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 <title>Pony (pony)'s status on Sunday, 20-May-12 15:19:09 UTC</title>
 <author_name>Pony (pony)</author_name>
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 <html>@&lt;span class=&quot;vcard&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rainbowdash.net/user/9&quot; class=&quot;url&quot; title=&quot;Rarity&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;fn nickname&quot;&gt;rarity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 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.</html>
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