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.
1) As far as I know, she still spends most of her time studying all the changes that have taken place since her imprisonment. She does seem to be regaining more of her own duties, though…
2) Ask Scootaloo what? Whether or not she had a dream that Princess Luna was in? What would that prove? But no, neither the Princess Luna or Celestia of my world have a tumblr. At least that I know of.
3) C-O-N-T-E-X-T!
Person, Place, and Time, you see!
Not those threats that are empty!
You need context!
4) … What?
5) Alright fine. Here’s the intro. Tell me what you think.
6) Magic wins wars.
7) It was an interesting work in it’s own right, but not worth basing a continuity on. Accept it for what it was and let it go.
8) Please see three answers up.
1) Uh… Huh… That doesn’t sound made up.
2) Nice troll, buddy. Next you’re gonna to give me “proof.”
3) Most paparazzi don’t turn an entire town against themselves. That would be why it wasn’t their special talent, despite their evident skill. You gotta pick and choose who you write about.
4) Hard to say. Usually it has to do with how relatable the subject is. If it’s something the audience is supposed to relate heavily to, but the subject is off-the-wall bizarre to our culture, make them ponies. Instantly more relatable! On the other hoof, if any attempt to tie the subject to reality is being withheld…
5) Buddy, all the cool kids are hanging out with their friends.
6) Not in particular. I’m sure I’d like it if I did, but who has the time?
7) No, a villain is a technical designation by the Equestrian government designed to identify any entity that has made an attempt to over-through, take over, destroy, damage, or otherwise undermine Equestria’s authority as an international power, as decided by the Princess herself.
I swear, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say you bronies just sit there looking for loopholes. Almost like you think I’m making this stuff up on the spot!
