My Little Pony XIX: I Emptied Your Thread

[MCerberus]

But why is that related to your Element? Do they eat lots of spicy food all the while?

Element of Heartburn = Element of Heart + Pink One madness

[SiuiS]

"Orgy?"
whoawhoawhoa, where'd the booze come from?

Where?

You mean, who.

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Oh, I get it! A heart which burns unbridled; to PARTY!

[Thanqol]

See, I keep having dreams about ponythread. It's becoming frequent enough to be worrying...

Also, I continue to find your psyche fascinating, Thanqol.

Mask: It gets even more interesting when you start finding out the flaws of us three and how they interact with the whole. Jayden's all about positivity, to the point where she can be quite aggressive in ignoring and combating negativity. She's the rock-star, model, athlete, scientist wizard with no flaws except her own pride, which is more than enough. Charger's a teenage girl who is absolutely convinced she's an Arthurian knight and holds herself to that standard of honour - and she hates other human beings and often considers them a worthless distraction... I, of course am a liar and a con artist, and generally more flaw than pony.

Charger: Interestingly, thinking and posting in this particular way is oddly enlightening. Normally posts take longer to think through because some sort of subconscious consensus has to be reached to apply the best result to the situation. This format allows a stream of consciousness reply, providing insight into the factors and influences that go into the thought process. It is more honest, perhaps, because it conveys the journey to each response as well as the conclusion.

Ponythread dreams are also pretty wild, let me tell you...

Jayden: Dream Gilda is hella cute, I just gotta say. And huggable.
Mask: I think we like the idea of Gilda much more than the actual Gilda.

Wait, how do you mean? Dreams about being on the forum? Because those are only ever nightmares, where I can't psot enough to keep up and everypony forgets about me after thousands of pages.

Or dreams in the pony thread continuity? I've only ever had like, a half one of those. It was a Shimmer Snowflake (actually Fluttershy recolor) who looked sideways, all wide eyed, then looked back at me. Then she started to smile, began to wave...

... And zombies tore her apart. The dream took off into a whole different direction after that.

Mask: Sometimes you scare me.

[Kindablue]

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[Kyouhen]

Hush, you! I plan on the clone orgy being forgotten so I can bring it up again in a couple months with hilarious results.

As long as Luna doesn't show up with *that* spell then we should be fine. Otherwise will end up with filly!Midnights whose mothers are Midnight and Midnight. And possibly Midnight. Also Luna. And that would just be weird.

[the_druid_droid]

Mask: It gets even more interesting when you start finding out the flaws of us three and how they interact with the whole. Jayden's all about positivity, to the point where she can be quite aggressive in ignoring and combating negativity. She's the rock-star, model, athlete, scientist wizard with no flaws except her own pride, which is more than enough. Charger's a teenage girl who is absolutely convinced she's an Arthurian knight and holds herself to that standard of honour - and she hates other human beings and often considers them a worthless distraction... I, of course am a liar and a con artist, and generally more flaw than pony.

Charger: Interestingly, thinking and posting in this particular way is oddly enlightening. Normally posts take longer to think through because some sort of subconscious consensus has to be reached to apply the best result to the situation. This format allows a stream of consciousness reply, providing insight into the factors and influences that go into the thought process. It is more honest, perhaps, because it conveys the journey to each response as well as the conclusion.

Hmm

*takes notes*

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Darn it! I knew I should have posted that!

At least Fluttersquid has a friend now.

Guess I'll just post this instead:

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[Vent Reynolt]

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When we were discussing the lack of Ponies + Tentacles, this isn't quite what we had in mind.

[SiuiS]

Mask: It gets even more interesting when you start finding out the flaws of us three and how they interact with the whole. Jayden's all about positivity, to the point where she can be quite aggressive in ignoring and combating negativity. She's the rock-star, model, athlete, scientist wizard with no flaws except her own pride, which is more than enough. Charger's a teenage girl who is absolutely convinced she's an Arthurian knight and holds herself to that standard of honour - and she hates other human beings and often considers them a worthless distraction... I, of course am a liar and a con artist, and generally more flaw than pony.

Charger: Interestingly, thinking and posting in this particular way is oddly enlightening. Normally posts take longer to think through because some sort of subconscious consensus has to be reached to apply the best result to the situation. This format allows a stream of consciousness reply, providing insight into the factors and influences that go into the thought process. It is more honest, perhaps, because it conveys the journey to each response as well as the conclusion.

A valid point. The one medium in which to meander is to enrich, and yet most of us strive for brevity.

Of course, your skill with words and sentence structure make it easier for you to do than, say, me.

Jayden: Dream Gilda is hella cute, I just gotta say. And huggable.
Mask: I think we like the idea of Gilda much more than the actual Gilda.

Aye. Actual Gilda is a nightmare. But the conception of griffons, now that's a gem.

Mask: Sometimes you scare me.

I am caught between being relieved that the liar said that, or being concerned that the liar said that.

What, you don't get continually assaulted by the vengeful souls of the dead on the psychoplanes? Really, now. There's no way that's an isolated phenomenon.

It's part of a system, though. If I sleep for too long, I dream more vividly. If I sleep in even longer, the dreams turn nightmarish. Having a pony torn asunder by walking corpses is a sign for me to get out of bed and go about my day.

[Thanqol]

A valid point. The one medium in which to meander is to enrich, and yet most of us strive for brevity.

Of course, your skill with words and sentence structure make it easier for you to do than, say, me.

Charger: It is a skill that can be acquired. We have been posting in PBP RPs since April 2004; one develops a knack. We also refuse to use colour due to the strain of one particular period in keeping 7+ coloured voices separate, and instead decided to focus on making each character's voice as distinct as possible without resorting to tricks of formatting. It was an excellent decision.

Aye. Actual Gilda is a nightmare. But the conception of griffons, now that's a gem.

Jayden: It's like hugging a kitty and a feather blanket at the same time!
Mask: You'd make a good griffon, Jayden.
Jayden: HMMMM.

I am caught between being relieved that the liar said that, or being concerned that the liar said that.

Mask: I'm totally the most honest one here. You've got to believe me.

What, you don't get continually assaulted by the vengeful souls of the dead on the psychoplanes? Really, now. There's no way that's an isolated phenomenon.

It's part of a system, though. If I sleep for too long, I dream more vividly. If I sleep in even longer, the dreams turn nightmarish. Having a pony torn asunder by walking corpses is a sign for me to get out of bed and go about my day.

Mask: Actually, we don't dream.
Charger: Not exactly. Until we were around fifteen we had intense, visceral, total soul-shaking dreams. And then, one day, during a particularly bad nightmare we stopped, we declared "No, this is MY dream and it's going to be a DAMN GOOD DREAM". And through sheer willpower, we took flight and had a beautiful and memorable dream about flying.
Jayden: And we never dreamed like that again. Maybe we intimidated our subconscious or something, because after that it was just sleep > wake up. The only time we do dream is when we sleep through the night, wake up in the morning, and then go immediately back to sleep. That's when we get the weird stuff.

[the_druid_droid]

The only time we do dream is when we sleep through the night, wake up in the morning, and then go immediately back to sleep. That's when we get the weird stuff.

All of my most vividly enjoyable and terrifying dreams happen under exactly these circumstances, although unless I make a point of recalling them when I wake up, they usually fade rapidly.

[Thanqol]

All of my most vividly enjoyable and terrifying dreams happen under exactly these circumstances, although unless I make a point of recalling them when I wake up, they usually fade rapidly.

Charger: I believe the mind wakes up in stages. Opening your eyes in the morning and seeing sunlight automatically awakens the creative mind, but then the rest of the brain goes back to sleep, so the entire self becomes beholden to the whims and genius of one's creativity.

Mask: It cuts the other way; I can go entire days without waking up my 'human conversation' centre, which makes the first conversation of my day awkward and halting, regardless if it's had a 9 in the morning or 7pm at night.

Jayden: Sometimes I talk to myself to get it rolling early!

[SiuiS]

I cannot help but wonder if that is a subtle dig at my hue

Jayden: It's like hugging a kitty and a feather blanket at the same time!
Mask: You'd make a good griffon, Jayden.
Jayden: HMMMM.

THAT IS AWESOME
I want. Griffon friend now :(
What about-
You're not a full-fledged character yet. You don't count.
...oh.

The only time we do dream is when we sleep through the night, wake up in the morning, and then go immediately back to sleep. That's when we get the weird stuff.

Standard protocol for learning lucid dreaming is alternate your schedule. Whey other day, wake up an hour earlier, then go back to sleep.

You'll start your dream cycle a little earlier, and be in the habit of waking up during, so it's easier to remember.

[Thanqol]

I cannot help but wonder if that is a subtle dig at my hue

Charger: I intend no disrespect to those that use non-eye-harming colours for their posts, such as yourself. I do not, however, believe colour is a viable substitute for personality and voice.

THAT IS AWESOME
I want. Griffon friend now :(
What about-
You're not a full-fledged character yet. You don't count.
...oh.

Jayden: You totally count! You're awesome, Thistle, you've always been awesome. You're high on the list of "Ideas to someday steal".
Charger: Indeed; your mindscape follows many of the same aspects that would make it valid as a high level thought pattern.
Jayden: We should also totally draw the griffon team.

Standard protocol for learning lucid dreaming is alternate your schedule. Whey other day, wake up an hour earlier, then go back to sleep.

You'll start your dream cycle a little earlier, and be in the habit of waking up during, so it's easier to remember.

Charger: Curious. Noted.

[darthbobcat]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1.../edit?hl=en_US New addition to Semper Fidelis! This issue, Doctor Whooves gets his moment in the spotlight.

[Rebelhero]

Esper! you did it again! i combed through 10 pages of ponysanity JUST to find the end of Midnight Mare.

FAN-FLIPPING-TASTIC
although i do have one thing i would like to point out, to the spoilers, shall we?

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The last excerpt, and the epilogue, its not clear what happens. Is NNM just a voice inside Midnight's head? or did she become the little Navi type fairy?

I love your fics. your ideas, your characters, and even your mini roleplays. And once again you give me the drive to set up Ponen Lagann and get back to work on Ponyard's story.

[Kurgan]

Standard protocol for learning lucid dreaming is alternate your schedule. Whey other day, wake up an hour earlier, then go back to sleep.

You'll start your dream cycle a little earlier, and be in the habit of waking up during, so it's easier to remember.

Huh, I for one can only remember my dreams if I wake up naturally. Means that when I have to set an alarm (ie, most of the time, except during summers), I rarely remember anything. On the flip side, I can bring up some great details if I wake up on my own, though the problem with this is that "on my own" usually ends up being somewhere between 8 and 12 hours. I'll admit, I keep a dream journal, and some weeks I recall nothing, and others, I get 4, 5 or more dreams memorized almost by rote.

Funny in that until a few weeks ago when someone explained to me what a lucid dream is, I thought everyone had control of their dreams, and just forgot afterwards (as I do with most of my dreams, knowing that you are/were in full control, but never remembering the details).

I am considering saving all my expending of effort for much later, and just maybe doodling. 80% of my posts would have been discussing pokemon, anyway.
(I settled on Houndoom, since it has all the qualities of Mightyena but is also a Houndoom.)

Come now, pokemon is always fun to talk about. Houndoom is always good. If you were not insistent on dark type, I'd say go for Arcanine since the only disadvantage (off the top of my head) it has when compared with Houndoom is the lack of a dark STAB.


I know I'm late for the hugs, but here you are anyways! <hugs> (also puts this post vaguely on topic)

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[Kindablue]

I've never put much thought into it before, but Pinkie would be a great Joker...

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and an even better Bane.

[darthbobcat]

I've never put much thought into it before, but Pinkie would be a great Joker...


and an even better Bane.

I must hug you. I mean break you. Break you! Oh darn. Oh well. Want some venom?

That's a cupcake.

Why did I listen to Kindablue? No soy espanol!

[Kindablue]

Not a very successful version of either, mind, but she's as close to that as Fluttershy is to Poison Ivy.

[darthbobcat]

Not a very successful version of either, mind, but she's as close to that as Fluttershy is to Poison Ivy.

O-oh I um... is that a bad credit card? Please don't buy me I don't want to be bought....

[SiuiS]

Huh, I for one can only remember my dreams if I wake up naturally. *Means that when I have to set an alarm (ie, most of the time, except during summers), I rarely remember anything. *On the flip side, I can bring up some great details if I wake up on my own, though the problem with this is that "on my own" usually ends up being somewhere between 8 and 12 hours. *I'll admit, I keep a dream journal, and some weeks I recall nothing, and others, I get 4, 5 or more dreams memorized almost by rote.

The waking up early is just so you are used to waking up early. I phrased it poorly; really what you are doing is sleeping in on certain days.

Really, though, it's easier to look it up than have it explained by a guy who actively relinquishes control while sleeping.

Funny in that until a few weeks ago when someone explained to me what a lucid dream is, I thought everyone had control of their dreams, and just forgot afterwards (as I do with most of my dreams, knowing that you are/were in full control, but never remembering the details).

*shrug* it's like the matrix. Everyone does have control, they just continue to operate by standard rules.
Again though, just an assumption on my part.*

Come now, pokemon is always fun to talk about. *Houndoom is always good. *If you were not insistent on dark type, I'd say go for Arcanine since the only disadvantage (off the top of my head) it has when compared with Houndoom is the lack of a dark STAB.

Well, I was specifically looking for a self-representation. The dark types fit me better than fighting (viciousness rather than precision), I've always identified as canine/lupine, I have similar facial profile, and while I tend to hit hard and fast, I dont do so well getting hit. When deciding amongst the specifics, I found these

Houndoom are generally very protective, alert, headstrong, intelligent, and very focused

They can be overly aggressive, but only to protect themselves, their young, their territory, or their owner.

Houndoom choose their leader by fighting amongst themselves

And considering I wanted a pokémon that represented my personality as well, it was a no-brainer.

But why dark?

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when silver/gold first came out, after I got over my euphoria at having bought the game, I trained every dark type pokémon. I got a feel for how they handle, much like how after a while a MtG player can "feel" how a deck will play by scrolling through the cards.

Tyranitar, the kaiju beast. Sneasel the sneakthief. Murkrow the sad waste of my time, with a neat hat. Umbreon, sleek, impenetrable night, soaking damage and recovering it.

They all feel like the kinds of things I would do (except for Sneasel, who felt a little too malicious for my liking), and that trend continued on into Emerald, where I stopped playing. Shiftry, crawdaunt, sableye. All feel thematic and appropriate. Mightyena, who earned my respect, as I dismissed him for the standard weak early game pokemon fodder.

The dark types have earned my respect. Where there are cool pokemon in each type, Dark is one of those where it's rare that I dislike one, rather than rare I like a bunch of them.

[Kindablue]

*shrug* it's like the matrix. Everyone does have control, they just continue to operate by standard rules.
Again though, just an assumption on my part.*

I've never done it, but I have made a habit of that light switch trick from Waking Life. Of course, I always forget why I do that in dreams so it doesn't snap me out of it.

[Aotrs Commander]

You have been ambushed by a ninja rust monster! The creature forbids you from drawing a weapon, and offers to let you leave if you offer it one single weapon. Because you cannot draw the weapon, you must name which one you are willing to part with and it will take the weapon itself! Now you have a situation where telling the difference between two identical blades matters.

One - Aotrs weapon alloys are not ferrous-based (in anything but occasional trace amounts).

Two - which part of Epic-level Lich have you been you missing?

Hell, I don't even have to do anything other than stand next to it for a couple of minutes, with the life-drain aura...

[Kindablue]

Pony Champloo

[Grif]

Anyone who offers themself as a candidate for authority lacks the control to do it responsibly.

I beg to disagree. You can't corrupt Insanity.

So, Lyra here volunteers. Isn't it right Lyra?

Go find yourself another scapegoat. This job ain't worth being jumped on by a goddess.

[Beacon of Chaos]

Well, I was specifically looking for a self-representation. The dark types fit me better than fighting (viciousness rather than precision), I've always identified as canine/lupine, I have similar facial profile, and while I tend to hit hard and fast, I dont do so well getting hit. When deciding amongst the specifics, I found these

And considering I wanted a pokémon that represented my personality as well, it was a no-brainer.

Well there's always Zoroark too. From BW. Illusion Fox pokemon.

Bonds between these Pokémon are very strong. It protects the safety of its pack by tricking its opponents.
Each has the ability to fool a large group of people simultaneously. They protect their lair with illusory scenery.

Could that also work?

...

My posts are getting shorter and further between every day... x_x

Here, have some pipecleaner ponies:

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[Kurgan]

The waking up early is just so you are used to waking up early. I phrased it poorly; really what you are doing is sleeping in on certain days.

Really, though, it's easier to look it up than have it explained by a guy who actively relinquishes control while sleeping.



*shrug* it's like the matrix. Everyone does have control, they just continue to operate by standard rules.
Again though, just an assumption on my part.*

Huh, cool. Never really knew any of that about dreaming. I always assumed it was your subconscious throws a scenario at you, and then you play it out. Kind of like a solo game of dnd.

Well, I was specifically looking for a self-representation. The dark types fit me better than fighting (viciousness rather than precision), I've always identified as canine/lupine, I have similar facial profile, and while I tend to hit hard and fast, I dont do so well getting hit. When deciding amongst the specifics, I found these

And considering I wanted a pokémon that represented my personality as well, it was a no-brainer.

But why dark?

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when silver/gold first came out, after I got over my euphoria at having bought the game, I trained every dark type pokémon. I got a feel for how they handle, much like how after a while a MtG player can "feel" how a deck will play by scrolling through the cards.

Tyranitar, the kaiju beast. Sneasel the sneakthief. Murkrow the sad waste of my time, with a neat hat. Umbreon, sleek, impenetrable night, soaking damage and recovering it.

They all feel like the kinds of things I would do (except for Sneasel, who felt a little too malicious for my liking), and that trend continued on into Emerald, where I stopped playing. Shiftry, crawdaunt, sableye. All feel thematic and appropriate. Mightyena, who earned my respect, as I dismissed him for the standard weak early game pokemon fodder.

The dark types have earned my respect. Where there are cool pokemon in each type, Dark is one of those where it's rare that I dislike one, rather than rare I like a bunch of them.

Interesting, interesting, though I see a disturbing lack of Honchkrow there.

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Don't remember when this bad boy was introduced, but it is the evolved form of Murkrow. Pretty solid attacks if I remember, though lacking in the speed, which you specifically requested there.

Now, to be on topic, Image Dump: Ponymon Edition!

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Don't know what it is about this one, but it just makes me go daaaaaaaaw!

[EsperDerek]

Esper! you did it again! i combed through 10 pages of ponysanity JUST to find the end of Midnight Mare.

FAN-FLIPPING-TASTIC
although i do have one thing i would like to point out, to the spoilers, shall we?

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The last excerpt, and the epilogue, its not clear what happens. Is NNM just a voice inside Midnight's head? or did she become the little Navi type fairy?

I love your fics. your ideas, your characters, and even your mini roleplays. And once again you give me the drive to set up Ponen Lagann and get back to work on Ponyard's story.

The Final Excerpt does explain your question:

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Remember, Midnight feels Nightmare welling up inside her, trying to speak, and when Nightmare does, it's through her mouth, using her body. Nightmare is a 'voice inside Midnight's head', the shoulder pony idea is just a visual metaphor for that idea.

Thank you so much for your compliments, though, they mean a lot that everypony has liked this so much.

Now I have to goooo! *dashes off to internship interview*

[Kindablue]

Good luck!

[Kyouhen]

One - Aotrs weapon alloys are not ferrous-based (in anything but occasional trace amounts).

Two - which part of Epic-level Lich have you been you missing?

Hell, I don't even have to do anything other than stand next to it for a couple of minutes, with the life-drain aura...

Fine. Make it an Annihilator instead of a Rust Monster.