I’ve not been updating this blog very much recently. I have set aside quite a few drafts (64, though I’m probably going to just delete a few) and I do have a question or two I’d like to answer.

The truth is that I’ve been going through emotional stuff and, to make matters worse, my computer is dying. It’s an ordeal to get anything done.

And did I mention that I have a final project due next week?

Yeah, so it’s been rather difficult to try to get anything done, and the sad part is that this blog is actually pretty low on my list of priorities. Hopefully, after next week, I can catch up on some things that are higher on the list and then get to this blog.

Oh, and as for the computer, I’ll be building a new one within the next month. Assuming that that doesn’t go wrong, I should be able to actually do things.

The emotional stuff, though? Well, I doubt that’s going away. The good news is that it shouldn’t be as big of an issue once I get my schoolwork sorted and my computer woes handled.

Oh, there are many reasons, but I think the fact that it changed from Doctor Who to Amy and Rory’s Excellent Adventure (at least, it felt like that to me) was the biggest one.

The point is that The Doctor’s companions have always featured rather heavily in the stories, but the show has never focused so strongly on them to the exclusion of The Doctor.

…At least in the new series. The old series aired before I was born, but I’m working on getting the episodes that weren’t lost.

Like I said, there are other reasons, but that’s the major one.

ponyconfessions:

When I saw the review of ‘Doomsday Ascending’ on Equestria Daily, I was disgusted with bronies, at how they could preach love and tolerance, and promptly turn on someone for using R34 in a fanfic game.  It’s just hypocritical to pick and choose who is worthy of being loved and tolerated.  And to boot, the game was only done to learn the engine, and the creator asked not to have it distributed because he knew the kind of backlash he’d get from it.  

Bronies, I am dissapoint.

Yeah, no.

The review isn’t “turning on” him for using R34, but rather the reviewer is raising issues with how the R34 is presented.

Let’s show our work!

This game was bad enough already, but adding pony porn was the last straw. This is yet another sad example of the mentality that “mature stuff is better” where people throw in adult content in hopes of somehow magically making their product better and attracting more players. There are other, more potent ways of rewarding evil deeds ingame, but just slapping Celestia’s butt on the screen after the player kills her just makes the creator of this trainwreck look childish and immature. Besides, how would Ascentia even access the R34 anyhow? It’s not like Applejack carries around smutty images of herself…right?

By bothering to read past the first sentence, we learn that the issue the reviewer has with the R34 in the game is the fact that it’s just included for the hell of it. It doesn’t actually add anything. In fact, it takes you out of the game for nothing more than just to say, “Here’s some porn!”

Basic game design tells you that that’s a bad idea. Consider if I just put some porn right in the middle of my post here, or while writing a fanfic about Twilight usurping Celestia’s throne, I got to the scene where Celestia is rescued just before her execution and then just cut to Lyra and Bon Bon having sex. No reason, no purpose.

Finally, let me tell you something that may surprise you: Reviews aren’t written for the game creator. Game creators can learn from them, if they so choose, but reviews are written for people who want to know if the game is worth their time. Guess what? Doomsday Ascending is out there. People can get ahold of it. That review was written for those people. Heaven forbid they were actually honest about the game and didn’t tell people who wouldn’t enjoy the game that it’s so wonderful.

ponyconfessions:

I HATE the bronies who make their pony character an Alicorn.

I HATE the bronies who make their pony character an Alicorn. Alicorns are supposed to be royalty and fans can’t just insert themselves into the royal families trees. I also hate it when bronies make their pony character be closely related to one of the main characters (ss a brother/sister/daughter/mother etc.; I am fine with cousins.)

I honestly feel that this alicorn hatred stems from metafanon. In other words, people that know what makes a bad character talk about how common it is for Alicorn OCs to be Mary Sues, and that translates into a collective bias against Alicorn OCs. There’s so much social pressure to hate Alicorn OCs that bronies hate them without even realizing why they do or why they started being hated in the first place.

The truth is that Alicorn OCs and OC relatives can actually be well-done as far as characterization goes. The issue is more that it’s so rarely well-done.

Actually, pony OCs in general are often poorly done, but Alicorn OCs and OC relatives are so much harder to do well and, as such, it’s even more rare to find quality characters designed in such a way.

Sometimes I wonder if maybe the S2 finale wasn’t done just because so many bronies were making such poor Alicorn OCs and OC relatives.

ponyconfessions:

I’ve always been bothered by the Derpy x Doctor Whooves ship, mostly because I don’t think the Doctor should ever be falling in love with his companions. He never did in the classic series, but for some reason he did in the 8th Doctor movie, and then RTD just continued that. In fact, that’s why I think Amy and Rory are my favorite companion in the new DW so far, because they did a good job defeating that tradition.

Sure, sure. If you completely ignore Jack Harkness, Martha Jones, and Donna Noble. I’d also point out Mickey Smith, but he didn’t actually spend a lot of time travelling with The Doctor.

Me feeling the need to point out these flaws in the confessor’s logic has nothing to do with the fact that I very much dislike Amy and Rory. Nope.

Edit: And here’s some spoilers:

Amy and Rory gave birth to River Song, who is technically a companion. Also The Doctor’s wife.

fillydelphia:

spiderjewel:

OMG OMG OMG

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Oh, hells no.

Okay, yay for the bottom advertisement, but that top advertisement? Autism speaks is one of the few topics that can set me off. And I think there’s good reason for it (please note that I don’t agree with her comparison, just with the point that she’s trying to make there, and feel free to check out some other posts she made on the subject of Autism Speaks). Keep in mind that that’s just the tip of the iceberg, the part that deals with their hatred of autistics. There’s more into which I won’t go, but you can readily find on that blog and other sites run by autistics.

Remember: Just because an organization isn’t for profit doesn’t mean that they’re the good guys. You want to support autistics? Support autistics, not those that hate.

ponyconfessions:

I Hate Pinkie Pie Cause She Did Not Let Rainbow Dash Have Any Cider In Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000.

Yeah, remember that one time when Rainbow Dash was begging her for some cider and she totally refused? She totally didn’t let Rainbow Dash have any cider throughout the entire episode!

Ah, yeah. Stretching those sarcasm muscles.

ask-waluigi:

ponyconfessions:

I Hate Pinkie Pie Cause She Did Not Let Rainbow Dash Have Any Cider In Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000.

You know what’s funny? They didn’t make cider, because cider is aged apple juice. They just made apple juice in the competition.

Actually, that’s not what cider is.

Apple juice is… well… juiced. That involves heavy filtration to the point where there is little to no particulate matter. Apple cider is apples that have been crushed (or otherwise processed in such a way that it resembles applesauce) and then strained to remove the large particulate matter.

So, to summarize:

Juice: No pulp
Cider: Pulp

Cider can then be turned into hard cider through the process of fermentation (note the foam on the mugs).

Edit: One thing to note is that this seems to be the American version of the term. As near as I can tell, most other countries (or possibly all others) use cider to refer specifically to the alcoholic version. Why? Well, I haven’t spent a ton of time in research like I usually do, but it seems to be because of prohibition.

ponyconfessions:

I hate the Gamer Luna fanon. It makes absolutely NO sense to me. It’s only an input for all the gamer bronies so that they can have a character that they can relate to, despite the fact we have never ONCE seen Princess Luna play ANY KIND of video games at all. 

That’s… probably because the technology level of Equestria is far below Pong.

I think the Gamer Luna stuff (not really fanon, more like fan work) comes from the fact that there are bronies that feel like she’s the type of individual that would spend a lot of her spare time on video games.

ponyconfessions:

All of the fandom’s art makes me feel bad that I haven’t had the opportunity to take time to learn all the mediums many bronies can do: plushies, embroidery, cosplay…I’m only in middle school; most of these bronies learned this stuff in high school/college! I’m afraid that by the time I have learned enough to be talented at it, the fandom will be over…

You don’t need schooling to learn to draw. All it takes is a pencil, paper, and some effort. You can expediate the process with access to books and/or the internet (and I’m pretty sure you have access to, at the very least, the latter).

And, for the record, most artists only work in one or two mediums, sometimes three. Just because you can’t create a digital masterpiece, sew a plushie, and then go and sculpt some miniatures doesn’t mean you aren’t a great artist. I get that, right now, you can’t do any of those, but being in middle school is no excuse to not start on something. Consider the medium with which you really want to work and then do what you need to do to get it done.

Pencil, paper, and internet really only apply for drawing. But that concept is relevant to the other mediums you mentioned as well.

And the sooner you start, the sooner you’ll develop the skill you need.