2) Barriers work by diffusing a force, magic or otherwise, over a solid surface other than the self. They don’t nullify magic. As such levitation can grab and lift the barrier, contents and all. That’s why barriers are usually big and partially submerged to anchor them down.
I wouldn’t be able to unfasten the claws, but I could still grab, drag, lift, and push them around. Which would making hitting me very hard.
3) This is probably the most likely of the three. And that’s very sad.
Wooooow, @askheartandviolet. There has most certainly been a misunderstanding, though. I was joking about the weapon thing. I didn’t think anypony claiming to be a warrior would be foalish enough to bring a weapon in a one-on-one against a unicorn. Even in a spar, where I’m supposed to go easy on you, that’d be far too
unrealistic. But I guess that’s what happens when you remain
close-minded to other fighting styles in your own blind overconfidence. Pardon the crude visual aids.
And this is just me and my limited magic. A more gifted unicorn would probably magnetize your claws to your armor so you couldn’t even stand up!
This is the entire reason why no division of the Equestrian Guard employs armed patrols!
The use of weaponry in civilized combat is as archaic and backwards as
your notions of training! The whole reason we’d spar hoof-to-hoof would
be to give you the advantage! You’re faster, probably have more experience, and I hope would be in better shape.
And you can have the advantage because I don’t mind losing!Winning only reinforces what you already know. Losing is how you learn what to do different next time. I would have thought that to be a millennia old concept. But hey, you grew up sheltered and unexposed, and that’s not your fault. But remaining that way is.
Oh, and you can forget about the spar. You’re clearly beneath me. Even holding back I’d probably hurt you.
[Violet Rose]: To be capable of fighting is one thing, unicorn. To be a warrior is another. You may be the former but you are far from the latter.
Violet lays it on thick with her ideals. She’s not really one to be, uh… friendly… with ponies after all.
What dribbling nincompoop taught you how to fight? Holding back is exactly how you learn from sparring! It boils everything down to speed and technique. And without hurting each other you can spar longer and more often. What’s hitting one another at full force going to do? Get somepony hurt so they can’t give one hundred percent?
Clearly you need a refresher. Training is how you start. Muscle building, muscle memory, reflex memory, learning what you can do and what your opponent can do. Then sparring puts theory to practice. It’s where you take your understanding and training and apply it in a safe environment where there’s no risk of harm. It’s where two combatants learn from one another in a friendly series of engagements.
How in Equestria are you suppose to learn anything if you’re both fighting for real? You’re not supposed to learn from a real fight. A real fight is where you take what you’ve practiced and use it defend yourself. If you’re learning something in a real fight, you weren’t prepared for it. That means you’re probably losing.
No wonder Heart Song can’t learn anything from you. You’re a terrible teacher!
1) I will say I loved the scene where Rafferty tried to add some details to the painting and the customer got upset about it. It could have been lazy and we could have heard him say “Oh, I am so sad now. This is my sad face.“ But instead we got to see him walk back, completely defeated, into his self-imposed prison of stagnation. And as easy as it would have been to make Sammy out to be the bad-guy and be all “I told you so.“ We instead see him visibly upset too. He didn’t want to be right, he just knew that he was.
That’s why Rafferty is my favorite character. Can give even a boring episode a flawless performance.
Oh wait. That’s not what you asked. [Unintelligible Muttering] … What?
2) With extra Hay Fries, please!
3) I did not know that! But I haven’t played Hong Kong yet so I also don’t know who you’re talking about. I’m waiting for it to go on sale. Which sounds pretty sorry of me since it’s so cheap… I am poor. :(
Something about her possibly being redeemed while I was commenting on how void of emotion she was with checking on the gem fusion monsters. Mind you, she hasn’t been redeemed yet. SU has this funny way of surprising us.
ok i never wanted her to be REDEEMED, but shes a cutie and innocentish and i love her ok, so anyway
yeah shes not a heartless jerk monster so
get rek
This is me getting rek’d by benjamin-note, because television theories are serious business.
Lyra: I don’t know. I didn’t like the first episode since the hiatus ended. I just really liked the second one.
Blossomforth: Well, what about the song?
Lyra: Ugh. It was like they were trying to channel Art In Distress and wound up with Raze This Barn.
Blossomforth: I liked Raze this Barn!
Lyra: What? Is there a single song you don’t like?
Blossomforth: I didn’t like In This Town.
Lyra: Are you kidding me? You didn’t like the one song that’s intentionally unnerving, but you liked Raze This Barn?
Blossomforth: There’s nothing creepy about Raze This Barn! It’s about how we shouldn’t fear natural destructive forces!
Lyra: You read an analysis online, didn’t you?
Blossomforth: N-No?
Lyra: Anyway. I did really like Rafferty and Rainart in the newest episode.
Blossomforth: So did I! It was great! Couldn’t you just scream when Raff booped Rain’s nose?
Now you’re learning about high budget films with low substance! You just learn so much!
I’m still alive! Yep. Still here. Just busy. New work schedule. I know! I’ll post a song! I mean, that’s obvious now since I changed it from a text post but you get the idea.
1) No kidding. It’s like sometimes life just decides to kick your flank for sitting still too long.
2) Oh no. Don’t be silly!
Being a unicorn has nothing to do with it.
Lyra: I don’t even know who lives here. I’d feel bad about peeking into an open window, but you did sneak into a castle. I mean, technically so did I, but only once. Twice. A smaller number than you.
[Rustle]
Lyra: Wait.. Is that…? Raindrops?! Raindrops: [Gasp] … Uh… Hi.
Lyra: What are you doing? Oof. Have you lost your mind?
Raindrops: I… don’t know… what your…? Lyra: Have you been stealing things from the human world?
Raindrops: No! Of course not…! I-… Yes! I mean no!
Lyra: Do you know how much trouble you could get in?! Do you?! Because I sure don’t! I can’t even comprehend how much trouble that is right now!
Raindrops: I know! I know! But-… Just look at this! These aren’t like the cheap, knockoff phones we have here! The charge on these things can last for days! And-and they don’t have to use texts to communicate. They can make phone calls! Real ones! Not like a crappy two-way radio! They connect to these towers that carry signals. Hundreds of signals! Thousand even! All at once! And these satellites! Floating around in space! Their connection is super fast! That’s why their internet is so powerful!
Lyra: Did you draw that chart?
Raindrops: And this paper! It’s so light and easy to carry! No more being weighted down by a hundred bits or less or carrying around fragile gemstones. And-and this stuff! It’s some kind of chemical. You spray it in somepony’s eyes when they try to attack you! Think about what this could have meant for us! Think about what it could mean for the future!
Lyra: Raindrops, stop!
Raindrops: And this thing! It shoots water out and spreads it all over the place! All that time spent scheduling rainfall and storms and supplying water to Cloudsdale when we could just let it go! Let the rain fall! Live like the Everfree! All that time wasted when we could be using our resources to better ourselves!
Lyra: But it’s not sustainable! All the resources spent on-! Raindrops: Look at this bottle! Look how simple and elegant it is! And cheap! These things are mass-produced and sent all over their world! They’re battling thirst and hunger! Expanding their borders into territories we’d think were uninhabitable!
Lyra: Those things are non-biodegradable! They don’t decompose! Raindrops: But what if they did? We have magic and they don’t!
Lyra: This has to stop! You can’t keep doing this! Raindrops: I know! But… it means something, doesn’t it? There’s a bunch of alternate dimensions similar to ours, aren’t there? Why did the portal lead there? Why are we linked to their world? I know it’s a secret, but it doesn’t have to be a secret! It doesn’t have to be a hazard! We can help each other! We can change everything! [Heavy breathing]
Lyra: I… I’m not telling Twilight about this. But, Raindrops, you can’t go back there. Ever. I don’t know what all this means. And I certainly don’t know what all those charts mean. But you’re breaking the law. We can’t do that anymore.
Raindrops: I know… I never meant… I was just curious the first time.
Lyra: How did you even find out about it?
Raindrops: I saw all of you leaving the castle. Lyra: [Omitted]. It was my fault. Raindrops: Sorry!
Lyra: I have to go. I was never here. And you were never there! And this stuff… I don’t know how but it doesn’t exist. Not in this dimension. Do you understand?
Raindrops: Yes! I’m sorry! Thank you!
Lyra: Don’t mention it. Oof. Literally. Never mention any of this. Ever.
Well well. And here I was thinking that whole thing had blown over. Finished with your light breaking-n-entering for the evening? Alright my little home invading friend, where are you headed tonight? Home maybe? Expect some company…
Lyra: Oh Cels… Can I go one shift without somepony yelling at me?
Ribbon: All those horseapples about “being on the same side” and you go on a date with her?!
Lyra: I had to! She made me! Ribbon: Did she put a knife to your throat?! Because you just buried one in my back!
Lyra: It wasn’t that big of a deal!
Ribbon: Oh no? She must have talked for two hours about it! Going on and on about how much fun she had and how much she just loooved spending time with you! You’d have thought you two were there all night!
Lyra: We didn’t even do anything!
Ribbon: You did enough! I-It’s like you rekindled a dying flame! How am I supposed to find somepony to compete against you for her affections now?! You have a neigh-insurmountable lead!
Lyra: I’m sorry!
Ribbon: Oooh, you’re not sorry yet. But you will be. You’ve made a powerful enemy this day- I’ll tell you that much! But you know what really burns my flank? Lyra? You know what really gets under my coat? How she said that it wasn’t special. That it felt so normal. Like it was just some ordinary night and that’s how things are supposed to be! It’s like you don’t even have to do anything!
[Pause]
Lyra: Ugh… I’m just going to stop getting out of bed.
Bon-Bon: You’re awful quiet since we left.
Lyra: I… don’t really know what to say.
Bon-Bon: Did you at least enjoy yourself?
Lyra: Of course! Yes! Absolutely! I’m just… you sang so well.
Bon-Bon: I should hope so. I’d been practicing that song for the last two months. Surprised I didn’t spoil things by humming it around the house or something.
Lyra: No, I was… completely…
Bon-Bon: I know… you don’t feel the same way about me that I do for you. You probably never will. But I want you to at least know how much you mean to me. How much having you here means to me. And one day when you leave- Lyra: Bon-Bon I’m not- Bon-Bon: I’m not naive, Lyra. I know you’re not going to stay here forever. Ponyville is like a vacation to you. A hideaway. It’s a nice place to get away from it all. You get to ignore things a bit. But one day you’re going to get restless and… you’re going to go back. Back to Canterlot or back to the bustle of some other city-I don’t know which. When that happens, I want you to know that I’ll still be here. No matter how long you’re gone. No matter what happens.
Lyra: I… don’t…
Bon-Bon: There’s nothing for you to say. I just want you to be happy.
