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    I like the combat, but it seems really clumsy at times because enemies take way to much punishment for the fighting to flow right, when one simple redcoat takes like two counter attacks and a dozen stab wounds to kill, it kinda breaks the mood. I feel like it's to hard to trigger kill moves outside of things like the human shield bit and managing to knock someone down and finish them.
     
    That, and I wish the game started a little quicker.
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    Someone tell me why it is I can sit here all day drawing parallels between MLP and Highlander, and parallels between Twilight and Duncan.
     
    It just fits perfect in my mind that Twilight could be her worlds chosen one, just like Duncan was his worlds.
     
    "A highland child, born on the winter solstice, who has seen both darkness and light"
     
    She's been Discorded, and saved, not unlike Duncan and the Dark Quickening. She was saved by reminders from the mentor that was almost like a second mother to her, when she sent her letters back to show her who she was, and she had been though, Duncan had his fathers sword as a reminder of who he was.
     
    Twilight made an ally of an enemy, just like Duncan befriended Methos, and kept that friendship even knowing he used to ride with horsemen(both Luna and Methos are awkward, and sometimes pragmatic atoners as well). Discord is a good example as well, she was reluctant to accept him, just like Duncan was with Methos when he found out what he was.
     
    She faced Sombra, and defeated him with the love and light from the Crystal heart, just like Duncan defeated Ahriman, a similar being of pure evil, who was also skilled at breaking people with their fears and regrets, by laying down his sword and refusing to fight hate with hate.
     
    Connor, Duncan's mentor, gave him his power to prepare him for the hardest fight of his life.
     
    Celestia is giving Twilight her power, or at least part of it right now.
     
    What does she face next?
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    After some time on the forums, and thinking about this whole crazy pony thing I got a thought. I think I know why it attracts us. The optimism speaks to a part of us down deep inside, the part of our soul hidden away as we grew up. The part that sees the world in black and white. That looks up to heroes and thinks bad guys never win.
     
    As kids we all saw through the darkness of this world to the light. We were truly happy. Remember how happy we was to go with out moms or dads and get a new game or some cartoons on VHS, or getting some "Yu-Gi-Oh" cards(don't tell me you didn't cry at the shows finale when the pharaoh left)? I remember buying a bag of tapes for $5 at the pawnshop.
     
    Heck, for me even going to some yard-sales on the weekend was paradise. Life was so simple to us back then.
     
    Remember elementary school when we knew everyone in our class, and even school was fun?
     
    I think we look at Equestria and see that ideal world we lived in as children and it awakens that part of us. Even dark stories give hope. Grim-dark is a way of facing our own fears and doubts along side heroes we can look up too. Sad stories help us find tears that needed to be shed. I remember when my sister died I didn't cry, but a sad fanfic broke down the wall let me cry for her after over six years.
     
    It's hard to believe I'm talking about pastel ponies, I can hardly believe myself something simple is making such an profound impact. I guess all I can end this with is thanks, to all the people that gave us Pinkie, Fluttershy, Twilight, Applejack, Dash, and Rarity, you've all done more good then you'll ever know.
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    It was two years ago that FiM first aired. I wasn't there in the beginning, but I heard it's story not long after I joined the herd. It's hard to believe that one angry news article and the faith and dedication of one woman's fans created all this.
     
    If you were to tell my child self that My Little Pony would be favorite show someday I'd be perplexed, mainly because I didn't even know there was a cartoon, to me they were just those kinda cool colorful little toys you get in Happy Meals. Yes I had them, and yes I liked them. My Parents were never the kind of people that pushed boy and girl toy category's, heck my older sister grew up on TMNT action figures. You should have been there to hear my Dad's "GI Joe is Barbie for boys" speech, it involved the phrases "hair down to her butt" and "packing an M60 machine gun". You never realize how many good memories you have until you really look back do ya?
     
    Flash forward to November of 2011, and you have me from not long ago. Fresh out of high-school and taking advantage of my new found "muck about on the internet" time. Now, one one of my hobbies is video game collecting, which incidently helped me find bronydom. I was browsing the RFgeneration forums as usual, checking out the "what are you watching right now thread"(I'm sure you've seen those even on here). Someone mentioned they were watching it and I jokingly said maybe I should give it a shot to see it it's really that good. They actually sincerely recommended it. Well, I kinda put it in the back of my mind and moved with my day.
     
    A little later I joined Digitalpress and found it mentioned there too, I was really getting intrigued by this point so I hit up Tvtropes and did my research. The more I read the more interested I became. I browsed some fanart, and generally tested the currents before diving in the the show. I eventually got a new laptop with a bigger HDD and thought "now is as good a time as any". I downloaded season one of FiM as well as "Army of Darkness"(childhood favorite).
     
    The next night I was getting ready to put pizza on and thought "I'll watch one before I eat". In 22min I was going "not bad". In another 22min I was in the living room "I just watched My Little Pony and it was actually good". I will say I don't know weather to be happy or terrified no one around me finds my newfound love of ponies odd.
     
    Well I dived in because I though the show was cool, I started reading fanfic and doing fanart, I just generally had fun with it.
     
    Fast-forward to even later and was come to where I realized how much more than just another show and fandom this was. I stumbled upon a sad fic called "A Filly's Final Dream", popped on "Temporary Home" and started reading. I first I only felt a pang of sadness, but it got stronger and stronger until my tears burst out. At first I cried with the story, but them my thoughts drifted to my sister that passed a few years ago. I had never cried for her, but right then as how much I really missed her set in, I cut loose. It felt like a release to let all of it out after all these years. I felt something else too, I felt hope and faith as that part of me was finally let out. It felt like something was telling me it would be okay, that she found her way home. I bet I sound crazy right now saying this about ponies.
     
    All I can say after all this is thanks to all of you that made this show and community possible. These characters and places my not be real, but a part of them exists in every soul that ever brought them to life.
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