Pinkie, you do realize that if you spent time with AJ or RD instead of spending time timing yourself so that you could spend time with AJ and RD at the same time, it would solve the problem without the magical misadventures, right?
But that wouldn't be any fun, silly!
Ah, right. Don't mind me then.
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You just highlandered an entire city block into a glass-filled storm by road-runnering down it in your underwear.
all i can say is... I am terrified!
this will NOT end well
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It seems like the series has been wanting to play sets of ponies off of each other. Rarity and AJ are the hard-working ones that manage to get in trouble by getting too much work and half-truths, but they both of very different views on social etiquette. Twilight and Pinkie make the "Dexter's Lab" pair where you have the bookish genius confounded by a bright but almost alien intellect.
Then why Fluttershy and Dash? They don't seem similar enough for their differences to have much weight. I theorize that trying to answer this has lead to the path of least resistance for the community: Shipping.
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If Sombra had actual dialogue besides Crysals, Slaves and AAAARGH, I'd have liked him more.
I wonder if Samurai Jack is on Netflix...
Also, take that! My Little Pony is topping Doctor Who by three hundred votes!
It isn't, unfortunately. You have to acquire it through other channels.
But oh man, Mako was awesome. Aku? An expy of Milton Friedman on the West Wing? UNCLE MOTHERBUCKIN' IROH? And that barely even scratched the surface of the guy's career. The guy was acting all the way back to the 50s.
As for other shows that disappeared for a long time and came back stronger, what about Star Trek? The gap between TOS and TNG was pretty substantial.
And if Star Wars 7 is good we can put that one up there too.
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Nooooo. Another game I now aspire to play, yet will never find the time! I love these reports though.
Yeah, the game needs to come with a warning label that it'll suck ALL your time away. It is nice that it can be modded though. Changing your Race image and flag is pretty simple.
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And having the Crystal Heart on her butt probably didn't hurt.
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Then why Fluttershy and Dash? They don't seem similar enough for their differences to have much weight. I theorize that trying to answer this has lead to the path of least resistance for the community: Shipping.
There's also whenever they need to convince someone to do "X" we have a lovely set up of Good Cop/Bad Cop. For example, in Secret of My Excess when they tried convincing Spike to put Rarity down.
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Wooo! I finished another one-shot story today, sans editing which will have to wait. Well, kind of a one-shot, since it'll probably end up as a kind of series of short stories, but ... whatever, it's done! And it's been on my to-do list for a LONG time!
Deadly, a delightfully daring drawer and drafter of dissertations. Defying the dictations of our disparate denizens, Deadly decides his direction with a dirth of dependence on the decisions of despotic desperados. Deadly detests dismissive derision, and will debate any dude or dame that dares to detest discussion.
Yeah, the game needs to come with a warning label that it'll suck ALL your time away. It is nice that it can be modded though. Changing your Race image and flag is pretty simple.
Teehee. I always loved that function in GalCiv 2. Never mind that I usually gimped myself by taking the "Magical" Planet Quality trait. (+30% usable tiles in game terms. Not very useful in the early game where you might be outclassed very badly.) But I feel it's just appropriate for ponies.
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Gotta say, upon rewatching the premiere again I think I've isolated my absolute favourite moment in the episode. Surprisingly it's not a song, nor a scene of particular action or humour.
It's just that quick moment at the end when Twilight gives a relieved "Good job, Spike"
I don't know why, maybe it's the BGM or the timing or something, but it gets me right in the feels.
So Nana Pinkie. My first thought was did they retcon Granny Pie? My second thought was everypony has two grandmother's, duh. So Granny Pie taught her how to sing and face her fears and Nana Pinkie taught her all kinds of obscure stories and legends that happen to be true. Nana Pinkie is probably how Pinkie Pie knew about the parasprites as well. Since Nana Pinkie is probably two for two if Twilight learns about her she'll probably want Pinkie Pie to tell her every story so they can be written down for future use.
So Nana Pinkie. My first thought was did they retcon Granny Pie? My second thought was everypony has two grandmother's, duh. So Granny Pie taught her how to sing and face her fears and Nana Pinkie taught her all kinds of obscure stories and legends that happen to be true. Nana Pinkie is probably how Pinkie Pie knew about the parasprites as well. Since Nana Pinkie is probably two for two if Twilight learns about her she'll probably want Pinkie Pie to tell her every story so they can be written down for future use.
Huh?
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Wooo! I finished another one-shot story today, sans editing which will have to wait. Well, kind of a one-shot, since it'll probably end up as a kind of series of short stories, but ... whatever, it's done! And it's been on my to-do list for a LONG time!
That is ... more mesmerizing than it has any right to be
Episode looks good so far. Can't wait until tomorrow.
I realized this morning that Saturday now means new pony. And I am excited.
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It seems like the series has been wanting to play sets of ponies off of each other. Rarity and AJ are the hard-working ones that manage to get in trouble by getting too much work and half-truths, but they both of very different views on social etiquette. Twilight and Pinkie make the "Dexter's Lab" pair where you have the bookish genius confounded by a bright but almost alien intellect.
Then why Fluttershy and Dash? They don't seem similar enough for their differences to have much weight. I theorize that trying to answer this has lead to the path of least resistance for the community: Shipping.
Dash and Fluttershy do have a certain commonality as pegasi. It doesn't come up a ton since they have very different personalities, but it's clear that they share knowledge of Cloudsdale and scenes like Fluttershy acting as the cheering section in Sonic Rainboom imply pretty strongly that they share a certain natural understanding not available to the other 4.
BTW, like the lyrics version or the chorus only version?
That is really addictive. It's like carameldansen with a horse theme.
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Ahhh, thank you.
EDIT: In comic related news, there will now be a 6 issue mini-series of spin-off comics, each one focusing on one of the mane 6, with Twilight up first. (link contains plot synopsis spoilers for the first issue, and also issue #4 of the main series)
I saw that series. I hope my local comic shop picks them up, I'm trying to patronize them rather than order online.
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You just highlandered an entire city block into a glass-filled storm by road-runnering down it in your underwear.
Actually, I thought this was really nice. After all, what is Applejack besides the Element of Honesty? She's a salespony! And we got to see some good salespony skills there, what with heading off curious crystal ponies and getting them interested in something else.
Um... Didn't all 3 episodes where AJ tries to sell anything...
If anything, delicately speaking, shown her salespony skills sucked?
But then again, she didn't do very good job keeping curious ponies away, so it still sorta fits
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Oh my.
I could barely follow what she was saying but it looks promising.
Transcripts Wiki had all scenes within minutes of both clips going live.
"Well, the Great and Powerful Trixie can't actually transport you to Equestria... But!
The Great and Powerful Trixie can beat you over the head until you think that's what happened!"
Oooh, a hot minute with Rainbow Dash! Heehee! That's what she s-
Let me stop you right there Hopereaver, and allow me to introduce the most recent addition to Carnage team. With great pride allow me to present.... Bleakling!
Minnnnnccino!
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Oh crap, he's got that same look in his eyes as Darkspark does... Umm.. Boss...can't we talk about thi-
Bleakling? Doubleslap.
*slapslapslapslapslapslapSLAPSLAPSLAPSLAP*
Heh. Nice job, Bleakling.
Cino!
Just you wait until he learns Tail Slap and evolves... Then it'll REALLY hurt!
*blither*
And if you think you had it bad before - as Arnold Rimmer once put it, now you've got it stereo!
Cino! Pika!
*High Five*
mummy.
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It's interesting to see Pinkie by herself. She's usually complementing the rest of the group. She's had alone time before, like in Party of One, but here she's not being crazy, she's going on her own adventure. It's kinda neat.
Her Imperial Majesty Tara Strong, By the Grace of Celestia, Empress and Autocrat of All the Trolls?
Her Excellency Tara Strong, Head of Trolldom, Leader of the Trolls, and Founder of the Trollish Empire?
Most Serene and August Tara Strong, Crowned by Luna, Great and Pacific Empress, Governing the Trollish Empire?
Pretty sure she'd be God-Queen Tara Strong, Chosen of Discord, Prophet of Chaos and Lady of Joyous Trolling.
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An observation of pony pairs... not that kind.
It seems like the series has been wanting to play sets of ponies off of each other. Rarity and AJ are the hard-working ones that manage to get in trouble by getting too much work and half-truths, but they both of very different views on social etiquette. Twilight and Pinkie make the "Dexter's Lab" pair where you have the bookish genius confounded by a bright but almost alien intellect.
Then why Fluttershy and Dash? They don't seem similar enough for their differences to have much weight. I theorize that trying to answer this has lead to the path of least resistance for the community: Shipping.
They were both pushed hard in their youth. They both went to flight school. They both failed. They reacted very differently.
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It's not normal, of course, and what's actually happening in Comet Kicker's brain is that she's using regular murder as therapy for worse murder. There's a breakdown in the works and all it needs is one good, hard kick.
You're touching on my biggest worry for this story. See, because my Twilight isn't really ShowTwilight, I need these opening scenes to show the reader what she is like. Set the stage, establish characters, start up long-running plots, those sorts of things. Unfortunately, that also means we're three chapters in and just barely getting to the meat of the story. And even the meat of the story, if you'll remember some of the chats we've had about it, is going to be a slow boil anyway. I'd say I should make this intro sequence shorter, but I just don't know what to cut. Maybe I should re-focus, re-write, get a better grasp of what makes these characters worth following, something to get more bang with less buck in these chapters? I honestly don't know, and that really worries me.
Thanks for looking this over, another pair of eyes is always appreciated.
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I'm actually concerned that show Twilight is becoming increasingly social and close to her friends due to Character Growth - and that's going to blur some perceptions in people's heads.
I don't think anything needs to be cut, but I do think your next move has to be a good one. I think three chapters to fully set the scene and premise is about right but something needs to happen in the next one. Some... acceleration. The results of the ritual, perhaps, could be an extremely debilitating long-term illness or the beginning of Twilight's mental degeneration rather than just 'wake up fine with a lecture from the Princess'.
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..that is all
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But that wouldn't be any fun, silly!
It is nice that it can be modded though. Changing your Race image and flag is pretty simple.
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