{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Pony (pony)'s status on Sunday, 20-May-12 15:19:09 UTC","author_name":"Pony (pony)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/pony","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/1414933","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/9\" class=\"url\" title=\"Rarity\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">rarity<\/span><\/a><\/span> I see.  I thought about that as well.. In fact long before I'd heard of Tulpas I was playing with the idea of creating someone like an imaginary companion and I began writing to her and for her, but I wasn't disciplined and she was very sad because I ignored her most of the time.  I've all but forgotten her now, and I toy with bringing her back.  It feels wrong to just leave her feeling sad.  I don't want to call it a 'mistake' but one of the reasons things turned out the way they did with her, is that I decided when I made her that she \/should\/ be sad if I ignored or didn't spend time regularly with her because I wanted her to be like a real person for my own sake. She never annoyed or bothered me though because that wasn't something I put into her nature.  With my Fluttershy tulpa I knew better and made her happy whether or not I pay attention to her.  I'm allowing that to change over time, but for now I don't feel much pressure from her to have quality time."}