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QQ has the "you give us the right to publish your stuff" clause in its terms of service because, at the end of the day, QQ is a site, a legal entity, and a business.
That clause is there to stop a legal troll from posting something on QQ, then...
Why yes, you do have details on how Mayor Mare would be affected.
"Negatively" :V
But to be honest, this is mostly an OOC warning. I don't mind "fair" curveballs. But ponies on your contacts list are things I hold a bit closer to my heart than the ones not in there.
So, no further hints other...
Answer 1: "Something something, runs in the family, something something, Mafia Princess mom."
Answer 2: "Flip that on its head. Is it really a cult if they don't have a leader? It's at most a..." (looks at the pony walking towards Mayor Mare's house with a shovel) "... a very enthusiastic fan...
Voting is closed.
Wow this was close. And less than 50% of people voted for the winner.
But we have to call it at some point, so here it is.
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Good day everyone. Ill sit down to write later.
Vote WOULD be closed.
However, voting is currently tied.
Voting will remain open until tomorrow. If voting is still tied tomorrow (whenever I log in to close it) the tied voting will be resolved by me through a random "coin toss".
You are free to vote for whatever options. Although the tie is...
I say this without any malice. But can you show me that on the vote?
It has been a long pause, so I could just be wrong. But what I saw is that you guys asked for "One study action for one book and one artifact, and one study action for another book and another artifact".
Since you one-shotted...
You had expected Baldomare to be dismissive of your request.
Dismissive, or annoyed, or maybe even hesitant. You expected words of warning, at how you might endanger yourself by doing this. Or words of caution, musing that you could very well "turn out like her" if you continued on your path...
Correct.
And before you ask yourselves "what kind of mother would do this?", I invite you to turn this question on its head.
Don't think that "Velvet would never do this, because she is a great mother." Instead, ask "if Velvet is such a great mother, why is she doing this?"
What does it mean...
Earlier in the quest, my initial thought on what to do if you died was "whoever has custody of Silky".
Then Selene happened. The Soft happened. And more recently Axe happened.
My knee-jerk reaction is still Soft. But I'll be honest, this quest surprises me as much as it surprises you all. So...
Ongoing tally for the sake of information.
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Vote will close in less rhan 24 hours, depending on when i sit down to write what comes next.
Ill obviously also answer the pings i saw before that.
Laters.
Ignore this vote-counting. Voting is still opened.
All votes will be counted, from the proper relevant threadmark onwards, so no need to re-cast your votes either (but do remember to pick the proper threadmark when making a tally).
Vote should close wednesday night or thursday morning, so no...
I don't want to "cop out" form your question, but please hear me out.
The short answer is "yes"
The medium answer is that "they will probably be beneath your (the Bureau's) notice for a good while". So, they might do bad things, or perhaps the path Soft has in mind is a gentler compromise...
I wasn't really pinged, but given the discussion surrounding "Freedom" in particular, I can give Velvet's perspective on it. And since this would be the most "hoofs on" option, I can also elaborate on what Velvet would expect herself to (have to) do following it.
So first things first.
Velvet...