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2011-10-22, 05:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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*PSSST* Lix! You broke one of my spoiler boxes! The one in your first post!
Anyways... NON-ep4 stuff!
I drew a picture for a contest! Some costumes for a Nightmare Night contest. It's been a while since I've drawn pony, and it's still just a sketch, but I'm pleased with it.
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Edit: One last pic I found before going to bed, some beautifully drawn Trixie:
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2011-10-22, 05:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Okay, FINALLY caught up with the episode and the thread, although I fully expected 20 pages by now.
That said, let us commence with the spoiler'd discussion!
SpoilerMY FANFIC IS RUIIINNNEDD
I had the idea she'd been spending all her spare time recuperating experimenting magic in a cave in the Everfree in order to develop a new standing teleportation spell.
So the idea that she's been living in a cave ever since getting back, and has spent the last few months buried in the library DOES. NOT. MESH. AT. ALL!!
*Rarity drama overloads*
Actually, I think I can work with that, although the the characterisation is going to be hard to adjust my mental picture to.
Rest of my Ep4 thoughts
SpoilerThat is one of my favourite quotes this episode.
Right behind it are:
- "The fun has been DOUBLED!"
- "Pinkie Pie, you're a Genius! (Reminds me of this darth droids strip)
- "No I'm not, I'm a chicken!"
- "Nightmare night is one of the most popular celebrations we have!"
- "Oh yes, I can tell by the adoring shrieks of the children as they run away"
(Sarcastic luna is best luna, and the way Tabitha St germain just nails that line ... In fact, she does great work with Luna's voice this episode. Although she does sometimes go back to sounding like Rarity, or spontaniously getting a rather strong american accent on certain words.)
- "I'm going to do what I do best .... LECTURE!"
Other ep highlights:
All of Luna's rolling-eye expressions when Twi is trying to show her around, and of course, her trolling expressions at the end. Ohh, and her "I'm so happy" jump for joy at the end!
In fact, there are so many awesome luna expressions, I forsee a bunch of new ponymotes in the near future. Also, once I get the episode I'll be changing my avatar (sorry I'm a bit late):D
Actually, would that count as a spoiler?
Some other thoughts:
- "Goddamnit Pinkie Pie" seems to be my recurring thought when watching Season 2 so far.
- Fluttershy scene was best scene
- I had the feeling AJ was just enjoying being scared, once Twi tells her Luna is just trying to fit in AJ switches back to normal very quickly.
- "BEEE STIIIIILLLLLLL --IIILLL -ILL" ... EPIC REVEERRRBBB -- VEERRB -- ERRB!
- "Huzzah, how many points do I receive?" (She's SO HAPPY)
- Chicken pie the best pie ... mmm pie.
Must be because I just woke up, but I don't get it ... can you explain please? =3
Oh wait, I think I do now ... yep, definitely a case of having just woken up to pony.Last edited by BlasTech; 2011-10-22 at 05:28 PM.
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2011-10-22, 05:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-10-22, 05:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks to Dirty Tabs for the Travis pony.
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Thanks to A Thousand Words for the My Little Simhata avatar, and thanks to Trixie for fixing the cropping.
Breakdown Twilight from Pony Halloween celebration, thanks to Thanqol.
Thanks to Akrim.Elf for the awesome Laharl pony.
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2011-10-22, 05:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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One more thought until I resume lurking to weather the coming storm of spoilers:
MY FANFIC ISN'T RUINED. SO HAPPY!!!!!
*ahem* that is all. carry on.
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2011-10-22, 05:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-10-22, 05:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Raz, Shadowy...
ZE Magicks!
We battle-engie!
everyone else: episode 4 tf2spray x2 combo!
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2011-10-22, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Not sure if spoiler, but to be safe.
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2011-10-22, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Episode 4
SpoilerYet another random observation from re-re-re-re-...-watching it:
Luna must be seriously difficult to scare or spook. Look when RD makes that lightning right behind her, she barely even flinches. And when Fluttershy screams through the door, Twilight is wincing, but Luna is totally cold.
I really like that. Fearless Luna is awesome.
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2011-10-22, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerThank you to zimmerwald1915 for the Gustave avatar.
The full set is here.
Air Raccoon avatar provided by Ceika
from the Request an OotS Style Avatar thread
A big thanks to PrinceAquilaDei for the gryphon avatar!
original image
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2011-10-22, 05:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerTo me she liked the quiet, plus it reduced the chances of an accident damaging something. Not just studying, but creating a new standing spell.
Okay, can someone repost the tf2 spray please? I seem to have lost it in the thread changeover.
Right, back to Luna insignia for a bit then.Last edited by BlasTech; 2011-10-22 at 05:50 PM.
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2011-10-22, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-10-22, 05:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Episode 4 meme thing:
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2011-10-22, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ask me about our low price vacation plans in the Elemental Plane of Puppies and PieSpoiler
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2011-10-22, 05:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerMakes sense, actually, considering how often she herself is the originator of the lightnings - some probably even unintentional, like subconscious magic. She's probably learned to ignore them.
Also, I rather liked the episode overall. Some very funny moments, some very in-character moments... and of course, Pinky Pie being Pinky Pie.
I would also like to commend the starter of this thread for knowing (unlike someone else over at Silly Board Games) how to write "19" (or "29" here) in Roman numerals.Last edited by Sean Mirrsen; 2011-10-22 at 05:57 PM.
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2011-10-22, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-10-22, 06:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-10-22, 06:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Warriors & Wuxia: A community world-building project focused on low-magic wuxia/kung-fu action using ToB.
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex world of jet-powered apes and time travel."
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2011-10-22, 06:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerThere is a theory around that the reason Celestias guards look the same is due to enchanted armor. Could the same give ponies wings? Well, if twilight could do it...
Also
Ep 4
SpoilerImportent note: About halfway into the episode, there was a loud rumbling outside that shook the house. I could only assume that was the sound of a years worth of fanon shattering.
Observations: When luna started to refer to herself as "we", I thought that some freaky stuff went down off screen. Than I rewound it and cought her "royal we" bit.
Apperantly, a thousand years ago Celesta used a hammy voice. One could only hope we get to hear it eventualy.
Dashes Shadowbolt costume was a nice call back, considering they showed up for less than a minute in the season opener.
Pinkie derped up a few times this episode, mostly while eating. What wonderful captions to be had.
Also, Lunas " Yes, I could tell,by the adoring shreiks of childeren as they run away." should be put into the quotes section on tvtropes, if it has not happened yet. Going on there to check, and may add if needed.
Also, as for why Rarity was not to be seen: she was still recovering from sewing a towns worth of costumes! Being a dressmaker gives you a big oppertunity for moneymaking each year, I would belive.
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2011-10-22, 06:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanqooooool! You and Jayden's self replicating terror wings virus has invaded my dreams!
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First off, this dream took place in various points in time and locations. I think there was modern U.S., 18th century England, 20th century England, and Duckburg.
I was back in high school, and told that new findings have revealed that the Code of Hammurabi was in fact a memetic virus created by the ancient Babylonians to kill poor people. I of course did not believe this, and to prove it, grabbed the classroom copy of it, which looked suspiciously like a shoebox.
I was immediately overcome by a need for adventure! First, I sneak out of class to go to the bathroom, and the need subsides. But next period, the desire comes up again, and I need to do something even more risky! I sneak out of the lecture hall I'm in and go to the bathroom again, this time to the Admiralty Stall (Reserved only for officers in the Royal Navy. Why it was in a high school is beyond me.), a stall with walls much shorter so the person could see a massive map of the world on the outer wall. I see the map, and know I must see it all!
Back in the lecture hall, I am one of the teachers now, and we call on the missing girl. We look around, and Launchpad McQuack (or is it Mcpad? I forget....) exclaims, "She's gone!" Everyone panics and looks through the school for her.
It is now years later, and I am talking with an elderly man from Pakistan (the nationality is important for a later part of the dream I won't go over here unless specifically asked for it), who tells me the rest of the story. The missing girl had become hyper-addicted to adventure, to the point of not caring for herself. The final chapter of her life was spent sleeping with a sailor so that he would smuggle her onto the Titanic, where she died when it sunk.
There you have it, things you have posted in ponythread have directly led me to have dreams of people dieing in terrible ways. On the plus side, the rest of the dream went ok! Scrooge Mcduck was getting married to a Beagle Girl.
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2011-10-22, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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S2E4:
SpoilerI finally saw episode 4! In 1080, as it was meant to be. Luna! Zecora! Trolling! Chicken!
SpoilerI'm pretty sure there will be one.
SpoilerConsidering Celestia's "let them figure it out on their own" attitude I doubt there's any ruling government at all, so it's probably more of an title anyway.
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I think there was a fanfic planed with that setup, with the character of Guardapolis. Poor Guardapolis, Lost his parents, traied for a decade, returned and realized the were no more cromes since then.
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2011-10-22, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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I burnt the last of my PonyTM reserves to finish this, something like 3 months later than promised. Hoping DBC (who was PM'ed about it, so he'll know even if he isn't here anymore; unless someone knows a better way to contact him) enjoys it despite me being extremely taaaaaardyyyyyyy.
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2011-10-22, 06:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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The trailers predate Season two, but Pinkie makes a fine joker
SpoilerI always assumed it was contact lenses and bleach ... but then again, I really liked the fanfic "In her Majeysty's Royal Service" where it was proposed
SpoilerLet me know if you can't find the quote on TvTropes. I just got back from adding in "Tis a lie, thy backside is whole and ungobbled thou ungreatful whelp!" on to the old english page
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2011-10-22, 06:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks to Dirty Tabs for the Travis pony.
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Thanks to A Thousand Words for the My Little Simhata avatar, and thanks to Trixie for fixing the cropping.
Breakdown Twilight from Pony Halloween celebration, thanks to Thanqol.
Thanks to Akrim.Elf for the awesome Laharl pony.
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2011-10-22, 06:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler"Tinker thing." Charger said.
"Right. No reaction? No feeling the power of Celestia? No desire to cross over into the afterlife?" Tinker tossed the amulet over her shoulder. "Okay, that rules out possession or haunting. That means the next test is..."
"Tinker," said Charger, reading the book she was referencing sideways, "You can skip the test for vampirism."
"But what if -"
"Take my word for it."
"Fine. Golemism then!" Tinker said, "Do parts of your body remain active and alive after they've been separated from your body?"
OOC thoughts:
SpoilerIgneous is way more cunning than I thought! I do like the idea of Charger having to deal with it, though, but I'm a touch concerned about character bloat. Having more than two characters in the same room gets annoying to deal with, so others are going to have to 'DM'.
Spoiler“I can barely believe that we did that.” Trixie let out a soft, embarrassed groan, as she remembered their actions of the previous night. She looked at Twilight, slowly trying to extract herself from the cuddling, slumbering Luna.
“She just looked so lonely at that point. It sort of reminded me of you, Trixie, when you came back to Ponyville.” Twilight said, laughing softly. “Besides...it wasn't bad, was it?” Trixie paused for a moment, thinking, and then shook her head, a smile spreading across her face.
“No, it really wasn't..” Trixie shifted slightly, and winced, as the Princess cuddled against her moved just enough to start to wake her. Princess Luna let out a soft groan, her body beginning to move. Her head raised slightly, her eyes blearily looking out into the bright room.
“WHO DARES TO WAKE THE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT FROM HER HARD-EARNED SLUMBER?” She let out a gasp, as the Princess realized where she was, who she was with, and what they had done. “OH OUR GOSH, OH OUR GOSH, OH OUR GOSH”
“Rainbow Dash did that when she met the Wonderbolts for the first time.” Twilight pointed out, clearly amused. Trixie grinned at her flushed teacher.
“Was that enough of a report for you, my beloved teacher?” The blue unicorn said teasingly, nuzzling at her. Luna let out a happy whimper, and nodded fiercely. Trixie grinned with pride, finally having an advantage over the mischievous Princess of the Moon.
“WE WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO YOU BOTH” A brilliant smile spread across her face, and the tired Luna quivered with delight as Twilight joined in, rubbing at the other side of her face. “WHILE A REPEAT OF THIS INCIDENT WOULD BE UNLIKELY, WE WERE DESIROUS OF EXPERIENCING IT IN IT'S SINGULARITY”
I want to do this for every single Luna fanfiction ever now.
You need to pick some minor aspect of your personality and expand it out beyond all reasonable proportion!
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2011-10-22, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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@Blastech
SpoilerLet me know if you can't find the quote on TvTropes. I just got back from adding in "Tis a lie, thy backside is whole and ungobbled thou ungreatful whelp!" on to the old english pageSpoilerNope, it 'tis not, unfortunatly. However, that wont last long...
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2011-10-22, 06:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler'tis a most glorious idea, indeed! I need not e'en change my speech patterns overly much.
SpoilerI rather wish that had made the final cut. It sounds fantastic!
*puts on dust mask*
[muffled]Consarn it, Dirtbag! Why hit ponyhread too? I thought I'd made it clear I have allergies.[/muffled]
Quoted for ease of finding later. Don't have the time to read it now, but I'd like to be able to find it later.
Sorry, just have a slight nitpick here: the plural of pegasus is pegasi.
Episode 4 fridge facepalm:
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Get to sleep at 04:00 or thereabouts. Up to watch ponies at 09:23, then off to start my 13 hour shift at work.
How do I feel?
po~ny
Much to respond to. Not much cognitive function. Beeskee; yes. That is what I meant, though stage stuff works in tandem (but not as replacement, methinks).
Everything else is in notepad. Now I must go make
Ze Magicks!so I will see you ponies on the flipside.
*rides away by surfing on a rocket-propelled biplane*
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Is what I would have said if I'd hit submit so many hours ago like I thought I did. Sigh.
Whelp. Nothing for it! Let's add it in.
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It's probably my moon affinity. He takes me for a lunar
Oh no, see he told me-- O.O
Hmm. Get joy from giving information or maybe get the chance to mess with SiuiS through Thanqol's curiosity...*
Choices, choices.
*evil grin*
Nope. You are wrong Thanqol!
Trick question. My phone and knife are generally always on my person. And I can break off a tree branch for a shillelagh if needed.
Apartment catches fire, I'm grabbing cat carrier (with cats) and if that counts as one item, pictures of my mother. Note to self: attach family pictures to ponies.
I also have toted with the idea of circumventing this problem with a bug-out bag for just such an occasion, except I would inevitably loot the bag when I was too lazy to find the free-floating item, if I could ever even buy the spares for the bag.
Nah, my bug-out. Bag went the same way as having a change of clothes and toiletries in the trunk of all my friends' cars. Most of em don't have cars anyway.
That's pretty much it, aye.
Oh Pishposh! You can have friends! We're right here, just sorta waiting for you to say "ok" before we tackle you with hugs.
Yeah YOU NEED TO HANG OUT MORE, MAN!
but yes. Spoiler stuff stays spoiled until Tuesday after relevant episode, regardless of how soon it's released.
Clearly marked links work as well, for off-site stuff. Just try to avoid http://somethingorother.png/gobbledeegook with no description, relevance or titling.
I know, right? Even I've had to skim. Crazy.
You see, just today, I...
(Pause for dramatic effect)
I...
...was told by my optometrist that I need to get glasses!
*Faints onto fainting couch that wasn't there a moment ago*
Yes, I actually do need to get glasses.
20% cooler.
This doesn't quite work. You can't base spoilers on whether everyone is willing to click them or not. Saying "why spoil stuff most of us already know anyway" answers itself. Most of you can have your fun. The rest, who have politely asked and then been granted reprieve, have a right to think y'all will respect your agreement.
A system is only as strong as it's weakest component. I use this phrase everywhere, it seems. Here, 'common knowledge' is only as common as what the least informed person knows. Clicking the spoiler button when posting, and having to manually move your mouse rather than just holding the down arrow, just doesn't compare to possibly having something ruined for you.
[FFRP] Siege of Fort Cuddles
SpoilerBLAST! I was hoping for more collateral. Arm the auxiliary guns!
Satarry jumps sideways and adresses the spot she had previously occupied.
Aye, Gunny!
Starry pulls a string, which sets off a rube Goldberg machine oddly reminiscent of the board game 'mouse trap' which in turn triggers the pre-loaded cardboard tubes, all firing marshmallow shot in high, narrow arcs (but with much less spread per shot than the original mortar blast).
It was before the socks meme started.
If I remember the clues correctly, I'm actually pretty close to you.
Which is weird, because I can't go back to southern California. I left when I was ten, came back when I was 13, and all my old friends hated me for being white. It kinda soured me on an entire half of the state: all I see is racial tension and gang activity when I visit
This is how companies like Amazon, Apple and Google are selling cloud services.
Blast! It's like they aren't bothered by air-puffed sugarlumps! This calls for drastic measures!
Starry pulls out a thick, heavyset tome labeled "Spells of Ponythread Volume Seven: summonings, Bindings, and Badinage". Flipping I to about 6/11ths the way in, she puts a hoof to the page and skims.
Aha! Circle openings, prerendered message of intent, crossing possible realities... It's time to bring forth Stacy Puft, Marshmallow Mare!
I want a shorter window, but having been in the position where I had to wait two days doe to random catastrophes over and over and over, it's just an extra bit of consideration. I'd say Monday, but then folks will start at 12:01 after sunday, when it's still like, 4:00 pm Sunday in other time zones.
Yeah, that would make things easier. Last place I saw that was the old WotC forums, before this gleemax stuff ruined any sort or functionality it had.
Woo!
Aye. You've covered it well.
Is it
Is it really
DONT YOU LIE TO ME
It probably is.
My response was
"thats not very productive as far as conversation goes... But look at the formatting! Nice."
Thanks mate, this got us almost pulled over. Braz asked me to read the thread to her so she could catch up faster. We were in traffic. Much laughter was had.
SpoilerGod. Dammit. Luna! Make up your mind!
The night shall last forever! The night is over forever!
It's not hard, honey. Pick one and stick with it! And don't abuse the Forever! thing either. It's like epic; the more you use it, the less it is.
*the opinions expressed are nit necessarily those of this poster. Honestly, it's just a joke friends. Dot hurt me.
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Kinda. My day is atypical though, so whatever enjoyment I had dissipated during commute.
SpoilerPsh. You eurocentricists and your midieval alchemy! That's obviously the much less scientific, more voodoo-y Herbalist skill set. Much more fitting!
Actually...
Spoilerlook closely. She's not exactly 'using magic'. It's an ambient efect. The power flows with her mood, and she can control it, but it's easier just to let it be.
This and the volume thing plays into the God Empress bit really hard. They (the Sisters) have so much ambient power that it's easy to just to forget they are still ponies. For the first portion of their rule, they were the gods that came after such titans as Discord, Mask, and such.
It's entirely too easy to rationalize Luna's behaviors. As a goddess in the flesh, such volume and displays were mandatory. Once rule was established, they had to keep up traditions or appear weak, inviting another Assault on Olympus, as it were.
And then the Moon Wars. Luna didn't want to be a Goddess, she wanted to be a pony, with friends. When those friends consistently spurned her due to her station, she snapped. Fear and respect, and all that.
Celestia had to use the element of Magic, and Friendship, to defeat her sister, which implies equality in power - certainly see that Luna is the more tempestuous, stereotypically witchy, fey of the two. She is the sorceress, to Celestia's hierophant.
Once defeated, Celestia began to question her ways and traditions. She had to, since her ways lost her her sister. Thus began the refinement campaign; the "Princess" began speaking softer, calmer. She became a ruler rather than a deity. She fights even now against the ingrained traditions of her people, because outright saying "stop worshipping me, I don't want to be a goddess" just proves that she is indeed a goddess.
This level of respect is evident throughout; it's why Noghtmare Moon has a statue. Luna's warform is just as important to pony culture (if somewhat demonized) as all the angry versions of the Chinese and Japanese gods are (I want to say names, but it's been years). Nightmare moon is sill a feasible force in the collective pony psyche, despite being beaten. It probably took a couple generations for Odin to supplant Tyr as the head o the Norse pantheon; there is even conjecture that the Fenris Wolf myth was made after the fact to explain the regime change (with Tyr no longer being fit and all, being one-handed).
And now, Luna returns. Around the guards, an authoritarian tone is expected; they are trained to respond to it, and couldn't dare speak against it in any case. And we have seen how Luna addresses those she knows personally- she greets Celestia quietly, and even Twilight just gets a "yeah, I know you. Star Swirl the bearded. Twilight Sparkle." because Luna knows them already. It's the equivalent of the President speaking normally to his guards, and pompously to the crowd, all without leaving the podium. She never used the Royal We & Volume with Celestia. I'm certain that when Twilight writes to Celestia about it, she will be all sorts of chagrinned, for not even noticing.
It also lends credence to Luna having only dim awareness during her exile; no consciousness, no walking around on barren rock. Just being locked in some nebulous moon dimension, vaguely aware of the passage of time, maybe working great arcane workings to bring the stars into alignment...
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It's been several threads, and I'm not hearing a no~
oh man waited 13 threads to finally get the setup for that joke
feet are weird and smell bad*
Alternately, have you looked at the rest of the body? That stuff is MONSTROUS when seen objectively.
I do the reverse. I define myself in positives, and my task comes in choosing which positives to add to my character. Virtue ethics are out of vogue in contemporary philosophy, but I find myself having the most affinity with them by far. I want to be a better person, so I ask myself, what does a better person need? Courage? Skill? Discipline? I chose the qualities that I admire and respect and add them to myself. Morally, I try to be the person I would like to be making the decisions. I don't define myself in the negative because I don't feel inclined to respect people who would make the wrong choices enough to accept their world views as anything other than lacking.
I meant negative view as an artistic expression; as a silhouette. A silhouette is not a shape of darkness, it is a much more abstract shape of light, which defines an object by bein the empty space around an object- it was a visual expression. I was going for tones of high contrast, and that you can tell a cop from a cowboy by the cop not having a brim. That sort of thing. It's nebulous now, but I recall be less than satisfied with transmission of the idea, so here it is again
My theoretical path for my children is to teach them how to be happy. Greatest skill I ever learned was what makes me happy. I can live out my entire life as a pizza place worker and be happy. Everything else - money, fame, fortune - is going to be icing on the cake.
Problem with 'fighting dirty' as a phrase implies that, when a fight comes up, you want to be in it to win it. You don't. A fight, no one wins. When a fight happens your objective is to walk away safely to a place where there is no fighting. Doesn't matter how that happens.
In any street confrontation, you are in it to win it. Wining is living. Losing is dying. Literally; you only lose I'd you die, any form of surviving is winning. Here, we agree, because the easiest way to win is not get physical. Not engage.
The "fight dirty" bit presupposes that all other opioid have failed. If you are In a life-and-death struggle you don't wan't to play fair, because the guy who is shooting at you, or tryin to knife you, or swinging a bat at you isn't going to. If you are getting physical, and attacking someone when it's not a fight... You're being a jackass.
It sounds petty and pedantic, but it's an actual, honest to goodness good bit of advice. It's a very specific version of "if you're going to do something, do it right." Don't get killed because you don't like getting hit in the groin; kick the guy and run. Punch one of the guys surrounding you in his throat so he can't fight, and run.
My dojo is fantastic. They focus infinitely on the details that matter so that in a grading test when they ask you to perform a reverse back kick that you've never done before you do it first try and break a board.*
Illustrated.
Fabulous teaching method! I'm jealous. We had a Sensei who rushed to promotion ASAP I you could do the required moves, whether you were comfy or not. I hold a belt 5 degrees higher *I feel I deserve. And I'm only up to about 7th.
Sure. Technique one, I can get people to believe anything about Australia
Hey guys, could you go back and spoilerbox all that? One of the downsides of hanging out with Esperderek and Thanqol is we pick up on their cleverness. The stuff you said can be easily extrapolated from.
A good general rule is that if it's within 3 degrees of a spoiler, somepony will still get it.
SpoilerSO SHE COULD ADDRESS HER SUBJECTS OVER THE MUSIC PROPERLY
Hahaha! Yeah.
Darn skippy. It comes with a +2 cha, and remarkable aptitude with the leadership skill despite most folks being horrible leaders.
Spoilerimagine it from their perspective. The goddess of night terrors shows up on a holiday about spooky scariness, in a scary manner, on a scary ride, screaming with the force of a thundergale as lightning flashes in the background and in her eyes, wearing the corona of the stars themselves, right after discussing the scary origins of the holiday.
Why would you think she's not hamming up the part to fit in?
You were discussing spoilers for a time, that's why.
Spoilerspecifically, Luna's canon personality in relation to fanfiction. Then you segued into just fanfiction.
Yay being helpful!
I cannot express my gratitude in words that won't get me assaulted by my girlfriend.
We're just following your example! Don't abandon us Noe or we'll slip back into being like 4chan!
I'll take those two, sil vous plait.
ARCHAICALLY PORCINE!
Saved for yay!
Psh.
Spoilerthat's nothing. I hear there is a place on The Internet, where grown men talk about painted horses. And magic. And like, friendship and stuff.
talk ARCHAICALLY (why do you do this SPELLCHECK?... Unintentional, but hilarious. Thanks.) day should be fine.
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