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Idea for the worldbuilding in The Madman Laughs in a Glass Coffin: The Simpsons ends at Season 11 or 12 in the Roger Rabbitverse, based on the line in "Behind the Laughter" from Homer assuring that "the next season will be the last". So it ends around 2000-2001. So by the time of the story, the Simpsons have settled into (relatively) normal lives - Homer, for instance, continues his stint as a character actor in theater (taken from "Behind the Laughter") while starting to go into the resturaunt business with Moe, Bart is dating Sakura Haruno (taken from TV Tropes' image for "Crossover Ship", which itself is taken from a Nick Magazine article), Marge is doing talk shows, Lisa (still) becomes Buddhist (albeit since "She of Little Faith" doesn't exist in this universe, it's due to two factors - exploring Eastern philosophy and religion 'behind the scenes', and dating Naruto Uzumaki - an idea lifted from the same Nick Mag article that spawned "Bartkura"), and Maggie's attempting to break into the "throwback" genre, specifically in attempting to emulate Golden Age cartoons. These details are to a degree important, as it's in Homer and Moe's restaurant that Rarity and Azula have their first (violent) confrontation - one big shout out to "Pulp Fiction"; primarily drawing from the "Jackrabbit Slim's" scene and the diner scenes from the beginning and end of the movie...though this scene doesn't end as peacefully. There's also a smidge of the iconic "hamburger" bit when Azula orders a "Good Morning Burger" (itself a reference to the Simpsons episode "Bart's Friend Falls in Love") - an 18-ounce ground beef patty soaked in butter, with bacon, ham, and a fried egg on top. Azula orders it (with cheese) and eats it slowly, deliberately, and with her mouth open in order to intimidate Rarity. Also, as a Tarantino pastiche, the fic has Retro Universe trappings - for instance, Winston cigarettes (famously peddled by the Flintstones) are still in production; Azula smokes them and tends to quote the "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" jingle quite a few times.
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So I've started working on the finer details of the Vanilla Rum fic - it's set around somewhere between early-to-middle Season 8 - as evidenced when Vanilla Rum (inaccurately, but reasonably) believes Neighsay is part of the Princess assassination plot due to his opposition to the School of Friendship, later encountering someone intending to enroll in the "new" Friendship University; Vanilla has had experience with the Flim Flam Brothers, and correctly guesses it's a scam.
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I oughta parody "good ol' boy" country music and all its pervasive stereotypes by writing about the single most MURICAN thing I can think of - a barbeque bacon double cheeseburger, fries, and root beer.
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I love this song. My childhood and adolescence was nothing but hardcore punk and British heavy metal.
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Day 9 - The Major Scale A scale is a selection of notes within an octave. There are two major scales within music theory: the major scale and minor scale. The major scale is constructed with the formula “W, h”. “W” represents a whole step, and “h” represents a half-step. C Major consists of C, D E, F, G, A, B,C. The first note is C, which goes a whole step to D. From D, it goes another whole step to E. From E, it goes a half-step to F. From F it goes a whole step to G. From G, it goes another whole step to A. Finally, A takes a whole step to B, and from B it takes a half-step back to C. Another major scale is Eb, or E flat. E flat consists of Eb, F, G, Ab, Bb, C, D, and Eb. We begin with Eb, and then the first whole step goes to F. The second whole note takes us to G, and the half step from G takes us to Ab, not A. The next whole step takes us to Bb. From Bb, the whole step takes us to C, and from there, D. Finally, the half step returns to Eb. Eb has three flats, but both instances of Eb only count once. The final and third major scale shown is D Major. D Major consists of D, E, F#, A, B, C#, and D. We start with D, then go a whole step to E, then another whole step to F#. The half step takes us to G, then the whole step takes us to A. From A, the whole step takes us to B. From B, the whole step takes us to C#, and then the half step returns to D. Notice that D major has two sharps. Any major scale can be constructed, just start with the first note and follow the formula.
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Satanist, like @Pastel Heart. I follow Satanism as defined by The Satanic Temple, though I do acknowledge and follow LaVey's (the majority of) Nine Statements and Sins as well as the Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth - though like Pastel, I HEAVILY disagree with the CoS aside from these writings (and could make the reasonable argument that LaVey is, directly or indirectly, responsible for the problems that plague them today).
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Ask a former veterinary technician and now current dog groomer!
Rebel the Wolfgirl replied to Venomous's topic in Ask a Pony
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One of, if not my favorite, RZ tunes.
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I love this band.
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What is your sexuality ?
Rebel the Wolfgirl replied to DashingRainbow36's topic in General Discussion
Bi/pan and poly. I can never see myself becoming monogamous. -
Favorite guitarists?
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X @HawkbitAlpha
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Song idea sketch: a love song focused around Princess Cadence...written in the style of Frank Zappa.
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Day 8 - Odd Meter An odd meter is meter that contains both simple and compound beats. 5/8, for example, is five eighth notes, which can be simplified as a simple (two quarter notes) and compound (three quarter notes) beat, or a quarter and dotted quarter note. The order doesn’t matter - you can have the three-note beat come first, and it would still be 5/8 time. Another example of odd meter is 7/8 time, which consist of two quarter notes, and one dotted quarter note - or a pair of two-note beats and a three-note compound beat. As with the 5/8 example, the order can be reversed - the three-note beat could be followed by the two-note pair, and it would still be 7/8 time. Or, for another variation, the compound beat could be between the first and second simple beat, and it would still be 7/8 time. 8/8 time consists of two dotted quarter notes and one regular quarter note - or two compound beats and a simple beat. 8/8 is not to be confused with 4/4; 4/4 consists of two pairs of simple beats. 4/4 is simple quadruple, while 8/8 has 3 odd beats and one simple beat. 10/8 consists of ten eighth notes (or two dotted quarter notes and two regular quarter notes); two compound beats and two regular beats. 11/8 time consists of eleven eighth notes - three dotted quarter notes and one regular quarter note, or three compound beats and one simple beat.
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Day 7: Simple and Compound Meter Time signatures can be classified into a certain meter - simple and compound. Furthermore those can be broken down by the number of beats in a measure: duple, triple and quadruple; simple means that each can be broken down into two beats. 2/4 is classified as simple duple - duple refers to the two beats (in this case two quarter notes) per measure. Simple means that they can be divided into two larger notes. 2/2 and 2/8 are also simple duple - two half notes will become two pairs of quarter notes and two eighth notes can be divided into two interconnected pairs of quarter notes. 3/4 time is called simple triple. Triple refers to three beats per measure - simple (again) states that each beat can be divided into three pairs of two notes.. 3/2 and 3/8 are simple triple - like the example above three half notes can become three pairs of quarter notes and three eighth notes can be divided into three interconnected pairs of quarter notes. 4/4 time is classified as simple quadruple - four beats can be divided into two pairs of connected quarter notes. As in the previous examples, 4/2 can equate to four half notes or four pairs of unconnected quarter notes. Likewise, 4/8 refers to four eighth notes that can be divided into two pairs of interconnected quarter notes. A time signature in simple meter will always have a 4, 3, or 2 at the top. Time signatures in compound meter, on the other hand, have three notes. 6/8 time is equal to six eighth notes, or compound duple (two pairs of three notes) or simple triple (three pairs of two notes). The latter quotes to 3/4 time (o three quarter notes), so 6/8 is compound duple. To simplify compound duple, think of it as two dotted quarter notes - all compound meters have one form or another of dotted note as its beat. 6/8 and 6/4 are the common examples of compound duple - lesser known are 6/2 and 6/16. 9/8 is compound triple - it can be simplified as three dotted quarter notes, thus making it triple. Since each beat is three notes, the meter is compound. Any time signature with a 9 on it is a compound triple. 9/8 is the most common, but others include 9/2, 9/4, and 9/16. Finally, 12/8 is compound quadruple - it can be simplified as 4 dotted quarter notes, and each beat is three pairs of notes. Any time signature with a 12 on it (12/8, 12/2, 12/4, and 12/16) is a compound quadruple meter.
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Day 6 - Steps and Accidentals Half-step/semitone: distance from one key to the next - Key 1 and Key 2 (a white key and a black key in the example) are next to each other, so they are a half-step. Sometimes half-steps don’t always correspond to white key-black key; sometimes they can be two white keys as shown in the lesson’s second example on semitones. Whole step/whole tone: the combined distance of two semitones - Key 1 to Key 3 is a whole tone - if you play Key 1 (white key) and Key 2 (black key) you get a semi-tone. Play Key 2 (black key) and Key 3 (white key) and you get another semitone. Play all three (white key, black key, white key) and you get a whole tone. Accidentals: signs used to raise or lower a note’s pitch by a half-step. First two accidentals discussed are flat and sharp. Flats lower notes by a half-step, while sharps raise notes by a half-step. Flats can be represented as a lowercase B when typed, and sharps can be represented by a number/pound sign. The black key between C and D can be called C sharp (C#) as it’s a half step above C or it can be called D flat (Db) because it’s a half-step below D. On the opposite end, we have the white keys E and F. E can be called Fb (F flat) since it’s a half-step below F. Likewise F can be called E# (or E sharp) because it’s a half-step above E. A pitch with multiple names is called an “enharmonic spelling”. Double flats and double sharps increase or decrease a note’s pitch by a whole, rather than half-, step. They can be written as bb (double flat) or x (double sharp). D and Ebb, for example, have the same pitch since Ebb is a whole step down from E like D is. D is also the same as Cx since it’s a whole step above C. Naturals are steps that cancel out accidentals and returns a note to the original pitch.
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So, I'm officially starting on a new story - an MLP fic in the style of the Coen Brothers (more specifically their takes on the noir genre like Fargo and The Big Lebowski). My main protagonist is a mare named Vanilla Rum - she fancies herself as the best private investigator in Canterlot when the truth is she's hard-drinking, promiscuous and none-too-bright. So when a low-ranking noblestallion hires her to investigate his wife (whom he suspects is having an illicit tryst with their butler), Vanilla quickly finds herself in over her head as she stumbles upon a web of intrigue and revolution...oh, and a conspiracy to kill all four Princesses. So long as she gets paid, she's on the case!
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Day 5 - Dots and Ties Augmentation dots and tenuto ties: markings used to alter a notes duration. Dots increase duration by ½. A dotted quarter note, for example, is equal to a quarter note and an eighth note, or alternately three eighth notes Ties merge notes of the same duration, allowing them to cross barriers such as measure lines. In the example given, there are two groups of quarter notes in 4/4 time, separated by a bar. If you use a tie to combine the 4th and 5th notes, then that would combine those two notes into one. If the measure line was not there, a half note could be placed there and turn the time signature from 4/4 to 8/4.
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Day 4 - Rest Duration Rests: periods of silence in a measure. There are five types of rests, corresponding with each type of note: whole rest, half rest, quarter rest, eighth rest, and sixteenth rest. A whole rest looks like a box descending from the fourth staff line. A half rest looks similar, though it’s a box ascending from the middle staff line. A quarter rest resembles a sideways stylized V almost, and eighth rests and sixteenth rests resemble lines with apostrophes attached to them; like their corresponding notes, they have flags. To demonstrate, the lesson uses an example in 4/4 time - four quarter notes with the second replaced with a rest. As such, when played only 3 quarter notes sound with a rest in between. But I think, using the other time signatures from the previous lesson, other examples can be found. For instance, if you had a time signature of 3/2 (3 half notes), and replaced the second with a half rest, only two would sound. Or perhaps with a 6/8 time signature, you could go a bit further, replacing two eighth notes with two eighth rests - therefore only four notes would be played, with two rests in between. And finally, so long as we’re pushing boundaries, why not replace all but one quarter note in a 3/4 time signature with quarter rests (of course, this purely hypothetical scenario would only work if you were writing avant-garde pieces akin to John Cage)? Only one quarter note would be played.
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Day 3 - Measures and Time Signatures Bar lines divide the staff into measures; measures are segments of musical notation denoting the notes according to the time signature. Time signatures: amount and types of notes in a measure. If you have two measures containing time signatures in 4/4 and 3/4 time, that means each time signature contains a certain number of quarter notes - 4 and 3 quarter notes respectively; a 4/4 time signature therefore contains two half-notes (or a whole note) and a 3/4 time signature contains 3 quarter notes, or a half and quarter note. Non quarter note time signatures can include 6/8 and 3/2 - 6/8 equals six eight notes and 3/2 equals three half notes, or 6/8 equals a half and quarter note and 3/2 equals a whole and half note.
I'd definitely listen to it. 
