well...i went to turn on my computer this morning and something was...not right
seems the hard disk refused to spin up
so...took it up to the mall and turned it over to Geek Squad so they can figure out whats wrong with it
whilst i was up there my zebra senses told me to check Toys-r-Us, and what do i find?
no not a glow in the dark Zecora..
TWO Glow in the dark Zecoras!
bought both of em
so ponythreaders i shall give you all first crack at the extra one if you have been unable to secure one for your very own(they sell out online near instantly whenever they put more up)
twenty bucks and you pay S&H(retail was 16.99)
i will make a list of everyone interested and roll a die to see who gets it
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Ponies not only make ME want to be a better person than I was before they entered my life, they make me want to HELP OTHERS be better people too.
so ponythreaders i shall give you all first crack at the extra one if you have been unable to secure one for your very own(they sell out online near instantly whenever they put more up)
twenty bucks and you pay S&H(retail was 16.99)
i will make a list of everyone interested and roll a die to see who gets it
You should make some kind of contest to see who gets it...
They may have helped launch that type of fighting genre, but with Capcom purposly selling out and pissing on all of their players, I've stoped giving them what little money I used to.
well...i went to turn on my computer this morning and something was...not right
seems the hard disk refused to spin up
so...took it up to the mall and turned it over to Geek Squad so they can figure out whats wrong with it
whilst i was up there my zebra senses told me to check Toys-r-Us, and what do i find?
no not a glow in the dark Zecora..
TWO Glow in the dark Zecoras!
bought both of em
so ponythreaders i shall give you all first crack at the extra one if you have been unable to secure one for your very own(they sell out online near instantly whenever they put more up)
twenty bucks and you pay S&H(retail was 16.99)
i will make a list of everyone interested and roll a die to see who gets it
SOLD! *begins flinging money at computer screen*
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Originally Posted by Balmas
On the origin of alicorn OCs
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Blunt, put the highly suspicious baked goods on the counter, and then go see if you can't round up some volunteers. Tell them it's free muffins; we don't want any smart alicorns in our base...
As you wish, DB.
Hey, you made muffins! *nomnom*
...
What?
...
...
Boffinspark, for your sake I hope this works. Go lie down, dear, we'll talk about this in the morning.
My head hurts...
In the morning, it'll all make sense.
My Little Roleplay: Professor Boffinspark; Dooming Ponythread For Over Twenty Threads
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Oh, I wouldn't be overly worried, batch #456 is almost certainly flawless probably. I worked out all of the major physical issues by batch #91, and since batch #450 all that's been left is the getting the hormonal balance adjusted.
On a related note, I'd advise watching for any of the following side-effects: glowing eyes, use of the ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE, general increase in aggression, unwaranted use of the third person tense, rapid mood swings, declarations of deity-hood and/or uncontrolled magical surges. Should any of these side-effects persist for more than 24 hours, you may wish to consider evacuating the general area.
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Originally Posted by Pokonic
My Little Roleplay:New Name, Same Friendly Service
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"Elsewere, in a tastefuly decorated condo in the plane of fire"
So, realy, Scions of Darkness? Are we trying to start a cult or a crappy band?
Why not both.....kidding. No, realy, why not? I mean, we have the Ghoul Scouts as new base, and we have a few cells reinstablished around in a few old hubs, so why not make if offical? What could possibly go wrong?
Huh...wait, look at the screen!
"In Equestria"
Dance,my puppets!
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.....
"Elsewhere"
......Oh sweet me.
Oh Nightmare are those......shoot, she's raiding Manehattan, is'nt she? Wait, what is she-
"In Equestria"
Haha-waitwhatsthafeeeeeliiiinnnnggggg.......
gurgle.
F'largath.
U'ytine Rwelve! F'huis Dusn!
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.....Magnificent.
"Last switch, I swear"
.....OH S-
Nightcore, I am going to ask nicely, what horrible timeline did you get that kid from and why does she have a good amount of my powers!
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Boffinspark, just what the hay did your killer cupcakes do to her?
Fascinating, it would appear the non-pony portions of her genetic code are having an adverse reaction to the retrovirus, causing it to mutate into a more primitive strain. Batch #47, judging by the looks of it. *sighs* Ah well, in all likelihood her regenerative powers will kick in before she completely destabilizes, so the virus is unlikely to have any lasting effects on her.
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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.
You should make some kind of contest to see who gets it...
*gets popcorn*
*waits*
Someone on this thread could make a lot of money on this thread if they open a popcorn station.....
"sighs, puts on salesman hat"
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Originally Posted by Alabenson
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Boffinspark, just what the hay did your killer cupcakes do to her?
Fascinating, it would appear the non-pony portions of her genetic code are having an adverse reaction to the retrovirus, causing it to mutate into a more primitive strain. Batch #47, judging by the looks of it. *sighs* Ah well, in all likelihood her regenerative powers will kick in before she completely destabilizes, so the virus is unlikely to have any lasting effects on her.
My Little Roleplay: I Think We Need a Chart
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.....Silent is not my bizzaro-counterpart's baby daddy. Also, how would that work? I mean, Charnel has some fire elemental blood in her-
Ahem.
Oh, hi Infernia! We were..err...
You never call. I have not seen you since Canterlot. Now you show up in my living room, using my wide-screen crystal ball to spy on my technical kin?
Err.....
Now, before I seal you into a tomb of molten brass, what is going on with my apparent......
You are a lot meaner than I remember you. Last time I checked, you were a hug-happy freak.
Glory!
Oh, be quiet you two. No, the pesudopegusi is right. I am upset, mostly at my Sister's refusal to so talk now that she's married to the idotic half-witted unicorn. Heck, I miss Igor. Ah, simpler days when I could simply board Boffensparks airship, melt a few things, and excape to Zebrica. Luckaly, my little brother Ember is taking care of most of the actual ruling of the plane, so I have a lot of free time.
......So, your reality-displaced kid is apparently a genetic split between Silent, me, and you. Possibly Nightcore, too, because we are not sure where she got the maroon hair from.
.....Group hug?
Sure.
Eh, why the heck not?
"Elsewhere"
'wplhdehehehqwhahahaha?
"pop"
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I am flying! Oh, pretty dollies!
Squeak!*
*Nooooooooooo!
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Well, one time at Bard camp...
Former avatars & Quotes
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Former avatar, had it since I started realy posting here.
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Originally Posted by Tychris1
Pokonic look what you have done! You fool, you`ve doomed us all!
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Originally Posted by Doorhandle
Oh Pokonic, never change. And never become my D.M.
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Ponies not only make ME want to be a better person than I was before they entered my life, they make me want to HELP OTHERS be better people too.
Could yourshields withstand this much firepower? This is only a nearly unnoticeable speck of my full armada.
Well, that appears to be about forty airships, so by your own admission it's actually nearly ten percent of your armada. Much larger than unnoticable. Your boasting is permissable, though.
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Originally Posted by Maxtronaut
Eh, not a realistic airship given the circumstances (unless time travel was involved, or AIRSHIPS), but to each their own.
Wait, since when do airships permit time travel? Do mine do that?
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Originally Posted by Alabenson
SOLD!My Little Roleplay: Professor Boffinspark; Dooming Ponythread For Over Twenty Threads
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Oh, I wouldn't be overly worried, batch #456 is almost certainly flawless probably. I worked out all of the major physical issues by batch #91, and since batch #450 all that's been left is the getting the hormonal balance adjusted.
On a related note, I'd advise watching for any of the following side-effects: glowing eyes, use of the ROYAL CANTERLOT VOICE, general increase in aggression, unwaranted use of the third person tense, rapid mood swings, declarations of deity-hood and/or uncontrolled magical surges. Should any of these side-effects persist for more than 24 hours, you may wish to consider evacuating the general area.
Ponythread RP: Giving "Oh Crap" new meaning
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So, dad...
Yes, dearest?
I woke up this morning... with a horn.
And it's lovely, it goes so well with your coat.
And that scar I got from when you forgot to reset the trapdoor on the buzz-saw deathtrap is gone.
I have to say, you're taking this remarkably well.
So, just one question, dearest father of mine, whom I trust implicitly because I know he'd never experiment on me...
And that absolutely is me, right? Oooh, look, your magic's the same color as my mane!
WHAT THE BUCK DID YOU DO TO ME?!
My wings! My lovely... My...My word, you're incredibly large all of a sudden. *ribbit*
...
Blunt, launch some missiles.
At what or whom?
Find the nearest OFC and reduce it to orbital slag. Then get me some cider; I have a headache and want to delay it till tomorrow.
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Allons-y!
"Everything I see is total, unblemished reality...Except for the flying carrots. Those are probably fake." ~Trixie
It seems to be that whenever pony cosplay crosses into trying to actually look like a pony it goes terribly terribly wrong.
Ponies are either to be fully anthropomorphized or not at all.
I've said this myself about general cosplays. Like with Werewolves and such. Gotta go big or go home. Doing it only part of the way is like having half a kitten: normally a nasty bloody mess.
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
Is that Rainbow Dash a man or a women? I really can't tell. Also is the rider supposed to be anything?
Overall though I don't see anything wrong with what they are doing, just a little weird.
It probably wouldn't be so weird if the way she's hooked into it combined with her outfit didn't seem vaguely bdsmy. Which isn't bad by itself. But combining that all together... a person in a furry suit hooked up almost bdsmy to a cart pulling a girl wearing a bikini top in san francisco....
There's no part of that sentence that makes sense.
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Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
While she really isn't pulling that off, love and tolerate.
Which she? Because the horse could be either or. Maybe both? And isn't it possible to love and tolerate of something that makes your eyes burn?
Though that's not necesarraly an easily embraced mindset...
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Originally Posted by Soras Teva Gee
Welcome to the Internet you must be new around here.
The thing is, I'm not -that- new to the internet. I've been online gaming for almost 12 years. I'm just new to the horrors of the internet, having been held down and forced through 4 chan and 2g1c when I was 17. A group of gamers at College could smell the innocence, and decided to do something about it...
And it still doesn't justify people being -sick-.
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Originally Posted by Balmas
The fact is that Cupcakes is straight gorn.
See, what exactly -is- Gorn? I thought I knew what Gorn was, but if this is it, then I don't know.
I thought Gorn was Gore-Porn. The viewer is expected to watch this for the sake of -enjoying- the subject material. That blood and guts are produced to thrill and delight. Like a type of power fantasy. Much like regular porn. Except, instead of, for example, shoving metal objects (that may or may not be phalic) into bits of meat and exchanging fluids... well, actually, yeah, much like regular porn.
Then again, my main experience with it is in games. Ninja Gaiden. Gears of War. Mortal Kombat. Killer Instinct. God of War. And the like. Maybe those games are too tame... maybe I'm not ready for the real thing. But I'm not personally bothered by blood and guts, or limbs being hacked off. I've gotten -that- kind of excited from it before (Orb of Destruction + 100 Ninjas = Pool of Blood and 500 (head, arms, and legs) spare body parts. Awesome). And I've seen people die in real life.
I'm kinda surprised that Cupcakes is even capable of affecting me the way it did.
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Originally Posted by Balmas
And people are weird. Unfortunately, while the internet is a wonderful source of information, it's also anonymous, which means people can get a little freaky. I guarantee that half the porn on derpiboo.ru wouldn't be up if there were actual names and phone numbers attached to them.
That's how they know that they're wrong for it; because they wouldn't have the guts to do things like that otherwise. How they even get the guts for it in the first place is beyond me.
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
The part that annoys me about that episode is that people took it to say that Cupcakes was plausible when it shows the exact opposite. The very idea of losing her closest friends was enough to cause Pinkie Pie to have a mental breakdown. She would never, never do anything that would cause her friends harm.
The thing is, that's not entirely true. People are capable of doing all sorts of things when pressed or snapped. It's sad, but true, even when the stressor is someone you love. Some times more so, which is even sadder, but truer. It's a fight for those who are slightly unhinged to keep ourselves in check some times, and some times it's easier when you're not fighting someone you're attached to...
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Originally Posted by Anarion
While Soras answer of "welcome to the Internet" is empirically right, I'd thought I'd try to offer you a bit more.
I personally wouldn't agree that it's a -right- answer... but that would be a response marinated, roasted, baked, friend, and toped in my own bias, so it's wrong. Still, thanks.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
First of all, yes there are people who write crazy gore stories because they get off on them.
Some people get a thrill from enjoying something that they rationally know is wrong or deviant.
Sick people are sick and need to stay on the other side of the internet. Or leave a corner for me to sit in away from them.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
Some people take Pinkie's lesson in Luna Eclipsed very far
I don't think I've actually seen Luna Eclipsed yet.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
Some people [...] really like to be scared or even disgusted at times because it can be fun to experience all kinds of emotion, even the bad ones, if you can do it in a safe environment.
I'd dispute this, but I'd be a ****ing hypocrite if I disagreed with it. I absolute love being able to vent all the problems impact me, and there's yet to be a sensation more rewarding than being able to release my anger without fear of destroying my life or someone elses.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
There are also people who write crazy gore stories because they have curious minds and, perhaps despite themselves, are willing to explore the question "what if?" wherever it might take them.
The bigger question is why people read this stuff, why the ones who write really crazy stories get any popularity. And here, the motivations get a lot greater.
Some people, like the authors, simply want to explore, they want to know about things, even disgusting or awful things.
.... this all... I don't have a respone for this.
Hm... maybe I do. And that response is that it makes me think.
Anarion, you make me think. Thank you.
I feel like some things are best left alone, but you are right...
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Originally Posted by Anarion
Lastly, I want to distinguish between something like Cupcakes and a good dark story, like Thanqol's recommendation for Fallout: Equestria or Deadly's stories. Sometimes people want to explore a character's personality and need to do it by putting the character in great distress or bodily fear. These can be great stories, and they don't all have to end up like Cupcakes just because they're dark.
.... maybe I have more material I might need to give a try to read. Though I definitely much prefer my stories to be Heroic, or at least a Comedy, rather than a Tragety.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
What Party of One suggests is that Pinkie Pie does start acting irrationally when she starts feeling like she's losing her friends. It's a sign of mental dependence and instability. The story writers simply extrapolate from that, suggesting that, were Pinkie to go an extended period of time in her unhinged state, she might begin committing more serious irrational acts, potentially up to and including those depicted in Cupcakes.
This is flawed reasoning because extended mental illness obviously does not always lead to murder, but people get uncomfortable with mental illness in general and tend to extrapolate incorrectly, so it's not surprising.
How is it flawed reasoning? While it -doesn't- always lead to such acts, it is certainly capable of it. That's what makes Party of One scary; it confirms that Pinkie isn't entirely screwed on right. And any sign of instability shouldn't be taken so lightly, because no one, except and sometimes not even the subject, knows what is lying underneath.
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Originally Posted by Tiki Snakes
Also, Cupcakes just isn't worth the effort of worrying about.
It really isn't... it just lost me a few hours of sleep and some time crying to myself... I'll repress it again soon enough.
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Originally Posted by SiuiS
The best part? It's not a work of art, or a labor of love. This wasn't something someone did because teu thought it was a good idea, or a good story. No.
People were shipping Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie together. An someone decided that the best way to fix the egregious sin, that most terrible of dangers, that sickness that is two ponies in a relationship, by writing a detailed psychopathic murder story. And let's be honest, torturing your mind to dredge up horrible murder ideas isn't anywhere near as bad as letting people think about ponies, like, kissing and stuff. I mean god! Ew! Those shippers are the real disgusting, terrible people.
This would be, what, crude satire?
It'd be crude satire if it weren't 100% true. I used the terms "movie, art, and story" very lightly.
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Originally Posted by Deadly
For the record I mostly laughed at Cupcakes, because it was just so awful and dumb. I really don't have much interest in gorn-fics, even though I did write a rather short one of my own.
Why did I write that one? It was honestly just a silly idea, and I wanted to see what I could make of it. Sometimes that's all there is to it.
Never touching that story. I wish I was the kind of person that wasn't so easily bothered by such things... alas, Will is my weak save.
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Originally Posted by Deadly
I could have done more with the idea and turned it into a longer, more serious story but the thing about that is ... when you do that, when you get serious with a premise like that, the story almost inevitably turns less gorn because gorn just doesn't hold up for extended periods.
Not much of a premise, if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by Deadly
Cupcakes may not be a literary masterpiece, but you could ignore its stupid intent and read it like you'd read the Hannibal Lecter books (which I haven't yet read, sad to say), as a view into a sick, twisted mind or an exploration of some very dark ideas. Maybe the abstract idea is even the whole point, to explore our fears about insanity, maybe?
I feel like that would be giving it far too much credit. There are ways to go that far and that deep without being sickening, me thinks.
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Originally Posted by Deadly
Can I actually pull this off well, so it's more than a joke and something people would actually read twice? Probably not, but you just might.
.... what in God's name makes you think that a talentless hack with no experience or skills who can barely stomache the plot could even remotely pull off the psychological tale of a mind's descent into entropy and the horrid ramifications there in, especially when a writer with far more experience and talent, as well as a better handle on such a would, believes they couldn't?
No, tell me.
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Originally Posted by BlasTech
Have some handy Cupcakes-related things then! (I promise, nothing mentally scarring)
I hadn't seen Luna's reaction before, but I was shown the rest of these the first time I saw it and spent the entire day doing nothing but vomiting and freaking out. They're nice.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
I *could* agree with you had canon didn't added fuel to flames by first showing CreepyPie (Green Isn't Your Color), then CrazyPie (Party of One), then ChaosPie (The Return of Harmony), then DemonPie (The Last Roundup).
As it is, well...
Wait, what's wrong with her in the Return of Harmony? Chocolate Freaking Rain from -Cotton Candy-. I'd vote for Discord.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
Or, well, they might just not live in first world and death/pain might be much more common occurrence in their homeland. Literature depends a lot on culture, the fact we find some element alien/repulsive doesn't mean everyone finds it repulsive. For some, MLP might seem too 'unreal' so to speak, and they might try to make the world a bit closer to them.
I'm sorry; where would one need to live to possibly make grotesque torture porn of purefectly purehearted ponies justifiable? I'm on the fence if such a place deserves to be invaded or erased from existance.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
It doesn't, true, but MLP (and western animations in general) can go far too far into opposing direction, making mental illness and senility stuff that can be turned off at will, usually played for comedy. I don't know, maybe it's warped Aesop about toleration, but to me, it just looks like trivialization of serious issue for a few cheap laughs, making me sick in some cases :/
While this is true, some aesopes don't need to be brought up. Some issues are best avoided for a show, depending on the type of show.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
And, yeah, Cupcakes isn't very good story. It's just a bad slashfic.
I thought a slashfic was what half the stuff involving two characters randomly thrown together into a relationship was. It's been so long, I might have forgotten all the fic terms...
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Originally Posted by Trixie
Still, you can have a story when a pony goes insane and begins a descent over spiral of madness, even good story.
That would actually be pretty interesting, yeah. Certainly doesn't have to be ****ed the hell up, either. A bit scary, maybe, as insanity is, but it can still be pretty good.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
It wouldn't be uncanonical at the least - except Pinkie examples above, we have Twilight's attempts to mindwash everyone and another with stopping time. If that can happen in portion that can be shown to young girls, there is literally nothing in canon stopping it from happening in more gritty story.
.... all the ponies in the show have had their crazy moments, haven't they? Twilight gets desperate to do anything to please her god Princess, Pinkie Pie's deranged without her friends, Dash has crippling performance anxiety issues, Fluttershy doesn't seem to take rejection well (though I personally believe this to be MASSIVELY out of character for her in the show), AppleJack's willing to work herself into exhaustion to try (and fail) to prove a point, and Rarity (like out of character Flutershy) doesn't seem to take rejection well.
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
Spike kinda has a pet. It's kinda hard to tell where Phoenixs fall on the intelligence scale. So either he has an adopted child or a pet.
I still haven't gotten to that episode.. but given how Celestia's Phoenix acts and is treated, Phoenixes seem to be pet material in this series. Troll Birds are Trolls.
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
Yeah there is some events that would need to take place first for it to happen. That's why I would want it to be a fan fic and not an episode. The Fan fic would hopefully go through the effort of explaining Trixie's circumstances.
I dunno, that could potentially be one of the few reasons Trixie could possibly get written back onto the show, beyond having practiced her magic and deciding to give the only pony in Ponyville a challenge for most magical unicorn, ala Rainbow Dash vs Apple Jack.
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Originally Posted by Soras Teva Gee
Spike really can't catch a break.
I suppose that's a blatant spoiler that Spike will continue to be the butt monkey while living under the heel of equine tyrrany, right?
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Originally Posted by Kindablue
So? It's not like they'll have to worry about inbreeding.
Eww.
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Originally Posted by Aotrs Commander
No, it's just an incompetant typo, because it was first in the morning...
She's trying to Ship. A. Lich! Of course it's that bad! *shudder*
Hey, she can be your Tsukiko! :smallbigsmile:
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Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Don't be silly.
We aren't that limited.
Why does that not surprise me. If characters that aren't even aware of each other can be shipped, then obviously characters that don't actually live can be shipped...
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Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Your terrified pain makes the day worth getting through. ^_^
Sounds like a loving relatsionship already.
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Originally Posted by Aotrs Commander
*skulldesk*
Y'see? Y'see what I have to put up with?
*shudder*
Yes, but the thing is, you choose to put up with it.
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Originally Posted by One Tin Soldier
Eh. I could go through and give a scientific rationale for why it still bothers me, but it boils down to "Incest is one of those things I'm not ok with." It's not as bad as if they were brothers, so I won't condemn people for liking it, but it makes me uncomfortable.
... when people write or ship characters like this, is there any emotional or mental connection between them? Or is it always just "X character. Y character. Bump Uglies."
Just curious..... even though this treads very close to subject mater I should not be curious about.
I watched the 1st episode of the new season before I left! Discord's laugh is freaking epic! Mother ****er makes Chocolate Raiiin! I'd bow to him. Chocolate Rain.
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Originally Posted by Balmas
Let's not forget Rainbow Dash/Kitchen Sink and Rainbow Dash/shipping.
.... What is Kitchen Sink? A character got seriously mixed with a kitchen sink? Like the appliance?
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Originally Posted by Diego Havoc
And Rainbow Dash has been shipped with shipping itself. And that's barely the strangest ship this fandom has churned out.
Shippers, man. Shippers.
Is there any part of a fandom that is worse than the shippers in terms of "what the heck's going on?"?
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Originally Posted by Pokonic
Stick with me, my animal friends, and you shall never go hungery again!
When I first saw this, I was all "Not Fluttershy, she'd never be like that."
Then I saw her freak out. And now I can see this.
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Originally Posted by Pokonic
Heh. Still gets me. Makes me wonder how the inevitable new villain will be used in the fandom.
It makes me wonder if a villain might try to bring back multiple villains, reviving discord, recorrupting Luna... give the Elements of Harmony a real work out.
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Originally Posted by asdflove
46 pages???? You went 16 pages while I was gone! I go over to the OOTS style thread for a little bit and this... Boy this thread moves fast.
Psh, you've been gone for like several weeks. It certainly didn't seem like it moved fast.
.... or I just lost track of time.
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Originally Posted by Tiki Snakes
This is Ponythread. The most orderly and organised it's ever been was during the reign of terror party hour*, on account of deliberate rule of anarchy was a step up.
I'm not sure anyone has the authority to revoke privileges.
*There was even a list of rules. No one paid any attention to them, but that's hardly the point.
You guys? Rules? I have a hard time swallowing you guys being anything other than FF1Chaos grade Crazy.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
We don't vote either, so there's literally nopony that can do anything about it, even in the collective.* Basically, we're like a primitive society where the only possible way to enforce anything at all is to use some kind of collective social stigma, and we're all too nice to do that.
*The mods, of course, have complete power to do whatever they want.
You all don't seem like a collective anymore, actually. It's just an odd concidental grouping, at least from my eyes. The personalities are too distinct, and each being is too different.
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Originally Posted by Pokonic
"....Do you have BoEF?"
Why is it -always- the Book of Erotic Fantasy? What about the Book of Unlawful Carnal Knowledge? Or Nymphomania? Or the Book of Neurotic Fantasy? Hell, I think there's one about Chain Mail Bikini's, too...
Erotic Fantasy gets too much air time, if you ask me.
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Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
Nah. +2 bonus on Craft (Erotic Fan Fiction), and +2 bonus on Sense Motive checks made to determine love interests.
Do the love interests have to be willing to be mutual, or just anything that can be possibly picked?
Just another question to which I -really- shouldn't be curious.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
My guess is he finished watching all the MLP episodes and finally enjoys the show itself. But I could be wrong.
So far, my thoughts haven't really changed. While there are other shows, games, series, and things that I like much much more, My Little Pony is such a decent show with interesting writing and entertaining characters, especially when compared to some of the more random and crapily done modern day shows, it would be impossible for me to, in all good faith, demonise it.
So, in a sense, you're half right, since I did finish watching the first set of episodes, and I don't dislike the show.
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Originally Posted by Anarion
Edit: It appears that nopony has posted this filly Twilight comic, which includes cookies. Please ready your internal organs.
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I'll be quite honest, I'm the type of person that, should I ever be lucky enough to find that special lady who completes me and be even luckier enough to start a family, would instantly and immediately fall to that look. I'm going to go bankrupt if the current target of my affection realises this about me; I'm actually a sucker for shy/cuteness, at least when it gets past my gag-reflex. Damn you, Fluttershy...
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Originally Posted by Sweetie Welf
Canon Pinkie isn't someone you would like to see run around with assault weapons or fireworks. And yet she does, and we like it. It's all about personality I guess?
I can't help but be reminded of Alucard from Helsing Abridged. "Get that Bitch a Cannon. Bitches love Cannons."
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Originally Posted by zimmerwald1915
Him in Chrysalis. He's snaggle-toothed, and Chrysalis' hooves are full of cavities.
Darn you as well; people are looking at me funny for falling out of my chair.
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Originally Posted by Topaz
Topaz' Traditionally Tardy List of Pony tabletop RPGs:
Improved Initiative so that this type of infrmation gets reported faster.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
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LIV:E And Uncut - 2 votes (who also voted for SNL)
"What is INoKnowNames talking about?" - 7 votes
I almost named a second thread title.
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Originally Posted by Tiki Snakes
Trixie appearing as if from nowhere and insisting on controversial theories? Must be page 49.
Page 36/37 for me. But still, Trixie only seems to show up at the beginning and end of ya'lls threads.
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Originally Posted by Alabenson
...what he said. *rassum frassum pinkie'd*
I thought we got Swordsage'd around here.
.... oh my god, Pinkie Pie is a Sword Sage!
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Originally Posted by Lix Lorn
(siiigh)
Braeburn... ♥
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I'm helping.
I don't know what a Braeburn is, but that's a very...... that's a pic. That it is, that... that it is.
Wait, he's Aj's relative from the town on buffalo ground, right?
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Originally Posted by Maxtronaut
Eh, not a realistic ship given the circumstances (unless time travel was involved, or AIRSHIPS), but to each their own.
I'll be quite honest, half the ships you guys put up don't seem like they sound too realistic to me.
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Originally Posted by Maxtronaut
YOU. LUCKY. BRONY.
Nice find. /)
Why? I don't see why it's so hard for you guys to get your stuff... is it limited edition or somthing?
... most of you are adults, right? What do you even do with your stuff?
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Originally Posted by Tiki Snakes
Straightening your teeth via dentistry is an imposition of order upon natural disorder. In this case, it would almost be like a ritual thing, taking the spirit of Order into yourself as protection against Discord.
Following that logic, imposing Pony-control on things could act as a way of weakening Discord, insulating Ponyfolk and their land from his predations.
Say, by severing the natural cycles of the weather and putting Ponies in active control of it instead....
Wow... Ponyville needs far more discipline, if a couple of kids arguing infront of him is enoug to give him the power he needs to be reborn... shouldn't he have been revived much earlier than that, though?
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Originally Posted by Maxtronaut
I don't need gods, I have AIRSHIPS.
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Could yourshields withstand this much firepower? This is only a nearly unnoticeable speck of my full armada.
If they move as slowly as it seems lke they would, given their size, they're incredibly vunerable to a few choice Saiyan words.
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Originally Posted by BlasTech
Go go gadget shipping pairs:
Sparklejack, Flutterdash, Appledash, Pinkiedash, Dashydash, Sinkdash, Shippingdash I choose you![/color]
It appears Rainbow Dash is the village bike.
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Originally Posted by Balmas
Didn't we just have this discussion? Like five pages ago?
Yeah. larned from it that shippers will set up almost everything that exists. I'm lucky I'm protected by the 4th wall, s well as relaive inimimity. However you spell that word.
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Originally Posted by SiuiS
It would be nice if the person who absolutely refuses to let anyone else start a thread kept up with the thread, too.
Damn, someone just got -owned-.
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Originally Posted by Trixie
Ponizen, what do you mean you don't keep your teeth in perfect ORDER?
Seriously, emoticons need 20% more Iron Hoof.
Well -EXCUSE- me for not having perfect teeth! I've got far more important issues to deal with, and I brush twice a day to keep them clean, thank you very much, princess!
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
That actually sounds pretty good.
Blatant Lies. ...You really think so?
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
For a very rough draft anyways.
Incredibly Rough. I know... it's certainly not the final draft of it.... but I kinda like it.
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Originally Posted by Forum Explorer
Seriously give it a shot and we will do our best to help you improve.
Why go out of you way? It's not like it matters. You'd really do that for me? ... :)
They need to do more new games with the features and functions of new games, but in the graphics of old games, and let players come up with their own explinations for what's -really- going on.
With enough interpreetation, all old games are horrifying. Mario especially. I wonder what checkers was really based on...
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Originally Posted by Diego Havoc
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I wonder what's in the mushrooms Mario eats?
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Originally Posted by Kairaven
If there's one thing ponies have done to me it's that now I look at flowers and wonder how it would taste and how to prepare it.
Like Kindablue's avatar.... I am thinking lightly floured and quick fried.
Wouldn't that turn it into floured ash?
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Originally Posted by Deadly
Nah, that's totally a dessert flower. I'd say it should be candied, or maybe used with ice cream.
How do you candy something? And what purpose beyond decoration does a flower serve with ice cream?
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Originally Posted by Kairaven
Sure you can. I was more thinking tempura, the batter will protect the petals. In fact there already exists tempura rose petal recipe.
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actually... a lot of flower tempura recipes out there
Of course...
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Originally Posted by Sean Mirrsen
Um...
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...sorry?
Cthulu pony eating your face?
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Originally Posted by SiuiS
Oh noo~!
To be fair, this wouldn't happen if you weren't so delicious.
.... this reminds me; Applejack was seen trying to eat a sandwich... that had a piece of lunch meat in it.
Where'd the Lunch meat come from? How does everyone stay healthy on pie and other such stuff mde from Apples?
How do you make Apple Fries?
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Originally Posted by Kindablue
NO ONE'S EATING MY NEW FACE
Optimus Prime would. Or at least he'll take it.
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Originally Posted by asdflove
... I know you. I have no idea how, but your user name is familiar.
Yeah, you're Qwertyu63's sister. I'm a friend of his, a member of one of his games, and trying to play with him in another, if we can find a dm for it.
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Originally Posted by asdflove
And that is good for a nonbrony, and helping people is a perfectly acceptable reason to leave ponies. Real life is always more important.
Definitely, since in this case, the girl's has a problem with the baby's dad not wanting to love her, but wanting to take the baby from her.
Also, just for randomness.
Holy Crap, I never knew that. Kevin is the Great and Powerful Trixie.... wow.
So, those of you who believe you have the faintest idea about Ponythread's apparent cosmology, what do you think the major shards are?
As I see it, so far, the important bits are as follows;
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As for the Dark-side shards, the fragments of setting and continuity that tend towards the grimmer or more morally complex end of things, there's
Silent Night and his cult originate from Stalliongrad. Pony Russia + Zombies + The Nightmare + The Pink One.
Boffinspark and co (Probably Divebomb too) come from an Equestria that has a vibrant mad-science community and a Celestia who either sees the need for it, or fears the consequences of trying to curb it. Pink One and Discord as major elements.
Bleakmane's Shard of origin (probably a seperate planet to that which equestria is on) and Maxtronaut's Clockwork-verse probably but up here somewhere too.
What about the Light-side of the Ponythread Multiverse?
Do Raz-Fox, Mask, etc come with any implied chunks of setting or repeatedly referenced locations?
And somewhere outside of all of this there is Sean Mirrsen's multiversal director/administration thing.
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To all musicians, appear and inspire:
Translated Daughter, come down and startle
Composing mortals with immortal fire.
So, those of you who believe you have the faintest idea about Ponythread's apparent cosmology, what do you think the major shards are?
As I see it, so far, the important bits are as follows;
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As for the Dark-side shards, the fragments of setting and continuity that tend towards the grimmer or more morally complex end of things, there's
Silent Night and his cult originate from Stalliongrad. Pony Russia + Zombies + The Nightmare + The Pink One.
Boffinspark and co (Probably Divebomb too) come from an Equestria that has a vibrant mad-science community and a Celestia who either sees the need for it, or fears the consequences of trying to curb it. Pink One and Discord as major elements.
Bleakmane's Shard of origin (probably a seperate planet to that which equestria is on) and Maxtronaut's Clockwork-verse probably but up here somewhere too.
What about the Light-side of the Ponythread Multiverse?
Do Raz-Fox, Mask, etc come with any implied chunks of setting or repeatedly referenced locations?
And somewhere outside of all of this there is Sean Mirrsen's multiversal director/administration thing.
Sounds about right. *ribbit* Celestia is fairly *ribbit* loose with scientists. She's actually the one *ribbit* that helped me get my start on *ribbit* antimatter, and the one in whose *ribbit* service I most often find myself.
Defense contractor, mad scientist, *ribbit* part time counter?terrorist, and now, due to my daughter developing a horn, *ribbit* a frog.
Details enclosed in a post that apparently got swallowed by the forums.
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Originally Posted by PhantomFox
Okay, testing new ponytaur. Like?
I do like.
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
[color="DarkOrange"].... What is Kitchen Sink? A character got seriously mixed with a kitchen sink? Like the appliance?
Sounds about right. *ribbit* Celestia is fairly *ribbit* loose with scientists. She's actually the one *ribbit* that helped me get my start on *ribbit* antimatter, and the one in whose *ribbit* service I most often find myself.
Defense contractor, mad scientist, *ribbit* part time counter?terrorist, and now, due to my daughter developing a horn, *ribbit* a frog.
The funny thing is that I've mentioned before that I'm a god of frogs.
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"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."
This fic is the reason that I support a specific dash pairing. I can't say which, because spoilers. (Hint; it's not SinkDash)
You know it's a good story when, in chapter two, you think you know who it is, but you're still not entirely sure until chapter sixteen. And then you go, "NAILED IT!"
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Allons-y!
"Everything I see is total, unblemished reality...Except for the flying carrots. Those are probably fake." ~Trixie
You know it's a good story when, in chapter two, you think you know who it is, but you're still not entirely sure until chapter sixteen. And then you go, "NAILED IT!"
Actually, it's more that I know it's a good story when I'm still reading it at 2am, and find my normally placid mental state knocked askew by the emotions it has generated ...
Hmm. Can't remember the last time I was early for a thread.
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Originally Posted by tonberrian
Back in my day we had ponythreads that lasted 3 months and we liked it! We walked to the Winter Wrap Up uphill, in the snow, both ways! Now get off my lawn!
I just realized I'll have to move pretty far away if I ever want to shout that at kids without sounding like I'm out of my mind. There doesn't seem to be a single lawn within miles of here.
The problem is, whether something is sick depends an awful lot. Brutally murdering your best friend is certainly sick and wrong, but exploring the idea in a piece of fiction or art is not inherently sick or wrong.
I am personally of the clear opinion that nothing is taboo in fiction. Nothing is off limits. There are certainly things that, if you're at all concerned about writing something worth reading, need to be handled with extreme maturity and care. But nothing is so sick that it can not ever be explored in fiction.
If I wanted to write a story from the perspective of a foal rapist, I would be well advised to think carefully about what I'm setting out to do, but nothing should stop me from writing it and if my intention is to make people think, to horrify, to provoke controversy I don't see anything necessarily wrong with that.
Very few people would be able to pull off such a story I'm sure, but that shouldn't stop them from trying because you never know who will pull it off. Sometimes talent and success comes out of nowhere, from where or who you least expect it. Also, just because you're a great and successful author in other areas doesn't mean you could pull it off, but a totally unknown person off the street just might manage it.
Forcing people who have no interest in such a story to read it would be wrong, of course. And certainly the Internet can be a little too good at throwing such things in everyone's faces without regard for their feelings or wishes. The "welcome to the Internet, deal with it" response is a really bad and damaging mindset, IMO. Sadly it's not something I'd expect to change. The fact is, the Internet is just a medium, it just reflects the outside world. If we don't see this kind of stuff in real life as often, it's because it doesn't spread as easily and because of the lack of anonymity, but it's still there.
I also want to make a point for the actual moral value of these kinds of stories. Maybe not Cupcakes, because it's a poorly written piece of shock-fiction intended only to provoke, but gory horror involving characters with which you might feel empathy, in this case namely nice, innocent pastel colored equines. I remember vividly as a kid reading a comic series, I can't remember the name or a lot of details, but it was full of gore and monsters, blood and guts everywhere. It was awful, actually, and I'm not sure why they were freely available at the library for kids to read, but then maybe I really do live in a very liberal country where that sort of thing doesn't cause any great outcry.
Anyway, there was one scene in one story in all those comics that I still remember. It showed a kid who had become a werewolf, and his mom was calling from downstairs that dinner was on. And the story left off at that, with his wicked werewolf-smile as he said he was coming. You could imagine where it was going to lead. Just the thought of that was awful and hurt, the thought of him becoming a monster and eating his own mother. And it stayed with me, like many things, and I like to think it made me aware that I care for other people, I like to think it shaped my empathy in some small way by making me aware, making me feel, making me think and remember.
That's what I think the value of tragedy and horror and even gore is. It makes us feel and makes us think, it stirs the deepest feelings in us, if it's done well. It may not be something you enjoy, but it can be powerful and it can be positive for many people.
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
See, what exactly -is- Gorn? I thought I knew what Gorn was, but if this is it, then I don't know.
I don't know what the original or official meaning of that word is, personally I just use it to mean anything that is needlessly gory for the sake of being gory which describes Cupcakes perfectly.
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
.... this all... I don't have a respone for this.
Hm... maybe I do. And that response is that it makes me think.
Anarion, you make me think. Thank you.
I feel like some things are best left alone, but you are right...
That's what these things do. They make you think
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
Never touching that story. I wish I was the kind of person that wasn't so easily bothered by such things... alas, Will is my weak save.
I don't think it's bad that you're touched by these stories. As I note above, that's the point, actually. You want to be touched by them, you want to cry. At least if you're like me.
I wish I could have been touched by Cupcakes, because it could have been a great story if it had been more than just an exercise in gore and shock. There's real tragedy in there, but it's never realized. It could have made me cry, if it wasn't because it was so awful it made me laugh instead.
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
Not much of a premise, if you ask me.
On the contrary, I think Cupcakes had a lot of unrealized potential, as I've said above.
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
I feel like that would be giving it far too much credit. There are ways to go that far and that deep without being sickening, me thinks.
I'm not giving Cupcakes any credit. The Lecter books are, I'm sure, infinitely more clever. Also the gore is much more spread out, I'm sure. That was my point really, for a story like this to be good it needs more than just gore. You don't have to throw out the gore, you just have to distribute it right and not let it be the whole of the story.
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Originally Posted by INoKnowNames
.... what in God's name makes you think that a talentless hack with no experience or skills who can barely stomache the plot could even remotely pull off the psychological tale of a mind's descent into entropy and the horrid ramifications there in, especially when a writer with far more experience and talent, as well as a better handle on such a would, believes they couldn't?
See above. Very few people may be able to pull it off, that's right, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't make the attempt, because otherwise you won't find that one in a million writer who can do it.
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.
What would a good pony alternative to "Oh God" be? As in "Oh God I'm going to be sick!" or something like that. For those times when you really need something strong that conveys your horror.
There's "Oh Celestia" but it doesn't quite have the same ... impact.
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.
Cutelestia: "Oh goodie, my Discort butt is here!!"
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Originally Posted by Topaz
I'll just leave this here.
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Okay, this just raises questions about Andy's secret hobbies.
Or maybe his little sister has been secretly breaking into his... nah, Andy is a total closet Brony.
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Originally Posted by Soras Teva Gee
Is it just me or was this the closest thread title match we've had?
Um... maybe? I dunno, I haven't kept track. I don't even remember which thread was the first I popped into on these boards.
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Originally Posted by Diego Havoc
Reminds me of when I used to use panel 5 of this comic as my avatar on Canterlot.
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I like this comic because whenever my daughter comes to me asking me to see something she's doing, I have to sometimes be reminded to just put my stupid adult life down and spend more time with my daughter.
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Originally Posted by Deadly
What would a good pony alternative to "Oh God" be? As in "Oh God I'm going to be sick!" or something like that. For those times when you really need something strong that conveys your horror.
You could go with "Oh Luna" as well. Shorter and still invokes a goddess. Though I personally liked my coined phrase "For the love of Luna's left hoof".
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Originally Posted by The Succubus
Truly, there is nothing more terrifying than a DM with a sense of humour.
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Originally Posted by Soras Teva Gee
No pretty sure he thinks he's Digo Dragon.
Custom Avatar by SnowHawk- My OC Pegasus, Ellie Sprocket.
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What would a good pony alternative to "Oh God" be? As in "Oh God I'm going to be sick!" or something like that. For those times when you really need something strong that conveys your horror.
There's "Oh Celestia" but it doesn't quite have the same ... impact.
In the rare event that I feel some ejaculation is necessary (what with not having used the former phrase in some twenty years), I go with "(dear) sweet Celestia!" I find tone of voice can make it sufficiently impactful.
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