Ask Lyra

Aug 04

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I’m sorry about last night, everypony! I just got a little upset. I’m still me! I’m not about to get all weepy and depressed or anything!

Mint, I’m working on a little something for your opening tonight. It should be pretty simple so I’m hoping I can get it down in time.

Everypony else, thank you. I’m okay, though! I promise!

iowastubborn asked: No ones values are static. They change as we grow, change and have new experiences. Sometimes they will even shift dramatically for little discernible reason. Such is the state of being alive. Anything that is completely static is likely suffering from rigor mortise.

I don’t mean things that change and grow over time. I’m talking five minutes from now, and again ten minutes from now, and again ten seconds after that.

You just…

I’m tired of thinking about this. I’m getting a drink and going back to bed. I shouldn’t even talk about this, nevermind that I don’t want to.

Forget about any of this. I’m going to wake up tomorrow and I’ll be fine!

askstarcatcher-deactivated20111 asked: I mean I know the feeling of getting memories back.
If the part about the relationship problemss wasn't the worst...

((ooc: JESUS IF THAT WASNT THE WORST AND THAT MADE ME BAWL I THINK THE OTHER PART MAY TRULY KILL ME -____-))

I’m not remembering about back then. I refuse.

askstarcatcher-deactivated20111 asked: You do know I know EXACTLY how that feels right?
Everything's going to be okay, Lyra. Those memories are going to come back, no matter how hard you don't want them to. But the good thing is that you have friends. You have support. You have ponies that would die for you. And we WILL help you get through this rough spot.

No, you don’t. You think you know about what I’ve been though. Everypony thinks they’ve heard the worst of it from me.

I don’t even think about the worst of it. With every fiber of my being, I will not be forced to remember.

theblackstrawberry asked: :/ i dont know... I just want you to be a happy pony, every pony should be who they want regardless of what other ponies might think of them. if they dont like the real you, that's fine, if they do, then that's great. i hope this whole ordeal can just be put in the past. your a good pony, i know you are.

From what you’ve seen, and your thoughts on good and evil that society has imprinted into your mind, you believe I’m a good pony.

All I can try to do is live up to what you’ve been lead to believe, and maybe find happiness there.

iowastubborn asked: Never mind that, "be your true self" shtick. What we are is an accumulation of our thoughts and actions. So don't bother with thinking about if something is true to yourself. Simply act in accordance with your own values. Leave the psychoanalysis and pretty sayings to everyone else.

What happens when your values aren’t static?

askstarcatcher-deactivated20111 asked: You know that's not true. You always do your best to do what's right. For others and yourself. Maybe your past is catching up to you... And I'm here for you no matter what.

I don’t want to remember.

I’ve looked away for so long; I’m afraid of what I’ll find, of what I thought I forgot.

theblackstrawberry asked: There is such a thing. It's your real self. The you who you are when no pony is looking. I think that at least if you were yourself, then your friends would know what kind of friend you are and not the friend your pretending to be.

“The who I am when no pony is looking.”

Well, I guess that’s the problem.

askstarcatcher-deactivated20111 asked: I'm sorry about Type…you don't deserve to be talked to like that. You have a beautiful heart…

I’d like to believe that, I really would.

I should be there to help you more. All I ever do anymore is just sit here and numbly rehearse music.

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Pretend there’s something funny here. I’m not really in the mood.

theblackstrawberry asked: like i said, you should be who you want to be. true friends will stick by you even if you change. you should be who you truly are, even if it might sound terrible.

That would all sound very poetic, if it were true.

I’ve seen it first hand. Ponies are your friends because of how you act, not who you are.

I don’t even know if there is such a thing as who you are.

diamondmint asked: I hope you can make it. We have a small stage for intimate shows, maybe you could play sometime soon. :3

I’ll try and see if I can get something together.

typeandprint-deactivated2012012 asked: Very well, Miss Lyra.
I have tried to be civil.
I have tried to be kind.
And in return, you hurt my child.
Henceforth, if you ever come within one hundred hoof-steps of my property, you WILL be treated as an invader and trespasser. Farewell, Miss Lyra.
May you someday find some room for kindness in that shriveled black heart of yours.

‘Your child’ isn’t hurt, but there’s plenty damaged about you, nobleman.

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Hopefully this will help.

diamondmint asked: Well, I know ya don't really care for coffee, but ya want a drink? We got our shipment in today, and we are fully stocked. I think I can crack open a few bottles or something before we officially open.

I don’t want to go anywhere… It’s late, my hair looks awful and my eyes are all red and swollen.

I’ll still try to make it for your grand opening, though! I really want to be there for you.