we were made of love

Too many tattoos. They will explode.
Morgan Wallas the Bane of July proves that.
It's a miracle that his body has maintained its form.
His mind is far beyond that of humanity, for it still exists in our realm.
However it's only a past tense since he already went crazy.
The magic that has escaped and overgrew his skin brought chaos to Eldrian City.
We can never know if it was his own will or the will of the oppressed magic.

How to Tame Your Scromons

Scromons were the friends of humanity all over the world, and we have sealed them in many different ways possible.
Scroll is uncomfortable by its weight and size,
but you can add more info with plenty of space, a good place for Scromons to live.
Bujeok (asian paper talisman) makes you summon and seal Scromons easier and faster, but it provides a cramped and uncomfortable space for Scromons, making them hard to grow and evolve.
Disk, which is the new sealing tool made by data, had huge capacity despite its small size but also had bugs that can create horrible disasters.
These tools were part of magic. That means there's no superiority and inferiority between them, but only advantages and disadvantages.
The monsters were named after their sealing items, and that gave them many names in history.
Slatemon, Bone Beasts, Scroll-Mon, Talismon, Parchmon, Kipumon, Diskmon, and etc.
But now we just call them Scromons.

Blazing Heart

Sir Gunleif never cries.
The fire comes out from his eyes.
He's always burning with fury.

Corpse Tactics

"Your mission is not breaking the walls, nor killing the king.

That city can not be torn down by the power of men, not even dead ones.

You must hide until we flood the city.

Then you have to swim in the water that sank the food storage and the house of healing."

Loyal Staff

It was the custom of the Ramboerg Dynasty to keep the king's wisest adviser closest.

Ressa the Handless

If you have captured the wizards, do not cut off their hands.
Their magic doesn't come out from hands, but from predestined fate and their spirit that transcends humanity.
No one can stop their spell unless their life was taken.
Cut off their heads.
Forget the story of Rogbær the Headless.

Not long ago, I engaged in the single least productive activity of the modern age: arguing on the internet. Specifically, attempting to crack the blinders of prejudice worn by a self-proclaimed "furry" who was ranting about bronies. As expected, the discussion was a small waste of time. But here is a portion of it that I think is worth repeating:

But this is the important part: we do not have to be just like any other fandom. 

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic offers more to love than just cute, colorful ponies. Most of us, I would hazard to wager, didn't fall in love with the show for the ponies as art -- we fell in love with the characters, with what they did and how they behaved, with the idyllic-but-not-sugary-perfect the world of Equestria, and with the heartwarming messages of virtue and friendship at the emotional and philosophical core of the show. An if we are fans of that, then we are fans of something with more depth and meaning than just an artistic concept or musical style or type of sports. 

We can be something very special and unique by lauding those messages of friendship and virtue, and trying to adhere to them as best we can. We can treat "love and tolerance" as calling again, rather than just a 4-chan meme whose time has passed. We can strive to be better people. 

And if we do, we can be something truly beautiful -- we can be the realization of what the early brony fandom held itself to bo. We will do so as individuals. Points of brilliant light in the gloom. In general, the rest of the fandom will not follow -- it is too large, and many will never be interested beyond "I like cartoon ponies." But that isn't why we strive to shine. We should do so because it makes us better, and we want to be better than we are. Because we are inspired to do it. And for those in the darkness who are looking for a light.

art by AssasinMonkey

We are large and growing, but we have lost many as well. We have all seen people leave the fandom because "it isn't what it used to be." The most surprising element of this is that so many of them were surprised. They saw their fandom grow, change and evolve... and apparently they hadn't expected that. Instead of remaining in the fandom and being examples of what they believed it should be, they abandoned it and moved on. Perhaps I can fault them for that, but only just a little. And I certainly cannot fault those who left simply because their interests changed, as interests often do. Plus, we have seen many whose contributions to the fandom launched new careers, and who have gone off to follow these dreams professionally. To them, we raise our glasses, thank them, and wish them well.

art by AssasinMonkey