Ask Lyra

Nov 24

Anonymous asked: Lyra I think you're the Sage of Music

Would you be terribly surprised if I said I didn’t agree?

theblackstrawberry asked: All Lyra are best ponies. One day I still want to hug all the Lyras.

Good luck!

barontristan asked: Hold up. Are you proposing that one asks the ENTIRETY of Canterlot for lessons? What the heck man.

Yes, that’s exactly what I meant. It takes a city to raise a musician!

Watch your mouth, Flappy.

Watch your mouth, Flappy.

Nov 23

nadinasneedles-blog asked: How does one go about learning to play an instrument?

Find a teacher. I recommend Canterlot.

Anonymous asked: theres more to grab on boscov than most ponies

There’s more to grab on a bull elephant than an ant.

Different species have different sizes.

Anonymous asked: CYOA: ask the princess if she knows why you are here. or why they are here. and do something silly while they try to answer you.

You and the artist currently known as N-Amy follow the theoretical Princess of Equestia behind the divide on the far left corner of the room. There’s a staircase going down that you both descend before meeting back up with Celly in what appears to be an armory.

Around you are a few weapon racks, mostly bare, and a few pieces of armor. The armor is sized for griffons though, making your previous discovery of this building’s origin less significant. Aside from possibly a helmet there’s nothing a pony could wear.

While the three of you lay out the armaments available, you trade stories. Prince-Cel, get it, like pretzel? Anyway, she says a client of hers gave her a free ticket for a tour of this place. It was suppository very expensive, so when no one was here she waited a day. But something came in the night and attacked her; that’s what she and Fake-a-tron were talking about when you showed up.

Whatever it was stole something from her, but she wouldn’t say what.

The artist formerly known as N-Amy says she flies around here all the time, but today something struck her in the head and knocked her out of the sky. When she came to something was stolen from her as well.

She also wouldn’t say what was stolen, but that she was more interested in getting revenge on whatever attacked her. Also making sure no pony else gets hurt, but she may have only mentioned that to save face.

They both said what they saw of the assailant was some sort of enigmatic, shadowy creature. But Princess said it scurried away on four legs when she saw it, and Namy said it floated like a mythological wisp or shade.

You tell them that you met an old traveling pony who said he climbed this mountain every year. Unfortunately for him, he was too old and weak to do it again and asked you to. You felt bad for him and agreed. This morning before you left you found a key tapped to your front door with a note. It had rained the night before and you couldn’t make out what it said. But you saw what looked like the word “mountain” and knew it must have been from the old pony.

The whole time this is going on, you drop some of the joke names you came up with and seem to get a few smiles here and there.

In front of you are a few weapons. You’re the only one strong enough to pull a bow string, so it’s already decided that you’ll be taking that. Princess took the only mace and the one helmet small enough for a pony. Namy took both knives and a chain of some kind. Looks like you’re left with either a Staff, a Spear, or you could try using a Clawed Griffonian Gauntlet.

paemerbiksem asked: why do someponies draw you as a sea pony?

How many times do I have to answer this?

Some artist drew a few pictures, then some other artists followed suit.

The original pictures were based on a movie or something. None of it had anything to do with me.

Anonymous asked: is the reason youre dating boscov is because you have a fat fetish?

Boscov isn’t fat!

Anonymous asked: Truly you are the wisest pony of them all.

You can’t see it, but I’m putting my hooves together and bowing low.

Anonymous asked: Ooh! Ooh! Can you play the main theme from Deus Ex?

I would say no…

But I found this channel on Youhoof…

Hee hee hee…

[Clear Throat]

It’ll be a bit, though.

Anonymous asked: You may have been asked this before, but what is your outlook towards life? If it's positive, how would you go about teaching others to look more positively? If not, why?

There is no meaning to life.

There are no consequences for our actions beyond this plane. No reason to care about what happens to our world after we pass, or about the feelings of anyone around us at all.

But that’s what gives us a reason to be kind and considerate ponies. There’s no reason to gain incredible wealth or power when it serves no purpose once we’re gone. All the money in Equestria might give you a few extra years to your name, but that will never compare to decades of friendship and caring that you can give and receive.

We strive to make the world a better place for those that follow for absolutely no reason whatsoever. We’ll never see the fruits of our labors, or the smiles our actions bring. But even in a world where there is no right and wrong, it’s just the right thing to do.

Anonymous asked: Lyra! Lyra! Do you know how to play the Goddess Song from Skyward Sword?

That game only just came out. I can’t find sheet music for it yet.

theblackstrawberry asked: I was talking to Seapony Lyra, and I figured out why Lyra pony is best pony. It's cause I always hug every Lyra, and they are friends. They always help and are just great friends.

Could be! We do seem to be pretty good-natured ponies.