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1) I’m… I’m sorry. I can’t answer right now. I think I need to go to the hospital… There’s-… There’s so much blood…
2) Huh. And thought that series had already jumped the shark. My mistake.
3) Great pony, as I understand it. I’d love to meet him!
Not a terribly large fan of his music, but I have nothing against it.
4) Certainly! Candy canes are for all year long, not just Hearth’s Warming.
5) So long as ponies have freewill, they will act however they feel like acting. Even once they break the law, it’s still a matter of finding them.
Of course, that’s a lot easier than it used to be.
6) Responding publicly so Boscov can see! Sounds like fun, Strawberry!
krastosthegluemaker replied to your post: krastosthegluemaker replied to your post: 1) You…
Just a conflicting schedule, nothing else.
1) A flower, but she’s worn cutie mark tattoos a few times when playing.
2) Bon-Bon and I fight over the blinds. She wants light in the house, and I’d be fine with that, but it also lets heat in. The air conditioner is on; it’s sorta counter-intuitive.
3) Okay.
Oh, and I’ve been practicing using your real name! Figure you don’t want me calling you Boscov in front of the bears that named you.
krastosthegluemaker replied to your post: 1) You ponies need to learn how to use Wikipedia. …
Well originally it was going to be on the 1st, but my family sent me another letter asking if I could come and stay from April 7th to the 9th instead.
1) What about a hippopotamus with a noodle on his back (trivial language)?
2) So, next weekend. Got it.
Why the delay? Is something wrong?
1) You ponies need to learn how to use Wikipedia.
2) I wouldn’t say hurt. But it becomes very tender and you can hurt it more easily.
Been a while since that’s happened to me. Most households have various methods of air conditioning and humidity control. You can go your entire life and never experience it.
3) Uh… Is this a thing?
4) Never seen a single sign of illicit drug use in Ponyville, no.
5) Oh. Oh… Right. Sorry, I forgot.
Yes, of course. What day?
1) Helping everypony that’s ever needed it leaves them with no reason to grow. Stretch that across an entire society and see how long before it stagnates and crumbles.
And what about somepony who’s single suing somepony who hurt them in an accident? Who the [omitted] do you think is gaining from that? You think the pony at fault isn’t having their entire world rocked from the incident? Is the pony who was hurt entitled to nothing for the carelessness of the pony at fault?
The world isn’t black and white. Never has been.
2) Well, thank you! I’m sorry if we never meet, you sound nice!
No I’m not. I’m a monster.
3) Being given the knowledge that you’ve already lost; because then you have nothing left to lose.
4) Find them.
5) I find it painful. Nothing else is relevant.
While the giant is still disabled, you run out into the snow and head for the semi-circular building. You glance back one last time at the giant and sigh. Sorry…
Upon arrival, you find what appears to be 4 or 5 sets of tracks in the snow heading north-east. That electrical thing must have followed them! You race after the tracks, but find they reduce to only a clear 3 after about halfway. That would mean the electric shadow gave up and went back to the semi-circular building. You continue onward, following the tracks toward the building with the high roof.
Puzzle complete!
After reaching the building you find it to be much larger than any of the others. It’s base alone stands taller than the long building to the south of you. The roof only adds even more height.
The 3 tracks lead right up to the doorway, so your friends must be inside.
1) What have I wrought?
2) They’re both illegal.
If the authorities had been alerted to what they’d done, Sweetie and her friends would be sent to juvee.
Evidently, Twilight is allowed a certain leeway.
3) At the end of the day, it amounts to the same thing.
4) …
Picture somepony you used to know. Now think about how they might live now; replace information you don’t know with what ifs. Who they might have become, the ponies they’d know, the things they’d do. If they had faults you were aware of, how they would have bettered themselves over time. Think about how it’s your fault you’ll never see them again. How no pony will ever see them again…
Now do that at least once a week for the rest of your life. That’s a fraction of what it’s like.
[Sniff]
Or so I’m told.
5) I’ve stolen more than a few things in my day.
Never stole a bird.
6) Only thing I can think of is rotting horn disease, but that’s not really an accurate analog.
7) Don’t just give me a band; give me a piece or two by them you feel adequately represents their style.
But I’ll answer with The Curse Of Jacques by Grave Digger; one of my favorites by my favorite band.
1) A few times, yes. I don’t understand it; they look like everypony else’s ears.
2) There is no “What if this” or “What if that.” There’s nothing more to define.
By the way, some philosophies see the very notion of bringing up socially defined “atrocities” as “evil,” seeing as repeated exposure to a concept makes ponies think about and possibly go through with them. Which would make this entire line of questioning “evil” and you by association.
3) Well, it was just- Wait, Linda?
4) It’s really not that big a deal. Thanks, though!
Look at these, Boscov! They look like little smiling mouths!
1) Spike is a sweet boy. I spent a good amount of time with him back in Canterlot. I don’t think I’d have a problem with that, if things eventually played out that way.
2) Discord is the spirit of chaos. Without chaos order would leave a stagnant world that would die off in a matter of centuries. That’s why we ponies have to create chaos in Equestria with things like powerful storms, though we do our best to keep it in line as well. Discord was too extreme to be allowed to roam free, but the notion of chaos by itself is as neutral as any other force.
3) Thank you?
4) Disgusting, but for something to be evil it would have to be inarguable by anyone who isn’t evil, and remain so under any circumstances.
Ignorance destroys the concept of good and evil, because one would have to know what the two are to abide by them.
5) Still not sure what’s going on.
6) Who says I’m not here already?
O~o~o~!
1) [Audible sigh]
It would only be temp-
Yeah… Yeah I’d stay with Boscov.
2) *Ka I-don’t-believe-in-evil*
3) Well, it’s supposed to be subtle and out of the way. I don’t want anypony to feel like they need to send me money. It would be nice, but it’s really just a method for a friend or somepony that really likes my work to help me out.
Sure, though. That would be fine and I’d appreciate it. Although, I’m half expecting you to send something offensive for laughs.
4) Believe it or not, that’s already been addressed.
You draw another arrow, but pause for a moment.
The first arrow you fired did no damage; it just made the shadow angry. Even a shot to the face has only seemed to stun it. What good would firing several more do but waste time?
A violent streak takes hold of you. You wrap the blanket back around you and lower the hood to half cover your eyes. After drawing and stringing another arrow with your mouth, you slowly progress toward the edge of the doorway.
You lift your head until you can see the edge of the shadow’s eyes, then close your own, aim slightly higher, and fire.
The following sound is so incredibly loud and terrifying you fall backwards! Inspecting the situation reveals the giant with its head lowered and one hoof covering its face, stomping with its hindlegs Chances are you probably missed your mark, but you must have hit something!
Quickly now! While it’s recoiling!
1) It would only be temporary, brony. Last a day at most.
2) Funny this should come right after the previous question.
Nothing more I feel like sharing at this moment, just funny.
3) Yep yep.
The hard and fast rule is, as long as you don’t insult somepony else I’ll at least address it. Obviously I’m free to use my own digression, though.
Sometimes I answer a question separately from the larger post, but if you sent a legit question and you don’t see me answer it, something bugged and I never received it.
4) I have a feeling you aren’t being entirely sincere.
soundoflonesomeness replied to your post: Answers after the break. 1) It’s only…
Professor Triple Extra-Large? I… don’t get it…
Answers after the break.
Thanks. Hope I didn’t distract you or anything.
Holy tortilla!
Hm… I suppose the same thing you’d do to support anypony else’s tumblr. If you find something you like on my page, like the post so I’ll know. If you find something you really like, reblog it so others can see it.
1) That’s subjective. I had friends, sort of. I played games.
2) Probably not a whole lot. Probably traded a good portion of it in when I got Skyrim.
3) Well, it’s upsetting when you have a bad internet connection. I could get angry at that. Is that what you mean?
4) I… Don’t think so. I never thought about it before.
I suppose it’s possible somepo-… Body might get offended by it on racial grounds.
So… I’ve received two donations of 10 USD each.
That’s fantastic!
In return, I spent most of the day putting this together as thanks!
So… Thanks! And thanks to Mister Carrot Cake for sending me the sheet music, which was fantastically arranged!
1) Believe me, no one would knock-the-hustle about it. Especially not now.
2) I’ve tried to explain it before. The post was hard to find, so I added a bunch of tags to it.
3) Yes. Did it sound good. No~.
4) If somepony gets human television reception, they are subject to whatever they turn their channel to.
Okay. I spent most of the day looking up all kinds of things with regards to this.
Here’s the short version. There are ways to sell musical covers, but being that I’m in Equestria, it’s complicated. I’d have to send a letter cross dimension and wait 30 days before selling, play royalties, and I still wouldn’t be able to use Bandcamp. So this is what I’ve come up with.
There’s a donate button on my page now. The more money I get, the more running this page becomes a sustainable entity, the more I update the page with things like music and drawings. That is to say, at a greater frequency than I do now. I’m not going to just stop if I don’t get anything.
I’ve updated the music page. You can now find a second download link that will have the second half of the songs not found on the first link. That will include Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.
My financial situation is far from stable, but I’m not asking for money. As a household, Bon-Bon and I aren’t desperate. If we ever become desperate, I’ll be sure to beg on my knees.
therandomtav answered your question: M-money…? Like, actual money? … I-I… Like how…
I’d probably pay a bit to get some of it. Optionally, toss it on bandcamp with no minimum price. People who want to pay do, others don’t.
Again, I can’t. What I do aren’t original compositions, they aren’t even remixes. They’re all just covers. Bandcamp’s terms of use disallows the selling of covers without permission from the source.
alex-wingace answered your question: M-money…? Like, actual money? … I-I… Like how…
(([redacted] YES. :D Well, if i had any money. :c ))
I appreciate the sentiment, and I don’t mean to be impolite, but if if’s and but’s were candy and nuts we’d all have a Happy Hearth’s Warming.
This isn’t hypothetical, this is real. If I can actually make money from this, I will devote more than a significant amount of my time to producing music to sell.
M-money…? Like, actual money?
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I-I…
Like how much money? One USD? A quarter of a USD?
I mean, I don’t think it’s any secret that I’m not exactly in the best financial situation right now. Either way it’s just a cover and Bandcamp prohibits selling covers unless I have permission. I would have to find another way.
You ponies wouldn’t really pay for any of this stuff, would you?
1) Salut, Carrot Top! Since this is the order I see the questions in, in a way, you did say hello first!
2) Well, I realized that by answering every question separately, I was effectively spamming pony’s dashboards. I’d notice that I’d lose followers after posting a bunch, and just put two and two together.
Doing it this way the posts take up minimal space and if somepony that follows me isn’t interested, they can just skip over them with minimal effort! Just trying to be considerate to the ponies that follow me!
3) Okay.
I really like this episode.
krastosthegluemaker replied to your post: krastosthegluemaker replied to your post: Answers…
Nope, I certainly am not. …Another would just completely devastate that field of delight we enjoy by ourselves. I want to experience the journey of love with you, and you alone. …But besides all that, there’s also the fact that what that anon was suggesting is very…
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You’re killin’ me, Smalls.
Hee hee hee!
krastosthegluemaker replied to your post: Answers after the break. 1) Sorry, all…
Not to mention, you belong with me, and I belong with you. There’s certainly room for friends and family at parts, but during those moments where it’s just the two of us, where we’re basked in that certain peace… Another would just completely devastate that field of…
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Field of…? You aren’t just going to leave me hangin’ are you?
I believe I’ve expressed on more than one occasion my feelings on dubstep. When I got the sheet music for this, I was surprised. I wasn’t aware you could have sheet music for noise. But I decided to give it a go anyway. This took me a while to do because I had to sit down and actually listen to the song in question on more than one occasion. It wasn’t pleasant.
That said, this came out incredible. It doesn’t sound like dubstep on a lyre, because I obviously can’t do all those glitchy grindy noises and not break something. Without the eardrum-scratching ‘wub’, this sounds like actual music. But not just music, good music.
I still don’t like dubstep, but I apologize for anything I may or may not have said about any dubstep composers in the past. Underneath all that… stuff, there’s obviously some real music theory at work.
Enjoy!
I’d like to take this moment to think the 750+ followers I presently have. I’ve sort-of been expecting it to drop by a bunch at some point and go back under 750. Probably under 700. But it just seems to be slowly going up.
It’s… sort of unreal. Do you pon- people actually read what I’m saying or are you just being nice?
Anyway, I’m not just going to sit here and take this for granted. I have a music piece I’ll be uploading here shortly.
Thanks for showing some interest in… I guess my life? I-I’ll try to remain worth following, if I even am to begin with.
And here’s a question mark so you can say stuff to me if you want.
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mutedgrey replied to your post: Answers after the break. 1) Are robot’s…
A steady job is pretty much the sum of my desires, too. Hmmm so it’s as soon as I thought it was. Thank you for tracking the post down!
kittysneezes replied to your post: Answers after the break. 1) Are robot’s…
Did you ever think that maybe Krastos (and all bears) might indeed have cutie marks, it’s just underneath their dark fur so nopony can see?
Answers after the break.
1) Unfortunately, seeing as I’m looking after Sweetie Belle, “not right now” might be too late.
This is why I try not to think about things like that.
2) Diabetes?
Probably a stomach ache at the least. I mean, you said too much.
3) It wasn’t always this way. Why, I remember many moons ago on the plains of the Serengeti…
4) I think her real name might be Ditza, which means happiness and cheerfulness.
5) What? You see something green?
1) Not for very long, or very loud, as that can do a number on my throat.
2) Said I wasn’t going to answe~r.
3) Sure. Recently I was particularly cross with him, though very briefly as it turns out I merely misunderstood.
I felt pretty stupid and embarrassed after that, but Boscov was very sweet about it.
4) Ah yes. Classic! Certainly my favorite at one point in time! That was when I was switching back and forth between that and Sweet Child ‘O Mine by Guns N’ Roses. I’m almost ashamed to say I’d never heard either song before Guitar Hero 2 came out.
Favorite song for today, an instrumental you can find on the same game. Jessica by The Allman Brothers.
5) Sounds like it.
