#Research Bin

[glapplebloom]

Just ignore anything related to the Elements of Harmony.

So I saw a Youtube Post I couldn’t find again, but it had an interesting subject. Which of these artifacts are the most powerful: The Alicorn Amulet, The Crystal Heart, the Staff of Sacanas and Grogar’s Bell. So which of these would be considered the most powerful? Let’s take a look at each of them.

The Alicorn Amulet comes from the episode Magical Duel. Despite what some posters say, the Alicorn Amulet does two specific things: give the user untold power and corrupt the user. Of course, between being vague you can make up anything for untold power. But between what we’ve seen Starlight Glimmer do and others, it's safe to assume it lives up to its name: it gives the user the same strength as an Alicorn.

The Crystal Heart is the Crystal Empire’s greatest treasure. With its power, it was able to create a powerful shield that not only keeps the Empire safe from Sombra’s dark magic, but also the weather of the North. Weather so terrible that not even two Alicorn Princesses could stop it. And they have all the attributes of Earth and Pegasi Ponies. So that should mean strength and weather controlling.

The Staff of Sacanas is the Staff used in the MLP movie. According to Tempest, it channels the Magic of the Four Alicorns and will give its user the Power of a Thousand Armies. And It also gives him the ability to move the Sun and Moon as easily as moving a Staff. 

Grogar’s Bell, also known as the Bewitching Bell, is a talisman containing much of Grogar’s magic. It also has this neat feature to not only suck the magic of its target, but grant its user the Magic of those within it. So which of these four objects are the most powerful outside of the Elements of Harmony.

Off the Bat: the Staff of Sacanas is out of this picture. It requires the Four Alicorns to be as powerful as it was in the movie. Not to mention a long ritual compared to the Bell’s simple ring and suck. So the Staff of Sacanas might as well be just a Staff unless it can find four different Alicorns. Even giving it the Storm King's power like in the Equestria Girls special isn't enough considering he needed Alicorn Power to be a threat.

The next one out of contention for me is the Alicorn Amulet. Off the bat, the fact it corrupts the user means it’s not going to be very helpful in the long run. But ignoring that, the fact it gives you the strength of an Alicorn when both the Crystal Heart and Grogar’s Bell took out a threat that is the equivalent of two Alicorns. And 1/3 of the Power granted by the Bell took out an Alicorn level threat. Which you can probably see where I’m going with this.

The Crystal Heart is in 2nd place since it was a key feature in Sombra’s first defeat. And the fact it was able to contain a Storm two Alicorns couldn’t definitely proves its strength. Granted, it needs the love from the Crystal Empire to activate but considering how easy it is to get it's not really that difficult like the Staff of Sacanas to get powered up. It's just a shame it can’t defeat Discord.

Grogar (who was Discord in disguise) sent Sombra in the middle of the Crystal Empire. Where the Heart is. And despite activating it again, Sombra was still standing there. That means Discord gave him the means to no sell the Crystal Heart. But you know what Discord couldn’t stop: the Bewitching Bell. It gave the three villains the strength to match Discord (because why would he still keep the act unless his ego prevented it) and stole his magic with ease.

The Bewitching Bell also has Grogar’s Magic within it, meaning it is already strong enough without any extra charge time. And granting its user that much magic that could match or even Surpass Discord’s definitely means this thing is the most powerful of the Artifacts outside the Elements of Harmony. 

[scribbiesan]

Day 15: Safety

“And then, there’s crying.”

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@imagine-darksiders

Yes yes, a few days late, I know, BUT LOOK AT THE LITTLE BABY. He’s so pissed off!!

I really liked Accidental Human Acquisition, and decided on drawing one of the best scenes: Death helping bring a Life into the world! I was tempted to draw Reaper!Death peeking into the box but that was too many details for my fried brain rn. So have a closeup instead!

Hands are hard. :,(

Toodles!~

[sunset-a-story]

My co-writer @touloserlautrec has me dead to rights.

(Artist: Shami Stovall)

[seoul-bros]

Speaking of military service.......

Kang Tae Oh completed his earlier today.

IG Post

It may not be the second series of Extraordinary Attorney Woo but he will be back on our screens soon. He will shortly start filming Potato Research Institute with Lee Sun Bin.

She recently starred in Boyhood with my Busan bae Yim Siwan. The series has received positive reviews on IMDb and My Drama List. Still waiting to see how and when I'll be able to see it.

Post Date: 19/03/2024

[malhare-archive]

Unfortunately for my internet search history I'm deeply fascinated by terrorists on all points of the political spectrum

[jynjackets]

Time for violence — rank these ships below from your favorite to the least favorite 💥

Cassian/Bix

Cassian/Bodhi

Cassian/Brasso

Cassian/Jyn

Cassian/K-2SO

Cassian/Melshi

Cassian/Jyn

Cassian/Melshi

Cassian/Leia

Cassian/Bodhi

Cassian/k-2so

Cassian/Brasso

Cassian/Jar Jar Binks

Cassian/Queen Elizabeth II

Cassian/my dad

Cassian/anybody else in the galaxy that doesn’t casually tell their supposed friend’s secrets while having the character depth of a delaney rowe tiktok. any other pairing that doesn’t have a fanbase consisting of pickmes or people who find women interchangeable as long as they are able to service a man.

Cassian/bix

[horsemage]

why are they so different. stop that.

[spxnglr]

Me whenever sb brings up that Egon canonically doesn't believe in aliens:

[kirstielol]

My hisser colony has exploded 🥺 there's a new set of babies, and the last set of babies are growing up and gaining some size! The three adults I have are hiding in the cork bark tube 🪳

[crispysnake]

You didn't mention gardening in your hobbies for Keyleth, but I was thinking, since she is an Eco-Friendly Girl, would she have a composting bin of sorts and maybe some herbs or a small vegetable patch?

yes absolutely she does!:D

one of the references pics of their apartment was just a balcony full of plants and I think almost all of those would be vegetables, herbs and fruit, they're her babies and she takes the best care of them. I think she TRIES to grow enough to share with the entirety of vm, and it's her dream to one day have enough space to plant her own cherry tree like the ones back home. and ofc Vax will do everything in his power to make sure that happens.

[glapplebloom]

Yep, this is a thing for some reason.

Mordetwi, as said on Know Your Meme, is the portmanteau name given to a crossover ship between the characters Mordecai from Regular Show and Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. The couple was first shipped in 2011 from a fanfiction called Earthworm Zim. Honestly, I thought it was because of the Artwork with Airplanes.

Now I have my fair share of Crackships (if you’re reading this article, you probably have seen my comics), but the question is “could Twilight and Mordecai work as a couple”. In theory, any relationship could happen. And the idea of a slacker pairing off with a hard worker is a common trope. But could Moedetwi work? Let’s analyze.

Twilight has two potential canon love interests, and they’re both Flash Sentry. One is a pony that she is physically attractive to, but nothing ever comes up beyond that. The other is a boy she was obviously crushing on. Despite looking like a rocker, he is kind of a dork when trying to impress ladies. So that sounds like Mordecai, at least in the early seasons.

When we see Mordecai with Margaret, he’s also dorkish when trying to impress her. But then we get to CJ, who he is MUCH better when doing date things. So if this were to happen, Mordecai would definitely be smoother than he was with Margaret. And speaking of Margaret and CJ, let’s compare them to how Twilight is.

While Margaret is down to earth at times, she is definitely a career woman. She broke up with Mordecai when she had to go to college and still have that job by the end of the series. So you could say that is similar to Twilight considering she’s so focused on her studies and her title as Princess. CJ, who I honestly prefer, is pretty close to Mordecai as she’s just as laid back as he is. But considering how that ended, that could have been the problem.

Mordecai’s break up with CJ was just horrible. He did it in front of his friend’s wedding and still didn’t end up with Margaret. There’s also the Bat Lady he ends up with in the series finale, but we don’t know much about her to really give an understanding of what she is like. But it does show that Mordecai won’t make a butt of himself again like with CJ.

If Mordecai got anything going for him, it's that each time he’s in a relationship he improves. His dates with Margaret usually had problems. CJ’s were smoother, but the unresolved Margaret issues was the big reason it sank. But with those cleared up, any future relationship should be even better than with CJ. And the Bat Lady proves it.

Back with Twilight, if we compare Flash Sentry to Mordecai, we know they could be dorky and awkward around their love interest. But Flash is also nice. Mordecai is nice as well, but we’ve seen his fits of anger from time to time, even towards Rigby. Granted, Rigby did deserve it at certain times but Twilight may not like that. When she was as angry or did something similar, she would regret it.

We see this with Pinkie Pie. Whenever she gets so angry, she eventually feels bad about it. And in a short amount of time. Meanwhile, Mordecai could be mad for a long time in comparison. She may not like the teasing he does to Rigby. Though I don’t think he does it as much since Rigby proves to be the better person when it comes to relationships. Now the question remains: how well can they handle each other’s extreme natures.

Honestly, I think they can handle each others’ problems fine. Twilight sometimes deals with Monsters, which Mordecai has dealt with before. And Twilight’s over analytical nature could be a help with some of their wacky adventures. See Eileen. So that leaves one question: would Twilight be interested in a slacker? I don’t think she was, but Mordecai isn’t really much of a slacker.

Sure, he does slack off at times and usually at the worst times, but he does try to be a good worker at times. Sometimes it's Rigby’s fault he strays from that. Sometimes it's his own doing. But he tries at least. And he wasn’t as bad as Zephyr was in that one episode. Like Breeze, Mordecai does get better at working to the point he’s a big time artist in the finale.

So could Mordecai and Twilight Sparkle work as a ship? Maybe. Mordecai does get better every new relationship and his issues with Margaret are done. And Twilight does have a thing for Dorks and with a passion for the arts (granted musical over pictures). If someone has an idea for them it could in theory work. But is this enough for me to ship them? Honestly, not really.

I don’t see Twilight dating anyone really. Like she’s all business. Meanwhile Mordecai definitely leaves a bad taste in my mouth after that CJ Break Up incident. And it's not that hard for me to like a ship. Someone told me about a Mina the Mongoose and Manic the Hedgehog ship and I instantly liked the idea because it reminds me of the song Skater Boi. And Mina did leave a bad taste in my mouth after the Nicole incident.

(By DarkSonic250)

Like Mordecai, she did get better at least at the end, but still that incident really makes it hard for me to support them. And yet I like the Mina/Manic ship for one simple reason. Mordetwi doesn’t have that simplicity. If you legit ship them, good for you. But I don’t think I would ever join that boat even for the meme.

[naminethewriter]

For the Ask game:

14. If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick?

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic. (If you don’t have either, just share a random fic idea you have that you don’t plan on getting to.)

Thank you for the ask, Edu! I have answered 14 already, you can find the answer to that here!

15. How do you come up with titles for your fics/chapters?

This is kinda mean for you to ask when you are literally in the process of helping me brainstorm a title for my Big Bang fic 🤭 /j But usually, they just come to me? I'm not big on using quotes or song lyrics, personally. I mostly just find something that vibes with what I have written, though for some reason that is getting harder for me recently 🤔

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic. (If you don’t have either, just share a random fic idea you have that you don’t plan on getting to.)

Uff, okay, there was one fanfic I was writing when I was still in the Undertale fandom. It was called Floodtale and used a lot of different Sanses and multiverse shenanigans as well as some own characters. I scrapped it because 1. I fell out of the fandom and 2. I just didn't feel comfortable using those fan characters anymore at some point? I just felt like I didn't know them well enough to do them justice. That was also when I started being very strict with myself about not posting stories that weren't finished or I was positive I would finish.

I stopped in the middle of Chapter 6, here's the beginning of Chapter 3, the introduction of the Sans I created:

They stared at the stranger in silence. Well, stranger might be the wrong word, since the skeleton in front of them was definitely a Sans, but none of them had met this particular version before. The bones of the newcomer were grey; his eye sockets empty and black water was flowing out of them. It was running down his face and then disappeared from view under the collar of his black raincoat, which covered half of his face, while the hood covered the back of his head, so his eye sockets and (non-existent) nose were the only visible parts of his skull. One of his hands was buried in the coats’ pockets, the other hanging at his side, the same black water dripping from his fingertips down to the ground. His dark shorts stopped shortly before the rubber boots he was wearing. All in all he was a strange sight to behold, but not the weirdest the four had encountered.

There aren't any Sanders Sides stories I have completely given up on, so this is what you get ^^ Thanks again!

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[128grazer]

Had to rescue my sister's orchid from the rubbish bin today. She thought that because the flowers fell off the plant was dying.....

[oraclememehacker]

new tags dump :)

[bam-stroker]

Harpy one shot idea

Ok but hear me out... sky diver who falls in love with a harpy?

Like this idiot is out there doing dives during the courting season and this harpy is like who is this weirdo?! I love them...

This is very much being inspired by raptors like bald eagles doing the paired dives.

The most famous and recognizable of these rituals is the "cartwheel courtship flight," in which two bald eagles will fly up high, lock talons and then get into a cartwheel spin as they fall toward the ground, breaking apart at the last minute. "And [in] some cases they actually hit the ground," - article

But also apparently there can be triads?! So catch me getting emotional over this article -

Triad story of paired harpies falling head over heels for thrill seeker human to do a 3 part cartwheel dive will not leave me now....