In hindsight, I wish I hadn't been so afraid of actually watching the show. Considering that part 1 was the one thing that brought me back to MMO-C (you can thank the HoN forums' own Pony Thread and maybe my own curiosity for that), it's a damn shame that I didn't post there until late September.
I don't think I'd even be able to write anything of the sort.
It's easy to overdo it though.
I do mean it literally. No ponies --> no fandom --> no help for me from random people on the Internet. They may have not done anything directly (which is not true), but what did happen only happened because of them. So as far as I'm concerned, it's "What Ponies Have Done For Me".
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The split second where you stop being skeptical and harbor the thought, however lightly, that maybe, just maybe, these people aren't actually trolls, and there is actually something genuinely sincere going on.
You could. "What _____ Has/Have Done For Me". Hydrogen, ones and zeros, Vaseline, blood, who knows. But without ponies, I probably would have sunk even further into a depression that would probably have qualified as clinical depression.
-twitch-
Urgh, my old self sickens me sometimes.
I don't like saying this, I don't like myself for saying this, but I agree.
Still paranoid it's all nostalgia.
EDIT: Ohh, I found you, Sofii. I didn't catch you in the S's the first time around, for some reason.
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I was never really around since the start, so I can't comment on whether it was better back then.
I will say that I do still enjoy the thread as it is. Even if I just lurk all the time. I really only pop in for the arts, or if I'm in a goofy mood.
As for serious topics, I'd say they're always somewhat relevant, as long as it doesn't drag on a single topic.
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LATE REPLIES. I knew I missed some posts I wanted to reply to, sorry.
I'm not bad. Looking forward to the the next few days of freedom, hoping to get some serious writing and/or drawing done.
I have a lot to talk about, but I really don't like talking about it unless I know everyone (or at least most of everyone) who's listening is actually interested and/or cares about it. I could go on all day about my OCs backstories (I get the feeling you're not a fan), ideas for my fic', or random thoughts about art, but I generally don't unless someone expresses an interest in it of their own accord, and that last bit is really important. I like knowing that someone's interested in my work because they're interested in it, not because I want them to be.
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[OSaS A1 ~ 80% Completion] ~ [Thank You, MLP] ~ [ ??? ]
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Funnily enough, I figured that you guys were serious from the very beginning. Not just that, but you genuinely seemed like better people compared to HoN's pony threadders.
It's possible. While I don't think this thread has helped me anywhere near as much as it's helped you, I strongly believe that I learned quite a lot from it and its threadders.
As I said, it's a natural thing. There's no changing it. I've always tried to accept things as they are, and to accept that my past self was just that, a past self. But then I don't know if anything I ever do is a good thing, so take that with a grain of salt.
I'm telling you, it isn't.
I reckon it's nostalgia, but I prefer to live now. If you dwell to long on the past, you can't appreciate the present. Either way, I just accept it for what it is, and stay here. I like it here, and generally always have. I'll probably stop coming here when all the old people leave. Maybe. I like some of the new kids.
I was hoping I wasn't mistaken.