Bradel's "Purple Prose, or A Night at the Clopera", despite the title, isn't clopfic. It's a Romance/Comedy fanfic that centers on sexuality and sexual themes without ever doing more than hinting at them; it's never explicit, but it's always amusing.

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It's probably no secret that Fiddlesticks, despite only having had two very short, non-speaking background appearances in the series, is one of my favorite ponies ever, so it was with quite some anticipation that I read The Magician and the Fiddler, a piece of fanfic written by The Fool. Unfortunately, it didn't quite live up to my expectations.

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Pega by DragonCurse, AKA RoxenMage. Three minute fourteen second 3-D animation done in Blender. Render times per frame: 3 to 11 minutes. Production time = planning, modeling/animating, soundtrack (thecutechicken), editing = 5 months.

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Citizens of Ponyville! There is still time to take a picture of a pony in thine province, pasture, palace, park, pier or place that pleases thee, and post it hither! And then, as is tradition, to vote! This, I'm told, will ( Read more... )

For those interested in the Past Sins hardcover edition, a new pledge has been created earlier today on PledgeBank! It's running until the 1st of July; otherwise, it's exactly the same deal as the last one.

So now's your chance. :)

As reported on Equestria Daily, efforts are apparently made to create a hardcover edition of Past Sins (one of the best-known MLP:FiM fanfics, and perhaps one of the best, too)! There's a pledge on PledgeBank; it initially closed on the 31st of May, but as the creator points out, it will be opened again soon: "I screwed up with the pledge. ( Read more... )

Over on Autostraddle (News, Entertainment, Opinion and Girl-on-Girl Culture), Rose takes MLP:FIM fan-lit that involves shipping and does science to it! In her article, found here, she introduces "the brony phenomenon" as characterized by adults, including a bunch of straight men, who are fascinated by a show with female protagonists and which is ( Read more... )

Star Swirl the Bearded is only the most important conjurer of the pre-classical era.

- Twilight Sparkle

I'm still not much of a fan-fiction reader (really, where do people even get the TIME?), but a recent post on Equestria Daily about a story titled The Final Quest of Star Swirl the Bearded piqued my curiosity.

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I am vaguely aware that this is what you could call flash fic. There was a "movie fusion" challenge on Equestria Daily last week. Something along the lines of "you have a $30 million budget. Remake a movie, but with ponies". I came up with something for Gattaca, and then I reimagined or spruced up some ideas others had had. There were other ideas ( Read more... )