Return of Flash Sentry--*Hiss*

Singing Discord--Makes up for the former.

"Miner..."

What?

Oh fine.

So, I guess it's nice that we have a description for the border between Equestria and the badlands. That's kinda cool.

And, I mean, it's also kinda cool to see Discord up to some tame, but still hilarious tricks.

And...um...that's it...

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Of all the fillies and colts of this show, none get as much hatred as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon.

Sorry, but that's kinda a "duh" moment.

They're bullies. They were written as bullies. They were designed to be annoying, shameless, and to be hated.

So why is it then, time after time, when one of these two are redeemed, it's always Silver Spoon?

Well, I have a little insight on this, so let me shed some light on this.

Nature:

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Alright, so I have a few things to talk about, but I've decided to do this one first.

A couple of days ago, WandererD posted a blog about his thoughts on Spike.

While he is entirely entitled to his opinion, and the criticisms of the fandom were not without warrant, I feel his analysis on Spike was unfair...So I thought I'd try and give my best explanation on our small, reptilian friend.

Again, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and this one is mine:

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Man, this was an important episode...

"What do you mean, Miner?"

What do you mean, what do I mean?

"Well...normally only the seasons premier and finale are the really important ones for the story..."

True, Pinkie, but this isn't about the story. This is about Equestria.

"Huh?"

Well...

A. This is the first reference to felony crime in Equestria.

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Drem Yol Lok, fahdonne.

So, I've decided, you know what? I want to be a writer.

"So far so good!"

Thank you, Pinkie. And, one of the aspects of being a writer is world building.

"Well, obviously!"

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Alright guys, so if you watched the season premier (of course you did) you saw that the Elements of Harmony were discovered by Celestia and Luna.

This conflicts with the ANS lore which says that Harmony, who became Discord, created/discovered them.

And this is me not really caring.

"How can you not care!?" I'm sure someone will ask. "Its canon! You can't mess with canon!"

Except I'm not. In ANS, canon flows exactly the same.

"But Alan's not canon!"

As far as we know.

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Alright guys, another question from me to you.

As an author, I'm always on the look out for flaws in my own work. I mean, really, what's the point of writing something if no one wants to read it, right?

So when I saw a video titled "Understanding the Mary Sue" how could I not go check it out.

Go ahead and watch it, and then I'll get to my question.

Good stuff, right?

Well...this got me thinking...is...

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Alright, guys, so I've got something of an issue.

Unfortunately, I have little-to-no IRL brony friends so I have little-to-no people to rant/talk/express concerns to, so today, you're going to get a little bit of all of it.

So what's my issue?

Well...

Twilacorn.

Now, humor me, humor me. Just hear me out.

I don't mind Alicorn Twilight as much as I did.

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Alright guys, so, wanted to write a blog today, but I didn't really have anything to talk about, so I decided I may as well let you all into a little trade secret of mine.

How do I plan a story.

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So I was at work, doing my work thing—

"You mean daydreaming while going through the motions?"

—and I got to thinking. "You know my story really needs?" I asked myself, "A song." Not something pulled from my music library, an original song.

So I began humming to myself, and then...before I knew it, I had a chorus, then a verse, and then another, and I'm like, what the serious crap?

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