My Little Pony XXVII: Eternal Chaos comes with Chocolate Rain

[Topaz]

Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?
Two hooves up! http://i.imgur.com/459jt.png

[Beeskee]

Everypony in this thread is CRAZY! O.O;



Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?

It rocks! :smallbiggrin:

[Forum Explorer]

Like it or not, the Cupcakes fanfic is now an ingrained part of some of the Brony sub-culture, and there is little you can do about that. Any attempts to "bring down the page" won't be well received, and mirror pages will pop up to replace it. I don't like that particular fic either - I don't hate it, it just made me feel nauseous reading it - but it does stretch the limits of the "love and tolerance" mantra. :smallsigh:



I know :smallsigh:. That and my own laziness is why I never bothered to try.



"... not soon enough," you mean? Because I'm exactly that kind of person! Thanks again!

*Shrug* Well have fun. :smallconfused:

[Thanqol]

Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?

I'd thumbs up but all I've got are these hooves.

[the_druid_droid]

Holy Cow! And here I thought ponysanity had peaked...I was sorely mistaken. Bravo thread, bravo!

Unfortunately, I sort of had to skim a lot, owing to volume and time constraints, still you're all wonderful and I apologize if I missed anything addressed specifically to me.


Clockwork RP.
"Any idea what it does?" Igneous asked, leaning in next to Sek to inspect the mechanism with an almost foal like interest. "In fact, this whole place is amazing. I kind of like the cluttered feel, it makes you feel like there's something hidden behind every nook and cranny just waiting to be discovered."

He reached out a hoof to give the lump of cogs another poke.

"Don't know whether that includes this one though."



As Igneous poked the cog, the generator sparked and jolted into the machinery. The complex whirred, creaked, groaned, and underwent a series of small explosions. Then a whistle sent a spray of thick black smoke into the ponies' faces, and, with a sound like a cat hawking up a hairball into a half-functional microphone, the machine spat out a single chocolate chip muffin. The muffin sat proudly for a second before it caught fire.

Out of nowhere, a bright purple unicorn wearing thick black goggles emerged in the middle of the group. "How did you do that? Do it again!" She said, sounding, if anything, excited that her workshop was slightly on fire.



"I'm ... not quite sure." Igneous replied, as he pursed his lips and gave the machine another scientifically accurate poke. Unfortunately, the generator on his back declined to repeat its performance, disgorging only a crackle and a puff of smoke instead of the requisite lightning bolt.

"Maybe if I try ... GWAH!!" He started in surprise, his mind finally registering the newcomer. "I mean ... yes, hello ma'am, stoic guard pony Igneous here with a delivery on behalf of the Lady Charger who was just here a moment ago but seems to have vanished into the workshop and left us here to be snuck up on by you who I assume would be Ms Tinker or Mrs Tinker, don't want to make any presumptions, just minding my own business guarding this thing stoicly.

He blinked, before facehoofing.

"Yeah, stoicly guarding stuff, that's me alright."


Clockwork Stuff:
Second Hand peered curiously at the muffin that had suddenly appeared at Igneous' poke. He had never seen any machine other than an oven produce muffins, and his excitement started to rise as he contemplated what other wonderful machines the little shop might be hiding.

When Tinker appeared out of the shadows, the metal pegasus was almost as flustered as his companion; certainly his start at the sound of her voice was visible to anypony watching. To his credit, Sek recovered quickly, but even so a slight tremble lurked in his voice as he spoke. "Oh! Hi Miss Tinker! It's me, Second Hand, Wind Up's son." Gesturing toward his new friends, Sek took it on himself to make introductions. "This is Charger, a pony I met on my way to Canterlot, and this is Igneous, a guard pony who was kind enough to escort us here. It seems he's also got a knack for machines."

(And leave it to me to go AWOL right after you guys post relevant RP stuff)

[otakuryoga]

@ AOTRS

i am a bit surprised you didn't react to Midnight trying to turn herself undead...or did you just miss it in the avalanche of posts?
20 pages in a day and a half...........

[Thanqol]

Clockwork Stuff:
Second Hand peered curiously at the muffin that had suddenly appeared at Igneous' poke. He had never seen any machine other than an oven produce muffins, and his excitement started to rise as he contemplated what other wonderful machines the little shop might be hiding.

When Tinker appeared out of the shadows, the metal pegasus was almost as flustered as his companion; certainly his start at the sound of her voice was visible to anypony watching. To his credit, Sek recovered quickly, but even so a slight tremble lurked in his voice as he spoke. "Oh! Hi Miss Tinker! It's me, Second Hand, Wind Up's son." Gesturing toward his new friends, Sek took it on himself to make introductions. "This is Charger, a pony I met on my way to Canterlot, and this is Igneous, a guard pony who was kind enough to escort us here. It seems he's also got a knack for machines."

(And leave it to me to go AWOL right after you guys post relevant RP stuff)

"Guarding stuff. Faaascinating," said Tinker to Igneous, lifting up her goggles to give a long stare. "I'm a Ms. Hopefully that'll be temporary." She swung around, snatched up a fire extinguisher with her magic, and sprayed it across the burning muffin. She then turned and bucked the machine that had made it so it fell on it's side with a heavy crash. Tinker began snatching up tools and starting work on it as the conversation continued.

"Charger! Long time, no see! How's the deathtrap?" Tinker said, slipping her goggles back down.

"Not waterproof," Charger said.

"Ooo, sucks. And you, Handy? I don't think we've -" she looked at the clockwork pony properly for a moment. For a moment there was an ominous reflection in her goggles. "It'd... be... impolite to disassemble you for science, wouldn't it?" She asked with extreme reluctance.

[InkwellPony]

Thanks! This is really helpful.


Fixed that for you... http://i.imgur.com/xl9dK.png


Like it or not, the Cupcakes fanfic is now an ingrained part of some of the Brony sub-culture, and there is little you can do about that. Any attempts to "bring down the page" won't be well received, and mirror pages will pop up to replace it. I don't like that particular fic either - I don't hate it, it just made me feel nauseous reading it - but it does stretch the limits of the "love and tolerance" mantra. :smallsigh:

RP: Helping Midnight
*raises eyebrow even higher at the shenanigans*

Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle! If you don't start behaving yourself right this instant young lady, I'm sending you straight to my room!


1. I don't know if this is Midnight's full name, but it seemed appropriate, so I'm rolling with it.
2. What the hay, guy behind the keyboard? Only yesterday you started out as Celestia/Vetinari due to the "raised eyebrow" expression, but now you've already devolved the character to Molestia? Confound you, ponythread!


... That is officially the most awesome name I have EVER heard. And how the hay did you do that with the colors on the name, the transition of color is so smoooth...

<Inkwell> And you named me after spilled ink. You're a horrible player, and I don't like you anymore.

... Great, now see what you've done?

[Thanqol]

... That is officially the most awesome name I have EVER heard. And how the hay did you do that with the colors on the name, the transition of color is so smoooth...

<Inkwell> And you named me after spilled ink. You're a horrible player, and I don't like you anymore.

... Great, now see what you've done?

Minkelle Cholla Prismtail!

When her lisping kindergarten friend tried to say "Minkelle" it came out as Ink'ell. This eventually morphed into Inkwell. It's a nickname! (Cholla is a real life horse famous for her paintings)

[BlasTech]

Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?

I like this =)

Also has me wondering ... we know we have Pinkamena Diane Pie, but what would the middle names of the rest of the cast be like. (Or would this just be an exercise in futility, ultimately setting ourselves up for dissapointment if they are ever released?)

I kinda have this idea that it's Rainbow Elysium Dash now ... (Bonus points, her initals are RED :smalltongue:)




Clockwork Stuff:
[SPOILER]Second Hand peered curiously at the muffin that had suddenly appeared at Igneous' poke. He had never seen any machine other than an oven produce muffins, and his excitement started to rise as he contemplated what other wonderful machines the little shop might be hiding.

When Tinker appeared out of the shadows, the metal pegasus was almost as flustered as his companion; certainly his start at the sound of her voice was visible to anypony watching. To his credit, Sek recovered quickly, but even so a slight tremble lurked in his voice as he spoke. "Oh! Hi Miss Tinker! It's me, Second Hand, Wind Up's son." Gesturing toward his new friends, Sek took it on himself to make introductions. "This is Charger, a pony I met on my way to Canterlot, and this is Igneous, a guard pony who was kind enough to escort us here. It seems he's also got a knack for machines."

(And leave it to me to go AWOL right after you guys post relevant RP stuff)


"Guarding stuff. Faaascinating," said Tinker to Igneous, lifting up her goggles to give a long stare. "I'm a Ms. Hopefully that'll be temporary." She swung around, snatched up a fire extinguisher with her magic, and sprayed it across the burning muffin. She then turned and bucked the machine that had made it so it fell on it's side with a heavy crash. Tinker began snatching up tools and starting work on it as the conversation continued.

"Charger! Long time, no see! How's the deathtrap?" Tinker said, slipping her goggles back down.

"Not waterproof," Charger said.

"Ooo, sucks. And you, Handy? I don't think we've -" she looked at the clockwork pony properly for a moment. For a moment there was an ominous reflection in her goggles. "It'd... be... impolite to disassemble you for science, wouldn't it?" She asked with extreme reluctance.



Clockwork RP:
"Erm" Charger interrupted "I'm sorry Miss, but my orders are to escort and assist master Second Hand here, which means I'd probably have to stop you unless you had the requisite paperwork for disassembling protected ponies. That also applies for Lady Charger as well ... but since you two are already acquainted I think a verbal agreement sufficies.

"Hang on, let me check my regs book." he muttered, burying his nose in his saddlebags.

[Beeskee]

<Inkwell> And you named me after spilled ink. You're a horrible player, and I don't like you anymore.

"I think Inkwell is an awesome name." :smallsmile:


Rainbow Text Color Fader (http://patorjk.com/text-color-fader/) - shhh, it's a secret!

[EsperDerek]

Anyways, it's time for bed here, I need to be up relatively early tomorrow. Besides, it'll give poor Midnight a few hours to relax, the poor thing is a bit of a nervous wreck after everything that's happened. :smallwink:

G'night, everypony!

[InkwellPony]

Minkelle Cholla Prismtail!

When her lisping kindergarten friend tried to say "Minkelle" it came out as Ink'ell. This eventually morphed into Inkwell. It's a nickname! (Cholla is a real life horse famous for her paintings)

That is, at the very least, a very neat attempt. ^^ I'll keep it in mind.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Oops, I guess without context it does sound that way. :smallredface:

In the story it references Cupcakes (Don't read it!) more then once. It did so it such a way that Cupcakes (Don't read it!) became an interesting part of the plot, basically giving Cupcakes (Don't read it!) a reason to exist outside of Brony nightmares.

Or to put it another way it uses Cupcakes (Don't read it!) to make its own story better and more dramatic. More immersive if you will.

Or to put it yet another way I no longer feel massive waves of regret for reading Cupcakes (Don't read it!)

Kinda like how Rainbow Factory was made better by having an amazing song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw). Though that is another story I would advise against reading.

Ugh, I couldn't be bothered to finish Cupcakes. It was just...so poorly typed and without a purpose. All in favor of dark things and all, but if someone is going to type a fanfic then the least they can do is proof-read it. -.- Or have a point/message behind the senseless brutality.

Anywho, what's this I hear about more CMC in episode six?

[otakuryoga]

ok..so...Nightmare Night coming up

I am 100% sure that SOMEPONY is going to dress up as a Zombie Pony (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC6FfYoOa7o) to mess with Spike and/or Pinkie ...the question is who?

[the_druid_droid]

"Guarding stuff. Faaascinating," said Tinker to Igneous, lifting up her goggles to give a long stare. "I'm a Ms. Hopefully that'll be temporary." She swung around, snatched up a fire extinguisher with her magic, and sprayed it across the burning muffin. She then turned and bucked the machine that had made it so it fell on it's side with a heavy crash. Tinker began snatching up tools and starting work on it as the conversation continued.

"Charger! Long time, no see! How's the deathtrap?" Tinker said, slipping her goggles back down.

"Not waterproof," Charger said.

"Ooo, sucks. And you, Handy? I don't think we've -" she looked at the clockwork pony properly for a moment. For a moment there was an ominous reflection in her goggles. "It'd... be... impolite to disassemble you for science, wouldn't it?" She asked with extreme reluctance.




Clockwork RP:
"Erm" Charger interrupted "I'm sorry Miss, but my orders are to escort and assist master Second Hand here, which means I'd probably have to stop you unless you had the requisite paperwork for disassembling protected ponies. That also applies for Lady Charger as well ... but since you two are already acquainted I think a verbal agreement sufficies.

"Hang on, let me check my regs book." he muttered, burying his nose in his saddlebags.

Clockwork:
To his friends' surprise, the mechanical pony just smiled good-naturedly at Tinker's question. "Considering how many times I've had to reassemble myself, you might save yourself some time by just asking if you want to know how anything works."

[Dexam]

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?
You can't steal that which is freely given. :smallwink:
I'm glad you like it.

RP continues at the bottom of the post.


"Guarding stuff. Faaascinating," said Tinker to Igneous, lifting up her goggles to give a long stare. "I'm a Ms. Hopefully that'll be temporary."
http://i.imgur.com/CXTge.png

There are two ways that could be interpreted. I thought of the other way first. Ponythread, what the hay are you doing to me? :smallannoyed:


... That is officially the most awesome name I have EVER heard. And how the hay did you do that with the colors on the name, the transition of color is so smoooth...

<Inkwell> And you named me after spilled ink. You're a horrible player, and I don't like you anymore.

... Great, now see what you've done?
Thanks - my secret to naming is just take an existing name and modify it slightly. Midnight was easy, given her unique heritage.

I'm using this generator (http://www.umop.net/sfx.htm) on a three-way gradient setting with the #FF99FF #66CC99 #0099CC colour tags kindly supplied by Diego Havoc in place of Red Green Blue.

And I think Inkwell is an awesome name.
If you'd like me to work a little of my name transformation magic... this is what I came up with:
Monique Quill -> 'Nique Quill -> Nique'will -> Inkwell.


*Midnight yeeps, as she hears Princess Celestia scold her...and use her full name, which only seems to happen once in a very blue moon!

"Cestya! But...but...everypony else is going weird! I'm just trying to run away and find a place to calm down and wait..."

She suddenly goes scarlet red.

"D-Did you say...your room?"

I'M HELPING!
A... slip of the tongue, my dear. Which is unusual, because normally I am so *very* good with my tongue.

What I meant to say was, I'll send you TO THE MOON!

(Great, now I'm channelling Trollestia)
But, now that you mention it, my room sounds so much more pleasurab... I mean, safe and secure.

[byaku rai]

Soooooo.... I don't know you well enough to send you a random PM. This has led me to post this in-thread:
DUDE! YOU HAVE MY REAL NAME IN YOUR SCREEN NAME AND IT IS FREAKING ME OUT!!

Hahaha. Man, I'm always double-taking whenever you post!

... o.o....
*cough*
I, uh... I mean, I like your screen name...
>>


O_o o...k... thanks, I guess? it was really just something random I picked out. I have a collection of random screen names because I'm paranoid because I get bored and keep running into neat ideas. I'm stuck with it now, like it or not. Good thing I do. ^^

As to the Cupcakes thing... Don't read it anytime near a meal, or if you intend to sleep anytime soon. It's... intense. I had the good fortune to encounter it after the author posted a proofread version (otherwise I would have probably just given up on it before the first paragraph), but I still can't quite understand why someone would write something like that. I don't regret reading it, because it's expanded my understanding of the brony subculture... But I think the world would have been just as well off without it.

@whoever wanted to virus bomb it down... I understand the feeling, but A) it wouldn't do any good, as someone before me explained, and B) that's not a very enlightened point of view to have. That's like banning books, or actually more like burning them. No matter how horribly written they are or how horrifying the subject matter, those books have a right to exist... And so does Cupcakes. I don't like it, but I will fight to Hell and back to say that it has that right.

... That's just me, I guess.

I feel horribly exposed now...

[Titanium Fox]

There will be a quote post coming out later, but I wanted to get this out first:

Rarity's Night
Prince Midnight waited patiently for his Lady to recover from her initial surprise at the glade that laid before her. He smiled, and inwardly, practically quivered with delight at Rarity's reaction. He had to admit, he was particularly proud of what he had managed. Rarity was an artist, not just an artist but a perfectionist, and for him to have created something so beautiful as to make her shiver and stammer like that delighted him to no end.

When he was creating this place, it felt right. The magic that he channeled seemed to come deep from within, bolstered by his fervent wish to give Rarity the dream that she had long thought lost. He had felt wonderful, channeling that magic, but not just that, the magic had felt familiar. But he could not recall, for the life of him, if he had ever done something like this before.

"Your words bring me such joy, my Lady." He said, smiling softly at her. His eyes looked across the table, and into hers, and even though they had both settled, he refused to release her hoof. The tactile feeling, the warmth that they shared, it was something not to be taken lightly, just like the rest of this night would be. "For you have long since deserved a such a blessing. That nopony has ever given it to you is an injustice that needed to be corrected."

He glanced at the waiter, who sprung into action, setting the covered plates onto the table. Rarity no doubt recognized the waiter, she had no doubt wooed potential clients by taking them to the finest restaurant in Ponyville. She must have known this waiter's arrogance, his snootiness, but even he seemed to be quiet and subdued. Even he understood the importance of this night, of this place.

"Tonight's meal is Butternut Squash and Pear Ravioli with Rosemary Sauce, and a fresh fennel and mint salad. To accent it, we have our finest chardonnay as the accompaniment, Sir, Ma'am. We also have some Azure Lily tea being prepared for after the main course, and apple crepes with caramel for dessert." He said, pulling the covers off their plates, uncovering the delicate, delicious looking meals, and then pouring the white wine, perfectly selected for the meal on hand. "Please, enjoy. I shall leave you to your privacy. The good Sir knows how to contact me should either of you need me."

With that, the waiter trotted away, towards a hidden part of the park, allowing the two their privacy. Midnight looked down at his plate, and was briefly grateful for those lessons that Rarity had given him as a filly, the lessons that had been reinforced in those preparations for the Gala. That allowed him the grace and elegance to eat properly, instead of the university student standard technique of 'Shoveling food in your hole while your head is stuffed in a book.' A napkin in the lap, the right fork for the right dish, the proper way to sip the wine. Tiny bites, savored slowly. Just like the visual beauty before him.

"My Lady, I hope that you find the meal to your liking. I know that this place is not Canterlot, but the styling of Ponyville has a charm and a beauty all to it's own..." He spoke, in the midst of the meal. There was sincerity in his words that could not be disguised. Midnight had learned that while Canterlot was a brilliant, wondrous city, Ponyville was hardly some dull little country town. "Not the least of reasons is that it is your hometown."

He reached up, and brought his hoof to her cheek, letting it linger.

---

Spike groaned. He had finally been released from his job 'assisting' Twilight and Trixie in their preparations for Trixie's big show the next night. He wasn't sure why a pony who specialized in brilliant light shows also felt the need this time to supplement it with so many fireworks. He was privately worried that after tomorrow night, Ponyville might wind up a smoking crater.

All the better to enjoy what little time he had left, then! As soon as he had been released, he began making his way to the boutique, under the excuse that he wanted to help Midnight, so that she could be freed sooner rather than later from her tasks. By now, he knew nopony bought that excuse, everyone and everypony knew the real reason.

Perhaps it was foolish, pining for a single pony for so long. He knew that Rarity really only saw him something akin to a little brother, still a little kid to be humored, as opposed to a real romantic interest. No matter how much it frustrated him, no matter how much he wished that things were different.

Deep inside him, in a place that he didn't like to pay attention to, he had to admit that there might be some truth in that. Growing up with Midnight had shown him just how much slower dragons aged compared to ponies. His 'little sister' was just on the edge of blooming into full adulthood. Meanwhile, he was lagging behind, only now entering what could be considered adolescence for dragons. It was getting harder to keep standing on two legs. His neck and tail were getting longer, and occasionally pain twinged in two places on his back, where his fledgeling wings were forming beneath the skin.

But he still held out hope that maybe, someday...

He also had to admit that there was a second reason why he was now walking up to the door of the strangely quiet Boutique. His 'little sister' had been acting strangely back in the library, and Spike had long since learned that when Midnight was acting that way, something was up. He rapped on the door, and waited.

Nothing.

"Rarity? Midnight? Is anyone home?" He called out. The Boutique was so quiet, perhaps they had gone off to dinner. Perhaps Rarity was treating Midnight for her efforts. Spike bit his lip. If he had been only a few minutes earlier...

No, wait, there was a light still on in the Boutique, coming from the room that spike happened to know that Sweetie Belle stayed when she was visiting her sister. He walked under the window, and craned his head up, calling out.

"Hey, Sweetie Belle, are you there?"



(As a note, I figure Spike juustt missed Rarity and Midnight, but Sweetie hasn't left on her sneaking mission yet.)

Alright, awesome! I'm back! First, for the Role Play. Quote post coming next.

Rarity's Night
She just sat, her gaze lost in his, his visage so well complimented by the beautiful scene behind him. This was how true royalty should act, she couldn't stop repeating in her mind. This is how a man of status should conduct himself when escorting a lady for the evening. Everything was so perfect. It was a gorgeous night, and he had somehow managed to commission the only five star restaurant in the town for a private meal so far from town. She could not get over how much he had put into this for her, or how undeserving she was of these affections; no matter how much he adamantly argued the opposite. But she would not deny this; she could not deny this even if she wanted to. His words just cemented that blush upon her face.

The plates were laid before the pair upon the table, and she was snapped rather quickly from her thoughts and fantasies, nearly jumping clean from her seat at the unexpected motion. Truth be told, she could have sat like that, her hoof in his for hours without fail. However, her stomach rather quickly reminded her upon such an eloquent description of the meal that had been prepared that she had indeed skipped her normal evening meal; resulting in a rather unladylike rumble. Her ears flattened in embarrassment, a small apologetic smile forming on her face.

The wine was poured before her, and waiting for the waiter to complete his presentation, she levitated the petite glass a few inches into the air. His words felt so sincere, and covered her with a warmth not unlike a protective blanket would a child. Everything felt so right at that very moment.

She had originally intended to say 'To Us', and offer her prince a toast, however she found herself awash with astonishment, paralyzed, speech leaving her in full at his words. Most would think such a thing flattery; that the reason an entire town was great was for the fact that it housed a single pony. But it just felt so sincere, and she could feel her cheeks alight. She felt her magic faltering as any concentration she had broke; the glass set with a soft ringing echo to the table. She could find herself only able to gaze into his deep blue eyes with wonder and awe.

Her hoof raised to meet his, cradling it gently against her cheek, a soft, dreamy sigh following in kind. She just more and more found herself wanting to be close to him. This romance was straight from a fairy tale, and she never wanted this night to end.

---

It hadn't taken Sweetie Bell long at all to begin gallivanting about the Boutique upon her sister's departure, throwing a couple of things into her saddlebags before taking off. She knew Applebloom, and there was no way that filly was letting her leave tonight. Heck, it was late enough as it was, and this was going to be one heck of a story. Most likely she'd end up spending the night at her lifelong friend's place. That had been a problem right after they had gotten their cutie marks; their misadventures had slowly been slipping later and later at night. However a couple of years ago Applejack let her sister take a room out in the barn once they had finally gotten the roof repaired and insulation put in; so it was a lot easier for her to just drop in unannounced at nine at night.

She apparently had a bit of her old tendencies, because when she heard the rapping at the downstairs door, she jumped, launching a small bottle of shampoo skyward as her telekinesis decided it wanted to have a mind of its own.

"C-Coming!" she yelled down, quickly recognizing the voice. Glancing around at the mess in the room, she groaned. Make that ten at night. Shampoo was everywhere; thankfully she'd only brought a small travel bottle down from Connecticolt with her; otherwise she might not get a chance to go.

She quickly trotted down the stairs and pulled open the door, revealing a small baby dragon with soft purple scales, just as she had thought. It was strange for him to be coming by at this hour, but his feelings for Rarity were no real secret, even if somehow he still thought they were hidden from anypony. He was probably here to ask Rarity to help out around the place, fawning over her like a lovesick child. It was cute really, and completely harmless, so nopony tried to stand in the way of it. Sometimes she even thought her sister enjoyed the attention a little more than she liked to let on.

"Heya Spike! What are you doing here this late?" She waved him into the main foyer and showroom with a gesture of the hoof, walking to the door of the kitchen to grab a towel. She was going to need it later anyways. Letting the maroon piece of cloth drape over an endtable, she decided to rest on one of the couches that served as waiting areas during business hours; quickly indicating for Spike to do the same. It wasn't like she was in a rush in any reality, and the little incident upstairs had kind of put a damper on her eagerness to get out the door; since that meant she had to clean the mess up first.

It was only then that she noticed the absolutely gorgeous flowers on the table, and her attention quickly turned that way. "Wow those are gorgeous, huh? I wonder where Rarity found them?"

[Rebelhero]

You know what this thread is missing?


ADVENTURE!

Oh dear Celestia...Pokey doesn't he get enough adventure with you?

*SCARLET BLUSH* I can't even control him....hes relentless.

[Capt. Ido Nos]

Ahhh, good to see that I missed another ten pages. Good on ya, ponythread! Anywho, I've more or less given up on catching up on these things when I fall behind, so please forgive me if I end up doubleposting something. Anyway, ep 3 thoughts!

- Remastered theme: Like it, sounds nice, I'm pretty sure that train was there for the sole purpose of bothering us.
- I immediately noticed that Twilight's magic was a different color, only I couldn't remember what it used to look like, so I didn't know that's what was different about it, so I just spent the whole episode being distracted by it. Not a bad thing though
- Liked how Twi remembered that she can teleport. It's nice to see the element of magic, you know, use magic. In other news, Firefox's spellcheck shamefully does not have the word 'teleport' in its dictionary by default. Nor 'spellcheck', apparently. =|
- Oh Rarity, you so silly.
- Totally called the barn razing deal. Not sure if happy about the apparent sonic rainboom. Not going to sweat it though, just going to keep my eye on you, the animation team.
- Spike is the owner of the 4th wall for this episode, apparently. I approve. Also some of the best non-crazy faces too.
- D'aw, Big Mac. I'm half-tempted to attempt a Calvin and Hobbes tribute there.
- Derpy! :D
- All in all a good episode. Left me with the warm fuzzies and smiling at the end, so I will chalk it up as a good one. A few little style dealies here and there that gave a slightly different flavor to this than previous ones, but that may be a consequence of this not being an E/I deal these days, for better or worse.


And now the obligatory spoilered for spoiler reasons imagedump. It's also MASSIVE, so heads up.

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Twizard D&D update: I finally leveled up to get my Wild Cohort, and thus Owloysius has joined the party. Now my DM is super annoyed that I have two animals on the field at once. So of course the next time I level, I'm learning the Mount and Bull's Strength spells http://i.imgur.com/jaolo.png Also Uial was freaking out in the current dungeon about "bats on her face", and when our superhelpful bard NPC companion was in dire need of health, Uial, who was holding all the potions, administered some "tough love, baby", before cramming the bottle down her throat, then having to talk down the DM that no we don't have to roll for anything to see if the bard chokes on the bottle of course I was speaking figuratively http://i.imgur.com/CYF9U.png

edit: Just saw a screencap of the theme song train. I just noticed Derpy is in said train.

I can die happy now.

I have reached a sort of serene calm in my typing, even though I am grinning like an idiot, and close to sputtering for joy in real life. I don't think you guys understand just how much I love this show, and especially Derpy.

[Forum Explorer]

Ugh, I couldn't be bothered to finish Cupcakes. It was just...so poorly typed and without a purpose. All in favor of dark things and all, but if someone is going to type a fanfic then the least they can do is proof-read it. -.- Or have a point/message behind the senseless brutality.

Anywho, what's this I hear about more CMC in episode six?

I don't blame you. I have a rant about Cupcakes (Don't read it!) which I go over every time I think about that fic. Well nearly every time.


Apparently
Applebloom gets a cutie mark! Then she gets another one. And another one. Then she starts thinking something might just perhaps be wrong when another one shows up. Not changing mind you. All at once.

On another note if the next episode references Luna having an abacus in anyway I may just die of happiness.

[Thanqol]

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There are two ways that could be interpreted. I thought of the other way first. Ponythread, what the hay are you doing to me? :smallannoyed:

Bwuahahaha!


I'M HELPING!
A... slip of the tongue, my dear. Which is unusual, because normally I am so *very* good with my tongue.

What I meant to say was, I'll send you TO THE MOON!

(Great, now I'm channelling Trollestia)
But, now that you mention it, my room sounds so much more pleasurab... I mean, safe and secure.



hey celestia

do you like bananas


Clockwork:
To his friends' surprise, the mechanical pony just smiled good-naturedly at Tinker's question. "Considering how many times I've had to reassemble myself, you might save yourself some time by just asking if you want to know how anything works."

"Right. No disassembling, no need for disassembling. Well, that's also kind of disappointing. I'm not so much about the fixing as the breaking." Tinker said. "Still! Still, you probably didn't walk all the way out here to my lair - house. Lair sounds kind of silly. Didn't walk here to have me do science to you; if I want to inflict science on others, I normally have to find them. What I'm saying is you probably want to ask me questions first."

Tinker smiled in anticipation but couldn't restrain herself for more than a few seconds. "Do you have a pony's brain in there? How do you think?"

[SiuiS]

*GAAAASP*
did somepony mention Berry Ann?!

You know what this calls for right?

AN ARCHIVE PARTY!

[FFRP] FINDING BERRY ANN ARCHIVE

A green-garbed cream pony, mane of dark viridian, walks simultaneously into Bridle Shores, Ponyville, Ponythread and Pony noir. Finding a tavern, in, bar, public bulletin board, or pole of appropriate stoutness, this pony unrolls a suitably tattered, cartoon scroll, and hammers it onto the wall before fleeing (to avoid hassles about noise pollution and property damage).

Wall Scroll

ATTENTION EVERYPONY

Mysterious Wizard, Oneiric Captain & Archivist Extraordinaire
STARRY NOTIONS

Seeks a crew of ponies or other to sail the sea of dreams to find HRM Dream Submarines, to follow and interrogate in interests of rescuing a princess from fate most cruel

Applicants are expected to help sail the ship, stave off attack, avoid mutiny and keep ship in good repair.

BENEFITS include an equal share of treasure, food, lodging and board games on Wednesdays. Travel expenses as required, funerary expenses, dramatic monologues, resurrections or off-screen time for healing as appropriate to genre of applicant.

Applicants please see the attendant outside the dock you will mysteriously find yourself next to after setting out.

Bring your own hooch.



Beeskee: Beeskee nods, and trots off toward the shops. He returns shortly afterward, wearing two large saddlebags that look to be stuffed full of supplies. He also has what looks like a hundred balloons tied to himself, and with each step he floats for several seconds before coming back down to the ground. "All set!"

On the trot back, Starry grins fondly at the sight of the hopping pony.


Dreamscape? Do you need a navigator?.

Why, certainly! That was fast. Hm.
You're hired, provided you can stand here waiting for a ship to show up at this dock we are mysteriously standing next to, and screen the other applicants.

...

Don't I know you? Oh well time is a funny thing, really.



Beeskee: "I would say yes, but I don't even know what that is." He sorts through his bags, double-checking over the supplies.

Ah, good to see we already have a crew going. Hm. Where is that Shadowy with the ship? If he spent all of those bits on a kerosene lantern and some Fluttershy autographs again...


*~*~*
MEANWHILE
~*~*~



Well, now I'm glad that you took my corporal form again. *Forgot this! *I'm coming on the airship trip! **Activates hidden rockets in the bunker* *Ah-ha! *It can now FLY! *....She's still on-board. *I can work something out! *Activates maximum security mode* *Think about it! *Not even the lich can beat her, and his stuff makes even your best look like rocks! *You're not safe either! *I don't have a physical form anymore! *Do you think that would stop her? *.......

Run!
We could try and negotiate by Rescuing, and offering Berry-Ann. *Make it quick! *Let's get to wherever the heck that wizard pony is!


I've got the Ship, provided my own even, I've just encountered a slight.....problem. *Which is why I had the spend all of the bits, on the one thing that might prove useful against the current intruder!

*Activates emergency teleporter*
Shipping god! *Come and get me if you dare! *For I know your weakness! *I've have a room of your kryptonite!

Celibate. Charter. Accountants.
That's a bit harsh, even for you. *I have a quest to partake!



~*~*~
AT THE DOCKS
*~*~*



Oh! My, but you're... buoyant. Are your saddlebags full of balloons? She looks out past the pier and waves a hoof. I think that might be the ship we're supposed to be taking, but I'm not sure.


Beeskee: "Thank you for providing the ship for the mission." The rest of what Shadowy says goes over his head. He never even considered how valuable an accountant might be on this trip!

Beeskee: The earth pony nods to Topaz, "Yes, I have a few bags of them, for emergencies. It's mainly these balloons causing it though." He looks back at the colorful array of inflated balloons tied to himself. They are carefully tied to his midsection via the saddlebag, which is fastened with double straps to hold it securely to the pony.

His ears perk up at the mention of the ship having arrived, and he takes a deliberate bounce, sending himself up a few feet and hanging there in midair, peering around to try and spot it in the thirty seconds before he descends.



(Supply run post (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11983962&postcount=680))

(Edit: ICly, he figures she probably couldn't see them from the angle she was at, if she was just approaching.)




Beeskee: Beeskee smiles at the sight of a group of ponies already forming. "I have a cart with more supplies on the way. It's just hard for me to get good traction like this." He demonstrates, pushing forward as if to give a tug on an imaginary cart, but the motion sends him floating up into the air for a few seconds instead. The earth pony does an epic leg wiggle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDp8Ik7fzMc) while waiting for his hooves to touch the ground again.



I... See. Starry raises an eyebrow at the epic hoof wiggle, then laughs. Come aboard, come aboard. You remind me of a wee filly aquaintance of mine. Adorable thing, always ballooning about...

Anyway, I'll see if we can't get somepony to help with that cart, once I find a boat.




Beeskee: The pony grins playfully and nods, following along behind Starry with almost-gravity-defying bounces, enjoying the feeling of being light on his hooves. He double-checks his supplies, since he's carrying a small sampling of everything being brought. "The cart is waiting at the shop, but I imagine somepony from there would be willing to drop it off if we don't have anypony available to fetch it. Or I could bring it, once I stow these balloons."






Oh! I can fetch the cart, if you tell me where to pick it up. I'm good for that sort of thing. Um, if that really is our ship. But I see Starry, so I guess it is. And I can explain about the Dreamscape when I get back.




Beeskee: "It should be parked next to the general store. They know that someone else other than me might be the one to pick it up, so there shouldn't be any problems."


y'know, maybe you should go with Topaz, my balloony friend.

Starry sighs and looks over her shoulder at the... Ship. I suspect that once the door opens, there may be some sort of backflash, or... Really, I just want innocent ponies out of the metaphorical blast radius.




[b]Beeskee: The pony nods as he thinks about it, realizing it may have inadvertently sounded like he was volunteering Topaz to haul a heavy cart. "Y-yeah, that's a good idea." He manages to loosen the straps on his pack, and slips it off himself, urgently grabbing hold of a strap with his mouth before it floats away. A few moments later and he has it tied to a nearby tree, the balloons bobbing merrily in the breeze.



*A quick crackling of static is heard, then a voice cuts in over it.*
Is this thing on? *Good. *If you can hear me, I'm currently trapped in the chartered accountancy department. *There may or may not be vengeful gods aboard, so please take caution! *I've managed to create a control panel out of clip-boards and paper-clips, so I can open up the doors, and give you a safe route inside!

And for the love of Celestia, Don't touch anything! *I'm not entirely sure what rules of physics this bunker is running on, but it does not like the pony skeleton. *Good luck!

*With that, the blast doors open, and a blinding light is coming from the hallway beyond.*

You're probably the worst host ever, you know that?
I'm kinda of busy here!


... Mm-Hm. So this is our, uh, "ship". Vengeful deities, odds of bursting into flames and landing in the trees in the top percentile... Oh adventure, you so silly.



Topaz' eyes widen. Ah. Right. Cart! Supplies! Come on, Beeskee, we'll get the cart!

Topaz' horn lights up as a circular platform appears. Beeskee also glows for a moment while being levitated onto the platform, as Topaz hops up as well, Once she does, a dome forms over the platform and it starts to fly away from the pier and towards the general store. It's no problem at all, Beeskee. I move cargo all the time, I'm used to it.




Beeskee: He eeps as he suddenly feels like he's attached to the balloons once more, finding himself floating and letting out a quiet laugh as he realizes what is actually happening. "Woah! Oh hay, cool!" He settles onto the platform carefully, and admires Topaz' hoofwork on the seemingly solid surface and dome. "Very nice! Are you able to use this to move heavier things?" He closes his eyes for a moment and enjoys the sensation of flying.


Starry watches the two fly away, still somewhat bemused by Topaz's platform. Well, good to know they are out of the blast zone... IM... *COULD YOU LAND? She shouts. I CAN'T GET UP THERE TO THE DOOR.

...

CAN YOU EVEN HEAR ME?



*~*~*
MEANWHILE,
DURING CARGO RETRIEVAL
~*~*~




Topaz smiles briefly. Oh yes, I can handle six ponies or around a ton of cargo if it's balanced well and I only have to carry it across town. It's my signature magic, not counting my Element. She glances back at the pier. I certainly hope Starry can make some sense of whatever is going on back there. She steers the dome toward the store, looking for a good place to land.

You were asking about the Dreamscape. It's where dreams come from, of course, but more importantly it's the realm that underlies all the realities and even the unrealities; scientific types sometimes call it the Eleventh Dimension. It embodies Possibility in all its aspects, which can make it decidedly tricky to maneuver in.




Beeskee: "Wow! That sounds really handy!" He nods, flinching slightly at the sounds of the various explosions and scary noises, not willing to risk a glance backward himself, just in case it is as bad as it sounds. Presumably Topaz will say something if their ride outright explodes. "That ship definitely sounds... complicated."

He listens carefully as she explains the dreamscape, one ear twitching a bit. Here he thought the ship was complex. "I.. uh.. don't know if I understood all that." He smiles, and says, "I do know I am glad that we have you along. Thank you." He thinks back, trying to remember if he properly introduced himself... Better safe than sorry. "If I forgot to mention before, my name is Beeskee." *As they approach the store, he spots the cart, loaded and ready to go with a good variety of supplies, both of the 'survival' kind as well as more than a few party supplies, pointing it out to Topaz. There's a clear area nearby, on the street.

(OOC: I couldn't find if I had introduced myself ICly in any of the previous posts.)




Thanks, Beeskee! She lands them in the clear spot and dissolves the dome. Yeah, the dreamscape stuff is complicated. Frankly, I go by instinct when dealing with it. She looks over the cart, moving it slightly with her magic to get an idea of weight and balance, then conjures a new platform. Looks like you did a great job with the supplies. Let's load up and see if we have a ship to get back to.




Beeskee nods at that. "Sounds easier that way. I guess if you know what you are doing, it becomes second nature."

He watches wide-eyed as she easily raises the cart. "Very impressive!" Unicorn magic is always fascinating to him. "Thanks, I tried to get a bit of everything that might come in handy. Hopefully the ship didn't blow up, though it looked like it might. Hrm... Do you think we should hurry back, or take our time? Just in case?" He chuckles.



Topaz chuckles. Like I said, cargo hauling is kind of my thing. Unlike the dream stuff where it's more like, I hope my nature knows what it's doing. She makes a new platform, elliptical this time, and moves the cart onto it. If you could stand there, I'll get ready to head back. Cautiously.




Beeskee nods and trots onto the platform. "Hopefully we'll be able to find this missing pony, one way or another. I'm looking forward to seeing this dreamscape. Ready for take-off when you are, since I haven't heard any explosions." He grins, and wiggles himself into the cart harness, ready to pull it once the magical platform has landed.


~*~*~
BACK AT THE SHIP
*~*~*

Starry stares up at the open door, much like a dog awaiting a treat. She sighs.

After a few comically short jumps, she paces. The impression is one of an old man pacing, studiously examining his rug and puffing from his pipe before the fireplace. In a small pony, the image comes across as comical more than serious.

Wait, I think... I've got it!

Ceasing her pacing, Starry deftly pulls a coil of rope from her saddlepack, and tosses it to the ground. She glances at the wound pile, and it shifting snakes apart, separating into four individual lengths.

With effort only visible to psychiatrists and expert poker players, launches each rope one by one, so they stand stiff as poles leaning into the doorway.

With more practiced ease, Starry begins to bob her head back and forth like a snake charmer. The ropes coil and glide, slide and slither, forming a net-ladder out of a loose, undulating braid. Starry chuckles, and steps into the loops. She begins to rise along the rope escalator—

—Until she gets to the top, where the ropes react to an outside force, and begin to take on a more sinister life! Coiling around the poor unicorn like Hellen constrictors, squeezing and jostling. Starry yelps and struggles, and ceases concentration on the ropes. Exploding into a tangled buckyball of entwined hemp, they collapse upon themselves, somehow still anchored to the ship.

Starry notions looks "up" at the ground, and a her slowly falling hat. What the buck just happened?

Tensing herself, Starry looks at the ropes, now inert. Her hooves - all four, and her poor tail! - are caught in the jumble of ropes, held in place by six cow hitches and a square knot.
And then, one by one, the hitches begin to slip.

W... W... Woooooah! *THUD* Ow. Well, at least I've got my hat back. Hm.

Settling her hat back over her horn, Starry gazes once more up at the door, her face creased in worry at the happenings, then In shock as the bunker slurps up the rope like so much spaghetti.

I have GOT to get in there, fond out what's going on...



Topaz domes over the platform and lifts off back towards the pier. Well, it looks like nothing much has changed since we left. I see Starry is still down there, so I guess we ought to do a pickup. Oh, and retrieve your balloons.

Starry Notions surveys the horizon blankly, her mind working in the background. She focuses on some clouds, the nearby tree, on Topaz's platform, and then--

AHA! I've got it! Think you can thwart me, do you! Well you're inanimate! I have superior powers of self locomotion, and I will not be undone by something as paltry as gravity or common sense! Have at thee, bunker!

Starry's face is manic. With a grin so wide that it would hurt even Faithful Song's face, she turns her attention to the tree- and Beeskee's balloons.

Ehheh. Hehe. Haahahahaha. HAHAHAHAHAH!

Starry's giggle soon escalates to manic laughter, as silver chef's knives, sized for giants, manifest about her. This was something where he precision would pay off!

Chops, lops, slashes, slides and scrapes ensue. Within moments, the tree is a tree no more. Now a canoe, it floats gently under the lift of dozens - hundreds? - of balloons, and the gentle touch of Starry's magic.

MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA~!

Starry leaps nimbly into the air canoe, pulling a pair of goggles on out from beneath her hat. Ride of the Valkyries begins to play softly, while she continues cackling like a madmare, drifting millimeter by millimeter closer to the door.




"Definitely need to remember those, I have more supplies in the saddlebags too." He stretches slightly, and makes sure he's securely attached to the cart. "They'll have to wait until we get this aboard the ship, I don't get much traction with them." He waits until they are landed before disembarking with the cart.


Y'know, being trapped in this room with a bunch of charted accountants is really boring. *Is it better then the alternative though? True, true, but still, I'm going to have to eat some of them soon. *

A few minutes later:
It's been like five minutes! *How could you possibly have been hungry enough to cannibalize all of them? *I'm so bored I might ev-
No! *No thinking of it. *Do something quick! *What about your control panel? *That's an improvised system made of paperclips and the skulls of several accountatns who work for super-villains! *Good enough! **hits random buttons**

Automatic defense system online. *Exterior camera systems online.

......
It's times like these I'm glad I never thought to put anything stronger then jello in those automatic cannons. Forget about that! Exterior speaker systems online. *Look out for incoming fire! ..........Which was totally not caused by me!



Topaz watches as Starry ginsu's the tree into a makeshift airship. Her horn flickers briefly, but she catches herself before losing the platform. Well. That was impressive. I guess we should just... She pauses as cannon barrels deploy from the ship and a hasty warning is sounded from the speakers. Wait, what?
*
~BOOM~

Before Topaz can react, the closest cannon fires, and something *splats* against her dome.

Is that... Jello? With... little marshmallows?

Incoming what?

Starry ceases cackling and squints through the fogged goggles. In the draft caused by high-velocity gelatin, the precarious canoe begins to pitch and spin, a perpetual counterclockwise mechanical bull.

Were her tail not twisted into the balloon strings, Starry would have been launched - into the doorway or into Topaz, though which depends on the whims of fate.




Beeskee slips off the magical platform as soon as he is able, tugging the cart with him, before fully realizing what is going on. He looks up just as some of the marshmallow-laden jello splatters against the floating canoe-balloon... thing, a big glob of the tasty treat falling to land on his upturned face. Blinking, he licks the stuff off, his eyes widening... The pony seems to be in absolute shock for a moment, before slipping out of the cart harness, galloping over to the airship, and starting to bounce up and down in front of the guns. "Hey! Hey! I'm over here! Oooooover heeeeEEEEeeeere!" He opens his mouth wide...

With any luck he'll distract the weapons so everypony can board the ship, but that doesn't appear to be something he actually considered.



Sweet Celestia, the cannons are still firing. How much Jell-o did you make for those? *grumbling* It got boring without you, ok?



Topaz shakes her head, creates another platform and levitates the cart onto it, embedding the cart wheels to prevent slippage. Taking off, she maneuvers between the diminishing blasts of jello, hoping that the cannons don't switch to something dangerous (Like peanut butter.) and attempts to intercept Starry's increasingly erratic flight path. ALLONS-Y!




Beeskee manages to drag himself away from gulping down mouthfuls of sticky, sweet jello (with marshmallows ZOMG!) long enough to jump for the lift, grabbing on to the edge and holding on as it hopefully moves toward a landing zone.

I never actually saw a response to his actions from the ship, I dunno if I missed it or if there wasn't one.





Trying to figure out why she's having problems steering, Topaz realizes that Beeskee is hanging off the edge of the platform, saved from falling solely due to the adhesive properties of jello. Auugh! Her horn blazes as she takes hold of Beeskee and drives for the open door of the ship, leaving Starry to spin for the moment.

In the riotous fire of gelatin, the air canoe overturns. Or rather, it continues to buck, and Starry Notions Overturns, hanging from her tail and one hind leg. She removes her hat and tucks it, gently folded, into her cloak-collar before burying her face in her hooves.

OW! what th-- oh, right.

Starry removes the goggles, rubs at the goggle imprints she accidentally slammed into her face, and then buries her head once more in her hooves, shouting to Nopony in particular.

WHY!? Why does today of all days have to be my marshmallow reckoning?!




Ohjeez I completely missed that. :smalleek: I was skimming a bit from being so far behind. I feel bad. I hope your computer gets well soon, Shadowy!

"Eep!" He goes tumbling into the ship with Topaz in one big jello-infused mess. "Er, oops. Heh heh..." He takes a few minutes to regain his senses, waiting for his head to clear, looking around in the meantime. "Neat ship." Feeling a bit better, the pony wonders where he left his pack, before remembering that the balloons making up the new canoe ship thing were attached to it. He spots it at the base of the tree he used for an anchor while he was away. No big loss there, the cart had most of the rest of the supplies... Ack! He looks around, wondering where the cart has gotten to, his ears still ringing a bit from the abrupt landing.





Topaz dissolves the cart platform, letting the cart roll slowly into the interior of the ship as she heads back to the open doorway. Bracing herself, she seizes Starry, the canoe, the balloons, Beeksee's pack, and a few stuck-on marshmallows in her magic and heaves them into the ship. Having done this, she takes a couple of steps back and sits on her haunches, her eyes going unfocused and a few sparks coming off her horn.




"Oooh, THERE'S the cart. Heh..." He rubs the side of his head a bit, still trying to get it clear, before putting his hooves out to catch the cart as it rolls into the ship. It would be more appropriate to say that it catches him however, and he's slid backwards until the extra friction draws it to a stop. He scampers out from behind just in time to see incoming Starry and pack (both now covered in jello and marshmallows) inbound at a rapid rate. He has just enough time to put his forelegs out and catch them. Or rather, provide a soft cushion for them to land on, by way of his squishy blue self. "Oof! Um. Got 'ya."





That's the sum of it!
OH! And *ahem* and Lix. You may or may not be on said ship/bunker... I figured your weird goddess powers were why the ropes went bonkers on me, but it could have been residual if you vanished earlier.

Resisting curly bouncy balloony funness is hard...

Awaaaaaaaaaaay~ *floats away on balloons*

[Titanium Fox]

So, come to realize, I just do not have a quote post in me. I'm looking at the clock and the massive backlog of posts, and I know I WILL miss something. SiuiS, I know you directed a bunch of stuff at me, and I'll go through in the morning and try to find everything everyone said directly to me to respond at the very least, but right now...

Owwwww... My brain meats hurt.

However, before I sign off for the night (whee long weekends) I went to an anime convention this weekend! Two pieces of news!

There are a lot more Bronies in New Hampshire than I thought. We overfilled two panel rooms. Literally 3/4 of them were in costume. SO MANY PINKIE PIES.

Two, I bought these!
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8374/20111017004328.jpg

[Forum Explorer]

\@whoever wanted to virus bomb it down... I understand the feeling, but A) it wouldn't do any good, as someone before me explained, and B) that's not a very enlightened point of view to have. That's like banning books, or actually more like burning them. No matter how horribly written they are or how horrifying the subject matter, those books have a right to exist... And so does Cupcakes. I don't like it, but I will fight to Hell and back to say that it has that right.

... That's just me, I guess.


That was me. Yes I know its bad to do something like that but I can't help about what I want to do. At least in this case. To explain why I take Cupcakes (Don't read it!) so personally; its because its A) incredibly poorly written. Everything about it is just horrible, from plot to characters. B) Its a fanfic. I know that if I one day published a book and someone took one of the nicest characters in it and wrote a low quality murder fic with them as the killer I would feel....just horrible. I wouldn't want to keep writing that world anymore after that. If it only involved OC then I wouldn't have a problem with it. Or if it was just better written.

[Strife Warzeal]

just finished reading the Silent Ponyville fic series. The series is so good it actually makes the unbearable and infamous Cupcakes (Don't read it!) tolerable.

And I really really hate Cupcakes (Don't read it!). To the point where I seriously thought about learning how to program a virus to bring down that page.
Personally, I don't find anything wrong with Cupcakes. It's not the most well written thing there is, but most of people reactions I find a bit too much. Though my feelings may be a bit skewed since Cupcakes is actually what helped me convert my friends. Yes it is horrible what happens in the story, but... well actually I'm not sure where I'm going with this sentence. Part of me not being too badly affected could be tied to my preexisting apathy though.
(Though the one thing I can feel empathy for is embarassment, go figure *shrug*)


Ugh, I couldn't be bothered to finish Cupcakes. It was just...so poorly typed and without a purpose. All in favor of dark things and all, but if someone is going to type a fanfic then the least they can do is proof-read it. -.- Or have a point/message behind the senseless brutality.


To me the best things Cupcakes has spawned is Silent Ponyville(I'm pretty sure jake-heritagu wouldn't have made the story the way it is without it) and the unofficial sequel to Cupcakes (and the alternate ending to that unofficial sequel) Rocket to Insanity, where it turns out it's all a nightmare, both I found were better written (especially Silent Ponyville) than cupcakes.

[Callos_DeTerran]

That was me. Yes I know its bad to do something like that but I can't help about what I want to do. At least in this case. To explain why I take Cupcakes (Don't read it!) so personally; its because its A) incredibly poorly written. Everything about it is just horrible, from plot to characters. B) Its a fanfic. I know that if I one day published a book and someone took one of the nicest characters in it and wrote a low quality murder fic with them as the killer I would feel....just horrible. I wouldn't want to keep writing that world anymore after that. If it only involved OC then I wouldn't have a problem with it. Or if it was just better written.

Not to be a neigh-sayer, but you realize by continuing to talk about it and continually saying (Don't read it!), you're essentially telling people who don't know what it is to NOT think about a purple elephant.

You are inadvertently coercing innocent bronies into reading something you allegedly hate. You terrible, terrible brony. Just teasing. ;)

[the_druid_droid]

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Cowering Scootaloo is painfully adorable!
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"Right. No disassembling, no need for disassembling. Well, that's also kind of disappointing. I'm not so much about the fixing as the breaking." Tinker said. "Still! Still, you probably didn't walk all the way out here to my lair - house. Lair sounds kind of silly. Didn't walk here to have me do science to you; if I want to inflict science on others, I normally have to find them. What I'm saying is you probably want to ask me questions first."

Tinker smiled in anticipation but couldn't restrain herself for more than a few seconds. "Do you have a pony's brain in there? How do you think?"


Clockwork:
"Well, actually I-" Sek found himself interrupted by the unicorn's curiosity, but he had to admit that her interest was a welcome change from the usual sidelong glances, even if the gleam in her eyes looked a little...predatory as she took in his articulated wings and hooves.

"Oh, n-no, I don't think Dad would have put anything so, uh, creepy in me. For reasons of self-preservation, I've never actually looked inside my own head...but as far as I know, the rest of me is just very clever clockwork, hydraulics and sheet metal." For a moment, Sek paused, trying to find the right words to continue.

"Actually, that's sort of the reason I'm here..." Just as he began, the pegasus' nervousness overwhelmed him again, and he trailed off.

[Vent Reynolt]

Kinda like how Rainbow Factory was made better by having an amazing song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw). Though that is another story I would advise against reading.

I accidentally took the link to the Rainbow Factory song as some sort of an endorsement of it and made the horrible mistake of actually reading it:

:furious::furious::furious::furious::furious::furi ous::furious::furious::furious::furious::furious:

^That is all.

No, actually, that isn't all. I need to explain in whatever inarticulate way that I can why it gets such a horrible reaction from me:

Firstly, at least the fanon that Cupcakes inspires has style. The shock value of the Pinkamena character existing in Equestria is the entire point! The fact that such a character shouldn't exist in MLP is what makes the Pinkamena character so interesting. Rainbow Factory not only paints all of Equestria in such a foul light that only the worst of the Iron Hoof ideas could compare, but it also completely changes Rainbow Dash (It's so bad that "Bearded Idiot" is closer to Superman (Yay Linkara!)than Rainbow Dash In Name Only (RDINO) is to the real Rainbow Dash) solely for the sake of the (horrifically terrible) story. Not to mention the fact that the issue of Fluttershy's continued existence is completely skimmed over.

Secondly, the prose is terrible! Everything about the story is ugly. The dialogue, the descriptions, the personalities of every single character! It doesn't even make the slightest attempt to show that this is the Equestria that we are familiar with, but with a dark underlying secret. No, that would actually require some degree of cleverness! All it took was the first F-bomb from that judge... instructor... whatever it was for all immersion of this world as Equestria to be completely broken. THAT WORD ISN'T IN THE PONY LANGUAGE! Simple as that! (Okay, maybe it is, but unless the character using it is a murderer, or something extreme like that, it simply isn't used.)

But the absolute worst thing about this story; something that is absolutely UNFORGIVABLE for me, is how it has completely and utterly ruined a huge portion of weather magic FOREVER! Please, somepony, tell me that there is some sort of fanfic that you know of that deals with weather magic in a much more positive light. If not, then this might actually become the prevailing fanon on how rainbows are made. I can't be the only one who finds weather magic interesting enough to base both of my OCs on it! :smallsigh: Perhaps this is why I have such hatred for Rainbow Factory when I'd normally be just fine with anything else; weather magic is my thing!

In fact, let's let an actual weather expert explain what really goes on in the rainbow factory:

I'm sure most of you are aware of the Pot O' Gold priciple, that is, that there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Now while this isn't strictly true for all rainbows; in fact, most rainbows don't end on a pot of gold, it has been an observed phenomenon that under the right circumstances, a pot of gold can in fact, induce a rainbow.

Unfortunately, such a rainbow is entirely worthless for weather purposes, as we have no means of transporting it to where it may be needed. This is where a bit of ingenuity comes into play. You see, in the rainbow factory, we use the Pot O' Gold principle to induce rainbows which we then capture within Light Clouds. When the Light Clouds become full, the rainbow leaves the cloud as Rainbow Rain. This is where the liquid rainbows come from.

Once in liquid form, the rainbows can then be placed into clouds for transport, and when the rainbow is needed, the cloud is given a swift kick, not unlike the kind of kicks that can make Rain Clouds produce lightning. The only reason that most of the factory is off limits to visitors is because of the large amounts of gold that is kept there to properly induce rainbows! THAT'S IT!

Yeah, the only torture facility they've got in Cloudsdale is the snowflake factory.
Autumn, you're not helping.
What? You've never had to hoofmake several thousand snowflakes in a single day, while making sure that not a single pair of them were identical? Cause let me tell you, that is the worst!


Um... I'm sorry for going off on a tangent there... And no, none of this anger is directed at Forum Explorer for bringing this to my attention. Please don't think I'm angry at you at all.

[Kindablue]

Random Images (Scootaloo is best pony edition):

http://img.ponibooru.org/images/26/263a18fd231997f67780d8fcb4bb1621
You'll never get away with this, fowl! That's almost a pun, I guess.

Also, why didn't they go with this banner?
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K2NKMgzRztw/TpufOxgsrfI/AAAAAAAAOf4/GfftV4NxWx0/s640/mlp_fim___equestria_ghostly_by_fadri-d4cu586.png

Art style reminds me of Shin-Chan for some reason.

ETA:

I accidentally took the link to the Rainbow Factory song as some sort of an endorsement of it and made the horrible mistake of actually reading it:

:furious::furious::furious::furious::furious::furi ous::furious::furious::furious::furious::furious:


There, there. Take this and everything will be better. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF6aFXBsHcg&annotation_id=annotation_76951&src_vid=YRx_iXgLAyw&feature=iv)

[Vent Reynolt]

There, there. Take this and everything will be better. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF6aFXBsHcg&annotation_id=annotation_76951&src_vid=YRx_iXgLAyw&feature=iv)

Thanks for that. I'd just like to go on record saying that I'd read Spiderses 10 more times in a row, if it could erase the entire memory of this fic from my brain. I think that should give everypony an idea of how bad it is. (If my earlier post wasn't enough)

[Grif]

Thanks for that. I'd just like to go on record saying that I'd read Spiderses 10 more times in a row, if it could erase the entire memory of this fic from my brain. I think that should give everypony an idea of how bad it is. (If my earlier post wasn't enough)

Eh, I read it, took it as some alternate dystopian reality of Equestria and left it at that.

In no way will it ever become my fanon and even if the fandom accepts this as fanon (which I highly doubt, the story has not seen much exposure outside the youtube link.), I will still reject it.

Writing isn't as terrible as you say though. It's more of the flimsy plot making me roll my eyes. Rainbow Dash? Seriously? Might as well use an OC pony for her.

[Athaniar]

I've read Cupcakes (all thanks to TVTropes), and I don't really care much about it, or when Bronies make references to it. Certainly didn't change that Pinkie Pie is best pony for me.

[Kindablue]

I've read Cupcakes (all thanks to TVTropes), and I don't really care much about it, or when Bronies make references to it. Certainly didn't change that Pinkie Pie is best pony for me.

Definitely. I think I read it a little while after I first started watching the show, and Pinkie's still my favorite.

[Admiral Squish]

...Why did I have to read the tropes article just before bed? Man... If I dream of pinkie, I'm gonna kill someone.

[Castaras]

Great googly moogly your avatar is a scary one today.


Ladies and gentlemen, success. :smallamused:

[SiuiS]

You know what this thread is missing?


ADVENTURE!

Oh dear Celestia...Pokey doesn't he get enough adventure with you?

*SCARLET BLUSH* I can't even control him....hes relentless.

I have to wonder; is this one of those elaborate hoaxes where this entire time you've been talking about playing like, high-contact Spellfire or Magic: the gathering or something?

Anywhoo...

Friendship is Magic play-by-post in the playground
Fionacat System study


The basic unit of the game game is a shifting dice pool. Each Element of Harmony represents an ability score. That number is how many dice you roll, and also affects what the target number is.

Laughter, honesty, loyalty, kindness and generosity are the basic stats, and magic is a sort of metastat. Each element has an associated characteristic;

Loyalty - speed
Honesty - strength
Generosity - spirit
Kindness - empathy
Laughter - wisdom & sense of truth
Magic - intelligence

Each pony breed has five "points", which they suggest representing with beads or counters. Earth ponies start with 5 in magic and 5 amongst the other elements. Unicorns have magic 6 / others 4, and pegasi have magic 4 / others 6.

When rolling for any ability other than magic, you get 1 die per counter. Success on a die is 5 or 6, but gets easier the more points you have in that ability score. With enough points in that score, you actually get automatic successes in addition to your die rolls. With at least 2 points in that ability, you gain exploding dice; a result of 6 gives you one success and you get to reroll that 6. If you get more successes than you have points in the ability score, you get an AWESOME SUCCESS! which is like a critical but since it's narrative, it's whatever they hay cool thing the arbiter gets to say it is. Or the player, they aren't picky.

Magic is different. You MUST have at least one point in magic at all times. Magic in excess of 4 let's you do Awesome Successes, and you never get auto successes in magic rolls.

At any time, you can make a magic roll (one die per point in magic, remember) and for each success, you gain one Move. That is, you can move a point/counter/token/whatever from magic to another ability, or from another ability to magic. You CANNOT, however, move from an ability to ability without having magic as the middleman stat (so moving a point from kindness to laughter requires 2 success, kindness > magic > laughter).

Horrid failures occur when you have less than 2 ticks in an element (or less than 4 in magic) and roll a 1. If you roll more 1s than successes, you fail in the worst way the GM can think of (which is NOT a mechanic I trust many GMs with, I tell you what...)

Harmony count as action points or hero points. You get them whenever you do something really clever. Exact wording is 'whenever you do something Twilight Sparkle would find clever'. You can negate failure, aid other ponies, allow for Awesome Success despite having only two ticks in an element, or retool entirely. My favorite is, for a steep 5 harmony points, tell the GM what you want to happen and he has to scramble to make it so.

The rules are worded entertainingly, at least :smallbiggrin:

You also get to rearrange all your attributes however you want (except you always need at least one point in magic, remember!) if you do something that Rainbow Dash would find awesome. And you gain experience 'sugarlumps' for good Roleplaying, or anything that Pinkie pieSpike, better use Spike, would find funny. The GM is encouraged to give players actual sweets as tokens of experience. Players are encouraged to eat them immediately, though they should write down the total.

The health system uses an inverted triangle, but some of the explanation was on an image (or they didn't describe it well: benefits and doubts and all that) so I can only guess at it. Ponies have five stages from healthy to OK, to tired, fatigued, exhausted and passed out. Each tier has one less point to it, so a pony can only suffer one wound point at exhausted before passing out, but can suffer a full 5 at healthy before dropping to OK. You can increase the number of points in a tier with experience.

All in all, a fun system, but not one I would use for a PbP game. It has the singlular benefit of taking a crack at Regal Ponies though, as well as dragons and ursas. That's pretty cool and gives me ideas.

So! Tentatively, or perhaps, determinedly, I am going to use the Roleplaying Is Magic (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ShylNaVPRa7U8GmPayAtBhTOXZin07zkNVmvf6eSKks/mobilebasic?pli=1&hl=en_US) system, with tweaks that have yet to be determined.

Sorry about that, by the way, Topaz. I like the idea, but it doesn't jive with the kind of game I want to run. Totally stealing the layout for other games though. It's rather functional, and a nice version of the roll/keep mechanic.

And I do intend to answer you, but it's in the quote wall and I would feel bad extracting it. :smallwink:

[Dirtbag]

I'll just leave these here...
Maybe convert some Fluttermancers... or at least give them diabeetus in the process. :P

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Extra Spoiler for Extra Largeness.
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Yum. :3

[Forum Explorer]

I accidentally took the link to the Rainbow Factory song as some sort of an endorsement of it and made the horrible mistake of actually reading it:

:furious::furious::furious::furious::furious::furi ous::furious::furious::furious::furious::furious:

^That is all.

No, actually, that isn't all. I need to explain in whatever inarticulate way that I can why it gets such a horrible reaction from me:

Firstly, at least the fanon that Cupcakes inspires has style. The shock value of the Pinkamena character existing in Equestria is the entire point! The fact that such a character shouldn't exist in MLP is what makes the Pinkamena character so interesting. Rainbow Factory not only paints all of Equestria in such a foul light that only the worst of the Iron Hoof ideas could compare, but it also completely changes Rainbow Dash (It's so bad that "Bearded Idiot" is closer to Superman (Yay Linkara!)than Rainbow Dash In Name Only (RDINO) is to the real Rainbow Dash) solely for the sake of the (horrifically terrible) story. Not to mention the fact that the issue of Fluttershy's continued existence is completely skimmed over.

Secondly, the prose is terrible! Everything about the story is ugly. The dialogue, the descriptions, the personalities of every single character! It doesn't even make the slightest attempt to show that this is the Equestria that we are familiar with, but with a dark underlying secret. No, that would actually require some degree of cleverness! All it took was the first F-bomb from that judge... instructor... whatever it was for all immersion of this world as Equestria to be completely broken. THAT WORD ISN'T IN THE PONY LANGUAGE! Simple as that! (Okay, maybe it is, but unless the character using it is a murderer, or something extreme like that, it simply isn't used.)

But the absolute worst thing about this story; something that is absolutely UNFORGIVABLE for me, is how it has completely and utterly ruined a huge portion of weather magic FOREVER! Please, somepony, tell me that there is some sort of fanfic that you know of that deals with weather magic in a much more positive light. If not, then this might actually become the prevailing fanon on how rainbows are made. I can't be the only one who finds weather magic interesting enough to base both of my OCs on it! :smallsigh: Perhaps this is why I have such hatred for Rainbow Factory when I'd normally be just fine with anything else; weather magic is my thing!

In fact, let's let an actual weather expert explain what really goes on in the rainbow factory:

I'm sure most of you are aware of the Pot O' Gold priciple, that is, that there is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. Now while this isn't strictly true for all rainbows; in fact, most rainbows don't end on a pot of gold, it has been an observed phenomenon that under the right circumstances, a pot of gold can in fact, induce a rainbow.

Unfortunately, such a rainbow is entirely worthless for weather purposes, as we have no means of transporting it to where it may be needed. This is where a bit of ingenuity comes into play. You see, in the rainbow factory, we use the Pot O' Gold principle to induce rainbows which we then capture within Light Clouds. When the Light Clouds become full, the rainbow leaves the cloud as Rainbow Rain. This is where the liquid rainbows come from.

Once in liquid form, the rainbows can then be placed into clouds for transport, and when the rainbow is needed, the cloud is given a swift kick, not unlike the kind of kicks that can make Rain Clouds produce lightning. The only reason that most of the factory is off limits to visitors is because of the large amounts of gold that is kept there to properly induce rainbows! THAT'S IT!

Yeah, the only torture facility they've got in Cloudsdale is the snowflake factory.
Autumn, you're not helping.
What? You've never had to hoofmake several thousand snowflakes in a single day, while making sure that not a single pair of them were identical? Cause let me tell you, that is the worst!


Um... I'm sorry for going off on a tangent there... And no, none of this anger is directed at Forum Explorer for bringing this to my attention. Please don't think I'm angry at you at all.

Well if it makes you feel better I can point out one of the many massive plotholes in that story: Rainbow Dash has a rainbow pool outside her house. It has been there since before the Sonic Rainboom.


Not to be a neigh-sayer, but you realize by continuing to talk about it and continually saying (Don't read it!), you're essentially telling people who don't know what it is to NOT think about a purple elephant.

You are inadvertently coercing innocent bronies into reading something you allegedly hate. You terrible, terrible brony. Just teasing. ;)

Right :smallredface: I'll be quiet now.

[Deadly]

I'd find it hard to consider filly and colt being misused in that sense. I could see it being misused with a minority of characters who are distinctly older. Though even Big Mac and Cheerilee (who I view as older) I'd forgive, you'd have to reach the Cakes or of course Mayor Mare.

Foal, yes because there's no one it could even loosely apply to that should be in "hot" shipping scene. Though maybe as some really gooey sentiment.

And mare and stallion would have much the same cut-off. Only ones that can't use it are those that have no business with being in "hot" scenes.

I would point out for complaining about fandom works.... If they are avoiding Mary Sue, IKEA Erotica, and Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way they are performing above the bell curve anyways.


...and now, you know part of the reason why I don't like the ponysexfics.

I should clarify that by "hot shipping" I wasn't necessarily talking about actual clopfics. Could be perfectly innocent "fade-to-black" implied stuff. It's not like we don't know what's happening after the fade to black, and having certain terms applied to the (adult) ponies involved can have rather unfortunate associations. Or maybe that's just me.

The only concrete example I can think of presently is "fillyfooler" which I think I saw used in some fic. It may have been Out in the Cold or one of its follow-ups, and it may have been used as an insult and thus possibly OK in that particular case (I can't remember the exact story or context), but "fillyfooler" would pretty much translate exactly to "pedophile". Even as an insult that would make me slightly wary, because it would be a particularly vile insult actually.

And that's just an example of a wider problem. Using filly/colt where you should technically use mare/stallion is no necessarily bad, but it shouldn't be done without thought and IMO only in special cases, not in general.

Also, it's just nice to use the proper terms. Sure, some artistic license is OK, but if you do it too much it loses its power.

[SiuiS]

I should clarify that by "hot shipping" I wasn't necessarily talking about actual clopfics. Could be perfectly innocent "fade-to-black" implied stuff. It's not like we don't know what's happening after the fade to black, and having certain terms applied to the (adult) ponies involved can have rather unfortunate associations. Or maybe that's just me.

The only concrete example I can think of presently is "fillyfooler" which I think I saw used in some fic. It may have been Out in the Cold or one of its follow-ups, and it may have been used as an insult and thus possibly OK in that particular case (I can't remember the exact story or context), but "fillyfooler" would pretty much translate exactly to "pedophile". Even as an insult that would make me slightly wary, because it would be a particularly vile insult actually.

And that's just an example of a wider problem. Using filly/colt where you should technically use mare/stallion is no necessarily bad, but it shouldn't be done without thought and IMO only in special cases, not in general.

Also, it's just nice to use the proper terms. Sure, some artistic license is OK, but if you do it too much it loses its power.

The trouble you're having is that filly/colt have been established, canonically, as gendered terms from young man and young woman. In the same way waitstaff call females who aren't married or obviously old 'miss' right alongside 12 year old girls, 'filly' applies broadly to all female ponies in universe, seemingly from cutecenera age up to as old as their teacher. The only established 'mares' are Granny Smith, Mayor Mare, and Mrs. cake. And that's only if we extend our knowledge; I don't think there have been many actual mares mentioned.

One of the system set-ups I've been reading says it best. Foal is from birth to cutie mark age. Colt/filly are from cutie mark age to full-on adulthood. When you look like big McIntosh, Mr. Cake, Mrs. Cake, old gardener dude (who is totally pony Gandalf) or Derpy's boss, that's mare & stallion.

The terms do what words are supposed to; you know what I'm talking about when I say them, because they are established and have inertia. If I describe a pony as a colt, you'll probably think of something entirely different than if I say stallion. For most fans, this is true. That's all I need.

It's also possible to separate foal from foal (as dumb as that sounds). One is an age group, the other is an insult based on a pun we human1 audience members would find funny. Kind of like how I don't see the Mild West being a big thing anymore, dropped once it was mentioned. 'you foal!' will show up, certainly, but wondering as to whether they mean "you are foolish like a baby which is what I call you!" or just "you are a fool!" isn't going to go very far. We know what they meant, and it doesn't carry any weight past that point.

I understand perfectly well how some words can get you; myself, I really really dislike people saying hologram when they mean fractal2. That's an entirely different case though, because it's not based on how an entirely new species of creature breaks itself down using words similar to how humans talk about horses.

Also, homophobic. Really? A word that means literally afraid of sameness, aye, I can understand how it could be extended to 'afraid of sexuality between the same gender', sure. But where by fire did 'actively oppresses and antagonizes based on sexuality between the same gender' come from? That doesn't even make any sense! ...Unless you follow it's history.



1: ... are they buying it?
2: ironically, I'm not entirely sure fractal ia the word I want. An object wherein any single part of the pattern is identical to the entire pattern, right?

[Kris Strife]

2: ironically, I'm not entirely sure fractal ia the word I want. An object wherein any single part of the pattern is identical to the entire pattern, right?[/size]

Right. :smalltongue:

[Deadly]

The terms do what words are supposed to; you know what I'm talking about when I say them, because they are established and have inertia. If I describe a pony as a colt, you'll probably think of something entirely different than if I say stallion. For most fans, this is true. That's all I need.

See, that's the problem. While I'm usually able to figure out what the writer/speaker actually means, it's not always my first intuition and it does make me stop for a few seconds sometimes.

For example with the "fillyfooler", while now that I think about it it may have been almost ingenious in this particular story, it did make me stop and ask "did he really just call her a pedophile? That's just wrong, dude!". Of course I quickly figured "Nah, obviously he means lesbian and is just too big an oaf (the character, I think it was Blueblood II, not the author) to realize his mistake".

Just because it's become established does not mean it's a good idea. I'm not one of those people who insist language should stay fixed and never change, far from it, I love changes because it keeps things interesting, but that doesn't mean all changes are good either.

In the real world, "filly" and "colt" really do mean a child horse, not just a young horse. And because we have to use the real world as a base for comparison when we watch the show, that's going to be the first association many people will get.


2: ironically, I'm not entirely sure fractal ia the word I want. An object wherein any single part of the pattern is identical to the entire pattern, right?

That's part of the definition, at least.

[BlasTech]

http://i.imgur.com/CXTge.png

There are two ways that could be interpreted. I thought of the other way first. Ponythread, what the hay are you doing to me? :smallannoyed:



Two ways? What could the other way possibly b-

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Ladies and gentlemen, success. :smallamused:

Niiice. (*Reads the full quote*) Even if there's something more scary out there, its still a step in the right direction! In fact, it's tempting me to reply in that thread too!




Friendship is Magic play-by-post in the playground
Fionacat System study


The basic unit of the game game is a shifting dice pool. Each Element of Harmony represents an ability score. That number is how many dice you roll, and also affects what the target number is.

Laughter, honesty, loyalty, kindness and generosity are the basic stats, and magic is a sort of metastat. Each element has an associated characteristic;

Loyalty - speed
Honesty - strength
Generosity - spirit
Kindness - empathy
Laughter - wisdom & sense of truth
Magic - intelligence

Each pony breed has five "points", which they suggest representing with beads or counters. Earth ponies start with 5 in magic and 5 amongst the other elements. Unicorns have magic 6 / others 4, and pegasi have magic 4 / others 6.

When rolling for any ability other than magic, you get 1 die per counter. Success on a die is 5 or 6, but gets easier the more points you have in that ability score. With enough points in that score, you actually get automatic successes in addition to your die rolls. With at least 2 points in that ability, you gain exploding dice; a result of 6 gives you one success and you get to reroll that 6. If you get more successes than you have points in the ability score, you get an AWESOME SUCCESS! which is like a critical but since it's narrative, it's whatever they hay cool thing the arbiter gets to say it is. Or the player, they aren't picky.

Magic is different. You MUST have at least one point in magic at all times. Magic in excess of 4 let's you do Awesome Successes, and you never get auto successes in magic rolls.

At any time, you can make a magic roll (one die per point in magic, remember) and for each success, you gain one Move. That is, you can move a point/counter/token/whatever from magic to another ability, or from another ability to magic. You CANNOT, however, move from an ability to ability without having magic as the middleman stat (so moving a point from kindness to laughter requires 2 success, kindness > magic > laughter).

Horrid failures occur when you have less than 2 ticks in an element (or less than 4 in magic) and roll a 1. If you roll more 1s than successes, you fail in the worst way the GM can think of (which is NOT a mechanic I trust many GMs with, I tell you what...)

Harmony count as action points or hero points. You get them whenever you do something really clever. Exact wording is 'whenever you do something Twilight Sparkle would find clever'. You can negate failure, aid other ponies, allow for Awesome Success despite having only two ticks in an element, or retool entirely. My favorite is, for a steep 5 harmony points, tell the GM what you want to happen and he has to scramble to make it so.

The rules are worded entertainingly, at least :smallbiggrin:

You also get to rearrange all your attributes however you want (except you always need at least one point in magic, remember!) if you do something that Rainbow Dash would find awesome. And you gain experience 'sugarlumps' for good Roleplaying, or anything that Pinkie pieSpike, better use Spike, would find funny. The GM is encouraged to give players actual sweets as tokens of experience. Players are encouraged to eat them immediately, though they should write down the total.

The health system uses an inverted triangle, but some of the explanation was on an image (or they didn't describe it well: benefits and doubts and all that) so I can only guess at it. Ponies have five stages from healthy to OK, to tired, fatigued, exhausted and passed out. Each tier has one less point to it, so a pony can only suffer one wound point at exhausted before passing out, but can suffer a full 5 at healthy before dropping to OK. You can increase the number of points in a tier with experience.

All in all, a fun system, but not one I would use for a PbP game. It has the singlular benefit of taking a crack at Regal Ponies though, as well as dragons and ursas. That's pretty cool and gives me ideas.

So! Tentatively, or perhaps, determinedly, I am going to use the Roleplaying Is Magic (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ShylNaVPRa7U8GmPayAtBhTOXZin07zkNVmvf6eSKks/mobilebasic?pli=1&hl=en_US) system, with tweaks that have yet to be determined.

Sorry about that, by the way, Topaz. I like the idea, but it doesn't jive with the kind of game I want to run. Totally stealing the layout for other games though. It's rather functional, and a nice version of the roll/keep mechanic.

And I do intend to answer you, but it's in the quote wall and I would feel bad extracting it. :smallwink:

Is this hinting at a PbP pony RP? Because if so, please please please PLEEEAAAASSSEEE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGNEE4dVqc)keep me posted if one starts up. :smallbiggrin:

[Trixie]

I tried to find a "scary derpy hooves" pic. Really I did. I don't know if there are any, but if there are, I didn't find them. And... you really don't want to know what I did find while searching...

What did you found? :smalltongue:

Avatar stuff:


Living planets that can coordinate their actions on a large scale work differently than Earth. Imagine every lifeform on Earth actively and continually attacking humanity with no regard to their own individual safety while ignoring standard predator/prey relations AND acting as coordinated military units. I mean, I know we have a lot of guns and bullets and etc, and 6+ billion people to use them, but still. It would be a close fight that could go either way. There were nowhere near that many people on Pandora, they lost that war before it started, by not understanding the nature of the world.

Also, they were retarded. They could have pulled up a giant trade ship with a sampling of everything Earth had to offer, and showed the contents of it to the Na'vi and said, "Pick whatever stuff you want us to bring, and we'll bring a full load of those things next time. Just mine us some plot-onium, using your own mining techniques. We won't interfere in your world at all, unless you want us to." Okay, maybe they would have wanted gold? Or maybe they would have wanted cheese-whiz. The humans didn't even bother to TRY. I know the movie said the Na'vi wouldn't be interested in trade goods, but there's bound to be something on Earth they would want. Fine silks, fun toys, something, ANYTHING, but the humans just saw "zomg lol savages we can pillage from" without understanding them, and didn't try.

Edit: There may have been more details in the screenplay or book, so maybe the humans did try to do something other than "raep teh planet" - and I know the movie itself was a metaphor for how we're interacting with our environment here on Earth. I'm just going based on the movie plot as given tho, with no supporting details. I even had to look up what 'unobtanium' was in the Avatar universe since it's never specified in the movie, I know it just meant some rare element for plot purposes, but apparently it's an FTL starship component. That still doesn't make what they did right.

1) Lifeforms on Earth attacking humans as one? We win. Humans, a handful of civilians with single-shot rifles cleansed America and Australia out of big life in decades. Stick a band of professional soldiers with 30 mm guns instead and it should be massacre. In some respects, the Avatar battle was stretching believability more than Ewoks. Now that I think about it...

The main problem with it, I guess, is that today, a handgun is more than enough to kill any animal. 30 mm cannon is enough to punch through battle tanks. Give handguns 100 years, and even shots from handguns should turn these big animals into paste, while cannons should outright turn them to mist. Simply, no flexible skin has the right to be tougher than tank armour. If it is, for some reason, why there is not a Pentagon Armour Design Committee on Pandora examining the hides, and why humans haven't adapted by bringing in anti-armor bullets designed for the task? It looked like someone entered godmode for animals, seriously.

Cameron had it right in his previous movie - Aliens, where a handful of marines laugh at a threat Xenomorphs supposedly are, then proceed to massacre every single one, despite Xenomorphs being more dangerous than Pandora animals by far, despite far worse terrain to fight on, and despite 50:1 numerical advantage the aliens have - and all this without mechas, gunships, rockets and autocannons.

2) Trade? I made the mistake of reading he storybook hoping it would make sense of some of the plot holes. Turns out, yes, company did try what you propose - brought all sorts of goods, knowledge, culture, everything. That's why Avatar project existed in the first place - company dumped billions of dollars into creation of better diplomats, opened language schools for Navi, they tried everything. Storybook makes Navi look like ignorant savages that ignored every single offer made, no matter how good, out of spite.

3) And, what was the final straw for me, in storybook Unobtainium is a component needed to create room-temperature superconductors, implications being its usage was needed to sustain Earth's ecosystem, by allowing to cut down pollution and decrease energy losses in failing infrastructure, allowing brighter future for the planet, instead of total collapse. It wasn't so expensive because it was vanity item, but because it was like selling medicine to terminal cancer patient. So, nope, I don't have any sympathy to aliens sitting on it and unwilling to trade, sorry, greater good and all that.

[Forum Explorer]

Avatar stuff:



1) Lifeforms on Earth attacking humans as one? We win. Humans, a handful of civilians with single-shot rifles cleansed America and Australia out of big life in decades. Stick a band of professional soldiers with 30 mm guns instead and it should be massacre. In some respects, the Avatar battle was stretching believability more than Ewoks. Now that I think about it...

The main problem with it, I guess, is that today, a handgun is more than enough to kill any animal. 30 mm cannon is enough to punch through battle tanks. Give handguns 100 years, and even shots from handguns should turn these big animals into paste, while cannons should outright turn them to mist. Simply, no flexible skin has the right to be tougher than tank armour. If it is, for some reason, why there is not a Pentagon Armour Design Committee on Pandora examining the hides, and why humans haven't adapted by bringing in anti-armor bullets designed for the task? It looked like someone entered godmode for animals, seriously.

Cameron had it right in his previous movie - Aliens, where a handful of marines laugh at a threat Xenomorphs supposedly are, then proceed to massacre every single one, despite Xenomorphs being more dangerous than Pandora animals by far, despite far worse terrain to fight on, and despite 50:1 numerical advantage the aliens have - and all this without mechas, gunships, rockets and autocannons.

2) Trade? I made the mistake of reading he storybook hoping it would make sense of some of the plot holes. Turns out, yes, company did try what you propose - brought all sorts of goods, knowledge, culture, everything. That's why Avatar project existed in the first place - company dumped billions of dollars into creation of better diplomats, opened language schools for Navi, they tried everything. Storybook makes Navi look like ignorant savages that ignored every single offer made, no matter how good, out of spite.

3) And, what was the final straw for me, in storybook Unobtainium is a component needed to create room-temperature superconductors, implications being its usage was needed to sustain Earth's ecosystem, by allowing to cut down pollution and decrease energy losses in failing infrastructure, allowing brighter future for the planet, instead of total collapse. It wasn't so expensive because it was vanity item, but because it was like selling medicine to terminal cancer patient. So, nope, I don't have any sympathy to aliens sitting on it and unwilling to trade, sorry, greater good and all that.

I'd like to get in on this if you don't mind

1) They do mention the toughness of the animals. Also I know some people theorize that we are reaching the point where weapons technology will simply stop advancing due to overkill. Why design a better gun when the current ones will pretty much always kill their opponents anyways? Besides that we wouldn't do as well as you think. Not that we wouldn't win due to having a numerical advantage and a tech advantage. Nearly every animal on Earth has the ability to do severe damage to a human. If they attacked us in an orginized manner entire cities would be wiped out. Perhaps even entire countries. After all its easy to wipe out animals when they only fight back on an individual basis

2) I haven't read the storybook but I imagine the Navi were just like

"Sure all this stuff is nice but we don't actually want any of it. We are in fact very happy with our lives."

3) In fairness the part that makes me facepalm on the human side are these two things:
a) "lets go through the costly and morally difficult process of forcing the natives off their land instead of just going to a different source of Unobtanium. I mean we only travled light years already a few more hundred kilometers is just too much effort."

b) "Hey the scientists whose sole job and expertise is studying the fauna of Pandora have made a new discovery! Lets dismiss them as tree hugging doped up hippies. Its not like they haven't done years of research as well as being some of the smartest people we have"

4) finally there weren't that many humans on Pandora. Only a few hundred at least. Dispite being outnumbered by nearly every Navi on the planet they not only won they came within spitting distance of killing the hive mind of the entire planet. If Unobtanium is a truely can't live without it resource then we'll be back. And in greater numbers! :smallbiggrin:

[SiuiS]

See, that's the problem. While I'm usually able to figure out what the writer/speaker actually means, it's not always my first intuition and it does make me stop for a few seconds sometimes.

For example with the "fillyfooler", while now that I think about it it may have been almost ingenious in this particular story, it did make me stop and ask "did he really just call her a pedophile? That's just wrong, dude!". Of course I quickly figured "Nah, obviously he means lesbian and is just too big an oaf (the character, I think it was Blueblood II, not the author) to realize his mistake".

I believe you're taking it too literally, and thus missing out on stuff you'd find if you took the broader view. Specifically;
Filly means two things, not just one. "young + girl". So linguistic inertia, context, and all should show that fillyfooler is one who fools with, specifically, fillies, as opposed to children generically. the opposite term is coltcuddler, derogatory(ish? Depends on a lot) form of gay man. We have foal established as being young, filly as bein akin to 'young miss' and colt as akin to 'young sir'.

I suppose I should say here, to avoid future misunderstanding, that the terms as they are applied now make sense to me because they are just different, equine-y names for titles I already use and find in common usage. So there is that...


Just because it's become established does not mean it's a good idea. I'm not one of those people who insist language should stay fixed and never change, far from it, I love changes because it keeps things interesting, but that doesn't mean all changes are good either.

I don't believe I argued change is good just because it's change. I mean, I know the purpose of this segment here is to establish your credibility (that you have a valid point and aren't being a ThanqolGrognard) which is fine, and I do believe you aren't just railing against 'them young folk with their loud music' or anything. It seems like you're turning it too far, and implying that my credibility is dampened by being on the opposite end of your view.

Sort of random, I know, but it's rare for me to both notice this, and be able to point out what causes my unease.


In the real world, "filly" and "colt" really do mean a child horse, not just a young horse. And because we have to use the real world as a base for comparison when we watch the show, that's going to be the first association many people will get.

well see, most much real-world stuff went out the window with the phrase "once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria..." :smallwink:
That's just it, I think. As far as opinions go, we're both right. I was set to give up more real-world relativism than you, and as long as the words are internally consistent in their usage I'm fine; I actually prefer colt/filly being old teenagers/young adults, because I find that extending the term to children, after so much canonical work went into establishing otherwise, dilutes the terms and muddles their intended meaning.

At this point what I am arguing is your assumption that most people will make the same associations as you. I have found, through casual conversation more than research, mind, that your view is the minority one. So you lose out on the 'most folks won't get it' end because most folks do.

As a caveat, though, I have rose-tinted lenses of the fandom in general. The playground has been good to me, in ways no other site I've yet seen has. It may color my perceptions and I'm jut missing evidence to the contrary.


That's part of the definition, at least.

Thank you. It's ao nerve-wracking to correct someone on something but forget the right answer yourself. What are the other parts? I've heard it used in programming, and in the book Jurassic Park in between chapters. And somehow as a map generator, but that flew over my head as to how.


Is this hinting at a PbP pony RP? Because if so, please please please PLEEEAAAASSSEEE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGNEE4dVqc)keep me posted if one starts up. :smallbiggrin:

Consider yourself forewarned, then; I'm in the stages of 'process ideas into actual game material' and 'pluck up the courage to overcome stage-fright'. Me and ... Druid Droid, I believe, are currently battling here, to see which of us overcomes our shyness enough to actually start the work.

I think I'm losing because I've been talking about my progress... Hahaha.
Oh! And speaking of progress, you know what helps adventurers succeed? A PARTY!
ugh. That's going to be fun trying to suppress <<;

[Athaniar]

I decided to catch up on SFDebris videos and was surprised to notice he's going to review this show on October 20. Now that'll be interesting.

On a side note, Windows Movie Maker (2.6, on Windows 7) hates me (and humanity in general, I suspect, it's like a proto-Skynet). My attempt to set an anime intro song to ponies fails when I try to save it as a movie ("Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified location" and so on). Apparently this is common. Sigh. When I finally managed to make something, it won't save properly...

[Gadora]

Thank you. It's ao nerve-wracking to correct someone on something but forget the right answer yourself. What are the other parts? I've heard it used in programming, and in the book Jurassic Park in between chapters. And somehow as a map generator, but that flew over my head as to how.


Ooh! You want an overview of fractals and what they're used for? Do you have an hour to spare (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/physics/hunting-hidden-dimension.html)? I probably love that show a bit more than I should...

...

This post kind of lacks pony content. How about I make up for it a bit later by seeing if I can't get deviantArt working properly so as to do an art dump later?

[Aotrs Commander]

@ AOTRS

i am a bit surprised you didn't react to Midnight trying to turn herself undead...or did you just miss it in the avalanche of posts?
20 pages in a day and a half...........

*peers around carefully*

Uh, yes..

Ahem.

I thought I would reserve comment for when and if she succeeded. Which, as I frankly expected, she didn't... (Given that in order to do that, she would have had to (even subconciously) kill herself - I'm fairly certain that Midnight simply doesn't have that in her; which I frankly think is overall a good thing, since Murderously Evil Midnight would not be so humorous.)



Also, has everyone seen ED's current banner (as of time of this post)?

Way to go, Phoe!

[Thanqol]

Also, has everyone seen ED's current banner (as of time of this post)?

Way to go, Phoe!

*Applause*

[Soras Teva Gee]

The only concrete example I can think of presently is "fillyfooler" which I think I saw used in some fic. It may have been Out in the Cold or one of its follow-ups, and it may have been used as an insult and thus possibly OK in that particular case (I can't remember the exact story or context), but "fillyfooler" would pretty much translate exactly to "pedophile". Even as an insult that would make me slightly wary, because it would be a particularly vile insult actually.

I'm sorry but unless that was the contextual meaning I'm not willing to grant you that as a translation. Occam's razor gives us "girl fooler" which doesn't mean anything in English as far as I'm aware so its entirely up to the creator what it means. It an entirely added strech to give that sexual connotations in the first place, unless that's the contextual definiton.

Even taking fooler as "fools around *winkwink* with" you still are left with "girl" which is much broader then child as discussed. Strip clubs and porn sites advertise their hot girls who are over 18.

From the other end pedophile stops being valid long before girl does, implicitly referring to prepubescent children. Going on the basis of "girl" there are possible distinctions between infantophilia, pedophilia, hebephilia, and ephebophilia. The last of which becomes while possibly still creepy socially gets into modern legal adult ranges, and well covers ages that in different times/cultures are considered marriageable even to older partners with no particular stigma.

Put simply I feel you are enforcing your own definition that doesn't hold up to the established flexibility of terms.


I understand perfectly well how some words can get you; myself, I really really dislike people saying hologram when they mean fractal2. That's an entirely different case though, because it's not based on how an entirely new species of creature breaks itself down using words similar to how humans talk about horses.


2: ironically, I'm not entirely sure fractal ia the word I want. An object wherein any single part of the pattern is identical to the entire pattern, right?

I'd be very interested to see where this happened, as I think it should be entirely possible to have a hologram of a fractal pattern.

[Grif]

*peers around carefully*

Uh, yes..

Ahem.

I thought I would reserve comment for when and if she succeeded. Which, as I frankly expected, she didn't... (Given that in order to do that, she would have had to (even subconciously) kill herself - I'm fairly certain that Midnight simply doesn't have that in her; which I frankly think is overall a good thing, since Murderously Evil Midnight would not be so humorous.)



Also, has everyone seen ED's current banner (as of time of this post)?

Way to go, Phoe!

I, for one, welcome our Phoe overlord. :smallbiggrin:

[EsperDerek]

HELPING

"The denial is even worse. The book doesn't say anything about backsliding!"

"Why won't she let us help her?"

"We should send her baby photos to the university newsletter!"

"That'd make anypony angry!"

*Midnight's eye twitches slightly. She seems to be doing that a lot recently!

"You....you wouldn't dare! You wouldn't embarrass me like that...w-would you?


You can't steal that which is freely given. :smallwink:
I'm glad you like it.

Heehee, what can I say, it tickled my fancy.


I'M HELPING!
A... slip of the tongue, my dear. Which is unusual, because normally I am so *very* good with my tongue.

What I meant to say was, I'll send you TO THE MOON!

(Great, now I'm channelling Trollestia)
But, now that you mention it, my room sounds so much more pleasurab... I mean, safe and secure.



*Midnight goes scarlet, and stammers nervously. Her new succubus wings seem to be creeping up slightly.

"Cestya, I'm really flattered, and I won't lie and say that there haven't been certain...uhm..fantasies...but t-this really isn't appropriate, is it? I mean, even if I've had ones that have involved a paddle, and oh..I mean...oh, dear, just dig yourself further, Mids...."


Alright, awesome! I'm back! First, for the Role Play. Quote post coming next.

Rarity's Night
She just sat, her gaze lost in his, his visage so well complimented by the beautiful scene behind him. This was how true royalty should act, she couldn't stop repeating in her mind. This is how a man of status should conduct himself when escorting a lady for the evening. Everything was so perfect. It was a gorgeous night, and he had somehow managed to commission the only five star restaurant in the town for a private meal so far from town. She could not get over how much he had put into this for her, or how undeserving she was of these affections; no matter how much he adamantly argued the opposite. But she would not deny this; she could not deny this even if she wanted to. His words just cemented that blush upon her face.

The plates were laid before the pair upon the table, and she was snapped rather quickly from her thoughts and fantasies, nearly jumping clean from her seat at the unexpected motion. Truth be told, she could have sat like that, her hoof in his for hours without fail. However, her stomach rather quickly reminded her upon such an eloquent description of the meal that had been prepared that she had indeed skipped her normal evening meal; resulting in a rather unladylike rumble. Her ears flattened in embarrassment, a small apologetic smile forming on her face.

The wine was poured before her, and waiting for the waiter to complete his presentation, she levitated the petite glass a few inches into the air. His words felt so sincere, and covered her with a warmth not unlike a protective blanket would a child. Everything felt so right at that very moment.

She had originally intended to say 'To Us', and offer her prince a toast, however she found herself awash with astonishment, paralyzed, speech leaving her in full at his words. Most would think such a thing flattery; that the reason an entire town was great was for the fact that it housed a single pony. But it just felt so sincere, and she could feel her cheeks alight. She felt her magic faltering as any concentration she had broke; the glass set with a soft ringing echo to the table. She could find herself only able to gaze into his deep blue eyes with wonder and awe.

Her hoof raised to meet his, cradling it gently against her cheek, a soft, dreamy sigh following in kind. She just more and more found herself wanting to be close to him. This romance was straight from a fairy tale, and she never wanted this night to end.

---

It hadn't taken Sweetie Bell long at all to begin gallivanting about the Boutique upon her sister's departure, throwing a couple of things into her saddlebags before taking off. She knew Applebloom, and there was no way that filly was letting her leave tonight. Heck, it was late enough as it was, and this was going to be one heck of a story. Most likely she'd end up spending the night at her lifelong friend's place. That had been a problem right after they had gotten their cutie marks; their misadventures had slowly been slipping later and later at night. However a couple of years ago Applejack let her sister take a room out in the barn once they had finally gotten the roof repaired and insulation put in; so it was a lot easier for her to just drop in unannounced at nine at night.

She apparently had a bit of her old tendencies, because when she heard the rapping at the downstairs door, she jumped, launching a small bottle of shampoo skyward as her telekinesis decided it wanted to have a mind of its own.

"C-Coming!" she yelled down, quickly recognizing the voice. Glancing around at the mess in the room, she groaned. Make that ten at night. Shampoo was everywhere; thankfully she'd only brought a small travel bottle down from Connecticolt with her; otherwise she might not get a chance to go.

She quickly trotted down the stairs and pulled open the door, revealing a small baby dragon with soft purple scales, just as she had thought. It was strange for him to be coming by at this hour, but his feelings for Rarity were no real secret, even if somehow he still thought they were hidden from anypony. He was probably here to ask Rarity to help out around the place, fawning over her like a lovesick child. It was cute really, and completely harmless, so nopony tried to stand in the way of it. Sometimes she even thought her sister enjoyed the attention a little more than she liked to let on.

"Heya Spike! What are you doing here this late?" She waved him into the main foyer and showroom with a gesture of the hoof, walking to the door of the kitchen to grab a towel. She was going to need it later anyways. Letting the maroon piece of cloth drape over an endtable, she decided to rest on one of the couches that served as waiting areas during business hours; quickly indicating for Spike to do the same. It wasn't like she was in a rush in any reality, and the little incident upstairs had kind of put a damper on her eagerness to get out the door; since that meant she had to clean the mess up first.

It was only then that she noticed the absolutely gorgeous flowers on the table, and her attention quickly turned that way. "Wow those are gorgeous, huh? I wonder where Rarity found them?"

Rarity's Night
There could have been inane chitchat. How are you, what fine weather we're having. How's the business going, how's your sister doing, and all of that meaningless small talk. All of the words that ponies used to fill the dead air, like they were afraid of hearing themselves think. But the air here wasn't dead, it was crackling with vivid life. This was a meeting of the hearts, and words had to be carefully selected.

So, too, could he have been critical. He had, of course, heard Rarity's stomach gurgle, had seen her magical falter with that wine glass, nearly causing it's contents to spill when it touched the ground. He supposed that Blueblood, or some of the more critical nobles that he had met in his brief times in court and castle, would have been positively scandalized by those things. But Midnight had learned from the two most noble creatures in all of Equestria, the two Princesses he was so fortunate to call his family. They never would do such a foalish thing. Do not sweat the small stuff. That was the way Celestia and Luna, the way the true nobles, acted. And so would he.

One who lived in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, after all.

He felt her hoof slip around him, and heard that sigh. His heart thrilled, and that pink on his cheeks returned. Even the meal right now was starting to feel meaningless, he wanted nothing more at the moment to push the table aside, and pull Rarity close to him, to share each others warmth, to feel her heart beating.

As he looked into her eyes, he began to realize that she was feeling the same thing. But, too, could he see that slight bit of doubt in Rarity's eyes, that the mare did not deserve such things. That would not do.

He leaned forwards, across the table, using his hoof to encourage her head to join him in turn. His lips met hers, and he favoured her with another kiss. But this wasn't the brief, tantalizing kiss from earlier, meant to intice. This was a deep, romantic kiss, firm but gentle, one that a pony felt straight down to their hooves if done correctly.

He was.

---

"Hi, Sweetie Belle." Spike said, stepping into the Botique, and hopped up on the couch when he was offered. He had to admit that Sweetie Belle had really come into her own growing up, nearly as beautiful as her sister. (Some would argue perhaps more beautiful, but Spike would never be one of them!) "I finally got free from Twilight and Trixie, so I came to give Midnight a hand so she could get out sooner rather than later."

That sounded reasonable. A 'brother' concerned for his 'sister', wanting to help her out. In many ways it was indeed the truth, but not the whole truth. He had no doubt that Belle knew the true reason as well, but he just couldn't bring himself to admit it. Maybe he really was a bit of a fool.

"Did they go out to dinner or something?" He continued, only to be distracted by Sweetie Belle's comment. He blinked, his eyes finding the gorgeous flowers on the table, placed so carefully and reverently on the table. His head tilted. They looked almost familiar, Spike could swear that he had seen them before. But where? They were so strange, but then....

Momma! Spike! Look at the flowers I made!

"S-She got them from Midnight...Those are her special flowers..." Spike said as soon as that memory flowed through his mind. He felt a chill down his spine. No, surely not, what a silly thing to think, Midnight wouldn't...

But, then, why were they so carefully arranged, in such a beautiful vase? It was hardly the actions of an Aunt, more like...

"W-Why is Midnight giving Rarity flowers?"


I decided to catch up on SFDebris videos and was surprised to notice he's going to review this show on October 20. Now that'll be interesting.

On a side note, Windows Movie Maker (2.6, on Windows 7) hates me (and humanity in general, I suspect, it's like a proto-Skynet). My attempt to set an anime intro song to ponies fails when I try to save it as a movie ("Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified location" and so on). Apparently this is common. Sigh. When I finally managed to make something, it won't save properly...

That is because WMM is, in fact, Satan itself. WMM is the truest evil in this world, and you should never use it, unless you absolutely feel like banging your head against your computer monitor in frustration. It is hate, in editing program form.

I...may have some bad blood towards it.


*peers around carefully*

Uh, yes..

Ahem.

I thought I would reserve comment for when and if she succeeded. Which, as I frankly expected, she didn't... (Given that in order to do that, she would have had to (even subconciously) kill herself - I'm fairly certain that Midnight simply doesn't have that in her; which I frankly think is overall a good thing, since Murderously Evil Midnight would not be so humorous.)

*Midnight grins, fluttering her new succubus wings. All four of them.

"This is true! Nopony wants me to go nutty like that, bad things would probably happen. Like, I might actually end up taking over your command! But instead, I got these. These are pretty fun! As is the tail!"


Also, has everyone seen ED's current banner (as of time of this post)?

Way to go, Phoe!

I knew it was only a matter of time. :smallwink:

[byaku rai]

I sleep, and two pages have popped up when I get back.

... We'll see if I ever make that mistake again. http://i.imgur.com/2E2Va.png

[Titanium Fox]

Probably sometime after the shotgun incident... Whoo! Reference from I don't even know how many threads ago!

Oh, MAN. Memories man! I think that was... Thread 18? Wow, I've been around that long? YAY! I'm an established member of the community! :D


In all fairness, he was warned.

Still... *removes hat, holds to chest* Alas poor Titanium Fox, we barely knew him.

Hmmm... hang on second. *rummages, pulls out a pill* Looks like it's time for some tough love, baby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwSXTeNKDUU) - no excuses! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyEjJbEHiBM)

"Oh don't worry! I know his personality well enough to pose as him at work! Just be awkward and talk about D&D and ramble and stuff! Oh, and act ashamed at ponies around one or two specific people."


It's okay, my pony buddy, I know how real life can be. *gives hugs* I can be patient, especially when it's as awesome as it has been. You have an awesome evening and tomorrow. :smallsmile:

I might take it up on myself to craft a proper opening for our little RP in the meantime, if I summon the will.

Thanks for understanding Midnight. *Huggles*


When you put it like that, I'm suddenly reminded of a plot point in the amazing DS RPG, The World Ends With You. The exact same idea is presented in that game, and the difference between technical skill and design skill is one of the main character's major problems. She wants to have design skill, but she really doesn't. Her calling is technical.

Just like Fluttershy.

Huh. You know, I meant to play that game forever ago, but never got around to it. I'll check it out.


"Fanfic-ish" as in amateurishly written or...? I can't say I see where ya'll are coming from.

As in... Hm. How to describe. It just reminded me of a fanfic is all. Nothing bad per-se, it was just crazy, and felt like something a Brony might come up with. I don't know, I can't think of how to describe better.


*Midnight's eye twitches slightly.

"It's okay, Lixie! I know why this is happening! It's because I've been a bad filly!"

*Twitch*

"With all the taunting the liches and the genderbending and the general naughtiness and shipping! I've been a bad, bad filly, and this is why this is happening!"

*Twitch Twitch*

"But I can be good! See, look, Mommas! Lixie! Everypony, I can be a good filly! I promise!"

*Her horn glows brilliantly, and she ends up in a very conservative looking outfit. Her generally pretty wild hair is forced into a tight bun, and a pair of glasses perch over her eyes.

"N-No more naughtiness for me! I promise, I'll be good!"

"Midnight, Nooooooooooooo! We've lost her!"


now how is she gonna claim to be a good filly when she continues her date with Rarity......

That's a completely different universe at this point. Continuities between thread Equestria and Rarity's Night Equestria have exploded. :smalltongue:


I always thought it was Sparkmac.:smallconfused:

I always called it "TwiMac".


Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a pony just a young horse in the real world? The term being basically the sexless version of filly/colt?

Zevox

Nope. Mule is the sexless version of a horse. A pony is a subspecies of horse that generally come to about half the size of a full grown. (1/3 the size of a draft horse.)


...Lixie gets a nosebleed.
"Um. I don't think 'good' is really your thing." blushing profusely. "Adorasexy."

I am so totally stealing that word. Adorasexy. I like it.

And I am very inclined to agree. o///o



"No my dear" Luna replies, her smile only getting wider as she approaches. "Not crazy ... sane."

"Yes, sane. You are one of the few who has yet to be marked. You can see it, can't you? When you look into the eyes of the affected." She leans in close, her pupils shrunk to the size of pinheads, and giggles.

"There's only one way to stay safe my dear, and I figured it out! The madness, the insanity, it comes for you. It will do so every day and every night until the night of Nightmare. The only way to protect yourself is to always be on guard, always vigilant ... It likes it best when you sleep, you see."

As she giggles again, her outline begins to blur, her body gradually becoming transperant with every word she speaks. Her voice changes too, becoming deeper, more resonant, filling the room until Midnight can no longer tell where it's coming from. With her final words, "Luna" vanishes.

"So ... don't ... go ... to ... bed!"

Oh boy, this is what I get for posting when sleep deprived, a sudden realisation I have no idea how to properly RP Luna ... luckily, I can always just pass it off as an illusion of ponysanity!

EDIT: Blah, in the time it takes me to type a paragraph, you guys have already finished 10 replies! (Feel free to ignore this post, I have a feeling it's a bit late now :smalltongue: Will leave it up just for posterity's sake though! XD)

This actually horrified me a little bit. Nice work! :smalleek:


"I uh this is not the normal student teacher relationship!" squeakblush!
Blink.
"...why do I care?"
Happyblush!


And thus the torch is passed.

I was about to say! Lix, denying affections? This is so unlike you! :smalltongue:


Anyways, it's time for bed here, I need to be up relatively early tomorrow. Besides, it'll give poor Midnight a few hours to relax, the poor thing is a bit of a nervous wreck after everything that's happened. :smallwink:

G'night, everypony!

Awww! I missed you by like five minutes.

*Reads on* Or you already have a post up. Awesome! On it like Pinkie Pie on Cupcakes!


I sleep, and two pages have popped up when I get back.

... We'll see if I ever make that mistake again. http://i.imgur.com/2E2Va.png

I do believe Luna approves of this. :smalltongue:

[Thanqol]

*Midnight's eye twitches slightly. She seems to be doing that a lot recently!

"You....you wouldn't dare! You wouldn't embarrass me like that...w-would you?

HELPING

"If I did would that make you aaaaangry? Angry enough to make a deal?"

*Twilight's eye was twitching plenty to match.*


I sleep, and two pages have popped up when I get back.

... We'll see if I ever make that mistake again. http://i.imgur.com/2E2Va.png

Two pages? Two pages? TWO PAGES?

There were seven when I woke up this morning!

[Lord Raziere]

……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

[Trixie]

On a side note, Windows Movie Maker (2.6, on Windows 7) hates me (and humanity in general, I suspect, it's like a proto-Skynet). My attempt to set an anime intro song to ponies fails when I try to save it as a movie ("Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified location" and so on). Apparently this is common. Sigh. When I finally managed to make something, it won't save properly...

Aren't you just trying to save it to forbidden location? Like WMM directory? Have you tried any others?


I thought I would reserve comment for when and if she succeeded. Which, as I frankly expected, she didn't... (Given that in order to do that, she would have had to (even subconciously) kill herself - I'm fairly certain that Midnight simply doesn't have that in her;

Why don't you help? :P


I'd be very interested to see where this happened, as I think it should be entirely possible to have a hologram of a fractal pattern.

Moreover, all holograms actually are fractals, so it's possible he was wrong and whoever said it right, depends on context :smalltongue:

[Kris Strife]

Helping Midnight
"Again, you could just go to the one place these Twilights would never find you... MAGIC KINDERGARTEN. DUNDUNDUNNN!" Leo grins, then points behind the horde of Twilights. "Look, somepony is saving their place in book by folding the corner!"

[Athaniar]

That is because WMM is, in fact, Satan itself. WMM is the truest evil in this world, and you should never use it, unless you absolutely feel like banging your head against your computer monitor in frustration. It is hate, in editing program form.

Oh yes, I'm starting to realize that. It lured me by being easy to use and edit clips in (once I managed to convert the files correctly, but that's got nothing to do with the WMM itself), but now I just feel trolled. Is there any way of... recording the video while I play it (in the WMM) or something? Otherwise I'm out of ideas.


Aren't you just trying to save it to forbidden location? Like WMM directory? Have you tried any others?
I've tried to save it to both several folders and the desktop itself. No success so far.


……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.
Yes.

[Trixie]

Oh yes, I'm starting to realize that. It lured me by being easy to use and edit clips in (once I managed to convert the files correctly, but that's got nothing to do with the WMM itself), but now I just feel trolled. Is there any way of... recording the video while I play it (in the WMM) or something? Otherwise I'm out of ideas.

I've tried to save it to both several folders and the desktop itself. No success so far.

Recording? Use Fraps or similar program, maybe, or just capture it from your graphic card?

As for another place, I can only recommend checking if you have enough space, or trying to save it to USB drive, sorry. Nothing else but FAT limits come to mind.

[Kindablue]

As in... Hm. How to describe. It just reminded me of a fanfic is all. Nothing bad per-se, it was just crazy, and felt like something a Brony might come up with. I don't know, I can't think of how to describe better.
Episode 3 discussion:
"Pandering"? or do you mean that there was a tone shift into something more adult-oriented? I think that that has to do more with the dropped E/I status than anything else; the show would've been like this from the start if they hadn't had to work around those constraints, whether that's a good thing or not.

[byaku rai]

……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

Indeed. Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Soras Teva Gee]

I sleep, and two pages have popped up when I get back.

... We'll see if I ever make that mistake again. http://i.imgur.com/2E2Va.png

Only two? Ponythread is slipping.



……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

That's what I said.

No you didn't you said "ponies"

Shut Up!


Moreover, all holograms actually are fractals, so it's possible he was wrong and whoever said it right, depends on context :smalltongue:

You appear to be correct but this gets into how holograms are made and rapidly makes my head hurt. And fractals are everywhere but its not something I'd expect to be casually brought up.

So Yeah, them ponies!

[otakuryoga]

so 2 small things hit me that i havent seen mentioned yet
1) Twilights Teleport spell is safe: no worries about ending up inside another object/another object inside you...as we saw when she teleported and destroyed the beach ball the CMC were playing with

2) Twilights face in said scene...scariest moment in the series...i figured out why it was so scary/creepy
Hai Gurlz! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd47Ec_NJyo) Here's Johhny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CMmwVRAtaI)
they totally went Nicholson on us
best side by side? pause johnny at 5 seconds...pause twi at 18 seconds... then flip between them---SAME expression

[Kris Strife]

so 2 small things hit me that i havent seen mentioned yet
1) Twilights Teleport spell is safe: no worries about ending up inside another object/another object inside you...as we saw when she teleported and destroyed the beach ball the CMC were playing with

I think that bit was actually a joke on Google Chrome, and their rainbow loading ball. :smallwink:

[SlyGuyMcFly]

……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

Conversely and contrariwise, all the crazies in this thread are bronies!

[Titanium Fox]

Rarity's Night
There could have been inane chitchat. How are you, what fine weather we're having. How's the business going, how's your sister doing, and all of that meaningless small talk. All of the words that ponies used to fill the dead air, like they were afraid of hearing themselves think. But the air here wasn't dead, it was crackling with vivid life. This was a meeting of the hearts, and words had to be carefully selected.

So, too, could he have been critical. He had, of course, heard Rarity's stomach gurgle, had seen her magical falter with that wine glass, nearly causing it's contents to spill when it touched the ground. He supposed that Blueblood, or some of the more critical nobles that he had met in his brief times in court and castle, would have been positively scandalized by those things. But Midnight had learned from the two most noble creatures in all of Equestria, the two Princesses he was so fortunate to call his family. They never would do such a foalish thing. Do not sweat the small stuff. That was the way Celestia and Luna, the way the true nobles, acted. And so would he.

One who lived in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, after all.

He felt her hoof slip around him, and heard that sigh. His heart thrilled, and that pink on his cheeks returned. Even the meal right now was starting to feel meaningless, he wanted nothing more at the moment to push the table aside, and pull Rarity close to him, to share each others warmth, to feel her heart beating.

As he looked into her eyes, he began to realize that she was feeling the same thing. But, too, could he see that slight bit of doubt in Rarity's eyes, that the mare did not deserve such things. That would not do.

He leaned forwards, across the table, using his hoof to encourage her head to join him in turn. His lips met hers, and he favoured her with another kiss. But this wasn't the brief, tantalizing kiss from earlier, meant to intice. This was a deep, romantic kiss, firm but gentle, one that a pony felt straight down to their hooves if done correctly.

He was.

---

"Hi, Sweetie Belle." Spike said, stepping into the Botique, and hopped up on the couch when he was offered. He had to admit that Sweetie Belle had really come into her own growing up, nearly as beautiful as her sister. (Some would argue perhaps more beautiful, but Spike would never be one of them!) "I finally got free from Twilight and Trixie, so I came to give Midnight a hand so she could get out sooner rather than later."

That sounded reasonable. A 'brother' concerned for his 'sister', wanting to help her out. In many ways it was indeed the truth, but not the whole truth. He had no doubt that Belle knew the true reason as well, but he just couldn't bring himself to admit it. Maybe he really was a bit of a fool.

"Did they go out to dinner or something?" He continued, only to be distracted by Sweetie Belle's comment. He blinked, his eyes finding the gorgeous flowers on the table, placed so carefully and reverently on the table. His head tilted. They looked almost familiar, Spike could swear that he had seen them before. But where? They were so strange, but then....

Momma! Spike! Look at the flowers I made!

"S-She got them from Midnight...Those are her special flowers..." Spike said as soon as that memory flowed through his mind. He felt a chill down his spine. No, surely not, what a silly thing to think, Midnight wouldn't...

But, then, why were they so carefully arranged, in such a beautiful vase? It was hardly the actions of an Aunt, more like...

"W-Why is Midnight giving Rarity flowers?"

Rarity's Night
If her mind had been completely there, she would be kicking herself for her foalish slips ups. There was nothing graceful that she was exuding right now. No, she was being just as clumsy and oafish as Rainbow Dash could be. The doubt she felt now began to intermingle with nervousness, and a sense of failure. She sucked the night's cold air into her lungs, straightening herself nearly imperceptibly, steeling herself to bring back that swagger and grace she knew she needed. She could not be off her game tonight, she thought to herself.

She didn't even notice herself being pulled in, closer and closer, farther across the table.

Their lips met. Her entire being seemed to erupt into fireworks at his touch. Everything melted away. The same magic, the same spark from before, but s much stronger. So much more tantalizing. Her hoof raised to his shoulder, resting gently over it as she pressed her lips to his, her head tilting slightly, her eyes fluttering closed. Doubt dissolved. Worry transformed under its power into confidence and unabashed joy.

There was nothing that she could ever do to make this Prince before her think differently of her. It was as if more than just bodies touched. Something so intimate, something so powerful that mere words could not describe the grandeur of this single solitary moment.

After what seemed as though a blissful eternity, their lips finally parted, a coy smile upon her lips. The food below them was slowly going cold, and she could not care less.

"Prince..." She cooed, pausing for a moment to select the perfect words. "You have swept this fair lady clean off of her hooves." Barely a whisper, their faces nary an inch apart. Her hoof slid down his shoulder and foreleg, eventually coming to rest upon his own. "If only Luna could hold the night... If only this moment could last into eternity."

---

Sweetie Bell chuckled softly to herself at Spike's supposed reason for stopping by. Sure, she knew that he meant that on a level, but she knew for a fact that he had come to fawn over Rarity just a bit more. Her head shook as she glanced back to the still relatively tiny dragon from the vase, her expression quickly turning quizzical at the look of relative horror washing over his face.

"Um... Spike? Are you doing alright?" Something about special flowers. That didn't really make sense to her. Sure, they were gorgeous, but they didn't really seem to warrant that reaction. Spike didn't know what she knew though. If those really had come from Midnight, then that pretty much confirmed what she'd figured when she'd seen Midnight's stallion lookalike trotting down the walk in the height of fashion.

Wait. Rarity had said she had a date with a Prince tonight. Could Midnight's magic even do that? And what about his relation... and her relation... And... oh Celestia. That wasn't just a lookalike. That was actually Midnight!

And poor Spike. By only what he had seen he was really only being paranoid; even if he was most likely right in his conclusion. She may have enjoyed getting on his nerves every once in a while, but she couldn't let him go through what he was about to. She had to think fast.

"Well, Midnight was here earlier. I'm not sure what the two were doing... But maybe Midnight gave them to Rarity for inspiration for a dress?" She didn't sound that convinced herself, but she flashed him a soft smile, glancing around the room for anything that could match those colors that she could point to as evidence.

There, plain as day was Midnight's gala dress, absolutely destroyed. She could almost feel the relief wash over her. "Yeah, probably. Probably working on her dress." She motioned to it with a hoof. "You know Rarity. Always wants to improve on perfection."

Spike didn't need to know what was probably going on somewhere in Ponyville tonight. She couldn't bear to see how he would react if he caught wind. Regardless of how unlikely the two were to ever get together, Spikes feelings were not faked. Quite the contrary in fact. It would completely break his heart to know that his own sister swiped the object of his affections right out from under his nose.

She quietly resolved to figure out just what in the hay was going on for herself once Spike had been tended to though. Something just wasn't right; the obvious couldn't be the truth.

"Just what's so special about the flowers Spike?"

[Soras Teva Gee]

so 2 small things hit me that i havent seen mentioned yet
1) Twilights Teleport spell is safe: no worries about ending up inside another object/another object inside you...as we saw when she teleported and destroyed the beach ball the CMC were playing with

2) Twilights face in said scene...scariest moment in the series...i figured out why it was so scary/creepy
Hai Gurlz! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd47Ec_NJyo) Here's Johhny (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CMmwVRAtaI)
they totally went Nicholson on us
best side by side? pause johnny at 5 seconds...pause twi at 18 seconds... then flip between them---SAME expression

On your first point, given you could probably arrive in the same location and y'know tear your away out. What with the hollow air filled space and all....

Stop having sane conversation!
No Keep It Together!

[Titanium Fox]

……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

I know, right? I can't tell them apart anymore either, I swear. :smalltongue:


Episode 3 discussion:
"Pandering"? or do you mean that there was a tone shift into something more adult-oriented? I think that that has to do more with the dropped E/I status than anything else; the show would've been like this from the start if they hadn't had to work around those constraints, whether that's a good thing or not.

Yeah, I guess that could be what I'm looking for. I'm not too sure if the dropping of the status is a good thing or not, we'll just have to wait and see. I know this episode sat well with the Bronies, I'm just concerned it may have alienated a little bit of the original target audience; specifically the younger end of the spectrum (3 - 5).

...Although the more and more I think about it, the less likely I think it actually is.

[Capt. Ido Nos]

All of the crazy twi avatars are incredible disconcerting, by the way. http://i.imgur.com/pUT8r.png

[Anarion]

I know, right? I can't tell them apart anymore either, I swear. :smalltongue:



Yeah, I guess that could be what I'm looking for. I'm not too sure if the dropping of the status is a good thing or not, we'll just have to wait and see. I know this episode sat well with the Bronies, I'm just concerned it may have alienated a little bit of the original target audience; specifically the younger end of the spectrum (3 - 5).

...Although the more and more I think about it, the less likely I think it actually is.

Considering the popularity of shows such as Spongebob Squarepants, Ren and Stimpy, or Rocco's Modern Life, I'm pretty confident that kids have a pretty high zany tolerance.

[Titanium Fox]

All of the crazy twi avatars are incredible disconcerting, by the way. http://i.imgur.com/pUT8r.png

Yes. Yes they are. It makes me feel like I should run very, very far away as fast as my hooves can carry me.


Considering the popularity of shows such as Spongebob Squarepants, Ren and Stimpy, or Rocco's Modern Life, I'm pretty confident that kids have a pretty high zany tolerance.

Point taken. I just literally can not remember at what age I started watching cartoons like that. It may have been younger than I thought.

I wish Rocco's Modern Life was still on the air, come to think about it.

[Grif]

……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

Nah, this is par for the course. Wait till the Luna episode. I bet that'll drive everypony crazy!

[TheAmishPirate]

BUH.

This is the last time I wait so long to watch the episode, but I've got good reason this time!

Amish's Computer Woes (spoiled for RL nonsense and such):
So I took my laptop in for repairs, and with labor, repair costs, part ordering, and all that jazz, the total repair cost would be somewhere on the order of >25% the original cost of my 2-3 year old lappy. Yeah, not worth it. It's a lousy thing to do over what amounts to case failure, but it just wasn't worth repairing.

Fortunately, my parents decided to get me my Christmas present early, and fronted the cost of an upgrade. My old lappy will be servicing as a backup computer/file repository for now. And this is my first ponythread post from my new laptop. About twice the specs of the old one, about a hundred dollars cheaper.

Moore's Law, fillies and gentlecolts. It's a beautiful thing. :smallsmile:

Actual EP 3 thoughts:

I really liked it. Crazy Twi was hard to watch, but I think that was the point. I loved how they handled Celestia in this one. A lot less jarring then her previous sudden appearances. Spike was awesome, overall aesop was awesome, great gags, Big Mac you so silly, loved it.

Oddly enough, in getting up to speed on the latest Midnight RP, I think I covered most of the major conversation topics without reading the whole thread. I'm definitely remembering that tactic next time I have to play catch-up. That being said, what all happened in the last three days, aside from all the Twilights driving Midnight to shenanigans?

Also:

http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/d38e2833e83fff3fd96ac05290bad58b/19540%20-%20hipster%20Sweetie_Belle.png

I had an insane avatar before it was cool.

*becomes Element of Hipster Pirates*

[EsperDerek]

Thanks for understanding Midnight. *Huggles*

It's no problem, you're welcome! I completely understand because it's the same for me. *huggles back!*


That's a completely different universe at this point. Continuities between thread Equestria and Rarity's Night Equestria have exploded. :smalltongue:

Yeah, exactly. They've crossed over to the realm of Storytime, as opposed to the madness of the thread. :smallwink:


I always called it "TwiMac".

That appears to be the generally acceptable combination, yeah.


I am so totally stealing that word. Adorasexy. I like it.

And I am very inclined to agree. o///o

*SuccuMidnight smiles, and that nimble little tail flicks, wrapping playfully around Jade, and she gives her cheek a gentle kiss.

"I'm glad to hear that..."


Awww! I missed you by like five minutes.

*Reads on* Or you already have a post up. Awesome! On it like Pinkie Pie on Cupcakes!

Heehee, I woke up before you, yeah. Or at least beat you to the thread today. :smallsmile:


HELPING

"If I did would that make you aaaaangry? Angry enough to make a deal?"

*Twilight's eye was twitching plenty to match.*

"Uhm...uhm...no! I wouldn't...wouldn't b e angry at all! Not at all! Really! So there's no need at all for you to do that!"


Helping Midnight
"Again, you could just go to the one place these Twilights would never find you... MAGIC KINDERGARTEN. DUNDUNDUNNN!" Leo grins, then points behind the horde of Twilights. "Look, somepony is saving their place in book by folding the corner!"

"Nooo, I don't want to go back to Magic Kindergarten either! I'm a fully grown mare, darn it! I'm going to go back to hiding under my bed. I'm taking Jade, Beeskee, and Lixie with me. >.>


Rarity's Night
If her mind had been completely there, she would be kicking herself for her foalish slips ups. There was nothing graceful that she was exuding right now. No, she was being just as clumsy and oafish as Rainbow Dash could be. The doubt she felt now began to intermingle with nervousness, and a sense of failure. She sucked the night's cold air into her lungs, straightening herself nearly imperceptibly, steeling herself to bring back that swagger and grace she knew she needed. She could not be off her game tonight, she thought to herself.

She didn't even notice herself being pulled in, closer and closer, farther across the table.

Their lips met. Her entire being seemed to erupt into fireworks at his touch. Everything melted away. The same magic, the same spark from before, but s much stronger. So much more tantalizing. Her hoof raised to his shoulder, resting gently over it as she pressed her lips to his, her head tilting slightly, her eyes fluttering closed. Doubt dissolved. Worry transformed under its power into confidence and unabashed joy.

There was nothing that she could ever do to make this Prince before her think differently of her. It was as if more than just bodies touched. Something so intimate, something so powerful that mere words could not describe the grandeur of this single solitary moment.

After what seemed as though a blissful eternity, their lips finally parted, a coy smile upon her lips. The food below them was slowly going cold, and she could not care less.

"Prince..." She cooed, pausing for a moment to select the perfect words. "You have swept this fair lady clean off of her hooves." Barely a whisper, their faces nary an inch apart. Her hoof slid down his shoulder and foreleg, eventually coming to rest upon his own. "If only Luna could hold the night... If only this moment could last into eternity."

---

Sweetie Bell chuckled softly to herself at Spike's supposed reason for stopping by. Sure, she knew that he meant that on a level, but she knew for a fact that he had come to fawn over Rarity just a bit more. Her head shook as she glanced back to the still relatively tiny dragon from the vase, her expression quickly turning quizzical at the look of relative horror washing over his face.

"Um... Spike? Are you doing alright?" Something about special flowers. That didn't really make sense to her. Sure, they were gorgeous, but they didn't really seem to warrant that reaction. Spike didn't know what she knew though. If those really had come from Midnight, then that pretty much confirmed what she'd figured when she'd seen Midnight's stallion lookalike trotting down the walk in the height of fashion.

Wait. Rarity had said she had a date with a Prince tonight. Could Midnight's magic even do that? And what about his relation... and her relation... And... oh Celestia. That wasn't just a lookalike. That was actually Midnight!

And poor Spike. By only what he had seen he was really only being paranoid; even if he was most likely right in his conclusion. She may have enjoyed getting on his nerves every once in a while, but she couldn't let him go through what he was about to. She had to think fast.

"Well, Midnight was here earlier. I'm not sure what the two were doing... But maybe Midnight gave them to Rarity for inspiration for a dress?" She didn't sound that convinced herself, but she flashed him a soft smile, glancing around the room for anything that could match those colors that she could point to as evidence.

There, plain as day was Midnight's gala dress, absolutely destroyed. She could almost feel the relief wash over her. "Yeah, probably. Probably working on her dress." She motioned to it with a hoof. "You know Rarity. Always wants to improve on perfection."

Spike didn't need to know what was probably going on somewhere in Ponyville tonight. She couldn't bear to see how he would react if he caught wind. Regardless of how unlikely the two were to ever get together, Spikes feelings were not faked. Quite the contrary in fact. It would completely break his heart to know that his own sister swiped the object of his affections right out from under his nose.

She quietly resolved to figure out just what in the hay was going on for herself once Spike had been tended to though. Something just wasn't right; the obvious couldn't be the truth.

"Just what's so special about the flowers Spike?"


Yay! Gives me something to read then respond to on my transit time to and from work! *dances*


I know, right? I can't tell them apart anymore either, I swear. :smalltongue:

Y'know, I don't think I can even use ponysanity as an excuse anymore. I think we simply all be crazy. :smallamused:

[Gamerlord]

Nah, this is par for the course. Wait till the Luna episode. I bet that'll drive everypony crazy!
This thread will go to speeds unheard of after that episode. And the over zealous Luna fans will start a nuclear war over at Ponychan, AND IT WILL BE GLORIOUS! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tYPzSGVHOc)

[Soras Teva Gee]

All of the crazy twi avatars are incredible disconcerting, by the way. http://i.imgur.com/pUT8r.png

That was the point.
No it its not, the point is to learn a lesson about friendship
Well it sounds like this pony has a problem then
What, PROBLEM can we fix it?

YESSS!!!

[Lix Lorn]

"I look forwards to our next...private lesson, Mistress Lixie!" :smallredface:
Blushing and large amounts of nodding.


Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?
I approve! A lot!


Starry's face is manic. With a grin so wide that it would hurt even Faithful Song's face, she turns her attention to the tree- and Beeskee's balloons.
I don't think grins like that exist.


OH! And *ahem* and Lix. You may or may not be on said ship/bunker... I figured your weird goddess powers were why the ropes went bonkers on me, but it could have been residual if you vanished earlier.
Not a clue.

[Deadly]

I believe you're taking it too literally, and thus missing out on stuff you'd find if you took the broader view. Specifically;
Filly means two things, not just one. "young + girl". So linguistic inertia, context, and all should show that fillyfooler is one who fools with, specifically, fillies, as opposed to children generically. the opposite term is coltcuddler, derogatory(ish? Depends on a lot) form of gay man. We have foal established as being young, filly as bein akin to 'young miss' and colt as akin to 'young sir'.

I suppose I should say here, to avoid future misunderstanding, that the terms as they are applied now make sense to me because they are just different, equine-y names for titles I already use and find in common usage. So there is that...

As you say, filly means "young girl", the important part here being "young", specifically "not yet an adult/not mature". A little roughly, if a pony can have children they are not fillies/colts but mares/stallions. That's the real-world distinction, at least, as far as I can tell.

Maybe I am being rather narrow here, but as I've said I'm perfectly happy bending these "rules" in some situations and contexts. Creative and artistic license is a good thing. All I hope for is that it isn't done thoughtlessly or out of ignorance.

If you want to write a fic where you delve into the cultural idiosyncrasies of Equestrian ponies, and intentionally bend the real-world expectations, that's great! But unless within such a context, I'd say it's better to stick to the regular meaning of words.


I don't believe I argued change is good just because it's change. I mean, I know the purpose of this segment here is to establish your credibility (that you have a valid point and aren't being a ThanqolGrognard) which is fine, and I do believe you aren't just railing against 'them young folk with their loud music' or anything. It seems like you're turning it too far, and implying that my credibility is dampened by being on the opposite end of your view.

Sort of random, I know, but it's rare for me to both notice this, and be able to point out what causes my unease.

Sorry, didn't mean to imply anything like that. I just worry maybe I'm coming off as too... I don't know, rude or something. I just want to make sure I don't seem unreasonable.


well see, most much real-world stuff went out the window with the phrase "once upon a time, in the magical land of Equestria..." :smallwink:

What I'm saying is, even if things aren't exactly the same (obviously, when dealing with talking, magic ponies), we still use our own world as a base so that, when we're unsure of how things work we use what we're familiar with first. In this case it's never (AFAIK) stated in the show what precisely these words mean, so we use their real-world definitions instead.

And because most people probably aren't greatly familiar with equine terminology, mistakes are made and propagate.


That's just it, I think. As far as opinions go, we're both right. I was set to give up more real-world relativism than you, and as long as the words are internally consistent in their usage I'm fine; I actually prefer colt/filly being old teenagers/young adults, because I find that extending the term to children, after so much canonical work went into establishing otherwise, dilutes the terms and muddles their intended meaning.

At this point what I am arguing is your assumption that most people will make the same associations as you. I have found, through casual conversation more than research, mind, that your view is the minority one. So you lose out on the 'most folks won't get it' end because most folks do.

As a caveat, though, I have rose-tinted lenses of the fandom in general. The playground has been good to me, in ways no other site I've yet seen has. It may color my perceptions and I'm jut missing evidence to the contrary.

I just don't see that their usage in the show implies something different from my definition, with the one exception of the "fillies and gentlecolts" bit. That is the only example I can find where adult ponies are referred to as fillies/colts in a non-insulting/non-joking way. Everything else seems to suggest the real-world definitions are in effect, or it is so vague that it could be anything and in that case we should revert to the base, in this case the real-world definitions.

Maybe I'm a minority. Probably, I guess. And I suppose at this point none of it matters, since it's unlikely to change in any way :smallwink:


Thank you. It's ao nerve-wracking to correct someone on something but forget the right answer yourself. What are the other parts? I've heard it used in programming, and in the book Jurassic Park in between chapters. And somehow as a map generator, but that flew over my head as to how.

I'm no expert on fractals, so I couldn't tell you the exact conditions. It gets quite technical. But somewhat roughly I believe a fractal needs two major things: Self-similarity at arbitrarily small scales, which we covered, and a simple, recursive definition by which it can be created. There are other details, but they're beyond my comprehension of the topic.


I'm sorry but unless that was the contextual meaning I'm not willing to grant you that as a translation. Occam's razor gives us "girl fooler" which doesn't mean anything in English as far as I'm aware so its entirely up to the creator what it means. It an entirely added strech to give that sexual connotations in the first place, unless that's the contextual definiton.

Even taking fooler as "fools around *winkwink* with" you still are left with "girl" which is much broader then child as discussed. Strip clubs and porn sites advertise their hot girls who are over 18.

From the other end pedophile stops being valid long before girl does, implicitly referring to prepubescent children. Going on the basis of "girl" there are possible distinctions between infantophilia, pedophilia, hebephilia, and ephebophilia. The last of which becomes while possibly still creepy socially gets into modern legal adult ranges, and well covers ages that in different times/cultures are considered marriageable even to older partners with no particular stigma.

Put simply I feel you are enforcing your own definition that doesn't hold up to the established flexibility of terms.

The problem is that "girl" doesn't really cut it as a translation of "filly". "Girlchild" is closer, because a filly really is a child horse (and female) and as you point out "girl" doesn't always mean child in our own culture.

So a "fillyfooler" must be someone who either fools fillies, or fools around with fillies. I'm pretty sure the first one makes no sense in the context of that story. And someone who fools around with fillies (child horses) must be a pedophile (for some resonably broad definition of pedophilia, involving any person who is not yet considered able to consent because of their age, whatever that age may be for ponies in Equestria)

All I'm really saying here is I consider the CMCs to be fillies (and not the mane 6), and if you're fooling around with someone like Sweetie Belle, then you're a bad pony.

[Titanium Fox]

It's no problem, you're welcome! I completely understand because it's the same for me. *huggles back!*

I know, but I still feel bad about it. :P


*SuccuMidnight smiles, and that nimble little tail flicks, wrapping playfully around Jade, and she gives her cheek a gentle kiss.

"I'm glad to hear that..."

"I... Erm... Eep." The filly goes bright red, seeming to shrink behind her mane in a brilliant imitation of Fluttershy; a very embarrassed smile on her face.


Heehee, I woke up before you, yeah. Or at least beat you to the thread today. :smallsmile:

I dunno about waking up before me. I've been up for... Six and a Half Hours already. :smalltongue:


"Nooo, I don't want to go back to Magic Kindergarten either! I'm a fully grown mare, darn it! I'm going to go back to hiding under my bed. I'm taking Jade, Beeskee, and Lixie with me. >.>

"...I am rather okay with this."


Yay! Gives me something to read then respond to on my transit time to and from work! *dances*

It always puts a massive grin on my face when I see how much you're enjoying the RP too; which is just what I needed today. The entire office has a case of the Mondays, and as IT, I get to clean up after said case of the Mondays.


Y'know, I don't think I can even use ponysanity as an excuse anymore. I think we simply all be crazy. :smallamused:

Confound these ponies. They drive me to be able to plead insanity in a court of law. http://i.imgur.com/9QvF1.png

[Capt. Ido Nos]

I've been partial to the idea of "fillyfooler" having 'fooler' as the base of the word, with 'filly' as the modifier. You are a fooler, and a filly at that. Fooler in this case leaning towards the "idiot/simpleton" definitions of fool, as opposed to the connotations of 'fooling around'. So, we end up with this being an insult in which you call into question their base intelligence, and maturity at that.

Also, just for kicks I threw fooler into google definition, and it said that a fooler was a pacifier, so there's that.

[Deadly]

I've been partial to the idea of "fillyfooler" having 'fooler' as the base of the word, with 'filly' as the modifier. You are a fooler, and a filly at that. Fooler in this case leaning towards the "idiot/simpleton" definitions of fool, as opposed to the connotations of 'fooling around'. So, we end up with this being an insult in which you call into question their base intelligence, and maturity at that.

Also, just for kicks I threw fooler into google definition, and it said that a fooler was a pacifier, so there's that.

Maybe I recall the situation in the story wrong, but I don't think that would have made sense in that context either.

But I suppose you could define it like that too.

[Capt. Ido Nos]

Maybe I recall the situation in the story wrong, but I don't think that would have made sense in that context either.

But I suppose you could define it like that too.
To be honest, I've completely forgotten the original context, but to be fair I don't usually let things like 'context' or 'grammar' confine my day to day English either. http://i.imgur.com/JmPL5.png

[Deadly]

To be honest, I've completely forgotten the original context, but to be fair I don't usually let things like 'context' or 'grammar' confine my day to day English either. http://i.imgur.com/JmPL5.png

Fair enough :)

I'm definitely not saying it was wrong in this context either, I was simply using it as an example of something which could be wrong in some contexts.

[Mando Knight]

http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/d38e2833e83fff3fd96ac05290bad58b/19540%20-%20hipster%20Sweetie_Belle.png

...What would a Hipster cutie mark even look like?

[Soras Teva Gee]

The problem is that "girl" doesn't really cut it as a translation of "filly". "Girlchild" is closer, because a filly really is a child horse (and female) and as you point out "girl" doesn't always mean child in our own culture.

So a "fillyfooler" must be someone who either fools fillies, or fools around with fillies. I'm pretty sure the first one makes no sense in the context of that story. And someone who fools around with fillies (child horses) must be a pedophile (for some resonably broad definition of pedophilia, involving any person who is not yet considered able to consent because of their age, whatever that age may be for ponies in Equestria)

All I'm really saying here is I consider the CMCs to be fillies (and not the mane 6), and if you're fooling around with someone like Sweetie Belle, then you're a bad pony.

In which case it is wrong to apply human terms for animals strictly to anthropomorphic ponies. The fandom can't be expected to uphold distinction the source material disagrees with.

Our bronies... hang out too!
Because they know we're awesome fillies!

[Titanium Fox]

...What would a Hipster cutie mark even look like?

It would be a picture of Hipster Cat. Possibly with the text "Readable Cutie Marks are too Mainstream". Except so small it's physically impossible to read.

[otakuryoga]

ok...non-pony related but this had me laughing like a maniac so i gotta share
mildly NSFW
http://www.evil-comic.com/

[Beacon of Chaos]

Okay, so I actually skipped/skimmed a fair part of the thread today, but I wanted to chime in on this:


Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?
Am I the only one who actually dislikes the idea of ponies having full "proper" names? I can accept it for Pinkie because it kinda works, what with her no-fun rock farm upbringing it makes sense for a kind of "normal" name. Plus it's Pinkie, I'm still pretty certain she made it up. Pinkamena sounds like something a little girl calls her self to make her sound more grown up/important, like a Suzie calling herself Suzabella or something.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Esper shouldn't do this (it's his call) but I just feel that it's... wrong somehow.


Also has me wondering ... we know we have Pinkamena Diane Pie, but what would the middle names of the rest of the cast be like. (Or would this just be an exercise in futility, ultimately setting ourselves up for dissapointment if they are ever released?)
Someone actually did this. There were a bunch of mocked up ID cards for every single pony (mane and background) with full names on. I'll see if I can find some.

[TheAmishPirate]

...What would a Hipster cutie mark even look like?

Thick-rimmed glasses? A fancy cup of coffee?

A fancy cup of coffee wearing thick-rimmed glasses?

A note on Season 2:
I seem to remember we had an inside pony who saw Season 2 before it came out. He said something to the effect of "Season 2 will be different. But it's a good sort of different." Just a thought, what with the lack of E/I marking and perceived change in tone.

[Titanium Fox]

Okay, so I actually skipped/skimmed a fair part of the thread today, but I wanted to chime in on this:


Am I the only one who actually dislikes the idea of ponies having full "proper" names? I can accept it for Pinkie because it kinda works, what with her no-fun rock farm upbringing it makes sense for a kind of "normal" name. Plus it's Pinkie, I'm still pretty certain she made it up. Pinkamena sounds like something a little girl calls her self to make her sound more grown up/important, like a Suzie calling herself Suzabella or something.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that Esper shouldn't do this (it's his call) but I just feel that it's... wrong somehow.

Let's see. We have I believe four of the six Mane cast with canon surnames, and one very well implied. (Bolded for emphasis)

Twilight Sparkle
Pinkamena Pie
Rainbow Dash
Applejack Of the Apple Clan (Or something along those lines; it's canon she's "part of the apple family" which implies it as a surname of sorts).
Rarity Belle (Assumed due to her sister, Sweetie Belle).

The only one who doesn't have a canon Surname is Fluttershy; and I'm inclined to believe we just don't know it yet. Who's to say they don't all have strange full names like "Pinkamena Diane Pie"? It may actually be a proper name in Equestria, with "Pinkie" just being a typical nickname for it, such as how "Alexander" is a proper full name in American culture, but typically most people named that go by "Alex".

[Topaz]

Sorry about that, by the way, Topaz. I like the idea, but it doesn't jive with the kind of game I want to run. Totally stealing the layout for other games though. It's rather functional, and a nice version of the roll/keep mechanic.
Not at all. I thought it did some clever things and wanted to give you a chance to look at it, but I understand why it's not a good choice for PbP.

Let me know if you want graphics of the character sheet or any other illustration.

On a side note, Windows Movie Maker (2.6, on Windows 7) hates me (and humanity in general, I suspect, it's like a proto-Skynet). My attempt to set an anime intro song to ponies fails when I try to save it as a movie ("Windows Movie Maker cannot save the movie to the specified location" and so on). Apparently this is common. Sigh. When I finally managed to make something, it won't save properly...
If you decide you want to change video editors, you might want to take a look at the open source program Avidemux (http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/).

Nope. Mule is the sexless version of a horse. A pony is a subspecies of horse that generally come to about half the size of a full grown. (1/3 the size of a draft horse.)
Wait, what? A Mule is a (male) cross between a horse and a donkey (a female is a hinny).

The sexless version of a horse would be a gelding http://i.imgur.com/CXTge.png (which is a word that I'm fairly confident will never appear in an actual episode). :smallbiggrin:

All of the crazy twi avatars are incredible disconcerting, by the way. http://i.imgur.com/pUT8r.png
Wait a week, and we'll all have spooky Luna avatars. http://i.imgur.com/dB204.png

Fic note: I'm working on the next chunk of Change of Life (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12030863&postcount=659). Maybe post tonight.

[Vent Reynolt]

*Midnight giggles.

"It's okay, Momma Luna! Lixie! I have this figured out! I'll channel some of the night energy that you use, Momma Luna, and I'll transform into an undead, and I won't have to worry about being a good filly anymore! I'll always be one!"

Her horn crackles with pitch-black energy, that briefly obscures her form! There's a flash of darkness, and when Midnight reappears, she's defintely changed....

Two black bat-like wings have pushed out of her back, and her tail has changed into a rather cute, black devil-tail. Two more bat wings push out from her head. She blinks, looking down at herself.

"...I was supposed to turn undead, not into a succubus!" She protests, and then lets out a soft sigh, finally admitting defeat. "Alright...you're right, Miss Lixie...I guess I have been getting a little crazy myself..."

Wait, I didn't mean that you should become an unde-...

...

And I definitely didn't expect you to become so sexy- er... I mean, become a succubus! That is definitely what I meant!

Oh, Celestia, why do I keep corrupting ponies, especially when I don't mean to?

*Facehoof* Oh for the love of-
If you're gonna tell her that she's pretty, then just say it. Like this:

(Imitating a male voice): Midnight, This succubus look sure is lovely! It really looks great for you.

See, is that so hard?

Although, she really is much cuter in her normal form.


Oh, he made a reference long before that (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=304). (Yes, it's only two strips back, but that's, like, the beginning of the summer or something given the update period.) Don't see it? Look at the first panel. The computer's wallpaper is at least 20% cooler than the entire rest of the page.

There's also this reference that was much earlier. (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=299) Once again, check the computer's wallpaper.


FFRP: Blue Ponies Yay!

Topaz blinks and pulls back just a little. Oh, well, I'm kind of a flying unicorn myself. *ahem* I mean, I noticed his cutie mark and he told me about being a weather magic unicorn and it was very interesting! I like talking to unicorns with interesting magical abilities, there's always a chance that I'll learn something myself.

Oh, whoops. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I just like teasing this guy (she pokes Raindrop on the shoulder) because he starts acting so silly when he's embarrassed.

So, you were staring at his flank, eh! Liked what you saw? Autumn giggles a bit as Raindrop starts to blush. See, this is what I meant earlier. He turns purple!

[erikun]

Sorry for vanishing in the middle of a RP last night, everyone. Stuff came up that kind of killed my motivation to continue. (It looks like others had picked up by then, so at least it wasn't all a loss.)

[Forum Explorer]

Regarding Succubus Midnight: Somepony owes me a lot of money. :smallwink:

[Trixie]

Sorry for vanishing in the middle of a RP last night, everyone. Stuff came up that kind of killed my motivation to continue. (It looks like others had picked up by then, so at least it wasn't all a loss.)

...

*hugs* :smallfrown:

[Qaera]

My favorite TV show? (http://i.imgur.com/PlBm5.jpg)

~ ♅

[Trixie]

So, a few thoughts on/review of Episode 3...

Characters. So, Earth Ponies are stronger and fitter than Pegasi. More resilient. Have higher constitution. Higher... Well, except not. Every single justification why they're equal to Pegasi, since most fans gave up on trying to compare them to Unicorns were shot down, IMHO, quite cleanly. Not that it is a bad thing, since I never proposed EP being equal to anyone, just an obserrvation.

That being said, the scene hit me as sort of pointless/dumb even the first time I saw it. Poor AJ suddenly has money for new buildings, and instead of saving what good parts were in old one, instead nukes it? Aren't craters a bit... difficult to build anything in? Also, AJ's reactions indicate RD nuked at least one building before, since she knows what to expect.

Then, there is Twilight interaction with it - So, Twilight grabs RD because she thinks she is doing harm. Why AJ, who was watching this, haven't jumped out to ask 'what the hay you're doing' or even to simply greet Twilight? Instead, we got a show of Twilight playing therapist for a few minutes (in glasses recycled from SFS) - and only when Rainbow says what she actually does AJ jumps out for sake of a cheap joke. Pardon? Also, why Twilight suddenly gives up on the spot, then, instead of saying 'guys, I'll do it 10 times faster, with no risk to Rainbow and with materials piled in neat piles?' Weren't she looking to offer help? Speaking of which...

Twilight. She single-hoofedly ruined this episode for me. I like TS, but... No, precisely because I like TS and identify with her a lot. Let's suffice to say, playing on someone's insecurities for laughs moves the whole thing to 'dude, not funny' zone for me. Sorry, an Aesop basically saying 'you're cool filly, or you're laughable' or 'it's okay to make distressed people butt-monkey joke subjects' isn't cutting it for me at all :smallannoyed:

I don't have anything against the premise. Playing insecurities for drama/laughs is fine. I just believe it was done... very distastefully. It crossed the line between... let's say, making black clown laughing stock not because he is a clown, but because he is black. There was nothing whatsoever redeeming about most of these jokes, IMHO, for most part it was mostly toilet-grade level humour, sorry.

Remember when I said I prefer discorded Rudeshy from what Fluttershy is most of the time, a target for cheap jokes for screenwriters? Rudeshy might be a very poor friend, but honestly, seeing her assertive and confident was a very nice change. Fluttershy > Rudeshy >>> joke-target-Fluttershy... And with Twilight, they basically took the 'disgusting' part of the jokes and turned it to 11 here :smallannoyed:

Animations. I said it before, and I repeat it - animations seem to be better in some places, pseudo-3D effects are nice, but overally, animation quality seems to have dropped sharply. Things that look hastily drawn, ponies drawn with crooked perspective, ponies drawn very off-model (biggest offender was that crazy pony episode ago), less fluid animation, recycling, it begins to look like fan-made, hastily slapped product in places, though I do admit not seeing repeated ponies is nice. Still, I noticed over a dozen bloopers on first try, something that never happened before.

Then, there are all the crazy faces of Twilight. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea, but S1 was all clean, natural animation, while S2 seems to have jumped to Japanese-style 'super deformed' face mimics. Who know, maybe it will grow on me, but so far, it's like seeing sudden introduction of leet-speak in a classic nowel.

Iron Hoof Moment #1 Twilight and her little spell :smallamused:

Observation #1 - Twilight says that it worked every time... indicating she used it at least twice already. On who, exactly?

Observation #2 - As with EP being equal to Pegasi above, another fan theory (that Twilight was 'just moving Fluttershy's legs telekinetically' in GIYC) was completely shoot down - Twilight seems to have indeed invade FS mind there, as she is shown to have both means and little scruples, and start moving her body like it was a puppet. I wonder, what FS felt then? :smalltongue:

Observation #3 - Why does Twilight know this spell at all? A) Celestia does not care about dominating unicorns - why? It is done daily, in fact?/it's required learning?; B) Celestia allowed her to learn it because she believes it's harmless (possibly indicating that as far as mind control goes, it's very simple spell? That Celestia's arsenals contain far more powerful ones, making this one seem like a toy?); C) Celestia ordered Twilight to learn it... why? Option C dives straight into IH territory, though, so make your own explanations :smallwink:

Who knows, maybe Celestia is so beloved because she projects such spell from her sun, which would explain why Nightmare Moon rebelled in the first place? :smallamused:

What The Hay Moment #1 Twilight's "friends" reaction to her distress. Really, you see someone colossally distressed about not performing a service for ruler of your damn country, and your first reaction is to laugh her off? :smallannoyed:

I don't know, it's just felt like another scene forced for the sake of a joke to me, but that behaviour felt a bit... despicable to me :/ Had my friend had obvious problem, I'd at least try to establish it isn't serious first, instead of spitting in their face :smallannoyed:

But then again, I can name a few people on this forum who don't bother and only make matters worse by heckling back, while supposedly being 'bronies'.

Still, that scene made me lose a lot of respect for her 'friends', and, had Twilight really ended up banished for that, I'd have zero sympathy for these jerks :smallannoyed:

AJ in particular.

You can try to make a case 'they just didn't thought it was serious', but A) every problem your supposedly 'best friend' is serious; B) Twilight knows Celestia best of all of you, and if she says it's serious, it is; C) These are the same ponies who imagined being banished to a place etc. Nope, I'm not buying it.

What The Hay Moment #2 Dramatic Celestia appearance. Mainly, because it also seems to follow plot, not natural character actions. I have to admit, I was wondering if it would be explained why she was here, and the writer actually used the most logical and simplest option. But! All Spike could have sent is a note why Twilight is distressed. Why Celestia seems to know about the spell already? Does she have some supernatural senses? Why is she upset? Because of the spell used? If so, why she let Twilight learn it at all?

Also, if Twilight's crime is so serious, why all the residents of the village shrug off being mindwiped as if nothing happened, and why Celestia stops 'punishment' after a promise of few kids? Either it isn't serious crime, or Celestia laughs at any idea of a rule of law. In fact, Ponyvillans behave like this spell was completely normal occurrence, with the problem being Twilight casting it ineptly, not casting it at all (which is scary). Would anyone actually like to live in village where you can be mind-controlled at any time and never complain? Implications are... interesting, to say the least.

BTW, why Celestia tells Twilight to meet her in the library? Can't she just teleport them there to not waste time? And why what we witness from their discussion seems to suggest spell was never discussed or, at best, was spoken about briefly. Sorry, this scene just feels rushed and falls apart when you start thinking about it. Still, I guess I liked motherly Trollestia, if only she was better tied to better plot...

A side note, it seems to be first episode where Celestia actually flies on her own, instead of travelling on a giant Golden Throne :P

Okay Moments Bear. Glasses. Doll. Big Mac. A few others. It was mainly first half that made me cringe :/

Spike. The only sane ma... dragon, one who actually made a few funny jokes, even if of 4th wall kind, and who tried to save the day... Though, I'd wonder why he didn't tried to fix situation sooner. Maybe Celestia was just busy?

Also, from where Twilight has all the money to buy all that parchment? It was expensive for a reason... Wait.

Parchment.

The only way writer could imply Iron Hoof more clearly would be sending a pony to 'glue factory trip'. But then again, I guess you need to do something with leftovers from making bacon :smalltongue:

Sorry for rambling, I wonder if this is making any sense at all :smallfrown:

[Vent Reynolt]

My favorite TV show? (http://i.imgur.com/PlBm5.jpg)

~ ♅

The ending to this is golden. :smallsmile:

[Titanium Fox]

So, a few thoughts on/review of Episode 3...

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with most of the points here.



Characters. So, Earth Ponies are stronger and fitter than Pegasi. More resilient. Have higher constitution. Higher... Well, except not. Every single justification why they're equal to Pegasi, since most fans gave up on trying to compare them to Unicorns were shot down, IMHO, quite cleanly. Not that it is a bad thing, since I never proposed EP being equal to anyone, just an obserrvation.

That being said, the scene hit me as sort of pointless/dumb even the first time I saw it. Poor AJ suddenly has money for new buildings, and instead of saving what good parts were in old one, instead nukes it? Aren't craters a bit... difficult to build anything in? Also, AJ's reactions indicate RD nuked at least one building before, since she knows what to expect.

Okay, I don't think this undermined Earth Ponies at all. As has been said earlier in the thread, this was character development for Applejack that has stuck since season 1. At one point there's an entire episode dedicated to her learning that asking for help is okay. Rainbow Dash is obviously the more mobile of the two, and regardless of whether or not Applejack could do it on her own, it's quicker to get Rainbow to do it.

The reaction I feel is less that she's seen Rainbow Nukes before, and more anticipation. "Oh, she's flying up high, this is gonna be a biggun'."


Then, there is Twilight interaction with it - So, Twilight grabs RD because she thinks she is doing harm. Why AJ, who was watching this, haven't jumped out to ask 'what the hay you're doing' or even to simply greet Twilight? Instead, we got a show of Twilight playing therapist for a few minutes (in glasses recycled from SFS) - and only when Rainbow says what she actually does AJ jumps out for sake of a cheap joke. Pardon? Also, why Twilight suddenly gives up on the spot, then, instead of saying 'guys, I'll do it 10 times faster, with no risk to Rainbow and with materials piled in neat piles?' Weren't she looking to offer help? Speaking of which...

This one I will agree with. It would be much more in character for Applejack to confront Twilight a lot earlier in this scene.


Twilight. She single-hoofedly ruined this episode for me. I like TS, but... No, precisely because I like TS and identify with her a lot. Let's suffice to say, playing on someone's insecurities for laughs moves the whole thing to 'dude, not funny' zone for me. Sorry, an Aesop basically saying 'you're cool filly, or you're laughable' or 'it's okay to make distressed people butt-monkey joke subjects' isn't cutting it for me at all :smallannoyed:

I don't have anything against the premise. Playing insecurities for drama/laughs is fine. I just believe it was done... very distastefully. It crossed the line between... let's say, making black clown laughing stock not because he is a clown, but because he is black. There was nothing whatsoever redeeming about most of these jokes, IMHO, for most part it was mostly toilet-grade level humour, sorry.

Remember when I said I prefer discorded Rudeshy from what Fluttershy is most of the time, a target for cheap jokes for screenwriters? Rudeshy might be a very poor friend, but honestly, seeing her assertive and confident was a very nice change. Fluttershy > Rudeshy >>> joke-target-Fluttershy... And with Twilight, they basically took the 'disgusting' part of the jokes and turned it to 11 here :smallannoyed:

I can't say I see what you saw here. These weren't cheap shots at Twilight's character from the other mane cast. They didn't see it as a sovereign duty to their ruler that Twilight was carrying out, but basically her math homework. To them, she was very much sweating the small stuff, and their reactions of "calm down and relax" were completely in character. Twilight was not the butt of the joke in this episode as you put it, at least from my point of view.


Animations. I said it before, and I repeat it - animations seem to be better in some places, pseudo-3D effects are nice, but overally, animation quality seems to have dropped sharply. Things that look hastily drawn, ponies drawn with crooked perspective, ponies drawn very off-model (biggest offender was that crazy pony episode ago), less fluid animation, recycling, it begins to look like fan-made, hastily slapped product in places, though I do admit not seeing repeated ponies is nice. Still, I noticed over a dozen bloopers on first try, something that never happened before.

I didn't catch any animation errors. Can you point one or two out per chance?


What The Hay Moment #2 Dramatic Celestia appearance. Mainly, because it also seems to follow plot, not natural character actions. I have to admit, I was wondering if it would be explained why she was here, and the writer actually used the most logical and simplest option. But! All Spike could have sent is a note why Twilight is distressed. Why Celestia seems to know about the spell already? Does she have some supernatural senses? Why is she upset? Because of the spell used? If so, why she let Twilight learn it at all?

Celestia is the most powerful entity in the land. There is a large chance she indeed does have supernatural senses. If not, she got the letter from Spike, and noticed the mayhem from the air. It's easily explainable.

She's upset because her prized student essentially mind-raped an entire village (as the good Commodore so put it a couple of pages back).

She probably didn't let Twilight learn it. Twilight has researched and crafted spells on her own before.


Also, if Twilight's crime is so serious, why all the residents of the village shrug off being mindwiped as if nothing happened, and why Celestia stops 'punishment' after a promise of few kids? Either it isn't serious crime, or Celestia laughs at any idea of a rule of law. In fact, Ponyvillans behave like this spell was completely normal occurrence, with the problem being Twilight casting it ineptly, not casting it at all (which is scary). Would anyone actually like to live in village where you can be mind-controlled at any time and never complain? Implications are... interesting, to say the least.

We don't see the overall reaction of the town after the Library scene. Perhaps they are indeed upset with her for a while.

Celestia stops punishment most likely because she knows Twilight, and she knows how neurotic she can be, and that her intentions were in the right place. Keep in mind, we've seen precedence (I think...) that Equestrian law is more based on intentions rather than actions, very unlike our own world.


BTW, why Celestia tells Twilight to meet her in the library? Can't she just teleport them there to not waste time? And why what we witness from their discussion seems to suggest spell was never discussed or, at best, was spoken about briefly. Sorry, this scene just feels rushed and falls apart when you start thinking about it. Still, I guess I liked motherly Trollestia, if only she was better tied to better plot...

We are given no indiciation of the amount of time they spent discussing the issue of the spell. For all we know, the other five could have taken hours to get there. And Celestia tells Twilight to meet her there to give her a chance to think about what she did wrong on the way. Celestia doesn't want to berate her student, she wants her to learn.

[Soras Teva Gee]

So, a few thoughts on/review of Episode 3...

*snipped*

Sorry for rambling, I wonder if this is making any sense at all :smallfrown:

Wow so mileage really does vary.

My only real note is that Celestia likely didn't teach Twilight directly every spell, definitely supports independent learning, and we know since Boast Busters Twilight's been learning new spells in Ponyville.... and wizards always seem to have a way of learning spells like that anyways.

Other then that maybe taking things a bit too seriously.

[Lex-Kat]

Episode Review
I also questioned why it took so long for Applejack to respond to Twilight's interruption of Rainbow's destruction.

Also, I can understand she asked Rainbow for help in tearing down the barn, but why wasn't she helping? Wouldn't it be faster for both of them to be smashing it? But I guess then Twilight wouldn't have mistaken Rainbow's intentions.

As for the Picnic, I disagree with Titanium. They didn't just shrug it off. They made a joke of it, laughing at, not with, Twilight. And after seeing that she was truly upset, not one of them ran after her to help, or to at least talk to her. I think Fluttershy or Applejack would have been the best two for this.

But here again, it would not work for the story.

A lesson needed to be learned, and this time it was the five friends who had to learn it.

Now to the aftermath of Twilight's spell. We didn't see the whole interaction between Twilight and Celestia, I don't think.

I would hope that Celestia really chewed Twilight out for her irresponsible use of such a spell. Trixie is correct, Twilight's words do indicate she has used such a spell before. That, or it's just "crazy talk". I'll go with crazy talk for this one.

And the Townponies may or may not have just ignored what happened. My thought is, while Twilight to walks back, Celestia went to the mayor and talked to her about the incident. Many things likely happen off-screan.

EDIT: I forgot to mention the animation. I wasn't very happy with it either. I get they wanted to make the crazy Twilight a little jarring, but..... yeah, it did it's job. :smallyuk:

[Deadly]

In which case it is wrong to apply human terms for animals strictly to anthropomorphic ponies. The fandom can't be expected to uphold distinction the source material disagrees with.

Our bronies... hang out too!
Because they know we're awesome fillies!

Where does the source material disagree?

[Roninhirox]

Oops, I guess without context it does sound that way. :smallredface:

In the story it references Cupcakes (Don't read it!) more then once. It did so it such a way that Cupcakes (Don't read it!) became an interesting part of the plot, basically giving Cupcakes (Don't read it!) a reason to exist outside of Brony nightmares.

Or to put it another way it uses Cupcakes (Don't read it!) to make its own story better and more dramatic. More immersive if you will.

Or to put it yet another way I no longer feel massive waves of regret for reading Cupcakes (Don't read it!)

Kinda like how Rainbow Factory was made better by having an amazing song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRx_iXgLAyw). Though that is another story I would advise against reading.

So I guess once I am done with reading Fallout Equestria which should happen some day soon I hope I will check out this silent ponyville thing. Is it creepy, or anything?
Also on cupcakes and on rainbow factory. I was not a fan of either but only cause they draw from the Hostile era of horror where things aren't actually scary its just people getting dead. And where I love scary things (ask kurgan some of the stuff I have linked him to on accident) I find torture and murder awkwardly boring to read or watch. Not to say that I hate things that involve them but if all your story is is one giant snuff piece I will find it tedious.

[Trixie]

My only real note is that Celestia likely didn't teach Twilight directly every spell, definitely supports independent learning, and we know since Boast Busters Twilight's been learning new spells in Ponyville.... and wizards always seem to have a way of learning spells like that anyways.

So, mind-altering spells just lie in random places, unregulated by anyone? :smallconfused:

It sounds like a world where weapons-grade plutonium is sold in hardware shops. It's worse, in fact, than Celestia being careless.

And there's the little fact of Twilight testing it at will before.


Other then that maybe taking things a bit too seriously.

You know, I had really bad day back then. I wanted to laugh. I did everything to be able to. Instead, I had to watch it over space of 45 minutes, because I had to make breaks from all the cringing.

I'm sorry that cheap shots at less fortunate people/ponies I can relate with don't make me grin :smallannoyed:

[Titanium Fox]

You know, I had really bad day back then. I wanted to laugh. I did everything to be able to. Instead, I had to watch it over space of 45 minutes, because I had to make breaks from all the cringing.

I'm sorry that cheap shots at less fortunate people/ponies I can relate with don't make me grin :smallannoyed:

It's easier to swallow the second time around. I found the bit with the cupcakes cringe-worthy, and actually got up and took it as an opportunity to brew some coffee the first time.

[Callos_DeTerran]

Just my thoughts on your thoughts...:smallsmile:


Twilight. She single-hoofedly ruined this episode for me. I like TS, but... No, precisely because I like TS and identify with her a lot. Let's suffice to say, playing on someone's insecurities for laughs moves the whole thing to 'dude, not funny' zone for me. Sorry, an Aesop basically saying 'you're cool filly, or you're laughable' or 'it's okay to make distressed people butt-monkey joke subjects' isn't cutting it for me at all :smallannoyed:

I don't have anything against the premise. Playing insecurities for drama/laughs is fine. I just believe it was done... very distastefully. It crossed the line between... let's say, making black clown laughing stock not because he is a clown, but because he is black. There was nothing whatsoever redeeming about most of these jokes, IMHO, for most part it was mostly toilet-grade level humour, sorry.

Remember when I said I prefer discorded Rudeshy from what Fluttershy is most of the time, a target for cheap jokes for screenwriters? Rudeshy might be a very poor friend, but honestly, seeing her assertive and confident was a very nice change. Fluttershy > Rudeshy >>> joke-target-Fluttershy... And with Twilight, they basically took the 'disgusting' part of the jokes and turned it to 11 here :smallannoyed:

Hm. If I had to guess, I'd say it's because you identify with Twilight so much that these jokes seem so distasteful. Which isn't a bad thing at all, don't get me wrong. :smallsmile: I don't see them as distasteful myself, though at times it was a little cringe-worthy I still found it funny. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the execution could have been better, so that it didn't offend some, but the fact that so many DID find it funny would suggest that it was still well done, just not enough so.


Iron Hoof Moment #1 Twilight and her little spell :smallamused:

Observation #1 - Twilight says that it worked every time... indicating she used it at least twice already. On who, exactly?

Observation #3 - Why does Twilight know this spell at all? A) Celestia does not care about dominating unicorns - why? It is done daily, in fact?/it's required learning?; B) Celestia allowed her to learn it because she believes it's harmless (possibly indicating that as far as mind control goes, it's very simple spell? That Celestia's arsenals contain far more powerful ones, making this one seem like a toy?); C) Celestia ordered Twilight to learn it... why? Option C dives straight into IH territory, though, so make your own explanations :smallwink:

I actually got the implication from when Twilight tried to break up the fight between the CMC and when Big Mac joined in, that Twilight's spell hadn't gone as intended. Sure, it still worked in that EVERYONE wanted Smartypants, but something about Twilight's attempts to teach the CMC to share suggested to me that the compulsion wasn't supposed to be....that strong. That the CMC (and be extension everyone else who saw it) should have just liked/been fond of the doll and wanted to play...not go full on 'IT'S MINE!'. ...And that the spell should have stopped with the CMC, not get Big Mac too.

In other words, I think Twilight put a little too much 'oomph' into that spell on accident and that's why things got as bad as they did. That's my theory anyway.

As for why she knows it at all...I'unno? xD Maybe she learned it to help Applejack raise money for that new barn? Good a theory as any...


What The Hay Moment #1 Twilight's "friends" reaction to her distress. Really, you see someone colossally distressed about not performing a service for ruler of your damn country, and your first reaction is to laugh her off? :smallannoyed:

I don't know, it's just felt like another scene forced for the sake of a joke to me, but that behaviour felt a bit... despicable to me :/ Had my friend had obvious problem, I'd at least try to establish it isn't serious first, instead of spitting in their face :smallannoyed:

But then again, I can name a few people on this forum who don't bother and only make matters worse by heckling back, while supposedly being 'bronies'.

Still, that scene made me lose a lot of respect for her 'friends', and, had Twilight really ended up banished for that, I'd have zero sympathy for these jerks :smallannoyed:

AJ in particular.[/SPOILER]

You can try to make a case 'they just didn't thought it was serious', but A) every problem your supposedly 'best friend' is serious; B) Twilight knows Celestia best of all of you, and if she says it's serious, it is; C) These are the same ponies who imagined being banished to a place etc. Nope, I'm not buying it.

Well you could say that they already established that it wasn't too serious. From what I've seen of Season 1 (not much, admittedly), Twilight seems to have a habit of...throwing herself for a loop to make Celestia happy. Like in Swarm of the Century where her last resort plan was 'We need to build an exact copy of Ponyville right over there in two minutes!!'. And even that time Celestia didn't seem that perturbed by what had happened. Twilight's friends already knew that Twilight was blowing it out of proportion (and Twilight didn't explain ALL of her reasoning to them, once they found out that she thought Celestia would send her back to Magic Kindergarten they rallied to her side) and tried to just get her to relax and enjoy a picnic. The best solution? Nah, but it was one.

Besides, Rarity was there hamming up everything as the Worst. Possible. Thing. EVAH! with her fainting couch, just for most of it to be not so bad. Hard to take another friend's over-blown worries that seriously when you've been dealing with another doing the exact same thing. I agree they should have tried something else besides 'just relax and enjoy the picnic, Celestia will understand!', but I also think they weren't in the wrong to miss just...how far over the cliff Twilight had already gone.


BTW, why Celestia tells Twilight to meet her in the library? Can't she just teleport them there to not waste time? And why what we witness from their discussion seems to suggest spell was never discussed or, at best, was spoken about briefly. Sorry, this scene just feels rushed and falls apart when you start thinking about it. Still, I guess I liked motherly Trollestia, if only she was better tied to better plot...

What Titanium Fox said. :smallsmile: An easy way to make someone sweat without actually DOING anything to them is to give them time to think about an upcoming stressful situation all by themselves. For example, making Twilight wonder what Celestia was going to punish her with the entire way back to the library. Heck, a couple of teachers and the priniciple in my one elementary school would do this to kids who had mis-behaved, just let them stew on what the punishment was going to be for awhile before actually meeting them. It's quite effective really for teaching someone a lesson since, usually, whatever they imagine is endlessly worse then what they're actually punished with.

[Titanium Fox]

Guys, just a reminder, can we keep the posts on episode three in spoilers? I think generally we've agreed on spoilering until a week after the new release.

Either way though, it's only been two days. It wouldn't be surprising if some of us may not have gotten a chance to head to Youtube yet.

[Deadly]

So I got myself a big pumpkin for carving... any suggestions for what to carve it into? Pony related, of course.

Never carved a pumpkin before, so kinda excited http://i.imgur.com/Ji01D.png

[Titanium Fox]

So I got myself a big pumpkin for carving... any suggestions for what to carve it into? Pony related, of course.

Never carved a pumpkin before, so kinda excited http://i.imgur.com/Ji01D.png

You should totally do one of the crazy Twilight faces. :smallbiggrin:

[Thrawn183]

...

*hugs* :smallfrown:

Ironically, this thread is probably the most appropriate for such a response of any I've ever seen.

[Deadly]

You should totally do one of the crazy Twilight faces. :smallbiggrin:

That's a great idea :smallbiggrin: And probably not too difficult either

[Trixie]

It's easier to swallow the second time around. I found the bit with the cupcakes cringe-worthy, and actually got up and took it as an opportunity to brew some coffee the first time.

Ah, yes, cupcakes. I forgot about them.

<sigh> To be honest, a lot of things people mentioned here, cupcakes, ponies behaving off-character, weak writing, etc, didn't bothered me that much. I'd normally just shrug it off, said it was weak episode, and forgot about it.

What I minded though, was implied suggestion that you can be cool only if you're homogeneous conformist, if you dare to differ in 'not normal' way or have any personal life problems you turn into some hideous monster that everyone can laugh at, instead of help. It was visible in S1 with Fluttershy, but it was really driven into the ground in this episode.

I know a few people like this, I can relate to the characters, maybe that's why I found some things in this episode so offensive I had to stop watching it to calm down :smallannoyed:

[Lex-Kat]

Guys, just a reminder, can we keep the posts on episode three in spoilers? I think generally we've agreed on spoilering until a week after the new release.

Either way though, it's only been two days. It wouldn't be surprising if some of us may not have gotten a chance to head to Youtube yet.
Sorry. :smallredface: Spoilered.

[Titanium Fox]

Ah, yes, cupcakes. I forgot about them.

<sigh> To be honest, a lot of things people mentioned here, cupcakes, ponies behaving off-character, weak writing, etc, didn't bothered me that much. I'd normally just shrug it off, said it was weak episode, and forgot about it.

What I minded though, was implied suggestion that you can be cool only if you're homogeneous conformist, if you dare to differ in 'not normal' way or have any personal life problems you turn into some hideous monster that everyone can laugh at, instead of help. It was visible in S1 with Fluttershy, but it was really driven into the ground in this episode.

I know a few people like this, I can relate to the characters, maybe that's why I found some things in this episode so offensive I had to stop watching it to calm down :smallannoyed:

Not... really. Like I said. The other five saw it as Twilight freaking out over her first F. Trust me, I've seen it in public school before (and been the one having the freakout). The general reaction seems to be "Calm the heck down". And when she stormed off, they probably figured she'd get over it on her own. Missing your first homework assignment really isn't that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.

Sure, should they have handled it better? Yes, from both sides. Twilight should have explained farther than "I'm going to be Tardy!" because that screams that she's freaking out over a mark on her permanent record, not the perceived threat of being sent back to Canterlot and losing her friends.

The other five should have been reassuring, but it isn't unheard of for extremely close friends to laugh off other friend's minor problems. My friends do it to me all the time, and I find myself no worse for wear 99.9% of the time.

[Grif]

Ah, yes, cupcakes. I forgot about them.

<sigh> To be honest, a lot of things people mentioned here, cupcakes, ponies behaving off-character, weak writing, etc, didn't bothered me that much. I'd normally just shrug it off, said it was weak episode, and forgot about it.

What I minded though, was implied suggestion that you can be cool only if you're homogeneous conformist, if you dare to differ in 'not normal' way or have any personal life problems you turn into some hideous monster that everyone can laugh at, instead of help. It was visible in S1 with Fluttershy, but it was really driven into the ground in this episode.

I know a few people like this, I can relate to the characters, maybe that's why I found some things in this episode so offensive I had to stop watching it to calm down :smallannoyed:

To be very honest? I think you're reading too much into this episode.

I have had friends laugh me off all the time on things I perceived as important, but was really unimportant when I had a chance to cool down and think back; so it's hardly a stretch to believe Twilight's friends would do the same. Granted, they have exaggerated things for comedic effect, but it is still within the realm of plausiblity.

Then again, this episode strikes me as one of those YMMV episode anyway. Like Feeling Pinkie Keen or some of the CMC episodes.

[Forum Explorer]

So I guess once I am done with reading Fallout Equestria which should happen some day soon I hope I will check out this silent ponyville thing. Is it creepy, or anything?


Its pretty creepy and exciting. Its not as epic as Fallout Equestria though.

[Capt. Ido Nos]

Ah, yes, cupcakes. I forgot about them.

<sigh> To be honest, a lot of things people mentioned here, cupcakes, ponies behaving off-character, weak writing, etc, didn't bothered me that much. I'd normally just shrug it off, said it was weak episode, and forgot about it.

What I minded though, was implied suggestion that you can be cool only if you're homogeneous conformist, if you dare to differ in 'not normal' way or have any personal life problems you turn into some hideous monster that everyone can laugh at, instead of help. It was visible in S1 with Fluttershy, but it was really driven into the ground in this episode.

I know a few people like this, I can relate to the characters, maybe that's why I found some things in this episode so offensive I had to stop watching it to calm down :smallannoyed:
Hey Trix, I'm sorry you felt that way about this episode. I have to say that I'm somewhere in the middle about this episode. I'm kind of tired of "ponies go crazy" episodes, so that was that.

The trick with me and seeing Trixie flip over her perceived tardy mark vs how her friends reacted (or didn't) is that for me, personally, I have known a person who was prone to flipping out and extrapolating such conclusions out of her circumstances. I actually witnessed her equate a potential C grade on a single quiz to the cost of her grade for the quarter, then the year, having to repeat a class, putting her back a year, and ultimately causing such a black mark on her record that she would be unable to go the ivy league college of her choice, and thus be unable to obtain a job when she graduated, if she managed to get into a university program at all. Needless to say, people didn't jump to console her.

That said, Twi should have said a bit more, and I be the girls would have helped out a little. They just saw her being twitchy and running off. Once they heard her forlornly bemoan her fate in magic kindergarten, then they became concerned that this could have been something serious. But then, that's why THEY had to write a letter to Celestia in the end, because they did in fact do Twi a disservice.

At the end of the day, this was a middle of the road episode, lots of good, and enough of a handful of things (on the first watch) that make me look sideways, but I can come up wiht justifications for most of it. That, and I'll watch it again later and see how it's settled for me. Not the best, but not the worst either.

[Roninhirox]

Its pretty creepy and exciting. Its not as epic as Fallout Equestria though.

Cool I like creepy and exciting, and while epic is fun I don't really need it to be there for me to have a good time. I will definitely check it out once i am done, I think I only have like 9 chapters till I am caught up with Fallout Equestria.

[PhantomFox]

Unrelated Episode 3 stuff:
I'd like to note that this is the first time we've seen Celestia upset outside of an emergency. "Meet me in the Library." I think Celestia's personal element seems to be Order, since she seemed genuinely upset at all the ruckus going on. That, and it would explain why Discord pisses her off so much. She hates Chaos.

[Forum Explorer]

Episode 3 stuff
In hindsight one of the creepiest things was how everypony just seemed to forget they were fighting. Do mind spells have some sort of safety net or was this a result of Celestia fixing things? Or as I initially believed did they all just have a mutual and unspoken "Let us never speak of this again." moment.

[Athaniar]

What? It worked? Yes! I finally defeated the Movie Maker and forced it to do my bidding! Turns out it didn't agree with one of the source episodes (Stare Master), so I got another version of it instead.

The video itself isn't really special, just a Code Geass intro theme (O2) with ponies. I did try to make the clips match the original video, though YMMV on the result. Here it is (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njregupXTIQ), by the way. At least I feel quite triumphant at the moment. And yes, Fluttershy is Lelouch.
http://i.imgur.com/6ZURl.png

[Strife Warzeal]

So I guess once I am done with reading Fallout Equestria which should happen some day soon I hope I will check out this silent ponyville thing. Is it creepy, or anything?
Also on cupcakes and on rainbow factory. I was not a fan of either but only cause they draw from the Hostile era of horror where things aren't actually scary its just people getting dead. And where I love scary things (ask kurgan some of the stuff I have linked him to on accident) I find torture and murder awkwardly boring to read or watch. Not to say that I hate things that involve them but if all your story is is one giant snuff piece I will find it tedious.


Cool I like creepy and exciting, and while epic is fun I don't really need it to be there for me to have a good time. I will definitely check it out once i am done, I think I only have like 9 chapters till I am caught up with Fallout Equestria.

Yeah Silent Ponyville definitely has the creepy factor to it. Have you ever played Silent Hill? It's not required since there are no direct connections (except for a few references to pyramid head in the endings), though it is nice to have a frame of reference to better understand the story. In my unprofessional opinion when you get to it, it will be worth the time to read. I guess I should add a warning that the lead in to Silent Ponyville 2 (Too Shy for a Rainbow) contains FlutterDash shipping. And the work in-progress lead-in to Silent Ponyville 3 contains some more. Nothing too much but it is a bit of a driving force in the story.

Not really necessary to say, but you are about to get to some really awesome parts in Fallout: Equestria.

[Pokonic]

So I got myself a big pumpkin for carving... any suggestions for what to carve it into? Pony related, of course.

Never carved a pumpkin before, so kinda excited .

Trixie. Just because then it will be up on ED within the day.:smallbiggrin:


Of course, there is always Derpy. Everyone loves a glowing Derpy.


Not really necessary to say, but you are about to get to some really awesome parts in Fallout: Equestria.
Sonic Rainnuke, baby!

[Roninhirox]

Yeah Silent Ponyville definitely has the creepy factor to it. Have you ever played Silent Hill? It's not required since there are no direct connections (except for a few references to pyramid head in the endings), though it is nice to have a frame of reference to better understand the story. In my unprofessional opinion when you get to it, it will be worth the time to read. I guess I should add a warning that the lead in to Silent Ponyville 2 (Too Shy for a Rainbow) contains FlutterDash shipping. And the work in-progress lead-in to Silent Ponyville 3 contains some more. Nothing too much but it is a bit of a driving force in the story.

Not really necessary to say, but you are about to get to some really awesome parts in Fallout: Equestria.

I have played the Silent Hill games a bit never gotten around to beating any of them but that's mostly cause I am lazy and they are long. Shipping isn't really a problem for me, I usually find it silly. Except Dash being shipped with guys I dunno why I just don't buy it.
Cool I am super excited to read more just need to finish a bunch of stuff around the house before I can sit down and actually read it though. For some reason when I leave the house for half a week to go to a convention things pile up and demand my attention (who knew?).

Ok so here are some con photos I apologize for them not being good, I am not a photographist, they were taken on my phone which for some reason makes me touch the screen to take the shot, and other excuses.

Rainbow Dash dashing in!
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/301573_2496724658126_1253135410_32918292_193349849 2_n.jpg

Wario photo bombing a different Rainbow Dash
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305323_2496721578049_1253135410_32918285_140385536 5_n.jpg

Twilight and Applejack posing at the con

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298032_2496715537898_1253135410_32918270_793053685 _n.jpg

DJ Pon3 and a Rainbow Dash who jumped into the frame at the last second.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/307695_2496714897882_1253135410_32918268_676729024 _n.jpg

Once again I apologize for the low quality.

Edit: Also I guess here is one of my posing with Ms. Marvel. She really liked my hat.

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/317684_2496720058011_1253135410_32918280_208014285 5_n.jpg

[HalfTangible]

Unrelated Episode 3 stuff:
I'd like to note that this is the first time we've seen Celestia upset outside of an emergency. "Meet me in the Library." I think Celestia's personal element seems to be Order, since she seemed genuinely upset at all the ruckus going on. That, and it would explain why Discord pisses her off so much. She hates Chaos.

Alternatively she hates chaos BECAUSE of Discord. She said she and Luna fought Discord because they saw how miserable everypony was under his rule.

[TheAmishPirate]

Hey Trix, I'm sorry you felt that way about this episode. I have to say that I'm somewhere in the middle about this episode. I'm kind of tired of "ponies go crazy" episodes, so that was that.

This, this, a thousand times this. Partially a pet peeve of mine, but substituting "humorous overreaction" for "goes crazy" gets old very, very fast. If you need an example, just watch any of the more recent Spongebob seasons. It seems like somebody loses their mind every. Dang. Episode. And guess what? It stops being funny. I just hope they don't overuse it with ponies.

[Anarion]

Episode 3 stuff
In hindsight one of the creepiest things was how everypony just seemed to forget they were fighting. Do mind spells have some sort of safety net or was this a result of Celestia fixing things? Or as I initially believed did they all just have a mutual and unspoken "Let us never speak of this again." moment.


Did anyone other than the mane 6 know that Twilight cast a spell? The CMCs weren't paying attention and Twilight didn't mention the spell to Big Macintosh or the mayor. Once the chasing started all they knew was that they really wanted the doll. Once Celestia appeared and dispelled the magic, all they knew was that they had been fighting over a silly doll, looked really embarrassed and quickly dispersed.

[Mysterious Pony]

Midnight Trixibelle Lunata Celeste Sparkle!

...Bahahaha. Depending on what everypony else thinks, I might just steal that for her 'full name' indeed. Ponythread? What do you think?

I think...you should totally do it! :smallbiggrin:

[Athaniar]

Ok so here are some con photos I apologize for them not being good, I am not a photographist, they were taken on my phone which for some reason makes me touch the screen to take the shot, and other excuses.
Heh, those are some nice costumes (and the photos aren't really that bad). Nice to see some bronies in public.

Also, I found this to be quite hilarious:
http://chzbronies.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-untitled5.jpg

[Nameless]

That being said, the scene hit me as sort of pointless/dumb even the first time I saw it. Poor AJ suddenly has money for new buildings, and instead of saving what good parts were in old one, instead nukes it? Aren't craters a bit... difficult to build anything in? Also, AJ's reactions indicate RD nuked at least one building before, since she knows what to expect.

Then, there is Twilight interaction with it - So, Twilight grabs RD because she thinks she is doing harm. Why AJ, who was watching this, haven't jumped out to ask 'what the hay you're doing' or even to simply greet Twilight? Instead, we got a show of Twilight playing therapist for a few minutes (in glasses recycled from SFS) - and only when Rainbow says what she actually does AJ jumps out for sake of a cheap joke. Pardon? Also, why Twilight suddenly gives up on the spot, then, instead of saying 'guys, I'll do it 10 times faster, with no risk to Rainbow and with materials piled in neat piles?' Weren't she looking to offer help?


Then, there are all the crazy faces of Twilight. Maybe it's just not my cup of tea, but S1 was all clean, natural animation, while S2 seems to have jumped to Japanese-style 'super deformed' face mimics. Who know, maybe it will grow on me, but so far, it's like seeing sudden introduction of leet-speak in a classic nowel.


Observation #1 - Twilight says that it worked every time... indicating she used it at least twice already. On who, exactly?

Observation #3 - Why does Twilight know this spell at all? A) Celestia does not care about dominating unicorns - why? It is done daily, in fact?/it's required learning?; B) Celestia allowed her to learn it because she believes it's harmless (possibly indicating that as far as mind control goes, it's very simple spell? That Celestia's arsenals contain far more powerful ones, making this one seem like a toy?); C) Celestia ordered Twilight to learn it... why? Option C dives straight into IH territory, though, so make your own explanations :smallwink:

Who knows, maybe Celestia is so beloved because she projects such spell from her sun, which would explain why Nightmare Moon rebelled in the first place? :smallamused:

What The Hay Moment #1 Twilight's "friends" reaction to her distress. Really, you see someone colossally distressed about not performing a service for ruler of your damn country, and your first reaction is to laugh her off? :smallannoyed:



Don't take this the wrong way, but I think that you're reading into it a little too much. While this particular episode had a lot more of that traditional cartoon humour then most of the other episodes, the show has had some before, and I think they just went all-out for this episode. I actually really enjoyed that about the episode, it gave me a feeling of nostalgia. However, I do hope that it doesn't remain like this for all the episodes. As I said before, the series has had a bit of it before, but it wasn't done to the extent of this episode and that's what made it even more amusing I think, the fact that you're not quite expecting it. But it was really nice to see the animators and writers having a bit of fun.


What The Hay Moment #2 Dramatic Celestia appearance. Mainly, because it also seems to follow plot, not natural character actions. I have to admit, I was wondering if it would be explained why she was here, and the writer actually used the most logical and simplest option. But! All Spike could have sent is a note why Twilight is distressed. Why Celestia seems to know about the spell already? Does she have some supernatural senses? Why is she upset? Because of the spell used? If so, why she let Twilight learn it at all?

Perhaps she didn't know about the spell, but noticed it when she arrived. Maybe Spike saw what was going on and let Celestia know AFTER Twilight cast it. It only takes a few seconds for him to pass a message onto her.


Also, if Twilight's crime is so serious, why all the residents of the village shrug off being mindwiped as if nothing happened, and why Celestia stops 'punishment' after a promise of few kids? Either it isn't serious crime, or Celestia laughs at any idea of a rule of law. In fact, Ponyvillans behave like this spell was completely normal occurrence, with the problem being Twilight casting it ineptly, not casting it at all (which is scary). Would anyone actually like to live in village where you can be mind-controlled at any time and never complain? Implications are... interesting, to say the least.

BTW, why Celestia tells Twilight to meet her in the library? Can't she just teleport them there to not waste time? And why what we witness from their discussion seems to suggest spell was never discussed or, at best, was spoken about briefly. Sorry, this scene just feels rushed and falls apart when you start thinking about it. Still, I guess I liked motherly Trollestia, if only she was better tied to better plot...



Again, I think you're reading into it a little too much. *points to first comments* Anyway, maybe their memory gets whiped after the spell has ended. I think it would make the episode kind of tedious if they started explaining everything that happens.



Also, from where Twilight has all the money to buy all that parchment? It was expensive for a reason... Wait.

Parchment.

I often wonder where many of them get any money at all to be honest. :smallconfused:
:smalltongue:



On a side note, if Celestia is the princess... Then who's the Queen... or King?

DUN DUN DUNNNN.

[Athaniar]

On a side note, if Celestia is the princess... Then who's the Queen... or King?

DUN DUN DUNNNN.
If I remember correctly, Faust wanted her to be a queen, but apparently the executives wanted her to be a princess (and violet, apparently, but at least that isn't part of the show). She's still very much the "high queen" archetype, though. Sorry for ruining your big DUN moment.

http://i.imgur.com/JmPL5.pngPinkie is best emoticon.

But I do still want to know more about the royal family other than Celestia, Luna, and Blueblood.

[Trixie]

Ok so here are some con photos I apologize for them not being good, I am not a photographist, they were taken on my phone which for some reason makes me touch the screen to take the shot, and other excuses.

Rainbow Dash dashing in!
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/301573_2496724658126_1253135410_32918292_193349849 2_n.jpg

Wario photo bombing a different Rainbow Dash
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305323_2496721578049_1253135410_32918285_140385536 5_n.jpg

Twilight and Applejack posing at the con

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298032_2496715537898_1253135410_32918270_793053685 _n.jpg

DJ Pon3 and a Rainbow Dash who jumped into the frame at the last second.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/307695_2496714897882_1253135410_32918268_676729024 _n.jpg

Wow, these costumes are really 20% cooler! :smallbiggrin:

Now I wonder, did anyone ever cosplayed as Trixie? :(

[Shadowy]

It's amazing. For a few days, the specific insanities of everyone in ponythread all tuned in to one similar frequency.

In other news, I need a name for an editor of a newspaper in Equestria.

[Nameless]

If I remember correctly, Faust wanted her to be a queen, but apparently the executives wanted her to be a princess (and violet, apparently, but at least that isn't part of the show). She's still very much the "high queen" archetype, though. Sorry for ruining your big DUN moment.

http://i.imgur.com/JmPL5.png

http://i.imgur.com/EAqtS.png


But I do still want to know more about the royal family other than Celestia and Blueblood.

I agree actually. I'd like to see some back stories about them as well.

[Kris Strife]

The sexless version of a horse would be a gelding http://i.imgur.com/CXTge.png (which is a word that I'm fairly confident will never appear in an actual episode). :smallbiggrin:

I hope not. :smalleek:


"Nooo, I don't want to go back to Magic Kindergarten either! I'm a fully grown mare, darn it! I'm going to go back to hiding under my bed. I'm taking Jade, Beeskee, and Lixie with me. >.>

"Where they found you before? And I didn't say as a student... Go as a special celebrity guest! Or a teacher! Or just hide up in the ceiling."


But I do still want to know more about the royal family other than Celestia and Blueblood.

How could you forget about Luna? It's bad enough Hasbro forgot she existed for almost a year. :smalltongue:

[Welf]

Applejack Of the Apple Clan (Or something along those lines; it's canon she's "part of the apple family" which implies it as a surname of sorts).

For some reason that made me think of "Applejack of the Julii". has there ever been a crossover between Rome and MLP?


So, come to realize, I just do not have a quote post in me. I'm looking at the clock and the massive backlog of posts, and I know I WILL miss something. SiuiS, I know you directed a bunch of stuff at me, and I'll go through in the morning and try to find everything everyone said directly to me to respond at the very least, but right now...

I know the problem of not being fit enough to quote awesome SiuiS posts. http://i.imgur.com/BsGGR.png


http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8374/20111017004328.jpg

How did you get these? Who made them?


Personally, I don't find anything wrong with Cupcakes. It's not the most well written thing there is, but most of people reactions I find a bit too much. Though my feelings may be a bit skewed since Cupcakes is actually what helped me convert my friends. Yes it is horrible what happens in the story, but... well actually I'm not sure where I'm going with this sentence. Part of me not being too badly affected could be tied to my preexisting apathy though.
(Though the one thing I can feel empathy for is embarassment, go figure *shrug*)

I see Cupcakes as something like Star Wars. Probably not very good in an artistic way, but it nails something and moves people. And that's what a story should achieve.

Also, Friendship is Coming:



http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/282/6/e/mlp__friendship_is_coming_by_pspynett-d4c9wlr.png (http://pspynett.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Friendship-is-Coming-262482255)

[Trixie]

On a side note, if Celestia is the princess... Then who's the Queen... or King?

DUN DUN DUNNNN.

We had this discussion many times, best conclusion was that Equestria is (Grand) Principality and that there is no queen, IIRC.

I remember usual title of Principalities, Her (Most) Serene Highness (instead of Her Majesty queen gets) being more liked, too :smalltongue:

[Kurgan]

...What would a Hipster cutie mark even look like?

I don't know, but whatever it was, Sweetie Belle had it before it was cool. :smallbiggrin:



Nope. Mule is the sexless version of a horse. A pony is a subspecies of horse that generally come to about half the size of a full grown. (1/3 the size of a draft horse.)


I thought a mule was a crossbreed between a horse and a donkey that is infertile. That is why "mule" is a shorthand way of saying "cannot reproduce/infertile".




Ok so here are some con photos I apologize for them not being good, I am not a photographist, they were taken on my phone which for some reason makes me touch the screen to take the shot, and other excuses.

Rainbow Dash dashing in!
http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/301573_2496724658126_1253135410_32918292_193349849 2_n.jpg

Wario photo bombing a different Rainbow Dash
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305323_2496721578049_1253135410_32918285_140385536 5_n.jpg

Twilight and Applejack posing at the con

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298032_2496715537898_1253135410_32918270_793053685 _n.jpg

DJ Pon3 and a Rainbow Dash who jumped into the frame at the last second.
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/307695_2496714897882_1253135410_32918268_676729024 _n.jpg

Once again I apologize for the low quality.

Edit: Also I guess here is one of my posing with Ms. Marvel. She really liked my hat.

http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/317684_2496720058011_1253135410_32918280_208014285 5_n.jpg

Con pictures! Yay! http://i.imgur.com/aRDpW.png

[Welf]

On a side note, if Celestia is the princess... Then who's the Queen... or King?

DUN DUN DUNNNN.

Well here is what happened:

Thousands of years ago, after the old alicorn king died
Celestia: Sister, today I will crown myself Queen Of All That Is. I'm sorry, but this is a burden I cannot share. I alone must rule to assure piece and unity.
Luna: Oh Celly, no problem.
C: I see you take it with dignity, altough it must be hard for you to be second forever.
L: Seriously, it's awesome. I'm gonna be the younger, prettier princess for all eternity. The title queen makes you look a thousand years older already. And my more delicate figure and the gentle moonlight make me another thousand years younger.
C: ...then again you're my only sister and I don't want to see you jealous, let's share the rule and be princesses both.
L: No, it's..
C: STOP BEING SO JEALOUS!


If I remember correctly, Faust wanted her to be a queen, but apparently the executives wanted her to be a princess (and violet, apparently, but at least that isn't part of the show). She's still very much the "high queen" archetype, though. Sorry for ruining your big DUN moment.

http://i.imgur.com/JmPL5.pngPinkie is best emoticon.

But I do still want to know more about the royal family other than Celestia, Luna, and Blueblood.

Another prince shall come!


http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/147/3/0/news_for_rarity_by_welfvonehrwald-d3hdgi9.png

[Trixie]

I don't know, but whatever it was, Sweetie Belle had it before it was cool. :smallbiggrin:

What about me? http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg


I thought a mule was a crossbreed between a horse and a donkey that is infertile. That is why "mule" is a shorthand way of saying "cannot reproduce/infertile".

Technically, not that small % of mules is actually fertile, don't believe Encyclopedia Brown in this matter :P

[Nameless]

We had this discussion many times, best conclusion was that Equestria is (Grand) Principality and that there is no queen, IIRC.

I remember usual title of Principalities, Her (Most) Serene Highness (instead of Her Majesty queen gets) being more liked, too :smalltongue:

I'd know this if I had the ability to keep up with this thread.
Unfortunately, I have better things to do.
Like watch and re-watch episode of FiM. http://i.imgur.com/9QvF1.png


Well here is what happened:

Thousands of years ago, after the old alicorn king died
Celestia: Sister, today I will crown myself Queen Of All That Is. I'm sorry, but this is a burden I cannot share. I alone must rule to assure piece and unity.
Luna: Oh Celly, no problem.
C: I see you take it with dignity, altough it must be hard for you to be second forever.
L: Seriously, it's awesome. I'm gonna be the younger, prettier princess for all eternity. The title queen makes you look a thousand years older already. And my more delicate figure and the gentle moonlight make me another thousand years younger.
C: ...then again you're my only sister and I don't want to see you jealous, let's share the rule and be princesses both.
L: No, it's..
C: STOP BEING SO JEALOUS!


Can I be a Prince? http://i.imgur.com/ROEne.png

[Mando Knight]

I don't know, but whatever it was, Sweetie Belle had it before it was cool. :smallbiggrin:
So, a blank flank to be both ironic and counter-cultural, then?

I thought a mule was a crossbreed between a horse and a donkey that is infertile. That is why "mule" is a shorthand way of saying "cannot reproduce/infertile".

Technically, not that small % of mules is actually fertile, don't believe Encyclopedia Brown in this matter :P
There are a few fertile mule mares, but in general they're infertile due to the way crossbreeding genetics (seem to) work. And, yeah, Encyclopedia Brown is wrong (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConvictionByCounterfactualClue) often as many times as he's right, except when he calls upon the most esoteric information, in which case he's almost always wrong.

[Roninhirox]

Wow, these costumes are really 20% cooler! :smallbiggrin:

Now I wonder, did anyone ever cosplayed as Trixie? :(

I heard rumor of there being more ponies at the con but I couldn't find them, one of my friends said he saw a group that at least contained a fluttershy but sadly I never saw them.

[Trixie]

I'd know this if I had the ability to keep up with this thread.

Hey! :smallyuk:

That was in the era when it actually moved slowly :P


There are a few fertile mule mares, but in general they're infertile due to the way crossbreeding genetics (seem to) work. And, yeah, Encyclopedia Brown is wrong (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ConvictionByCounterfactualClue) often as many times as he's right, except when he calls upon the most esoteric information, in which case he's almost always wrong.

Yes and yes :smallbiggrin:

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

I heard rumor of there being more ponies at the con but I couldn't find them, one of my friends said he saw a group that at least contained a fluttershy but sadly I never saw them.

I think if you actually saw the Fluttershy cosplayer, then she wasn't cos-playing very well. :smallbiggrin:

[TheAmishPirate]

Hey! :smallyuk:

That was in the era when it actually moved slowly :P

You mean the first thread? :smalltongue:

Because seriously, that first ponythread, love you to death for being the start of something awesome, is forever going to haunt our "average time to page 50". ow, my statistical outliers!

[Nameless]

Hey! :smallyuk:

That was in the era when it actually moved slowly :P


Pony thread? Slow? Ho ho ho, u so silly. *pat pat* :3

[Trixie]

I think if you actually saw the Fluttershy cosplayer, then she wasn't cos-playing very well. :smallbiggrin:

... http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg Heh :P


You mean the first thread? :smalltongue:

*glares*

That was before your time, foal http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

[otakuryoga]

Well here is what happened:

Thousands of years ago, after the old alicorn king died
Celestia: Sister, today I will crown myself Queen Of All That Is. I'm sorry, but this is a burden I cannot share. I alone must rule to assure piece and unity.
Luna: Oh Celly, no problem.
C: I see you take it with dignity, altough it must be hard for you to be second forever.
L: Seriously, it's awesome. I'm gonna be the younger, prettier princess for all eternity. The title queen makes you look a thousand years older already. And my more delicate figure and the gentle moonlight make me another thousand years younger.
C: ...then again you're my only sister and I don't want to see you jealous, let's share the rule and be princesses both.
L: No, it's..
C: STOP BEING SO JEALOUS!



Another prince shall come!


http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/147/3/0/news_for_rarity_by_welfvonehrwald-d3hdgi9.png

OK...both sections of this post are pure win


and as for the queen/princess thing, i believe Lauren stated that hasbro told her she had to be Princess for 2 reasons..
audience connection...little girls are Princesses not queens
and this is a fairy tale land...in fairy tales queen = bad, princess = good (most of time)

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

I'm seeing A LOT of crazy pony looking avatars. Is this coincidence? Am I missing an inside joke? Ponythread, help me understand your ways!

[TheAmishPirate]

*glares*

That was before your time, foal http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

B-b-but...but... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73enOUsCtI)

[Kurgan]

I heard rumor of there being more ponies at the con but I couldn't find them, one of my friends said he saw a group that at least contained a fluttershy but sadly I never saw them.

Don't lie, you were to busy hamming it up as Ox King to remember to look for them. :smallbiggrin:


What about me? http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

Well, I suppose you have been Trixie before being Trixie was cool....




Technically, not that small % of mules is actually fertile, don't believe Encyclopedia Brown in this matter :P

Wait...are you saying that a small percentage of mules are fertile, or that a small percentage of mules are infertile?

[Shadowy]

I'm seeing A LOT of crazy pony looking avatars. Is this coincidence? Am I missing an inside joke? Ponythread, help me understand your ways!

Terror week. We each get a crazy Twilight avatar from the new episode.

And a voice inside your head to match!

That part wasn't advertised.

[Capt. Ido Nos]

... http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg Heh :P



*glares*

That was before your time, foal http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

Oh snap! You dun got TOLD, Amish!

In other news, I am afraid that I have a personal confession to make. Gonna spoiler it in case anyone doesn't want to read it, that's okays.
I like ponies.

There i said it. *sniff*

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Terror week. We each get a crazy Twilight avatar from the new episode.

And a voice inside your head to match!

That part wasn't advertised.

Eeeeep. I haven't seen the new episode yet, but I'm amused by the idea of Crazy Twilight week. The voice thingy sounds interesting too. its like having a friend only you can see.

[Kurgan]

So, a blank flank to be both ironic and counter-cultural, then?


Well, you see, her cutie mark is a blank flank. It represents her aversion for the mainstream and her desire to forge her own path. She'd tell you more about her cutie mark and its ramifications, but it involves concepts you have probably never even heard of!

[Trixie]

B-b-but...but... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O73enOUsCtI)

No "buts"! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-Hwdw1Gaxg) http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

[Istari]

Episode 3 Applejack Discussion
I saw having Rainbow demolish the barn for her as more of a friend-to-friend favor then her not being able to do it. Everyone knows smashing stuff is fun, so she asked Rainbow if she wanted to help.

[PhantomFox]

Episode 3 Applejack Discussion
I saw having Rainbow demolish the barn for her as more of a friend-to-friend favor then her not being able to do it. Everyone knows smashing stuff is fun, so she asked Rainbow if she wanted to help.

"Hmm... who do I know that's aggressive and likes to break things? Hey Rainbow, ya wanna help me tear down a barn?"
"DO I?!"

[Trixie]

By the way, it would be really nice if we finished missing 55 posts in the next 45 minutes? ^^"

[Kindablue]

By the way, it would be really nice if we finished missing 55 posts in the next 45 minutes? ^^"

How do we do that?

[Shadowy]

How do we do that?

With ponies!

Lots of ponies!

Kung-fu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPqs6aRwLjw) ponies!

...

Fine, just normal ponies.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

How do we do that?

All start singing "Winter Wrap-up" with a different poster completing the next lline?

Temporarily turning the thread into a Silly message Board Game, like "Describe the Cutie Mark of the poster above you?"

Have a discussion what the various forms of Pinkie Senses there are?

[UrsielHauke]

Just... keep posting... Oh and the thread still gonna get burnt yeah?

Because if it wasn't, it would be...

The! Worst! POSSIBLE! THING!

[Trixie]

How do we do that?

That's how! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iTzUBRFagc) http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

[Kris Strife]

"Hmm... who do I know that's aggressive and likes to break things? Hey Rainbow, ya wanna help me tear down a barn?"
"DO I?!"

This would be my response. :smallbiggrin:


With ponies!

Lots of ponies!

Kung-fu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPqs6aRwLjw) ponies!

I'm okay with this. :smallbiggrin:

[SiuiS]

Oh snap! You dun got TOLD, Amish!

In other news, I am afraid that I have a personal confession to make. Gonna spoiler it in case anyone doesn't want to read it, that's okays.
I like ponies.

There i said it. *sniff*

Harsh, mate. Well, as always, we're here for you if you need us.
I don't know that anypony in this thread can be of any actual help, but moral support is good for something aye?


How do we do that?

Literally or existentially?
Cuz, I mean literally, we just post. But from a broader perspective, can we actually fill up the thread? Do any one of us truly matter? Is there even a thread to fill, or is it a construct of the sum of our contributions, with no discrete existence of it's own? horrible questions because they all have easy answers huh?

[Trixie]

All start singing "Winter Wrap-up" with a different poster completing the next lline?

Temporarily turning the thread into a Silly message Board Game, like "Describe the Cutie Mark of the poster above you?"

Have a discussion what the various forms of Pinkie Senses there are?

I love the way you think :smallbiggrin:

Have some Trixie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwvUQBOnW6o) in thanks :P

[Topaz]

FFRP: Blue Ponies Yay!

Oh, whoops. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you. I just like teasing this guy (she pokes Raindrop on the shoulder) because he starts acting so silly when he's embarrassed.

So, you were staring at his flank, eh! Liked what you saw? Autumn giggles a bit as Raindrop starts to blush. See, this is what I meant earlier. He turns purple!
*eep* Oh no! I wasn't offended I just never know how a pegasus will react when I tell them I'm a flying unicorn *ahem* And I admire him for his mind, so there! *sticks out tongue* Though I would be lying if I said I didn't think he was cute when he blushes *ahem* So I take it that you've known him for a while?

In other news, I need a name for an editor of a newspaper in Equestria.
Great Caesar? Deadline? City Desk?

Can I be a Prince? http://i.imgur.com/ROEne.png
Sure! Here's your Cutie Mark:
http://blogs.eveningsun.com/sportingword/artist%20formerly%20known%20as%20prince.jpg

[Athaniar]

I assume the next thread will be up before I check in with you all tomorrow. Otherwise you are lazy, lazy ponies.

Also, I really am as insane as the rest of you, it's just that the pony living inside my head is actually mute. Isn't that right?

I knew you'd answer that.

[Shadowy]

I assume the next thread will be up before I check in with you all tomorrow. Otherwise you are lazy, lazy ponies.

Also, I really am as insane as the rest of you, it's just that the pony living inside my head is actually mute. Isn't that right?

I knew you'd answer that.

First comes the consideration of having a pony in your head....

Then comes giving them a form of some kind, be it text, or pictures...

Then, there's nothing left to help you. You'll be as ponysane as the rest of us!:smallbiggrin:

Sleep well!

[Trixie]

Speaking of awesome things:


http://media.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/photo/8905948-standard.jpg

First Brony who will do such thing with ponies will enter the legend :smalltongue:

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

I love the way you think :smallbiggrin:

Have some Trixie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwvUQBOnW6o) in thanks :P

Thanks! ....I....woo hoo...wait....that's Rarity.


FFRP: Blue Ponies Yay!

Great Caesar? Deadline? City Desk?

Sure! Here's your Cutie Mark:
http://blogs.eveningsun.com/sportingword/artist%20formerly%20known%20as%20prince.jpg

Hilarious!! Well done.

[Kurgan]

I love the way you think :smallbiggrin:

Have some Trixie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwvUQBOnW6o) in thanks :P

That doesn't look like Trixie.....

This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOR537ZSu54) looks like Trixie. :smallbiggrin:

[Trixie]

...I see my tactical feint took both of you unaware! http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

Ok, have some more Trixie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1l3Tcl-dxY) :P

[Kurgan]

Speaking of awesome things:


http://media.mlive.com/grandrapidspress/photo/8905948-standard.jpg

First Brony who will do such thing with ponies will enter the legend :smalltongue:

Now the question is, which pony do they do it of? Who is worthy of becoming Pony Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

We can either have an in depth discussion on that or do a giant image of Fluttershy of epic proportions. At least one billion cubits in height! :smallbiggrin:

[Trixie]

Now the question is, which pony do they do it of? Who is worthy of becoming Pony Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

You dare ask? http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

Also, more Trixie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWpr_wkgV8) :P

[byaku rai]

Well, you see, her cutie mark is a blank flank. It represents her aversion for the mainstream and her desire to forge her own path. She'd tell you more about her cutie mark and its ramifications, but it involves concepts you have probably never even heard of!

Yo dawg, we herd u liek blank flanks so we put a blank flank in yo blank flank...
[/obvious joke]

[Kurgan]

You dare ask? http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

Also, more Trixie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFWpr_wkgV8) :P

Well.........

I suppose we could do two statues, each a mere half of a billion cubits in height....

Not as grand though....

[Kindablue]

Literally or existentially?
Rhetorically.



Cuz, I mean literally, we just post. But from a broader perspective, can we actually fill up the thread?
"Filling up" the thread carries the definition of "reaching page 50" in this context, so yes, yes we can, as long as we can reach page fifty. Of course you must now ask who "we" will be by that time. You can only cross a thread once, as Heracloptus would say.



Do any one of us truly matter?
One of us posting here is like one very lazy man dumping a pan of motor oil down the drain. That one action doesn't really have a significant effect on the ecosystem by itself, but if he's got a lot of friends with him, and they've got a lot of motor oil that they need to get rid of...



Is there even a thread to fill, or is it a construct of the sum of our contributions, with no discrete existence of it's own?
There's a beautiful metaphor for friendship hidden somewhere in that question.

[Aotrs Commander]

Well here is what happened:

Thousands of years ago, after the old alicorn king died
Celestia: Sister, today I will crown myself Queen Of All That Is. I'm sorry, but this is a burden I cannot share. I alone must rule to assure piece and unity.
Luna: Oh Celly, no problem.
C: I see you take it with dignity, altough it must be hard for you to be second forever.
L: Seriously, it's awesome. I'm gonna be the younger, prettier princess for all eternity. The title queen makes you look a thousand years older already. And my more delicate figure and the gentle moonlight make me another thousand years younger.
C: ...then again you're my only sister and I don't want to see you jealous, let's share the rule and be princesses both.
L: No, it's..
C: STOP BEING SO JEALOUS!

Pfftaahahahaha!

And this is now my canon!


Another prince shall come!


http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/147/3/0/news_for_rarity_by_welfvonehrwald-d3hdgi9.png

Win!



In totally unrelated news, I have finally got around to clocking C&C3 and moved on to Kane's Wrath. After swearing at EA some more. If you are going to drastically alter your game's economy guys, fix the bloody single player missions to match! I found, even with oh-so-much easier Nod missions at least one bonus goal I'm not sure you can complete (gather a certain amount of tiberium in a certain time-frame, due to the 35% decrease in income the final patches had on the original). And again, another couple of missions that seem impossible on Medium mode - Scrin mission 3, thanks to the lack of compensating for the Avatar's massive upgrade, had both me and the GDI base wiped out inside five minutes because we got rushed by about seven avatars (and of course, the ones that had butchered GDI were now veteran as well). In the space of time that I managed to crack out one Tripod. Quite how you are supposed to defend against an early rush of top-tier units when you have to build you base from scratch, I do not know. (Of course, the fact that the cranes were rendered more or less useless when they could no longer build base defenses seriosuly didn't help.) Seriously, the screwed-economy-based difficulty curve of some of the later end missions really put a kybosh on my enjoyment of the game. It has been the only game in the entire series I have been forced to play on Easy in places. Frag knows what Hard mode is like after the patches...

Still, Kane's wrath should be somewhat better, since the missions stand a cat in hell's chance of being a bit closer to the patched economy level.

Maybe...

[Kurgan]

Yo dawg, we herd u liek blank flanks so we put a blank flank in yo blank flank...
[/obvious joke]

I was getting blank in my flank long before having blank flanks was a thing dawg! http://i.imgur.com/l6Dif.png

[Kindablue]

We can either have an in depth discussion on that or do a giant image of Fluttershy of epic proportions. At least one billion cubits in height! :smallbiggrin:

We were drawing up plans to have it made of gold a few threads back, but yeah. That's much more practical.

[BlasTech]

This actually horrified me a little bit. Nice work! :smalleek:



Thanks! :smallbiggrin:


……

All the Bronies in this thread are crazy.

Hey! I resemble that remark! :smalltongue:


All of the crazy twi avatars are incredible disconcerting, by the way. http://i.imgur.com/pUT8r.png




Wait a week, and we'll all have spooky Luna avatars. http://i.imgur.com/dB204.png



Way ahead of you :smallwink:


My favorite TV show? (http://i.imgur.com/PlBm5.jpg)

~ ♅

The ending of that wa-


The ending to this is golden. :smallsmile:

What he said ^

-==-

In other pony-related news, and in the attempt to pad out this thread slightly. I had the weirdest dream last night. It was from the PoV of Celestia, she was with Luna and they were hiding from zombies in rural outback Australia. They couldn't use their magic (due to exhaustion and overuse or something like that), until they rested, but the zombies were coming for the building while they slept.

They lock themselves in a room, Tia falls asleep but is woken in the dark by Luna whispering that something has tripped a ward. They then get attacked by a zombie and Tia smites it with a pillow. Something else comes, but turns out to be a housecat.

Tia uses it to smite the next zombie.

They run water into the bathtub to give the cat something to drink by way of apology for using it as a weapon, the cat then joins them as the third party member while they go exploring.

The find a town of ponies who don't recognise them, Tia tries to browbeat the one in charge but he whips out some giant air-cannon/leaf blower thing and punts Tia into a tree. Understandibly P.O'd, and having recovered from her magic hangover, Tia immobilises the whole town and goes Galadriel on them, convincing them to listen to her and fight off the approaching zombies.

Unfortunately I woke up before the epic battle, but I can imagine it. ^^

The moral of this story, my fellow ponythreaders?: Don't play Dead Island after watching ponies before bed!

[Kurgan]

We were drawing up plans to have it made of gold a few threads back, but yeah. That's much more practical.

Ah, good, we already have blueprints for this? Shouldn't be too difficult to change it from gold to rubix cubes....

Come! Let us gather a host of rubix cubes as the world has never seen!




Unfortunately I woke up before the epic battle, but I can imagine it. ^^

The moral of this story, my fellow ponythreaders?: Don't play Dead Island after watching ponies before bed!

I think the moral is don't set an alarm. :smallbiggrin:

[Nameless]

Sure! Here's your Cutie Mark:
http://blogs.eveningsun.com/sportingword/artist%20formerly%20known%20as%20prince.jpg

I'm not familar with that design. Should I be? :smallconfused:

[BlasTech]

I think the moral is don't set an alarm. :smallbiggrin:

I didn't, it was my darn internal clock and the need to get up for work. :smallfrown:

[Trixie]

In totally unrelated news, I have finally got around to clocking C&C3 and moved on to Kane's Wrath. After swearing at EA some more. If you are going to drastically alter your game's economy guys, fix the bloody single player missions to match! I found, even with oh-so-much easier Nod missions at least one bonus goal I'm not sure you can complete (gather a certain amount of tiberium in a certain time-frame, due to the 35% decrease in income the final patches had on the original). And again, another couple of missions that seem impossible on Medium mode - Scrin mission 3, thanks to the lack of compensating for the Avatar's massive upgrade, had both me and the GDI base wiped out inside five minutes because we got rushed by about seven avatars (and of course, the ones that had butchered GDI were now veteran as well). In the space of time that I managed to crack out one Tripod. Quite how you are supposed to defend against an early rush of top-tier units when you have to build you base from scratch, I do not know. (Of course, the fact that the cranes were rendered more or less useless when they could no longer build base defenses seriosuly didn't help.) Seriously, the screwed-economy-based difficulty curve of some of the later end missions really put a kybosh on my enjoyment of the game. It has been the only game in the entire series I have been forced to play on Easy in places. Frag knows what Hard mode is like after the patches...

IIRC, you should rely on air units? :smallconfused:

Also, wasn't Kane's Wrath the one that introduced whole planet map you can fight on? That was fun, if abusable...

[Kurgan]

I didn't, it was my darn internal clock and the need to get up for work. :smallfrown:

Well then what should you do less? The answer is work. :smallbiggrin:

[Kindablue]

I'm not familar with that. Should I be? :smallconfused:

Not unless you've purified yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

[byaku rai]

So have we already determined the name of the next thread?

[Trixie]

Well.........

I suppose we could do two statues, each a mere half of a billion cubits in height....

Not as grand though....

Indeed.

...

<steals all the cubes for the Glory of Trixie> http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg


In other pony-related news, and in the attempt to pad out this thread slightly. I had the weirdest dream last night. It was from the PoV of Celestia, she was with Luna and they were hiding from zombies in rural outback Australia. They couldn't use their magic (due to exhaustion and overuse or something like that), until they rested, but the zombies were coming for the building while they slept.

They lock themselves in a room, Tia falls asleep but is woken in the dark by Luna whispering that something has tripped a ward. They then get attacked by a zombie and Tia smites it with a pillow. Something else comes, but turns out to be a housecat.

Tia uses it to smite the next zombie.

They run water into the bathtub to give the cat something to drink by way of apology for using it as a weapon, the cat then joins them as the third party member while they go exploring.

The find a town of ponies who don't recognise them, Tia tries to browbeat the one in charge but he whips out some giant air-cannon/leaf blower thing and punts Tia into a tree. Understandibly P.O'd, and having recovered from her magic hangover, Tia immobilises the whole town and goes Galadriel on them, convincing them to listen to her and fight off the approaching zombies.

Unfortunately I woke up before the epic battle, but I can imagine it. ^^

I wish I had any dreams... :smallfrown:

[Roninhirox]

I think if you actually saw the Fluttershy cosplayer, then she wasn't cos-playing very well. :smallbiggrin:

You have a good point there


Don't lie, you were to busy hamming it up as Ox King to remember to look for them. :smallbiggrin:

Hey its not my fault everyone loves the Ox-King

[Thanqol]

"Uhm...uhm...no! I wouldn't...wouldn't b e angry at all! Not at all! Really! So there's no need at all for you to do that!"

HELP

"So. You're saying... you're saying there's absolutely nothing I can help you with?" *Twitch, twitch* "That's great. So great."


Y'know, I don't think I can even use ponysanity as an excuse anymore. I think we simply all be crazy. :smallamused:

I'm totally sane. Totally. Sane.


Well here is what happened:

Thousands of years ago, after the old alicorn king died
Celestia: Sister, today I will crown myself Queen Of All That Is. I'm sorry, but this is a burden I cannot share. I alone must rule to assure piece and unity.
Luna: Oh Celly, no problem.
C: I see you take it with dignity, altough it must be hard for you to be second forever.
L: Seriously, it's awesome. I'm gonna be the younger, prettier princess for all eternity. The title queen makes you look a thousand years older already. And my more delicate figure and the gentle moonlight make me another thousand years younger.
C: ...then again you're my only sister and I don't want to see you jealous, let's share the rule and be princesses both.
L: No, it's..
C: STOP BEING SO JEALOUS!

You've earned best pony title until somepony else does something to acquire the title.


Feel like I missed some posts addressed to me.

[Shadowy]

I'm totally sane. Totally. Sane.

Get out! We don't tolerate your kind here!

Love and tolerance!

So......what's it like being sane?

[Istari]

You've earned best pony title until somepony else does something to acquire the title.


Doesn't Midnight have a hold on that title? :smalltongue:

[Kurgan]

Hey its not my fault everyone loves the Ox-King

Yes, but you could have been Ox-King posing for photos with ponies! That is far superior than normal Ox-King! :smallbiggrin:

[Aotrs Commander]

IIRC, you should rely on air units? :smallconfused:

If that mission didn't only give you the rather paff Stormriders as the only Scrin air units... Admittedly I didn't think to try spamming them (mainly because sotrmriders are pretty crappy), but even so I don't think you could have got enough of them out fast enough (or be able to afford enough in the time available to gather resoruces, even with a blue tiberium field and growth accelerator) to take down that number of Avatars without losing the whole base. (And of course, there were a few beam cannons, flametanks and stealth tanks in the mix as well...) The fact that destroying the GDI base was supposed to be bonus objective, but that was completed by the Nod army in basically the first pass speaks volumes. EA just didn't think to (or more likely, was not prepared to spend the time on) fixing the single player campaigns while balancing for multiplayer. (The sad part was when RA3 came out, they even admitted they knew that the bulk of their market were people who didn't play online...)


Also, wasn't Kane's Wrath the one that introduced whole planet map you can fight on? That was fun, if abusable...

Oddly enough, I was never very struck with the planet map. I thought the idea was good, but I thought the execution left something to be desired.

[Roninhirox]

Yes, but you could have been Ox-King posing for photos with ponies! That is far superior than normal Ox-King! :smallbiggrin:

Does it help at all that I was wearing a pony shirt under my cosplay while taking those pictures?

[BlasTech]

Well then what should you do less? The answer is work. :smallbiggrin:

Now that is a sentiment I can get behind :smallbiggrin:




I wish I had any dreams... :smallfrown:

Do you mean dreams in general, or dreams about ponies specifically. In either case ... *hugs* :smallfrown:


So have we already determined the name of the next thread?

I think it was going to be "All the ponies in this thread are crazy?" or something like that? I remember we had a discussion about it a few pages back.

[Kurgan]

Does it help at all that I was wearing a pony shirt under my cosplay while taking those pictures?

....a little bit, I suppose. I suppose all those con gifts you say you bought for me also will make up for it. =P

[Roninhirox]

....a little bit, I suppose. I suppose all those con gifts you say you bought for me also will make up for it. =P

Bought is possibly to harsh a term, lets go more with stood in line for the Wakfu beta and got some swag.

[PhantomFox]

Hmm... thread title. Have we had a Big Mac theme yet?

[Kurgan]

I wish I had any dreams... :smallfrown:

Could always try for a dream journal. If you manage to catch a snippet here and a snippet there, you will be remembering full dreams in no time.



Bought is possibly to harsh a term, lets go more with stood in line for the Wakfu beta and got some swag.

Wakfu swag? Squeeee! http://i.imgur.com/Dy4NS.png

[Trixie]

Doesn't Midnight have a hold on that title? :smalltongue:

*Cough* (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11879253&postcount=1477) http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg


So have we already determined the name of the next thread?

I believe between the above and the 'just look at the time!' proposal, we have 2 perfectly fine names http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

[Thanqol]

Get out! We don't tolerate your kind here!

Love and tolerance!

So......what's it like being sane?

It's great! I don't have to worry about being tardy


Doesn't Midnight have a hold on that title? :smalltongue:

Current best pony is Phoe for her reign of terror over Equestria Daily. Best pony title moves fast.

[Istari]

*Cough* (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11879253&postcount=1477)
[QUOTE=Thanqol;12046906]

Current best pony is Phoe for her reign of terror over Equestria Daily. Best pony title moves fast.

Well, it appears I've been corrected.

[Trixie]

Do you mean dreams in general, or dreams about ponies specifically. In either case ... *hugs* :smallfrown:

In general. I remember 1 per 2-3 months, if that, blackness every day... :smallfrown:

Which is a pity, since they seem to be kind of nice...


....a little bit, I suppose. I suppose all those con gifts you say you bought for me also will make up for it. =P

I wish I had any cons around, too http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

[otakuryoga]

*Cough* (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=11879253&postcount=1477) http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg



I believe between the above and the 'just look at the time!' proposal, we have 2 perfectly fine names http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

there were a whole bunch of votes for Hai Gurlz i thought?
plus with that we could post a pic of Nicholson busting through the door in th OP :smallcool:

[Soras Teva Gee]

So, mind-altering spells just lie in random places, unregulated by anyone? :smallconfused:

It sounds like a world where weapons-grade plutonium is sold in hardware shops. It's worse, in fact, than Celestia being careless.

And there's the little fact of Twilight testing it at will before.


Well to be honest.... yes. Wouldn't be the first time in fiction

Its by no means unusual for mind altering spells to be standard abilities. Obi-Wan's Jedi Mind Trick, Love Potion's all over the place, and the D&D setting this site is essentially based around. While not something one finds heroes around it remains an intensely common form of supernatural ability. When someone is "enchanted" or "under a spell" its probably this.

The implications of mind control magic are on the whole never examined compared to their existence. I recall my fave wizard Negi early on put together the potion version of Twilight's spell to similar results. Arguably worse since well there are certain things you can't do with a stuffed animal you can with a ten year old. Yet still played for laughs.

Now bear in mind I recognize there is a problem with this. If we want to get right down to it, almost any variety of mind control is dangerously close to mind rape. To the point its quite a valid position to have any level of Charm Person being immoral.

My point though is that if we want to have a discussion on this it should acknowledge that it is broader then any episode or series.

[Kurgan]

I wish I had any cons around, too http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

Start your own! A friend of mine decided to do that once. First year he got about 30-40 people, and the second maybe double that. Of course, then he failed out of college and fell off the face of the earth for a few years, causing the entire con to collapse around the people he left in charge of it.

[BlasTech]

The timing of the latest EqD post is creepily specific to my earlier post in this thread ... Phoe, are you lurking around here somewhere?

[Trixie]

Hmm... thread title. Have we had a Big Mac theme yet?

We had Apple family one.

But I don't remember ever having one dedicated solely to TG&P Trixie :P


Well, it appears I've been corrected.

These wannabes get the title when I let them have it for a few hours http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

...

What? :smalltongue:

[EsperDerek]

I know, but I still feel bad about it. :P

I understand, so do I when I can't get one out to you early. (I'm on break now, so expect one later tonight, gonna type it up on the bus. :smallredface:


"I... Erm... Eep." The filly goes bright red, seeming to shrink behind her mane in a brilliant imitation of Fluttershy; a very embarrassed smile on her face.

*Midnight smiles daringly, and gives Jade a loving, perhaps a little TOO loving, nuzzle. "My, my, I do love reactions like this." :smallsmile:


It always puts a massive grin on my face when I see how much you're enjoying the RP too; which is just what I needed today. The entire office has a case of the Mondays, and as IT, I get to clean up after said case of the Mondays.

I'm glad that I could make your Monday just a bit better. I know I cheer up whenever I see another post from you, too. Not just RP-wise, you're an awesome pony in general.


Wait, I didn't mean that you should become an unde-...

...

And I definitely didn't expect you to become so sexy- er... I mean, become a succubus! That is definitely what I meant!

Oh, Celestia, why do I keep corrupting ponies, especially when I don't mean to?

*Facehoof* Oh for the love of-
If you're gonna tell her that she's pretty, then just say it. Like this:

(Imitating a male voice): Midnight, This succubus look sure is lovely! It really looks great for you.

See, is that so hard?

Although, she really is much cuter in her normal form.

"Aww, thank you very much! I do very like compliments. And don't worry, I think I've proven that while I can shift through many forms, I always go back to plain Midnight. Because I agree, I'm very cute au naturel."


Regarding Succubus Midnight: Somepony owes me a lot of money. :smallwink:

Bah! I don't recall any bets or wagers being made, just the talk of them. :smallwink:


I think...you should totally do it! :smallbiggrin:

It does seem to be a popular idea!


I hope not. :smalleek:

"Where they found you before? And I didn't say as a student... Go as a special celebrity guest! Or a teacher! Or just hide up in the ceiling."

"Ah, but they won't *want* to find me, not with what we'll be doing under the bed!"


HELP

"So. You're saying... you're saying there's absolutely nothing I can help you with?" *Twitch, twitch* "That's great. So great."

"W-What I mean, Momma Twilight, is that you've helped me so much throughout my life! I couldn't have grown up to be the mare I am without you. I am forever indebted for what you've done for me, throughout growing up. There's no need to help me right now, because of what you've already done, and I know whenever I do have a problem, I can ALWAYS go to you.


Doesn't Midnight have a hold on that title? :smalltongue:

Always add (Except Midnight) to that title. Best Pony Ever (Except Midnight). :smalltongue:

[Kurgan]

We had Apple family one.

But I don't remember ever having one dedicated solely to TG&P Trixie :P


Didn't we have a thread entitled "Greater and Powerfuler" awhile back?

[Thanqol]

"W-What I mean, Momma Twilight, is that you've helped me so much throughout my life! I couldn't have grown up to be the mare I am without you. I am forever indebted for what you've done for me, throughout growing up. There's no need to help me right now, because of what you've already done, and I know whenever I do have a problem, I can ALWAYS go to you.

HALP

"So what you're saying is that when you DO have a problem... no matter WHAT that problem is... YOU'LL GO TO ME FIRST."

*Twisted grin*

"Wait here for a minute." *Teleports*

[Topaz]

Way ahead of you :smallwink:
Well, someone had to be the trendsetter.
Though now I'm tempted to switch to a Trixie avatar:
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg62/HybridFeline/Trixiegarten.png

In other pony-related news, and in the attempt to pad out this thread slightly. I had the weirdest dream last night.
It was from the PoV of Celestia, she was with Luna and they were hiding from zombies in rural outback Australia. They couldn't use their magic (due to exhaustion and overuse or something like that), until they rested, but the zombies were coming for the building while they slept.

They lock themselves in a room, Tia falls asleep but is woken in the dark by Luna whispering that something has tripped a ward. They then get attacked by a zombie and Tia smites it with a pillow. Something else comes, but turns out to be a housecat.

Tia uses it to smite the next zombie.

They run water into the bathtub to give the cat something to drink by way of apology for using it as a weapon, the cat then joins them as the third party member while they go exploring.

The find a town of ponies who don't recognise them, Tia tries to browbeat the one in charge but he whips out some giant air-cannon/leaf blower thing and punts Tia into a tree. Understandibly P.O'd, and having recovered from her magic hangover, Tia immobilises the whole town and goes Galadriel on them, convincing them to listen to her and fight off the approaching zombies.

Unfortunately I woke up before the epic battle, but I can imagine it. ^^

The moral of this story, my fellow ponythreaders?: Don't play Dead Island after watching ponies before bed!
The Element of Dreams approves.

I'm not familar with that design. Should I be? :smallconfused:
Well, it is last millennium. It's the symbol the The Artist Formerly Known As Prince But He Switched To That Symbol For A While Then He Got Tired Of It And Switched Back To Being Prince used.

[Trixie]

By the way, I just checked and we broken barrier of 40.000 pony posts last page. Anyone has witty proposal to go with it? ^^"

[EsperDerek]

HALP

"So what you're saying is that when you DO have a problem... no matter WHAT that problem is... YOU'LL GO TO ME FIRST."

*Twisted grin*

"Wait here for a minute." *Teleports*

Midnight Will Need Help In A Minute
*Midnight goes wide-eyed, and shuffles nervously on the spot.

"W-Why do I get the feeling that I said the wrong thing? Oh dear, maybe I should have gone to Cestya's room, I wonder if that option is still open...

[Soras Teva Gee]

there were a whole bunch of votes for Hai Gurlz i thought?


Four or so wayyy back, I don't even mind it despite proposing the only alternative. Which holds all of no votes

Unless you count on the people saying how crazy this thread has become.
Crazy? I'm not crazy!

[Kurgan]

By the way, I just checked and we broken barrier of 40.000 pony posts last page. Anyone has witty proposal to go with it? ^^"

Ponyhammer 40k?
40,000 Leagues of Ponydom?
It's Over 40,000 (posts)!

[Thanqol]

Midnight Will Need Help In A Minute
*Midnight goes wide-eyed, and shuffles nervously on the spot.

"W-Why do I get the feeling that I said the wrong thing? Oh dear, maybe I should have gone to Cestya's room, I wonder if that option is still open...

HELP

SFX: Teleport explosion

"Soooo, Midnight, my bestest-best daughter I ever-ever had?" It wasn't so much a grin she was wearing as a snake made out of teeth, "I was just walking along, hehe, you know, thinking, when I thought I hadn't done anything reaaaaally special for you in a while. So I decided to get you a gift, and by gift I mean I decided to order you a gift! And that involved giving your address to somepony who'd make the delivery. Somepony special, aha. Aha. Ah. Ha."

[BlasTech]

We had Apple family one.

But I don't remember ever having one dedicated solely to TG&P Trixie :P



Aww, well my vote is still for Trixie Treats after the halloween episode :)


Ponyhammer 40k?
40,000 Leagues of Ponydom?
It's Over 40,000 (posts)!

Ponyhammer/Ponythreader 40k is awesome

[Mystic Muse]

I am back momentarily to ask two questions.

1. Could a pony theoretically hold a wineglass with just a hoof, or would they need unicorn telekinesis?

2. If one wanted to flatter Rarity, what qualities would one point out that she has? Something non-obvious and completely cliched like "Beautiful" or "lovely" or something else cheesy like that.

No, you're not allowed to know what either of these are for.:smalltongue:

[Trixie]

Unless you count on the people saying how crazy this thread has become.
Crazy? I'm not crazy!

Crazy!?

...

Sounds good (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219226) to me! http://i.imgur.com/N2nfK.jpg

[Tectonic Robot]

This thread moves TOO FAST! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AlCdvfhuAs)

[otakuryoga]

Abandon Thread!!!!

[Ember_Glow]

Can I have a link to the new thread?

[Capt. Ido Nos]

For posterity's sake, here's the link to the new thread. (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219226)

Just a reminder though to everybody, when we hit fifty, abandon thread! It's always a shame to have these things locked. :smallwink: