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2012-11-17, 10:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Also, looking at this, it all makes sense now. (Warning, quite large)
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And I said slaves, slaves slaves yeah...
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2012-11-17, 10:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Too many Pinkies
Spoiler... meh.
It's not really bad, but it feels... bland, i guess? I had a few good chuckles (including imagining that Rainbow just thought "well it IS Pinkie Pie" when she saw the first duplicate with the real one) but it's not really good.
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2012-11-17, 10:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Huh? What's so unanalyzable about a powerful ruler sending her trusted and reliable pupil on a diplomatic mission too dangerous for a pony you don't trust, but easily within the realm of a simple chat by a determined mare?
Honestly, all this "OMC DRAGONS YOU GAIZ THEY ARE POWERFUL" misses the point of the fairytale setting. The dragon was a child. A huge, naive, thoughtless, selfish, but ultimately honest child. And if you tell a child to stop because something is bad, they generally go along with it.
That kinda how most dragons come across in the series. An those who are smart (ie Spike) are moral, so that's not a difference really.
Let's be fair, Twilight has done worse with less justification.
Borris. Naturally.
HUZZAH! More character portraits!
This pleases your Winter Queen!
... That just sounds vaguely dirty.
Woul you believe I had been thinking about this just recently?
P-A-R-T-why? Well why not silly, I mean everypony loves a party! And that's what I spelled, party! Because it's funny when you play with words, like that one time, with applejack, and the kumquats? I loooove saying kumquat!
Oh, here we go... 9_9
Yes.
It's actually the leg structure. Her flesh is depicted as catlike, instead of the usual human standard. Rather than folding around the leg like a skintight pair of trousers, catflesh is loose and the bones and meat move within it like a skirt, or parachute pants.
Pinkie is channelling M.C. Hammare.
Right. Depending on stuff I may fix this. I keep trying to, but drawing doesn't get past the "man this would be great" phase. I start drawing and just... Bored now. Doesn't care.
... Crap. Dropped a few, and ain't goin' back a fifth time...
Who am I kidding I'm totally going back a fifth time
Oh wow, that's actually pretty cool. And potentially useful information, seeing as it can convert certain devices into POS stations.
Oh wow, Rarity drawing herself is hot.
Bolded: so like every Scots fair ever, then?
Love the picture. Highlights are AppleDash, Spike trying to impress Rarity, and and Twilight being in the back checking for discrepancies in stock weight and being just high enough on beer fumes to forge about expansion, throwing off her liters per centimeter scale.
Interesting. I'd like to see it as a comic, but with better over-all polish. I dislike the thought of Celestia winning and giving a speech about her awesome powers solely because the fans think she should win with awesome powers. That's not what you presented, but it is a danger of the premise.
As far as ponythread weapons/entities go, I suppose one does not get more powerful than the ability to manipulate/move/destroy/create whole branches of the Multiverse at once, but since I never actually use any of those things openly, you may as well keep me off the list. I mean, what's the point of powers being listed if they're never being used? (I suppose by that logic we should put the OFC fleet up front. It doesn't matter if they're not the most powerful thing we got here, because they're getting used often enough to make up for it. :P)
Yeah, actually. I agree.
*snerk*
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<3 *hugs*
I actually flinched. It was tacky, and unbecoming of AJ, who is supposed to be the upside of the vulgar country hick, not the usual stereotype.
I posted info recently, but it may have gotten lost. Want it again?
Again though, regular people didn't use thee and thou. They said "you", because there was no one they could safely talk down to.
Oh my gosh I love it~!
Uh, we know exactly where it's been. Right here. For like, maybe a few hours at most by the point he posted. Fresh from birth.
Don't you help lick the placenta from struggling newborns? I thought that was universal. Or is that achangelingPerfectly Average, Regular Pony thing?
Does that mean the average internate hater / youtube troll is less mature than humanity in the 1400s? Or did I not understand and make a bit of a jump?
Loved that part.
If you don't mind me so saying, the only things I saw the ponies trading in show were mainly food ad potions... I don't see the "unique and powerful items" thing.
Plus, talking horses. Even if they didn't look MLP Style, we hardly accepted each other with different color skin; ponies not only have different color skin, but are also horses.
Besides, the difference between a human and a talking pony is substantial enough to cause one to discount prior paradigms for judgement.*
Mister Ed gets incredulous looks because he's a lone case. A species of true-breeding talking horses would be another matter entirely.
There you go, taking the long view again. eternity, heh.
More seriously though I have high hopes for this.
I told you ponies were metal son. I tried to warn you dog.
Yeah, totally. I always imagine the most vulgar application of unicorn military might being like, five tabarded war-coursers hefting a half dozen spears each, and raining them down like artillery fire.
This means that the prime limiting factor of the enemy army is calorific intake.
Food. For horses. Who can like, eat grass.
You're not winning that one.
Quoted for save.
Oh, that is just darling~!
Discord was a very agreeable chap. DeLancie has some charisma on him, I tell you what.
Nah, real, murderous equines.
I fail to see how people who are still new to "earth goes around sun" would be able to beat a superpower within internal division who possess a single general capable of destroying an enemy brigade. On her own.
Cynicism shouldn't supplant logic.
What seriously?
Hahaha!
Quoted for none of these will work on a mobile device.
Factually incorrect, and spawned by seeing a 1-20 scale without knowing the grain by which it is measured.
Level 5, max ranks in knowledge (8), a well stocked library (2), natural aptitude (int 18, 4) is a +14 bonus. The DC for answering questions mankind has not yet thought of is around 30.
This means at level 5, Einstein was answering questions beyond ken about 25% of the time (16+/20) and the rest of the time he was merely flicking brilliant.
Level 5 also hits Olympic stride in other events, as well.
Pssshhhh, you're in better physical condition than me, "old timer". And you've got a cooler hat. I don't say that often.
I want to see Action Hank hangin' around with the ponies, being manly in strange ways. Sewing up battle wounds in his fatigues while sipping with Rarity, playing horseshoes with AJ over a pint, coaxing some squirrels to a feeder in a cage so they can be relocated while a hopeful Fluttershy watches odeon the background, ready to step in.
Action Hank was a pretty stand up guy.
Ditto.
Well, I did love Tom and Jerry too. I mean, who didn't watch Tom and Jerry? And lots of other classic cartoons ... Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and of course Disney was always showing on one channel or another.
He-Man ... damn, I remember he was really big when I was, like, seven or so. I can't remember anything from the show, I just remember we had action figures and probably ruined our parents.
Then Turtles became big for a while, about the same time I think, maybe a little later. That probably ruined our parents too.
From memory, we average out to 28. Lots of 22 folk, and I didn't bother to factor in our statistical outliers.
What, the princess of the sun can't afford a nightlight?
That bed can barely contain her.
Celestia: Amazon Goddess of Trolling?
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Or is saving up to retrofit the palace.
Interesting theory, though I'd say the Mane 6 need not be decendants. Instead all ponies are capable of becoming one of the six elements and it's just a matter of need by the elemental powers when to bring together a group of friends capable of weilding the power.
Hay, it's possible for everyone to be related that far back, if only because there doesn't seem to be anywhere else for ponies to live.
Oh, wait.
Thanqol and Plato had the right of it. A Noble Lie to teach morality to the populous.
48, and attempting to sneak up on 49.
Yep.
Topaz is half changeling. Changeling is a faerie creature. Fairies and elves are similar enough to be identical. A half elf can choose to be either mortal (human) or eternal (elf) and Topaz is still alive.
Therefore yes. Topaz is an elf. She's our elf.
*hugs Topaz*
Can I get an episode name? I'm lost for once.
Hate you so much
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[Episode 3.3]SpoilerUnnecessary. We know that a transformation spell cannot be maintained indefinitely. Twilight couldn't keep a rock as a top hat, for example. She can empower them o maintain themselves for a while, but that's a sign of improvement, not transcendence to the point of unlimited duration.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerPr just proof that Pinkie is a ham and knows the words for stereotypical panic.
Although its interesting that one of the signs of panic is sudden claustrophobia. It's like, claustrophobia is associated with a buckling will in the same way femininity is associated with being gay. I wonder why? I ha never noticed that before. Why is someone having a panic attack always complaining about shrinking rooms?
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerI don't know. it seems they had all of Pinkie's persona but none of the context. As soon as clone zero alpha experienced the same anxiety, acquiring the same context, she becomes more well-rounded. More like the real pinkie. An she brings her most prominent impressions – anxiety over missing out – to the pool where Typhoid Pinkie herself brought more wonder and relief to the pool.
And then there is the societal reinforcement. P zero alpha spawned P-one alpha and beta, etc., and then suddenly there's a Pinkie plague. Where P-Zero alpha was able to acquire context enough to develop as a person, the remainder all had major reinforcement of airwaves ditzy fun fun happy times, because yet travelled in a mob and reinforced each other's behaviors. Akin to Dracula, who began to develop from a child to sovereign creature, the Pinkie clones could have developed full personalities if they had enough time to Become.
SpoilerThe fact that Twilight's anti clone spell works on real ponies has unfortunate implications of other potential uses.SpoilerIt's not an anti clone spell. It's a banishment spell located in the section of the book detailing a spiritually cloning pond in a cave. The mirror creates spiritual duplicates which cross the barrier from ephemeral to material through the specific invocation, the "key to the verge" to use the parlance.
Twilight's spell, found in a book that was hidden from casual prying by someone concerned and moral enough to worry, sends things across the barrier to the spirit world. But the magic was easy. Not easy for Twilight, but easy. She read it and knew it would work and had no practice. This means it is probably a less refined, specific set of thaumaturgical formulae and more generic, only to be used under proper circumstances. It's a generic banish spell which the author or collector – this ties in to my own personal conspiracy theories, fueled by The Pony In The Box (Anarion knows!) – knew the spell was designed for moral ends but couldn't ensure it.
Also, the button in the secret compartment was an upside-down horseshoe. Not only do I think this the same symbol as on the book produced by Princess Luna as part of "the next level" of training, but it is also a symbol of bad luck and I'll omens.
My hypothesis is that the world runs sort of like Harry Potter did. The majority of Equestria lives off a fairytale history, a Noble Lie to promote moral society. The truth, that there is evil and wickedness, lies beneath the surface. These truths, hinted at throughout the series, require potent magical interception. Twilight is being groomed to become an actual wizard, to learn the truth of such ales as those of Star Swirl the bearded. We've seen CeleTia wielding wicked magic, and we've seen the Sosters unite to bring down a villain in a cascade of Rainbow Fire. There's more to the world, but they work to make it as joyful as it seems.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerI am of the belief that her slow-motion into the pool was a nod to humor, as opposed to a historic depiction of factual alteration of motion. But yeah, I can see that being problematic.
SpoilerSo apparently turning an apple into an orange is way harder than turning anything else into an orange, or turning an apple into a chariot and mice into horses. Tells us something about how magic works in Equestria, perhaps?SpoilerNo, I think that's a combination of factors. Twilight was practicing, refining her technique. We know this involves isolation of and then alteration of single variables, which means she may have been testing flawed transformations on purpose to ascertain her level of leeway and the effects before combining them into a functional spell.
Regardless, she was ready to give it everything when Pinkie interrupted. The spell which transformed the frog would have also transformed the apple. We also can surmise easily that the spell which failed to transform the apple would likewise have failed on the bird and frog.
Organic to organic is easier than inorganic to organic, and apple to orange would be easier than bird to orange. This is why the changes are superficial, and likely to wear off; both the bird and frog maintain their base natures, able to be themselves aside from some minor (if disturbing) aesthetic alterations.*
Compared to Apple to Chariot, which converts a non-animate object into a specific one – that is, a rote to turn something into a chariot instead of turn a thing into another thing, more specific and so able to devote more efficient energy use to it's ends – the orangification would be more complex because it's not a preplanned event, with no real framework. It would be the "creation of a rote", to use the terms. The mice into horses is also a specific effect, and one with a very limited duration based on fairytale factors.
As an aside, I think apples into oranges runs on Discworld logic. Apples cannot be compared to oranges, right? So making one into the other uses the barest of sympathy, a -10 factor. It's like converting necromancy to illusion, not really easy, or possible at lower levels of power output. This was a test, of truly defying the silly rules of reality to transform a thing into its literal polar opposite. Because what rhymes with orange? A hell of a lot less than what rhymes with apples!
SpoilerWhy is that book hidden in a secret compartment? That was kinda random. What else do you suppose is hidden around the library, by who and for what reason?SpoilerAs a relic of job isolation, most highly literate ponies are likely to practice what they write about. Unlike our own times, you don't get fiction of wizards written by non-wizards. Do the librarian is probably less a job of book sorting and more a sort of secretary-slash-bank manager for magical knowledge.
Magic is a force. Kinetics is force. A gun is just as nonmoral as a book on banishing spells. You can hope whoever finda the fun only shoots bad guys, and hope whoever banishes only exercises those who are interloping in our plane, but you can't guarantee it unless you all but guarantee only those who can be trusted have access.
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I bet there will be a hundred fics about how it wasn't the real Pinkie who won. Pretty safe bet, I bet.SpoilerHonestly? I don't think it matters. The clone most likely to survive is P-Zero alpha. This is also the clone most likely to become the real pinkie pie. Removed from the stimulus of an insane pink party plague, any of the clones would have quickly normalized. Eventually, each would become a "real" Pinkie Pie. So there is no loss, except of acute mnemonic detail as the clones showed signs of having the same memories just not the same prioritization which arises as an event of living. They had the same data, but which parts of that data are important would be emergent properties. Pinkie is bad with words all the time, or randomly very technically good with words ("Ruckus—" "FRACAS!"), which can only lend credence to this.
Alternately, being tied to the pond, which now contains the real Pinkie Pie, P-Zero alpha would eventually come to reflect her completely since she is eternally within the mirror's scope.
Hmm. P-Zero alpha was the most complete pony duplicate. She is also the longest in the making, as Pinkie spent many times lingering the process. And her reflection was many times Stronger, since it had longer to exist and absorb the resonance of Pinkie's need before crawling out through the verge.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerGeeze, a pony and his 'companion' can't even go back in time for a little alone time? Snoops!
[Episode 3.3]Spoilertoo many loopholes. No guarantee that the mirror can create objects, no guarantee those objects wouldn't vanish with the pony who brought them, no guarantee evil clone shenanigans wouldn't ensue as one clone gets smart and learns the catchphrase since they did have rudimentary memory an personality, no guarantee they don't learn what is spoke in front of the reflection before genesis, and no guarantee fairy gold has any value aside from ensorcelment.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerThat's not a contrivance.
As a kid, when drawing, I would draw a guy with his leg up, "Captain Morgan" style. And when I drew the background, I always felt like I was cheating by drawing a rock upward that "conveniently" supported the raised foot. Until one day I realized, that wasn't convenient. It was mandatory. Without that rock to support the foot, it wouldn't be up there in the first place!
Pinkie knowing about the mirror isn't a contrivance, because it's natural to use your knowledge of things. We don't know how many "plot devices" sit around unused because nopony knows about them. It's the, what, toupe fallacy?
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I find amusing/ironic that the real Pinkie was the one who acted most un-Pinkie-like during the mass Pinkie scene.SpoilerThis just means your expectations of Pinkie are based on stereotyping and flab derivation rather than her personality as a living creature.*
Pinkie has always been a well rounded individual who presents a unified face because she's easy to please. But just as Rarity isn't strictly a fashion horse, Pinkie isnt strictly a party crazy whacky pony.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerWe had that at the start of the last season too. Pony is like wine, you need to let it breathe to get it all
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerIt's possible that Pinkie Pie is a descendant of the itinerant gypsies from the Ravenloft setting who have mystical connections to the byways of the most through an inherited deal with Strahd. Her ability to move behind Equestria and her ability to slow her descent would all be different applications of the same phenomenon.
Though I prefer the "ignore the cartoony aspect when taking the setting seriously" approach.
Haha! Nice.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerA necessary mistake for the plot to continue. I suspect that with no reason to know why the sad Pinkie is sad, coupled with the sad Pinkie saying she was probably not Pinkie, there would be enough doubt to require further analysis for our science minded protagonist.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerNot "Granny Pie", but "Nana Pinkie". *We do not know that these two are the same. It is easier to believe AI though, as a story-telling wise woman would have all this knowledge and is an easy archetype to attribute to a Russian-expat family as the old crone who knows things.
[Episode 3.3]SpoilerPinkie suggested the test. Remember that.
Pinkie Pie herself supplies the test. Pinkie pie would be the one who woul know what is hardest for her to accomplish, and what would motivate her to do so. It's not as much of a plot-pull as you'd think. Especially since every P-entity is sufficiently similar that you can't tell the difference. If they are 98% similar, then even a clone is likely to be right 98% of the time.
No, you said she's a real life psychic. Deadly said she's a David copperfield.
Spicy manticore is the best pony flirting.
THANQOL!
I demand
That you include
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Take up writing
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That should get his attention. Especially when I link it in every other thread he frequents.
Oh hoho, you spicy manticore you!
Hi Tessen! What's so funny?
Episode 3 related headcanonings tangentishly related to Deadly's own spoiler stuff
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So, Granny and/or Nanny Pie laugh in the face of danger, have clearly explored the Everfree Forest and consider tales of vaguely fae magical legends the kind of thing you tell your fillies.SpoilerWhat you're describing is every parent in superstitious middle ages, mate. Of course you tell your kids stories of wonder and magic. Although we have no reason to think she navigated the everfree, so much as collected stories. I have a friend who could tell you landmarks from Germany's black forest, but who has never left his state.
But hey, at least you'll get a goodie in before you go! Just stay away from cake jokes. Or her abysmal gamerscore, depending on the princess.
Or that "married to a foreign-power super spy mastermind villain, technically" bit. Less banish-y, more finding out why she's pink now, and white in her baby photos. (*squelch!*)
Admittedly romantic, but in my day of we wanted to share music we brought extra 'phones and a splitter. Lazy.
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2012-11-17, 10:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Brandon Sanderson recommender... In The Playground!
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2012-11-17, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Pony settlement process:
Step 1: Let Earth Pony start the basics for a town, like farms or mines.
Step 2: Town Grows
Step 3: Other ponies, unicorns and pegasus, came in and set up infrastructure.
Looking back on the episode "Bridle Gossip,"
Does ponyville's fear towards Zecora have to do with Zebra rarely comes to Equestria due to 19th century transportation when sea travel is expensive, or Ponyville is a small town that has no significance to foreign immigration (Zap Apple Jam might be limited to Equestria) and having no higher education, like college or equivalent (Shown by Twilight's knowing that Zecora is a Zebra but not other ponies).Badly drawn helmet avatar drawn by me.
Rest in Peace:SpoilerMiko Miyazaki, Thanh, Durkon- Order of the Stick
Krunch- Looking For Group
Bill- Left 4 Dead
Soap Mactavish- Modern Warfare 3
Sandman- Modern Warfare 3
Ghost and Roach- Modern Warfare 2
Gabe- Dead Space 2
Dom- Gears of War 3
Carmine Brothers- Gears of War series
Uriel Septim VII- Elderscrolls Oblivion
Commander Shepherd- Mass Effect 3
Ned Stark- Song of Ice and Fire
Apple Jack's parents
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It seems to be a distant land problem. Although zebras seem to be known to the educated, it's highly unlikely that there's a thriving pony-zebra cultural interchange of any sort, except perhaps an ambassador or two running around Canterlot.
By the by, I see no reason in principle that other pony types couldn't start a town. Unicorns could cultivate via magic, and pegasi have a Cloud town that presumably runs on its own just fine. I imagine earth ponies are the standard, and if I were planning to found a new pony town I'd actually want a mix of all three types because they have various useful skills.
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2012-11-17, 11:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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I am evidently Rainbow Doodle, the Hungry Magician destined to Eat Discord.
*grabs knife and fork*
BRING IT!If brute force isn't working, that just means you're not using enough of it.
When in doubt, set something on fire. If not in doubt, set something on fire anyway.
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If you think about it, though, the setting is fundamentally dependent on the cartoony aspect. Is Pinkie's frequent warping of reality that much different than what every other pony can manage to accomplish with their hooves alone when the camera isn't watching? You could just chalk it up to innate magic that Pinkie is just significantly better at than most other ponies.
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This Machine Surrounds Hate And Forces It To Surrender
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SpoilerBleeeeh! Alfalfa Monster!
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Pinkie has been seen to break the laws of physics and get responses from ponies as well. Just off the top of my head, we have Pinkie popping out of potted plants (Green Isn't Your Color), Pinkie outrunning the fastest flier in Equestria (Griffon the Brush-Off), Pinkie hijacking Twilight's teleport spell (Return of Harmony), PinkieEyes popping through brick walls and keyholes (A Friend in Deed), and probably several others.
At this point, we'd either need to declare Pinkie simply possessing indescribable reality-altering powers, or just treat is as visual gags for the audience that were not meant to be taken seriously. I'm a bit more inclined to take the second option, as there is far too much silly in Equestria to take the whole setting at face value. (Besides, it's more fun that way. )
And having through it over for half a day, I'd like to give my overall opinion about the episode.
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SpoilerThis reminded me of the setup and implementation in Party of One. We have Pinkie suddenly developing a never-before-seen obsession, suddenly going through antics because she can't do it, and getting it all wrapped up and resolved when she stops overreacting and seeing the obvious (to the viewer). It perhaps works a bit better in Party of One than here in Too Many Pinkie Pies, if nothing else that earlier we had less understanding of her character and she was still opening up to the rest of her close friends. At this point, she's been together with them for three seasons - it's kind of odd that the "cannot have fun with more than one at once" problem didn't show up before.
I will admit, Pinkie isn't my favorite character. She's silly to watch, but it's hard to sympathize with someone with such a goofy personality. I actually think she's shown more maturity in Season 2 than she showed in the entire episode. I do realize that in an episodic series by different authors like this, we will get some episodes where characters act sillier or simplier than in others.
However, if we're discussing internal narrative consistency based off of Pinkie's slow-dive, then I don't see a problem for me to bring up narrative consistency critiques about Pinkies occasional (frequent?) nature shifts.SpoilerThank you to zimmerwald1915 for the Gustave avatar.
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I run a Let's Play channel! Check it out!
Currently, we're playing through New Vegas as Gabriel de la Cruz, merchant and mercenary extraordinaire!
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I wrote a parody of a trashy pony romance novel way back with 'Writing is Hard' but I can't imagine trying to tackle the same task unironically. Check my fimfiction page
And IMO Pinkie isn't OP the same way, say, Twilight is. Yes her powers break all the rules but only when it's funny. She never uses them to resolve a crisis outside of her dedicated episodes.Proof-reading is totally unnecessary in the digital age now that we have spell cheque.
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Honestly, the hardest part would be knowing what exactly a trashy romance is. I would have to find and read one.
I own one, actually. I got about a chapter in. But seriously, "Wilhelmina phoenix"? That's a terrible name! A pony would have to have an equally terrible name. So while Wilhelmina Phoenix would Work for a pony, she would have to end up, like, Erin Brown, to have the right level of exotic. I mean, her friends Rare Jewel, Risqué Business and Lewd Cliche would comment on such an exotic name, right?
And there's always a plot or conspiracy or some weird danger. So one of the love interests would be like, a diamond dog. And also his contact in the Pegasus Mafia.
Now to fit Guardalopopis in there...
Does the Aether anomaly not count?
Pretty sure Errant is going to be counting it...
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Re: My Little Pony LVI:S Has Left the Playground!
Heehee white text. Anyway, don't be such a baby about it, the paradox is supposed to only last a scene and 3 lethal damage would have taken a week to heal. In fact, I think it's clearly Turing's fault for not learning more life magic.
Let's get an expert. Expert, is it Turing's fault?
Eeeyup.
Well, there you have it.
No comment. But here's a pony with a turtle on its head instead.
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I'm seeing it as an "Identify Monster" check- with no offense directed at the Commander, that's just the shortest way to put it- on behalf of the fact that we're trying to identify a creature's anatomy. The DC for those is 10+Hit die, but since there's so many pieces of useful information one could identify of lichs, you have to build up on those uncapped "exceed by five" bonuses before all other pieces of useful information are exhausted and you find out where the lich's heart is located.
So, yeah, if the question was "Where is a lich's heart located?" yes, that'd be an easy question to answer. But the question "Where is that lich's heart?" is a totally different question and much harder to answer.
Besides, why would ponies be concerned about questions mankind hasn't thought of?
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Anypony with way too much time on their hands want to graph out how many spoilers each episode has caused over the threads?Last edited by OracleofWuffing; 2012-11-18 at 02:25 AM.
"Okay, so I'm going to quick draw and dual wield these one-pound caltrops as improvised weapons..."
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."
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I own one, actually. I got about a chapter in. But seriously, "Wilhelmina phoenix"? That's a terrible name! A pony would have to have an equally terrible name. So while Wilhelmina Phoenix would Work for a pony, she would have to end up, like, Erin Brown, to have the right level of exotic. I mean, her friends Rare Jewel, Risqué Business and Lewd Cliche would comment on such an exotic name, right?
And there's always a plot or conspiracy or some weird danger. So one of the love interests would be like, a diamond dog. And also his contact in the Pegasus Mafia.
I think it's time to seek counsel >.>This Machine Surrounds Hate And Forces It To Surrender
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For whoever was asking earlier, the Pinkie face change gif
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Yeah, other ponies realize she's there, and are probably aware she did something physically impossible (even in the world of magic). But no one's ever called her out on it. No one's just flat out said, "hey wait a sec, how did you do that?" They're treading a fine line here. At some point, they have to acknowledge that Pinkie has a special talent that hasn't been mentioned.
LV:II looks like "level 2". Someone who's good at this come up with something that works with that.
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Identify monster checks via knowledge can't tell you where a specific Lich's phylactry is any more than it could tell you where Orcus' wand is at any point in time, so that's moot.
This is also in relation to ponies having to be 75th level. By Latin out how exponentially such bonuses accrue, I still think I've covered my bases that there's no reason to attribute such an arbitrarily high level.
Besides, why would ponies be concerned about questions mankind hasn't thought of?
Anypony with way too much time on their hands want to graph out how many spoilers each episode has caused over the threads?
I've found open questions without prompting don't get many results. But don't stop speculating on my acount! All the better if we both end up writing trashy pony romance. Too bad I'm late for nanowrimo.
I think it's time to seek counsel >.>
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well, actually. with enough knowledge of its history, you could find orcus' wand. though likely answer at any given time is "with orcus"
and since liches tend to be generations old, you could probably learn enough about one in particular to deduce where a phylactery was likely to be.
wait, how did this get into ponythread?Last edited by thubby; 2012-11-18 at 03:18 AM.
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Also, the couple has to meet by chance, the more... um, experienced character immediately taken by the other's beauty.
I think the most important aspect is the cover. There's a gorgeous couple, one of which is probably about to faint; a sunset or dusk or some other sky color other than light blue; and a proudly embossed, cursive title. What's a trashy romance novel without its cover?
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Episode 3.3
SpoilerNo jokes about knowing where the duplicate background ponies came from? Huh. On a side note, if a changling impersonating another pony goes into the pool, what comes out?
Nana Pinkie and Granny Pie? I think it's reasonable to assume Pinkie was named after her grandmothers.
I really liked the bear. I'm not quite sure why...
It was a good episode altogether, I liked it.
Oh I'm sure you could pull it off if you wanted to. It's just like the parody, except the tongue goes into someone else's cheek.
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Phylacteries are moot: The question and answer was about hearts. Are you trying to tell me a monster's heart is not part of itself? Okay, well, yeah, by RAW, they probably aren't, but that's neither here nor there.
Well, yeah. That's why I established that the DC can be arbitrarily high. Or, for a more nonsensical yet possibly more practical excuse, the DC is arbitrarily high because the PCs are at such arbitrarily high levels.
That'd probably increase the DC up to the point where it wouldn't be expressed by numbers recognizable to humans. Consider that we humans haven't been able to comprehend certain very easy pony concepts. For example, every discussion the threads have had about how day and night worked before Princess Celestia started raising the sun.
I'd go by each new spoiler box, even if it isn't exactly an accurate representation. Just because it's relatively easy compared to something like "every word."
It started here-ish.Last edited by OracleofWuffing; 2012-11-18 at 04:19 AM.
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."
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Where a unique individual secrets their possessions is not part of their racial makeup. You couldn't learn where a lich kept his phylactry through knowledge (religion) any more than you could learn an Orc's maiden name with knowledge (local). You could figure it out through study, but not though the monster identification check.
An follow the citations! More fun that way.
And tartan! Doesn't matter how actually Scottish highland anything is. There has to be tartan.
I may beg you to do the cover when I'm done.
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Curses! We're semi-cross-ninja-ing each other!
"Okay, so I'm going to quick draw and dual wield these one-pound caltrops as improvised weapons..."
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"Oh, hey, look! Blue Eyes Black Lotus!" "Wait what, do you sacrifice a mana to the... Does it like, summon a... What would that card even do!?" "Oh, it's got a four-energy attack. Completely unviable in actual play, so don't worry about it."