My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Forum Archive (nuked Western Animation thread)
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#201501 from Meinong's jungle
Well, yeah, it obviously depends on the fic. Although I do wish more people focused on the idiosyncrasies of Pinkie's personality rather than making all of her scenes metafictional.

EDIT: Pagetopper.

edited 22nd May '12 1:58:35 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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#201502 from Aboard The Damocles
What's the name of Pinkie's powers again?

BULLSHIT-mancy? Magic that even Gilderoy couldn't describe and called "The greatest defence against dark magic"

The magic that LITERALLY only works when the plot demands it
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel
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#201503 from Aboard The Damocles
@JT Seriously!

The best parts of CEQ!Pinkie is when she's being a relatively low-key, understanding, bubbly, sensitive kind hearted good pony. It's so much more compelling than her being out of her mind and talking about the fic's readers
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel
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#201504 from Horsehead Nebula
I think I may be able to read Project Horizons more.
Because he know I'm going to go out in this plane and I'm going to remove one of His creations from His universe.
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#201505 from South Africa
I agree with Perpetual Lurker and JT on Pinkie.

What makes it tolerable in CRISIS (though admittedly not great) is that the Mane 6 are meant to have become more powerful, so they can all do things that they haven't managed in canon.

@Ginger: The reason you thinki that Starlight's getting weaker is because she was tired in that fight. It's made clear because she was maving the entire landscape! Something she admitted was difficult for even her to do.
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#201506
Metafiction is starting to annoy me. Too many "meta" fics going up.
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#201507 from Aboard The Damocles
I want Velvet to fight someone else. It's becoming impossible for me to take her seriously when she's fighting Pinkie. Pinkie CAN'T be serious in a fight, and her antics just piss Velvet off and make her frustrated
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel
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#201508 from Name & Address Withheld
@Crow No. Lyra's writing about an event that's nonfiction to her, but fiction for us.
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#201509 from Stardust Road
Well if we're lucky there'll be another ambush before Rainbow returns and Pinkie will be to depressed to fight effectively.
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#201510 from Meinong's jungle
I like metafiction (in college I wrote a story that consisted of the author talking to a character), but yeah, there's a pretty big glut of "ponies are aware of the audience" stories out there. They can be good, but a lot of the time they're really similar, so they have to be spectacularly well written to stand out. Lots of people try to coast by on the novelty of "lol Pinkie knows she's in a fanfic" when so many people have written that already that the novelty value is lost.
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#201511 from South Africa
Pinkie's power in CRISIS is named after versimilitude. Gilderoy admitted that it was difficult to explain, but it's basically the ability to alter the nature of the world (excluding the breaking of fundamental borders). Each user has their own limitations that they can't break. In Pinkie's case, she can't use her powers in a way that isn't funny or which has been denied as impossible by a witness. That second part is actually a huge weakness as she can be told "You can't do X." and then she can't ever use her powers to do X again.
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#201512 from Bon Bon's house
Yeah, that's not fanfic! I'm just writing about what happened that day so that people don't think I'm really obsessed with pie.
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#201513 from Meinong's jungle
@Sereg: What if someone tells her "You can't break the laws of physics"? Isn't that a bit of a Weaksauce Weakness?
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#201514 from Name & Address Withheld
@Lyra Trying to proofread it now. Do you still have that nightstand?
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#201515 from South Africa
@Lyra: You still sounded a bit obsessed with that pie.[lol]

Pinkie is pretty much the worst choice of opponent for Red. She'd be more effective against anypony else. I'd really like the fic to mix up opponents more. Some matches could be really intersting.

EDIT: @JT: It is a Weaksauce Weakness, but only her allies know about it and her power is pretty game breaking in other respects.

edited 22nd May '12 2:11:18 PM by Sereg

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#201516 from Aboard The Damocles
Doesn't Velvet have that same power, except instead of Funny, her powers can only do things that are scary?

It actually makes sense that velvet has both that power AND the power to weaponize her own blood... because PINKIE has two powers too

Her versimilimancy and her Pinkie Sense
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel
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#201517 from Bon Bon's house
Yes, I still have that nightstand. I got a smaller lamp for it, though.

And I'm not obsessed with pie, no matter how tasty it might be. You guys should know hyperbole when you see it. tongue
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#201518 from South Africa
@Ginger: It's possible. We haven't confirmed that Red Velvet's other powers are versimilimancy yet. They might be something completely new. But it would make sense based on what you mentioned and the fact that her powers have been terrifying.
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#201519 from Aboard The Damocles
@Sereg and again, it makes it impossible to use her powers seriously... which annoys me -_-
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel
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#201520 from America
Hey Ginger, did you ever finish Serenity yet? If so, what are your thoughts on it overall {Remember to use spoiler text when talking about the second half of the film. Just thought I'd remind you since I'm sure that their are plenty of people on this thread who haven't seen it yet}?

edited 22nd May '12 2:20:07 PM by marston

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#201521 from South Africa
@Ginger: Yeah, there's a reason that I went almost the opposite direction when defining Pinkie's powers for my own fanfic. Though they also have some limitations that might seem very weird and arbitrary. Still, they make sense to me.
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#201522 from Aboard The Damocles
I fell asleep partway through it -_-

It had nothing to do with the movie's quality, I assure you, I was just shattered
"Contests fought between two masters are decided instantly. An invisible battle is now raging between the two of them." Lulu vs Schneizel
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#201523 from The Great White North
So Stephen Colbert no longer likes bronies. I kinda chuckled, because honestly I can't blame him. [lol]
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#201524 from Northern Virginia
Hello everyone, what's the ruckus?

Gully Foyle is my name, and Terra is my nation. Deep space is my dwelling place, and death's my destination.
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#201525 from America
[up][up]Well that sucks. At least we still have Notch, Gabe newll and Weird Al.