TwiLyghtSansSparkles
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I knew it! (Awesome comic, by the way. )
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An excellent thing to fall back on. Also, because this has needed doing for some time….
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For reasons I am really not at liberty to discuss, I put the tea in a white travel mug with black birds painted on it. (Hurm. Permission granted. Upvotes feedback is important. )
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Of course!
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For reasons I am not at liberty to discuss, I made myself some tea a few minutes ago. She's awesome. (And now I want to know why you can't say why you made her. ) The pony creator doesn't have any beards that fit him—or a plaid shirt option.
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I just made one…. ….but you're welcome to tweak it or make another.
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Wait. What if Timeport met Shiasurprise? Would they team up….or would they engage in a duel to the death with battle-axes and backup dancers?
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You mean Shia LaBeouf being an indiscriminate killer? I'm not exactly sure. Maybe it has to do with his unthreatening appearance? His breakout role on a Disney sitcom called Even Stevens? The fact he is so often typecast as the lovable but bumbling hero? The whole thing is more enjoyable if you don't ask too many questions. Edit: Yes, Kobold. Yes, we can.
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It's a reference to this verse right here: Wait! He isn't dead! Shia surprise! There's a gun to your head And death in his eyes!
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Don't try to figure it out. Do not attempt to understand. Just bask in its….um…. …um…. …. uh….. yeah.
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There you go.
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You're welcome? I think it exists because the creators decided to make the weirdest video ever, even by internet standards. And…well, they succeeded.
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And a most perfect name it is.
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I'll get the cupcakes. You didn't watch this video?
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Speaking of Epics, does anyone have anything against characters namedropping an especially bloodthirsty Epic named Shiasurprise who terrorized LA during his Rending?
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I've made it a personal policy to never be optimistic about Lucentia. It all goes back to when she hadn't yet been introduced, and I thought, "Maybe she'll be a little better than Nighthound. Or at least not as bad." Silly me.
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Well….
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Why not Supergirl, or Wonder Woman?
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I think the Spiderman pony might work better with blue stripes, but Batpony is perfect.
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Having a Bad Day? Stop here for a Good Rant!
TwiLyghtSansSparkles replied to traceria's topic in General Discussion
If you are going to arrogantly presume you know how to do my job better than I can, at least have the decency to do it right. -
Like many of the others who read this essay, I thought her use of the "rape culture" allegation was a bit unfounded at best. It certainly didn't seem to jibe with the rest of the essay—which was excellent and thought-provoking, as well as sad. Although I can see the points in the argument that shaming boys for reading "girly books" leads to a lack of male empathy for women, I think the more apparent tragedy Hale hints at in her essay is that we're shaming boys for liking certain things. By unwittingly discouraging boys from reading "princess" books, we're reinforcing those gender stereotypes we spend so much time talking about erasing. My brother is not what you would call….I tried to think of a word that doesn't carry a ton of emotional and social baggage, but I couldn't, so I'll just describe him. He wants to join the US Marshall Service. He reads Guns and Ammo. He goes for hikes through the desert and is a trained martial artist. He watches superhero movies and action flicks, and when I mentioned Gail Carson Levine's The Two Princesses of Bamarre, he casually tossed off that he had read it and liked it. Honestly, there's no reason why he, or any other guy, shouldn't enjoy that book. It features two interesting protagonists, one of whom must fight demons and monsters to save her sister. There's even a badchull male fairy at the end. What's not to love? Yet he's in the minority, because it has Princess in the title and two princesses on the cover. Frozen is another movie he liked. Again, what's not to love? Two princesses, one with ice powers and one brimming with adorkable charm, a manipulative sociopathic villain, and loads of humor. It's a fun movie, and a tearjerker at that, but why is it billed as a movie for girls? Because there are princesses in it? I do believe that girls' entertainment is marginalized in our society. I won't quibble with that. But I will also point out that it is keeping boys from enjoying things they have no reason not to enjoy—and that this reinforces the idea that boys should only like action movies and other "manly" things. Shaming boys for liking princess books only reinforces those gender roles we're realizing can be harmful.
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Not to my knowledge.