November 22
It didn't feel like I'd slept at all when I woke up, although I was pretty well-rested. I nuzzled Meghan's chest, and I guess she was awake, too, 'cause she petted my mane and scratched behind my ears, and then she reached over me and petted Aric's head, too, until he opened his eyes.
Even though we didn't, we pretended that we had all the time in the world, and we were all slow and patient and concentrated on making each other happy, and I was glad that we'd started our day off right.
We did kind of have to rush our shower a little bit, but there was still enough time to get ready and for me and Meghan to help groom each other.
Aric gave us a ride back to campus in Winston, then he had to hurry back home because he said that he had a project that he was supposed to turn in by noon and it wasn't quite done yet. And I told him that he should have been working on it instead of watching the movie, and he said that his hand had cramped up and he was seeing double because you could only draw so many lines on a lighting plot before you had to take a break, and he said that he already had the rough draft done and now all that he had to do was ink it in, and he knew that he needed a steady hand for that.
We all kissed and I promised that I'd say goodbye to him before me and Peggy left for Colorado Springs, and then me and Meghan went to breakfast together.
Meghan just had a plain bagel, which Christine said was like a giant, unflavored fruit loop, and I told her that I knew what bagels were and they were nothing like fruit loops except that they were circular with a hole in the middle, and she might as well claim that a bagel was a plain donut, even though they weren't that much alike, either.
Christine told me that she was trying to see the entire world in relation to fruit loops today, and Sean said that it was better than the time she'd assumed that anything that was taller than it was wide was a penis. Then she told him that it was true, everything was a phallus if you looked at it right. And he shook his head and sipped his coffee.
Anna got an orange and peeled it so it looked like there was a penis in the skin, and she said that that was our new god now, and set it in the center of the table. And Reese took a couple of seeds from the one that he had been eating and put them in front of it, and Peggy just shook her head and said sometimes she wondered if she'd ever actually left middle school.
Christine said that you were only as old as you felt you were, pulled her arms into her sleeves, said she was a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and shoved her face into her cereal and started eating it that way, even though it was really messy and she got milk in her hair and a fruit loop stuck to her forehead.
We all left together, 'cause almost everyone else had a final to go to, and Christine still had a little bit of milk in her hair, which Sean finally wiped off for her when we got outside. And then we split up to go to our exams, and I went to see Pastor Liz.
When I came in without my glaive, she chuckled and said that she'd always thought it was funny how I was bringing a polearm when I talked with her.
She said that there were a lot of people in the world who just picked the verses in the Bible that most matched their views, and that they didn't really understand what it really meant. And she said that some of them used that for bad reasons, because they thought that it allowed them to do bad things. Other people who didn't like Christians found verses that made them sound bad and took them out of context, not wanting to understand the deeper meanings.
Then she told me that there were other religions as well, and people did the same for them, even though it wasn't what Christians were supposed to do. She reminded me that Jesus had taught a message of peace, and that his sacrifice meant that God had forgiven everyone, which was why Christians didn't have to follow the laws in the Old Testament any more, but the new laws that Jesus had set forth, and too many people didn't understand that.
She told me that I should always remember what Paul had said to the Corinthians: 'And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love,' because she thought that that was the most significant duty of a Christian.
And then she hugged me and told me that I was a good pony, and she'd heard how seriously I took my duty to stormwatch, and to study for my classes, and said that she'd miss me when I went back to Equestria, because I was the kind of pony who changed lives for the better, and that was so nice it made me cry a little bit, and I just kept thinking about what she'd said when I was back in my room.
I started to pack up my things even though I didn't want to, because it was a sign that there was hardly any time left at all, and I didn't want to go, and I had to stop, because I couldn't do it alone, so I went outside and sat on the boardwalk and looked over the quad until I saw Peggy walking up towards the dorm, and she saw me and waved, and I waved back at her then went inside and waited for her to come up to the room.
She was all done with her finals, and I gave her a big hug, and then the two of us spent a little bit of time packing together, until she ran out of boxes. That didn't take all that long, 'cause she only had had five, which wasn't enough, so we had to go to one of the metal dumpsters that was for cardboard and find some boxes in there. They were usually pretty full, except now I guess a lot of students had thought of taking boxes out of them, 'cause there weren't too many left. So I set the things that didn't have boxes on my desk for the time being.
Peggy set out clothes for tomorrow and Thursday and said that I was lucky that I didn't have to worry about wearing clothes at all, 'cause I could travel with everything I needed in my saddlebags and she had to carry around a big suitcase. But it wasn't all that big—she used her big one for dirty clothes that she was going to wash at home, and put everything that she'd need for the road in her duffel bag.
And then it was lunchtime, so I got my astronomy books and my poetry book and went to the dining hall and sat down with Cedric and Trevor and Leon.
At first, no one talked much, 'cause we were all thinking how this was the last time we'd eat lunch together, and then it was just too much for me and I started crying again, and Cedric got up and hugged me and he was so big and strong and gentle, and I told him that I was sorry that I was being sad, but I was going to miss them so much, and he said that he was going to miss me, too. But he promised that he'd write me letters when I was back in Equestria, and then he said that the three of them had gotten together and gotten me a gift, and it was all the Harry Potter books, and they'd also gotten me a guide to Quidditch. Leon and Cedric said that I had to promise to use them to teach ponies to play, and I told him that I would.
I hadn't gotten them anything, and I felt bad about that, but Leon shook his head and said that I'd given them poetry. And Cedric said that I was braver than anyone else he knew, and that when we'd first met he thought that I was going to turn tail and run off, but I'd gone and hugged him anyways and he said that it was easy to be brave when you were big but really hard when you were small.
And pretty soon we were laughing and joking around, and I felt a lot better.
Trevor said that he had a poem that he thought was appropriate for today, and it was called My Human Family by Maya Angelou, so he read it for us, and then he gave it to me to keep.
Even though I should have returned it on my way to astronomy, I kept the poetry book in my saddlebags and went to astronomy. Anna was already there, and I smiled when I saw that she'd brought extra pens, too.
Professor Miller came in a couple of minutes late, and she said that the Xerox machine had run out of paper and they'd had to go on an epic quest to find some more, but all that they could find was canary yellow, so some of us were going to get yellow test booklets. And she said that to make up for her being late, we'd have an extra fifteen minutes on the test if we needed it.
And then she asked if there was anyone in the class who didn't want a yellow test, and a couple of people raised their hands, so she gave them normal-colored ones. I thought about raising my hoof, but I decided that I'd just take my chances, and I did end up getting a normal-colored test, which was a relief. I thought that it might hurt my eyes if I stared at a yellow one for too long.
Me and Anna had probably over-studied, 'cause there weren't any pictures that we had to identify, but it was always better to be too prepared than not prepared enough.
A lot of people finished before I did, and there weren't too many students left in the class by the time I was done. Anna had already finished up her test and left, and I had to remind myself not to hurry, 'cause I thought that she might be waiting for me.
There was still a half-hour left for the exam when I was done reviewing it and carried it down and gave it to Professor Miller, and I thanked her for the class, and she said that I'd been a good student and reached down like she was going to pet my mane, but then she stopped, which kind of confused me.
Anna hadn't waited for me, and I hoped that she hadn't waited for a while and then gotten bored when I didn't come out. Probably she had wanted to go see Reese before they went home for the break.
So I went back to my dorm room, and Peggy had gone and gotten some more boxes which were really clever. They were called file boxes, and you could fold them all up from a flat sheet of cardboard, and you didn't need any tape to hold them together.
I only needed one more for the rest of my things that I needed to pack up, so I mostly helped Peggy with her things. I trusted Mister Salvatore and Miss Cherilyn to take care of the rest for me, and it was too bad that he wasn't going to help Peggy, too.
She had everything ready by dinnertime, and she carried most of it down into Cobalt and packed it in. Tomorrow morning, we were going to put all my things on my bed so that Mister Salvatore would know what to take—she had the same room next quarter, and so she didn't have to empty it out completely.
Peggy said that she didn't know who she was getting for a roommate next quarter, or if she was getting anyone at all. She couldn't have another pony roommate, since she was graduating in the spring.
She said that whatever happened, it was going to be a lot different without me. And I said that I didn't really want to think about it right now, 'cause we were still going to have a nice vacation together. And Peggy told me that it had been snowing in the mountains in Colorado, too, and all the good resorts were open, so we were going to get to spend lots of time in the big outdoors, which I was really looking forward to.
We went to dinner together, and already the dining hall was a little bit emptier than it had been before. Everyone was still at the dinner table, though, and Anna and Reese both looked a little bit stunned that the year was over. There would be breakfast tomorrow, and then the dining hall was closed, and everyone had to leave, which is why so many people already had. And I was hoping that nobody that I'd wanted to say goodbye to had left yet.
Although it was the last supper, the food was actually good. They had cod fillets, which were really tasty, and they had spinach with the salad again, and they had a lot of pies for dessert. Christine thought that was probably because they were getting rid of the last ones that they had left, which was probably true. And they weren't as good as the ones that they'd had for Thanksgiving, but they were still pretty good.
We stayed late at our table, and then said our goodbyes and pretty soon I was crying again, and I wasn't the only one. Sean said it was kind of like a funeral, and I think he was trying to lighten up the mood a little bit but his eyes were wet, too. And before we left, I made sure to hug and nuzzle everyone, and then after I'd put my tray away, I took one last look at the table, which looked sad and empty without us there.
Me and Peggy went back to our room and she left the door open, so that people could come by and say goodbye if they were leaving, and pretty soon Rebekka and Kat and Ruth were all in our room, and I sat on the bed between Ruth and Rebekka and we thought about playing one more game of euchre but we didn't—we just sat and talked, and I was getting teary again because it was so hard to say goodbye to all my friends, and I didn't want to go, I wanted things to stay like they were even though I knew that they couldn't.
And I was a little bit jealous of the other ponies who weren't done with their classes yet, because after Thanksgiving, they'd get to go back to school and spend some more time with all of their friends.
Too soon, we hugged and they went back to their rooms, and it got more and more quiet in the dorm, and we laid down in our beds, but I couldn't sleep, so I finally got back up and turned on my bendy light and wrote in my journal and that helped.
Oh, God...
Awww, Silver. **hugs**
Excellent poem choice.
And yet people still wonder why I take so many photos of nothing in particular.
They never ask when it turns out to be The Last Photo.
Will the last one out the doors, please turn off the lights.
The endless war between wanting to treat adorable ponies like Lassie and human etiquette. :V
is this not done digitally now? It'd be way easier to do on a computer.
Man, it's really starting to hit me that this story is winding down (although it still has a while to go).
They should have had her promise to get this on Youtube.
You know, it's funny, the exact same thing happened to me with one of my final exams.
In Equestria, Quidditch could really happen. (Pinkie took a bludger to the head!>
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In 1 of the first season episodes (Cutie Mark Chronicles (?) ICR), Scootaloo crashes her scooter through what certainly looks like a funeral. Even Neanderthal Man buried the dead with some belongings, hinting at a belief in life after death. Someone said that one of the primary difference between Judiasm/Chritianity/Moslem religions & Pony beliefs is probably a belief in Original Sin. Also, they've got Tartarus & probably know more than humans do about that.
With Pony belief in Harmony, their religion is probably more like Taoism? (Based on The Tao of Pooh). They've probably also got some kind of Creation Myth about "Why can't animals talk?" You mentioned an idea about Equestria being in touch with Ancient Greece. Do Pegasi have a myth about a mighty warrior named Bucephalous who carried a trained ape into battle with monsters?
I once saw a whole list of traits human cultures have vs a (theoretical) list of ant cultural traits. Bodily adornment is a universal human cultural trait, although it can be expressed differently. I remember watching a movie about some African culture that used patterns of scars getting scars & it was creepy (the 1970s -pre body piercing). They also had a guy brush his teeth with camp fire ashes & wash his hands off in cow piss. Should have been entitled "Why They Test Peace Corps Volunteers For Culture Shock" but wasn't
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I do not remember that but in S02E17 "Hearts and Hooves Day", Meghan McCarthy, 2012-02-11, in the song "The Perfect Stallion", we see a funeral:
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This story has been a part of my life since Law School, Biscuit. I woke up every dreary, miserable morning of that hellish year to find a little slice of Silver Glow's life in my notifications, waiting to be read on my lonely bus ride to Ole Miss Law, and on my bus ride back, and lying in bed with my cat on my chest, and on my break with a cigarette hanging low below the window.
This was a good way for Pastor Liz to summarize. Every time I read the thirteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians I leave it with tears. It and chapter 15 make me weep. It has been with me in very, very dark times. It has ever contained within it all my fierce and half-dying hopes, like a bulwark against all incoming bleak despair. The passage before:
For we see, now through a glass, darkly
But then.
Well.
I'll be sad to see Silver go, when at last she says her goodbyes. But I'll be glad to have followed along all the while.
This chapter BGM
(Happy Burns Night)
That got me right in the feels.
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God sacrificed himself to himself to get around rules he himself made. It is rather silly. It makes much more sense that the evil overlord Xenu blew up people in volcanoes 75 million years ago.
One should not believe anything without supporting evidence. One should only believe true things, evidence supports No evidence exists that any religion is true, so one should not believe in religions.
I wonder how-many downvotes this comment will get. I do not care about your punishing me with downvotes. I do care what is true or not. The butthurt of the downvoters, because I state the fact that their belief in things without evidence is illogical, does not matter to me.
If the ponies actually play Quiditch the rules for scoring have to change.
Now all points not related to the snitch are inconsequential.
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Maybe the instructors were told NOT to scratch behind the student's ears.
(That works for the human ones also.)
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Reading the adventures of Silver Glow before bed may cause the
'Taking a test I'm not prepared for' dream.
This is what I remember from Sunday School, 50+ years ago. In the beginning, Adam & Eve lived in the Garden of Eden & were allowed to eat anything except the fruit of certain trees. Satan entered into a serpent & tempted Eve into eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil (There was also a Tree of Life, but she didn't get that). She tempted Adam & then they lied about it. God got so pissed off, he kicked them out of the Garden. Then, he condemned Adam to earn his bread "by the sweat of his brow" Eve was condemned to bring forth her children in sorrow & in pain. (19th century, this was argued (by male doctors) to forbid anesthesia in childbirth. Fortunately, Queen Victoria used it in her births so they couldn't make it stick). God also called their seed tainted & condemned for all eternity (Doctrine of Original Sin). Basically, if you are born human you have a soul & the factory setting is "Your soul will burn in Hell"
God had originally planned to give Adam & Eve the world, but when they sinned they lost this & it was given to Satan. There is a part where Jesus is fasting, Satan appears, & offers Jesus the world if he rejects God. Jesus refuses BUT he doesn't tell Satan that the world isn't his to give. That's because it was Satan's
By sacrificing himself & being crucified when he didn't have to, Jesus basically bought back the world. By going to Hell when he didn't have to, Jesus got God to relent & now people don't have to go to Hell. Various Christian sects disagree as to exactly what you have to do to be saved, although most agree a valid baptism is a necessary 1st step (Then they quarrel over what constitutes a valid baptism) No idea what Moslems believe. (50 years ago they didn't cover that in Sunday School)
7895256 Ponies seem not to have religion at least in this story. Silver still doesn't really seem to understand how they work in terms of the faith component, though maybe that's a misreading on my part. A lot of the traditional social functions of religion probably aren't important to them at least at this point because the princesses are at least halfway to divinity already - you don't need to support your rule with divine sanction when you really are just demonstrably better suited to it than anyone else, for example. Of course what we don't know, and I don't recall the Admiral filling in, is whether ponies have some magical insight into death and numena that means that aspect of religion isn't important to them. The show, of course, is unlikely to ever address that one.
IDK about that. Eschatology (the question of "What happens when we die?" & the branch of religion that deals with it) is a trait in all human cultures. (AFAIK, belief in life after death is universal. However, a belief that this is a good thing is far from universal) IMO, eschatology is probably close to universal among intelligent life. IMO, the Ponies have something.
I agree, they ain't NEVER gonna touch that one on the show.
*Sniff* It's all so sad saying goodbye to everybody.
Is tomorrow the last time she's due to see Adric and Meghan? I'd have expected things to be a bit more emotional, sure Silver might think of their relationship as rather causal but the humans would probably take it as something stronger.
7895485 I'm torn between "TL;DR" due to the fact you can sum that up with 1 or 2 sentences or the "ooo fancy" for giving me more awesome trivia I'll never use.
Either way thanks for the reply.
One of these pony things again.
So Silver is going to make some more millions with snowboarding pictures/videos?
She should wear her flightgear just to look cool xD
Faith is the second most powerful force in the world for change. Faith can do incredible things, faith can move mountains. But Love, love can do the imposable. Love can change the world in a single moment, with a single breath, a single world.
Now for some more thoughts and speculation not related to any particular chapter...
How many human children have signed up to become CMCs? At the time of the show, they have a griffon member, so it's not pony-exclusive. I'm pretty sure Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle are going to keep the organization going and expanding even after they've grown up, so it's probably still there.
Now for a prediction: When Silver and the other exchange ponies go back to Equestria, Pinkie Pie will have a "Welcome Back" party waiting for them. She is Pinkie Pie, after all. At some point during the party, she will approach Silver Glow and tell her to "say hi to the readers for me".
It's nice how this story gets us thinking like this.
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something's wrong with the capitalization.
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It's ending.
I don't wanna.
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends
are deadhave left and gone.Silver Glow needs to grab copies of the Koran and Book of Mormon to read back in Equestria. I'm wondering how long it would take her to catch on.
You can't really have a theological debate without some good medieval weaponry, now can you?
7900097 and it turns out that the book she brings back that starts a new religion is the kama sutra.
Are we really already there? Awwww! What a bummer!
Man you managed to make me cry a few tears there. I really got attached to some of these characters.
But a very wise happy mask saleman once said that "Whenever there is a meeting, a parting is sure to follow." he the added: " However, that parting need not last forever... Whether a parting be forever or merely for a short time... That is up to you."
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Thanks!
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Yeah, that's always rough.
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It's an unwinnable war. They're relentlessly adorable, and they're huggy and nuzzly and fluffy so of course you have to pet them back.
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When I was in college, anyways, we were still drawing light plots by hand. It's a good skill to have, because lots of small theatres don't have the budget for the fancy equipment, and anyways, it's not like you have to be really precise with lighting equipment.
And now that it's finished and I'm catching up on the comments, it feels kind of like a wake. . . .
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Maybe the pegasi can come back and demo it at some Harry Potter convention. That would be a good reason for Silver Glow to come back, wouldn't it?
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I was thinking of the scene in Dead Like Me where one of the guides? (haven't seen the show in a while) got post-it notes that were the wrong color, and thought it was his time to cross over.
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Yes, it could, and it totally should. Even if they don't have an enchanted Golden Snitch.
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Someone who was a lot better than me about religion could make a really interesting story out of that--what religion, if any, do the ponies have? It's actually something I thought about doing once, but I bailed on the story when it was partially written because I was worried it would become a caracture of religion, and that wasn't what I wanted to do.
If I ever had a week or so to work with my dad on it, I think I could come up with something pretty good, though.
I don't know enough about Taoism to say for sure. I would say that they likely do have creation myths, though, and probably there's one about why ponies and other quadrupeds can talk while other animals can't. Hmm. As I recall, someone wrote a few pony myths way back when, and those were really good stories.
That would be an interesting twist. There have been a few stories that mix Greek myth and ponies, and once again, I'm not familiar enough with that to really make a good story with that premise, but I do like the idea that they've been here before, yes.
I would think that some of the things that ponies do would probably seem really weird to humans (and vice-versa), which is probably something that the people who wanted to be pony roommates would have to watch a lecture on. I mean, the nearly complete lack of body modesty that ponies have is one thing that might be shocking to a human. And on the other side, probably a pony would be weirded out when her roommate shaved her legs and other places on her body.
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I think that's the only one we've seen, too.
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I think that that's the most important thing about being a Christian. Moreso than anything else. And it's a lesson that should resonate with the ponies, as well.
It's a hard thing . . . I miss her immensely already.
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Or else they could just drop the snitch altogether, if they want it to be a pegasus-only sport.
Probably they weren't as well warned as they maybe should have been. That's okay, though, because Silver Glow wouldn't get offended if her professor scratched her behind the ears and told her she was a good pony.
Thinking on that, Silver probably never has nightmares about giving lectures while she's naked.
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As I recall (and it's only been 30 years for me), Methodists kind of downplay the 'original sin.' I'm not sure if Methodist doctrine is that you're born a sinner, or if you're born neutral and get to choose from there.
My understanding is that His sacrifice eliminated the sins of Adam (and Eve), and therefore the old laws no longer applied . . . His death made a new covenant with God's people.
I don't think that by the Methodist doctrine you have to have a valid baptism, although I'm not 100% sure on that. All you have to do is accept Jesus as your savior.
Yeah, I'm not real sure on that, either. I really ought to study up on that some. Heck, I've got a copy of the Quran, maybe I ought to read it.
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This is the biggest difficulty in trying to figure out what type of religion the ponies might have. I mean, for us humans, one of the most important questions is 'what happens after we die, ' and for all we know, Princess Celestia has the exact answer for that. Heck, she might have taken Twilight on a weekend tour of Tartarus and Elysium. And even if Celestia doesn't know, she could pretend that she did and ponies would absolutely believe her.
I didn't fill that in, because I don't know. The presence of Tartarus suggests that there's some sort of an afterlife that they believe in, although what exactly that is I'm not sure. Heck, maybe they all turn into stars once they're gone.
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I know . . . it was always hard to leave college, especially for the summer . . . but winter break was long, too. And of course, Silver isn't coming back after wInter break.
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I always figure that knowledge is power, and you never know if you might one day be on Who Wants to be a Millionare. So I never mind learning interesting things.
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Yup. Better to be at school with all your friends than on vacation with only a few of your friends.
(Actually, it's Meghan who's raking in the bits off the YouTube videos.)
Silver looks cool no matter what she's wearing.
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Exactly! Love conquers all, and that's a fact.
Love is Strength
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Hmm, depending on how much contact there was . . . it might be like Mousketeers, or something like that. Maybe pen pals in Equestria . . . I bet there's children who would go for that. In terms of actually, physically attending a meeting, that's unlikely, at least at this still-early stage. Not impossible, I suppose, especially if they visit Ponyville.
That, unfortunately, did not come to pass.
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Interestingly, I own both.
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You really can't. I should offer my dad one of my swords to take to the next Methodist Annual Conference, just in case things get heated.
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You know that Princess Cadance would want to read it.
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Leaving friends behind is always hard.
Wise words indeed.
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We can tell how little you care by how you bring it up every time.
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Back in the 1970s there was an underground comic strip "The New Adventures of Jesus Christ". One of the first ones had one of the 3 Wise Men saying
'Oh look, he's got his father's eyes" & everyone jumps all over him
"You just HAD to bring that up, didn't you?"
"We can't take you anywhere"
IIRC, they copied it in an episode of Animaniacs
The last one had Jesus on the cross & someone in the crowd said
"What did you expect, gratitude?"
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Not really, it's just a big prison cavern that they happened to have named that, not a whole other plane of afterlife type deal.
It's better then a gold star for making pony student happy and feel good about themselves.
Meghan is just getting more and more pony, even going for petting people like they are ponies.
Christine has finally snapped......
And on to BLASPHEMY! No penis orange replaces the true glory of the Sun Butt and Moon Butt!
Oh Christine, isn't stress so FUN! You think finals is bad, try working retail during the holiday season. And then have your regional VP decide to drop by so all the managers go into full on panic mode and break out the whips to make everything be like it shold have been already. Only to have them show up, look around, and have nothing but praise for how great we are... like always... since no matter how bad things look, even at out stores worst, we are still better then pretty much every other store in the district. While another manager proves again, she has no idea what she is doing, and thinking a good idea for 'hot chocolate' for everyone, is to pour chocolate milk into a crock pot and leave it sitting out heating up all day. After the break room microwave craps out on us, And the end the day with the mounting for the eye wash station being ripped out of the wall because people use it as a door stop. It's been a FUN day!
It kind of is funny how often Silver comes to theological talks armed. Really would make church more exciting.
Well.... not really on the 'don't have to follow the old laws because of JC" Since, again, a large amount of the "Oh we can ignore that now" stuff is historically documented as coming later on by Christian's trying to get more people to convert.
Yes Liz, yes, she really is a very, very good pony, for some reason, of all the goodbyes so far, this one is the one with the most feels for me. It does show just... just how big an effect Silver has had on people without even trying, jokes about Cuddlequest Agent Glow aside, and, without even trying. She's not trying to impress anyone, to make anyone change, or trying to do anything except simply look around and learn about humans and Earth, while just being who she is. And who she is, is so.. so wonderful and bright and lovable and kind, generous, honest, etc... It's just amazing. Liz is spot on on her being the type who makes people better just by being who she is, simply by always seeing the best in everyone and making them want to live up to it. I think I've said it before and likely will say it again, I feel kind of sorry for the next pony at K, they are stepping into some big horseshoes.
Silver, right now, it's not crying.... no..no.not at all.... this is just some liquid pride leaking out.
Okay, now it's crying, but yay friend hugs! The boys have the SG's back.
A gift of books. Trully they have read up on the customs of her people.
Twilight is helping to run things, you know damn well she's had that added to the list of 'official Equestrian traditions" she keeps.
Pony Quidditch..... I can't take that seriously or how they mean it after DWK's Buckball Season video.
Well.... okay then... this is just.... bizarre. Pony over preparedness turned out to be needed.. one of the teachers DID actually run out of paper
No, pet the pony! Pony like pets! Silly humans. It is odd how it's fighting the instinct to treat them in a way that humans would find demeaning that is the wrong thing when dealing with them.
I'm sure you could get him to help Peggy as well if you asked nicely and gave him the sad eyes.
Well, makes sense for why no pony roommate. Good luck finding another best roommate ever for the next pony thought. Seriously they need to move her up to training future pony roommates.
Yeah, things will be so different without a pony around.... all shall miss pony!
Well, their 'year' isn't really over given how school years work.
I am not sure if her referring to this as 'The Last Supper' was intentional, or just Silver being Silver.
So much sad pone.... even hugs and nuzzles just make for more sads.........
Melancholy pony is sad and not even hugs can help now....... NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Poor pony.... yet,for as sad as it was for all the goodbyes... this was such a great chapter and, so many feels, just so well handled. Really are getting close to the end.
Poor, sweet little pony. She can't help but give of herself and love unreservedly, with no thought of tomorrow's pain. It's beautiful, and it shames me.
... out of a phallic drinking vessel.
Ok, Christine is bae. I cannot believe I’ve committed this savage sin, but she is now my everything.
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You’re damn right out of a phallic drinking vessel.
She is so delightfully crazy. Sean is lucky to have her.
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I think we could all learn from her. In so many ways, ponies are better than us.