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2011-09-24, 05:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
Kay!
I want a shiny Lixachu!
To be honest, I quite like the long sentences. That second one just feels too simple.
The am isn’t needed, since you already mention the fact that it is in the morning.
A or the?
Feels disjointed. It comes from one thought to the next. If you are going for the omniscient narrator bringing thoughts to mind, instead of “remember,” perhaps use “think.”
Something I’ve noticed from just these two excerpts. You use a good number of adverbs. “Vibrantly”, “timidly” and so on. As I’ve told Esper and Grif, try to cut down on these.
For example, in the more recent quote, you say that she is “timidly sneaking up to a door”. Do we really need the “timidly” there to get that? We know she is sneaking, and we know that the rest of the family is watching her – giving her the morale support, and we also know from earlier in the story and this exact sentence that in terms of time of day, she is well out of her comfort zone.
Long story short, show, don’t tell. Adverbs are like salt and spices, you sprinkle it on and all is well, you empty the container and you end up with a mess.
Ok, heading out to hang with Ronin. I will say this, with some actual sleep under my belt I find myself getting interested in this. I see potential, but a bit of a lack of training. With everything, practice will straighten out those rough edges. Only really read up to the point I quoted, will finish the rest later.
I approve so much. xD
Oh god yes. xD
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2011-09-24, 05:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
Oh, right, also...
S2
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And now we know what Celestia was up to that entire time. Guess she wasn't just sitting around letting Twilight do all the work, eh?
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2011-09-24, 05:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
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2011-09-24, 05:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Toph Pony avatar by Dirtytabs. Thanks!
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -C.S. Lewis
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2011-09-24, 05:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Can I kindly ask you guys to conserve remaining 9 pages for 6 hours? I seem to remember it's rather late in the USA now, and we never went much faster than a page a hour, but...
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"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!"
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2011-09-24, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
Perhaps "Chaos... Chaos everywhere!"?
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2011-09-24, 05:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-09-24, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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I noticed her too in the broad sense, but not that she had derpy eyes or her cutie mark, which are kind of the important parts. At least for predicting the fandom's reaction to her.
Hm, since a week has passed since S2E1, are references to that now fair game?
If so, I propose "My Little Pony XXV: Eternal Chaos Comes With Chocolate Rain!"
ZevoxLast edited by Zevox; 2011-09-24 at 05:50 PM.
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"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -C.S. Lewis
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2011-09-24, 05:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
Alright. I've seen both episodes and now I'm back.
My review.
SpoilerTwo more episodes added to the "never watch again" list. I want those 45 minutes of my life back.
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2011-09-24, 05:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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<sigh> Oh, well, at least I can hope that we won't exceed regular thread pushing speed
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"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!"
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2011-09-24, 06:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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My Little Pony XXV: Au Contraire, Mon Pony Thread!
Although if that's too obscure, I'll second the Chocolate Rain suggestion.Last edited by AlterForm; 2011-09-24 at 06:07 PM.
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2011-09-24, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-09-24, 06:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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2011-09-24, 06:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Another good explanation for where the Elements were...
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2011-09-24, 06:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
this is hilarious. Why didn't I read this sooner?
Originally Posted by PhoeKun
Guess those were the initial assaults of the Internet; "good ruler, must be secretly instead of overtly evil".
Originally Posted by PhoeKun
Luckily, she's such an eloquent writer. I can just point at her stuff and say "yeah".
Originally Posted by Thanqol
and there it begins. Sweet Dominion. Completion.
Originally Posted by Gaelbert
Also, I should check up on Gaelbert, don't think he's returned for the season.
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Why isn't this a macro caption yet?!
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Those were the days, my friend. We thought they'd never end...
Originally Posted by DBC
Rainbow was a flying ace, until she hit flight camp, where everypony was a flying ace, and boom. No longer the most special, the best and coolest, she had to work for what she wanted.
For someone who had coasted on passion and talent up to that point, that's a crazy shock.
Originally Posted by Thanqol
Originally Posted by DarthBobcat
Originally Posted by The Beautiful and Terrible Phoe, Queen of Blogging
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[Season 2] [spoilers]
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On Windows
the stained glass windows are visual chronicles, not 'facts'. As you walk through the hall, the story progresses.
Think about it.
Pane 1: sad Luna
Pane 2: NMM evil eyes
Pane 3: celestia/NMM battle
Pane 4: moon banishment
Pane 5: NMM returns
Pane 6: Elements do battle
Throne: Celestia and Luna, side by side, ruling. Go ahead, look upon her. Look upon us. Turn your eyes, your anger and fear upon my sister. Tell her what you think, ignorant pony, who doesn't understand. See my response, this unity and love which allowed us once, we who were mortal, to stand before all of chaos and seal it in stone.
Call my sister all the dark names in your heart, I dare you. Because I won. Be angry. I won't have the time.
All she has done, all she has been through. She is stronger now than you could know, and the verbal slings of such a one as you? Water off the ducks back. Luna had the power in her hear. To seize the throne of heaven, and succeeded. She still sits that throne, does she not? We changed her mind, but still she is strong.
On Characters
Spike stole every scene he was in. I love this dragon.
DisQord holding Twilight like Simba cub? Sook cute~
Fluttershy the brute? Interesting, as a lark. Over all a rape of her character, though. All the "best pony" comments make me sad. Fluttershy is getting a raw deal, here. She is never going to be looked at the same again. This godbeing bent her mind under his omnipotent will, but now everypony is going to see this as a latent part of her personality, despite it having to be a perversion of who she is. She will forever bear the stigma- it's like a canonical Cupcakes.
Bucking bronco RD is sexy. In the same way a six foot long, fifty-millimeter 'rifle' is sexy. I enjoy the sheer athleticism and dangerousness of an actively hostile Rainbow Dash.
On the Effects Of Ponythread
gracious. Every couple minutes I'd mutter 'implied shipping' or 'ship material.
Big Mac licks Twilight? Shipping.
All the ropes? Shipping.
Fluttershy and Applejack together? Shipping.
It just went on and on. Awesome.
On Ponies and Pacing
I have to ask; dis any of you folks consider this was intentional? The designers have to get so much content into so many minutes. It's going to be hectic, why not use it?
Crazy storm of chocolate rain- hectic
Celestia's presence- calm, measured
Celestia and disQord in same room- fluctuates
Dealing with disQord and his chaos- hectic
Letters from the princess- calm, measured, but accelerated pace subtly hinting qt controlled panic
Corralling the ponies to restore harmony- starts hectic, becomes methodical
The pace, the frenetic, chaotic pace... That feeling of unease you get from watching some things too fast, others too slow, things not connected, somewhat disjointed...
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All according to plan~
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You'd be surprised. That's kind of what we are all doing (some with more help from Lix than others XD), even my own is just an extension of my childish view of things. Starry Notions lacks only my understanding of cause and effect politics.
And I look forward to your works- when you're comfortable doing them. A break is probably a good idea though. All work and no play, and well, too much play becomes work. Everything in moderation, including moderation, they say.
you are so cute~
I can't think of any other way to describe you. You are horribly, terribly awesome.
I still have a few months of childhood (or, teenagehood rather) and I intend to milk it as much as possible.
I don't want to be 20.
Related: don't wear cowboy boots and make athletics checks.
Or run 20 yards on your knees. Or sword-fight on balance beams.
Something tells me you'll pull that off in the end
I mentioned that Starry Storms was named after her auntie Starry Notions, right?
I am really, really flattered
Still don't get it. DXD
There is a character in Homestuck. She has All of the Luck, because she can steal luck from people. Her weapons are called the Flouride Octet-eight eight sided dice. The higher she rolls, the better.
Here is a link. You should NOT follow it. Instead of following it, you should follow THIS link and read the entirety of homestuck-although it starts slow, it is the best, awesomest, heartrendingest, confusingest, BESTEST comic. No exceptions.
But if you have no intention on reading any time soon, or will risk a spoiler, follow the first link, read it, and read the next ten or so pages, and see Vriska with All of the Luck, rolling 8^Y where Y=8.
16,777,216.
Awww, thanks!
Oh, the pic I use as a reference for Faithful Song? I use this one.
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Now... I can't remember... what tremendously talented artist was it who did that for me?
I do hope that my megaposts are starting to get a LITTLE recognition, as small as they are in comparison to yours. xD
I think I have explicitly stated before that it's 'Reverse Gender' because if I cast any spell with 'sex' in the name, I'll start giggling.
(offers a Cure Serious Wounds)
That makes me giggle. xD
I just like the idea of kidnapping all wrong cause it's funny and sweet.
Also people would get annoyed with me being a literal goddess if I weren't playing her/me as a complete naive ditz half the time.
And aye. Free-form has a bad reputation for just such stuff, which is why I prefer some level of system. My willingness to allow others to succeed goes away when they don't seem to share it. At the very least, I would pick an arbitrary third party to keep informed of info I have but my opponent doesn't. Many an FFRP argument was settled by a second, time-stamped document showing relative stats, how much I was bluffing about handling the enemy, and how much of my "Deus Ex Machina" perfect defenses were just very, very good guesses.
You guys astound me by handling yourselves so well.
I would have done it myself if the pinkielauncher was a file with flat colors that was easily modified... :(
This is a long queue isn't it. xD
^=fact.
A little. More and more as the fallout gets distributed, I'm sure.
What do you mean "versus"?
Saved!
What do you mean "now"? Haven't you looked in the secret file I flaunt ever so unsecretly?
Also, I like to think that either Rarity taught Thanqol to dance, or vice versa.*
STARS ABOVE!
you drew those?! Wow, I'm a bigger fan of your work than I thought! I've been showing those around for around 8 threads now, or more. Probably closer to 18 threads!
I will have to get back on dA and favorite the muffins out of you.
LIKE A BAWSS
Which scene makes you say that?
Yes. In some games, I am this guy.
Though usually I set up sparring sessions, since I am supposed to trust my life to these people.
It's usually a "DM needs an hour and a half to think about something because he made a map, two encounters, and expected it to hold us all session" kind of thing though.
"They said our love was forbidden, Zombie Spike! But I showed them!"
aaaaaawwwwwww mmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn~!
I've been sitting on that for three days, waiting for the right moment, and you beat me to it! Oh well. Have the other picture I've been sitting on...
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Good game, Topaz. Good game.
Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
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2011-09-24, 06:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
S2
SpoilerOkay, I think I have the answer that solves everything. Discord is colorblind. There, you heard it here first. He can warp minds and create chaos, but he can't see colors. Maybe that's why he needs so many visual antics and why he had to verbally check that Twilight was sad even though we can all see that she's gray. Once he saw that Twilight was planning to leave ponyville, he stopped caring because he figured he had won and corrupted everyone. He figured them returning was odd, but perhaps a last hurrah and assumed that he had already won. He's colorblind, so he can't see his mortal danger until it's too late.
Like others have said, I think the episode would have been much better as a 3-parter. I even thought about how I would do it.
Part 1
Mostly the same, end with the hedge maze still going and Fluttershy and Rainbow still uncorrupted, draw out the scenes for the others a bit and give a longer and better intro and explanation about Discord.
Part 2
Fluttershy and Rainbow corrupted, Discord rants to Twilight mid-episode, end with elements failing and Twilight going gray as the last scene (thousands of brony hearts break worldwide and lamentations go up for a full week).
Part 3
Twilight saves Applejack on her own. Spend longer trying to capture Fluttershy with Applejack's help, then all 3 work together to get Rarity and all 4 to get Pinkie, finally culminating in getting Rainbow Dash as we saw it. In all cases, show memory scenes like we saw with Applejack. Extend fight with Discord by another 1-2 minutes (basically one more scene of him teleporting away and them chasing I think).
In particular, I think that if we saw the ponies struggle together to save each one of them with Twilight merely administering the coup de grace, it would make it feel less cheap build up a much better climax to Discord's final defeat.
See, in every game I play, I'm always the guy saying "I HAVE NO WORDS." Beautifully done though and I've been trying to find that comic forever (it was linked somewhere in the neighborhood of 7 or 8 threads ago and I completely lost track of it).
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2011-09-24, 06:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
S2EP2
SpoilerI don't know if anypony noticed (and Inkwell was the one who pointed this out to me) but the Elements truly were put back where it all began.
What was the first thing we see, in the very first episode?
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2011-09-24, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Wait, S2Ep2 is out? Looks like it doesn't air for me until Monday... I can't wait to see what sort of glow-in-the-dark snap-on armor they get.
"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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2011-09-24, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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... I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.
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2011-09-24, 06:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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S2
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That's actually a very good point. It's entirely possible they didn't want to give us a moment to think about what's going on because it's all supposed to be chaos. In that case I still think they could have handled it a little better, but thinking about it that way at least justifies the reason it's so rushed. Assuming that was intentional. The people behind the ponies have done a good job so far, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.
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2011-09-24, 06:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
Idea for a fan art I'm going to be doing instead of another ask gummy tonight
Season 2 I guess
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Just a simple mailmare
Until the day that everything changed
Now, when all hope has failed
She will fight fire with fire
9-24-11
I just can't decide if Dig Mac or Muffin the Foal Wonder should be Screwball's sidekick.
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2011-09-24, 06:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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FIXED THAT FOR YOU.
*tempts*
Believe it was Thanqol who said it, but ponies who are told they are geniuses tend to crash and burn the first time something gets hard, where ponies who are told they worked hard or did a good job continue.
Rainbow was a flying ace, until she hit flight camp, where everypony was a flying ace, and boom. No longer the most special, the best and coolest, she had to work for what she wanted.
For someone who had coasted on passion and talent up to that point, that's a crazy shock.
Something tells me you'll pull that off in the end
Aww~
I am really, really flattered
Well, if that is the gesture Ido had in mind... I want confirmation from him first though.
Ah. Ok. Hm. Well, every MSPA link goes to the first page because of how my phone OS works, so no worries about spoilers. I think it will make more sense in context, though I'm starting to get it. Thank you :)
Well, I was going to be a smarthorse and put up the name of the bloke who vectored and colored it, but you removed it from your signature, and all I remember is 1) I was impressed and 2) it wasn't Alterform. So... I'll just tand here awkwardly for a minute
I recognize them! They seem to be becoming default ponythread format, actually. I'm surprised, although the more ponies do them, the easier they become to do.
Please don't take that out of context, anypony >.<
Well of course! Just because I'm holding you against your will, doesn't mean I'd have to be ungentlecoltly. Except the incarceration part.
And aye. Free-form has a bad reputation for just such stuff, which is why I prefer some level of system. My willingness to allow others to succeed goes away when they don't seem to share it. At the very least, I would pick an arbitrary third party to keep informed of info I have but my opponent doesn't. Many an FFRP argument was settled by a second, time-stamped document showing relative stats, how much I was bluffing about handling the enemy, and how much of my "Deus Ex Machina" perfect defenses were just very, very good guesses.
You guys astound me by handling yourselves so well.
Eyup. I'd have drawn it by now if I had more practice drawing Aurora, actually. It was my first thought, but it has to go to the bottom of the list for now.
I cant find the "Celestia with crazy long scroll" image, so I'll let you answer that.
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2011-09-24, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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One of the design goals was to try to make it fairly modular so it could be simplified easily for other art styles. I can't suggest names without a personality/backstory summary.
Okay, this man basically said everything I was going to say.
SpoilerI admit, I was slightly dubious after 1, but this was hilarious. I can scarcely point out all the moments, but I was laughing roughly non stop. I could stand to have more adventure plotlines like this!
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2011-09-24, 07:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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There are videos on Youtube already, if you want to catch it now.
Where are you getting these quotes? Off-site? Because I don't seem to recall those conversations.
I do agree with Phoe that the Tyrant!Celestia doesn't fit well with what we know. In fact, I'd say there is good reason for Celestia not to lord over everything. Ponies are happiest when they find their cutie mark and perform the job they are best at. In order to do so, they need the freedom to explore and determine what it is that "triggers" their cutie mark; keeping them all locked up and "safe" would just result in a bunch of grumpy blank flanks. Their work afterwards needs to be rewarding, too. If somepony's special talent is making thunder from rainclouds, then having your ruler/goddess say, "Oh well we don't really need you, but I'll let you make some noise while I'm controlling the weather," would just be demeaning. It would be far better (from Celestia's point of view) not only to allow the ponies freedom to find their special talents, but also freedom to make use of them.
I'm not sure if I fully agree with her take on Rainbow Dash, though - we don't really know enough about the characters to say one way or another. Rainbow Dash certainly could be the most complex character, but just from what we know I'd actually give that title to Rarity. I mean, we have a character who obviously wants "it all", from wealth to prestige to royal titles, but is willing to throw away her good name and potential future as a businessmare just so her friends are not even slightly disappointed in something that was freely given.
I think that's it for tonight, though. See you all tomorrow, ponythread!SpoilerThank you to zimmerwald1915 for the Gustave avatar.
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
SpoilerI kinda like "Chocolate Rain!" myself, even though it's a bit spoilery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omhSnagjOL0
15:10 in.
Good game, Topaz. Good game.
SpoilerI grinned like an idiot as soon as Twilight started looking for the book. When the keep-away started, I was sure.
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
I don't remember a lot of these conversations either, Whig is why I'm reading them!
I am going through the older threads. Today's post comes from pages ... 22 through 28 I think, of thread one: My Little Pony, because Friendship Is Magic.
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2011-09-24, 07:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Agreed. The fact that Celestia does so little is basically proof that she's a kind, caring ruler. Just looking at her interactions with Twilight, she lets her learn and grow on her own with just a few nudges in the right direction. Sure, she can be a bit of a troll once in a while, but the only solid evidence of that was at a 'casual' visit that had Rarity show up in her gala dress and Applejack refusing to eat for fear of starting with the wrong thing. She was probably grateful to see Pinkie Pie doing her thing and largely ignoring the fact that the princess was in the room. She was obviously just trying to lighten the mood for everyone.
It wouldn't be hard to see her extending that to the way she rules Equestria either. As you said, ponies are happiest doing what they're good at, and will eventually figure out just what that is. For all intents and purposes Equestria basically runs itself as long as you create an environment where everyone is capable of surviving doing what they love. The biggest problem Celestia probably has to deal with is making sure everyone can bring in enough to keep fed and have a home regardless of what their special talent may be.
Also
S2Ep2
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Just finished watching episode 2 again. Still funny, though I think I've pinpointed the funniest part based on what still managed to get a solid laugh out of me a second time.
"That won't end well"
Just the look on Spike's face as he said that. He's outright terrified of what Dash would do, and for some reason I find that absolutely hilarious.
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2011-09-24, 07:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2010
Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
First off, I need to request for help.
HELP
I need some kind-hearted people to help with an issue I'm having with the piece of fiction I'm writing, Blue Moon in a Red Sky.
Spoiler
First off, here's my initial request that I put on Ponychan:
Name: Blue Moon in a Red Sky
Tags:[Dark][Sci-fi][Adventure]
Description: A subversion of Luna/Celestia origin stories. A new theory on magic leads to the discovery of Equestria's greatest weapon. The timing couldn't be worse; the United Stables and Union of Socialist Stallions Republic are at each other's throats. Ponykind must survive this cold war with a new kind of warfare; love and tolerance.
Link: Prologue: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1.../edit?hl=en_US
Chapter links are at the bottom of each chapter. Go as far as you like; I'm looking for impressions, and plot review.
Now for the request: I need a reviewer who knows little about the Cold War. I'm not looking for an in-depth review; general impressions are fine. I'd like to know if the story remains cogent to those without an extensive knowledge of history. Thank you in advance.
Replying with anything, ANYTHING AT ALL, is helpful. I really need some help with this last bit, and I can't thank you enough.
To be honest, there's a lot of societal and historical examples that show that this would be a logical first response.
First off, there is large amounts of literature and movies and games based on dystopic sugar bowl environments, such as Fahrenheit 451. Second, our parent's always taught us the virtue of 'too good to be true'. On the historical side, quite a few 'perfect' and thriving societies had secret police or other such enforcers.
The main reason Equestria doesn't need to have secret police is because Celestia's a god. There's not much reason to oppose her when she can just smite you. Ironically, that makes part of the reason good Celestia's kingdom is so perfect is due in part to fear.
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2011-09-24, 07:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2011
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- The States
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Re: My Little Pony XXIV: Now About 200% Longer Than Firefly
Over at the homestuck MLP thread, we were talking about what Discord would be if Celestia and Luna were god-tier players who won their session.
We decided he was the Crazed Discordian with waaaaay to many prototypings.
Anyone agree?