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Published: 2012-09-14 02:45:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 89558; Favourites: 1375; Downloads: 1087
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It's been slow at work lately. Got this done in two days. (Don't tell my boss. XD)More time travelling Twilight!
What is the book about?
I'll let you all (unofficially) decide in the comments.
Oh I apologize for anyone who just died of a cute overload. ^-^
EDIT: Tweaked a few panels.
More time travelling Twilight comics:
Vectors I made for this:
"Lady Bugs Awake" [link]
"Filly Sprint" [link]
"Step Back, I'm Trying Magic" [link]
Vectors I modified:
"Contented Rarity" by Stabzor: [link]
"Twilight Sparkle is annoyed" by LilCinnamon: [link]
"Twilight Sparkle Suspicious" by Tim015: [link]
"Rarity getting rejected" by RedPandaPony: [link]
"Twilight Sparkle Frustrated" by areysram: [link]
"Rarity's Epic Facehoof" by ABadCookie: [link]
"Peekaboo" by coldbologna: [link]
"Screw Studying" by BonesWolbach: [link]
"Twilight ninja is scouting you" by Vunlinur: [link]
"Twilight Sparkle - She does like books!" by Santafer: [link]
"Filly Twilight Sparkle" by Silentmatten: [link]
"Twilight's Library (night)" by Sulyo: [link]
"Ponies Fly By Background" by adcoon: [link]
My Little Pony and all characters involved are copyright Hasbro.
Fonts used are Suplexmentary Comic NC & BDCartoonShout.
Created with Inkscape and Photoshop.
If I failed to credit anyone properly please tell me so that I can add them to the credits.
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Comments: 276
Thanks for the thoughts.
The meaning is meant to be symbolic; I never meant to explicitly state just what the book is about. It's all an implied meaning. Judging from the urgency in adult Twilight's panels and the intrigued filly Twilight one can conclude that the book is of importance. That among other minor details expressed within the comic, I had hoped to make what the book is actually about apparent.
This comic isn't set to be a sequel or a prequel to anything else I've created, it stands alone. I understand where the confusion can come from with the implicit meaning--a logical conclusion to come to if the symbolism isn't readily apparent is to look to my other comics for a reference point. Maybe this was me not making it clear enough, maybe it was wasn't. I won't decide that, as it will vary from person to person. However, placing the meaning of the story within the reader's mind was an artistic choice I am glad that I chose to use.
Regardless, I'm glad that you enjoyed it, and thank you for the kind words.
^-^
-N
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Your welcome and Ok thanks for clearing that up
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I knew you had some good comic talent in you, but there are still some things I would like to say about this comic. To begin with, once again you didn't have spectacular shading (I guess that wasn't your fault), BUT you never drew attention to it by having large detailed scenes. The difference in individual frame size was a nice variation, made he whole thing much more pleasant, the same goes for the shifts in calligraphy and such. One thing that I didn't like about this is that little twi was just in the middle of a field, and I know that this happens plenty of times in the actual show, but you had a choice of where you were going to put her and it was a place with no time reference or points of interest at all. It's not essential to the cartoon but it is what it is. I do like how you used other pre-made sprites and backgrounds, it does improve the quality of the work and a little collaboration never hurt anybody. I'm excited to see where you go with this one. Best of luck.
-Michael
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First of all, thank you again for your review.
I guess I don't really understand what you're talking about in terms of shading. I stick to the style of the show. Yes, there is a scene here and there where they pronounce shading and lighting more, but for the most part their shading is but a single oval shadow underneath the characters and objects.
I chose a field because I wanted the attention to be on Twilight, the objects and the plot, not the setting.
Thanks again for your review, I am glad that you enjoyed it.
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We're going to have to agree to disagree about the filly twilight matter, but what I said about shading is more or less meant for large scenes. Like the mountain. There were objects on the mountain that couldn't possibly have the shadow they had. I'm almost certain there was a frame where two shadows were facing opposite directions, but that was a big scene where details that are usually indistinguishable, (like the lack of shading of Twilight under the tree[completely invisible]) become very noticeable because of the size of the environment, and the viewers subconscious tendency to compare certain sects of a picture to others to affirm that the proportions are correct. Now if the fault doesn't stand out, I don't have a problem with it, but I still feel the need to point it out.
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I'm not really one for words, but I'll try this. This is really cute. And original. I haven't seen , okay barely seen any, travelling comics. Hopefully you make this into a little series... I would love to see more. If not, I don't really see the point... I love the way, even though I know you used vectors, the way you placed them is perfect! (god, my laptop is lagging like hell)
I haven't really seen any Twilight filly around yet, and I just realised how cute Twilight filly is! I love the way you kept the dimensions of each panel small, but so we can still imagine how it would look like as, for example, an episode or so. Overall it was a good artwork and I'm happy to see something cute like this just before the new season starts! Keep up the good work!
~JulezRulez77
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I'm glad you like it! This probably won't be part of a series because I intended the importance of it to implied and what each reader makes of it. I have received some criticism for that, but ultimately that is how I wanted it to be.
Thanks for the critique, and again I am glad that you enjoyed it. ^-^
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Okay! Because to me, it looks... Bare. I don't know. Not the comic but the fact we don't what's to happen. Will Twilight be the next Voldemort? Or will she rise to justice but not find friendship? You see what I mean?
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ever read 'grimoire' on fimfiction? heheheheee
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THW BOOK WILL BE TWILIGHTS DIARY... THE OLDER TWI!
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no you took a kids show and made it dirty so no, you fag
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Someone sounds upset...
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shut the f**k up ahole you took a kid show and made it terrible
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Love ya too buddy!
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Hah, very cute, quite touching and... something I can't quite put words to with that ending... A sense of "to be continued" perhaps?
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Time paradox! Time paradox! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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OH! Would love to see the book actually relate to something simple; say not hugging a stallion that gave her a compliment so she could date him or some other frivolous little thing that can become a large to-do as in their stories. (Her not getting her report to Celestia for example) Then the whole paradox dilemma would be the joke as it was expounded upon for a trivial personal quirk. Ooo! Quills.... where are my quills...SPIKE!!!
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This is just like that episode of Gargoyles where Xanatos goes back in time to send himself the coin which jumpstarted his entire empire. Nice analogy!
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Object paradox; she should be giving her past self a COPY of the book, not the book itself
(the copy purchased from a store so as not to create an Information Paradox)
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she gave it to her past self, which means she will have it, so no paradox
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No no no no no, look at it from the BOOK'S perspective
1) The book had to come from a store at SOME point, but that's impossible if "she gave it to her past self"
2) The book will slowly biodegrade as it constantly travels back in time. That's gonna make things awkward a couple thousand cycles down the line, eh?
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If she buys the book in a store and sends it back, then from the book's perspective it goes like this:
1.) Produced, sold in a store to adult Twilight (who already owns it, but at a later point in its life).
2.) Sent back in time to filly Twilight
3.) Kept in a shelf without ever time-traveling again, until it degrades or is lost.
The stable time loop is still a paradox in that she only knew to send the book back because she already did; but it's only an information paradox and those come up in time travel stories all the time - including in the It's About Time episode. The physical item doesn't have to keep looping.
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"The physical item doesn't have to keep looping"
Then there's no paradox. Stable time loops are exactly that: STABLE. Information "paradoxes" only prove that time travel is itselfΒ writtenΒ into the timeline
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Good, that means you're starting to see why it's a paradox
Again, trace the book's path. Twilight gives it to her past self, and it stays in her past self's possession until her past self becomes her present self. With me so far? Now, present-day Twilight sends the book into the past again, and it stays in her past self's possession until her past self becomes her present self.
See the infinite loop?
Now ask yourself: where did the book come from? The book was never printed, never bound into its hardcover form, was never actually sold at a bookstore. No matter how many times you trace the infinite loop backwards, the paradox never changes
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this is rather adorable, I like it, good job
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It's the book from the very beginning (read: The beginning of the first episode), obviously!
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Hnnnng.....Too much cute....heart....brusting!
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I couldn't read it because the font was too small, but I'm sure it was good.
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I bet that the book has to do with twilight, hence her cutie mark on the cover.
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And that's how Pinkie Pie got her Cutie Mark!
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