The pony personality space

I just visited Eliezer Yudkowsky's tumblr, and on Jan 12 he posted this:

12TH JAN 2024 | 38 NOTES

Pegasus axis:
Exuberant/adventurous (Dash) vs. quiet/cautious (Flutter)

Unicorn axis:
Stylish/sociable (Rare) vs. bookish/introverted (Sparkle)

Earth-pony axis:
Silly/creative (Pie) vs. sober/hardworking (Apple)

Comments

[Forcalor]

Pretty fun observation. Gotta love when things are subliminal enough

[PaulAsaran]

First response: "Who the heck is Eliezer Yudowsky?"

*Goes to find out*

Second response: "...huh. Ponies infect everything, it seems. Like a lovable, snuggleable plague."

[FanOfMostEverything]

It is interesting how each pair of the Mane Six oppose each other in such clean ways. Clearly the pegasi go on the z-axis.

5771948
Rarity and Twilight cameo in the early chapters of Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. The man's been infected for a long time.

[Lurks-no-More]

I feel queasy. Let's hope Yudkowsky won't try to write any pony fanfiction...

[Bad Horse]

5771948

Ponies infect everything, it seems. Like a lovable, snuggleable plague.

Until the holds of your starship are full of ponies, and they chew on the wiring, and your warp drive won't work anymore, and you're stranded in space near the Neutral Zone.

[Herald of Opera]

With how much of himself he puts into his stories, I feel like visiting his social media would be redundant.

[PaulAsaran]

5771953
I wonder if Klingons react to ponies the same way they do to tribbles?

[mishun]

5771949
There's also this (MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS SCIENCE part).
(And I think Quirrell ate at least 3 unicorns but can't remember who was third. Although, I'm not sure here.)

[Bad Horse]

5771960
Crossover needed!

[equestrian.sen]

Someone should tell him that he missed the alicorn axis.

[Bad Horse]

5772064
Well, that's just yin and yang, right?

[equestrian.sen]

5772510
That sounds right. I was thinking id/private (as in private thoughts) vs superego/public (as in public face), but yin/yang seems much more thorough.

[SparklingTwilight]

5771952
Did he, though?

THarry Potter and the Prancing of Ponies

• MLP: FiM
• Harry Potter
• Adventure
• Sci-Fi

Dumbledore doesn't reverse the trap he laid on the Mirror in time. The Mirror traps Harry and Voldemort outside of Time... and inside the MLP universe. MLPxHPMoR Crossover.

• Crossover
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