Ask Lyra

1) Sounds like the plotline to an overrated narrative that’s influenced wa~y too many works over the years.

2) [This space left intentionally blank.]

3) That would be infinitely more annoying as the constant break and reestablishment of contact would be physically jarring.

4) Who would that make me, Lyra Bird?

5) Have you read this tumblr? If I knew the key to success I’d be doing it!

6) Wee-Woo! Wee-Woo! Wee-Woo! WA~H!

1) I wouldn’t know. I’m a lady, and a lady doesn’t pick her nose. How uncouth.

/Scrunchy-Face

2) Nope, that’s kangaroos.

3) They’re a group of the strongest magic-using mortals on the planet. Did you expect them to be sheep?

4) Thanks, Sonic! But now there’s a big black cloud over Hilltop Village!

5) Then it’s not a mountain, it’s a plateau.

6) Nope. Those came after we discovered your world. If there’s one thing you humans have on us, it’s music. You’ve all but shaped our entire modern musical culture.

7) Gonna want to see a physician about that at some point. I’ve heard it’s fatal.

At least it’s not lyme disease.

Okay, before it’s no longer holiday season at all, I wanted to tell this story.

Back in Canterlot, during the time I worked as an ambonic musician, I came upon some friends playing a game. The game was called Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. It looked incredible, so I bought a copy! I had over a hundred hours of fun with a truly challenging game. But when I moved to Ponyville, I lost my copy. I’d always intended to play through the game again, but money was tight so getting another copy was out-of-the-question.

Fast-forward to five days ago. Me opening up presents by myself because I was sick and everypony else was gone, and what do I find in a box labeled From Bon-Bon? Not only a brand new, unopened copy of Noctrune, the game I lost, but Digital Devil Sagas 1 and 2 as well! I was floored!

So this is me officially and publicly thanking Bon-Bon for a truly heartfelt and knowledgeable gift. Thanks, Bon-Bon! It’s awesome!

1) Humans live in an unfortunate, self-fulfilling situation in which your decisions in life are limited far more by finances than our own. And because they once were, they continue to be.

You’ve raised more livestock then the regions in which they exist can even sustain. When you kill and distribute them as meat, cheaply because of the sheer abundance, it fuels the industry to raise even more. Your global economy has created an inescapable cycle, one with a steep loss of energy in its transfer from produce to product.

I’ll never condone eating meat, but giving your life for an animal that’s fate was sealed before you ever even read this message isn’t going to change anything.

2) No. We’re not doing this again.

3) Thanks! Feeling better already!

Unfortunately Bon-Bon, Tootsie, and Sweetie are all sick.

4) Sure, but this isn’t about who you’d side with. Would you consider the other side “evil?” If a pony pushes another pony out of the way and calls them a name, are they “evil?” What if it’s a racial slur? If a pony robs from the rich just to try and survive, are they “evil?” Between two cultures with little in common, is “rich” anything more than an opinion? Where does “evil” begin? Is it in an action or is it a state of mind?

If you’re forced to kill me, are you evil? What if you secretly wanted to do it? Does that change anything? You had to do it anyway. Maybe you just told yourself you wanted to do it in order to defend your ideals of free will.

5) You know, that stuff you boil things in.

6) Historically true, but you don’t suppose that paranoia might have had something to do with the… you know… over a million Chinese civilians the Japanese forces slaughtered as they were being dictated what to do by their god emperor?

If not warranted or justified, you don’t suppose that maybe, for a second, the overreaction might have been… understandable?

See? Even your attempt to present unbiased history is biased.

1) Well I’ve known Pinchy for quite some time. I’m been friends with Berry since I moved here. But more to the immediate point, I’m a substitute. Fillies and colts recognize me around town all the time and come talk to me.

2) I wonder if anypony has ever drawn fan art of Cheese from Foster’s and Da Cheese from Rocko’s Modern Life standing together.

Thanks though!

3) Look, just use the submit feature to send me a youtube link or something. Otherwise don’t get all bent out of shape if I don’t reply to your song lyrics the way you want.

4) No, that’s unsanitary. Just regular nails.

5) W-What? I’m pretty sure she isn’t. During their reunion a few ponies came by to help them raise a barn, Bon-Bon as one of them. But those ponies weren’t in the family photo because they aren’t in the family.

I don’t remember why I couldn’t make it.

6) My initial reaction is to kill the clown, but the thought occurs to me that I have no dire need to leave. Sounds like a party to me!

That’s why you’re still in Beta, silly goose.

1) Alright! Alright! I’m a mare!

Cels…

2) Well, what else would I do?

3) I went to one of Boscov’s once. I think I’ve been to one or two others before. Obviously not for my family.

4) I know what you’re talking about. They only look and smell like fruit as camouflage. They’re still fleshy, meaty animals.

5) Technically.

6) I decline. Like anypony would be surprised.

7) No, but I ably abscond.

1) That sounds like the worst idea.

2) I dunno. Looks a little too complicated. Too many steps.

3) No.

4) ‘Kay bye!

5) Nope. Because I’m not obsessed with humans. Nor am I that good at thinking up lyrics.

6) How mnemonic. Too bad it’s such a terrible one.

7) I think you already did this joke, whatever it’s supposed to be referencing.

1) I could maybe see for recreational purposes, but that’s one expensive toy.

2) I could be! But I’m not… It’s hard to type and dance at the same time.

3) Unaware? Why do you think it didn’t spread? Do you have any idea how much worse it could have been? What do you think caused it to end? Though it doesn’t seem like you know much of anything on the subject.

If it’s any consolation, the ultimate implications of the acts in question aren’t hidden. Be pretty hard to hide border’s between two countries being closed.

4) Heh heh, Big McLargehooves.

Eh-But I dunno. We’ve never spoke.

5) Okie dokie. Not exactly something I’d ever call a group of ponies.

I tried to find what a group of humans are called, but couldn’t find anything that wasn’t referring to a societarian collection of individuals.

6) You have to be a unicorn with a massive magical affinity and serve for several years in a regular branch of the guard. Then you have to be hoof chosen; there are no auditions. If you accept you serve for 5 years and then retire. When it’s over you can never work in any branch of the guard ever again.

Oh yeah, and if you accept you’re considered deceased. Even after you retire no pony can ever know who you once were.

1) I need a break from reality.

2) I’m sorry. I went back several posts to try and find what you’re talking about and I got nothin’.

3) I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked to do this joke. I like this variation, though.

4) I can’t. Music copyright laws are really strict here. Only reason I could do Love is in Bloom is because it’s public domain.

5) Is that like a Sacrier?

6) I won’t.

7) I wouldn’t be too concerned unless s/he starts jumping.

By the by, if anypony is feeling Hearth’s Warming-y still, I made this last year for Boscov (and almost no pony else listened to it).

Enjoy!

1) No no no, didn’t you see the anon from before? My butt is a mountain.

2) And I’ll get to play that soon! I’m excited! I got tons of great stuff this year!

3) No~.

4) There’s no reliable answer. Griffons say they did it; dragons say they did it. Both with outlandish explanations that can’t be proven. And even if true, who did it before them? We know that the planet used to have a balanced day/night cycle on it’s own, but while we don’t know how long ago that stopped, we know it would take a long time to slow down.

5) This is terrible, but I’m still trying to figure that out. I know what to get Krastos, but I still don’t know what to get Sweetie, Tootsie, or Bon-Bon. Hopefully as I get better I’ll be able to think straight for once.

6) Old question, but as a reminder it’s Roboplus. Don’t just send me a random invite, though. Let me know who you are.

7) Mint! Hey! Good to hear from you! How are you? Sorry we never got to play City of Heroes again before it closed down.

1) Thanks for the gift! I always wanted to try Bastion!

2) Thanks! Unfortunately I can’t relax much. Even if I’m too sick to go now, I have to operate under the assumption I’ll be better by Friday, which means I gotta get ready!

3) I’d appreciate some sort of warning before hoof. For example, I would have declined the invite from York and Grey, but I recognized their Steam names as being theirs.

I don’t log on to it much right now, but feel free to yell at me if you see me on!

And I’ll be trying to catch up on all the backed up messages starting tomorrow. I might be finally getting better!

Sorry. Didn’t mean for things to get dire for you. I mulled it over and I’ll let everypony know my steam name.

I’m Roboplus on Steam (Like Robot where the t is a + wrote out, get it?)

As for coming over, to be frank my stomach is upset and I’m spending a little more time in the bathroom than I’d like. Not comfortable having company right now. Bon-Bon, Sweetie, and Tootsie will be back tomorrow evening. I’m sure they’d be delighted to welcome you over then!

1) Plenty, I imagine. But they’d inevitably dig too deep and wind up in royal hot water.

2) West end of what?

3) Yes, I’ve heard the song before. Luna forbid I not be intricately aware of the lyrics of every song ever produced on command.

4) Seriously, even if it’s just the episode it came from, that one scene from the original Dragon Ball where Oolong yells at Goku for asking him if he likes bacon. I’ve wanted to use that scene like a hundred times at this point.

5) Whatever. I hold no responsibility for your actions.

6) All conflicts are just comprised of two sides fighting each other. History is determined by the victor. Don’t believe me? What do you think your world’s various settlers did to the natives of the American continent? How do you think history would have viewed their genocide if the natives won?

7) I’m not your onee-sama, buddy.

So, it spread to my other eye and Bon-Bon called it “a cold in my eye” and took me to the doctor and I have pink eye from the infection I’ve been fighting. She’s going to go back out to pick up some prescription eye drops once she finishes eating.

Aw… That was really sweet. Thank you!

I’ll try to get back into things soon. Just hard to do much with my eyes in the shape they’re in right now.

So, I have a paper towel covering my eye and a bunch of bandaids keeping it attached to my face.

I’d love to know how I strained my left eye playing a video game while my right is totally unaffected. I mean, I figured I just had something in my eye, but I couldn’t look in a mirror because Bon-Bon had just sprayed in the bathrooms because a roach fell on her back when she walked into one.

I look ridiculous. And this on top of still being sick.

This sucks.

1) Tomorrow, I believe. I’ll be too sick for it, though.

2) Probably either an RPG or a strategy game. Though it could have been Armored Core 2. I don’t think The Sims was out yet.

3) That is the question, isn’t it?

4) What truth about Canterlot? Since you seem to know so much, exactly what is the truth?

5) No. We’re a fairytale couple and we’ve never done anything to upset the other, ever.

The good outweighs the bad. That’s all anypony should ask for.

6) See, I never understood why assault-style weapons were legal anywhere. If personal firearms are for self-defense, when are you going to need that much stopping power?

1) I mean, I can dance. But it’s nothin’ world-saving.

2) My bearfriend, preceded by “I’m going to.”

3) Not recently, no. Still pretty sick. Actually sicker today than I was yesterday. Still hoping for a turnaround tomorrow morning so I can get one more work day in before next year.

Here’s a tip, don’t play an action PVP game that you haven’t played in months, while sick. My heart was going nuts and I’m still shaky.

4) The overgeneralization that victims of sexual abuse either wind up obsessing over intercourse or loathing it, overgeneralized into what you said.

5) I’m sorry. I’m a little deaf in one ear. You’ll have to speak a little louder next time.

6) To be honest, I preferred the R.A.D version of controlling giant robots. You know, from outside of the thing.

Well, there’s a long answer and a short answer. The short answer is because, that’s what Griffons called us. As for the long answer, well…

Worlds with multiple sentient species don’t just become intellectually advanced all at once. I don’t know that your world keeps track of this sort of thing, because you’re the only ones, but the process in our world is called ascension. It’s not the most popular subject among ponykind because we weren’t the first to ascend. We weren’t even the second.

To be considered an ascended species requires several things. You have to be capable of organized thought exchange, both verbally and in writing, amongst yourselves and other ascended species. You have to be capable of sustaining yourself in an isolated environment indefinitely (a nomadic lifestyle must be a choice, not a requirement). You have to be capable of creating shelter from raw materials and defend yourself from harsh environmental conditions. And I’m sure I’m missing some, but the most difficult is that you must be able to prove that you, or a community of your peers, can protect themselves against a staged attack by a malicious entity.

It’s debated pretty fiercely between dragons and griffons which ascended first, but we definitely came after both. There will always be those that argue, but there’s pretty definitive evidence. As we were hunted by them, griffons also studied us. When pegasus and unicorns first appeared, they observed pegasus manipulating rainfall to yield more substantial wild growth, and reported mild, though varied magical ability in us long before our recorded history began.

Griffons named us unicorns, which in their language at the time (they’ve gone through a few) meant one-horned, and pegasus were called pterippus- which I’m fortunate enough to be able to manually type out, because I can’t even pronounce that. After our ascension began we kept our name, but the pegasus didn’t.

The story goes that a “hero” by the name of Pegasus united or conquered, depending on interpretation, every major pterippus community and changed the entire species’ name to his own. He did some other stuff but I’m not all that into specifics. To that end, pegasus were the first pony species considered to be ascended, though at that time the term had yet to be defined.

Our hornless, terrestrial cousins have an interesting story. Pony roughly means small horse. Earth ponies were so named once unicorns and pegasus started appearing, as a way of further defining them, because we’re all ponies. But when our ascension began, one group of grounded ponies relied on hard work and close ties to the earth. They became what we recognize today as earth ponies.

Meanwhile the other group, fascinated with magic and the desire to harness it, called themselves crystal ponies. They somehow found that crystals were easier to store magic in and harness magic out of than anything else in the world. They even somehow used magic infused into crystals to create the artifact known as the Crystal Heart. When earth, unicorn, and pegasus ponies had to unite in order to survive, timelines show that crystal ponies had no need for outside help. Though the other three had lost contact with them, crystal ponies were already decades ahead of their time through magically-aided technological advancement. At least, so the story goes.

While on the subject, the last species to be considered ascended were cattle. Both goats and sheep are in the process of ascension.

1) You gotta believe.

2-5) That sounds like everypony else’s problem, not mine.

6)

7) Well, this is a strange coincidence!

Local awesome artist and nice-pony extraordinaire Sir Lintalot had a game to gift me earlier today! I can only assume somepony referred me, which is super cool (though I would freak if I found out Lints specifically picked me themself)! Either way I made a steam account to receive it.

1) That seems to be a theme in your world. Everypony believes history is absolute, even as stories are retold biased towards whichever country is telling them.

2) Aw. Very mysterious pair, those two. At least for how much they influenced net culture.

3) Nope. Nothin’ bad. Remember that game store? I broke into it once. Not to steal anything, I liked them too much, just to keep playing a game I was obsessing over.

So I hid myself away inside and waited until they forgot about me and left for the night. Then I picked up a controller and started playing. And I played and played and played- so engrossed that I didn’t notice the entire night had passed and they came back to open the shop for the next day! When I finally realized what was happening, they were already inside setting things up! They just kinda walked around me!

Once they realized I was out of the trance they had me help them set everything up, but I didn’t get in trouble or anything for it. They just asked that I not do it again. They were a really sweet couple. I hate that they got bought out.

Anyway, I was up for about 30-somethin’ hours, give or take.

4) I don’t like that part toward the end: “Straightened out and fixed?”

5) If anypony can find a picture of that scene from the original Dragon Ball where after being asked if he likes bacon, Oolong turns to Goku and yells, “What are you- brain dead or somethin’!?” I’d appreciate if you attached it to this post with a photo reply.

1) You lost me.

2) Thanks! Now that’s something to shoot for!

3) I don’t know what you want me to say here. It’s a tragedy and neither of the two attacks should have happened.

4) Maybe?

5) Uh… No. That doesn’t sound familiar.

6) Nah.

7)

1) You’re overgeneralizing an overgeneralization.

2) I think it’s an instanced-type thing, because I’ve welcomed them both myself as well. (We’re talking about that game.)

3) Sure. Why not?

4) I got a little teary-eyed when I found out, but I’m okay. It would have been a life changer. But since it didn’t happen, nothing changed.

5) I know, right?  At least I don’t have the flu. Must have just been a cold with a fever. Fever’s gone.

6) Man is a male human. No, I’ve never needed a hitmare.

7) On my second day subbing I accepted an aid position but they forced me to sub for a whole class. I had no idea what I was doing and found out later from the librarian that I was with one of the two worst behaved classes in the school. It was a horrible day. And at the end I was supposed to lead the students to the bus, but I didn’t know and just held a door open for a few classes.

Other than a few instances of having my phone out when I wasn’t doing anything, that’s all.

1) That’s the way of the world, isn’t it?

2) I don’t suppose I have much of a response to that.

3) I dunno. Thanks though-! [Inhale] [Cough]

I guess I just try to keep things relevant to this specific tumblr.

4) I think it’s just a few that ask lots of questions.

5) Bon-Bon and I guess she would.

Not something I’ve ever thought about, to be honest.

6) Why are you acting like this is such a big deal? There are lots of countries in your world that don’t allow weapons. Going back to your example, you’d either do your best to comply with whatever’s being demanded or run. But while we’re on this train of thought, what’s to stop the assailants from having weapons if they’re legal?

And to be perfectly honest, I think it would have still happened even if Krastos did have a weapon. He’s too gentle. Or he was. I’d like to hope that, in the same situation, events wouldn’t repeat themselves.

So… yeah. We’ll find out tomorrow if I’m near death.

1) Don’t pokemon have personalities independent of their species? How would I answer this? I mean, I like Jolteon. Doesn’t mean I identify with it.

2) Maybe. Maybe events are manipulated a little to give the appearance that we’re more unified than we are. Maybe that manipulation causes ponies to subconsciously behave better; because their internal voice expects it of them. Maybe other nations fear our unwavering loyalty to one another, and what that could do if directed toward a threat.

Maybe.

3) Cooler than not having weapons? I guess so. But they’re also dangerous.

4) Thanks, but I sort of played that game to death. I appreciate the notification, though!

5) Everypony can be a chump now and again. Nopony’s perfect.

6) I knew about Matt, that’s how I found out about the show. But I hadn’t heard anything about Mike. That’s fantastic! Do you have any voice credits for him?

1) I kept this one back when I was deleting some of the nonsense questions because it’s a pretty awesome track.

2) Sure takes me a while to answer questions, huh?

3)

4) Uh, alright. I’ll be waiting then. Not that you’re obligated or anything.

5) Sure, but they each represent a theology. That society’s leadership should be hidden and exclusive, that societies are better off governing themselves, or that all societies are meant to be unified under the direction of one unquestionable leader.

Of course, those aren’t the only options. Just the only choices in the game.

1) Thank you! I think I’d rather be compared to more of a role model-figure, no offense to Dash- I’d like to think she’s perfectly aware that her general behaviors aren’t the best to mimic, but thanks again!

2) Actually, yeah! That was pretty awesome! Makes me want to see a Deus Ex remake where you could switch to 3rd person for melee combat, action-arcade style. Like Dead Rising or Shenmue but, you know, balanced.

3) Is that a thing? Never heard of it.

4) Alright, Krastos, you win. I’m not arguing about it.

5 & 6) I don’t know that either of those are the answer. The second one definitely not, because it will never happen. And the first would be impossible to enforce.

7) I’m not afraid! I just don’t want to!

1-4) Mad props. You even sent the messages in reverse order so they’d show up properly in my inbox!

5) Can you explain further?

6) You’re probably referring to the section after the Read More break on this post. It’s not marked storytime due to content. Note the bolded warning at the beginning of the post.

7) Still workin’ on gettin’ there. It’s not so bad, though. You get used to it.

For those that don’t know, I had applied for a job as a general aid at the school I’ve been substituting at since the beginning of the school year. I just found out today that the principle wanted to hire me, but couldn’t because of my past record.

This is the first time I’ve ever had a real shot at a job, and I got screwed over by my past. The principle said he’s going to write a letter of recommendation to try and help me in the future, but the position has been filled.

I’m going to take the night off from tumblr. Probably won’t be a morning post tomorrow either.

1) And I do, that’s the whole point! But if I try to answer everything when I get too many questions, I can’t keep up. I spend hours working on answers and I still just keep steadily falling further behind. I start to lose followers- and I don’t care about the number. But if the follower count goes down, that means some ponies decided I was posting too much and it was getting on their nerves- and I try to please as many ponies as I can! But, somewhere something has to give.

2) And that’s okay! That’s why I do it! I want everypony to feel important! As long as my ask box keeps a lower message count I’ll still be able to answer everything. But if it gets too high I’m going to have to start deleting messages again.

3) Suggestive directions.

4) I try to approach subjects like that as delicately as I can, but I’m not going to deny who I am or the things I’ve seen.

5) There is no emphasis that can’t be better approached with a more well thought-out explanation. Alternately, just censor that [omitted]! I’ve said a hundred times I swear when I’m just hanging out with friends, as long as no little ones are around. It’s just not something foals should be exposed to early in life.

6) I haven’t, no. Not really interested, to be honest.

7) First thing I ever played was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 for the Neightendo. Some foals I was hanging out with lead me to this little, family-owned game store where they let you play games inside!

1) I wait six hours for tumblr to come back for this?

2)

3) Because we try not to force our way onto others. We’d rather they willingly conform.

4) Either defend yourself with what’s available or run and let somepony authorized to use more advanced forms of force deal with it.

5) Not really the kind of places you’d hang around as a poor mare.

6) Or it might put ideas into pony’s heads and cause events to repeat, at least in part. The more violence penetrates popular media, the more ponies get used to it; maybe even decide it’s something they want to be a part of, if they’re unstable.

7) I can’t do this anymore. For several days now I’ve answered three sets of questions instead of two; around twenty questions a day! And I’ve steadily hung around 50 messages in my ask box! Yesterday, I woke up from an hour long nap- an hour long! And I had 17 new questions! I can’t answer everything anymore. This is becoming exhausting and overwhelming and I just can’t do it anymore.

So if my ask box starts to get too full, I’m going to start deleting messages of zero consequence like this one, effective immediately. Sorry.

1) Good day, good mare. How do you do? Look fine!

2) How do you eat a mystery?

3) The Lyra works in mysterious ways, child.

Wait, would that make the demon bird from the last question eat me?

4) Uh… I guess I could make a Steam account. Feel like it would be wrong to decline a gift.

5) I’ve sat here for 5 minutes and I can’t even think of anything to say.

6) Please hold.

7) I swear these two just showed up next to each other in my inbox.

But I dunno. I assume everypony that gets as many asks as I do does. I just address most of them.

1) I’ll keep that in mind.

2) When I say short term, I’m talkin’ a few decades at the least. We’re not even talking about immediate issues. The problem with the Illuminati is the exact problem it had during the events of the first game. Ponies that meant well starting an organization that can wind up in the hooves of those less than suitable to lead. Those are the wild animals in my analogy. Sure, JC might do a good job within his division, but then what? What about the rest of the organization? What comes after he’s gone?

Ignoring the events of Invisible War for a moment, the point of the Helios ending is more of a sacrifice. A sacrifice of identity and a focus on the self in favor of an inescapable whole. This is directly mirrored by the need for JC to sacrifice part of who he is to become one with Helios. The downside of this, even if you’re willing to give away your freedom, is that as evidenced by Invisible War, it isn’t inescapable. That directly results in the second Helios ending in two, and I can’t help but feel a little unnerved whenever I watch it.

3) I don’t think you understand what hawks do to lizards.

4) Sounds like the beginnings of one of those hipster posts, probably with some caption like, “There is no formula to identity.”

5) You know, I never heard the whole song before. I figured the line was always just taken out of context. To that end, the last line of the chorus is interesting.

“Isn’t this a nightmare too?”

6) I’m not suicidal!

1) This only even qualifies as a question from the strictest standpoint. You aren’t really asking anything. I can only assume you just want me to post a link.

2) I’m a big girl, K-Tart. I think I can manage.

… So when was a good time for me to come over?

3) Are you really mixing obligations with preference? Though I can’t say I remember saying that either way.

4) I’m just keeping an eye on it for now. Trying to make sure the tone is work-safe.

5) In the bargain bin at a retail store sometime after the 25th. I ain’t payin’ full price.

6) Really not much more to say than that.

1) Sounds pretty farfetched.

2) Because they don’t need to know. It wouldn’t change anything.

3) Okay, okay. Unicorn magic wins wars. You sure do have some awesome ancestors, though!

4) Are you nuts?! It’s illegal for civilians to possess weaponry in Equestia!

5) Only if you believe hard enough and dig deep enough.

But grave robbery is a felony.

6) Don’t know the name; don’t got time to look it up. I’m answering these before I head into work and setting them in my morning post queue.

1) Yes. Yes I have.

2) Oh! I got one! What if you asked an interesting “what if” question wherein the answer might have some significance?

3) You were misinformed. The only time something even remotely like that would happen is while nursing.

4) You know, I never played the original.

5) Temptation. “Hey! These 7 games, all together worth 15 bits, are selling for just 1!” Guess what? You didn’t save anything. You just spent 1 bit.

6) Not even gonna try deciphering this one.

7) Sure, sure. Plenty legal. But being successful at it has a variety of factors at work. No pony wants to hear an amateur lyre. Steel Pedal Guitar would catch folks attention. Guitar if you can sing like an angel or employ sick technique. Violin if you’ve got purpose or presence. Basically, the more contemporary the instrument, the better you gotta be.

If I could get good at sitar I’d have a shot at it, but most street performers work in Canterlot. I’d all but have to move back there.

One last one.

8) She lives here while her parents are traveling. Lyra. You tell me. What about them? I cannot. Usually duration.

1) Spoilers: The answer is Spoilers.

2) How do you put a date on something like that?

3) I’m not really liking the direction this is going. The answer is pretty obvious either way.

4) Did you say lizard?

5) ‘Cept for the blood.

6) I was a thief, not a bully.

7) Because there is no long term solution and the other two choices do nothing for the short term. If the grass in your yard grows too tall, the best you can do is mow it down to size. If you let it keep growing you’re going to get wild animals, and if you yank it all out, you’re left with mud when it rains. You recognize when you cut it that it’s going to grow back, but there’s really no other choice.

1) Look, I’ve had some realistic dreams myself before. But that doesn’t make them anything more than dreams.

2) I-… Ugh-Up until a few weeks ago I’d argue, but after Pinkie and that pool… I’m not agreeing to it, but I’m not denying that it’s possible either.

3) Not until I get a vinyl… Or at least a molded.

4) Either quickly or never.

5) Humans could unite against the threat they pose to each other when they fight. Makes sense on paper.

6) You guys spend too much time on poorly thought-out fantasies.

7) W- I don’t- I mean, I believe in mysteries. Mysterious is an adjective.

8) You let me worry about that.