The King is Dead, Love Live the King!
Ah Nyx, you’re back from your time hopping, I see. Good. It is about time for my glorious reascension to the throne of the Crystal Empire. And this time it shall not be just the Empire I enslave. I shall …
Category: King Sombra
The hype is good…
Oh…you mean the trailers I appear in? It is most gratifying to see the majority of Equestria eagerly awaits my return. You did not believe I would be forever absent, did you? As long as there are ponies who fear, …
Ask King Sombra – The Shot Seen Through the Galaxies
“Ask King Sombra” was drawn by Wiggles, a well-known entity in MLP fandom for her vivacious personality, lovely princess and LARP costumes, her guest of honor appearances at BronyCon and to me, most of all, for her kooky caricature of …
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Umbrum Magical Circles & Sigils
What are the Umbrum? I’ve always loved the idea that King Sombra is an Umbrum. For those not familiar with the MLP comics, in their Fiendship is Magic series, he was said to have come from a race called the …
Cost of the Crown by Mercedes Lackey
This song, while not related to King Sombra, reminds me of the duties of those in power in Equestria. I know of the name Mercedes Lackey because of her work in the filking* community back in the 80’s when I dove …
Experimenting with New Home Page Art
You may (or may not) have noticed the new home page art tweak the past few days. I was playing around in Photoshop, stretching my skills Wednesday night and THIS emerged: When something so sacred moves you… Lately I have …
Downvoting stories without reading them – quality control or prejudice?
Okay, normally it takes a very special FIMFic story to move me to go the extra step of upvoting or downvoting stories. Askre and I have talked about this subject a few times outside of FIMFiction, but in the context …
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Patreon preview is live – Frozen Shadows, Chapter 10 – “And I Obey”
The next chapter of our FIMFiction story, Frozen Shadows, Chapter 10 – “And I Obey” is up for exclusive preview for my Patrons on Patreon. I had no idea I was going to finish it this morning – it just …
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Frozen Shadows Chapter 2 – Taking Sides
“Well, aren’t you two a couple of killjoys,” the Doctor grumbled sourly. Normally, one of the most enjoyable parts of taking on new companions for the Time Pony was always seeing their reaction upon entering his Tardis. Even Derpy had …
Top 10 Things “The Crystal Empire” Did Right
Thank you, Askre, for tweeting this. We can always use more positive spins, er facts on our King!