On the season finale (spoilers ahead)

[magicalrealist]

So...i-it's really official now, isn't it? All I could've wanted was for my friends to go back to the ponies I know and love them as, but this...I don't know what to say. I just...want to thank all of my friends for being there. None of this would be possible if I didn't meet them when I came to Ponyville.

(She rolls her eyes.)

...And yes, you can add this to your list of titles for me. How many are on the list now? Princess, Touhou Girl, Jedi Knight...

...The One Free Mare? You're going to have to explain that one; I only know the term half-life for its literal definition.

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[magicalrealist]

That much is given. And in Shining's case, I can accept that. Somewhat.

But not every stallion I know is like that!

[meng_huan_myuu]

Twilight.

You know four stallions. Count them, sometime.

[Pardon a moment, doing the math in our head...]

Six if you've met Dash and Rarity's fathers.

[magicalrealist]

That doesn't make my statement any less valid! Just...noticeably less credible due to the small range of variables.

And no, I haven't met either of their fathers. Just my brother, Big Macintosh, Fancy Pants and my own father.

[meng_huan_myuu]

Exactly. And let me be honest, you've got a pretty nonstandard variable base there. Just about the only thing they have in common IS their gender.

[magicalrealist]

Depending on how you look at it, Fancy Pants and Shining Armor may have a few similarities between them. And Shining and Big Mac are both older brothers. That has to count for something!

(Twilight stop you're just reaching at this point.)

[meng_huan_myuu]

You're now envisioning your brother dating Cheerilee.

[Sometimes you don't need to be psychic to plant images in peoples' heads.

But it helps.]

[magicalrealist]

(Oh, Twilight is very familiar with this form of mental manipulation. She's studied it, of course.

But she imagines it anyway, as much as she doesn't want to. Because it's effective.

Curse you, little pink cat.)



...Why are you doing this?

[meng_huan_myuu]

Boredom. And the urge to screw with your head.

One of these days, when you actually prank Celestia instead of the other way around, you'll thank me for keeping you on your hooves.

[magicalrealist]

...Okay, I'll give you that. Both of them, really.

But does being immortal really mean you learn to prank others?

[meng_huan_myuu]

It's a source of entertainment. When you've learned all you can from books, you start to learn what you can from the reactions of others.

And while you do that, you learn to play with them.

I suspect that's a good chunk of how your teacher stayed sane over a millennium.

[magicalrealist]

That's been the source of several memes by now, so I guess I can't deny it any further.

Maybe it won't be so bad? I've read a few books about pranking, but I have close to no experience with them; they're more Rainbow's and Pinkie's forte.

[meng_huan_myuu]

You'll learn. Sooner or later you'll start to learn by observing, as opposed to just reading.

[magicalrealist]

That's something else I'll have to get used to: just observing. I'm used to going into the problems myself, I don't know if I can change that.

I won't have to...will I?

[meng_huan_myuu]

Some problems are better left undisturbed. A sign of wisdom is knowing the difference between them.

[magicalrealist]

...It's going to take a long time before I can reach that point. Ideally, it'll come along with everything else that needs patience and time.

Thanks, Berri.