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Humanizations of Princess Luna and others have a dedicated thread - post them there. Keep it pony (aside from inclusions of Anonymous in pics).
Ongoing Stories:
"Demons & Nightmares", by Durr0694: https://ponepaste.org/11243
"Moonlight, Veiled - Book 3", by horsa: https://ponepaste.org/11561
"Our Kingdom", by O.K: https://ponepaste.org/11360
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"Ghost in the Shadows" by ReggieSomething: https://ponepaste.org/7522
"Assistant to the Night Court", by LmonE6: https://ponepaste.org/121
"Lunar Entanglement, Act I", by ReggieSomething: https://ponepaste.org/1113
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"Embracing the Night, Part 5", by AutoPony: https://ponepaste.org/3605
"A Heart Longs for Another", by AnthonyC4: https://ponepaste.org/873
"Our Thirty Years War", by TheGhostlydude: https://ponepaste.org/6795
"A Bond Through the Ages", by Ar-Adunakhor: https://ponepaste.org/6722
"MoonyCYOA", by Krivvy: https://ponepaste.org/4290
"A Nightmare, No More", by Starla: https://ponepaste.org/5708
Untitled story by Alcatraz (Dead)
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>>43176271
Fail
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>>43176271
Man do I love this horse!
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>>43176271
>kill after 100 replies
Well, that's a touch embarrassing. Let's keep it under the wraps for now while an investigation is pending, don't let the gay sunfag hear about this before an official statement is issued.
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>>43176313
A conscious sacrifice to keep the secret a secret.>>43160946
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Luna with glasses!
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>>43176499
You don't have to do it alone, moonfren!
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>>43176499
I'm a nocturnAnon, I can't do anything to stop the slide thread menace during the day if I'm sleeping!
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Life has resulted in me being more diurnal as of late. It's reminded me that unfortunately it's much easier to be awake during the day with the rest of the world. I miss when there were more 24/7 places. Nowadays it feels like lifting is about the only thing to do late night.
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>>43176754
I like to walk around at night. It's peaceful when you're in a smaller town and pretty much everyone is asleep.
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Bathtime Moon!
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uunnnfff
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>>43176919
Lucky you, anon. One of our neighbors has a bunch of dogs that bark all night, every night. Even in the winter it's hard to appreciate my wife's cosmic beauty!
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Since we was talking about the cosmology of Equestria, I thought I'd share my own interpretation on it.
Equestria is shielded by a firmament that divides the material world from the immaterial world of magic and magic itself comes in the forms of both light and dark. These two wells of magic exist in the void outside of where Equestria exist and are responsible for every kind of magical phenomena in Equestria. Since they are the power sources of everything, Celestia and Luna are able to directly connect with them when they raise and lower the sun and moon, which they use to restore their youthfulness and maintain the celestial cycle.
The sun and moon as they appear when looking at them from Equestria's surface are actually just focal points in the firmament which allows light to pass through and create daytime. When Celestia raises the sun she is maintaining the gateway rather than moving the source of light itself.
Luna is different because she is tied to darkness and the nature of darkness in Equestria's universe is to draw in the light and maintain an equal balance between the two opposing forces. Since the firmament around Equestria divides absolute light from absolute darkness the magnetic forces of darkness pull light around the firmament towards itself which creates a shadow. When Luna creates the second gateway, the light that is being gradually being absorbed by the darkness manifests as the moon and the reason why the moon has phases is because Luna punches additional holes in the firmament creating the stars at the expense of dimming the moon.
The reason she does this is because the amount of light and dark energy is finite and she must allow for light to convert to darkness since both she and Celestia depend on the balance and on that note, darkness does travel like light does around the firmament allowing it to be reabsorbed into the source of light but there is no need for Celestia to create a cover of darkness over the source of light since darkness cannot be seen and so the darkness is absorbed on the far side of the source of light relative to Equestria.
Maybe it makes sense but curious to know what you guys think.
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Moony's getting a MtG card
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>>43178061
>Tree of Harmony
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I get to be a guest speaker for a college class on caving today! The only downside, is that I normally work nightshift, so the presentation will essentially occur in the middle of the night for me. Luna will be calling me to sleep all day, but I must resist ucu
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>>43178223
Thought I fucking posted it before I slept, but I guess not.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6oDqNvAvbw
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My wife is beautiful no matter her form!
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>the reason why the moon has phases is because Luna punches additional holes in the firmament creating the stars at the expense of dimming the moon.
I could buy this, but maybe Luna also does it because she just wants ponies to see something interesting a night; basicalky adding her own artistic flare? For example, maybe she just really likes the crescent shape, so she chooses that method of phased dimming. Also, what about different colored stars?
>The sun and moon as they appear when looking at them from Equestria's surface are actually just focal points in the firmament
So, is the firmament where this energy is a sphere enclosing another sphere (the inner one being where Equestria is physically located)? Or, is the topology of their universe ellipsoidal, given that there are two focal points in opposition to each other?
>the magnetic forces of darkness
If darkness is associated with magnetic fields, would light be predominantly electric? That would make light unlike in our universe where light is a combination of both. Perhaps in Equestria, Maxwell's equations are fully symmetrical.
>Light and dark are responsible for magic in Equestri.
If light and darkness are responsible for magic in Equestria, how does that work? Are their flows of light and dark from the firmament to Equestria?
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>>43179495
even if she was a spider?
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>>43179778
If Luna asked me if I would love her if she were a spider, I would tell her to illusion herself into a spider and thusly make out with her after such
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I made something of your all's waifu. It's just a prototype, I modeled it after that cute pic in the corner I saw. What do you all think?It needs another clear coat if you know what I mean ;^)
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>the reason why the moon has phases is because Luna punches additional holes in the firmament creating the stars at the expense of dimming the moon.
I could buy this, but maybe Luna also does it because she just wants ponies to see something interesting a night; basicalky adding her own artistic flare? For example, maybe she just really likes the crescent shape, so she chooses that method of phased dimming. Also, what about different colored stars?
>The sun and moon as they appear when looking at them from Equestria's surface are actually just focal points in the firmament
So, is the firmament where this energy is a sphere enclosing another sphere (the inner one being where Equestria is physically located)? Or, is the topology of their universe ellipsoidal, given that there are two focal points in opposition to each other?
>the magnetic forces of darkness
If darkness is associated with magnetic fields, would light be predominantly electric? That would make light unlike in our universe where light is a combination of both. Perhaps in Equestria, Maxwell's equations are fully symmetrical.
>Light and dark are responsible for magic in Equestri.
If light and darkness are responsible for magic in Equestria, how does that work? Are their flows of light and dark from the firmament to Equestria?
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>>43179500
There would be no need for starships since Equestria is their entire physical world. Other universes can exist alongside in parallel but you would use magic to travel there instead.
>>43180120
>she does it because she just wants ponies to see something interesting at night
That's possible as well, since the moon is just a window from the outside. It's just as far as I know the moon has never been depicted as anything but whole. Even in the initial season 1 storybook the moon is a full sphere with a shadow cast over it creating the crescent shape.
>what about different colored stars?
The holes in the firmament can go all the way through the barrier which would make the star appear white or the firmament itself can be sculpted into a lens to absorb specific wavelengths of of the light spectrum like a prism. giving her control over what colour they are.
>So, is the firmament where this energy is a sphere enclosing another sphere
Yes there is a second outer barrier which keeps light and darkness contained the firmament in this context refers specifically to the barrier that protects physical Equestria but there is a second much larger barrier that keeps light and darkness contained to a finite area. It could be ellipsoidal with light and darkness at either end or the sources of both could exist somewhere in the middle between the edge an Equestria. This outer boundary works like a mirror allowing the both light and darkness to eventually return to the other.
>If darkness is associated with magnetic fields, would light be predominantly electric
Both light and darkness are abstract energy, magic in its purest forms if you will and like all energy it cannot be destroyed, only transferred into different states of being. Both forces attract the other by nature of being it's opposite I just used magnetic to make it easier to explain but since they are magic with the right spell that energy could be given magnetic qualities or any other magical spell though they would eventually return to their natural state.
>Are their flows of light and dark from the firmament to Equestria?
Yes, the sun and the moon (and the stars) act as openings allowing them to pass through the firmament and to Equestria. There is light and darkness in everything, with living things have a variation on the amount of light and darkness within themselves. The reason ponies look very friendly and cutesy is because they are naturally attuned and usually born with light magic inside them which affects their appearance. Creatures that have a lot of darkness inside them, tend to look more vicious and menacing which led to the belief that light and darkness are allegories for good and evil which is just a misconception. Luna's 'true' form is Nightmare Moon, pure darkness to Celestia's light. The only trouble is because light and darkness are opposites, they can create conflict and so she chooses her current form which is 'shadow', darkness that can only exist because of light.
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>>43179500
I always figured they'd genegineer something like a Megalomoth because normal spaceships are boring and uncreative. Medieval societies lacking the technology but being abundant in the magic tend to do something like that, at least the cool ones.
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Cosplaying with moonbutt!
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>>43180743
Steampunk ponies were and still are underrated and they don't deserve to be!
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something like this. Magic steam hybrid with bronze / copper / gold hulls. Interior would look like Grand Central Station. Sci fi tech like FTL would be a teleportation spell thats binded to the ship, shields are a forcefield spell binded to the ship, etc
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