TwiLyghtSansSparkles

"I'm sorry, goddess...but what is a taco?" "Dunno. Let's go find out!" "But the paintings!" "All remind me of tacos now and I won't divine anything else until I eat one." If Nighthound Returned, the other Returned would bring a class-action lawsuit against Endowment for the drastic and insulting lowering of standards.

Let's see....Returned are deities that embody admirable human qualities, so were she allowed, she would be the goddess of cake. But since that would mean Lightsong could be the god of wine, it wouldn't happen. So she'd probably be the goddess of spontaneity. As such, her Lifeless codes would change whenever she got sick of controlling them with "Funny monkey" or "Great Turkey Lord of Puddingland." She would also offer to share her codes with random priests just to watch them stare in bewilderment at the codes.

Why do you have to ask such good questions? I'd hesitate to compare them to each other, because they're so different. P&F is an excellent wacky-hijinks-with-a-heart show, where it's completely plausible for a 15 year old girl to accidentally become a blues singer after being exposed to wild parsnips, and where searching for an ancient element with an adorable alien in Seattle is just another Tuesday. At the end of every episode, the status quo is (usually, mostly) reinstated so the hijinks can begin anew the next day. GF, on the other hand, is a rare wacky adventure show played straight. Mabel and Dipper come across some weird things, and they certainly joke about them, but the consequences of their adventures are always played straight. There is no reset button. When they're in peril, the peril is REAL, and the effects of it longer long after the episode ends. The wacky creatures they meet possess hidden depths of one sort or another: Either they are more human than the twins thought, or they are considerably less human than they seem. When an enemy tries to conquer the town or do some other nefarious thing, that enemy isn't written off as a nut--they're almost always portrayed as genuinely, terrifyingly evil. Both shows are excellent, but they're excellent in different ways. Comparing them would be like comparing a chocolate pie and an order of hot wings--both are delicious, and they're both of the same high quality, but it really isn't fair to say one is more delicious than the other. Better to just enjoy one right after the other.

I suspected that was the case--that you at least knew what they were actually for. The rest of your research into piracy has been awesome, so it seemed like Blackwave's offer was a deliberate distortion.

For reasons that surpass even my own understanding, I now feel compelled to make a chapter list for What Happened in Luthadel. Chapter One: The Cry of the Deep Doo-Doo Bird Chapter Two: It's Raining Noblemen Chapter Three: The Plague of Imbeciles Chapter Four: I Know What Caused Scadrial's Apocalypse Chapter Five: It Starts with "Night" and Ends with "Hound" Chapter Six: Augh No He's Right Behind Me Chapter Seven: My Name is Altermind and I'm Surrounded by Cow Turds Chapter Eight: Inquisitor Lightwards Abides No Shenanigans ….I think I need help.

Rereading the latest Blackwave post, you know what the worst part about that is? Pirates didn't wear eyepatches because they'd lost an eye. When moving from the deck to the hold, especially in a battle situation, the biggest danger is not being able to see where you're going. Candles and lanterns could provide light, but in a battle, it's not guaranteed that you'll have the time to light one—not to mention the danger of fire should you be knocked off your feet and drop the lantern or candle. With this in mind, pirates would wear eyepatches so one eye would already be adjusted to darkness; and when they entered the hold, they would simply switch sides on the eyepatch, further ensuring that when they went back above, they would have already begun the process of adjusting one eye to the darkness. Blackwave, therefore, is a colossal slontze for using a gross misinterpretation of historical fact in order to satisfy his morbid tastes. He's also a colossal slontze for—you know—everything else.

And that is how Blackwave became President of the Universe, after which Lightwards sued him for campaign fraud.

Maybe I'll email it to my prof.

Backtrack + friends =/= misery. Yep, too unreasonable. Don't sic a glaring Applejack on me! I have homework! Sic her on my homework instead.

….is the proper translation for this line "Get to work on the Unicyclist's Rending before things get any creepier"?

Perhaps we could have a recording of Sister Rosetta blaring in the background when this wrong is finally righted?

Backtrack is capable of seeing into the past, and with such a power, I fully expect him to know that rock music was invented not by Elvis Presley or Chuck Berry in the 50s and 60s, but by Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1930s and 40s. This gospel singer was wailing on an electric guitar and belting out lyrics back when the "inventors" of those rock 'n' roll mainstays were still learning to talk. Also, she looked like this: Bring her justice, Backtrack. Right this terrible wrong.

Or "Lucentia doesn't seem to like people very much?" Edit: Or "This video of pugs sledding is rather cute"?

Or "Nighthound is rather unpleasant"?

Red means it's planning-related, rather than pony-related.

The dictionary definition of "-mancer" is "a practitioner of a specific type of divination." A necromancer, therefore, is a diviner for the dead; while a glittermancer must be….um….someone who weaponizes glitter? Because Funtimes has done that. Boy, has she done that. Snowcone Lady could be ominous foreshadowing.

I'm trying to think: did he ever come up with a foreshadowing nickname for Funtimes?

Do you promise?

We don't call him Lightwards the Green for no reason.

Yessssss. Funtimes' version would only include this if the owners of said bonbons were Lightwards and Nighthound.

Weird. Funtimes' version looks almost exactly like this.

And pundits make a big deal about fossil fuels being non-renewable. Pfft. Shows what they know.

Edit: Technically, we only showed the beginning of the hunt. Numnums and Neverthere could interrupt it at any point.