Friendship is Dragons
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Page 335 - Caption of Industry
Author Notes:
Newbiespud's Note: No Guest Author's Note for this one. I like this page, though - it feels like it's poking some fun at the whole screencap comic process. One of my favorite things to do in this comic is take distinct images from the show and give them new context. ...Though some reinterpretations are more clever than others.
PCs and GMs often have different interpretations on any given scene. For example, a mafia don:
GM: He probably lives in a big posh mansion with inevasive security hidden around the premise and some well trained, but lightly armed guards.
PC: He probably lives in the basement of that pizzaria and everyone eating there carries a tommy gun, especially that old lady behind the counter. They probably got Chuck Norris for security too.
(Spoiler: Bruce Lee kills him.)
At least tonights nightmares won't lack situational comedy...
Raxon, if you've never read the story, the ending sounds like something you'd have written, only with fewer links.
That's just a story Texan parents tell their kids to scare them into behaving.
"I'm glad you enjoyed the soup."
"Now, if you want the antidote, you'll do exactly as we say."
"Why rely on the old comforting remedies of the past..."
"...when you can be cured by cold unfeeling SCIENCE?"
"You think that's spicy?"
"I have condensed the essence of spiciness into pill form. Try that on for size!"
¿Who are these mysterious ponies only referenced at the end of this sentence? ¿Why do they oppose helping Philamena?
Example phrases:
Singular: "This peasant doesn't know their place." "This set of fossilized bones has their back 3rd spinal disk covered in crystals."
Plural: "They're going over there to their lair." "The hair lair there they're scouting contains their chair."
RavenscroftRAVEN 11th Sep 2013, 12:12 PM:
> "'Their' is a common use word, notably not to be confused with 'they're' or 'there'. 'Their' is used frequently in the English language to denote 'in the possession of' someone or something. 'Their' is an odd word in that much like deer or elk, there is no plural form, the plural is the same as the singular. As it is gender-neutral, "their" is frequently used as a singular when gender is unknown or when speaking about an object. In the terms of this comic, it can be assumed Twilight and the narrator know Philomena is a female pheonix, so there is a consideration that Twilight does not consider Philomena a valid being and is instead an object to be solved to her."
Just because something is common, does not make it right. Try this:
“Twilight makes the bird take the medicine against her will.”
Even if Twilight Sparkle did not know that Philamena is a female, one could write it thus:
“Twilight makes the bird take the medicine against its will.”
> "Example phrases:"
>"Singular:"
> "'This peasant doesn't know their place.' 'This set of fossilized bones has their back 3rd spinal disk covered in crystals.'"
Only Prince BlueBlood could notice a peasant acts inappropriately, yet not notice whether the peasant is a mare or stallion. Normal ponies should use "his" or "her"; while Prince BlueBlood can use 'its' which is strangely appropriate, since he treats every pony as an inanimate object anyway. One should write the second example thus:
“This set of fossilized bones has its back 3rd spinal disk covered in crystals.”
Plural: "'They're going over there to their lair.' 'The hair lair there they're scouting contains their chair.'"
“They” is a plural pronoun, so you used it correctly.
Prepare a screencap filler comic complete with text bubbles...but no text.
Everyone leaves a comment of their own script for the comic.
Then everyone votes on their favorite, and you put that up as the text for the archive.
Anyway I just started playing games like pathfinder and D&D, and a friend on a forum randomly threw this link out, and I've been reading for the past six hours now. I'm really excited to see where it goes, and have been enjoying it immensely.
Yes, this comic pokes fun at the idea process of creating a comic. And like most comics written this way the punchline is unexpected...and hilarious.
And the whole "their" part that's for some reason being a huge deal here. I used their because I usually get it's and its mixed up. Better to have an adjective that works rather than a possible grammar mistake.
I could have said her but I didn't know the bird's gender and didn't want a 50/50 shot at getting it wrong. Also getting it wrong would lead to the same discussion of this whole "their" conversation.