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Steel Accord

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  1. I mostly just need help in terms of concept rather than a full on design. What I'm trying for is an Earth Pony martial artist. NAME: I was thinking of calling him "X Belt" X being whatever color he is, similar to Rainbow Dash or Pinkie Pie. Just couldn't think of good colors. "White Belt" seemed too basic, because . . . it's white, it only works for Rarity because it's offset by deep purple and sky blue. And I couldn't think of other colors that were both real belt ranks and would make for good color bases. Or even if "X Belt" is what I should stick with or go with another color. CUTIE-MARK: This is the big one, I really can't for the life of me think of a good cutie-mark for this guy. A staff wouldn't look like anything except a wooden pole. A sword seems a little too specific. There's abstract swooshes and stars like a cartoon punch effect but I don't know exactly how that would look. EXTRAS: Just things like clothes or mane style that I don't know if or how they would work. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
  2. A is always B but B is not always A. A ponysona is an OC, but not every OC is a ponysona. The latter is a somewhat vague and broad term, OC is far more specific and concrete.
  3. She's the reason I fell in love with the show. Her presence as this mystical demigod with mythological import really lent Equestria this high fantasy feel to it.
  4. Very good point, with points for cited precedence.
  5. I'm not sure if this counts as a "magic" power, but I would love the ability to copy skillsets observed in others. Like, watch someone play a song on the piano and then I can play that song. Or tie a knot. Or do a backflip. Or cook an excellent meal. As a frustratingly little practiced martial artist, the ability to simply observe forms and techniques and then duplicate that same level of skill would make my dreams come true. Just binge watch Kung Fu movies and demonstrations on Youtube and I could become an expert in a day.
  6. Maybe temper those expectations. For all we know, the number of dimensions and worlds could be literally infinite so checking ALL of them would be unfeasible for a human lifetime and terribly wasteful for an immortal life.
  7. It's true. Asking what one's alignment is is a little like asking what the back of your head looks like. It's a very top down, objective thing that works a lot better for fictional characters than immeasurably more complex real people. Even the most in-depth Shakesperean character study is going to end up a lot simpler compared to the biography and psychology of basically anyone you know.
  8. Same thing I said above: The thing is, most lawful good characters would agree with you on that. Lawful good, doesn't mean inflexible or dogmatic or can't break a rule EVER! What it means is, consistency, integrity, and believing that a system, any system, exists for a purpose. It doesn't mean the system is perfect, just that a lawful good character sees the good in it. A chaotic character, of any persuasion, sees law, systems, codes, what have you as impediments no matter what. Expanding on that: If there's a corrupt or harmful ruling. A lawful good character could, and would, champion the cause to reform it. To address the injustice in the system. A chaotic good character would, at worst, say "burn it all down!" But they would do it for a "good" cause, so that makes it okay.
  9. The thing is, most lawful good characters would agree with you on that. Lawful good, doesn't mean inflexible or dogmatic or can't break a rule EVER! What it means is, consistency, integrity, and believing that a system, any system, exists for a purpose. It doesn't mean the system is perfect, just that a lawful good character sees the good in it. A chaotic character, of any persuasion, sees law, systems, codes, what have you as impediments no matter what.
  10. Oh they ALL have at least once. But that’s part of why I love them. That my relationship to all of them isn’t static. That they all can make me frustrated as much as they can make me cheer.
  11. Or maybe just a night owl.
  12. Both. God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, "We have fellowship with him," while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, -1 John 1:5-7 He made darkness His secret place; His pavilion round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. — Psalm 18:11
  13. Jumping back and forth between For Honor and Titanfall 2 with a tiny splash of Spiritfarer. I would really like to play something like Dragon Age, Jade Empire, Fallout 4, Dishonored 2, Baldur's Gate III, Star Wars: the Old Republic maybe the remastered Mass Effect if I was willing to stretch my budget, and would LOVE to be back in WoW; but being active duty in the military, I really don't have the time to really commit to the in-depth, narrative rich, role playing games that I adore. The quick to action multiplayer games allow me quick strings of action and satisfactory payoffs. It feels like the artistic equivalent of exclusively eating fast food.
  14. That's like 80% of it. If you're not looking for a fight, one probably won't find you. You can be open about your faith, like I am, and people won't give you crap over it if you sincerely exercise it. As in, you're trying to be a good person. OR you can just keep it to yourself. Let your actions demonstrate your faith. "Preach the gospel everyday, and sometimes use words." St. Francis didn't actually say that, but it's good advice nonetheless.
  15. So you'd be more open if you were more open? I'm not criticizing you, just pointing out how it kind of sounds silly when you spell it out. Not everyone has to wear their faith on their sleeve, after all. Your relationship to God doesn't have to be something public.
  16. Yes with an asterisk. I'm happy season 9 ended as it did. Which is to say, it felt like an actual ending. If the show had gone on to like season 12 or something, I would have been happy with that. Compare it to Ducktales now, which is ending after it's third season when that show clearly had enough juice to keep going beyond that. Whether the ending is good or not (haven't seen it yet) it still feels premature when you can tell the passion for it from both creators and fans was still raging. Season 9 came at a good ending point for FiM. People keep saying that they didn't want it to run into the Spongebob hole and there's merit to that, but they don't mention enough of the other side of that. If it ended before it really got the space and time to push itself beyond what it started as. I'm glad season 9 was the final season because it wasn't season 2 or 3.
  17. Sure I would. Frankly I'd be more worried about Discord than I would any carnivorous animals.
  18. Honestly, they ironically don't seem to touch anything actual historical about them. If it didn't last post-WWII, it's like it doesn't exist to them. They only care about Samurai inasmuch as anime depictions or influence of them. Ask any weeb to actually name a famous historical samurai or even time period (that wasn't name checked in an anime) and chances are they won't know it.
  19. None of us are perfect. All we can do is try to live up to God's teachings.
  20. I mean . . . I don't just spout "I'd like to talk to you about Jesus!" to everyone I know. Because who would? It would be like me saying, "hi my name is Anthony, I like My Little Pony!" Or you could swap that out for anything you like, do, or believe in. That said, I don't really bother to hide that fact. I often wear a cross necklace, I say a little prayer before eating at work where everyone can see, I say "God bless you" when someone sneezes, etc. I haven't really encountered anypony who has made a big deal and in fact, they're more often than not believers themselves.
  21. The big one for me, and it's frustrating, is Stellaris. Because I like Civilization and the amount of customization for your galactic scale nation is really cool and appeals to me as a "games as expression" player. Like, I could potentially make a space fairing civilization that is equally democratic AND religious, protected by warrior aesthetics that are functionally JEDI?! Hell yeah! But . . . the interface. The pacing. It's soooo obtuse and takes so long to actually get to those cool bits that I just can't sustain the investment.
  22. Certainly. Knight armor would be made mostly of metal where Samurai armor would not due to the comparative rarity (hehe ) of steel in Japan compared to Europe. Just that a knight's armor would not necessarily be as much of a burden upon his movement as commonly believed.
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