Fandom Classics Part 105: Heart to Heart

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Holy cow, two good episodes in a row!  While a bit predictable (and while I'm not sure I'd feel at home in a place with the decaying remnants of my blown-up former house suspended over my head...), there was a lot of good humor in Castle Sweet Castle.  Okay, mostly I just love Bulk Biceps/Roid Rage/Snowflake/whatever his name is these days having a day job as an x-treme masseuse.  And having opposable pecs, which is amazing.  Couple that with Dash being Dash, Angel Bunny being fluffbally, and Fluttershy continuing to exhibit character growth without suffering character assassination, and I'm pretty darn happy with the first couple weeks of season 5.

But enough episode yakking.  Let's yak about fanfics!  My review of Crosis's Heart to Heart, after the break.

Mini-Reviews Round 77

Writing posts for Fridays is kind of a draining experience.  Usually I end up writing them midweek, and then when I finish the post I have a brief moment of "Hallelujah, no more responsibilities until Monday!" followed immediately by the crushing realization that, wait, today's Wednesday, the weekend's still two full days away.  Maybe I should try to get exactly one week ahead, so that my post-writing days and post-posting days line up.  Or maybe I should just do everything at the very last second; that seems like a perfect way to eliminate any stress, doesn't it?

So, yeah.  Mini-reviews!  Click below the break to see what I thought of some stories I read recently.

Fandom Classics Part 104: Stardust

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A slightly-belated welcome home, everyone who went to Babscon (which was, apparently, every author I follow and then some).  From what I read, it sounds like it was a lot of fun!  Also, that reminds me that I need to see what's happening with MLP-MSP, a.k.a. "That con that's close enough that I can actually attend it."  Woo, human interaction!

But enough about real people; let's talk about imaginary ones for a while!  My review of Arad's Stardust awaits, below the break.

Episode Talk: S5E1-2, Cutie Map

Hey, new pony episodes!  And that means a chance to talk about new pony episodes!

It's been a while, so a quick refresher: I don't comment on every episode, only the ones where I have at least a few things I want to say.  By the time this goes up (two days after the episode premiered) we've hopefully gotten the hottest of the hot takes out of the way, which is nice.  And note that this post isn't intended as an analysis of the episode (there are plenty of youtubers on the job already, I'm sure) so much as a collection of my thoughts and impressions, hopefully arranged into something approaching coherency.  With that all said, click down below the break to see what I thought of Cutie Map.

For a Change, Let's Talk About Actual Books (Part 17)

Have a happy Easter, everyone!

...I had no follow-up for that.  Ah well; let's just move on.  Click down below the break to see what I'm reading at the moment, and what I'm thinking of it so far.

Mini-Reviews Round 76

It's April first again, and once again, no pranks here.  I just don't get why you would try to prank someone on the first; that's the one time they'll automatically be suspicious of anything you say!  Much better to save any good ideas you have another few weeks, then spring them on some poor, unsuspecting saps.  Anyway, if you're done gawking at all the "hilarious" fake news and posts that are no doubt dominating your favorite sites even as we speak, click down below the break for my thoughts on three recently-read stories.