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2012-07-05, 07:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
...I dunno, doesn't seem that odd to me cuz that's pretty much what happens when I'm dreaming just after waking up , and somewhat latent when awake since I'm always, ALWAYS daydreaming. All I think is.... That's awesome.
I wouldn't say you're crazy, and if I had to I would say you're crazy awesome, I kinda think of it like if they were A.Is.... And you got some "sentient" ones. I would only call it a problem if you wanted to get rid of it and couldn't and it caused trouble.
short version: more than crazed, seems fun and awesome; could only be trouble if you couldn't control it an it caused trouble.
though, my mind's more messed up than that, like some evil alterego that revives moments I went/go/would go into and does something bad..... It makes me fear being a bad person.Last edited by Luka; 2012-07-05 at 07:50 PM.
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2012-07-05, 07:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-05, 08:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Well, when I was younger my mind was a mess, inteligence and social problems tend to do that... I really think you should try something like the meditation excercise I'm discussing with maximus. It really helped me, to put my mind in order, to grow, to be better.
I must say that lucid dreaming is very hard for me, ocasionally experienced but fleeting and short. The difficulty probably arises from the hypnosis or meditation technique, what I get instead if I try to "lucid dream" is a long controlled fantasy time, which doubles as sleep. It looks like it's the other side of the coin. With lucid dreaming you are forcing sentience into subconscious, with this, you are letting dreaming and subconcious into sentience. But things might be different for you, as always your results may vary . Give it a shot!
Ponies of the thread THANK YOU!
In just a couple of hours, with your inputs, thoughts and words of familiarity, you calmed my fears quite a bit. (Pinkie was feeling worried too). Thank you for being the most receptive bunch in teralinks around. Bronies and GiantITP forum are the best communities, and this thread is the amalgamation of both. There is no better place in the Internet.
Seriously, thank you.Last edited by Zigg'rrauglurr; 2012-07-05 at 08:10 PM.
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2012-07-05, 08:18 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Hmm. I'd say that as long as they don't try to make you kill people or anything, then what they are is less relevant than what they do. If they're making you study... that makes them good. xD
Ooh. By that definition, I could have many... I defer to thanqol!
At what point does a mental construct/blueprint of personality that you roleplay and joke about talking to actually mean the same thing as talking to them?
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2012-07-05, 08:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
They both sound pretty cool. Controlled fantasy time sounds like Lucid dreaming but better, and Lucid dreaming is of course Lucid dreaming.
You know we'll always be here for you. Even after going on a 32+ hour fan fic craze, I'll still identify what crazy things are going on in your mind.
I'm gonna see how long I can keep this caffeine going. 36 hours and going strong. Slight vision trouble, but no noticeable effects on typing ability or creativity.
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2012-07-05, 08:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
The idea that the characters have free will likely comes from the fact that they are characters you are familiar but they are not your characters. While the NPCs move to your puppet-string tugs, ponies are very established as not.
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2012-07-05, 08:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
You're welcome!
In other news, I'm going to try to put together a picture for the tumblr on that "where were you during the wedding debacle" question.
Sketched up this last night, caption text would probably be: "Debacle is the right word ... that purple mare packs a mean hoof."
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2012-07-05, 08:36 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-05, 08:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
I believe the difference is when they show signs of free will. And I will ignore any suggestions for killing, maiming and/or burning; thank you very much. In fact should they start with that, they would be gone. That's what happened with Ziggie.
You could always go the "Transcendent Fry" route:
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Also pony form, since this is ponythread:
Believe me I had and have established characters doing my will before, heck I guess every male does , seriously though.
There is a difference with them and I can feel it, that's why I brought it up. The three main things so far have been:
- They explicitly manifested having free will, others had said the same, but they were just bluffing.
- Then Twilight got angry and kept me out of a section of the mindscape, that had only happened once before, with Ziggie.
- Finally Twilight and Pinkie were discussing my punishment behind my back, and they came up with something that I had not even considered. One that looking back is a real punishment, which also really fits to Twilight's mindset.
So, yea, they are not your run-of-the-mill mind construct, and are really close to what maximus25 described as tulpas, which I have never heard about until today.
I REALLY LIKE IT!! (Not just his mane!), I would love to see it cleaned up in Photoshop or whatever fancy program you use, but I really really like it. And that caption is perfect for me.
I trust you know what to put in my column for dA ?Last edited by Zigg'rrauglurr; 2012-07-05 at 08:53 PM.
As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.
Blackwing: I prefer to think of myself a super-advanced flying stealth dinosaur.
Forum Explorer: Reading or watching Cupcakes is like being shot. We honor your suffering but nobody wants it to happen.
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2012-07-05, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
I really really badly want to get into this tulpa conversation, but then the entire thread would turn into Feeling Pinkie Keen, starring Raz as Twilight Sparkle and Zigg as Pinkie Pie. And, I dunno, maybe Thanqol as Spike. He'd be a good Spike.
And I really don't want to get hit by anvils and pianos. Maybe mental anvils and pianos. So I will refrain from going, "Tulpas don't exiiiiiiist" and instead sit over here and think it really hard.
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2012-07-05, 09:23 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Pretty much everything left in my degree is optional for-fun courses, with the exception of a single 1001 course I missed in my first year. I reckon I got this.
Thank you, and thank you everyone who sent congratulations. Right now my plan is 'get out of academia and get a real job, use it to avoid starving while I start work on a major novel'.
One or more of his personas are literally capable of grabbing fate by its ear and dragging it kicking and screaming where they want it. He should be good.
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Oh yeah, the tumblr thing. Uh. I'll see if I can make time to get mine done sometime soon.Last edited by Thanqol; 2012-07-05 at 09:23 PM.
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2012-07-05, 09:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
And to throw you out of the loop completely.
While I was out getting Icecream for my fiancee (it's 46ºF/8ºC out there) they both told me that they weren't really happy with me outing them here in the forum.
I explained that I needed to get this out of my chest/brain.
They are ok with it now, but listen to this:
- Twilight does not want anything she does or say to be publicited, unless she explicitly says it's ok to do so.
- Pinkie has no problem sharing her actions or toughts with you guys, except when she tells me not to.
Also Raz, Twilight thinks is hilarious the situation you just presented and that she feels your painScratch that, I might as well give her a voice.
TS: Raz, I feel your pain. It would be really funny though. Also you could take a page from that episode and just accept Tulpas as we are. Now Zigg' take me back to the Wikipedia article on Tulpas I want to keep reading it.
Pinkie and I agree: Tulpas reading on Tulpas... Tulpaception
TS:
We are all laughing now. Thank you guys. I'm off the forum now, gotta take care of my fiancee. They both insist on it.Last edited by Zigg'rrauglurr; 2012-07-05 at 09:28 PM.
As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.
Blackwing: I prefer to think of myself a super-advanced flying stealth dinosaur.
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2012-07-05, 10:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Honestly, this sounds like what happens when one writes really good characters or understands a character well. They take on a life of their own and define themselves. I've had Rarity demand that she wouldn't go along with the plot for one of my stories until she destressed herself at the spa.
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2012-07-05, 10:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-05, 10:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Well, I have good news and I have bad news for you.
The bad news is that you are indeed crazy. The good news is that most of us are equally crazy, so you're in good company. Also, your mental constructs seem to be a positive influence, which is always a good sign.If brute force isn't working, that just means you're not using enough of it.
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2012-07-05, 10:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
One of the answers I was expecting, from the pony I was expecting it.
As I've been saying since I heard it: "I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it".
Truthfully, the problem was not:
"Am I crazy?"
more like
"Am I too crazy?"
On the topic of crazy. Hey maximus25, did some more reading on Tulpas, particularly on the physical manifestation part... Pinkie is already prone to breaking barriers... plus I have some experience with witchcraft (being a non-aligned wiccan and all) Oh god, what have I done...
I have to be sure to never give her enough power... The parties would be awesome tough. Only half joking here... he.
Nevermind me, I have to discuss some things with a certain pink pony in my head now.
Oh! This saturday there will be a convention in Buenos Aires for all fandoms , called Unifans. (We were so far from Bronycon )
The local MLP:FIM fan's club (which received blessings from the all-mother Faust herself) will get together for the first time since getting a hundred members.
Several will attend including yours truly, hope we get pictures to post in EqD from one of the few south american meetups.Last edited by Zigg'rrauglurr; 2012-07-05 at 11:02 PM.
As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.
Blackwing: I prefer to think of myself a super-advanced flying stealth dinosaur.
Forum Explorer: Reading or watching Cupcakes is like being shot. We honor your suffering but nobody wants it to happen.
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2012-07-05, 11:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
It's really hard.
About the point where you start believing your own fiction, I suppose?
Also, my tumblr feed thing is now full of posts by blogs/tumblr's that I in no way have followed or liked or anything of the sort, whose presence I cannot explain.
What?Last edited by Tiki Snakes; 2012-07-05 at 11:21 PM.
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2012-07-05, 11:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
You too? I just figured it was happening to me because I'm following all of one blog.
All questions open:
SpoilerI'm actually curious about this one, because personally I can think of 5 ponies here that could calim "leadership-ness"
I have no clue who could have asked this, nope no idea.
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2012-07-05, 11:38 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Alright so my ideas for potential answers:
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I don't know, but this one is screaming for a Tootsie Pop reference
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2012-07-05, 11:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-05, 11:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-07-05, 11:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-05, 11:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Yeah, apparently that's the cause. I "Fixed" the issue by finding and following a couple of long dead, never started Tumblr Pages. I could find enough to get to the 5 I heard you needed, but the unwanted spam went away at 4, so it seems fine.
I find it rage inducing that not only is it not mentioned anywhere meaningful but also it only happens after a while.
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2012-07-06, 12:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
If a leader there is hereI would say Poe or Trixe.
Trixe because she starts most of the threads. And Poe because well Poe, and she is part of Equestria daily Mods.
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2012-07-06, 12:13 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-06, 12:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-07-06, 12:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Actually, it's a bloody nuisance trying to take photos or video of him sometimes:
Mini-Dex: *doing something cute*
Mrs Dex: Oh look, he's doing something cute! *grabs camera and points it at Mini-Dex*
Mini-Dex: *stops doing the cute something to stare at the camera*
Mrs Dex:
I'm actually thinking of doing up a list of "notable brony musicians", with their names (and alternates), styles, and links to YouTube/Soundcloud/Bandcamp pagesl; but free time does not permit such an endeavour.
Suggested possible answers:
1. Picture of numerous OC's engaged in a cartoon-style all-in brawl.
2. "Pinkie Pie!"
Also, I wish I could draw (or had the free time to learn - I'm cutting you off right there, Thanqol! Raise your hand/hoof/tentacle/psuedopod of choice if you were awake between 2 AM and 4 AM due to crying baby.) because I had an idea for my own combination answer the "How do you type with boxing gloves on your hooves" and "Where were you during the wedding debacle" questions: a picture of Othoof Trottvassen (Gentlecolt Adventurer!) sitting in front of a laptop while punching out a Changeling with an "extend-o-glove" boxing glove and the speech bubble "I multi-task!"
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2012-07-06, 12:59 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
for the "who's in charge" question I had an idea.
have thread-pony in the foreground, with a throne in the back. as he explains a would-be plausible governing system, have the various attempted conquerors systematically attacking the person on the throne and replacing them.a tiny space dedicated to a beloved grandpa now passed. may every lunch be peanut butter-banana sandwiches.
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2012-07-06, 01:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
I can take the one about us each having our own elements. It will probably involve a description of several bronies, plus Luka. Then, EXPLOSIONS!
What's more, I'll actually finish what I claim, because I have a ton of spare time tomorrow.
Also, found this while searching for source material. Creepy.
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And, I think I found our official image:
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2012-07-06, 01:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
This is late, but I think someone said that at Bronycon de Lancie couldn't think of a single Discord line when pressed? Remind us of anyone?
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