I will be out of college in about two weeks for Christmas Vacation. During that time, I will enter the well-known WRITING OVERDRIVE time where I spew out hundreds of thousands of words. Many of you probably never see that since I use these OVERDRIVE times to create a massive backlog. This Christmas vacation's goal is simple: write the final movie chapter of Songs of the Spheres: 154: Journey. I have purposefully not written it yet, so as to let the readers have some influence on what the last

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First of all, for those of you who thought the video was confusing, we do have an image/text version now on the main story:

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/382944/songs-of-the-spheres

And now, allow me to let out an approximation of my current emotions.

AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!

Okay, now that that's out of the way, what do I think of 130s debut?

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Here it is, chapter 130, in video form:

Okay. So. I had a blog post typed up and it seems to have been lost in the nethers of my computer somewhere. AGH.

I'm very uncertain about myself right now because I've gotten both people who loved the thing, who hated it, and then I got Site Staff breathing down my neck because a single-video chapter apparently isn't OKAY and...

*muffled screaming*

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In roughly 2 hours at 7:00 PM Universal (1:00 PM Central) the 130 - {S} Climax video will premier! We will be streaming it here since that requires no account:

Until then, we will be watching pony videos and perhaps random suggestions until the moment of truth comes. Most of the artists and others involved in the making of the video have been invited.

-GM, master of the end of doom

Somewhat often, people come to me and ask me about infinity. Specifically, how it related to SotS and why I made it explicitly clear that true infinity doesn't exist in the SotS multiverse. I give my reasons, but I get the impression people always walk away without truly understanding what Absolute Infinity of Everything would mean for the themes of SotS...

TDividing Infinity

• MLP: FiM
• MLP: Comic
• Mystery
• Sci-Fi

When Cadence destroys the Crystal Palace, Queen Twilight must find out why... before her world tears itself apart.

• Violence
• Suicide / Self Harm
• Death
• Profanity
• Alt. Universe
• Twilight

Coyote de La Mancha · 11k words  ·  51  3 · 1.1k views

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Releasing the results a tad early since I might not have time in the morning. RESULTS!

I won’t crown the winner first: let’s look at the runners up.
A Heart’s Gambit vs War Immaterial
45% < 55%
War Immaterial is victorious, taking the third-place slot! Congrats, Mal!

But now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for…

THE MEANING OF REDEMPTION. (G. M. Blackjack)
9 votes.

MEETING YOUR MAKER (FanOfMosteverything)
10 votes.

47.4% < 52.6%

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First of all, the fans and authors of SotS 127 have banded together to start a new project - one without my insane supervision. It is a compilation of happier times in the SotS multiverse, explicitly WITHOUT the War for Existence. It has my official endorsement, check it out!

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Before I get into the results, I have something to say. A lot of the authors of stories 127 have been disappointed that they aren't getting any feedback from readers who aren't THEM. I'd like to encourage anyone who hasn't already commented on 127 to leave some more in-depth thoughts since some of them are dying to get some general audience response. This competition doesn't actually tell them much about how they did, only who is the best.

Anyway, with that out of the way...

LIME

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Sgt Sarge's vote didn't go through the roudn 2 survey! Normally one vote wouldn't matter, but in this case it was the difference between Sarge's A Heart's Gambit losing or getting into a tie! So I've... CHANGED the bracket! Sorry, please vote again if you already have!

https://forms.gle/EiypA7xcuo1fatP79

-GM, master of SCRAMBLED EGGS.

BLACK
Optimal Distribution vs Meeting Your Maker
10.5% < 89.5%
Well. FoME has well and truly trounced FoME.

LIME
The Little Cafe by the Way vs The Wheel Weaves
38.9% < 61.1%
The masterful story of the Wheel takes dominance once again!

GOLD
A Heart’s Gambit vs What Could Have Been
50% > 50%
*cough* SARGE'S VOTE HAS NOW BEEN COUNTED AND I VOTE FOR HIS TO BE BETTER THAN MINE.

FOREST
Broadcast vs Playing Both Sides
55.6% > 44.4

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First of all, hello people, I have another blog post of lore you might want to check out. I tried to synthesize EVERYTHING!

Now, for what you're here for. The results of the FIRST ROUND!

BLACK
Optimal Distribution vs Devotion’s Legacy
68.8% > 31.3%
Optimal Distribution takes the first round with a major majority!

ORANGE
Meeting Your Maker vs Solar Waltz
78.6% > 21.4%

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7:00 PM UST and 1:00 PM Central. Saturday. Nov 23.

IT COMES!

Feel free to start theorizing.

-GM, master of hype.

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Oh boy. We're getting too many good submissions for 127. As in, it's to the point where I'm not sure we'll be able to fully edit all of them in the time between the deadline and the publish the day AFTER. Like... we're already 36,000 words and there are several unfinished fics I am well-aware of.

NO ONE'S FICS ARE IN DANGER OF BEING CUT.

But, I am probably going to have to stop accepting new submissions at some point soon.

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This is just a friendly reminder that only TWO WEEKS remain to enter submissions for chapter 127! November 16th is the LAST DAY to send it in!

I'm giving a two week (and a one week and a one day) notice because I know some of you are working on large snips. Two weeks may seem like a long way away, but trust me, it's not.

See here for details:

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Chapter 127 for Songs of the Spheres has a submission deadline of November 16: ONE MONTH AWAY! Do submit snips! We already have several, but we need MORE! MORE! MOOOOOORE!

More info here:
https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/872625/official-chapter-127-submission-announcement

-GM, master of A MONTH.

I have just hired someone to stitch the video for Chapter 130, so I think that means I should make the public announcement for CHAPTER 127 of Songs of the Spheres - Different Views of Reality. Some people have already submitted snips, but this serves both as the first official announcement and as a reminder to them that they should get writing!

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This is the most excited I've been for something in a while.

Scootertrix, the best of all the Abridged series' this fandom has shilled out by a fair margin, is making a movie. It's actually going to be made. The little story that started out about comically mocking little horses that eventually turned into am epic unique story with custom animation... is going to reach its climax.

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I made a timeline for SotS events that happened in the story so far. With fancy little animating gifs for every arc! Goes up to chapter 102 right now. Take a gander if you're curious / have difficulty remembering everything.

TIMELINE!

-GM, master of time.

Rather than wasting your time with my voice, let's get right into it: the user Zebulon has posted this AMAZING thing around the SotS forum and blog posts:

Fellow readers,

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