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#274526 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:01:40 PM

They wait for it to rise. Celestia raises the sun and lowers it. When she lowers it on one side of the world, it rises on the other. Simple. I headcanon that distant parts of the world record Nightmare Moon's rebellion in their histories as "The Perpetual Twilight" or "The Day That Didn't End, " depending on how far away they were.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:03:37 PM by PerpetualLurker

#274527 L Mage Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:03:05 PM from King's Landing

@Lurker

But.... Doesn't that fuck up the entire "ETERNAL NIGHT!" plan?

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#274528 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:05:05 PM from Chicago

Ezaktly! Like, Celestia raises the summer sun at that festival, but it's not fair to the rest of the world that she only hangs out in Equestria.

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#274529 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:05:09 PM

@L Mage Celestia and Luna rule Equstria, not the world. Nightmare Moon probably didn't care about elsewhere.

I doubt the Griffin Nation wants to be ruled by a pony. It seems perfectly fair to me.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:06:37 PM by PerpetualLurker

#274530 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:07:20 PM from Meinong's jungle

Yeah, Celestia raising the sun is one of those things that's kinda hard to reconcile if you think about it too hard. If there are other non-pony nations out there, you'd think they wouldn't be too happy that a pony gets control over something like that.

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#274531 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:08:07 PM from Chicago

I love thinking about things too hard. It keeps me on edge.

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#274532 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:09:39 PM

They might not like it, but she can't exactly threaten them with stopping it, and they should know it. That would be just as dangerous to Equestria as other nations.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:09:59 PM by PerpetualLurker

#274533 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:11:08 PM from Chicago

You know, they could have always just moved to where it wasn't nighttime if NMM had won.

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#274534 marston Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:12:26 PM from America

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#274535 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:15:21 PM

@Con Then they would roast rather than freeze. The only habitable places on the planet would be locked in perpetual twilight, and I'm sure that those already living there wouldn't appreciate the influx of refugees from the rest of the world.

#274536 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:16:12 PM from Chicago

You can get used to almost anything.

I don't get it.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:16:30 PM by condottiera

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#274537 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:16:20 PM from Meinong's jungle

@Perpetual: I think it's more the implications that the ponies have far more control over nature than any other race so far. I'm pretty sure that say, griffons, don't have anything comparable to controlling the sun. Unless they handle other natural forces, which would actually be pretty cool.

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#274538 Sydxelia Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:16:49 PM

On the subject of (possibly) overthinking things: There's so much fanart out there of Luna on the moon. Thing is, it was her Nightmare Moon persona that was on the moon, not Luna herself.

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#274539 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:17:02 PM

@con It's not a matter of "getting used to" it, it's a matter of the majority of the planet literally becoming unlivable.

@JT Griffins can probably mess with their own weather, and there is no magic directly involved in changing the seasons, so each race probably does it their own way.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:19:21 PM by PerpetualLurker

#274540 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:17:05 PM from Chicago

I so hope we get to learn about griffons or zebras or something.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:17:45 PM by condottiera

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#274541 marston Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:18:47 PM from America

@Con: It's about Anime Censorship, like 4kids TV for instance.

#274542 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:19:26 PM from Chicago

I kinda know about that, but WTF was going on?

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#274543 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:19:54 PM from Meinong's jungle

Now I'm thinking about 4kids One Piece dub. The only redeemable thing about that mess was the theme song, and even that was So Bad, It's Good.

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#274544 Meta Four Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:20:14 PM from home

Ah. I searched the Friendship Is Magic Wiki for more evidence of the number of days in a week, and found this line from "Sisterhooves Social":

Rarity: So, now, when you say 'a week'... is that, um, seven whole days?

Darn.

MCs on the paper with their murder metaphors need to deal with the literal resurrector.

#274545 Red Savant Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:21:07 PM from Eastern US

@Lurker: They wouldn't freeze or scorch unless the sun was moved closer to the planet. There would be all sorts of issues with growing plants, though.

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#274546 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:22:19 PM from Chicago

But what was up with having that strapped to his head? I mean, just why?

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#274547 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:23:17 PM from Meinong's jungle

I think it depends if Equestria is a globe or not. If it is, the far side could eventually freeze, although I think most life would be gone due to a lack of food before that happened. I don't think keeping it in the sun would necessarily burn it (Alaska gets sun 24 hours a day during the summer and it doesn't melt), although I can't imagine that it would be comfortable in warmer parts of the country.

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#274548 Perpetual Lurker Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:24:17 PM

@Red The Earth cools on the night side and warms on the day side. Without constant rotation/orbit of the sun (in the case of Equestria), one side would continuously loose heat while another side would continuously gain heat. Sure, some would bleed over, but not at the rate of loss/gain on either side.

Alaska is also very close to the poles and thus gets much less direct heat than the rest of the world.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:26:11 PM by PerpetualLurker

#274549 condottiera Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:24:36 PM from Chicago

It must suck to live in Alaska on the 4th of July. You wouldn't be able to see the fireworks.

But their sun moves. The planet stays still as far as we know. Their sun could be smaller and less intense.

edited 25th Aug '12 9:26:31 PM by condottiera

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#274550 Japanese Teeth Sat, 25th Aug '12 9:27:11 PM from Meinong's jungle

Exactly; we don't know how direct the Equestrian sun is. For all we know it's far weaker and closer than our sun.

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