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Jeric

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    But I don't think you can look at what makes US tick and see anywhere near the same output and structure as OTHER fandoms.

     

    Agreed. I see a lot of article, blogs, and posts that try and find one common thread or trait of the fan base, and truth be told there really isn't one. You ask one Brony and they will approach the fandom like it's a cause for social change, while others just like the show for what it is. You have psychologists talk about the negativity and post 9/11 fatigue as a catalyst, but you have fans like me that were adults when 9/11 happened. Who knows why it all came about. I'm just glad it did and can enjoy the ride. 

     

    As far as the creativity ...  in 2011 I was shocked at the output in comparison to Star Wars and Harry Potter. I did have a sense of jealousy about the creativity. Not the volume (which was insane) but the general quality was much higher.  By the time I became a fan the fandom itself created more quality fan labor pieces in a few years than Star Wars has in almost 40.  

     

    :blink:

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  2. My expertise with coffee ends with the fact that i need it regulary to survive... Don't know much more fancy stuff than Expresso and Cappuchino. :muffins:

     

    So have Rarity in a cup instead:

    raritea_by_cleventine-d5wqomq.png

     

    I don't know what I would do if there was a coffee shortage. That is my apocalyptic nightmare. pxSWVnO.png

     

    I just asked for a Rarity coffee sketch BTW ... my first sketch request in the fandom. HV5keY8.png

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  3. Which got me to thinking - I bet Rares drinks a lot of coffee, given how much she works, and how hard she goes at it.What kind of coffee do you think Rarity would enjoy? Or do you think she'd be strictly a tea person

     

     

    My thoughts when I saw that Ghostie?

     

    RARITY COFFEE DISCUSSION!!!111111

     

    She would likely drink both considering tea is the 'polite' social drink .... but because I'm me and I have this thing for coffee myself (as do some others on this board apparently. O-o), I am going with she prefers coffee over tea.

     

    Favorite Morning Coffee - A light to medium roast similar to Sumatra beans. It's crisp, bright, and less bitter while still keeping its distinct origin

     

    Favorite Afternoon Coffee - Iced caramel macchiato

     

    Favorite Tea - Raspberry Chai

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  4. I quite enjoy your style. I have a relatively simple request should you ever find the time to fit it in.

     

    Rarity sitting down drinking a cup of coffee through levitation. :D

  5. I have a few, this is the primary workstation at home.

     

    Some of you may actually recognize this build.

     

    CPU - Intel Core i7-4770K
    MOBO - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 (not a fan of the company but what can you do)
    Mem - Patriot Viper 3 32GB
    SSD - Two Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
    HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2TB
    Video - Asus Radeon HD 7970 3GB
    OS - Dual - Windows 8.1 Professional & Linux Xubuntu (may move to SUSE)*

    Monitors - Three Dell Ultra Sharp 24" IPS

     

    * I would love to get rid of Windows completely ... but my daughter would kill me if she couldn't use After Effects and CC. (sigh)

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  6. In literature peripheral characters are routinely lauded and appreciated. Here is a list of a few some here may recognize.

     

    Sirius Black

    Dobby

    The Other Luna

    Finnick

    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

    The Kid

     

    A good story that can leave parts of the tapestry open to reader collaboration of the character creation will generally make the side character more appealing and interesting if the base parts that form a good character are followed. Luna is a perfect example of this.

  7. when someone swears at me yeah!

     

    Do you mean directed at you? If so, I can understand that a lot. I'm not a fan of someone going off on me either unless it's in humor. Also, I do have one or two choice words that I do happen to find distasteful to the point that I do an inward sigh when I hear them.

  8. Here's an odd thing about me, I almost always get an uncomfortable feeling when the door bell rings unexpectedly. Maybe I was attacked by an army of Kirby salesmen as a child and am just repressing the memory. O-o

  9. Mane just transfer them to a blog on this site? Your stories are really good! I love reading them! That last one may well be the best piece of MLP fan fiction I've ever read image.jpg

    He needs to write the Rarity / AJ vs Flim Flam story. :D

     

    That was a solid idea

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  10. Don't question the best ship of the royal navy. :muffins:

    For someone who laments the inability to turn our garbage cans into boys, you have a amazing grasp of English. ;)

     

    Seriously OS, you write better than probably half of the e-book writers on Kindle. Good show!

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  11. I find the whole idea of a word being 'bad' to be stupid.

    I'm quoting you because that statement finds you on great company. To quote a famous Literary Critic in response to an editorial that F Scott Fitzgerald was an ignorant foul mouthed writer destroying the English language when he wrote The Great Gatsby!

     

    But do we need […] a justification, beyond the one a writer might mount for any word—i.e., that it works? There is, after all, no such thing as an intrinsically bad, boring, or lazy word. There is only how it is deployed, and one of the pleasures of profanity is how diversely you can deploy it.

     

    Writers don’t use expletives out of laziness or the puerile desire to shock or because we mislaid the thesaurus. We use them because, sometimes, the four-letter word is the better word—indeed, the best one.

    Ask ask a room of Literary Fiction authors to sound off if they disagree with the above, and you will be met with the deafening sound of silence.

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  12. It's a beautiful thing killing the bloat KelGrym!

     

    The only reason I keep Windows around is for Adobe and my work issued laptop. My daughter even has Ubuntu on her laptop and loves it.

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