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Well it IS the universal constant, messing with that shows you mean business.
I guess in a fight, the villains like to go for the... solar plexus. :D
If you want to establish a villainous reputation, you need to make sure your opposition is... overshadowed.
Better come up with a good counter, or it's... lights out.
Dang, you make one sun joke and then everyone is fission for bad puns to join the banter. :D
I just don't see the point of all this. Perhaps someone could illuminate it for me? It's left me feeling a bit isolated.
I'd shed some light on the matter, but I too am in the dark.
I guess the part where its about bad puns came off as a little nuclear in context? :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uQ76qrlK78\
http://famelessface.deviantart.com/art/CSI-Ponyville-262733944?q=boost%3Apopular%20csi%20friendship%20is%20magic&qo=1 (the last panel)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CERJNZs7O6g&feature=related
You all can decide which one goes where.
Puns aside, the PCs now have to find that dragon and... smoke him out.
Really? I would have said that Celestia's just being....
Eclipsed.
Eclipsed.
Smaug: "Hey! Who are you calling a monster?"
Correction: Cadence and Shining Armor combined are the most powerful in all of Equestria. Chrysalis defeated Celestia, and Cadence and Shining Armor combined their power to defeat Chrysalis.
True, though it was two against one where Celestia was by herself. I wonder what a combined Celestia/Luna attack would be like?
To be specific:
The Power of Love is* the greatest power in Equestria.
This is true even when the love in question is stolen, as demonstrated by Queen Chrysalis
*or at least one of
The Power of Love is* the greatest power in Equestria.
This is true even when the love in question is stolen, as demonstrated by Queen Chrysalis
*or at least one of
what about evil villains who are good friends vs true love between good ponies.
I get the feeling that Celestial was understandably reluctant to display the true power of her fully armed and operational battle station.
Your logic makes sense, but I have to say that we should leave out deciding what the most powerful force in Equestria is until ponies start using death magic or blood magic... Or both.
Shining armor won because his special talent was relevant. Celestia's special talent is the sun, which would have taken sixteen minutes round trip to use, during which time Chrysalis would have moved.
Celestia was holding back. She could've fried Chrysalis without even blinking if she wanted.
I suppose it would be a principality. The fact that a queen rules doesn't make it the United Queendom (which sounds like a gay pride parade in a bad comedy movie).
Nope, this is the most powerful is:
http://seanmirrsen.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4joz80
http://seanmirrsen.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4joz80
http://seanmirrsen.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4x63iz
All fanon aside, Celestia's notional combat prowess is largely a mystery. She's important because she's the Princess of Equestria and keeps the sun moving on schedule (a task whose actual difficulty is hard to judge in cartoon-land) -- but we don't know of a single canon battle she's ever *won* that didn't also involve the Elements of Harmony, so far.
As such, calling her "the new Worf" seems to be missing the point a bit because Celestia has never fully been *established* as as a major physical badass in the first place. (If anypony on the show wears that particular hat, I'd say the mane underneath is more likely a bit more rainbow-colored.)
As such, calling her "the new Worf" seems to be missing the point a bit because Celestia has never fully been *established* as as a major physical badass in the first place. (If anypony on the show wears that particular hat, I'd say the mane underneath is more likely a bit more rainbow-colored.)
Aside from the sun thing her only actual power feat was cancelling Twilight's spell in Lesson Zero.
Ah catching the not-so-subtle hint from the dm of impending disaster if you ignore the quest. Forever a classic.
Hey, it's the hook for a new quest. You gotta establish the stakes ASAP.
Railroading is totally acceptable early on so that the players know what they're supposed to do, and can completely wreck things later. =p
Railroading is totally acceptable early on so that the players know what they're supposed to do, and can completely wreck things later. =p
I find it sad when some of my players don't want to go do what the very point of the game is about - Adventuring.
that's what that was about?
well, that instantly makes it alot funnier
well, that instantly makes it alot funnier
Was Pinkie's last line a reference to her "twitchy tail" tendencies?
Also, Pavlov. I think.
Well, no, those were obvious. I was just wondering if it was also a nod to the other.
#840. Even if it would have immediately solved the last six adventures, I won't throw dynamite in every well I come across.
read the 2050 things that Mr. Welch can no longer do in an RPG. It is awesome. http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html
read the 2050 things that Mr. Welch can no longer do in an RPG. It is awesome. http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html
Mostly awesome. The guy's like Daffy Duck at his worst sometimes, mistaking contrariness for creativity.
AJ: It seems your campaigns in Equestria have this perpetual darkness theme. Did you do a lot of planning for that when you writing out our campaign against NMM?
DM: What? No, of course not. It's not like I specifically made a quest to come up with an alternate way to raise crops until you defeated her. Or a scenario where an artificial curfew was imposed so that ponies all went to sleep and woke up at relatively the same time. Or a sweet little filly that would ask "Mommy, will the sun come back in time for my birthday?" and the mother would cry and it would melt your hearts and you GUESSED IT ALL IN THE FIRST FREAKING SESSION.
TS:...Sorry.
DM:Just..just go deal with the dragon already.
Los Angeles? That's an allusion to the season of Angel when the Beast blocked out the sun, right?
Hmm, I wonder who would be who if you tried to fit the MLP characters into roles from the Buffyverse. I totally say that Lyra should be Lorne, and Gilda might make a good Spike (the BtVS Spike, obviously), but other than that, I don't have much.
Hmm, I wonder who would be who if you tried to fit the MLP characters into roles from the Buffyverse. I totally say that Lyra should be Lorne, and Gilda might make a good Spike (the BtVS Spike, obviously), but other than that, I don't have much.
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Y U TAKE ALL THE GOOD JOKES?
But I kid. I just love/hate how good all these alt-scripts are.
@Jason Shadow: No, I'm pretty sure that was just a jab at L.A. in general.
Alternate line for the filly:
Filly:"Mommy, I...I broke your vase the day before the sun went away. Did the sun leave because I did that? I'm really sorry. I tried putting it back together with glue, but it's not working right. Can you help me put it back together? And *sniff* can you tell the sun I'm sorry? Please, Mommy?"
...Great, now I'm depressed.
Read this as I was listening to a sad song, woo~
/claws out own throat and dies
/claws out own throat and dies
Filly: "Mommy, when is the sun coming out? It's so dark and I'm scared and I tried to go sleep like you told me to when I'm scared but then I saw the night mare and I woke up, but it was still dark so I'm scared again. Is Celestia angry at us?"
Mom: "No my child, she is just... sleeping."
Filly: "Why doesn't somepony wake her up, so we can have the sun back?"
Mom: *sobbing* "I don't know..."
aaand a special "DM guilt" edition:
Filly:"Mommy, why is the dark mare so mean to us? Isn't she the sun mare's sister? Doesn't that mean they both have a mommy of their own? Whenever I'm bad, you scold me. Why isn't the dark mare's mommy scolding her, mommy? ...Mommy, why are you crying?
And in case you didn't have enough tears, here's this:
http://egophiliac.deviantart.com/art/eternal-night-265676790
Since June should not start with so much sadness, I am going to share something rather absurd.
Do you remember when the Celestia doll was pink, because stores wanted her in that colour? It turns out that the stores weren't wrong. It's just that neither the stores nor the show were ever able to accurately portray Celestia's colour, and opted for equally (in)valid approximations.
What colour is Celestia, you may ask?
She's invisible pink.
Do you remember when the Celestia doll was pink, because stores wanted her in that colour? It turns out that the stores weren't wrong. It's just that neither the stores nor the show were ever able to accurately portray Celestia's colour, and opted for equally (in)valid approximations.
What colour is Celestia, you may ask?
She's invisible pink.
No, no, see, Celestia isn't herself invisible. It's the shade of her coat's colour that's invisible, even though the coat itself can clearly be seen.
Paradox is fun, especially when you don't have to take it seriously.
Paradox is fun, especially when you don't have to take it seriously.
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=blue+screen+of+death#/dp0dam
To your Mind
Well, Nietzche Moon managed to send her away for a little while that one time in the pilot, and I understand she was hiding out in a bowling alley during the Discordian incident.
Invisible Pink Unicorn, eh? Don't worry Zuche, I get the reference. :D
The moment I heard about the dolls, it clicked. I could hardly have believed that coincidence would throw a joke like that at me out of nowhere, because it was just too perfect for words.
It was the same way when I realized that one of the background characters, the one responsible for much havoc at town hall in The Last Roundup, is a blonde with a bubble butt. I refuse to believe that one was a coincidence.
It was the same way when I realized that one of the background characters, the one responsible for much havoc at town hall in The Last Roundup, is a blonde with a bubble butt. I refuse to believe that one was a coincidence.
They're just trivial connections. Absence of design doesn't make them less real, but might make them more amusing to some.
Here's another one. In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle tells of her attempt to get into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns.
That's right. Twilight was nearly a C-Pony.
Here's another one. In "The Cutie Mark Chronicles", Twilight Sparkle tells of her attempt to get into Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns.
That's right. Twilight was nearly a C-Pony.
Also, the thing about the dolls just soared over my head. Invisible pink could reference invisible pink elephants, but you lost me where the dolls came in.
Another example, when you referenced Derpy, the "blonde with a bubble butt", but took care not to mention her by name. Was that significant, you chose not to say it, or did you just not know it?
Trivial, indeed.
Well, I don't wish to engage in floccinaucinihilipilication, but I will answer your questions. The name was omitted on a whim. Regardless of which version of the episode you saw, you could identify the pony.
A Google search will explain the Invisible Pink Unicorn better than I can. I'd try, but I suspect I'd only make it more confusing at this point.
As for the C-Ponies, if Twilight had been accepted into Princess C's group, she'd be the equivalent of someone in Professor X's team. Sorry if I'm explaining them poorly.
A Google search will explain the Invisible Pink Unicorn better than I can. I'd try, but I suspect I'd only make it more confusing at this point.
As for the C-Ponies, if Twilight had been accepted into Princess C's group, she'd be the equivalent of someone in Professor X's team. Sorry if I'm explaining them poorly.
Then that means C-Pony does not equal Sea Pony, like I thought.
And my new religion is now invisible pink unicorns. Thank you very much..
Dragon: Cover up the sun with smoke.
Discord: Switch the sun and moon really quickly.
Chrysalis: KO the sun pony.
The sun seems to be the yardstick for trouble in Equestria.