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#14926 Seraphem Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:07:26 PM from Delamare

You mean Vietneigh

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#14927 Steventheman Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:11:31 PM from Wales

God damn it, I'll never get the terminology right.

Pinkie served in Vietneigh and was never right after she had to kill her friend in a game of Russian Roulette when they were captured by the VC.

Now she wants to be friends with everyone, but she's scared that they'll just get killed too.

This has been a Steventheman Headcanon.

Stick around for "Rainbow Dash was also in Vietneigh and suffers guilt issues from napalming a village which she covers with a mask."

edited 26th Aug '12 9:17:59 PM by Steventheman

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#14928 condottiera Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:18:23 PM from Chicago

In Friendship is Witchcraft, it's Rarity who's the Shell-Shocked Veteran, but I like the idea of Pinkie being nuts because of the things she saw, like the Willy Wonka parody on The Simpsons.

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#14929 Steventheman Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:20:08 PM from Wales

Yeah, I remember reading something like: "Oh, so was killing those kids was doing what you had to? What about shelling that village? Was that just orders?"

"Steve is like Pyro, in reverse. Watches My Little Pony, but sees Texas Chainsaw Massacre." -Sydxelia

#14930 Seraphem Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:21:16 PM from Delamare

"Stampeding a herd of cattle through a school house" i do believe.

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#14931 Steventheman Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:23:56 PM from Wales

Oh.

Well, maybe the main six except Twilight are all Vietneigh war vets.

Twilight was in Hoofghanistan. (Am I doing it right?)

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#14932 Sixthhokage 1 Sun, 26th Aug '12 9:23:59 PM from Fort Worth, Texas

Goodreads has Fallout Equestria but not Time Lords And Terror...This must be amended! -applies for librarian status-

#14933 Applelight Limited Mon, 27th Aug '12 6:59:31 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Ahoy!

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#14934 Sixthhokage 1 Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:00:46 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

Ho, Apple!

#14935 Applelight Limited Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:02:08 AM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Ho to you too sixth!

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#14936 Sixthhokage 1 Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:03:37 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

Wonder who all here is familiar with Ender's Game...

#14937 Kyler Thatch Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:09:48 AM from Gravity Falls

Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me!

Why?

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."

#14938 Sixthhokage 1 Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:16:03 AM from Fort Worth, Texas

Just wondering, cause I like using some things from the Battle School slang :P

#14939 Diurnal Brocolli Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:19:01 AM from Meganekko University

Battle School?

Do it, Rockapella!

#14940 condottiera Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:47:03 AM from Chicago

I read Ender's Game as a kid, and I really liked it.

Then I read the rest of the series, unfortunately...

Battle School is where the kids in Ender's Game learn to be soldiers. In SPACE.

edited 27th Aug '12 7:48:07 AM by condottiera

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#14941 storyyeller Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:48:30 AM from Appleloosa

I thought the Shadow Triliogy was pretty good, albeit a different genre. The only really bad books were Xenocide and Children Of The Mind.

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#14942 Carciofus Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:49:53 AM from Canterlot

I really liked both Ender's Game and its sequel, Speaker For The Dead. Xenocide was not as good as the first two in my opinion, but I don't think it was as bad as it is sometimes made to be. I have not read Children Of The Mind yet, however.

Ender's Shadow was also quite good, I think.

edited 27th Aug '12 7:50:51 AM by Carciofus

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

#14943 condottiera Mon, 27th Aug '12 7:53:00 AM from Chicago

I liked Speaker and Ender's Shadow, but the rest...

I prefer not to talk about them.

Plus, Orson Scott Card is kind of an asshole.

I think there's a new one, too, actually.

edited 27th Aug '12 7:53:57 AM by condottiera

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#14944 CDRW Mon, 27th Aug '12 8:06:20 AM

I watched Gravity Falls for the first time yesterday. It was pretty cool.

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#14945 condottiera Mon, 27th Aug '12 8:11:26 AM from Chicago

Love that show.

My older sister is a camp counselor, and she loves it, too.

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#14946 Kyler Thatch Mon, 27th Aug '12 8:52:10 AM from Gravity Falls

Plus, Orson Scott Card is kind of an asshole.

Really? What makes you say that?

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."

#14947 Carciofus Mon, 27th Aug '12 8:59:10 AM from Canterlot

I suppose that it's about his opinions about LGBT rights. He not only opposes gay marriage, but has spoken publicly in favor of laws against gay sex, saying (I quote from Wikipedia

) that these laws should

be used when necessary to send a clear message that those who flagrantly violate society's regulation of sexual behavior cannot be permitted to remain as acceptable, equal citizens within that society.

EDIT: According to Wikipedia, apparently later he retracted this last stance (but he remains strongly opposed to gay marriage). I suppose it's progress.

edited 27th Aug '12 9:05:27 AM by Carciofus

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

#14948 condottiera Mon, 27th Aug '12 9:13:11 AM from Chicago

Plus, there was a really weird side plot in one of the Shadow books about a gay man who suppressed his feelings in order to marry a woman and it was treated like a good thing.

edited 27th Aug '12 9:21:53 AM by condottiera

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#14949 storyyeller Mon, 27th Aug '12 9:44:21 AM from Appleloosa

Oh really? I don't remember that. When was it?

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#14950 condottiera Mon, 27th Aug '12 9:54:19 AM from Chicago

The scientist guy who created Bean was gay, and married a woman anyway.

He told Bean later that they were expecting a child, and that she even got pregnant "the regular way." It's kinda fucked up.

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