My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

Disgaea is pretty much the ultimate level grindfest.

It's kinda made or the hardcore grinders. Well, the main story isn't, but the post-game which has on record the highest level cap in video game history, takes about half of the actual game's size in devoting itself to new bosses and difficulty tweaks.

When you can level up to 99999 as a cap, then reincarnate back to basics with higher base stats, and cap with even more power than the last time, and keep doing this as many times as you want, and the game still throws you new content in expectation of you doing this, you know it's insane.

They just do the same thing over and over with bigger numbers to drag things out? That's ridiculous. At that point I'd try to cheat or turn to the internet for spoilers.

I just discovered my last backup of my Minecraft world comes from just before I built the Slime spawner. Makes things easier, now I can build it according to more efficient design principles.

So over in the Random Questions Thread, someone just called Double Diamond finding his skis a Contrived Coincidence. What?

A crossover I was absolutely not expecting.

Is Song of the Sea good? Maybe I need to look into it.

The last movie from that studio was really good, so I'm certainly hopeful of it.

Yes, you absolutely need to see Song of the Sea. Especially if you liked Secret of Kells. I don't want to gush too much, lest I overhype it, but you should see it.

Ummm, yeah it wasn't like they just got tossed away and happened to end up there, or that some bizarre series of events left to them showing up in just the right place. It was exactly where he left them when Starlight talked him into giving up his whole sense of self.

@story: Well, it was pretty fortuitous that he abandoned his skis right there in the exact spot he would eventually need them, or that they had not moved or fallen over and been buried by snow in the who knows how long he was living in that village. I mean, it isn't any more crazy than that balloon bridge, but it was a bit contrived.

He literally said that that was where he first met Starlight. I'm guessing he just left them there so that he could go with her, or was persuaded to leave them. I don't see how that was a coincidence at all.

It's a coincidence in the sense that it just happened to be right there when he needed them most.

It didn't really strike me at the time, though.

edited 23rd Apr '15 7:33:58 PM by edvedd

Contrived Coincidence is a Universal Trope, or damn close. This particular incident being a contrivance doesn't mean much, in the grand scheme of things.

The coincidence is that the place he met Starlight is the exact same place in the middle of the mountains that he would one day need those skis to save the day. I mean, isn't a huge deal, that sort of full circle ending where it began stuff happens a lot in fiction. I'm not saying it's a flaw in the episode, but that doesn't make it not a big coincidence.

I guess it depends on how many snowy mountain paths out of town there are.

The two-parter was a bit average for me. Starlight actually believing in her own ideals and trying to persuade the Mane Six with propaganda was entertainingly a bit darker than usual for the show, but that's about it. Fluttershy wasn't my favorite that episode and the Equal Four were indifferent to me. Maybe it's a design thing, whateves.

The last two episodes have really impressed me, though, and the first adventure wasn't bad, just not amazing to me personally. Liked it well enough.

I kind of appreciate the smaller scale of this opener, so I hope that continues into the finale.

Speaking of Flutters, I got her werehorse toy from Mc Donalds, but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep her. I may give her up to the toy drive where I work.

They have a new round of pony toys out or summat now?

That's a charity I can get behind. Werehorses for Kids!

@kegi: They have pony and EQG toys now. I don't really like Mc Donald's, but I've been working since one today, so my legs hurt and I didn't want to get out of the car.

What's not to love? Were technically refers to men specifically, but if werewolves can be gender neutral, then fuck it, they can be werehorses.

edited 23rd Apr '15 8:22:55 PM by PrincessGwenevere

I'm finding I can't watch old gen pony anymore. It just makes me sad that it's all part of a dying fanbase, and any attempt I might have for writing anything about it won't get any notice. They say you should write because you want to and not for the attention, but it's pointless if nopony else cares.

I'm resigned I'm likely never going to write. It's not fun to think of it, I feel no inspiration, it feels like hard work whenever I can drudge anything up, and I fear my own abilities and criticism so much that it feels like it would hurt to much to try.

I'm just popping in to say that Song Of The Sea was one of the most amazing cinematic experiences of my life and such an improvement on The Book Of Kells in every way.

I also saw that Mc Donalds was selling Equestria Girls - or werehorse toys, but I didn't see the toys themselves.

@Gwen: Is there another term that would be more appropriate for female werewolves that just never gets used?

@dark: Gen 4 is bringing back so many past characters, and there does seem to be renewed interest in them.

But I guess that doesn't help if you don't feel like writing. I'm not going to try offering any 'helpful' platitudes here. I just hope you can get through the difficulties in your life.