Comet Tail

So... I was planning on writing these this afternoon/evening... And then I just found out I'm supposed to be 2 hours away at the airport in 5 hours. So I've got 3 hours right now, and that's it. That... That actually might be enough. I'm not sure, though... If it isn't, it might be a day or two - I'll do my best to make it by early tomorrow afternoon.

Hey, I'm working on a thing. I'm really proud of how the background came out. Gonna vector some art for my date, now that I've done several images for other ponies' Twi deserves something all original, though, so I'm tracing this from screencaps - the vectoring equivalent of building from scratch, hehe. (No, really, if you don't believe that tracing is normal practice in vectoring, then take a look at one of the premiere vectoring groups' galleries') Referencing this screencap: Note to self... Add city lights to the houses in the valley...

Here's a flurry of newcomers. Oh my O.o I'm usually very ambitious in what jobs I bite off - often resulting with me with more than I can chew - but I just feel like noting that I dropped my other classes because of medical reasons I'm exhausted all the time, and have very little energy to get things done. So, while I have less to do, I also have less energy to do those things - so theoretically it should balance out so I'm about average EDIT: Cute Twikle pic to represent my situation, 'cause why not?

You can even sort of write out those lines, too. Like, So the cool thing is, as long as you're only adding more detail instead of changing the action, then you can add as much detail as you like as long as it doesn't contradict what we wrote. For example: Adds a lot more depth and interesting, telling things about the character, and you can do that even though this happened at the same time as the previous post because you're adding detail to the actions that your character performed that doesn't contradict anything that's written in the first post. I'm having fun with this

If there's some minor action we need to have your character perform in order to get a lot further in one reply, then we'll take control of your character for that minor action. HOWEVER, To keep it form being god-modding (taking control of someone else's character), we put in the - - - [action] - - -. When you see the - - - [action] - - -, ask yourself "Do I agree with my character doing this action?" If YES -> then ignore that formatting, just keep reading. If NO -> then simply reply as if the end of the post was just above the dotted line, and have your character react how you want him to actually react, replacing what we made him do in the dotted line, then we will go from there as if that dotted line and everything after it were never written. Be sure to note in your reply that you're "cutting" at that dotted line, though, so as to avoid confusion. Best thing might be to quote the reply and strike-through or delete the text you don't agree with. So, say I post, But you don't want to nod - then you reply: (Actually, I don't nod) "Actually, I have a question. What about that statue?" I say, pointing at the statue of Discord. "I notice all the others are of real objects or ponies, but that's the only mythical creature statue in the garden. Why is that? What is that?"

Oh, I was thinking the battle happened on a Saturday, actually, so yeah, no classes that day, just bands playing. That would seem to be the most strictly consistent with what was shown - we saw a clip or two of Twilight working hard on her sketchbook, but never doing so in pajamas like she had that one night, and no clips of them in classes, practicing, or doing anything other than the competition and in-between performances stuff. Perhaps it'd be reasonable if they started in the morning, had the competition into the afternoon, then late that evening was the big show in-between the final two? A full Saturday from morning to late night. Didn't say I was much a fan of Freud, just the concept of classifying layers of the mind into "id," "ego," and "super-ego." Can't say I've studied enough psychology to have a strong opinion on the various schools of thought. But I do have a few other areas I know rather well. I've dabbled in philosophy, particularly fascinated with the idea of solipsism, the mind-body problem, qualia, and philosophical zombies via the Chinese Room argument. Also spent my high school years deeply, deeply obsessed with astronautical engineering, so I'm actually kind of ridiculously knowledgable in rocket science - the physics behind the various cycles of liquid-fuelled rocket engines, injection and presurization systems, turbopump setups, the pros and cons of the different kinds of fuels, countless theoretical proposals for advanced engine designs, plasma and ion engines (typically referred to as "electric"), how life support systems work, fuel cells, loads of orbital dynamics and various proposals and designs NASA and the CCCP have worked on over the years... The cosmology, general relativity, quantum mechanics and physics came in more recent years, though I'm still just at a very basic level of understanding in Quantum, but I'm really happy about the qualitative level of string theory that I understand. It is just FREAKISHLY fascinating stuff!!! I almost feel sorry for Twilight, not living in the 21st century with Wikipedia, online resources, and our vast overabundance of books you can find just by asking scientists on forums and searching on Amazon... We may consider her world heaven, but she might consider ours heaven given our scientific advancements and how accessible knowledge is in our era! I really don't understand why there's not a lot more people as in love with learning as I am, given how easy it is to access knowledge in our world. ...It's kinda super lonely to be this passionate about learning, though, especially when you'd love nothing more than to talk about this stuff for hours, but you know it'd just bore people, they'd just shake their heads and say, "it's way over my head," and there's always comments like, "why would you do math on the weekend?!" and people hating math and stuff... It's kinda alienating and lonely sometimes. 'tis a big reason I love Twi so much. I know she'd just gobble up the opportunity to listen to me lecture all that I know, and she'd ask smart and keen questions, and would love to explore original and new ideas, and in turn she'd just love to lecture me on all that she knows, and I'd be thrilled at the opportunity to listen! An entire flippin' field of science we don't have access to - magic! Oh my goodness would I be so endlessly thrilled to hear her lecture on about it!... *le sigh* ANYWAYS, So, I just got a bit of a novel idea... There are a few points where you may choose to not do much in response, just give a simple, "right," or nod, or whatnot, or do nothing at all, and if you do, it would allow us to move on a lot more quickly if we assume you do, but at the same time we need to keep your freedom to reject "god-modding" and make your own decisions for your character - though most of the time it's fairly straightforward... So, what about using dotted lines? For example, let's say this is a post: The "- - - You nod - - -" is a god-modding action, technically, so we've included a "dotted line." You know those dotted lines on papers where you can tear them easily? That's basically what it is. If it's what you would've done anyways, then great, we can cover more ground and get more RP in. But if you want to do something different, just say so in your response and we'll ignore what was written after that point, Actually, I don't nod. Instead: "Actually, I have a question. What about that statue?" I say, pointing at the statue of Discord. "I notice all the others are of real objects or ponies, but that's the only mythical creature statue in the garden. Why is that? What is that?" And bam! We're able to cover a lot more ground by making assumptions, but if we're wrong, just go ahead and correct them and we'll continue from that point with no harm done. Are y'all alright with it if I start doing this? I'm just afraid we might go months and only get minutes into the roleplays - this way we can cover more ground and get more roleplaying in. ===ADDENDUM 1=== Dang. Writing all that about Twi and my obsession about learning and all just made me realize how much I love that, and I'd entirely forgotten because I pretty much never get the opportunity to. I'm always summarizing and simplifying down to basic qualitative ideas to explain things to non-scientists so much that I completely forget that there are some people out there who actually might love to listen to every detail as much as I'd love to, or as much as I'd love to expound every detail. I had completely forgotten that as one of the things I love to do because so few and so rare are the people I can share that with. That's kinda sad. I should be braver about talking to professors about stuff in their spare time... Thing is, I don't know if even they would be too interested in sparing time to just talk about things like that... Got a crush on someone at the moment. I should probe her to see if she's actually someone that would get into one of these discussions. Then I'll know whether to keep crushing on her or move on. Friend's sister. Only thing we've done so far is some basic talk and helped her with some homework... ===ADDENDUM 2=== PS; String theory may imply there are other universes right on top of ours, in such a manner that you could build a gate to them* like a stargate. Tricky thing is, the only way to communicate information to them is using gravity, and it "spills" out in such a way that makes it extremely difficult. It'd take freakishly advanced technology - I mean, like, cavemen are closer to landing on the moon than we are to pulling this off, but it is physically possible in some sense, and who knows, maybe we'll discover some easier way to do it? Just an interesting sort of thought. Brony dreams of portal to Equestria aren't entirely outlandish, in some sense

I honestly don't have any experience with musical competitions. How would this sort of thing typically play out, then? Two or four matches a day after school for the next week or so, with finales on Friday and the stage performance on Saturday? Referencing the id and super-ego? Bonus points. I love those concepts. Huge fan of them from the various things I've read and the course I took on psychology. Got a 127 in that class - it was a dual-enrollment college course while I was in High School

I kinda apologize I didn't consult you more, first, but being so far behind as it is, I decided to go ahead and post it. We talked about it as a means to avoid him falling under their spell, but ultimately I ran into a big problem - there was only literally one day of normal schooling in Rainbow Rocks. Twilight then comes in, spends the night, then the next day is the competition - which I assume is a Saturday event, since the scale of it implies it takes the whole day, at least, and the movie ends that night. So, there's only one place you could show up in order to be there during the events of the movie, and that's right there with the Dazzlings. Kinda convenient hookup, though. Anyways, I wasn't thinking it would influence you until you go meditate it off, I was thinking that your greater mental self-awareness and self-examination would make it so instead of just suddenly feeling riled up and your thoughts turning to competitive and self-aggrandizing terms, your reaction is instead to question why you suddenly have these angry-like feelings, so you're able to be in control of yourself and not fall victim to them. So, with this self-aware attitude, you're well-equipped to battle their influence even during the lunch song, and they probably won't even notice as long as you don't make a big deal of it (think: Vinyl Scratch).

Replies are up! As for the chronology thing I mentioned - see my previous post about how we're going to handle two ponies dating Luna at once. Look over options A, B, and C. Feel free to add any alternatives you think of, and tell me which one you want to do. I went with "A" for this first post because we can easily switch to B or C from here, but if I'd gone with B or C, then switching back to A would mean retconning; so yeah. Pick whichever one, feel free to come up with another as your creativity may allow. And hey look, it's a thing I drew a year ago for Heart's and Hooves day.

As you approach Sugarcube corner, you hear indistinct talking from inside. As you enter, you're able to understand a few words in a southern accent, "...sure about that, sugarcube?" Then turning, you see this. Movement catches your attention out of the corner of your eye. Two flying figures in the distance seem to be circling the castle. If they’re searching, they’ll doubtlessly see you, silhouetted against the sky on the balcony, as you are. Now is your chance to take whatever evasive action you will. [see OOC thread - we need to talk chronology] Luna accepts the glass with a hoof, holding it, then taking a small, modest sip while you finish your last sentence. “Neither is it every day that a friend ‘of the Realm’ has the courage to invite a Princess of the Realm to a ‘dae-’dinner,” she replies knowingly with a sly smile. “Now, you say you are unsure whether you are at thine best or worst…” She remarks thoughtfully. “How is it that you are confused so?” she asks, although her tone would suggest the question is really meant for your benefit more than her curiosity. Indeed, she seems rather knowing and confident about the whole situation in general. [see OOC thread - we need to talk chronology] She turns around at the mention of her name, eyes somewhat wide with surprise. She perks an eyebrow at “I bare message,” and gives you a blank stare, waiting for the message, eyebrow still perked. IF you don’t say anything for a few seconds, she will hesitantly start, “So… you have a message for me? Are you going to read it, or?...” She lifts a hoof in a shrug, “Aren’t messages normally delivered in sealed envelopes - or, scrolls, I guess, here?” Her tone makes it clear she’s not implying anything so much as legitimately confused, but willing to accept whatever you tell her. The bus had delivered you a full two hours before your class - eleven o’clock - you had been asked to come at this time for a tour of the school, then to join the students for lunch before the class. The instructions also mentioned you were going to take the tour with three other students, all supposed to meet at the front of the school’s lobby. The lobby itself was as impressive as it was large, well decorated with various trophy cases, banners, and large staircases at each side. Sure enough, a cluster of three spikely-dressed girls were assembled by the front doors, along with a fourth woman: an adult wearing a collared shirt with a blue moon printed on it, long blue hair, and holding a clipboard, talking to the three teenagers. The three were an odd sight; the one furthest had stars keeping her purple hair in a ponytail, and torn sleeves, along with a gratuitous supply of armbands that seemed to suggest some sort of impending armband shortage she feared. The one in the middle, and a step forward from the other two, had such volumous orange hair she made you wonder if she were born in a pumpkin patch, and just as her friend seemed to fear an armband shortage, she similarly appeared to fear an impending spike shortage, judging by her headband, belt, and shoe… belts? The third looked the most normal, with blue hair, though inwardly bending knees and a pinky in her smile made her look something less than a rocket scientist. They all wore red jewel pendants attached with thick black necklaces, and clothes that seemed to indicate they had just moved in from Transylvania four hundred years ago, but had also joined a rock band.

Oh, I assumed you were referring to some method of dealing with the chronology problem I brought up with two people dating the same pony Those skills can be learned with time; it's well enough for now. Very nice. I think I know what to write for ya already. This will be great *sinister laughter*

I have failed(,) senpai. For all the reading up and research I've done to try to be in the loop on everything, I do not know what "had it as 'a beautiful day'..." means...

lol, drat. Okay, I know I'm late to this party, but I'm very, very glad to meet someone else who's read/knows about this story. Studied it for a few weeks, at least, in AP Engl. Lit. in high school. I found a number of things interesting about it, a few funny/neat things (like the question game), but also some things irked me. Just take note; if you and Adagio are on a boat, and are delivering a letter to a foreign king, and you find out that the letter has orders from your home royalty to have you both executed - I know hanging out is a good way to bond, but - don't deliver the letter as is. Yes, technically what's going to happen is going to happen by definition, but just because the future exists doesn't mean you have no influence over it. Truly, being overly philosophical to the point of disconnecting yourself from reality can kill (though I guess you're already dead if you're "disconnected from reality," right?). Depends on the people and the cultural norms. It's not too far out there to ask a stranger on a date after nothing more than a brief conversation. There's a song about it and I've done it before - turned out decently enough. But people here at BYU are pretty nice, so that's probably part of why that worked. Fortunately, ponies in Equestria are, too. While we don't know a whole bunch about the characters, honestly, we do know a good bit more than you would've heard about them - but many of the lead characters are national heroes and/or just big enough figures that it wouldn't be too unusual to know a bit about them, especially if you have a reason to. But just about any pony in ponyville could know about as much about Cherilee as we do without Cherilee knowing them, for example. It wouldn't be too odd for some stranger to know she's the local middle school teacher and a kind one at that. Starts getting a little unusual if they know she had a relationship with Big Mac at one point... But not too odd. He did pull a building through town, after all, and they made an impression on the Cakes' ("I'm all for romance, but these two have just been staring at eachother for hours... Well, I guess they'll be planning a wedding, soon, we could always use the catering!" - Mrs. Cup Cake) I dunno if many of the canon characters would be too into a blind dating service, though. Just be creative about it. I was returning some books, wanted to poke around the library for some new ones (libraries = pre-internet wikipedia), noticed the telescope, and asked about it, discovered similar interests... Then some adventurous stuff came in, but even if it hadn't, could've probably played off the similar interests to plan a date, heh. Mmmm, slight problem with your post, m8. Rainbow doesn't canonically have a friend named "Ticktock Starblast." We could easily enough say you're in the Rainbow Dash fan club, though. Also, there's a lot of little grammatical errors in your post in the main thread - missing quotation marks (was that supposed to be a thought, or talking to himself?), a lack of paragraph breaks where there should be some, and run-on sentences. Try reading what you write and see if that's really how you'd say it if you were talking. For example: Would you say "I walked out the warehouse" or "I walked out [of] the warehouse"? Also, I'm gonna give you an extra chance to add an action while I write these other replies, 'cause... Well, if you're looking to talk to someone, going to town is a good first step, but you've also got to specifically look for them. If I knew some girl named Rachel, for example, and was in her fan club, and I wanted to hang out with her, I'd probably look for her, rather than simply going to campus and assuming she'd hunt me down for some reason. @@Night Lance @@Orion Caelum @@Octavia's Bow Hmm... I'm going to have to decide how to work chronology, here... Luna can only be in one place at once. Working at two different points in time would be fine, except that that would make it impossible for anything one of you does to effect the others' date in a sensical way, or for you two to ever directly interact. Orion is already with Luna, so we could either A ) make it so Luna doesn't show back up at her home until later, or B ) roll with the dangerous assumption that whatever happens during her date doesn't effect her interaction with Night Lance at all, though I personally find that somewhat unrealistic, especially if we assume this is the same night and she's on her way back from the "dinner" when she encounters the latter. Interestingly enough, a third option comes to mind. I'm kinda meh on the idea of it being canon, but we could adopt it for the sake of allowing the RP to roll nicely: C ) Luna actually can be in two places at once, using the same magic she used to turn into the Shadowbolts while Nightmare Moon in S1E02. My headcanon is that she can't - those were basically just illusory puppets, but for the sake of the RP we could adopt this if both of you really want to. She wouldn't be aware of her other copy's activities until they later re-combine. Personally I'm leaning towards A, but I'd like to hear your and Octavia's Bow's thoughts on it. Next up... @Steel Accord. I'll re-watch Rainbow Rocks right now to get Adagio in my head then write this. Yay for no issues with writing your reply!

I'm finally writing! Oh, and by the way, are you thinking of black and white? Just to make sure, you do understand that this means that you can continue from your previous posts if you like (like I and Orion are doing), or start from scratch. I see you've already posted in the RP thread - would you like to start again from there or continue with your previous posts from the old thread? For now, we'll go with the assumption that this is post Rainbow-Rocks, but Pre-Friendship Games. The reason for that, is during Friendship Games Sunset was obviously preoccupied, and afterwards, we still have some fallout and unresolved things that doubtlessly the next movie will cover (For example, both the Twilights meeting). By being in-between the two we can kind of work in a place that's a bit more canonically solidified and won't have our work de-canonized by the next movie Funny, though. I'm back during Season 1 with Twilight as the new librarian in Ponyville, we've got another pony dating Princess Twilight, so at earliest Season 5 Twi, and we've got Steel dating Adagio during Rainbow Rocks, and now in addition we have this happening before Rainbow Rocks. Fortunately, I'm somewhat familiar with making time paradoxes and such work. The simplest way to work this is to say these are all independent, but otherwise identical universes being altered at different points in time (To be clear, I'm not complaining, I just find it kind of funny/entertaining/interesting/cool/odd/etc.) Hey, @Octavia's Bow, Maybe we should stick a note on the first post here saying that we'll assume/default to the canonical universe as of the current episode, which means we just had Nightmare Night a week ago, and everyone will be in this same universe unless they request otherwise. Me and Steel will be in our own little worlds due to timeline necessity (unless you decide to throw me a wormhole or something ), and so to be fair anyone can request otherwise, but unless they do, it's MLP Canon as of Season 5 Episode 21 (and maybe we'll headcanon that the showing order of the episodes is off a little, and the Apples are currently only planning to visit the Pies for Hearth's Warming, but haven't yet), meaning in-universe they just had Nightmare Night last Saturday. That begs the question of updating our canon with the show's canon? I say neigh, since we're moving at a much slower rate than the show is, and it'll help keep things consistent better. Now that we have these OC's interacting with canon characters, this is now a branch-off universe where their actions influence the world.

Aye. Thanks. Sorry I'm not here more! ^^; Assuming my roommates don't ponynap me off on some adventure this evening, I'll get to writing these replies as first priority. And if they try to ponynap me I'll tell them I've got to do this, and we can go adventuring tomorrow morning instead

Yepperdoodles. You are "go" for launch

This. If it makes you feel any better, this is a single term paper and I'm writing about special and general relativity and cool stuff in them. Picture a cute Twilight being busy with many things, and imagine that's me. Or maybe Comet Tail. Either way, hopefully that'll help, lol If it's any more consolation, the paper's first draft is due tomorrow at 1pm, and I'll have time from 2:15 until about 5pm. We'll see if I can get some replies written in that time slot. If not, Friday, or possibly even just really late tomorrow evening. I might could even share the draft if anyone's interested. I know I would be. Ever wonder if warp drives could be possible? That's the question I'm getting at. Spoilers: the answer is a strong, definite, maybe (highlight for text). The fun challenge is I have to write it so people who aren't familiar with relativity can read it... Oh, sorry, I've missed something. What details do you need? I was offering some options, I take it you went the "zen" route, right? I mean, I know that, I'm just wondering what questions are left, here. Anyways, I kinda figured that might be the case considering your character so far. It's a pretty happy thing that you're that kind of person: it's that kind of person it takes to do what you want to do.

1. Accept that you'll get effected by it. 2. Maybe if your character is extremely self-cognizant and introspective, to the point of being a major, almost even a defining character trait (think: Zecora, Tree Hugger, most deep-thinking or monk-type characters), then I'd take that as something to make you not immune, but able to recognize and stave off the emotions. It's not magic, it's just you'd be able to recognize that something is wrong with these fighty feelings suddenly coming over you, and thus you could question them and refuse to validate/act on them. I mean, you wouldn't have to be a Tibbetan monk, but you would at least have to be a very, very slow-to-act, and thoughtful character. Tree Hugger is an excellent example of a character who isn't a monk, but probably has enough introspection to fight off such an influence. Without her Element, but with her exact same character, Fluttershy would be on the border of what I'd consider a character who can fight the influence; she has some introspection, but what she lacks there she makes up for in her extreme pacifism (her defining trait) and calmness. At the same time, though, it is best to try to stick to a pony-avatar/ponysona/ponyvar, rather than a not-yourself OC, so unless you are into zen, meditation, or introspection and stuff, you might could just go with 1.

Aye. That's just what I was thinking, actually. However, should you go this route without adding anything else to it, you will still be effected by Siren's Song in the future.

Derp, sorry, I was getting you mixed up with the other fellow who's lining up to date Nightmare Moon - I was talking about NMM, not Adagio Seems interesting, my one question, though, is why he isn't effected by the siren's song. The Elements of Harmony were resistant, but even they began to crack after awhile. Nobody else in the entire school who heard the music was able to resist the influence. I don't know if being a new student really covers it well enough. Vinyl got by by never hearing the music with her earbuds/earphones.

You know, you could always go the "make five friends, find magical artifacts, then blast her with magical rainbow" route to redeem her. Or just let the mane six do that Though, I must admit, that actually brings up some sticky issues with free will and all. It would be interesting to see her try to be redeemed with nothing more than conversation and non-forceful interaction. My view on her is that she's been hurt too much, so she's put up walls thicker than China's, and refuses to have any soft emotions anymore, just becoming devoted to the concept of being a powerful, magnificent, feared being. "If they won't love me, I'll teach them to fear me, instead!" sort of deal.

Oh no, I'm certainly not arguing against it. As I said with Nightmare Moon, I'd be interested in seeing where this goes; I just don't want to disappoint anyone who might go dating a villain expecting them to suddenly be nice or something, 'cause those kinds of bronies are plentiful. EDIT/ADDED: Same sort of thing. Luna's no villain, but she is a princess with an enormous lifespan who lives on kind of a different level than the ponies of Equestria. I'm happy and excited to see you try; just be ready to have to employ some persistence and creativity in how you approach this EDIT/ADDED 2: Whenever you post We'll typically reply with the other characters' responses in a weekly or bi-weekly manner. This week was a break for the move to this new thread. I think typically it's Tuesdays that we get responses out on. EDIT/ADDED 3: More thoughts on Luna: She's... Interesting. I think I've already written enough advice. For now, I'll leave y'all to try to decipher her. Think about what she's done and all, though. She's an interesting, kind of funny character with different aspects that relate in interesting ways.

Hey, everyone's starting fresh - I was under the impression we were continuing our current story, though. Are we continuing our current arcs? I'd hate to start from scratch with mine. Except, I dunno, I think if we are wiping the slate clean I'd consider going for Celestia, if not partially for the fun of the challenge. I expect it to take multiple attempts - and hopefully I don't end up with a restraining order from a princess That is, if we are forcing clean slates. If not, then I'll be rather happy to continue with Twi. I suddenly am once again happy about the fact that I happened to end up with Pre-princess Twilight. Timeline shenanigans; date past pony different from future pony and viola'! Two of same pony. Mmmm, maybe. Personality-wise she's rather like Chrysalis in a number of ways; a villain who masterminds things and is in charge of a group, and uses members of the group as tools in her cause. Also they're non-humans (humans? Close enough, we'll call them human) in a world of humans. May not have too much an issue of that, though, seeing as Sparity is a thing and they're from Equestria. The harder part to get over would be the manipulative immortal who sees others as tools thing. I was afraid you'd miss that, what with the bars and it blending in with my sig links and all. Don't forget to plop it on the front page post Well, let me tell ya what; honestly, I think talking all fancy like that is actually going to really help your case. Nightmare Moon has style; that's honestly why she's my favorite villain. She really seems to have a sense of class and grace. I love that about her, makes her a cool villain. But anyways; it's going to make you stand out from the crowd. It gives you an air of refinement and class that sets you above "the unwashed commonponies" of Equestria. So you're at a good start. I'd further advise: impress her, show her that you can be useful to her, and most of all; show that you'll be loyal to her. She doubtlessly feels betrayed by Celestia, and so it's going to be extremely hard to earn her trust, but at the same time she's going to want to trust somepony, even if she's too afraid to (or more accurately in her mind: "knows better" than to, as that fool, Luna, did). She's also going to want respect and admiration. Lots of respect. Starting off by asking for a date would not be advisable; you'd want to build some other kind of relationship first, one where you're her ally and the closest thing a tyrant has to a friend. Context is going to be important. Under what circumstances could one even approach Nightmare Moon? Her existence was a short one: from Luna finally cracking at Celestia, fighting her, then banished - to returning a thousand years later, trying to stop the mane 6 from getting The Elements of Harmony, and boom, Luna again. So we'd probably need some sort of alternate timeline; whether outside circumstances have her live longer, or you, directly, somehow stop the mane six. Hah... Good luck with that. But that would be one way to earn Nightmare Moon's trust. Also, for the sake of making the world not end in only a few days, we could maybe say that she changes moonlight so that plants can grow under it, and makes some sort of bioluminescent flower grow that generates warmth so the world doesn't freeze then starve. Oh, and getting beat by her is one way to lose her respect; so I'd very much advise against letting that happen. Aww. Can I still write NMM if someone dates her, and they're fine with me writing her, though?

Alrighty. Have fun. I didn't mean to try to influence you into or out of anything ^^; just explaining how things might go. I'm also only a helper admin, Dawnpath/Octavia's Bow is the real head of the show right now.

Haha. I love the facial expression. Very true. Cherilee is certainly a lot safer, doubtlessly will be a much more pleasant experience for your ponysona, but at the same time... A bit less adventuresome. But hey, as I pointed out in this RP's last thread in my own date: adventure stories are great fun... Until you're actually in one. It's a lot funner to read about Daring Do escaping from Ahuizotal's execution attempt than actually getting shackled to the wall of a flooding chamber full of piranahs, or strapped to an alter in a chamber flooding with quick sand, crushing spiked walls, spiders and snakes. Well, Daring might like that, though, except for the snakes. She may be a bit of an adrenaline junkie, or just feels bored if her life isn't on the line or something. I can't remember if it was a fanfic Daring Do or one of the official books that portrayed her that way. One portrayed her as one who loves adventure and couldn't stand a boring life, another had her as a pony who ends up on adventures unwittingly, often trying to avoid them. I think the first one was the canon one... Anyways, I'm just having fun writing and thinking, but back on-topic: if you want a fun, pleasant time, Cherilee is definitely the better choice. If you want a crazy adventure and have to wriggle your way out of Daring-Do type traps and possibly somebeing trying to eat your brains, Chrysalis will be sure to make things interesting one way or another, haha. Also, while I'm writing on the topic of hard-to-date characters, I think I'll mention that there's a reason there's traditional tales of "the princess is impossible to get with, but the poor bloke loves her and can't get to her." You're going to have to really shake the world to catch the eye of a princess. Twilight may be an exception since she's ascended, as opposed to Celestia or Luna who've been alive for at least a thousand years. But on adorkable characters in general: I would drop a warning that Moondancer and Sunset may try to friendzone you, or even avoid new friendships, since they're just getting used to the whole friendship thing in the first place, never mind dating. Once again, if you're clever and smooth, you might be able to pull it off, but it won't be easy. Maybe you won't have to shake the world, though... Celestia is more reserved and controlled, and might just try to gently explain why it can't work, but they're sure to appreciate persistence. I mean, normally persistence might scare someone/creep them out, but Celestia and Luna are so powerful that they probably don't have any fear of normal ponies, so persistence might just come off as cute to them. Addendum: [speaking of the two diarchs, Luna's a bit complicated/interesting... I've read "The Diary of the Two Sisters," and she's very much more the prankster, lively, live-by-the-seat-of-your-pants pony, as a filly. She's more the Rainbow/Pinkie/Rarity of the Elements, and Celestia is very much like Twilight. Which is interesting, seeing as in the series Luna speaks far more formally and seems more analytical formal in general. That either means that's just how she comes off, and she's really a much more lighthearted pony at heart (as Luna Eclipsed might suggest), or that her personality has changed quite a bit since she was a filly - which is also very much to be expected, considering her past. Probably some combination of the two...] Eh, sorry, I'm probably just rambling at this point, as I said before, just having some fun thinking and writing about these things, somepony might find this useful information as they're scrolling through here, though, and doubtlessly at some point these questions will come up. We're going to make this realistically hard, but it also means I feel somewhat obligated to offer pointers and advice. But be warned, when I write characters, they come alive, and sometimes they even surprise me, so it's only advice, though you'd probably be very well to consider it. But please don't let all my thinking-out-loud scare ya! Just use it as a bonus to help you if you want it