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I will take the horseshoe to mordor, but I do not know the way.
"You have my horn."
"You have my wings."
"And my ass."
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And the watchers beware, lest they see it fall
And paradise might laugh when at last it falls
And the sewing machine, the industrial god
And it's the great god bird with its altar call
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An optical indifference
Parallel realms of existence
Cosmologies, apocalypse
Your premonition's persistence
For all that was lost in the world
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I am the red mage, I can do it all,
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Nest Side Story: Two birdzillas compete for the best nest. Top Bun: Granny Smith fights against impractical hairstyles, starting with Pinkie's Horse on the Hill: The hills are alive with the sound of ponies The My Little Puny Movie: Follow the adventures of a community of microscopic horses Lord of Tea Rings: Antique wooden furniture the world over is threatened by the dark stain Ricky: A bully learns his lesson when Lyra, a mare with a mean right hook and a meaner girlfriend, move to Ponyville -
I have a fimfiction blog now! I'm Promoting Croissants Too - Fimfiction
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Indeed, I am! I barely use my account there, but I have one.
And no, I did not.
I drew a funny image of a different user's OC on this forum.
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Woke up to 7 nice ones today, almost all @Samurai Equine delivering hugs, appreciation and cake One from Silky brohoofing me for one of my less cheeky posts in the debate club
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*gloriously moons everyone*
Glory and Moondancer :3
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I don't expect it from much kiddie media, but one of the things that made G1 and G4 work was that they did explain unicorn magic a bit. I enjoy many aspects of G5, but that is a flaw IMO of course not I'm not looking for the show to explain unicorn horns down to the bone structure, or in Harry Potter's case a run-down on different wand cores or something. Just a fun little explainer like both have as part of their stories. Twi's solution being book-smart and Twi's character being book-smart (in contrast to Trixie) is front and center of that ep IMO. But if you think that ep is a decent ep in terms of explaining pony magic, then we're agreed. Kids do enjoy a bit of explanation about the differences between the ponies, I think. I like G4 and G5 - I got my sister's kids into G4 but none of them like G5, and I can't get them to watch it. Not saying that's due to lacking eps like Boast Busters, but it might be a part of it. oh, well okay then, but I think that the way earth pony magic is explained in the show being off is not a bunk criticism. The idea that earth pony strength contradicts earth pony plant magic is a bunk criticism, though. The whole reason earth pony strength was emphasised was to give the three breeds a special status, and just making earth ponies strong was a bit lame in terms of that goal, so I like that G5 has plant magic (although I wish it'd been done better). But I'll leave it here. -
A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!
FORGET ME NOT WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU
"am cute pon!"
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That's like saying that G1 and G4 unicorns just sparkle those horns and 'the magic' happens. Boast Busters explained the magic a bit like a mixture of superheroes, like X Men, with their abilities, and Harry Potter, with study. That was pretty cool. In the Return of Tambelon, they had a whole ep about unicorn magic :3 This might be a taste thing. If you prefer ponies lore-light, then that is fine. As for how Hasbro wanted people to enjoy the ponies, all they wanted was people buying toys Lore was on the back of all the toys, though, so I don't think that MLP is definitively lore-light. Posey could have had a little episode about how her attitude to her garden has altered, maybe? The plant magic comes off as random Hitch is shown mastering magic a bit, and he is shown to care for animals... so it kinda fits. I agree - G5, like G3, is aiming for a simple, happy vibe. For a lot of people, that is more than enough, and that's fine. I hang around people who actively dislike G4's attempt to make a pony world. On the other hoof, I am glad that FiM did what it did, and I doubt I'd be a fan if G4 hadn't tried to make a deeper world than what G5 (or G3) aimed for.
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I mean... what isn't vague about it? Are the plants summoned or were they pre-existing and augmented by the magic? Are the plants connected to the character of the pony in some way? Fair enough, although a different point to whether the lore makes sense or not. G4, like a good fantasy, was good at weaving lore into the story. I think G5 aimed at equalising the different breeds of ponies with this 'plant magic' thing. Equality is a goal I strongly agree with, but you demonstrate the equal worth of ponies precisely by saying some ponies choose to strive and achieve, and others choose not to. They may end up at different places, but their responsibility for the outcome is equal. I think G4 does a good job of that. G5 feels like Disney, which has randomly-superpowered Princesses. There was a stab at that, yes. But even this was unearned character by character. How was control gained over the plant-magic, again? This isn't something the earth ponies have done to gain powers, which is what I think of as earning the powers.
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I been tryna call
I’ve been on my own for long enough
Maybe you can show me how to love, maybe
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I feel it in my bones
A need to be your god
A need to strike you down
When order disappeared
And madness took control
The conscience in me drowned
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A reckoned will
The strive for power
To keep me still
Through the darkest hours
A beacon for these citizens
Protect and make them whole again
Don't let them see
That I've been shaken
My confidence
Was swiftly taken
When shadows fall on bitter lands
Their fates will rest in my own hands
The phoenix born again
In the ashes of the end
With open eyes, I'll bring the fire
Turning of the fates
We're blind to our mistakes
So hear my words to stay inspired
Life and death
Blood and snow
We'll eclipse the dead below
Flesh and bone
Bound and free
I will bring us victory
Marching north
Riding strong
Our own road ahead is long
Clench your teeth
Kill your fear
On this borderless frontier
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It's silent down here, hey I want to get loud again
You'll hold the thunder while I bring the rain
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I tried my best with you
You claim the same
Somehow we’re strangers but share this pain
Keep writing letters I’ll never send
Don’t want you moving on when it’s my end
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I've been writing a G1 fic, and it's interesting how G1 dealt with the difference. The character that best represents this is 'Magic Star' she performs magic... with a friggin wand The unicorns are all pretty fey and have a sparkly 'winking out' magic in their nature (which conforms to legend). You don't need to have wings or horns to be special. What you need, is drive. Anyhoof, G5's problem in terms of lore is that plant magic could have worked, but it's incredibly vague in G5, like most of G5's lore. Compare what G5 says about magic, to what G4 does. In Boast Busters we had an idea of magic that transcends anything that G5 did: most unicorns' magic conforms to their talent, but if you try very hard you can be like Twilight, a unicorn with access to all spells! You have unicorns struggling to cast more powerful spells. In contast, G5's earth pony magic (and all magic tbh) feels unearned and random.
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"Paradise" just the word. Over and over. she's a pony, ofc, and the star of my G1 fic. There's a reason she's the star, though Paradise is the part of us still in the garden.
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GALLUS
Almost certainly Gallus' name is derived from the Latin for chicken
But I am a hopeless romantic after reading too much Semillon on Fimfic and here is an alternative derivation 'Galut': "the feeling of a nation uprooted from its homeland and subject to alien rule".
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