by Cold in Gardez 3,958 words · 1,187 · 35

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Anthropology Lyra is determined to find out the truth behind the mysterious legends of humans. by JasonTheHuman 130,415 words · 8,526 · 176
Project: Sunflower As the Earth is under threat, humanity reaches out for one last hope of salvation. by Hoopy McGee 243,094 words · 5,189 · 94
Quantum Castaways Twilight wakes up to a deadly game of survival on an enigmatic island, and she's not alone... by DustTraveller 135,420 words · 3,151 · 54
Hard Reset Twilight gives her life to stop a changeling invasion. Repeatedly. by Eakin 36,358 words · 8,273 · 136
Through the Well of Pirene [Now EQD Featured!] A young girl must travel to Equestria to rescue her kid sister from the clutches of a terrible magician. by Ether Echoes 358,069 words · 1,512 · 95

Best of the best. Most of these deal with ponies and humans meeting under various circumstances, and examining both thereby. "Hard Reset" breaks that pattern, starting out as a somewhat typical Groundhog Day scenario and then providing a fascinating examination of the psychological habits the looper must overcome after she breaks free. If you were given as many do-overs as you like, how would that change you as a person?

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Pixar's 22 rules of storytelling · 7:33pm Oct 7th, 2016

I think there's something to be said for the idea that you don't truly understand something until you can condense it into a tweet. The folks at Pixar know their stuff.

The 22 rules of storytelling, according to Pixar

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Teikan

Teikan #14 · Aug 31st, 2022 · · ·

thank you for increasing the percentage of sane people among the site's audience

Admiral Biscuit

Admiral Biscuit #13 · Mar 26th, 2016 · 1 · ·

Thanks for the follow!

DawnPaladin

DawnPaladin #12 · Jul 31st, 2014 · 1 · ·

1303736 If you have a good chunk of free time, then yeah. :-) It's an epic story that does a lot of things right. I'd be happy to discuss it with you when you're done.

Super Trampoline

Super Trampoline #11 · Jul 31st, 2014 · · ·

Also, I need to get around to reading the immortal game, don't I?

DawnPaladin

DawnPaladin #10 · Jul 31st, 2014 · · ·

1303576 None of the story ideas in my head are pony-related at the moment, but when I do make things I usually post them on my Google+ account. Maybe you'll find something there you like!

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