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I think I've run out of X's, so I'm skipping to Y. Someone else can feel free to do X.

Yume wa Owaranai - Tales of Phantasia

flea collar

Spells

Circumstances aside, it was kind of... enjoyable to be a kid again.

I haven't been a kid since I was eight years old.

On 2024-01-02 at 10:10 PM, Metemponychosis said:

You know what pisses me off about this conversation? It is that people point fingers at Celestia as though she had any control over what happened. Luna was the one that snapped. I think this conversation starts here. And I don't think that the working of the elements was ever explained in any way that made it seem as though anyone has any control over what they do. The whole point is moot.

Can we stop pretending that the cartoon even tried to make half of the drama people worked out over this issue? The cartoon couldn't even decide on how does one make a damn alicorn or how Luna's powers work, or even if the sun is actually or not  important.

Jesus Christ. This is cringe worthy.

EDIt: You know what? Never mind me. People have been beating this dead horse mercilessly ever since the cartoon aired. It's been fourteen years and people still shove in their headcanon on this stuff. It's what fandoms do. But can we please, PLEASE, acknowledge that the cartoon moved on from that immediately, that Luna not only became a better character while the writers just shelved Celestia and that Luna herself acknowledged her own blame in that whole mess? Or perhaps acknowledge that Luna sitting alone in the moon, all sad and abandoned, is a headcanon? What the legend Twilight read  in the book actually said? And please, you don't have to convince people that isolation is bad for cartoon horses. Nobody ever argued against that.

It's pretty easy to sympathize with Luna when seeing her surface including the backstory and "punishment". Note that I said easy, not sensible as sympathizers also ignored the other stunts Luna attempted as well as her own actions and decisions.

Don't ya just love my balls? Hot, sticky web balls coming at ya!

Someone's overcompensating.

On 2023-12-21 at 2:05 PM, Metemponychosis said:

Sounds fair. Season one was my favorite for several reasons. I liked Celestia more in that season and the cartoon hadn't grown so self conscious yet.

It's not as though I don't like the other seasons, but they started growing... I don't know exactly how to call it... It felt the cartoon lacked a unified direction. I started to really dislike the way writers treated Celestia, who was my favorite character along with Luna, Cadance and Twilight. I loathed those ponies from the past. They should be legends, like Star Swirl was. They should have stayed legends and we should have gotten lore dumps, spin offs. I absolutely hate the last season though. It makes no sense whatsoever to me. Which I hate because the last season had some great moments and I really liked the young 6.

The biggest problem, to me, were a series of creative decisions that started piling on each other. 

On 2023-12-21 at 5:06 PM, Metemponychosis said:

The part I highlighted in bold. This. So much this. And I would add that I think the entire cartoon suffered from this. It often had great ideas that fell flat, or at least never were as effective as they could have been because the execution seemed careless. I'll always complain about Celestia because I think that hers was the biggest problem in this regard, but it was not only her. Starlight Glimmer too. Twilight becoming an alicorn was never a problem to me, but they never did anything with it. It was always the same thing to the point her speeches became trite.

I don't think the writers ever knew what they wanted to accomplish with the show. Good intentions aren't very meaningful if the executions of the stories are lacking.

Valediction - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

Everyone and everything deserves love.

Says the man playing fetch with a giant worm.

On 2023-11-02 at 8:32 AM, Metemponychosis said:

Being the same universe just makes no sense inside my head.

Why do you say that?

You're not getting cold fins now, are you?

Zorro

Ordinary Vanity - Silent Hill 2

Shadow Sneak

Launched

(The) Isle of Creation - God of War II

Paper mache

Breeze Harbor - Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage

Coming to make sure I'm leaving?

Actually, I thought we worked pretty well together. Not that I'd want to make it a regular event.

She's all yours now, if you can handle that. But you'd better take good care of her 'cause I know where you live.

Put it away, son. It's not worth you getting beat again.

You didn't beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight, I'd kill you.

That's not much incentive for me to fight fair then, is it?

Day care

Cunning

Rune

Yum

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