It's that time again. The regulars know how this works. The new arrivals may need a quick course.
(Yes, much of this is a straight paste from the last time. Maybe I can't format or code to save my life, but I can occasionally paste without breaking a file.)
In the present, I've been trying to focus on a future which, in the best case, is more than a year away. The possibility of making it to Tokyo for their MLP convention in (approximately) May of 2025, and the gradually-advancing marathon run of trying to reach the required total.
This isn't a pleasant story. In telling the group about what happened through the medium of this blog, I'm hoping to make a few people think. Passing on the details of events -- or rather, mostly doing so. Because in writing this, I'm not going to include any names. Not just yet, anyway. Those who want an ID on the self-assigned 'victim' of the tale are welcome to come into the chat server,
Wasn't there a minor kerfuffle some years back where a joke website had photoshopped pictures advertising a fictional "kitten in a bottle" product?
Meanwhile, your image seems like something I'd see at a local club where Keno numbers would come up on television screens on the walls in one animated format or another.
to drive off Nightmare Cliff, into Nightmare Canyon...
...right where it belongs, burning in the satisfying furious glow of flames enhanced with gasoline tossed by drivers from above. And then nuked from orbit just to be sure. This is hideous.
I am a hopeless old fogey. I'm happy to say that I have no clue whatsoever as to the significance of anything posted by anyone so far. In fact, as a general rule if I think that I understand it, it's either hopelessly outdated or I'm mistaken.
Why are dice-shaped animals nightmare fuel, exactly?
I suppose that while I'm sure I've seen more bizarre things in children's telly in the past and these wouldn't look out of place except presumably they are from some sort of gambling website and all the connotations of that would be inappropriate for childen's telly (unless, I dunno, it was some board-game related world or something).
Not really nightmare fuel though.
Unless this is part of EA's next game for children - or just EA's next game, actually - of course, then I'm right behind you.
"Now understand, Twilight," said Rarity, "we aren't mad at you."
Applejack snorted. "I'm plenty mad."
"Very well, I'm not mad at you, and Applejack won't kick a friend when she's so clearly sorry, will she?"
"Wasn't ever gonna, but Twi ain't the only one who has experience lecturin'. And this is right up there with what Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle have gotten into."
Twilight, ears flattened so much they actually hurt, bit her lip. "Would it help if I pointed out that it was completely harmless?"
The matching glares her friends—please still be her friends—gave her was answer enough. "Darling," Rarity said, managing to turn the term of endearment into some combination of condescension and condemnation, "you are clearly working with a... unique definition of 'harm.'"
Applejack took a deep breath. "Look, Twi, just change 'em back an' we can forget about this for a while. Shoot, someday we'll probably look back on this an' laugh. But right now, it ain't funny."
Twilight swallowed. "Uh, about that..."
Rarity took what few inches she had on the other unicorn and loomed over her. "Twiliiiight."
For a brief moment, Twilight forgot just whose little sister she was. The words came tumbling out in a panic. "You have to admit, it is interesting. I mean, it's almost nothing compared to Discord's warping or even the plant-animal hybrids I accidentally produced just before the Mirror Pool incident, which is a whole other kettle of kelp, really. Still, if I could accomplish cross-kingdom transmutations by accident, I figured I could achieve something relatively simpler intentionally." Twilight started feeling light-headed. She sped up to counteract her hyperventilation. "But Owloysius flew off when I explained the idea and I needed a test subject or two and I couldn't find Spike and I don't know reptile biology well enough and Angel had bears on retainer and mmf mrff mm— Mm?"
Applejack gave her a sympathetic look to go with the hoof shoved against her mouth. "Easy there, Twi. Like I said, just change 'em back and we're square."
"Even if that's rather the problem now," Rarity said, winking to take the sting out of it.
Twilight took a step back and performed her breathing exercise a few times. "Okay. I'm okay."
"And Opalescence and Winona?" Rarity tilted her head towards the currently cubic pets, who were sleeping next to each other.
"It should be temporary. If they're still Braytonic solids by tomorrow, I should have a counterspell ready by then."
She shook the image out of her head. "Will. But... can we maybe not make this a letter to the Princess?"
Both nodded. "As long as you learn from it, Twilight." Rarity held her in a gentle embrace for a moment.
The moment ended when Applejack cleared her throat. "One o' you wanna help me over here?" She held up a leash in her mouth, one connected to a collar designed for a neck that wasn't currently there. "This is lookin' a mite tricky."
4730590 As noticed by Trick Question and Glazius, this looks like Yahtzee, which I've played a number of times as a child without gambling, and it didn't train me to gamble. (Although I can see both as possibilities for other people.)
4730597 Pinky and Rainbow should be here rolling the animals dice to play some board game or something to the consternation of Rarity or Applejack.
And Fluttershy would not voice her thought with the clearly upset Rarity and Applejack but... She want one. She is looking intensely at Winona and Opal and she is thinking that she want one. In fact she want a whole set of multiple sided dice like Spike use for is Oger and Oubliettes games night. A D4 Angel Bunny sounds about reallyyyyyyy great. And a bird D12. And a Bear D20... Ok maybe the Bear should be a D100 but still...
She continue to stare intensely at the fluffy animals dice while Pinky and Rainbow play with them.
4730692 As not a sort of person who ever played dice games as such (dice are, as far as I'm concerned a useful randomisation of resolution mechanic device), I was in error when I said "board games", as Yahtzee is not technically one, is it? But it and it ilk would be within the ballpark of what I MEANT (i.e. games that are not gambling, nor would do anything to promote it).
As you can probably gather from the preceeding paragraph, aside from the name, I wouldn't know a game of yahtzee if it hit me in the face.
What I was generally rambling at was the only scenario where the aforemention cube-animals I could concievably see as "nightmare fuel" was if they were being used in such a way to promote gambling to children. Possibly by EA.
A hypthetical children's show wherein Yahtzee-Dog and Snakes & Ladders Cat (or something) were present would not be that.
You didn’t see this coming?
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And I roll... cat anus?
"Yahtzee...?"
No. Nein. Niet. Nada. Nej. Non. Não.
Le wot.
Yeah, this one has been in the works for a while.
(Or is it that it's a pet retheme of Yahtzee, rather than a pet retheme of, say, Favor of the Pharaoh?)
Wasn't there a minor kerfuffle some years back where a joke website had photoshopped pictures advertising a fictional "kitten in a bottle" product?
Meanwhile, your image seems like something I'd see at a local club where Keno numbers would come up on television screens on the walls in one animated format or another.
Nope.
...right where it belongs, burning in the satisfying furious glow of flames enhanced with gasoline tossed by drivers from above. And then nuked from orbit just to be sure. This is hideous.
4730385 Heh, Pinkie in Mentally Advanced?
It might be a dicey move, but i think they're reasonably cube.
Nightmare fuel?
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Don't click on this.
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Really don't click on this one.
Nice Grumps reference :D
I am a hopeless old fogey. I'm happy to say that I have no clue whatsoever as to the significance of anything posted by anyone so far. In fact, as a general rule if I think that I understand it, it's either hopelessly outdated or I'm mistaken.
Let me guess, the dog’s name is Spot, and the cat is called Pip?
When this dog rolls over, he really rolls over...
Why are dice-shaped animals nightmare fuel, exactly?
I suppose that while I'm sure I've seen more bizarre things in children's telly in the past and these wouldn't look out of place except presumably they are from some sort of gambling website and all the connotations of that would be inappropriate for childen's telly (unless, I dunno, it was some board-game related world or something).
Not really nightmare fuel though.
Unless this is part of EA's next game for children - or just EA's next game, actually - of course, then I'm right behind you.
"Now understand, Twilight," said Rarity, "we aren't mad at you."
Applejack snorted. "I'm plenty mad."
"Very well, I'm not mad at you, and Applejack won't kick a friend when she's so clearly sorry, will she?"
"Wasn't ever gonna, but Twi ain't the only one who has experience lecturin'. And this is right up there with what Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle have gotten into."
Twilight, ears flattened so much they actually hurt, bit her lip. "Would it help if I pointed out that it was completely harmless?"
The matching glares her friends—please still be her friends—gave her was answer enough. "Darling," Rarity said, managing to turn the term of endearment into some combination of condescension and condemnation, "you are clearly working with a... unique definition of 'harm.'"
Applejack took a deep breath. "Look, Twi, just change 'em back an' we can forget about this for a while. Shoot, someday we'll probably look back on this an' laugh. But right now, it ain't funny."
Twilight swallowed. "Uh, about that..."
Rarity took what few inches she had on the other unicorn and loomed over her. "Twiliiiight."
For a brief moment, Twilight forgot just whose little sister she was. The words came tumbling out in a panic. "You have to admit, it is interesting. I mean, it's almost nothing compared to Discord's warping or even the plant-animal hybrids I accidentally produced just before the Mirror Pool incident, which is a whole other kettle of kelp, really. Still, if I could accomplish cross-kingdom transmutations by accident, I figured I could achieve something relatively simpler intentionally." Twilight started feeling light-headed. She sped up to counteract her hyperventilation. "But Owloysius flew off when I explained the idea and I needed a test subject or two and I couldn't find Spike and I don't know reptile biology well enough and Angel had bears on retainer and mmf mrff mm— Mm?"
Applejack gave her a sympathetic look to go with the hoof shoved against her mouth. "Easy there, Twi. Like I said, just change 'em back and we're square."
"Even if that's rather the problem now," Rarity said, winking to take the sting out of it.
Twilight took a step back and performed her breathing exercise a few times. "Okay. I'm okay."
"And Opalescence and Winona?" Rarity tilted her head towards the currently cubic pets, who were sleeping next to each other.
"It should be temporary. If they're still Braytonic solids by tomorrow, I should have a counterspell ready by then."
"Should?" Applejack's eyebrow briefly brought rising guillotine blades to Twilight's mind.
She shook the image out of her head. "Will. But... can we maybe not make this a letter to the Princess?"
Both nodded. "As long as you learn from it, Twilight." Rarity held her in a gentle embrace for a moment.
The moment ended when Applejack cleared her throat. "One o' you wanna help me over here?" She held up a leash in her mouth, one connected to a collar designed for a neck that wasn't currently there. "This is lookin' a mite tricky."
4730590
As noticed by Trick Question and Glazius, this looks like Yahtzee, which I've played a number of times as a child without gambling, and it didn't train me to gamble. (Although I can see both as possibilities for other people.)
4730597
Pinky and Rainbow should be here rolling the animals dice to play some board game or something to the consternation of Rarity or Applejack.
And Fluttershy would not voice her thought with the clearly upset Rarity and Applejack but... She want one. She is looking intensely at Winona and Opal and she is thinking that she want one. In fact she want a whole set of multiple sided dice like Spike use for is Oger and Oubliettes games night. A D4 Angel Bunny sounds about reallyyyyyyy great. And a bird D12. And a Bear D20... Ok maybe the Bear should be a D100 but still...
She continue to stare intensely at the fluffy animals dice while Pinky and Rainbow play with them.
4730692
As not a sort of person who ever played dice games as such (dice are, as far as I'm concerned a useful randomisation of resolution mechanic device), I was in error when I said "board games", as Yahtzee is not technically one, is it? But it and it ilk would be within the ballpark of what I MEANT (i.e. games that are not gambling, nor would do anything to promote it).
As you can probably gather from the preceeding paragraph, aside from the name, I wouldn't know a game of yahtzee if it hit me in the face.
What I was generally rambling at was the only scenario where the aforemention cube-animals I could concievably see as "nightmare fuel" was if they were being used in such a way to promote gambling to children. Possibly by EA.
A hypthetical children's show wherein Yahtzee-Dog and Snakes & Ladders Cat (or something) were present would not be that.
4730597
This better show up in never the final word.
4730780
And now it has.