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#12601 Mark This Wed, 9th May '12 1:13:42 AM

We were on the highway somehere next to Buckstow when the drugs started to take hold.

#12602 Demoralized Ant Wed, 9th May '12 4:57:55 AM from Ponyville

I like where this fic is going.

I'm starting to think that the ponies in my X-Com squads are Part-Fluffy. They constantly suffer mortal injuries, usually landing themselves in the Med-Bay for a whole month.

Also, when I looked at the Molecular Control Training report, I noticed that Fluttershy had an M.C. Strength score of 6...

Not only was this the worst Psi Strength score I've seen in my days as X-Com Director, but it was Fluttershy. The Stare Master herself.

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant

#12603 Demoralized Ant Wed, 9th May '12 5:58:46 AM from Ponyville

My plan to form the New Lunar Republic or whatever the guild was gonna be called has been postponed for now, as I have recently joined a guild along with my brother, designation "Be The Hero".

It's nice to be in a guild now, especially since my brother's first order of guild business was to buy an airship. However, my brother has been pressuring me to take Guild Renown points from Quest Rewards.

Hmm...Running missions to collect valuable resources for a large organization...

Am I the only one who thinks this sounds like Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days?

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant

#12604 stevebat Wed, 9th May '12 7:33:53 AM

I usually take guild renown unless a valuable (Non-Consumable) item appears.

Apocalypse: Dirge Of Swans.

#12605 Demoralized Ant Wed, 9th May '12 7:33:56 AM from Ponyville

I've seen Part B of The Small Horse 2: The Abuse, played by none other than Pewdiepie.

Poor Fluttershy got trapped in the Shadow Temple (yes, THAT Shadow Temple).

Edit: I retract that statement of sympathy! That was the Fluttershy from My Little Amnesia in disguise!

The one I really feel sorry for is Angel Bunny, who got trapped by the Dead Hand.

edited 9th May '12 7:42:38 AM by DemoralizedAnt

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant

#12606 Adannor Wed, 9th May '12 7:41:40 AM

That guild business sounds fun O_o

The penalty for polygamy is multiple mothers-in-law.

I think I'm gonna add Adannor to my fetish list. - Jamdat369

#12607 Demoralized Ant Wed, 9th May '12 8:08:17 AM from Ponyville

I know, right? Also, I can now use gear that can be upgraded with those upgrade crystal-things, which are guild-exclusive.

I also like to jump off the airship. When you jump off an airship, you wind up in a random body of water somewhere in Stormreach. But sometimes, you spawn about a hundred feet or so above the Marketplace in free-fall. When that happens, you had better hope that you have good HP and/or defense or have a Feather Fall at the ready, or else you'll wind up as street pizza.

Back to Amnesia: I like how Little Birdie (AKA: Ridley) from Metroid: Other M appears in Small Horse 2. For a vicious little alien, he's pretty cute.

edited 9th May '12 8:08:50 AM by DemoralizedAnt

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant

#12608 Adannor Wed, 9th May '12 8:14:37 AM

Heh. I love doing cannonballs in World of Warcraft too

Especially on mage and paladin who can land on solid ground on full speed due to short invincibility spells

edited 9th May '12 8:15:05 AM by Adannor

The penalty for polygamy is multiple mothers-in-law.

I think I'm gonna add Adannor to my fetish list. - Jamdat369

#12609 Karl Kadaver Wed, 9th May '12 9:18:00 AM from Hunched over at my desk.

Eh...depends on how long it is. The problem is if you try to shoehorn in something potentially interesting like that after the fact, most of your audience will already have left after a couple thousand words of brain pain via obvious trollfic. If you want to pull something like that off, it'll have to be worked in very carefully from the start in a way that subtly signals that this isn't quite a trollfic and they really should keep reading. Frankly, I'm not sure how to even go about that. Discord fucking around and playing along would be the more pragmatic approach.

It's funny you should mention that. That's exactly how I'm doing it.

Observe:

Chapter 3. Dis chaptar is aesom adn I had a lot of fun ritin it!!1!!11 Da figt sene is rally scarry!!11! Viower excetin is advised…

Den…………Twiglight Sparkl came into the place were we were!! She was wering blood red fishnet stokings wit a pink plad miniskirt and a pentagram arund her nek becuz shes all into wiccan and suff now.

oh cool ur hear, Pinkameena sed. “No u can have cubcakes wit us!!”

“Wii don hav time?!” Tiliht shooted. “Dicsrod is on da lose again!!!1!1!1!”

“DAT FUKN BTARD!!111!!1!!” I rembebered him frum da last tiem we faught in da passed b4 Equestia was funded.

Twiligt gasp and sed “do u think ul be able to defet him agin, Lavendar?!2 Hes relly storng and majikal.

I no, I sed reasurinly I delt wit him b4 abd ill deal wit him again.

Just den…………..DICSROD came!!1!!11! Den he flooted der al mensingly at us.

And then he floated agin just starrin at me adn te oters.

“WELL?!?!?!” I SCRAMED “Arbd u goin to do somthn scarry so I can kik yur ask!1!!

Dicsrod scratched his bard and sed, “I’m not entirely sure yet… Give me a moment.” Den he a scroll apard in his habd and a pare of glases on his face. He red da scroll and lafed a little. Den he sed, “Alright, if that’s how you want to do things…” Da scorrl blew up wit a boinging soud and the glazes disaparted form his hed. He clared his throte and sed ludly “EBONY!!11!! WE MET AGIN!!111!1! CUM ABD B MA APARENTS!!1!11!!”

“ma names not eboby its lavender” I shooted

“Oh, right… My fault.” Dicsrod sed. “Silly me. I’ll try not to let it happen again.” Den he tepalported to Twilite and fliked her horn. “Nice outfit, by the way.”

Twilt wined smexily. “Dat hurt u jerk!”

All of the previous chapters are mercifully short so we can get to the Main plot.

Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

#12610 Jimmmyman 10 Wed, 9th May '12 9:24:13 AM from Beautiful South Florida

Congratulations. You've turned a run of the mill troll fic into something beautiful.

Honestly, I applaud you.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. ~C. S. Lewis.

#12611 Demoralized Ant Wed, 9th May '12 9:24:36 AM from Ponyville

Discord as the Only Sane Man?

To me, that concept is so very...alien...

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant

#12612 Jimmmyman 10 Wed, 9th May '12 9:27:42 AM from Beautiful South Florida

It's brilliant, because it's so very in character.

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. ~C. S. Lewis.

#12613 Karl Kadaver Wed, 9th May '12 9:30:47 AM from Hunched over at my desk.

Honesty, I've never had so much fun while writing.

Give the world the best you have and you will get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

#12614 Giggles Mc Yummy Wed, 9th May '12 1:19:03 PM from Ohio

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If you look at the first update, you'll see the mini figurines coming out]]

The Granny Smith one with the walker is too cute!

My PM box is always open to anyone who wants to talk/vent.

#12615 doctrain AUM Wed, 9th May '12 1:28:14 PM from New Jersey

Hey, I can't find on the timeline the part where they talk about Rescue from Midnight Castle and how cool it was! This is a rip-off, even though I haven't paid for anything.

On TV Tropes, when I type in "pony", I get the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic article before the My Little Pony article. Odd.

"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"

#12616 Santos L Halper Wed, 9th May '12 3:14:08 PM from The KuK

I've decided to do a Royal Guard-themed Mordian Iron Guard platoon as a joke (and to help me get back into painting shape). What colour scheme should I use for them? Here's a reference image, by the way.

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I shall now show my disgust and anger with you through the piano.

#12617 Carciofus Wed, 9th May '12 11:25:23 PM from Canterlot

This is silly: but I just noticed that in the third century Plotinus wrote that Friendship is Magic.

Love is given in Nature; the qualities inducing love induce mutual approach: hence there has arisen an art of magic love-drawing whose practitioners, by the force of contact implant in others a new temperament, one favouring union as being informed with love; they knit soul to soul as they might train two separate trees towards each other. The magician too draws on these patterns of power, and by ranging himself also into the pattern is able tranquilly to possess himself of these forces with whose nature and purpose he has become identified. Supposing the mage to stand outside the All, his evocations and invocations would no longer avail to draw up or to call down; but as things are he operates from no outside standground, he pulls knowing the pull of everything towards any other thing in the living system.

(Fourth Ennead, iv)

Well, actually, he's mostly saying that Magic is Friendship, but same thing

edited 9th May '12 11:26:00 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#12618 Kyler Thatch Thu, 10th May '12 1:22:34 AM from Gravity Falls

I have no idea what is being said in that quoteblock.

I took a guess and cut a portion out of my heart.

He said, "That's nowhere close enough, but it's a damn good start."

#12619 Carciofus Thu, 10th May '12 2:31:52 AM from Canterlot

Basically, he (a Pagan Neoplatonist philosopher from the late Roman Empire) is describing his theory about the nature of magic.

According to him, everything loves everything else, directly or indirectly, and within the limits of its nature; and the magician observes these currents of love between other things or people and, by attempting to strengthen them and putting him/herself in a relation of love with other things, is able to join them into greater unity, power and beauty.

I just found it vaguely funny that that's just a wordy way of saying "Friendship is Magic"

edited 10th May '12 2:32:18 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#12620 Ten Tails Beast Thu, 10th May '12 2:34:18 AM

OK then what's Black Magic?

Pokemon of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your balls.

#12621 Carciofus Thu, 10th May '12 2:37:35 AM from Canterlot

No idea. Gotta ask Discord, I suppose.

But now that I think of it, Plotinus and his school talked a lot about harmony.

Plotinus was Starswirl the Bearded

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

#12622 Adannor Thu, 10th May '12 2:40:32 AM

Kismesissitude.

edited 10th May '12 2:41:00 AM by Adannor

The penalty for polygamy is multiple mothers-in-law.

I think I'm gonna add Adannor to my fetish list. - Jamdat369

#12623 Demoralized Ant Thu, 10th May '12 4:37:43 AM from Ponyville

@Carcio: So, that would make him a Brony before his time? Perhaps that's a bit of a stretch...

On a side note, Season 2 has arrived on Netflix. The Pony Drought has been alleviated for now.

With twenty-six more episodes, my odds of surviving the drought have risen by 50%.

A new Mare-A-Thon shall commence! IT BEGINS!

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant

#12624 Rainbow Matt Thu, 10th May '12 4:42:05 AM from Poneyville

Da, I know this was like 5 pages back, but me and Girly Colt play DDO and we use pony names in game ;)

Bad Girly Colts Big Pony :3

#12625 Demoralized Ant Thu, 10th May '12 4:47:17 AM from Ponyville

What did you say?

He who controls the Ponies, controls the Internet. He who controls the Internet, controls the World. -Demoralized Ant