[In a reply to a comment about a unicorn reacting with mild nausea to Pegasi seafood by saying they are too isolated to the wider world around them]

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This has nothing to do with fiction but it will help fellow Windows 10 users with their pile of pony pics they use for backgrounds. (I'm just past 1300 myself so it's pretty rare to see the same image twice in a week)

You may have noticed Win10 has a shuffle feature for backgrounds on the desktop, but it only seems to work with one default folder and won't go into any sub-directories. I have the fix.

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Nabbed from elsenet because this kind of guidance should really be shared with aspiring authors here.
The original source: http://blakenorthcott.tumblr.com/post/122543026344/22-storytelling-tips-from-pixar

Waaay back in the olden days (2012) Pixar storyboard artist Emma Coats gave some amazing writing tips. I love these and have read them dozens of times.

#1: You admire a character for trying more than for their successes.

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Speaking of Hell, or Tartarus, there hasn't been much fiction about it that I've seen. Granted, the really bad ponies go to Tartarus for certain. But what about the slightly bad ponies? Do they get the Tartarus-Lite(tm) section with visitation rights for good behavior?

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Has anyone else noticed a lack of non-NSFW fics with tentacle monsters?

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But I'm not a changeling!

In a bizarre alchemical accident, the hapless pony has been doused in a strange brew that has the most unsettling effects. When the mind dwells upon somepony, the potion takes effect. With a green flash, rather than flames, the pony turns into that which has been thought about-- such as reading a trashy magazine about Spitfire in a provocative article.
Poof, suddenly turning into a surprised Spitfire.

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Sometimes I wonder what the ponies would do if a- er, good version of a tentacle monster showed up and wanted to live in Ponyville?

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