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 <title>Sir E. Hooves III (eaglehooves)'s status on Friday, 21-Oct-11 14:13:00 UTC</title>
 <author_name>Sir E. Hooves III (eaglehooves)</author_name>
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 <html>@&lt;span class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rainbowdash.net/user/4737&quot; class=&quot;url&quot; title=&quot;Joseph Sarrows&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fn nickname&quot;&gt;raiderjoseph&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Action isn't what I said the issue was. It's the fact that your characters go completely Mary Sue with their powers. While not completely applicable to ponies (There's one that any pony with a cutie mark gets a point for), here's a decent guide to when you may need to dial it back. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.html&quot; title=&quot;http://www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow external&quot;&gt;http://www.ponylandpress.com/ms-test.html&lt;/a&gt; I'm more of a [comedy] than [adventure] pony myself, but Alicorns are a bit of a red flag for all genres. They can be written well, but even good authors seem to struggle with them at times.</html>
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