So. In your opinion. What is the best movie to come out of Generation 4?
I'm thinking of making an OC. What are some tips that I should think about while making it?
Howdy ya'll! So tonight I've decided to rewatch the series for a 3rd time.
I'll be honest I've drifted from the community but never lost my love for the show. I'm hoping I can become a more active member again...
I was inspired by /u/lunaticsongxiv's lovely post on the magic system in her stories and some of my own plans for future stories that rely on ponies who have knowledge outside what they "should" have known based on their experience and information propagation in the story. Specifically, these thoughts are based on the Divination school (but, as the linked discussion shows, ultimately incompatible with it as written).
As a general note, ponies who do have this talent are exclusively in one of the following categories, though they may be mischaracterized by others.
It's very possible for ponies to appear to others to have insight into other realities through a combination of direct experience, study, and common sense (genre-savvy to ponies with subterranean sight). If you've lived through alternate timelines, then it's not magically-implanted knowledge (even if it required magic to obtain).
Often called "Elevated Divination" or the gift of Oversight, this talent lets ponies see the lay of the land and know things beyond what they should know. What separates this group from full-on fourth wall breakers is that the entirety of their extra knowledge is strictly in-universe.
These are ponies with subterranean divination who know the hidden architecture of the universe. Dangers of an unmanaged case of this talent include becoming a homeless street yeller or becoming catatonically apathetic. These ponies don't necessarily have an accurate or clear picture of these outside elements, nor do they need the ability to interact with the beyond: they only know that there is something outside the story.
Seriously, if you haven't already done so, go read her post. It looks like it could be edited into a universal descriptor of magic systems, in the way that super weight is a universal comparison of the power of characters across franchises, if the story-specific rules are moved into an addendum.
I can't do this now: I already have my circuits full from sketching out my own stories and making graphing programs to understand the time travel plot and check for plot holes and other information leaks. However, it would be cool to find whether a 16-dimensional vector or an order 2 tensor in 4-D [4x4 matrix] is the better generic descriptor of arbitrary magic.
Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!
Same as every other time, feel free to discuss whatever it is you'd like regarding our little subreddit good or bad. If you're unhappy we'll try our best to fix whatever problem you're having!
If you want to talk about the MLP fandom in general, that's fine too!
But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.
If you don't know how it's as easy as making an emote:
>!It has ponies!!<
And if you're not wanting to discuss the subreddit or community specifically you can also check out the weekly off-topic thread [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/mylittlepony/comments/gns0xd/official_npt_offtopic_thread/!!!!
I had watched so much MLP one day that it just slipped out.
This is the thread for discussing anything pertaining to Fanfiction in general. Like your ideas, thoughts, what you're reading, etc. This differs from my Fanfic Recommendation Link-Swap Thread, as that focuses primarily on recommendations. Every week these two threads will be posted at alternate times.
Although, if you like, you can talk about fics you don't necessarily recommend but found entertaining.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
There are always things about the show I want to talk about, but I'd rather not always dedicate an entire full blown thread to it or it's never the right time to mention because no one would care. Maybe it's a thought that could be answered quickly enough to end discussion or something insignificant and stupid brewing in the back of your head for awhile! Anything you want to throw out to r/mylittlepony and say your piece!
Is there anything you've wanted to mention lately but never got around to it? Anything you want to speak up about for a bit? Any pony topic at all?
