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I'm Back! by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-12 17:36:00 UTC Reply

Sorry I haven't been around in a while, guys. I've been busy a thousand times over with exams and a collaborative project I'm working on elsewhere.

I was disappointed to find out that Sweet Apple Massacre was already taken. I was going to kill it as a first mission once I got permission, but whatever. I can't wait to read the sporking. I wanted to give the Big Mac substitute the worst I could without it being torture. I read it in its entirety, and quite frankly I'm horrified at what Trolls can do. I thought I'd seen it all with That Series and Tubgirl, but I suppose the Ironic Overpower and Legal got the best of me again.

I also read My Little Dashie, which made me dissolve into a puddle of sobbing man-mush and has forever changed the way I look at rainbows. And Cupcakes, which induced a twitchy trigger finger and has made me entirely unable to eat the baked good it was named for.

That's the other thing I was busy with: MLP: FiM. I know I'm not the only Brony here, which is great. And, even if I was, I know you guys wouldn't be asses about it. Just another reason to be glad for this community. Anyone who wants to discuss ponies with me is welcome to do so.

So, is anything crazy happening out there? Any new Legendary Badfic I ought to be aware of? Anyone else here wish Bleeprin was a real thing? *needs Bleepka- a lot of it*

Also, what are the regs on new Bleep products?

And what about things that are generally illegal on World One, such as drugs or certain types of weapons like chemical or biological ones? I know HQ has rules, but I don't know exactly how tight things are.

I ask these questions because I had ideas which would be illegal on World One, but might work out okay in HQ, provided the regs didn't forbid them. For instance, chemical and biological weapons would be useful in clearing large numbers of bit characters who are hurting canon, and certain drugs would probably make the best Bleep products ever, provided there isn't an explosion on contact.

I'm also wondering whether anyone has come across interesting pairings lately. Preferably realistic ones. Different is good, but outlandish is generally bad.

And I want to know something about Luna and Celestia. Would they be OOC Immune, or just Resistant? I don't really have a precise scope on the level of their power, so it would be helpful to know.

Well, best wishes!

Welcome! by firemagic on 2012-02-12 19:28:00 UTC Reply

Hi, welcome back! If you're looking for bad, try 'Pattycakes.' Basically, Fluttershy reverts RD to the mental state of an infant, the whole town is in on it, and yeah, everyone's either a replacement or heavily Sued.
Welcome back! by SeaTurtle on 2012-02-12 18:17:00 UTC Reply

Looking for really bad MLP fic? Tawaki posted some further down this page.

If you're wondering about OOC resistance in Luna or Celestia, I would say they'd be about on the same level as the other characters, if only for the canon-warping abomination that is Princess Molestia.

As for your question on bio/chem weapons, I'd say anything forbidden by the Laws of War should be observed. Besides, spreading something like the Black Death on a canon location seems like overkill, no? (Not to mention it being a really, really horrible death...) Remember that bit characters can assimilate into canon when the Suefluence is gone.

Drugs, in my mind, are right out.

Re: Welcome back! by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-12 19:10:00 UTC Reply

But wouldn't Celestia and Luna be extraordinarily powerful? Raising and lowering the sun and moon is no mean task, not even for alicorns.

I have not read "Princess Molestia". Do I want to know? Who am I kidding? Plug me.

Who says the location is canon? And what about things like chlorine gas being used to clear a room full of Sues and Replacements? It's a horrible way to die, but I'm not sure if it crosses over into torture.

Also, ever heard of Trollestia?

No. by SeaTurtle on 2012-02-12 19:16:00 UTC Reply

Poison gas is a war crime. No gas. No biowarfare. No nukes.

Isolate the 'Sue, execute it, and spare the innocents.

Re: No. by Sgt_Sporky on 2012-02-12 19:46:00 UTC Reply

Well, that all depends on precise time period and the like. Also, if I really wanted to get nitpicky and off-topic, I could say that chlorine gas is not a poison, as it does not directly interfere with your body's internal workings, but works by destroying the organs rather than stopping their function or using their functions to kill you- in this case, the organs are destroyed through suffocation. It does not cause any reaction from things like the immune system. The venom of a BRO is a poison. Arsenic is a poison. Lead is a poison. Nickel is a poison. Carbon monoxide is a poison, as it prevents red blood cells from functioning. Chlorine is not a poison. It destroys the lining of the lungs, and drowns the victim on zir own blood. But that's irrelevant. So I don't know why I brought it up. Just for fun, I guess. *shrugs*

Also, if you look at it from a less literal perspective, that also outlaws things like teargas and knockout gas- things that might be useful for Departments like Bad Slash, who, for the most part, aim to incapacitate and exorcise rather than kill, and which are used regularly to disperse rioters in the US, Canada, and other countries.

And what about DoGA's Sun Crushers? They destroy entire star systems. It is a more extreme circumstance, yes, but still.

And I suppose that bit characters don't always have to die. Some could be recruited, or even beneficial to canon once the Sue dies. Just look at Snapshot.

But let's just agree to disagree. This be not a place for fighting. The PPC has enough problems externally. Let's not make internal ones as well.

Well... by SeaTurtle on 2012-02-12 20:16:00 UTC Reply

Lethal gases were what I had in mind when I posted the comment. Tear/knockout gas is acceptable. I've read enough accounts of First World War soldiers being gassed to death to decide that gas as weapon is totally inhumane.

Personally, if I'd have to write an execution, I'd choose something instantaneous and painless.

But as you said, we all have our own ideas on assassination methods, so let's leave it be.

Personally. by Duothimir on 2012-02-12 19:14:00 UTC Reply

I think Celestia is pretty useless as a deity. Sure, she governs night and day, but any time a big threat like Nightmare Moon or Discord shows up, she sends six ordinary ponies to do her work for her. She's used the Elements of Harmony before, so why can't she do it now? Laziness?

Also, welcome back.

Re: Personally. by firemagic on 2012-02-12 19:29:00 UTC Reply

She can't, because she lost her connection to the Elements. She and Luna split the Elements, so when Luna was gone, she could no longer use them, since (as one comic put it) she'd lost her only friend.

Alternately... by JulyFlame on 2012-02-12 19:40:00 UTC Reply

Deity versus deity tends to escalate up to the 'nukes' level of power; a classic way of preventing that sort of thing from occurring, which all the way back to some of the very oldest myths, was to send off a mortal or two either completely with their wits alone or with a vested powerful item and see how they fare, or choose 'em to do the deciding.

If it works, fantastic, you've prevented far more damage from happening than might have otherwise with an all out fight between two or more very powerful beings.