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2012-09-26, 07:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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I dunno, here are a few example phrases to use for "X ... I'm gonna be sick." that I just thought up.
"Oh Stars,
"Sun and Stars,
"Oh ponyfeathers,
"Oh horseapples,
"Oh crud,
"By Celestia's Technicolour Flank/Plot,"
"By Luna's Starry Flank/Plot,"
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2012-09-26, 08:19 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 08:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Oh Luna" sounds like something you'd say in bed ... with her Hopefully not followed by "I'm going to be sick"
The other one sounds more like you're annoyed at something or someone rather than horrified by something.
"Sweet Celestia" sounds more like surprise than genuine horror.
Land's sake sounds like something AJ might have used once or twice in the show, actually.
None of them really have that ... punch, I'm looking for. It's a little too light, a little too "Oh, look at that" rather than "OH GOD NO!"
"Oh Stars" or possibly "Oh my stars" might be a little closer, but mostly these sorts of things sound silly and lack the kind of seriousness I'm looking for.
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2012-09-26, 08:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 08:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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Love the picture. Am willing to go rambo on anyone who actually follows the idealogy.
Oh tonny. xD
(Like the canon)
I massively dislike the viewpoint you are espousing and the method in which you are doing it, but I don't think I can calmly discuss it on this forum. I'm gonna hope that I can stick with 'Please remember other people have the right to enjoy things you don't, and don't call them sick for it, even if you or even society think they are.'
I approve of this statement.Last edited by Lix Lorn; 2012-09-26 at 08:42 AM.
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2012-09-26, 08:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 08:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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I think I need an intervention to stop me watching mushy romance anime all the time.
Don't get out of your chairs. I already asked Monobear for help.
Thanks Monobear!
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2012-09-26, 08:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 08:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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While that's true, I have a hard time imagining a tone in which "Sweet Celestia" doesn't have that inherent element of "I'm surprised at this", at least a little. Maybe just me.
Also in written form all you have are the words, so you need words that work without a specific tone, or which have that tone built in, so to speak.
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2012-09-26, 09:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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How about "Oh Sleipnir!"?
Actually, I think Applejack did use that in Griffon the Brush Off after she saw the prank Pinkie and Rainbow played on her orchard.
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Pardon me, miss, but your current condition is the result of an experiment that your father was helping me with. You see, those cupcakes you helped yourself to were laced with a retrovirus that transformed you into your current state.
On that note, I'd like to know how you're feeling right now. Are you experiencing any unusual thoughts or feelings? In particular, would you describe yourself as feeling "greater and more powerful than the dawn"?
"Greater and more powerful than the dawn"?
It's a phrase that keeps coming up during interviews with subjects that have hormonal imbalances.Last edited by Alabenson; 2012-09-26 at 09:31 AM.
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2012-09-26, 09:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 10:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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I like to assume that when Applejack, shrunk by the poisonjoke and left on her own, used "ponyfeathers!"(which dates back to G1), it was an expletive that she, being a working mare of the world knew and used occasinally, but never would have used in polite company (akin to the words that we don't use on these boards...)
(I don't recall anyone else saying at any other time, so I could be wrong. I noticed it in the episode as I recognised it from G1.)
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2012-09-26, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 10:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 11:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Does this mean that Raz hails from an inception-like Dreamscape? I'm not entirely sure what I'm seeing there.
Great image though.
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2012-09-26, 11:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yo, are we counting IRC ponythread stuff? Because that's probably more on the lighter side, barring a few brush-ins with dark terrors and such.
♪I'd like to be part of the lighter side~ I want to... dadadada, see 'em daaancing~♫
(Lighter side is still taking recruits, aye?)
Yessiree bob.
If Raz is doing the same thing he did in the IRC, the fox hails from an interdimensional chaotic world known as Pandemonium, where weird inception-windows are probably quite common.
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2012-09-26, 11:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 11:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Yeah that's pretty much it and while those games have an element of Gorn they aren't Gorn.
Cupcakes is Gorn. Human Centipide is also Gorn (and from what I've heard worse then Cupcakes.)
See that generally doesn't hold true. Now I'm hardly an expert of psychology but generally a mental break follows the same patterns every time. Pinkie sinks into delusions, Fluttershy snaps in rage, Rainbow Dash gets performance anxiety (which is actually a pretty normal thing.) But it would be OOC to see Rainbow Dash getting delusional. Pinkie may harm somepony in her delusions but she wouldn't understand what was going on at all.
Yes and yes.
That's what the Herd looks like when you're on the inside.
No that was just bad timing. Discord was already breaking free at that point. In fact you could view it as the reverse, he had already broken free enough to turn three good friends against each other.
Yes I do really think so.
True but that's what I'd expect from a short description. I'd like to see what you'd do with a longer work.
Why? Because I like reading. And I want to help. Do I need more of a reason?
Looking at that scene it's a little rough. The pink that we think is meat may be something else. It could also be meat. So it could go either way. However that is the only scene where we see the possibility of ponies eating meat.
Pony biology is a mystery of the highest orders.
Apple Fries would be taking a slice of an apple, breading it, then deep frying it.Last edited by Forum Explorer; 2012-09-26 at 11:39 AM.
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2012-09-26, 11:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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In the interest of cosmic balance, yeah, sure. (Part of me is delusional enough to think that codifying this could, potentially, give room or encouragement enough to re-introduce some lightsight here in the thread, but mostly I think it's an excuse to draw ponies. I also kind of like the idea of putting together some kind of general guide to the major landmarks as it were of ponythread's cosmology).
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2012-09-26, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, thanks to the internet that generally happens.
Anyone here played Pony Fantasy VI?
I'm curious to compare notes on what you think of it. A few of my thoughts so far (Spoiler'd for those waiting to play later)--
The Good:
SpoilerMost of the main casting works well. Celestia & Luna are an interesting match for Edgar & Sabin. The story plays off their Patient/Impulsiveness to a good effect.
AppleBloom and Trixie as the Locke/Celes combo seemed weird at first, but if you think of Bloom being the "voice of morality" to Trixie, it kinda works. Trixie's boasting seems to fit alright for the plot where Celes is needed, but its funny that her rivalry with Twilight on who's better is largely ignored because Twi doesn't care.
Bonus points for Zecora playing General Leo while still maintaining her rhyming speech pattern. Some rhymes feel forced, but kudos for effort.
Interesting too that only the unicorns can learn spells from the Espers. Might sound bad at first, but made up with the fact that non-unicorns like Applejack and Applebloom get additional abilities to fit the slot. AJ gets Swordtechs AND Blitz. That's just deliciously broken. Applebloom gets steal AND tools, thus you have the apple family BumRushing the enemy while drilling through their defences after they're robbed blind. Day-um!
The Bad:
SpoilerSome of the casting doesn't work for me. Gilda made a pretty poor emperor in my eyes. I think it would have been better to use a G1 villain. Those guys were pretty evil. Derpy as Umaro is amusing and I like it, but the whole "Commander Hurricane" bit felt unnecessary. Derpy as Derpy works fine.
Vinyl as Rachel seemed odd, like she was just thrown into the role. I personally think someone like Diamond Tiara would work-- castrating Applebloom for putting her in harms way and breaking up their friendship would fit PLUS it would then make the whole idea of Bloom rescuing Trixie because Trixie reminded Bloom of someone work perfectly.
Sethisto as Cid was a bit of a let down (felt like he was just inserted as some personal fanboyism) and the jokes about the servers crashing fell flat for me. I think if one is going to use fandom characters, stick with the ones most known and popular (i.e. Derpy).
Heck, I pondered Dr. Whooves fitting the role of Cid. At least then I'd have some motivation to save him with good fish (No offense Sethisto, slow fish just come easy to catch).
Other Thoughts:
SpoilerOverall I like the game and it actually got me playing FF6 again. Bonus points that most Game Genie codes still work (mwahaha) and Pinkie Pie's rage ability fixed to be controllable is just broken-good. Suddenly the "Gau" character becomes highly desired.
I definitely would like to see more work done on the game later. Some creatures had their sprites changed, but not their names (Looking at you, Iron Will) while others just the opposite (Timberwolves still called Lobo).
Projects like these usually get my donation money, because I think good effort should be rewarded with support. Hoping to see more of it in the future when the author gets time again.
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2012-09-26, 12:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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You could always just go with "Oh Gosh!", or "Oh my gosh!" which I'm pretty sure have been used in the show before.
There was also "Horseapples!" which sounds like an expletive to me. Indeed, it's slang for horse dung if I remember correctly.
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2012-09-26, 01:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hey ponythread. So I had the most random dream, featuring Bleakbane. I was walking through some place like an industrial complex or something, and randomly I walked by this security guard station and Bleakbane was inside beating up a guy using the helmet of a space suit. The why's and wherefores are totally unknown to me, but it was amusing.
I suggest care in this type of comment, as has already been noted. Say rather that certain things make you feel sick, and we will all do our best to spoiler them, tag them or otherwise do our best to avoid exposing you to things that upset you. But when you call the creators and those who enjoy even very strange things "sick" it's liable to ruffle somepony's feathers.
*Tips hat*
I like very much.
Deadly, did you have a particular context you're looking for here? I'll give you a few different ones.
If you want to express dread, I suggest the boring but effective "oh...no" spoken slowly and deliberately.
If you're going for joy, as in "oh god, that's amazing" use of "oh gosh" or "Oh Celestia/Luna" would be just fine.
If it's dismay you want, "ponyfeathers" "horseapples" or even something you totally make up all work fine.
And, if this is a bedroom scene, you should definitely do "Oh Luna" because my gosh that would be awkward and hilarious.
Nope, already standing, too late. Monobear, what help do you need?
I watched the whole thing in Phoe's let's play, but haven't played it myself. I thought it actually seemed fairly well-balanced and I enjoyed having Seth in there, just to watch Phoe kill him. Comedy gold, that. There are a lot of show lines thrown in, some of them terrible, some appropos. There is also some pretty good writing peppered throughout and I think the guy that made it really put in a lot of care.
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2012-09-26, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-09-26, 02:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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So, speaking theoretically, what would have to be done to make Cupcakes good? I could see maybe spacing the actual tortures out over a series of days, with intervals where they actually talk to each other. It would introduce a sense of psychological drama to it, as opposed to "hack-slash-dead." It would also give a chance to portray Pinkie in a light other than a random "your turn to die" serial killer.
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SpoilerActually, I'm rather partial to "Stronger than the foundations of the earth." It has a nice ring to it, don't you think?
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You should know better than to just eat anything here, anyway.
...Fine.
Thank you.
As for you, Boffie,
I suppose thanks are in order.Last edited by Balmas; 2012-09-26 at 02:05 PM.
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2012-09-26, 02:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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I agree with you, Balmas, that restructuring it that way would probably be helpful to the story. I think that the biggest change needed would be in writing style and focus. The story would be most powerful as a psychological exploration. The perspective could be from either Pinkie or Rainbow, but it would need to get into much more thoughtful descriptions, to have the reader begin to understand what was happening not as a shocking reveal, but as a careful build-up that something was wrong. Deeply and utterly wrong. And then to analyze why and how that came into being.
Take a book like Lolita. It is so deeply wrong, but it's written from the perspective of the person responsible for the evil, and it takes a real shot at getting the reader to understand the mindset of the narrator.
As Deadly has said, though, writing a story like that is really hard.
Changing gears. Shards of Equestria, the pony Magic set, has been fully cancelled. If you want a good insight into what kinds of fan works are legally acceptable for the pony community it's a good read. Though I will say that the letter from the attorney, while correctly stating the law, makes things out to be much more cut and dry than they really are.
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2012-09-26, 02:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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I'd vote for "Goodness" as general word, with "feather", "buck", "apples" etc. replacing appropriate words in mild swears used by humans. In fact, I'd make most swears "cute", so to speak, devoid of any references to religion or true evil. It just doesn't fit, IMHO.
But then again, I don't buy into Celestia being a goddess, not with ancient ponies doing fine without her and her being born and all. The only being that can lay weak claim to deity status (and even then, merely mortal demigod, not true god) is Discord.Come one, come all! GitP MLP Steam Group is open!
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2012-09-26, 02:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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I've always been partial to "By Luna!" myself.
So much so that it's bled into one of my actual (albeit under my breath) swears. Then again, since Luna is another name for moon for the uninitiated, I get less wierd looks this way.R.I.P. Wrecan, he was a true organizer and a gentleman.
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That, and what Anarion says, all good points.
Spoiler, for Cupcakes
SpoilerI believe I had a sort of idea of my own about what Cupcakes was about before I actually read it, based on the artwork I'd seen. I imagined that Pinkie took the wings, horns, cutie marks and maybe even blood and flesh from her victims, to become them, to wear their skin, to eat their flesh and ultimately to become her friends. Maybe to fulfill some twisted sense of loneliness and abandonment.
I saw this picture of Pinkie watching Dash through the window, and I sort of imagine the story could be like that ... Pinkie watching Dash, dreaming, spending all her time obsessing over her, building up to that final moment and maybe then it doesn't live up to the dream, so in her despair and torment Pinkie seeks a new victim to complete her. And thus the cycle continues from victim to victim, her desire and anticipation growing with each, and the disappointment and despair with it.
It's a rough starting point and I never thought much more about it, although I do have another story planned with a vaguely similar premise.
But yeah, spread it out more, delve deeper into the psychology, the reasons, the dreams and motivations. Make Pinkie out to be tormented by her dreams and desires, put the reader in her horseshoes, give a taste of the madness.
Just watching her cut Dash up isn't really scary, it's just dumb, what makes it scary is getting that look inside her mind.
So ... what you both said already