Edited by DoctorWTF on Nov 14th 2020 at 9:53:38 AM

Redemption being somewhat arbitrary depending on the author does track with one of the more acclaimed books on writing out there. John Truby's The Anatomy of Story.

He believes that a story is inherently built on an author's judgement calls regarding what's considered good or bad behaviour. Even in a story where the asshole main character wins in the end, that story idea is still built on the author's understanding that something wrong is happening, and how that relates to the themes the author is trying to communicate.

It's hard to write a story without invoking your moral compass in some way.

Well, I'm guessing I really should say rehabilitation, since Tobias seems to have a strictly religious interpretation of the word.

Yeah, them losing their flight was one of the effects of Tirek draining their magic.

I was just going by the fact that they wouldn't be able to fly under real life physics. I forgot about the whole magic draining thing.

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Posted by Wryte on 26th Jun 2015 11:04:46 AM - Post #121318 in the new thread

On that note, I've been thinking: It's possible that Bulk Biceps (and his female counterpart from the end of "Buckball Season") can fly because their magic levels are well above that of an average pegasus. Which would mean that limb lengthening surgery potentially could be and effective treatment for Scootaloo. That or prosthetic wings like what we saw on alt-timeline Rainbow Dash in "The Cutie Re-Mark".

And on the subject of reforming villains: It would have been nice if the "Siege of the Crystal Empire" comic story could have been made canon (instead of Sombra bring brought back and eradicated in "the Beginning of the End"). His backstory and reformation were a nice deconstruction of the whole "destiny" thing the series kept talking about.

Another video from Lily that i agree with, regarding Pear Butter and Bright Mac's romance and how flawed it is

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Posted by The Freeman on Fri, 3rd May '13 4:36:30 PM - Post #363474 in the old thread

I almost never browse devianart these days, and having the content filter on was mandatory I found

Edited by Ultimatum on Nov 16th 2020 at 2:16:24 PM

As do I. I have no real interest in romance in general, but the romance in that episode seemed so generic.

Since reputation and that title make me a little wary, could I have a summary?

I think Tobias talked about that video, too.

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Posted by Drenius on Wed, 25th Apr '12 5:28:33 PM - Post #173750 in the old thread

This happens to me too. It's very strange, since I have a pretty deep voice too. Some people just seem to assume everyone is a woman. Or your mom.

that would sure as hell make my life more convenient if that were the case more often

My real life name is androgynous, and for some reason people always assume I'm a girl, like when they phone me or I have a scheduled appointment at a doctor's office or the hospital. It's why my online name is decidedly male.

Edited by WillKeaton on Nov 17th 2020 at 1:17:52 PM

I suspect part of that is that these callers subconsciously expect people who pick up during work days to be housewives or stay at home moms.

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Posted by Applelight Limited on Sun, 4th Aug '13 4:02:50 AM - Post #387742 in the old thread

That is one dramatic witch.

I'm so glad my parents were great and I never had to deal with anything like that.

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Posted by Japanese Teeth on Wed, 30th Jan '13 10:19:23 AM - Post #334239 in the old thread

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Posted by kegisak on Thu, 22nd Aug '13 3:55:29 PM - Post #392770 in the old thread

Oh god, conversion therapy.

I'm so glad my sister discovered she was trans and lesbian after she was already a legal adult. My parents have gotten loads better with age, but I would not have put sending her off to one of these places past them.