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SFyr

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  1. Well, our family dog, this little Pomeranian-looking mixbreed, is pretty curious yet clingy I guess would be a summative. When scared, he'll try to hide in the corner or climb up as high as he can (we call it turning into a parrot, because if your on the couch he'll even try to climb to your shoulders). When excited he'll just bark and wag and sniff and bark... He'll even like, shake with excitement when seeing another creature, such as a mouse or other dog. Sometimes when left out of a room and separate from his 'mama', he'll just lay quietly with his nose to the bottom corner of the door until it opens.
  2. I'm not quite sure what I'm looking at, but pretty screwed I would think. He looks pretty angry. Also 42 is the most dangerous number. Beware.
  3. 127.832 Somedays I wish I knew French... But, I tend to not find enough reasons to learn it.
  4. That last pose convinced me. Welcome back into the workforce.
  5. What characters have you gone through and tried already? Also Old Fluttershy! For context, how old are you? ((I can't help but feel this is a setup for a joke, haha...))
  6. I'm curious, how did your falling for Twilight come about, and how has it stayed intact for so long?
  7. Doing this completely on a whim. Not sure how well it's going to go, or if I'll keep up with it, but why not?
  8. This caption made me laugh. Kipcha still seems happy enough though.
  9. YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROBABLY SOME KIND OF MIDDLE GROUND, AT THE VERY LEAST. I'VE NOTICED MY HANDWRITING SUCKS UNLESS I WRITE LIKE THIS ANYWAYS. ...ACTUALLY THIS MAY EVEN BE PRETTIER THAN MY NORMAL TEXT, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING.
  10. I kinda wonder if dragons are, in MLP, one of those species that don't really care for their young after they hatch. Overall the species seems to be more intelligent, and prone to being grouped by rough age or situation--seeing as the teenage dragons were operating under purely their own desires rather than the guidance of an adult (and given their actions, I doubt they had been given much of it in the past either). They even kinda took in spike, so maybe it's just a normal thing. Dragon is born, discovers their own way, and simply attaches himself to a group or sticks it out relatively alone (with the community still within reach). If so... maybe being an orphaned dragon is more the norm, and the fact Spike was adopted into an actual family would be the rarity that pretty much only ponies would be willing to do? Also: I think shyness can also be a sign of being sheltered, or given many available fall backs in life. When you have a family, there can be more of that. When you're on your own, sometimes you have to buck up and make things work because you can't look for help elsewhere. I personally like some of the fanfic ideas of her having a really strong and commanding mother/parent that produced a near inverse-personality child--with a similar inner fire when things get serious. Can't speak for scootaloo. Overall pegasi parents just seem to be... less visable. Maybe they migrate from home more, or are more independent.
  11. I think you stand more to gain than more to lose, in a number of cases; but, it depends on what you value. If you value uncompromising integrity of the universe/lore, then a movie may screw you over. You're better off lesser known and under appreciated. If you value having your story reach many people, or being recognized/known, the movie is very likely to help even if it isn't the best. Either way... I kinda see it as one of those cases where any publicity can be taken in a good way--to a point. If the movie doesn't live up to the book, you can at least propagate the idea of "the book was better," whereas if there was no movie, far too many wouldn't even know of the book. Regardless, I kinda want to point out some people may be over zealous in preventing their beautiful story from being "ruined", so much so that they may forget that outside criticism/suggested alterations often have a foundation, and movies by nature have to be setup differently than books, present themselves differently, and often must simplify their content to match the limitations of their medium (and audience-expectations relatedly). Everything from pacing to how the medium conveys the story, the atmosphere, and the characters' emotions to the audience is different than in written works--basically what I'm trying to say is where someone may think some big bad company abused a good book and failed the source material, they may have just reformatted said book and altered it to fit to something more fast-paced and visual because otherwise it would not have worked as well as they may think. Yes, some stuff may fall short, or could have been better, but they have different, if not greater limitations to deal with. Not only that, movies are a huge investment compared to books, and for almost anything to be made without being low-budget, it has to be guaranteed (or projected) to be successful enough to be worth making (and able to earn back the costs of production). This alone usually means some sacrifices need to be made, or tried-and-familiar formulas need to be worked into the movie to ensure its success and related release. The day good special effects, experienced actors, effective writers, authentic stage equipment, and all that becomes cheap and easy to come by is the day artistic freedom trumps realistic provisions and any trace of commercialization. Until then, commercialization is helping bring creative ideas to the public in my eyes, just after potentially watering them down--it still kinda beats the alternative though, as we do still get lesser things, and said stories in their original form are still being made regardless of whether or not they get a movie. Also, to answer the original prompt: Yes, I would definitely have my story made into a movie. I doubt I would likely ever be good enough to earn that, but it would be a massive gift to have a famous company (note they're likely famous for a reason) to breath some more long-lived life into a creation of my own than I could've provided myself. My creation may not be totally my own anymore, but in a way it may be something bigger and better, and something I could feel accomplished about even if it didn't turn out as well as I hoped.
  12. Right, so I think from now on I'ma just throw drawings in new posts. And for completeness' sake, here's a drawing I shoved in it's own post, because I wanted to ask a few things about it specifically:
  13. Hiya~ ^-^ Long time no see.

    1. SFyr

      SFyr

      Sorta. I suppose I can't use that word. Anyways! How have you been?

      I'm also kinda curious about the new pony on your page, admittedly. :)

  14. It hasn't yet ceased to be interesting, seeing characters through your art style. I also like the character captured in the renderings of each, well, character. Though, I love some of the added charm, for example, AJ has more of a beauty look to her rather than tomboyish, and Mac has some masculine charm on top of still seeming like a quiet/good pony. Babs is just awesome; devious, but endearing in a way. Granny Smith lost some extremes of her aged appearance, but definitely looks like an old/wise/gentle soul--It's quiet pretty to see. *coughnotsurewhattomakeofthetoprightponycough* ...Kinda thought it was Sweetie Bell at first, but I guess that's because her hair comes off more as very curly, than Pinkie's extreme messy-poof, haha. Still looks awesome though, and it's pretty cool you included her in the apple family~♪ Applebloom on the bottom right, while still adorable and captures an innocent and youthful personality... I feel drawing-wise her head is a little skewed? Like, her ears and bow are a bit twisted, so that it's turned more at the top than the sliiight turn at the bottom (eyes and muzzle). --The only other potential flaw I could see is that maaaybe Babs' muzzle/face is a little smaller proportionally to her head when compared to the other characters. The faces in your ponies seem to almost take up the entire head size wise--it works well of course--but Babs has more like, relatively blank space around her face, and her eyes/cheeks seem a little more pushed toward the muzzle. Anyways, end of random thoughts. Really awesome work on these, Skybound.
  15. I think it depends on the culture's ideal towards 'justice', and how far the character/protagonist is going for in his revenge. See, in our culture, justice usually meets transgressions with penalties, enforced service, or repeal of freedom. However, people often have the internal, harsher ideal of 'an eye for an eye', if not going beyond that for sake of spurned pride, or continued suffering--or negative views on the offender himself apart from their actions. Quite simply, justice by cultural ideals tends to be a lot more lenient, while individual grudges falls into this usually-darker measuring block painted by bias. This usually goes beyond the more absolute justice established by culture. If said character seeking revenge is the protagonist, I don't think that should realistically make it any better or worse at all. They should be held to the same standard. When looking from the outside, a hero seeking to kill a man for killing his best friend/wolf/familiar/whatever is still a murderer, and a bit of a horrible person, hero or not. Anyways... As to directly answer your question, yes, in my own opinion, revenge and justice can coincide, but VERY OFTEN not well. More often they would clash and be mutually exclusive. True justice usually needs to be unbiased, and by nature revenge IS biased, so if one is motivated by the latter, it becomes hard to stick to the former. The only way I see that really working well, is revenge simply being a motivation to ensure justice is carried out, being more about the transgressor not getting away, rather than seeing them punished per say. Like... Say a robber baron/tycoon causes your entire family since you were a kid to struggle in poverty, eventually yet indirectly causing several close members to die from treatable or preventable causes. Blind revenge would say kill/crush their empire and lives and all that. Justice would be closer to revealing their shady dealings and exposing them the mighty hammer of the law. Both can be motivated by revenge in my eyes, or some want of vengeance. Regardless, please rarely if ever go the dead parents/revenge route.
  16. I'll admit, both are rather cute, and their coordinated designs are definitely interesting. Too bad we don't see more of these two.
  17. My job has me working until 1am almost every night now, so... Yeah. I'm up pretty late. I usually end up watching movies/tv online (been working through Criminal Minds recently) or playing minecraft. Or music.
  18. Interesting. I've never come across that one before. I kinda wonder about the origin--a lot of the others I can kinda piece together, but... That one, it escapes me for now.
  19. Completely digital... Gal Civ II on Steam as of a week ago. Something that actually got delivered... probably some new shoes a few months ago. Also, I love the... something of y'alls choices, haha. I wanna say geekism, but that doesn't seem to fit correctly.
  20. I think it's just something that's still experiencing it's spike of popularity, and by nature is doomed to calm down later on. But, you gotta realize, in some ways the bigger it is and the longer it stays, the more long-lived it relatedly should stay. If MLP had only a few fans, there would be so much less depth of the fandom to keep a number of people interested in staying. Yes, there is a lot of stuff out there, but honestly there are areas (fan games especially) where I still want more. In some ways, we're making our fandom more visible and abundant, which may translate into being annoying to some, or overkill to others. But, each new image adds potential for the fandom and contributes something new for each fan to experience, so in that vein... I like how big MLP has gotten, though theoretically it may do better if it was less scattered across the web and more kept within brony-related sites to a larger degree.
  21. Some jungles haven't been delved into entirely either. There are theoretically quite a few tribes (and large swaths of forests) we have yet to see the face of, and 'new' animals are still cropping up now and then. ...I think they even discovered a new mammal subspecies a few months ago.
  22. Innovations such as what though? You can only push so many boundaries before the ones left to push are fought for tooth and nail to push only slightly, and in a comparatively unnoticeable way--and through years of diligent, quiet work at that, rather than swinging a sword or venturing into the wilderness. In science, the taboos have become basically morality itself, in a number of ways. And, new things are being done to death that people are trying all kinds of dumb new approaches trying to "do something new", and see if it catches on or brings them fortune. Sadly a lot of it is basically 'reinventing' something old, or combining a thing or two.
  23. Well, they definitely look pretty floofy, so I think you've succeeded there, haha. Awesome work~♪
  24. I'm going to go so far as to say you're wrong. I think a ton of people still have a desire for adventure and exploration. I also believe the problem lies in that we are realizing and quantifying our limitations more and more, so that much of our still very impressive technological advancements have been in less grandiose areas that gain a lot less public attention. I mean, emerging technology is growing more and more impressive, new materials and techniques are opening new possibilities, computers and devices are getting more and more versatile and specialized... We are still discovering all sorts of new things regarding biology, chemistry, and astrophysics to my knowledge, and finding new ways to apply it to new research/design projects. As basically said, I think the easy adventures are gone. Compared to the massive leap it'd take to colonize other planets, setting foot on the moon, or sailing to a new world was comparatively easy, and readily rewarding in some way. With the moon, we had something very pressing to prove. With colonization on other planets... we get little benefit just yet other than to say that we can do it. And even then, it would likely take years if not generations to reach a potentially life-sustaining planet, which is dramatically out of the scope of our reward system to strive for. We just don't have that space-faring leap lined up, which has been hyped up by science fiction since... sometime in the 1900's? We do have less pronounced leaps ones still going on though. We're just not ready to colonize other planets yet, if you ask me. I personally want to see it happen, maybe even help in some form, but I don't think we'll be ready for pursuit for some time yet. Anyways... have you noticed just how many people dream of space travel and such though? All the fans of related creations, science fiction written and read, all that...? That would not exist if people didn't dream of reaching the stars. It's just too core to our heart as a species to explore and do amazing things such as that. But, given that path is held as impossible on the individual level to achieve, people often fall back on the path of least resistance quite often, which is the 'keeping with the system' bit. Random tidbit: One semi-recent bit I remember involves a new battery design. It's a liquid metal based battery, that is continually in use either to supply or accept electrons/electricity; the movement of such is enough to keep the metal inside heated, and the battery stable/usable. It dramatically outdoes what we currently use if I'm not mistaken, and is intended to be used in conjunction with solar/wind energy collection systems. Our current system generates energy about as quickly as it's used--solar and wind energy fluctuate, and are therefore unstable/unreliable to be tied to a grid as a large contributing factor, which is a good reason not to use a lot of it. This new approach makes these power sources a more viable option, if it all pans out, as they're supposedly less expensive and/or more effecient than previous electrical energy storage designs. ...Which may still be used in the same niche, but I'm not fully clear on that matter. Anyways. I think it was a professor and his students/helpers who came up with this, and are still building it up. Who knows? Maybe this will make for better power usage setups in devices/machines that draw energy from the sun in the future.
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