Golden Oak Library: My Little Pony Friendship is Magic

[Seshephe]

Try drawing from the elbow instead of from the wrist. Most people when they try to draw circles will move their wrist in roughly a circular motion. This makes sense for small motions like writing but doesn't work very well for bigger objects such as lines or circles. The reason is that the wrists range of motion is limited to quite small movements, especially when drawing circles. Keep your wrist locked steady and move your elbow and shoulder instead. Should give you better results with a little practice.

Thanks, I'll give that a try!

[The Time Alliance]

Most of my problems came from drawing the circles, I can't draw circles. They end up looking like oblong ovals.

My biggest problem is the goddamn laziness, 90% of the time I'm too lazy and 10% of the time I find some other excuse for not drawing.

At least you can draw Straight lines....Or Circles....Or Things that look like a body... I Can Draw Horses/Ponies just a little Worse then that.

[Immoren]

[Seshephe]

"From one to another, another to one. A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, fulfilled."

Celestial says that Twilight has done something that no one else has done before. If this is true, how did Celestia, Luna and Cadence become alicorns? Were they born like that (or have they always existed?). Is the process unique in every case?

Starswirl the bearded seems to have failed because he tried to coax cooperation, yet Twilight had to try his spell in order to be able to complete the real one.

Is Celestial lying? Was Starswirl the Bearded the one who figured out how to become an alicorn?
Or did he fail because, while he figured out that there had to be an alicorn like Twilight eventually, and roughly how to become that alicorn, it was not his destiny?

Well According to the book Twilight Sparkle and the Crystal Heart Spell (which having been referenced in the comics means it's canon) Cadance was originally a Pegasus who ascended through her comprehension of love. Twilight was the first to ascend through that particular path, but not the first ascension.

And I think someone mentioned somewhere that Celestia and Luna were always Alicorns, can't remember where I heard that though.

Cool! I've gotta check those out

My biggest problem is the goddamn laziness, 90% of the time I'm too lazy and 10% of the time I find some other excuse for not drawing.

At least you can draw Straight lines....Or Circles....Or Things that look like a body... I Can Draw Horses/Ponies just a little Worse then that.

It's very hard to draw with a mouse. I wouldn't recommend it.

Better in that case to draw on paper and scan/take a photo and upload to the computer.

[Cadonica]

It's very hard to draw with a mouse. I wouldn't recommend it.

Better in that case to draw on paper and scan/take a photo and upload to the computer.

Just what I did.
It's kinda rushed and all, back in '12 summer.

[The Time Alliance]

It's very hard to draw with a mouse. I wouldn't recommend it.

Better in that case to draw on paper and scan/take a photo and upload to the computer.

Just what I did.
It's kinda rushed and all, back in '12 summer.

Well that's not bad at all. Better then me. And I did find that other one on the Internet so I could compare my skill to the picture.

[Neo Arcad]

So we were talking the other day about how few males there seemed to be, at least in Season 1. And it reminds me of the Mormon long-term strategy to expand through conquest. You send all your young men out to fight wars, and the ones who survive get like ten wives, keeping the population booming. Meanwhile, women run the empire, forge and work in industries, and take care of everything except killing and dying. It's scarily well-thought-out, and quite similar to Equestria's matriarchal structure. Plus, it fits with my headcanon.

[The Time Alliance]

So we were talking the other day about how few males there seemed to be, at least in Season 1. And it reminds me of the Mormon long-term strategy to expand through conquest. You send all your young men out to fight wars, and the ones who survive get like ten wives, keeping the population booming. Meanwhile, women run the empire, forge and work in industries, and take care of everything except killing and dying. It's scarily well-thought-out, and quite similar to Equestria's matriarchal structure. Plus, it fits with my headcanon.

I'm believing you people are now trying to start fights with me.

I'm Mormon and nothing you just said is true.
1.We don't fight Wars. We send our Young men out on Missions but not wars.
2. we don't practice PALIGAMY
3.That's not even...we don't have an empire. we believe in honoring our nation wherever we may live.

[Immoren]

Trixie
Fluffed

[Ifreann]

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Awesome.

Rara

She's so stylin'.

Shit's heavy, yo!

This Saturday somepony dies.

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And then Ceffy made out with the eggnog.

...It's exactly what it looks like.

The world just isn't ready for your unconventional love.

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"From one to another, another to one. A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, fulfilled."

Celestia says that Twilight has done something that no one else has done before. If this is true, how did Celestia, Luna and Cadence become alicorns? Were they born like that (or have they always existed?). Is the process unique in every case?

Cadence was born a pegasus, it's in one of the books, and her becoming an alicorn was nothing like Twilight.

Starswirl the bearded seems to have failed because he tried to coax cooperation, yet Twilight had to try his spell in order to be able to complete the real one.

Is Celestia lying? Was Starswirl the Bearded the one who figured out how to become an alicorn?
Or did he fail because, while he figured out that there had to be an alicorn like Twilight eventually, and roughly how to become that alicorn, it was not his destiny?

I don't think they've ever explained what the spell did.

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I have plenty of Xisdom as long as I keep listening to the little pony in my head.

Trust the head pone, they will never steer you wrong.

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Swag-tastic.

[Dragoria]

Wow, last time I was in here we had a different thread. How's everyone?
Was anyone else reminded of the .mov videos by some of Harshwhinny's expressions?

[Ifreann]

Two new pony comics! Oh god, my body isn't ready.

[Neo Arcad]

So we were talking the other day about how few males there seemed to be, at least in Season 1. And it reminds me of the Mormon long-term strategy to expand through conquest. You send all your young men out to fight wars, and the ones who survive get like ten wives, keeping the population booming. Meanwhile, women run the empire, forge and work in industries, and take care of everything except killing and dying. It's scarily well-thought-out, and quite similar to Equestria's matriarchal structure. Plus, it fits with my headcanon.

I'm believing you people are now trying to start fights with me.

I'm Mormon and nothing you just said is true.
1.We don't fight Wars. We send our Young men out on Missions but not wars.
2. we don't practice PALIGAMY
3.That's not even...we don't have an empire. we believe in honoring our nation wherever we may live.

I'm not talking about the adorkable modern LDS that we all know and love, which has become just another slightly different sect of Christianity. I'm talking about what the State of Deseret becomes in every poorly-written alternate history novel, most notably Timeline-191.

[Seshephe]

So we were talking the other day about how few males there seemed to be, at least in Season 1. And it reminds me of the Mormon long-term strategy to expand through conquest. You send all your young men out to fight wars, and the ones who survive get like ten wives, keeping the population booming. Meanwhile, women run the empire, forge and work in industries, and take care of everything except killing and dying. It's scarily well-thought-out, and quite similar to Equestria's matriarchal structure. Plus, it fits with my headcanon.

______NO______

Matriarchy needs no special explanation such as there were no men around to rule by virtue of their superior nature.

1.We don't fight Wars. We send our Young men out on Missions but not wars.
2. we don't practice PALIGAMY
3.That's not even...we don't have an empire. we believe in honoring our nation wherever we may live.

lol, do you even history?

adorkable modern LDS that we all know and love.

Hah

Wow, last time I was in here we had a different thread. How's everyone?
Was anyone else reminded of the .mov videos by some of Harshwhinny's expressions?

I avoid those like wildfire but I've seen that comparison being made earlier in the thread so my guess is yes.

I don't think they've ever explained what the spell did.

Twilight says that she fixed the spell so I think that a reasonable assumption is that it's supposed to do what it did in the end (I.e. turn you into an alacorn).

[Neo Arcad]

So we were talking the other day about how few males there seemed to be, at least in Season 1. And it reminds me of the Mormon long-term strategy to expand through conquest. You send all your young men out to fight wars, and the ones who survive get like ten wives, keeping the population booming. Meanwhile, women run the empire, forge and work in industries, and take care of everything except killing and dying. It's scarily well-thought-out, and quite similar to Equestria's matriarchal structure. Plus, it fits with my headcanon.

______NO______

Matriarchy needs no special explanation such as there were no men around to rule by virtue of their superior nature.

You know when matriarchy DOES need special conditions? When it's designed and outlined by misogynistic men in the mid-19th century. The fact that their plan led to even a quasi-matriarchy is astonishing. Especially when you consider how sexist Mormonism is by nature.

[The Time Alliance]

______NO______

Matriarchy needs no special explanation such as there were no men around to rule by virtue of their superior nature.

You know when matriarchy DOES need special conditions? When it's designed and outlined by misogynistic men in the mid-19th century. The fact that their plan led to even a quasi-matriarchy is astonishing. Especially when you consider how sexist Mormonism is by nature.

What do you mean?

I'm believing you people are now trying to start fights with me.

I'm Mormon and nothing you just said is true.
1.We don't fight Wars. We send our Young men out on Missions but not wars.
2. we don't practice PALIGAMY
3.That's not even...we don't have an empire. we believe in honoring our nation wherever we may live.

I'm not talking about the adorkable modern LDS that we all know and love, which has become just another slightly different sect of Christianity. I'm talking about what the State of Deseret becomes in every poorly-written alternate history novel, most notably Timeline-191.

State of discreet? Timeline-191 okay. I'll look into this.

And Ses. What do you mean do I history? I think I'd know more about my own church then wherever you got your information

Anyways. To keep something here on topic. The next Episode will apparently be about super heroes.

[Dragoria]

Wow, last time I was in here we had a different thread. How's everyone?
Was anyone else reminded of the .mov videos by some of Harshwhinny's expressions?

I avoid those like wildfire but I've seen that comparison being made earlier in the thread so my guess is yes.

Understandable. They're not for everyone.
Good to know I'm not the only one who noticed that though. Might've thought I was crazy otherwise...

[Wilgrove]

Princess Cadance's Coronation
Wet Mane Celestia
Another episode of Honest Applejack
Wow, Scootaloo hauled some serious mileage with her wings and scooter
Happy Holidays!
Christmas Ponies!

[Seshephe]

______NO______

Matriarchy needs no special explanation such as there were no men around to rule by virtue of their superior nature.

You know when matriarchy DOES need special conditions? When it's designed and outlined by misogynistic men in the mid-19th century. The fact that their plan led to even a quasi-matriarchy is astonishing. Especially when you consider how sexist Mormonism is by nature.

You were invoking special reasons. I don't know enough about early Mormonism to comment on what you said about that.

And Ses. What do you mean do I history?

As you said, too of-topic
So all I'm going to add is okie doki Loki, karaoke.

[Neo Arcad]

You know when matriarchy DOES need special conditions? When it's designed and outlined by misogynistic men in the mid-19th century. The fact that their plan led to even a quasi-matriarchy is astonishing. Especially when you consider how sexist Mormonism is by nature.

You were invoking special reasons. I don't know enough about early Mormonism to comment on what you said about that.

I was talking about an actual theoretical mutation of Mormonism, had the US government not had the sense to kick 'em in the junk before they could build up an army for the State of Deseret. If that nation did exist, it'd have caused some serious pain for America and Mexico, that's for sure.

[The Time Alliance]

You know when matriarchy DOES need special conditions? When it's designed and outlined by misogynistic men in the mid-19th century. The fact that their plan led to even a quasi-matriarchy is astonishing. Especially when you consider how sexist Mormonism is by nature.

You were invoking special reasons. I don't know enough about early Mormonism to comment on what you said about that.

Considering I am Mormon I will comment on this.
Mormons aren't sexist at all.

[Immoren]

Christmas Ponies!

Or Yule ponies?
Or Hearthwarming ponies?

[Wilgrove]

Christmas Ponies!

Or Yule ponies?
Or Hearthwarming ponies?

I perfer Yule myself (yay Paganism) but most of the people only recongize Christmas unfortunately.

[Seshephe]

You were invoking special reasons. I don't know enough about early Mormonism to comment on what you said about that.

I was talking about an actual theoretical mutation of Mormonism, had the US government not had the sense to kick 'em in the junk before they could build up an army for the State of Deseret. If that nation did exist, it'd have caused some serious pain for America and Mexico, that's for sure.

You were invoking special reasons. I don't know enough about early Mormonism to comment on what you said about that.

Considering I am Mormon I will comment on this.
Mormons mormonism aren't isn't sexist at all.

First of all, you can't speak for all Mormons. Second I think that this is what you meant. Third
Whatever you say honey.

[The Time Alliance]

I was talking about an actual theoretical mutation of Mormonism, had the US government not had the sense to kick 'em in the junk before they could build up an army for the State of Deseret. If that nation did exist, it'd have caused some serious pain for America and Mexico, that's for sure.

Can we get off this topic. I didn't come here to watch as people bashed my religion. Speaking of it this isn't helping my what's it called? "Assimilation into the herd?: