Ah, that... would make sense, I suppose...

At least I wasn't that far off. Good to know, though!

This is the Arab World.◊ Also, calling a Persian an Arab is like calling a French person British. Even worse, actually, since the Arabs are Semites (like the Jews), while Persians are Indo-European.

On the topic on non-Arabian Nights Arab literature, there's the Taghribat Bani Hilal, about the migration of the Bedouins from Arabia to North Africa. There's also the Theologus Autodidactus, which was one of the earliest Science Fiction novels. Arabia also has a rich poetic tradition, too.

edited 29th Aug '13 6:04:16 PM by SantosLHalper

Oops, Wikipedia says Arabs are a 'panethnicity', so it's technically a group of multiple ethnicities.

Ugh, does anyone have a link to a comic I'm looking for? I remember it was about Luna not wanting to come out of her room, and there was a butler with an epic mustache and a guard that had a piece of straw in his mouth and was colored deep blue...

Oh my gosh. This◊ is awesome, even if it really is just a mock up.

Evening everypony. What's going on?

Ride her gently, she might break.

Cake.

Wow, that's amazing.

Congratulations to Applelight!

@the Librarian: Lunar Isolation?

Pops approves this video.

I say what what in the butt! I say what what in the butt! I say what what in the butt! That's what I'm thinking of right now.

That's far more amusing then it ought to be.

Neat Comic. I find myself seriously disagreeing with Celestia in it, though. First of all, Luna is Celestia's equal, so even if Celesta herself has seniority and experience she shouldn't logically be able to order her sister around like that - and even if the governmental structure had been changed so it was officially a monarchy and Luna would need to be re-integrated into the government she still shouldn't have morally. She especially shouldn't have done it through a servant and without explaining the logic behind it.

Moreover, she ought to have a little bit of fucking sensitivity for Luna's situation. The comic makes it seem like the only thing they've done to re-integrate her into society is to just throw her in the deep end of the pool, and expect her to know all the rules. "Of course they wouldn't act the same was as Ponyville" my ass, the rules of the game have clearly changed since Luna's day and she obviously has no idea what's going on. why shouldn't she assume Ponyville is the landmark? Especially since, you know, Celestia's the one who sent her there in the first place!

And hell, even before that, to just dump her in front of the aristocracy and see what happens? Hell, Celestia deals with those kinds of ponies literally all the time, she should know better than that. The situation isn't partly her fault, and Luna isn't being childish here. It's all her fault for dumping a traumatized woman into the world's worst case of re-integration shock, and Luna's behaviour is pretty much to be expected from somone dealing with that situation, and probably a healthy dose of guilt and PTSD. Like, god damn. I like the comic, but I do not approve of Celestia's behaviour, here.

edited 29th Aug '13 6:52:59 PM by kegisak

Blueblood brushing buckteeth.

Warning: Wee weird.

@Apple, pages ago: Nice! I hope this works out for you.

I wonder if any of this is the reason why the artist stopped updating. Maybe they realized how it was making Celestia look.

Edit: So, the guy who made the Cupcakes video did another one to Smile, Smile, Smile...

edited 29th Aug '13 7:00:55 PM by CDRW

Thank you, Whatshisgame.

I've been watching the Ask Mare Sombra tumblr, and the whole concept works disturbingly well, especially the way she looks.

Of course Whatshisgame has the link.

Yeah cheeked a few parts of the comic, WTF, that, yeah that was just.. wrong. Seriously, it went beyond mistake into full on idiocy, if not maliciousness on Celestia's part.

Just wondering: Would Sunset make a good suporting character/antagonist if she were going to be in season 4? Why or why not?

She could, depending how she's usedd. She'd make a very good foil for Twilight, even moreso than Trixie.

i don't know, JT, Trixie still works pretty well as a foil. i see Sunset as having a redemption arc focused around her, learning lessons from the Mane 6 along the way.

, Both sound like pretty good ideas.

@Crimson: I say that because their backgrounds are much more similar; Sunset is what Twilight could've turned into if the events of the pilot hadn't happened.