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2018-02-19, 12:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XCVIII: Still Haven't Caught Up on Season 7!
Spoiler: On leaving instructionsIn a world without magic, he may have been more concerned about someone discovering it and accidentally harming themselves or someone with it than a malicious user. Ponies seem to be rather optimistic and trusting.
Spoiler: Other thoughts...This was great. I really liked Trixie and Sunset bonding. Lots of good moments, particularly most of the sequence where Sunset goes home. Kudos to Tara Strong for the library scene. The franchise seems to be lampshading its songs and the "friendship is magic" speeches quite a bit lately.
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2018-02-19, 03:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: About the stone
Hmmm...
The Sirens weren't actively looking for Equestrian magic, and were visibly surprised when it appeared in front of them (so to speak).
I don't recall Sunset being shown as looking for Equestrian artifacts - she wanted an Element of Harmony, specifically Magic.
As to the rest of them, it all comes down to range and power. I doubt that the stone has a particularly big power source, so you might not have much to detect unless the stone is actually being used.
Twilight was never close enough to detect the stone (although I agree that if she had gone into the wooded area she might have been, and that would have been one way to deal with it...). However she did walk close to the statue, and we can assume that the girls ponying up (the only other thing she is seen to detect at any range) gives a significant pulse of magic. I imagine that she pinpointed the school itself from the initial event via power spike and any news reports (which would note the destruction of the front of the school).
Even if she found it, I can't see why Trixie would want the stone for her act - short of erasing embarrassing memories (which Trixie does mention, and interestingly is the mistake Wallflower makes)
You could make the same comment about the Elements of Harmony - surely things that powerful should be detectable the other side of the Everfree? Nope - only if they are active.
Spoiler: More LOTR stuffThe ring never had much of a choice, and never a choice of competent villains. As far as I can tell from the books, the ring really only had the power to corrupt its wielder according to the wielder's power, and the - rather limited - power to slip off it's wielder's finger.
After its master was defeated, Isuldur and the Elf Lords. Only Isuldur was fool enough to take it.
After Isuldur was killed by Orcs while swimming a river. The ring was lost and the next we person we know to find it was Deagol, who was promptly murdered by Smeagol. It is possible that the ring hoped to be picked up by the Orcs who killed Isuldur, but that seems unlikley.
Smeagol/Gollum ended up under a mountain, carefully avoiding Orcs and keeping the ring in a safe place, coincidentally away from the Orcs. The ring only managed to get to Bilbo by pure chance.
Bilbo (and later Frodo) turned out to be rather tougher to corrupt (and had little power, and didn't care much for power in the first place). They also got round the ring slipping off by keeping it on a chain.
That's why I said that the ring had limited agency.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
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2018-02-19, 05:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XCVIII: Still Haven't Caught Up on Season 7!
Spoiler: Forgotten FriendsNo, you have that backward: in this instance, Wallflower WAS the only one, the others are completely unsuited. The Sirens specifically have diameterically opposite goals - they want EVERYONE to know who they are and worship them, and did Sunset initially. Same for Trixie - while she wants people to forget her mistakes, that's only because she wants everyone to think highly of her. None of them are good candidates to use the stone's primary power and get corrupted into using it more and more.
Twilight MIGHT have been the most likely after Wallflower, but her exposure during the period was too brief. And you assume the stone isn't WAY more subtle than the portal - it may well not radiate much magic at ALL in a dormant state, nevermind any protections that might have been on where it was buried.
Fluttershy might have been another obvious target, but Sunset's disruption to her friendships likely would not have been long enough for the stone to work with - and with her animals friends to, she probably wasn't isolated enough to be a viable target.
No, Wallflower was the most obvious and best target, because her personality was most easily molded to get her to use the stone (which is what the stone wants in this supposition).
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2018-02-21, 05:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XCVIII: Still Haven't Caught Up on Season 7!
Ah, frack it.
So, first panto performance passed adequately...
A random thought occurred to me regarding Forgotten Friends.
SpoilerIt was as I read another story about Sunset coming back to Equestria that I paused to remember Sunset's line in the show about "who'd have thought, Princess Celestia has a sense of humour?"
The more I thought about it, the more that line paints a bleak picture of her and Sunset's relationship. Perhaps Celestia, having locked herself out from relationships too long and badly stressed by the impending arrival of Nightmare Moon (only years away after centuries), perhaps was too distant, too remote and maybe that partly was wh Sunset cracked.
One can imagine that maybe Celestia, having made that terrible error, forced herself to make a better effort with Twilight?
Food for thought, yes?
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2018-02-21, 05:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-22, 08:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-22, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XCVIII: Still Haven't Caught Up on Season 7!
Spoiler: Forgotten FriendshipPut me down for another "Celestia found a sense of humor after Luna returned". Personally, I think the idea that Princess Celestia used to be the stern and humorless type would explain a great deal about Twilight's tendency to freak out whenever her mentor is involved in something, especially in the earlier episodes like Bird in the Hoof and Lesson Zero.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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2018-02-22, 05:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Panto 2/5 completed...
I was going to ask which make character would ponythread think would make the bast pantomime daem, but it'd obviously be Big Mac, wouldn't it?
Spoiler: Forgotten FriendshipI would attribute it perhaps more to stress/desparation in the last few years coming up to crunch time than perhaps a longer duration (being stern and humourless for a thousand years would have worn too great a rut to be so easily put aside, I feel).
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2018-02-22, 06:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Panto Dame? Big Mac? Not really - He can camp it up with the best of them, but I don't really think he has it in him. Too quiet and competent for the most part. (Although I imagine he would give it a try if Applebloom asked...)
Grubber, perhaps? He's the right shape and has most of the competencies.
Spoiler: Forgotten FriendshipI find myself agreeing - I can believe that she was investing hopes in Sunset Shimmer, and then when she failed, Twilight, and slowly getting more panicky as the deadline approaches and Twilight is not making friends.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2018-02-23, 04:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XCVIII: Still Haven't Caught Up on Season 7!
There were a few observations and comments on the EQD Follow-up that got my attention and made me appreciate Forgotten Friendship more.
Spoiler: Forgotten FriendshipRegarding Sunset's cunning:Originally Posted by HerpyderpsOriginally Posted by Glim GlamOriginally Posted by Koray Hatay
Regarding Trixie's magic trick:Originally Posted by Fah Jarrak
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2018-02-23, 06:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-23, 08:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-23, 09:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-24, 02:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Them's Fightin Herds is out (though still in early access), and if you want to see some gameplay footage, Super Best Friends have a video up playing it (NSFW due to language, they curse and stuff) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWSML-xZnmI
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2018-02-24, 05:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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That's why I agree that he can camp it up if required, especially for Applebloom's sake. However he is not normally like that.
He could certainly act as a pantomime dame, but he wouldn't be one. If you want someone who could act the part then you could also suggest Discord.
Bleakbane: What was the panto this year? I can't remember if you said...
I'm really pleased they got this far. I don't like the game (and didn't expect to - I dislike the genre and the gameplay is overcomplicated for my taste), but I do not regret sponsoring it back in the day.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2018-02-24, 06:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-24, 06:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2018-02-24, 07:01 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-24, 08:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-24, 05:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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And panto done.
Dang, it's a long haul that last performance...
Pestbag was allowed a special treat, as he'd come with his Dad to watch the final performance, and was allowed to come onto the stage to dance in the finale (ye gods, that doesn't get any easier after twenty-eight years, I am NOT a dancer) to the amusement of all and sundry.
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2018-02-24, 06:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XCVIII: Still Haven't Caught Up on Season 7!
I'mma guess anyway.
Since you've previously stated that you usually play bad guys in the Panto... The Ogre is the most obvious one.
Other options are Puss's master, who gets everywhere by piggybacking on the cat, who is a liar and a murderer and considered killing the catto make gloves despite knowing it was a talking cat as smart as a man,or the cat himself forbeing a liar and a murderer.I also answer to Bookmark and Shadow Claw.
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2018-02-25, 12:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Lord O'ger in this case but, yes. I mean, I don't even have to ACT.
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2018-02-27, 02:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-27, 02:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-27, 02:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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I also answer to Bookmark and Shadow Claw.
Read my fanfiction here. Homebrew Material Here Rater Reads the Hobbit and Dracula
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2018-02-27, 03:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-02-27, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Spoiler: I'm a writer!Spoiler: Check out my fanfiction[URL="https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7493788/Forum-Explorer"here[/URL]
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Spoiler: Original FictionThe Lost Dragon: A story about a priest who finds a baby dragon in his church and decides to protect them.
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2018-02-27, 08:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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I agree, adding the list to the op is a good idea.
Sunset rocking out to her tunes.
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2018-02-28, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, Death Battle just did Twilight vs Raven...
Not bad - managed to make a few good points, and was as always enjoyable.Warning: This posting may contain wit, wisdom, pathos, irony, satire, sarcasm and puns. And traces of nut.
"The main skill of a good ruler seems to be not preventing the conflagrations but rather keeping them contained enough they rate more as campfires." Rogar Demonblud
"Hold on just a d*** second. UK has spam callers that try to get you to buy conservatories?!? Even y'alls spammers are higher class than ours!" Peelee
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2018-02-28, 06:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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