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> though it is still a mostly unified being. 
my brain has exploded after reading this.

> I'm not sure how much is there to hype.
well, the hype is created by the uncertainty. The bad news is that there is a lot to define. The good news is that there is a lot of potential undefined. The hype comes and goes depending on what direction you want to lead us.

> This fic does feel a bit deeper than others I've done and I feel I have a good grasp on the character or at least a way to interpret said character
yeah, the grasp that you interpret from it is the definitive one that others cannot decide for you. If we take the recent events into account, I can sense why that sense of additional depth is exposed in those lines. However, considering The Mare in the Mountain and The Revolution fic, one cannot find any strange feeling of depth. If we take this independently, it´s surely more introspective because of that 1st person narrative.

> like trying text besides generic mspaint style solid colors 
we are living in 2019 and MsPaint is still used, people still browse on GameFAQs, Winrar has kept its popularity over the years with that notification of the 40 days license expired popping up each time you open it and we are using a site with the Futaba format from 19 years ago. 

I mean, technology may have received a lot of updates and changes but editing a banner with that program in a place like this....honestly what else can one ask for?

> It's part of what I'm trying to do. Board wide event thing.
board wide or...[/spoiler] world wide?[/spoiler]

> a banner adds to that atmosphere, not to mention that Cosmos both symbolizes the era were in a chaotic way (Pony Life) and the fact that a lot of our focus will be on the comics now. What better way to kick it off by having a little Cosmos related party? 
oh yeah, that sounds really fun....in the wrong sense. The popular phrase of /mlp/ that says: "We are crashing this train with no survivors" was repeated for a reason. We´d better embrace the bumpy future (even though Cosmos arc was released before season 9 ended. Meh, I suppose that she can count as post gen 4 material for this board either way, so it doesn´t matter all that much really).  

> Though there is another who is in need of one... 
we´ve got Luna, Celestia, Discord with Fluttershy, Dolores in the form of a bridge, Cosmos....who are you talking about then? Top secret question that shouldn´t be made now...