Blotter updated: 06/17/12Show/Hide Show All

Image

Tag History
(edit info)
Rating

Prev | Index | Next

Comments

MaroonBunyip
#297751
1 year ago
I must have been browsing memebase for a good 40 minutes before noticing this
Gittonsxv
#297752
1 year ago
:o lol
chromelium
#297754
1 year ago
so we're just gonna post whatever we have here there? k
Anonymous
#297766
1 year ago
I don't like memebase...
chromelium
#297787
1 year ago
i'd go to 4chan but im permabanned for anon talk spam... i've never been to 4chan EVER
ThePowerofANON
#297817
1 year ago
'Oh my Celesita?' WTF?
Anonymous
#297821
1 year ago
I've never liked 'Celestia' replacing 'God' in casual turns of phrase.

It's obnoxious when said by fans, and it's just plain awkward when characters say it in fanfics.

Let's all please stop saying "Oh my Celestia" or "I swear to Celestia" or "Celestia darn you."

It's too many dang syllables and you sound dumb when you say these things. Please stop.
Anonymous
#297825
1 year ago
^Oh dear Celestia I couldn't agree more
Anonymous
#297827
1 year ago
@21

that's just like.. your opinion, man.

I say it.
Anonymous
#297828
1 year ago
or you lot could, I don't know, take a joke.
Anonymous
#297840
1 year ago
I'm #297821

I also don't think it makes sense for ponies to refer to Celestia as their god. She's lived for at least a thousand years and it's implied she's immortal, but that's not the only requirement for being a god.

1. There's no religion centered around her, for one thing. There's no religious symbols, no houses of worship, no ceremonies (save for the Summer Sun Celebration, at which Celestia is actually present, and for a practical reason).

2. Celestia's not all-powerful. She turns night into day, and is implied to be in possession of some seriously powerful magic, but that's about it.

3. She's a physical being. We can argue all day about whether God (whatever that means to you in real life) exists or not, but I'm pretty sure we can all agree that He doesn't maintain a physical presence on earth. Celestia definitely is a tangible being and can only be in one place at a time. It doesn't really make sense for someone to invoke her name if she's not there and can't hear it.

And this isn't really logical but seriously, it just sounds awkward. The reason we have phrases like "oh my God" and "God help us" is because it sounds good and rhythmic. If for some reason ponies felt the need to integrate Celestia's name into their vernacular, centuries of linguistic evolution would produce something that rolls off the tongue.

I just don't think we should shoehorn Celestia's name into our ideas of religion and godhood. It just doesn't fit.
MaroonBunyip
#297844
1 year ago
Ya know what mate, thats all fair and well.

But it was a joke

You can use logic on it as much as you want, but you are completly going about a joke the wrong way.
Anonymous
#297848
1 year ago
^

I guess this really isn't the place for this argument so I apologize, but this never was about your picture.

It's about the people who say "Oh my Celestia" without a trace of irony. The fanfic writers who force these awkward words into the mouths of my favorite characters.
Turin_Aramaia
#297852
1 year ago
No, let's not add to the flames to the haters. Going to places that have nothing to do with ponies or fanart or fanfics, and posting whatever there gives them more reasons to hate us. If we can show restraint, as opposed to, for lack of a better phrase, "spreading like a cancer," they'd have less to fuel their rage.
Anonymous
#297856
1 year ago
^

true that

memebase sucks anyways.
if the first time you see a meme is on memebase, it's not a meme
ColgateUnicorn
#297901
1 year ago
"Oh my Celestia" is incorrect anyway
Everyone knows Poseidon created horses
Thus
Oh my Poseidon
Works better
Aquaman52
#297908
1 year ago
I sub in "stars above" when I would normally put "Oh my God".

I figure it's metaphysically ambiguous enough not to piss off anyone who has a religion in mind for the ponies, and fits the same rhythm as the phrase it's replacing. And it's not even close to something that could be construed as a non-kid-friendly curse. Everypony wins.
Anonymous
#297926
1 year ago
Look, if you're complaining about a few people referring to Celestia as if she's a god, then just let them. Everyone is entitled to their own belief. If you want to claim Celestia is a god on Earth, than go for it. I'm in the same boat about another subject. I'm an admitted atheist, but I still go around preaching about dieties from D&D, it doesn't mean I'm taking it seriously, it just means I'm enjoying myself.
Just remember, Love and Tolerance.
Anonymous
#297937
1 year ago
^

It's not that I think these people seriously worship Celestia as their Lord and Savior. I guess what really bothers me is the fanfic writers using this in dialogue.

People are entitled to say what they want (it doesn't mean it won't annoy the hell out of me but whatever) but I just think it's very lazy to have a character in an established universe to say "oh my [closest thing the 'verse has to a deity]" not to mention awkward.

Again, my issue with all this is less about religion and more about what makes sense in the ponyverse.
Anonymous
#297938
1 year ago
^^

As an addendum, I'm sure you'd be at least slightly annoyed by someone having their drow say "oh my Lolth".
Wrongness
#298140
1 year ago
Oh my Celestia.
Bass_Hooves
#299562
1 year ago
I don't have a problem with the misguided Drow, just with the Spider Queen. Some of my best friends play Drow.
And I see where you're coming from, but I just ignore it and move on. If that's how they want the character's to talk, then they can have Twilight worshipping Luna, Applejack shipped with Spike, and what-not. It's called fan-fiction for a reason, it's just how the author views the universe and just expressing him/herself.
Bass_Hooves
#299569
1 year ago
*If that's how they want the characters to act