"Growl" (bares teeth)

That's it, yeah. Twilight was rebuilding that dam REALLY FUCKING QUICKLY! and wasn't even all that winded by it. She almost killed herself merely dealing with the Ursa

edited 28th Nov '11 7:25:04 AM by gingerninja666

It was probably a command macro that cast several small spells that operate with instructions from a thaumic shell program. Basically a large master-spell with several "clients" operating under it.

@thefran: I'm counting ones that she had to share with another character as well as long as she got more spotlight than over half the rest of the mane 6.

@Enlong: That was actually pointed out.

Anyway, Rainbow Dash episodes seem to give her a fluctuating personality throughout the episode and Fluttershy episodes seem to be about dealing with situations that you never expected to have to deal with before.

EDIT: Epically ninja'd again.

edited 28th Nov '11 7:26:00 AM by Sereg

So, what happens when one of her spells hits a null pointer exception?

edited 28th Nov '11 7:27:07 AM by Enlong

Welcome to my signature, Ace.

edited 28th Nov '11 7:28:06 AM by thefran

Since it runs live, she can manually override the exception and correct any errors that crop up in the spellscript. Or perhaps she has an error handler that shunts manual control over to her when the client minispells can't make sense.

In a way, programming magic with proper coding makes it easier to cast and standardise. Only things is that sometimes wierd stuff can happen like when you define a barrage parameter with a wrong number and then the spellcard looks all wonky (Remember kids, check your markup language scripts before testing or blind-firing spellcards!).

Edit: Now I'm about to eat this here apple, and it's labeled "Royal Gala 4173 Le Crunch". Maybe AJ should have branded her apples and marked up their prices to make them more "exclusive" at the Gala.

Yay! It makes sense anyway, using a large overspell to help control several minispells that work in concert to do something big.

edited 28th Nov '11 7:35:38 AM by AceOfScarabs

"Barrage parameter"? "Spellcard"?

I see what you did there.

And I agree, I think, with much of the idea there. It's a very interesting idea.

edit: Y'see, that's a really dumb joke I should have made one summer ago.

Q: What sort of apples did Applejack have in her cart?
A: Gala apples, of course!

edited 28th Nov '11 7:36:42 AM by Enlong

Oh great now I can imagine the Mane Six becoming tropers and posting and editing amongst us.

A while back we actually did have pony sockpuppets here. Several times.

edited 28th Nov '11 7:56:56 AM by storyyeller

Somebody needs to write "Ponies Discover Tv Tropes."

Ponies Discover Tv Tropes

They are on wiki for rest of their lifes. The End.

Quick, someone contact the person who wrote "ponys discover /co/". This needs to happen, and he will be the best person for the job!

edited 28th Nov '11 8:54:15 AM by Cookoo

Wait, shouldn't one of us write it?

"Ponies Celebrate Lauren Faust"

Pony personality test.

I'm Rarity. This pleases me.

I guessed the shared identity at the same time, only I got everyone's roles backwards. My first thought was that it would be funny if it was Pinkie Pie, and it made sense at first with all the huge leaps she was taking. Then I figured the construction site rescues were Applejack, since she's done enough barn-raising that she should know a thing or two about construction safety hazards! When Twilight Sparkle repaired the dam, I thought that it must have been Rarity who made such a neat patch job. (And if you had asked me who came up with the costume, I might have guessed that Twilight wanted something dark and was inspired by THE GREAT AND POWERFUL LULAMOON's cool hat.) Then I guessed that the winged masked mare was Fluttershy by process of elimination, since I wasn't crazy enough to expect that they would suddenly make "Derpy Hooves" a main character for real. Also I'd like to point out how hilarious it is that Fluttershy's whole role was to freak Dash out into thinking she was competing against a uni-peg.

And hey, I did guess that Pinkie Pie would be the first to be unmasked, just for the screwiness of it. What I found interesting about the chase scene leading to the unmasking was that Twilight Sparkle and Applejack could be seen gasping with the crowd just prior to that, so they must have put their outfits on fast.

Fluttershy in a box kills me.

I got Twilight. No surprise there. Also scored pretty high in the Rarity and Fluttershy sections. Very little of the other ponies.

I'm most like Pinkie (with a bit of Twilight)?!

@Idler, So I'm most like Fluttershy, least like Rainbow Dash and second most like Applejack. intriguing. Not sure what that means. Another test I took said I was most like Twilight Sparkle.

After Rarity, I'm Fluttershy and then Twilight.

Taking the Test right now.

"Of these, which would you want as a pet the most?" (several animals) Scootaloo

...but now I can't decide between Scootaloo or a turtle, help me

edited 28th Nov '11 9:23:42 AM by FellDeedsAwake

I've never seen the point of personality tests. One time I made a fake test that gives answers at random regardless of your choices.

Dragon, obviously.

It's almost hilarious how different I am from Applejack.

@story: Oh, I don't care for serious personality tests either.. but this one's funny and pony-related

Gahhhh so many superpowers to choose from

I'm Applejack!

With shades of Rarity and Rainbow Dash!

I couldn't be happier!

edited 28th Nov '11 9:31:41 AM by ApplelightLimited