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#278226 storyyeller Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:45:35 PM from Appleloosa

My personal take on it is that Celestia couldn't use the elements to purify Luna because Luna was still attuned to them (or at least, the elements weren't attuned to Celestia), so she couldn't get the purification underway until the elements realigned with somepony else.

Or she just didn't have the 6th element.

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#278227 storyyeller Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:47:20 PM from Appleloosa

Half-human still counts, right?

Like Iron Will?

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#278228 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:51:03 PM from Chicago

Iron Will's mom fucked a cow while wearing a mechanical cowsuit.

I think that counts.

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#278229 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:53:07 PM

Iron Will isn't half-anything. He's just a minotaur. They have hands.

edited 2nd Sep '12 1:53:22 PM by PerpetualLurker

#278230 d Roy Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:53:48 PM from University at Buffalo

That's a load of bull.

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#278231 Meta Four Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:54:34 PM from home

And this is why I hate looking so deep into such tiny details. It's just an expression, meant to reference Sherlock Holmes. If you really want a justification for it, go with Translation Convention. They probably aren't speaking English in-universe, we just hear them that way for our convenience.

And I really hate picking and choosing which details "count" for world-building. You don't even have to invoke translation convention to find some other explanation for that expression. Off the top of my head:

Jove is a reference to a fictional god from the old Romane mythology.
"By Jove!" is a catchphrase from the Sherclop Pones mystery stories, referencing a minor character from those same stories.
"By Jove!" is something of a historical Trottingham meme which was referenced in the Sherclop Pones stories but whose origin and true meaning has been lost to time.

edited 2nd Sep '12 1:55:14 PM by MetaFour

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#278232 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:54:41 PM from Chicago

I'm not making this up.

That happened.

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#278233 Count Dorku Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:55:12 PM from a Time of Eclipse

The fact that Iron Will is described as a minotaur rather than the minotaur leads me to infer that they are a true-breeding race rather than the product of creepy lonely women and Greek gods with weird fetishes.

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#278234 Meta Four Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:55:54 PM from home

Yeah, Fluttershy was pretty adamant that he's not a monster.

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#278235 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:56:35 PM from Chicago

Actually, she wasn't lonely. She had a husband.

And he got really pissed off at the guy who built her that mechanical wooden cowsuit and threw him in the tower.

Then he escaped by making wings out of candles.

Myths are so awesome.

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#278236 Meta Four Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:58:43 PM from home

Then he escaped by making wings out of candles.

Daedelus, right?

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#278237 Count Dorku Sun, 2nd Sep '12 1:59:23 PM from a Time of Eclipse

I kind of assumed that given how much of a dick her husband was that she was at least a little bit lonely.

Plus, y'know, the fact that she cheated on her husband with livestock.

Yep.

edited 2nd Sep '12 1:59:35 PM by CountDorku

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#278238 storyyeller Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:00:33 PM from Appleloosa

And then he invented the Glimmer Wing spell.

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#278239 Perpetual Lurker Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:00:58 PM

@Meta What about the the calculations of Rainbow Dash's speed based off of the angle of the cone in front of her during the Sonic Rainboom that show that her final speed is over mach 5 before the rainboom, increasing massively after it? If you don't pick and choose what details matter, you end up with very silly bits of "canon" that the creators obviously didn't intend.

#278240 d Roy Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:01:02 PM from University at Buffalo

Daedelus, right?

Heh, Daedelus.

edited 2nd Sep '12 2:06:42 PM by dRoy

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#278241 kegisak Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:01:24 PM

@Meta: I personally took that as a sort of repeat of the 'He called me a nigger' Comic.

And for those of you who DON'T remember that for context, it took the scene where Rarity was bawling about the diamond dogs calling her a mule and replaced the word 'mule' with the word 'nigger'. To show how racist she was being.

So basically I'm taking 'monster' to be a racial epitaph of some sort - likely a mild one - and 'shy is being politically correct.

Because what's a good way to reintroduce yourself to the forum? Controlled racial slurs!

edited 2nd Sep '12 2:01:34 PM by kegisak

#278242 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:01:43 PM from Chicago

But she only did that cause she was cursed by Poseidon.

Heh heh, yeah.

edited 2nd Sep '12 2:02:28 PM by condottiera

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#278243 Count Dorku Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:02:27 PM from a Time of Eclipse

Gods I love Greek mythology. Nothing makes sense!

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#278244 Seraphem Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:03:29 PM from Delamare

No, it was because her husband as a dick to Poseidon and refused to sacrifice a special bull to the god, that Poseidon made his wife fall in lust for the bull.

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edited 2nd Sep '12 2:03:39 PM by Seraphem

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#278245 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:04:37 PM from Chicago

Greek mythology also has lots and lots of gay sex, so there's that.

Norse mythology is way more badass, though. It rules. I like African myths, too, plus Gilgamesh and all that, but Norse are best gods.

edited 2nd Sep '12 2:05:26 PM by condottiera

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#278246 Count Dorku Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:05:08 PM from a Time of Eclipse

I would point out that proving loneliness wasn't her key motivation does not, in fact, prove or disprove that she was lonely.

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#278247 condottiera Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:06:58 PM from Chicago

Aright, aright, you go back to living in your head. I know it's pretty crowded in there, anyway.

But I find that I tell my little sister about these Greek myths and then when I'm done, I'm like, "Wow, I prolly shouldn't have told you that story. Don't mention it to Mom."

Plus, there seem to be kind of a lot of stories about Apollo failing to get laid.

edited 2nd Sep '12 2:07:28 PM by condottiera

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#278248 Count Dorku Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:08:11 PM from a Time of Eclipse

Apollo: most relatable Greek god ever.

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#278249 Applelight Limited Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:08:19 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Hello again keg!

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#278250 d Roy Sun, 2nd Sep '12 2:08:53 PM from University at Buffalo

I identify myself with Hestia.

Yeah......

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