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  1. Night Sky
    After half a lifetime spent being friends with D&D people, without being one myself, I feel strangely vindicated after watching this episode.
  2. Night Sky
    Our ancestors all over the world used to call it Magic. Thor and his Asgardians call it Technology. Nowadays, most modern folks call it Untreated Mental illness. I call it Princess Power, and if you're reading this, I'm here to say that it's got something for you too. There are some trips that only the Princesses can take you on. And if you just chill out, sit back with your favorite mellow music playing, and gaze into either of these two images, they're gonna take you places.
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    !!!ZOMG!!! EVERYPONY LOOK! Equestria Daily has accepted my drawing of Twilight Sparkle! 

    [proceeds to bounce off of the walls all night long]

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    1. Sparklefan1234

      Sparklefan1234


      @Night Sky Congratulations, Bestie! :fimyay:
       

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      Night Sky

      Thank you, Bestie! I'm thrilled, it feels like a first anyways. I don't really know how big it is or isn't to get your stuff on EQ Daily, but to me this was big. Part of that's on my end, but EQ is a historic site in this fandom, I consider it an honor to be preserved there.

  4. Night Sky

    Tisk tisk...

    https://www.tumblr.com/nightskyofequestria/784911366324731904/when-an-entire-herd-of-ponies-are-acting-like-a?source=share

  5. Night Sky
    - Human greed is extraordinarily deadly. For us all. That so few people could get away with doing so much damage to others and to the planet, says as much about the rest of us as it does about the 1% of the 1%. Maybe we're all greedy, and they're just the best or the most successful at it. I personally don't consider that a political statement. To my mind anyway, that's not a statement about politics, it's a statement about Values. FIM is a show that has and is about values. That should be obvious if you watch it. But if it isn't, one of the voice actresses states this important point explicitly in the special features of the Gen 4 film. I think a lot of people who scream about other people's greed still feel that, somewhere in shuffle, there is space and resources for them to spend money they don't have on stuff they don't need. As you said, the change would need to be drastic, and everyone would have to embrace it together. That's not a statement about politics, it's a statement about Harmony. - Ha. Now that I'm on Tumblr I'm seeing those criticisms of the fact that the Kingdom of Equestria is a monarchy. That makes me laugh. I'm probably drifting close to the danger zone here so I'll stop. However, a lot of people have no sense of irony, at all. That in and of it self is not a political statement, it is a statement about Humor. Anyone can PM me for clarification if you don't get the joke.
  6. Night Sky
    Precisely, we cannot be Ponies in the human world, we have to go to Equestria to be ponies. But we can come back with the heart of a pony within us, and this world will be the better for it.
  7. Night Sky
    Pony Consciousness is Compassionate Consciousness. Because the Ponies are not estranged from Nature the way we are, they have over the Eons developed a potent magic that allows them to interface with their biosphere in much more subtle, and powerful ways than we can. The Alicorn Princesses are one of very most potent manifestations of this relationship. They appear according to laws and timing that we wouldn't understand. There's an element of Will and Choice to it, but I suspect Instinct plays an important role as well. So, Alicorn Princesses can regulate the temperature of the Sun, or keep the Moon properly calibrated. And that keeps the tolerances tighter on how nuts ponies can get. Here on the human Earth, we've had some problems with that. But the Alicorn Princesses of Equestria can also divert asteroids and comets to prevent catastrophic, world ending impacts. Those really are very rare though. More often, they just keep the weather patterns predictable, within reason, to see to it that crops don't fail or that animal populations don't decline. The biodiversity is maintained, though not in a greedy way. So, the ponies are very close to nature and they can work with it more effectively and proactively than we can. But they have humility and thus a sense of belonging and surrender that we lack. They are not magical overlords who dominate their environment. Rather, the ponies really are in Harmony with their surroundings, and I suspect that, even though the Elements of Harmony represent the aspects of Friendship, that they are somehow based upon the foundation of this wonderous and gentle relationship the ponies have to their world. This, all of this has deeply informed pony culture, norms, customs and rituals. Of course, the ponies are still in the material creation. Life is not perfect in Equestria. I feel that they too are an intermediate category world. But that is a wide section of bandwidth and they are still quite comfortably ahead of us. Thus, if we can cultivate Pony Consciousness in ourselves, both our culture and our environment will benefit and heal massively from their most excellent example.
  8. Night Sky

    mega thread What are you thinking?

    Night Sky replied to Tabe's topic in General Discussion

    Been wondering this myself lately.
  9. Night Sky
    I've gotten Night Sky set up on Tumblr and DeviantArt! https://www.tumblr.com/nightskyofequestria https://www.deviantart.com/nightskyeup Hoof to Hoof, a herd undivided.
  10. Night Sky

    Night Sky is now on Tumblr! Follow for Follow, and you know I'll be watching if you do!

    https://www.tumblr.com/nightskyofequestria

    Join me! Stay tuned for Night Sky on DA coming soon. Honestly, I don't know if signing on at either Tumblr or DA even means anything anymore, but in Equestria we have our traditions for good reasons, so when in Rome...

  11. Night Sky
    The Ponies dedication to the institution of Friendship does not often get fail tested the way it did in this episode. The Griffins are cranky and bullish, but they are so depressed and beaten down by their own indolence, that they basically follow where the Ponies lead by this point in the series. The yaks are a proud race, and can be abrasive, but they respect the ponies and are keen to modernize. The Kirins are just emotionally unstable second cousins. No...it's (relatively) easy for Ponies to be friends with other Ponies, or with kindred species who are clearly followers and not leaders. But Thorax represented a real test of the ponies true merit. Xenophobia can make any species profoundly ugly, regardless of how well they treat each other. Fortunately, Spike, himself an outsider who can understand anyone, and Twilight Sparkle, the Avatara of Friendship itself, were on hand. It was nice to see Twilight confidently flex her muscles as an Alicorn Princess, and declare that there was still something about Friendship they could learn. It's easy to make friends when everything starts out on the right hoof. How would things have gone, had Thorax's leap of faith not been caught in a friendly manner? Spike wasn't the only one in this episode who took repeated plunges.
  12. Night Sky
    RD gets a badly needed dose of her own medicine, as orchestrated by her favorite accomplice. I trust that this comment is self-explanatory and not in need of a commentary upon it.
  13. Night Sky
    As a Pinewood Derby survivor, I can tell you, this episode is a salutary which should be required viewing for all children and parents. Schools large and small, public and private invariably find ways, gross and subtle, to put parents into competition with each other. It almost always results in an unsatisfactory experience for the young ones. They're not competing with each other, its one parents investment against all others. Usually, engineers, or doctors or lawyers are the parents of the winners of these races...go figure. And even if they're not. Events like these strongly favor some temperaments over others, some skill sets over others. I got past the first meet of the pine wood derby and thought I was gonna kill it at the next event. I was trailing the pack by almost an entire foot. My Dad had worked his ass off, I didn't do anything. So why was I even embarrassed and bummed out when I did not win Le Mans? No one, not my Dad who had competed before me, nor my Scout Mistress! Ooo, yes those were a thing and I had one, nor any of my buddies even faintly suggested that I might lose. My Dad couldn't be with me at the second event. His best friend took me and took a picture...right after the race...I don't think he realized he was taking a photo of a kid who had just had his ego SMASHED!!! You know what, life was going to do that to me in a more poignant, more meaningful, less flippant manner sooner or later. Therefore, if I had it to do over again, I am not sure I would participate again. Maybe I would, but only if I could have somehow told my father to keep his hands off. If it had been my car, then the loss would have been mine and the car would be too. After the race my father took the car and kept it in some drawer, and it is years gone now. What did it really mean to him? Why was he so worried that I'd just ruin it? And if he really was, why did he let it get lost, as it certainly now is? These questions have no answers, but if it weren't for events like these, I wouldn't be asking the questions to begin with.
  14. Night Sky
    I've been eating at restaurants like The Tasty Treat my whole life, they come and go. So it was really nice to see Rarity and Pinkie Pie sticking up for Saffron Masala and Coriander Cumin.
  15. Night Sky

    [This status is a cross reference of my recent post about Stranger Than Fan Fiction (FIM S6E13). I want to know what every pony thinks, I can't let this just sink into the archive of things ponies have said about the FIM episodes. Am I worried about nothing? This episode has left me terribly uneasy. I explain my reasons below and I want to hear what every pony else thinks.]

    I grew up with the first three Indiana Jones films.

    Regardless, Daring Do doesn't quite do it for me.

    It's like, we have Rainbow Dash being Rainbow Dash, so why do we need Daring Do?

    Now, if Rainbow Dash were Daring Do, for some really messed up reason, that would make for a very interesting arc.

    But, any time we do have a Daring Do episode, I am left wondering over questions I don't quite like.

    Is A.K. Yearling really Daring Do?

    To my eyes, Daring Do actually looks a lot like a lemon colored Rainbow Dash, with a lifeless grey mane.

    Rainbow Dash, of course, knows more about both A.K. Yearling and Daring Do than any pony, and no one is gonna say she's not the most awesome superfan. 

    Of course not.

    Have we really carefully examined the behavior of any and all other ponies whenever Daring Do and Rainbow Dash are in the same room together?

    Why was Twilight Sparkle really so sad at the beginning of this episode? 

    Why was Quibble Pants actually so imbittered?

    Why was Doctor Caballeron paid for his appearance in this episode with gold from Venezuela's central bank?

    By the Moonlight of Princess Luna, what about that body pillow? 

    Did A.K. Yearling AKA Daring Do ever travel under the name "Daine Selwyn?"

    Can we go back in time and get David Lynch on the phone?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

    !!!!!!COFFEE!!!!!!     

  16. Night Sky
    I grew up with the first three Indiana Jones films. Regardless, Daring Do doesn't quite do it for me. It's like, we have Rainbow Dash being Rainbow Dash, so why do we need Daring Do? Now, if Rainbow Dash were Daring Do, for some really messed up reason, that would make for a very interesting arc. But, any time we do have a Daring Do episode, I am left wondering over questions I don't quite like. Is A.K. Yearling really Daring Do? To my eyes, Daring Do actually looks a lot like a lemon colored Rainbow Dash, with a lifeless grey mane. Rainbow Dash, of course, knows more about both A.K. Yearling and Daring Do than any pony, and no one is gonna say she's not the most awesome superfan. Of course not. Have we really carefully examined the behavior of any and all other ponies whenever Daring Do and Rainbow Dash are in the same room together? Why was Twilight Sparkle really so sad at the beginning of this episode? Why is Quibble Pants actually so embittered? Why was Doctor Caballeron paid for his appearance in this episode with gold from Venezuela's central bank? By the Moonlight of Princess Luna, what about that body pillow? Did A.K. Yearling AKA Daring Do ever travel under the name "Daine Selwyn?" Can we go back in time and get David Lynch on the phone!?!?!?!?!?! !!!!!!COFFEE!!!!!!
  17. Night Sky
    Kudos to Fluttershy for not putting up with her brother's BS and finally setting him on the path to being worth anything, shame on Fluttershy's parents for not having the heart to kick his @55 out. Zeyphr a loser, an embarrassment. I've had struggles I've had to work through to find a job I like, or to discover my real identity, or to make it on my own. I'm also embarrassed by that, and it has taught me humility and gratefulness for all the people who have pitched in and tried to help me, to whatever degree they did so. But to receive that kind of charity and act like Zeyphr, he's lucky to not be sleeping in a sewage viaduct.
  18. Night Sky
    Yes, I do. I can't stand liking a song's melody but not being able to decipher the lyrics. Any time I hear anything over the PA that I think I'd like, out comes my phone.
  19. Night Sky
    I feel great this morning.
  20. Night Sky
    A neat slice of life episode, it's neat to have an entire drama centered on the Spa itself, as opposed to it's just being a stop along the way. I liked how Aloe Vera called AJ AppleYak!
  21. Night Sky
    This episode was hilarious, simply a scream. A well enacted screwball comedy of errors that all turns out well in the end.
  22. Night Sky
    First, there was Scrooge McDuck. Second, there was Michael Caine. Third, there was Patrick Stewart! Fourth, there is Starlight Glimmer... Fascinating...that is certainly worth a Vulcan eyebrow raise, but I'll take it. Also, Princess Luna as the Ghost of Hearth's Warming future was perfect!
  23. Night Sky
    My Starship Wishlist: 1.) United Planets Cruiser (C57D Class) 2.) Excelsior or Miranda Class Starship, whichever Starfleet Command wanted to give me. 3.) Spaceball One, if I was in the mood for something large... 4.) V'Ger, if I was in the mood for something larger than large... 5.) Event Horizon, for trick or treating on Nightmare Night Any of these would do quite nicely, thank you. In the case of a Starship, the accomodations really are more important than the journey and any of these would be just grand conveyances for some epic interstellar Bunburying jaunts, a grand olde tyme could be had with any of these vessels.
  24. Night Sky
    Especially of late in the series, Dash's ego had simply been out of hand. She had made progress beforehand, and it's not that she'd taken any steps backwards, but really, bragging is pretty much all Dash has had to do of late at this point in the show. Dash and Fluttershy have been way in the background for a lot of season 5 and 6, so this episode featuring her was a long overdue return to AWESOME and a refueling of Cool, the tank is now 20% fuller. She seems to have gotten it straight in her head, and is able to admit it. Fitting in matters at least as much as standing out does. Life is a careful balancing act between the two. I can relate to acting five different ways just because I thought it would make people like me. The pain of realizing that I'd made a fool of myself is not something I'm likely to forget. But persistence is key, and learning to have the slightest sense of humor about one's self, like say about a nickname like Crash, can be the key. And thus, Rainbow Dash is able to pull herself together and just BE a Wonderbolt, now that she's finally earned it.
  25. Night Sky
    A very important episode. It shows that both Trixie and Starlight Glimmer are now decisively on the right side of history. They both still have their issues and past to deal with, but from this episode onwards, now they have each other. It is well and good to have one best friend. But what about when you have two really great friends with some history between them? Or a good person has a bad reputation? It gets complicated. And this episode does a good job of illustrating that. Despite meaning well, Princess Twilight Sparkle is yet to establish a particularly impressive batting average as Starlight Glimmer's teacher. But she believes in Starlight and Starlight believes in her, and somehow they and Trixie manage to keep it together and pull through this critical jam and now they can really move forwards together. Good thing too, we wouldn't want a war with the Changelings without Starlight and Trixie and Discord. It's totally perfect that Cranky Doodle Donkey wouldn't hesitate to speak his mind, or ask Princess Celestia about something he was curious to know. He pays his taxes and has been around.
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