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MrNumbers


Stories about: Feelings too complicated to describe, ponies

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  • 15 weeks
    Tradition

    This one's particular poignant. Singing this on January 1 is a twelve year tradition at this point.

    So fun facts
    1) Did you know you don't have to be epileptic to have seizures?
    2) and if you have a seizure lasting longer than five minutes you just straight out have a 20% chance of dying in the next thirty days, apparently

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    10 comments · 476 views
  • 20 weeks
    Two Martyrs Fall for Each Other

    Here’s where I talk about this new story, 40,000 words long and written in just over a week. This is in no way to say it’s rushed, quite the opposite; It wouldn’t have been possible if I wasn’t so excited to put it out. I would consider A Complete Lack of Jealousy from All Involved a prologue more than a prequel, and suggested but not necessary reading. 

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    2 comments · 551 views
  • 23 weeks
    Commissions Open: An Autobiography

    Commission rates $20USD per 1,000 words. Story ideas expected between 4K-20K preferable. Just as a heads up, I’m trying to put as much of my focus as I can into original work for publication, so I might close slots quickly or be selective with the ideas I take. Does not have to be pony, but obviously I’m going to be better or more interested in either original fiction or franchises I’m familiar

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    5 comments · 556 views
  • 25 weeks
    Blinded by Delight

    My brain diagnosis ended up way funnier than "We'll name it after you". It turned out to be "We know this is theoretically possible because there was a recorded case of it happening once in 2003". It turns out that if you have bipolar disorder and ADHD and PTSD and a traumatic brain injury, you get sick in a way that should only be possible for people who have no

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    19 comments · 741 views
  • 35 weeks
    EFNW

    I planned on making it this year but then ran into an unfortunate case of the kill-me-deads. In the moment I needed to make a call whether to cancel or not, and I knew I was dying from something but didn't know if it was going to be an easy treatment or not.

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Jul
20th
2014

Hipposandals · 7:42am Jul 20th, 2014


Apparently that's what Celestia's fancy little booties are called.

Funny name, isn't it?

Hipposandals.

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Comments ( 9 )

Huh... Today, I have learned something new. :moustache:

Makes sense. Hippo originally meant horse.

We have a term! We have an actual, official term!

I just wish it hadn't taken four years. Think of all the times the word "hipposandal" could've seen use.

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...hipposandals were recreated and tested; however, they were reported to have been uncomfortable and unsuitable for long journeys.

Well, now we know why Celestia and Luna travel by chariot.

Cool, though I'm thinking Celestia might object.

Does this also make pony socks hipposocks?

Don't let Celestia hear you say that. She might think you're saying she has cankles or something and send you to the moon!

Actually the modern version of the hypposandals, the hoof-boot, is normally used, and even preferred to the horseshoes on certain terrains.

For the modern reproductions of the ancient hypposandals, I think that, as for most modern reproductions of antique items, the ancient blacksmits knew their work much better than the modern reproducers. Imagine if a normal metalworker of the future, not knowing the actual technique, will try to reproduce an horseshoe and nail it to the hoof of an horse, what damages he can do.

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