Pinkie Pie: Yeah, the DM’s stuff went into the first two stanzas, but the rest of it…!
Twilight Sparkle: You’re not going to perform the whole sonnet again, aren’t you? Because I feel like you’re about to perform.
DM: Technically, Pinkie Pie can’t speak very coherently at all right now.
Pinkie Pie: Oh come on! Can somepony back me up on this?
(beat)
Pinkie Pie: Pwease?
DM: Technically, you’d have to use your deep manly voice.
Fluttershy: …
I just want to know the deal with the blue spots. I understand Rainbow Dash's weren't visible, but Pinkie and Twilight had them... Question being, where are Fluttershy's blue spots? Her throat?
Actually, the main visual cue for most of them seems to be nose shape. Female ponies have concave bridges, while males have convex ("Roman nose" type) bridges.
Exceptions exist (Fancy Pants), but they're rare and tend to have other exaggerated male characteristics (Fancy Pants' mustache, in this case).
CJT: There are females with more rectangular noses (like the princesses or Zecora) and males with more rounded noses (Snips and Snails for example).
So yeah, eyelashes are a better way to identify males and females in the show, and that's why Rarity is a trap :D
For the princesses and Zecora, look again. Track from the forehead down to the tip of the muzzle: they're concave. Comapre to, say, Doctor Whooves or Big Mac.
Snips and Snails are exceptions to the "males are convex" rule, granted; I think that's a stylistic choice for making them look like kids.
Kid knew what he was askin' for; knew how much it would pain me. But one look at that face of his and I had to oblige him. Sometimes you just have to do things you don't like. Gods know the kid's been through enough of that. Gods know we'll all go through too much more.
Survay and Poll Time:
For the Survay: How many of you go back to past comics and post comments on them, and how far would they be.
Poll:In a past poll, I asked for diffent posion joke themes. Well, I'm not done yet. This time we will focus on Tia and Luna. Do I even have ask?
Tia and Luna switches coats. Luna be comes sun white, and Tia becomes midnight blue, my favorite color.
Have a happy new year.
It's very rare for me to go back more than one update.
That's why I suggested that you post the "favourite of the mane 6" vote results in the current thread, not the vote's thread. I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't want to dig through the archives for it.
There have been two debate threads that had me visiting the archives, but in both cases it took less than a week for me to say "screw it, I'd rather be having fun".
Actually, I have better idea for Princess Poison Joke.
Tia is compelled to speak in royal plural with the Royal Canterlot Voice.
Luna turns into Woona.
And I frequently reread the entire archive of this strip - since it's awesome - and often look down at the comments to see what's new there.
Once again, another "Expedition to Castle Ravenloft" story...
The party was camping out at the castle church area because the party cleric managed to form a small consecrate circle to protect them from all the undead roaming about.
The party monk saw a magic combat dummy outside a stain-glass window that he's been looking for. He asked everyone to help him smash through a window to get the dummy to bring back inside. We're talking a 7-foot 300 pound device here that's posted to the courtyard outside.
In the dark.
And it's storming hard.
No one was that brand of dumb so the monk went alone... and promptly got curbstomped by the device which was actually a Wood Golem.
Well, I'm not sure if this counts as "ridiculous" per se, but invariably, my party members will ALWAYS ask my character not to talk ever again. Impudent fools. Do they not realize how difficult it is for a man of my caliber to roleplay as an idiot?... okay, not that difficult, but the point still stands!
I'd swear that someone heard Ms. Creber say that in a conversation and declare that it had to be written into her scripts as often as possible. Her delivery is just that good.
Pinkie Pie's player in this page reminds me of players who don't get into character much to portray limitation in their characters; mute, deafness, blindness, lack of in-character knowledge, etc.
I can understand a player discussing something out of character (like a rule clerification). However, I've had IC situations where (for example) Player A translates a note that only he understands. Player A then secretly reveals the info to Player B. Player C wasn't in the room at the time, but acts like Player A already told Player C what the note means when Player A didn't want anyone else to know yet.
This is where a rolled up newspaper comes in to play...
I recall having players tell a DM, "I tell the guy why we're here," being told to say it in character, and then saying, "I turn to him and tell him why we're here."
Oh, and, uh, Happy New Year!