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  1. OptimisticNeighsayer
    You mention that Yona works as the main character for this episode for two reasons: Her being the most “emotional and vulnerable” and the “least ladylike” of the Student Six. I think a third aspect, as I mentioned in my EQD review, makes her struggle especially deep and revealing: Yak culture, as we’ve seen in “Party Pooped” and elsewhere, doesn’t place a high value on imitation or accept the “When in Rome” principle fully. For even a yak to feel pressured into “fitting in” not only heightens her struggle, but shows how pervasive a tendency toward imitation (or as you might put it, assimilation) is in pony culture. The fact that this is the first time the School (eventually) had a real cultural exchange is indeed one of the episode’s great innovations over episodes prior. While some may dismiss an episode like this as filler, I suspect that the experiences the Mane Six have here will be very informative as they prepare to take over Equestria, starting the cultural reform that sees friendship not in terms of similarities (as the pervasiveness of the “assimilation” idea shows), but respect that transcends differences.
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    It is done. 

    I am now a “colleague of Abe Lincoln” (in the Illinois Chief Justice’s words).

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    To fill in the G4-G5 gap, sure. I’m not sure if Hasbro is willing to make toys of that, though.
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    I'm very sorry, it's just not coming to me. You'll have to find someone else to compose it. The lyrics still haven't inspired any good melody from me, and I really don't have any good experience fitting words to music--especially where the meter of the poem is a bit sparse for the emotion you seem to want to convey.
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    Just to let you know, I still have not yet finished. Will need another week.
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    (0.81, -3). I'm not certain why a meme can't both challenge social norms and be wholesome at the same time though.
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    "Th-thank you," Ivory replied. He knew that he had made a few errors in the playing, particularly on a technically difficult passage in the middle where he ended up playing augmented chords in the left hoof while the back hooves and right hoof played diminished sevenths. But Vivid apparently didn't notice, or wasn't too picky on interpretations. What mattered was the light in her eyes and the smile on her face, a sudden and joyfully-offputting change that gave himself a big, if awkward, grin as well. "Well..." he continued in response to her question. "I didn't intend to actually have this thing moved anywhere. This place is still Royal property, and I heard rumors that Celestia is going to make the Castle a historical site--you seem to know them well, is that true? The console's well bolted to the floor and we could risk ripping up the walls if we try to touch the pipes. My house--and shop--barely has room for this thing in any case." Starlight politely nodded every time Cover-up took a pause in his story. She then took a sip of her own cocoa and reclined back in her chair. "Hmm... Harrowmark... Ormenthal. I unfortunately have not heard of those places, though I grew up in Sire's Hollow, and, well... started my own town in the Northern Mountains before I got kicked out." She then took a great swig of her cocoa, as if to forget about her own dark past. "Maybe Headmare Twilight knows something about them. And she probably does," she said with a chuckling smile. "And no, your tattoos are fine, I understand," she replied. "Nopony likes looking ugly. Now, do you have a place to stay already? If not, I think--but I'll have to check again--we have some extra dorms that you can stay in. Technically I can't assign you a room until you are formally registered but I'm sure Twilight would understand your situation." She was a little surprised that she had to ask that--everything about his background and personality made him seem that he didn't already have a place. OOC: I apologize for nearly forgetting this, @Blitz Boom.
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    No. “Peter” strikes a nice balance between familiarity and rarity for someone of my generation. My surname, on the other hoof, is way too common.
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    Not really. My grades were quite good then, but I do speculate on what it would have been like to get all A’s. I more often wish that my standardized test scores were higher. Interesting. Care to explain?
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    No, I’ve only composed the voice line of the verse so far. I have a number of IRL things on my plate, and the lyrics don’t exactly fit my usual style, so that’s why. I might not be able to finish it until the end of February, but I’ll manage.
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    Alright, I'll do it. When do you need it by?
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    I was wondering if you wanted it to sound like a 20s/30s jazz standard, a Schubertesque Romantic-era Lieder, a Simon and Garfunkel 60s folk song, a hybrid dupstep-electronica-hip hop novelty, or something of that nature. I'm more comfortable in the first two styles.
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    Do you have a particular style in mind?
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    Several years ago, probably around 2012.
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    It sure hasn't been the same since they came up with that weird logo, I can tell you that.
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    Why doesn’t this have more replies? Smolder is clearly the best developed member of the Student Six, a great friend to Spike, and a valuable link to Dragon culture. Praise to the best new character of last season!
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    As both a LEGO and Supreme Court nerd, this is a pleasant surprise:

    https://www.bustle.com/p/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-the-lego-movie-2-cameo-will-see-her-team-up-with-batman-unikitty-like-the-hero-she-is-video-15862350

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    Breakfast to me is a meal eaten before noon and is the first meal eaten of the day. It also should not have things like hamburgers, pizza, chicken strips, steak, macaroni and cheese, etc., otherwise it becomes brunch.
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    Please people, call prosecco prosecco and champagne champagne. You don't want the French and Italians on your tail.

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    I'm a bit confused: You say "The children of our old heroes must rise to the challenge" yet your examples are of children of characters not among the Mane 6.
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    I’ve gone about 42 hours without sleep at most, usually if I had to pull an all-nighter on a paper. I don’t know if I can go longer.
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    The standard deduction for a single filing for tax year 2018 is $12,000.
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    A judge. Ideally, I would be on the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, which deals with a lot of patent cases, as IP was my specialty in law school. I won’t have the political clout or resume to get on the Supreme Court, though one can dream.
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    Not until this thread.
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    The original Star Wars, and probably the original Star Wars trilogy itself, was certainly a cinematic watershed at the time they came out, and are still praised by many today, including many of the fans that bash the newer movies. The TV format seems better suited if your concern is worldbuilding or consistent and steady character development. But movies can create a sense of space and epicness that certainly characterizes the Star Wars franchise. So both have their place. You just need the right writers and directors working on each.
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