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  1. That sounds like Fallout, or something with equally loose physics. "Any interesting space drive [can be] a weapon of mass destruction. It only matters how long you want to wait for maximum damage."
  2. According to the link, proposing yourself to be a deity is a little bit ostentatious, is it not? Forgive the imposition, but it's curious that the page is marked "Comedian".
  3. The Commodore-64 is the best-selling single computer model of all time. It's held this record since 1985.
  4. My theory is that magic is a fifth fundamental force, after gravity, electromagnetism, and the strong and weak nuclear. Magic exists in several immaterial ways, one of which is chaotic. Chaotic magic is generally not as abundant in the universe as other forms.
  5. It's because they're making 26 episodes per year. Movies typically take two years to make, and their final working time is about two hours of movie: 2*60=120 minutes in 2 years. My Little Pony seasons normally have 26 episodes and are made in under a year, which are made according to the Digital NTSC Serial: 26*(23:00) = 598 minutes in 1 year. So there's one reason. The distinguishing factor between My Little Pony and many other animated television programs is, as always, due to the production style. Almost every company has their own method, which can involve varying degrees of hand-drawn work (digitally drawn or traditional), which will forever be a slowdown. But the effect of spending more time on animation is always quality. If you think South Park and MLP have comparable quality in terms of how much you enjoy them, fair enough; I'm not talking about that kind of quality. I'm talking about technical competence, detail, extraneous "flavor" added in, which is only afforded through extra time, extra work and extra money, which ratchets up the production scale. The Simpsons for many years was drawn and then scanned and digitized. Now, the Simpsons does what Family Guy did from their beginning: entirely digitized painting and drawing. The biggest seperation between Family Guy or the Simpsons from My Little Pony or South Park is that the latter two are not made in pure digital drawing, but in a form of Flash animation, using vector sprites. This speeds up some kinds of work but slows down other, and the main draw of choosing flash is that it facilitates a certain visual look which is difficult or impossible to do otherwise. All in all, the simple explanation is that My Little Pony from the very start was given a very specific designed look, which requires a certain amount of time to make to a satisfactory degree. And the degree of quality which MLP has been made to, ever since season 1, has been increasing.
  6. Kinda doubt that Starlight Glimmer is River Song, but the theory is.... well I'm gonna say completely bonkers.
  7. There's a theory which is converse to the accepted theory of proton light transmission, called "Darksuckers". Darksucker Theory isn't as much of a scientific hypothesis as much as it is a useful thought-experiment to get your mind around particle behavior. In Darksucker theory, there is no such thing as a light source. Everything is ubiquitously dark by default, and "light sources" vacuum away darkness which is normally emitted by everything. When this sucking action is imbalanced, our eyes can perceive information which would normally be inhibited by the darkness being emitted by our eyes, bodies, and the object to be seen. From a physics standpoint, the concept is somewhat ridiculous but it's an exercise on how to think about unconventional concepts "backwards". Perhaps the moon is a darksucker in MLP, except it's a lightsucker.
  8. It's tough to beat Calvin & Hobbes for likability and timelessness.
  9. Do parody religions such as Russel's Teapot, Utah Teapot, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Invisible Pink Unicornism and $cientology count as paganism, or are they just mumbo-jumbo invented by wiseguys?
  10. Day 1560: Nopony has realized that secretly I am santa I am not a spy, but actually a stylized statue
  11. NVidia Experience and the Xbox App in Windows 10 are both free and fairly effective screen capturing programs.
  12. Deer, Elk, Moose, Reindeer, Magic flying Reindeer, Griffons, Zebra, Giraffes, Gazelles, Goats and Donkeys is just a short list of all of the equines which I think consitute species in the world where My Little Pony takes place. Equestria is not the world, but a large and well-developed country.
  13. I just watched Crusaders of the Lost Mark. It's the beginning of the end, friends!

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    2. I used to be a stranger

      I used to be a stranger

      Starring John Ponehorne and William Shattered

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      I think they said that back at the end of season 3 too.

    4. I used to be a stranger

      I used to be a stranger

      I'm pretty sure making Twilight a princess was an indicator of further stories to explore. Closure about Big Macintosh+Applebloom, Apple parents, Cutie Mark Crusaders getting their CMs", making amends with Diamond Tiara, Gilda... it gives me the impression that they're tying up loose ends. Trixie was like a one-off, but now we only have a handful of characters remaining belligerent.

  14. My headcanon is that Mrs. Cake's maiden name is "O'Sugar"; which would fit perfectly with her first name, Cup. What I really like is that at different moments you see that they each take charge, being the head of the family in different circumstances. This conveys a great deal of community and communication between them.
  15. Ih, not gonna write a novel, but I am putting together a story which I hope to actually write sooner or later.
  16. I can make a message using only one word. Rather, a tone. -.-. --- -- . -.. -.-- / .. ... / .- .-.. .-.. / .- -... --- ..- - / - .. -- .. -. --. --..-- / .- -. -.. / ... --- / .. ... / -- --- .-. ... . .-.-.-
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