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Eakin
2012-02-25, 01:38 AM
I need a really subtle MLP t-shirt so I can identify RL bronies without tipping off any non-fans that I like the show. I like to run, so this one's (http://teenormous.com/t-shirts/Running-of-the-Leaves-by-Rachael-Thomas-by-Redbubble-1134826) a strong contender, anyone else have any others they can suggest?

Anarion
2012-02-25, 01:45 AM
I need a really subtle MLP t-shirt so I can identify RL bronies without tipping off any non-fans that I like the show. I like to run, so this one's (http://teenormous.com/t-shirts/Running-of-the-Leaves-by-Rachael-Thomas-by-Redbubble-1134826) a strong contender, anyone else have any others they can suggest?

The new EQD (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1778) one is pretty subtle, this one (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1747) is not subtle at all, but the art style isn't obviously MLP-related, and the DJ-PON3 hoodie (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1468) is quite subtle.

Eakin
2012-02-25, 01:50 AM
The new EQD (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1778) one is pretty subtle, this one (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1747) is not subtle at all, but the art style isn't obviously MLP-related, and the DJ-PON3 hoodie (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1468) is quite subtle.

Not sure you looked at the back of that hoodie :smallsmile:, and if there's one thing I want people to think I like less than ponies it's the Hunger Games. The other one's good, though

Listening to Smile Smile Smile Smile backwards is kinda freaky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMiNIvgTmAo)

Anarion
2012-02-25, 01:54 AM
Not sure you looked at the back of that hoodie :smallsmile:,

Your guess would be correct. :smallredface:
I'll just switch that for the similar t-shirt (http://www.welovefine.com/product.php?id_product=1038), which has no picture of its back, therefore I assume that it's totally safe, if slightly boring.

MCerberus
2012-02-25, 02:06 AM
I think at some point someone said 'I always preferred Ditzy Doo', and they decided to let the internet keep arguing about her name, slapped the fixed VA on it, and made a sandwich. I think I prefer it this way.


Although I have another explanation:

Derpy Hooves is standard Derpy. She's an absent-minded mailmare that enjoys oatmeal muffins.

Ditzy Doo Whooves is, for lack of a better term, an alternate-universe paradox clone. The Doctor met her going back to last year to try and cut in front of Pinkie for cider (didn't work, accidentally wound up exposing a deadly plot to destroy the timeline). Ditzy now lives in the present doing part-time weather work and making sure Dinky gets in the right amount of trouble.

Too bad at some point both of them looked out a window in a bad place/time and saw what should not be seen.


This leads to a lot of sitcom shenanigans.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 02:39 AM
Ai'ight, after a moment's reflection and a moment's rage, I've found my centre again. In my very signature, appropriately enough.


"And they said our love would fade
it gets stronger everyday

A fad, a meme, a trolling event, destined to die out during the summer months, thread seven and forgotten. An unofficial mascot elected by the democratic insanity of 4chan, which before this nothing could change.

And they say that beauty fades
You're more beautiful than ever

Eight hundred and thirty five pictures in my Derpy folder, each more beautiful than the last.

They said we'd drift away
We're still standing here

The friendships I've made here are what's important. Hasbro can retcon the show but it can't recton friendship.

And it feels like every day's
Our Anniversary"

Keep perspective, everyone. Don't let this ruin your day. Don't stop smiling. The death of Optimus Prime didn't stop you playing with your Transformers, and no Derpy retcon can take away what she means to us.

So take a breath, before you get upset. And relax.

She's ours. They were just borrowing her for a time.


RE: Derpy
:smallfrown:
Sad that they decided to change her. I'm going to hold my full judgment on the thing until the episode reruns on the Hub. Why? From where I'm standing it's possible that iTunes decided to take the episode down to avoid potential fallout from the controversy. I'm pretty sure iTunes has the right to take down anything it finds inappropriate. They might have told Hasbro that they wouldn't put it back up until the episode was 'fixed'. The Friendship Express DVD still has her original voice (and Derped eyes), though that might just be because the DVD was too far along to delay it. From where I'm standing the easiest way to find out if it was Hasbro or iTunes that decided to have it taken down is to see if the original is still on the Hub.

These. We're bound to get more news on this, and I'm withholding judgement until that happens.


Disgusting I quit.

I hope not. :smallfrown:

This isn't a good reason to up and leave friends for. Like Thanqol said, Derpy, and more importantly our friendships, belong to us. They can't retcon that.

Kairaven
2012-02-25, 02:48 AM
I am not upset about the Itune changes.

What has me really perturbed is the way the vocal fandom has been handling the whole thing.

A few opinions.

- No one knows the exact reasons that prompted Hasbro made the changes. Nor should we pursue them. It just complicates matters.

- Some people are tossing blames, and for some reason at Yamino, which, even if she were the one that caused it, should not have been attacked so vocally. Love and tolerate.

- The reaction to the changes seems equally idiotic as the the original complaint that caused the change. Drop it and let it be.

- It's a cartoon. At the end of the day it's a cartoon with some good ideals. But it's a cartoon never the less and such rage over a minor issue is just immaturity to the nth degree and are not following the very ideal of the show. That makes me facehoof.

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 03:01 AM
These. We're bound to get more news on this, and I'm withholding judgement until that happens.


And when I get more info and decide to pass judgment it'll either be "Huzzah!" at finding out that iTunes is the only place with the edited version or "Darn" if it turns out that's the new canon. Studio B did something amazing for us and I'll be sad to have it taken away, but that's the way business politics work and turning into a huffy dragon over it accomplishes nothing.

SiuiS
2012-02-25, 03:05 AM
so today two questions of mine were answered
1) I still have the ability to win in a three on one surprise attack
2) Will these idiots ever stop!
Today we were walking and three of the brony hating five jumped us.
I wouldn't call it jumping because they can't sneak within a football field of someone.
True.......anyways they jumped us and learned the true meaning of pain
It wasn't very long.
They aren't very good fighters
Or we are really really good fighters
Strife its too bad you didn't accompany me today or you would have seen a great fight
Yes, this is still happening and no I don't think they will stop,
Unless we teach them a lesson.................


Ok, this, this right here? Stop.
This is going to end badly. Every time they do something, you escalate it, and they escalate in return. Do you have any idea how many homicides happen because of accidents? Because somepony just wanted to prove a point, they didn't think they would really hurt the other guy, let alone kill them?

I don't know that you're a bad fighter, though I would guess at a glance you'd have to resort to google to know what the sweet science is. Which means these other kids are even worse. Which means they won't be mentally able to recognize that their eventual attempt at winning via sticks or rocks is felony assault.

Seriously, friend. Go to the superintendent and principle. Go to their parents. To to the police. Put word out that a group of kids are seriously assaulting you on a regular basis and you are worried that things will get out of hoof. And for the love of Luna, Do Not decide to end things by going to the top level before they do. If you're young enough to scrap, you're too young to want to deal with the charges they can brig against you.

And if they start it with slaps and you break something? You're liable. Get authority figures to help. That's what they are there for! I worry about ya :(

Thanqol
2012-02-25, 04:47 AM
Got me to thinkin'.

"A dangerous pastime."

I know.

But when that question 'What does MLP mean to you?' was asked, I echoed Phoe. But while it's true, it's not the extent of my answer. The answer comes in the form of that after this upside-down day I'm still smiling. I barely stopped.

I think I've realised the Emersonian ideal of Self Reliance. There's no one in the entire world I'd rather be than me, as I am now. No one richer, no one more talented, more famous, more lucky, more connected. I'm a self-contained entity. I chose to keep smiling and it happened. No-one and nothing can bring me down because the only opinion I need is my own.

MLP helped me come to terms with my darker and lighter sides, to explore aspects of my character I was denying, and process everything through exposure. Of everything I possess, the ability to love myself is by far the greatest talent. Possibly the greatest talent it's possible to possess.

The external world will let you down. You're not in control of it. Things'll change, and sure, they'll suck, and if you built your mind around those external things when they collapse your mind collapses along with them. You'll be lost in pain and sorrow and rage you can't control. You'll be sane for only as long as the world around you is sane - and any time the world lets you down, it'll destroy you. Partially or totally.

But, thing is, you don't need those things. You can embrace the good and decry the bad, but you don't need it. You don't need good things to happen to be happy. You don't need to be sad if bad things happen. All you need is a smile.

*

That all said, I think I can identify the key reasons why this got such an emotional reaction:

- Derpy is the icon of the fandom, so de-legitimising her de-legitimises us
- Hasbro has had a spectacular failure of communication on this topic, and this topic's been brewing for a few weeks now. (Honestly, this is the part I shake my head at the most. I took an entire course warning me to avoid this)
- Ponies are 'safe' for a lot of people, warm and comforting and all embracing, a source of stability in a dark and scary world.
- The Internet fears censorship almost violently.

These all folded together created the perfect environment for a true rage storm.

Finally, this man (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/look-into-derpy-from-kreoss.html) got it right. I regard it as an inexcusable business failure that something along these lines wasn't released two weeks ago, but y'know.

Aotrs Commander
2012-02-25, 05:16 AM
- No one knows the exact reasons that prompted Hasbro made the changes. Nor should we pursue them. It just complicates matters.


Actually, I have to fervently disagree with this point, though I nominally concur with your others.

This is the absolute biggest problem here, and there are NEVER any excuses for lack of communication; no, NEVER; no, not even then. I don't care whether you're a one-man free webshow, a massive corporation, a local shop round the corner or a government; lack of clear communication is incompetance, plain and simple, and there are NO EXCUSES for it whoever the hell you are.

Hasbro knows damn well there is a huge following, and a huge following - who are quite prepared to buy their stuff. (If some people there are somehow claiming they don't, given how the brony fandom has reached so many national newspapers, and given their responses, the individuals claiming that want taking out and shooting as being Too Incompetant At Their Jobs To Live.) It is, at the very least, customer relations suicide not to address such a large and vocal community, especially when the change is for something put in to directly address than community. Hasbro have - until now - been wisely very accomodating; to the point they're actually releasing show-accurate toys, clearly understanding that they're going to be raking in the money from the Brony community; which merely makes this move beggering belief. They should have at the very least, made an official statement somewhere, because it would at least have mollified some of the fanbase (and for a kick off, might at least have avoided focusing ire on the wrong target). The lack of communication makes me far more annoyed than the change itself, because it shows a blatent lack of thought on the part of whoever is responsible for this. I don't tolerate Willful Stupid, ever.

(For the record, I wouldn't have minded merely changing Derpy's voice to be a bit more feminine than intended, given that Tabitha thought she was a boy to start with.)

SlyGuyMcFly
2012-02-25, 05:21 AM
*sees the Derpy brouhaha*

*scratches head*

*shrugs*

Old voice was alright. New voice is too. But I don't have much emotional investment in Derpy.

Thanqol
2012-02-25, 05:40 AM
Actually, I have to fervently disagree with this point, though I nominally concur with your others.

This is the absolute biggest problem here, and there are NEVER any excuses for lack of communication; no, NEVER; no, not even then. I don't care whether you're a one-man free webshow, a massive corporation, a local shop round the corner or a government; lack of clear communication is incompetance, plain and simple, and there are NO EXCUSES for it whoever the hell you are.

This, pretty much. Money can't buy an advertising campaign that would recover the PR damage that this has caused.


(For the record, I wouldn't have minded merely changing Derpy's voice to be a bit more feminine than intended, given that Tabitha thought she was a boy to start with.)

Also concur'd.

PrinceAquilaDei
2012-02-25, 06:06 AM
well i dont understand why you would call them porn the point was if you want to make a list you need to know what you are voting on for the list...and the story i mentioned(which plays out like a pony version of "Saw") blows Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory out of the water...both content wise and being well written

i would add "The Fillycaust" but it is not finished yet

I'm just going to sit alone in this corner in shame now.

I'm sorry I assumed you were familiar with the term, it's a Trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TorturePorn).

Gore and torture to Tortureporn are what sex is to regular porn.

thubby
2012-02-25, 06:12 AM
is there a clip of derpy's new voice? google has failed me.

SlyGuyMcFly
2012-02-25, 06:32 AM
is there a clip of derpy's new voice? google has failed me.

Here you go. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2CRjPO73Dg)

Rebelhero
2012-02-25, 06:34 AM
Its a kids show.

-removed for sleepless stupidity- see my post below.

Thanqol
2012-02-25, 06:54 AM
-Removed out of respect-

Uh. Wow. I'm impressed at the level of tinfoil hat thinking that went into this. What?

EDIT: ... no, seriously, what?

Rebelhero
2012-02-25, 07:02 AM
Uh. Wow. I'm impressed at the level of tinfoil hat thinking that went into this. What?

EDIT: ... no, seriously, what?

im not sure i remember writing that....
i havent slept in a few days....

To sum up what i think i meant:
Let it be. This isnt our show. there are far worse things that could be done.

Edit 2. i cant even remember what we were talking about.
and now ive gone an made a public ass of myself.
great way to start the day.

Hes been having some issues lately, ull have to excuse him.
Hes been in a bit of a rut. Hes not normally like this, something really pushed him over the edge. he doesnt get mad easily, if at all. We will keep him occupied for sometime so he doesnt do something stupid again.

Thanqol
2012-02-25, 07:07 AM
im not sure i remember writing that....
i havent slept in a few days....

I'd get some sleep if I were you. Not even my OCs could come up with theories so negative, hostile and disconnected from reality.

Anarion
2012-02-25, 07:28 AM
Actually, I have to fervently disagree with this point, though I nominally concur with your others.

This is the absolute biggest problem here, and there are NEVER any excuses for lack of communication; no, NEVER; no, not even then. I don't care whether you're a one-man free webshow, a massive corporation, a local shop round the corner or a government; lack of clear communication is incompetance, plain and simple, and there are NO EXCUSES for it whoever the hell you are.

Hasbro knows damn well there is a huge following, and a huge following - who are quite prepared to buy their stuff. (If some people there are somehow claiming they don't, given how the brony fandom has reached so many national newspapers, and given their responses, the individuals claiming that want taking out and shooting as being Too Incompetant At Their Jobs To Live.) It is, at the very least, customer relations suicide not to address such a large and vocal community, especially when the change is for something put in to directly address than community. Hasbro have - until now - been wisely very accomodating; to the point they're actually releasing show-accurate toys, clearly understanding that they're going to be raking in the money from the Brony community; which merely makes this move beggering belief. They should have at the very least, made an official statement somewhere, because it would at least have mollified some of the fanbase (and for a kick off, might at least have avoided focusing ire on the wrong target). The lack of communication makes me far more annoyed than the change itself, because it shows a blatent lack of thought on the part of whoever is responsible for this. I don't tolerate Willful Stupid, ever.

(For the record, I wouldn't have minded merely changing Derpy's voice to be a bit more feminine than intended, given that Tabitha thought she was a boy to start with.)

PM me if you'd like to discuss this further. I don't think I can go into this as I'd need to without violating some board rules. That's open to anypony by the way, not just Aotrs.


im not sure i remember writing that....
i havent slept in a few days....

To sum up what i think i meant:
Let it be. This isnt our show. there are far worse things that could be done.

Edit 2. i cant even remember what we were talking about.
and now ive gone an made a public ass of myself.
great way to start the day.

Hes been having some issues lately, ull have to excuse him.
Hes been in a bit of a rut. Hes not normally like this, something really pushed him over the edge. he doesnt get mad easily, if at all. We will keep him occupied for sometime so he doesnt do something stupid again.

Okay, enough logic, let's talk emotions. Hasbro can't take anything important away from us. They can't stop people from drawing or writing or thinking. Sure, the Studio B folks can make an official gesture and get that taken away, but is that really so bad? In most shows, it would have never gone anywhere. The director would say "oh hey there's that funny internet thing" and somebody else would chuckle then shake his head and that would be the end of the whole matter. Maybe at best they would let someone take a shot at voicing a line or two for kicks before nixing it. But not in this fandom. In this fandom, we got half a season of "Where's Waldo" because some very perceptive people caught a very small error in the first episode to ever air. And then we ran with it and produced hundreds if not thousands of images of art, beautiful stories and comics, and an entire character out of a single wall-eyed pegasus.

And THEN, the studio and the producers of this television show took us seriously enough that they were willing to take a risk. They actually took something we did, and made their interpretation of the character canon. For us. Because they cared and because they felt free enough and bold enough to take that risk. For a variety of reasons that risk didn't work out and things got changed. But...actually, you know what. Rich Burlew said this one better than I can.
:vaarsuvius:"The fact that [they] did not succeed does not diminish the nobility of [their] effort."

Aotrs Commander
2012-02-25, 07:29 AM
im not sure i remember writing that....
i havent slept in a few days....

To sum up what i think i meant:
Let it be. This isnt our show. there are far worse things that could be done.

I'm going to respond to your earlier post, despite you retracting it; not so much as a response to you at all, but mostly because it lead me on to one of my Rants again (nothing remotely aimed at you, of course) and I'm damned if I'm going to waste a great long heap of steaming invective that spreads to the steadily wider and wider branches of targets of my ire.

And there's no new pony today and I'm cranky, so someone is going to get it, so it may was well be them!

It's cathartic or something. And while I'm ranting here, I'm not violently pulling anyone's intestines out through their nostrils with a tuning fork or something. Also, I like the sound of my own rants, so nyer.



They are a major corporation, you honestly think we are anything more then a joke to them? You can hear it in their voices during interviews. they mock us.

Considering how, for example, they've been selling out of the blindbag ponies, and have now actually relented to be releasing the more show-accurate toys (e.g. white Celestia), at leats some of them are clearly NOT assuming it's all a big joke, and that there is money to be made. Because I'm pretty sure the young children weren't clamouring for a show-accurate Celestia, Trixe and Vinyl in sufficient numbers to make them care...


They could shut the entire thing down if they wanted. Bad business? Maybe.

They could shut everything down, but what would that gain them? Nothing but lost revenue and bad publicity, which would likely have knock-on effects on their OTHER product lines, as angry would-be customers tend not to be rational. Now, I'm not climbing the walls or, for example, going to explain to the Hasbro in person why it's not a good idea to be not thinking when there is a Lich with zero tolerance for lack of forethought and a rocket launcher in the immediate vicinity, but that doesn't mean I'm going to support their position.

Now, some of the major entertainment corporations in particular seem to think they can do what they like and people will still buy there stuff... (*coughActivision*cough*EA*cough*) But such an attitude won't carry them forever. Look how many people turned off WotC with the cancellation of Dragon, the stopping of the PDFs and finally 4E. Now, it didn't kill them, but it did chase a lot of business to Paizo; how many more will quit at 5E? (Assuming my group is not wildly untypical, all of use bought loads of 3.5 books and splat books, but only one bought the 4E splats, and we've only got one spare PHB and DMG between us.) The point I'm making is that customer relations is crucial to a business, whoever the company is, and regardless of how big it is. Make enough bog-ups, and enough people will start voting with their wallets that it does matter.

The fact is they should have KNOWN that this would cause a ruckus (with the internet being a place for notorious over-reaction) and could have easily taken at least one or two measures to mititate it - a simple statement would have been enough. The fact they didn't shows that the specific people responcsible are simply not doing their jobs properly. And I don't care that this is about ponies. I wouldn't care what the subject matter was, or how big the fanbase, or who the company is. Lack of forethought and poor customer relations is lack of forethought and poor customer relations regardless, and I have no tolerance for people, companies or anything else who don't THINK and doesn't keep tabs on everything. Goodwill is much harder to get back than to lose.

I'm not angry, particularly (though not best pleased), at the changes - there may be a good reason in the event (not that we'd know of course)- what I am annoyed at the fact that they are in serious danger of following the road to act as stupidly as some of the other larger megacorporations in regard to taking their customer base for granted.

Something I have LONG PAST stopped tolerating even slightly. Business, you are there to provide me with a product or service, for which I will enumerate you. You are not there soley to screw as much money out of everyone for as little effort as possible; I am certainly not paying you for something I don't want several times over so that eventually, you might decide to make the thing I actually want; looking at you, entire DVD industry in particular example, 1, because if you think for one fraction of a second "that's the way the industry works" is any kind of excuse coming from the same industry who introduced regioning solely for the specific reason fo stiffing everybody as much as possible, you are as Willfully Stupid as to collectively make it on to my "I'm not just going to kill you slowly, I'm going to kill you slowly, string up your souls and then spirit-bind you helplessly into an animated body and make you do what you should have done in the first place, forever and permenantly, you verminous flesh-bags"; if you think, DVD industry, that the internet can over-react, you are clearly woefully uninformed about what an Epic level Necromancer with a penchant for holding a grudge can permenantly do to you; especially when not even death or insanity is a safe place to hide and he's taking notes and I shall personally educate you at the first opportunity I get!

*Huff*

*Huff*

Okay... I'm good now.

I'll...go back into my little corner and be quiet now...



1And that means all of you, from the electronics people who make the DVD players to the people who make DVDs.

Gamerlord
2012-02-25, 07:36 AM
Another episode synopsis has been discovered!
Title: Hurricane Fluttershy
Air Date: March 24, 2012
Synopsis: Fluttershy needs to overcome her self consciousness in order to help Rainbow Dash and the other pegasi with the Rainy Season.
@Derpy Debacle: I'm okay with the voice change, but not the name removal. However, it is hardly anything to boycott the show over.


Ai'ight, after a moment's reflection and a moment's rage, I've found my centre again. In my very signature, appropriately enough.


"And they said our love would fade
it gets stronger everyday

A fad, a meme, a trolling event, destined to die out during the summer months, thread seven and forgotten. An unofficial mascot elected by the democratic insanity of 4chan, which before this nothing could change.

And they say that beauty fades
You're more beautiful than ever

Eight hundred and thirty five pictures in my Derpy folder, each more beautiful than the last.

They said we'd drift away
We're still standing here

The friendships I've made here are what's important. Hasbro can retcon the show but it can't recton friendship.

And it feels like every day's
Our Anniversary"

Keep perspective, everyone. Don't let this ruin your day. Don't stop smiling. The death of Optimus Prime didn't stop you playing with your Transformers, and no Derpy retcon can take away what she means to us.

So take a breath, before you get upset. And relax.

She's ours. They were just borrowing her for a time.
That's because they keep on killing him off, only to resurrect him. It's gotten to the point where the first question any Transformers fan who learns of a new series asks is "How long until Optimus dies and comes back to life?" (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_many_deaths_of_Optimus_Prime) :smalltongue:

slayerx
2012-02-25, 07:49 AM
man, there's too much bitching and moaning over derpy...
And now, for something completely different
Fan made pony animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrrVoejUkQ&feature=g-vrec&context=G28869c2RVAAAAAAAAAQ) found via youtube

Rebelhero
2012-02-25, 07:59 AM
Made me feel better, thought i might share before i disappear for a while.

Put in spoiler for....Language? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3abMUH_P1E&feature=related)

SlyGuyMcFly
2012-02-25, 08:32 AM
And THEN, the studio and the producers of this television show took us seriously enough that they were willing to take a risk. They actually took something we did, and made their interpretation of the character canon. For us. Because they cared and because they felt free enough and bold enough to take that risk. For a variety of reasons that risk didn't work out and things got changed. But...actually, you know what. Rich Burlew said this one better than I can.
:vaarsuvius:"The fact that [they] did not succeed does not diminish the nobility of [their] effort."

I think yours is an excellent take on the matter.

Aotrs Commander
2012-02-25, 08:45 AM
That's because they keep on killing him off, only to resurrect him. It's gotten to the point where the first question any Transformers fan who learns of a new series asks is "How long until Optimus dies and comes back to life?" (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/The_many_deaths_of_Optimus_Prime) :smalltongue:

There is a reason we use the phrase "died more times than Optimus Prime..."



I'm pretty sure the Autobots must all be used it by now.

Jazz: Hey, dudes, Prime's kicked the bucket again! Who wants to take over for the next couple of days?

Grimlock: Me not do that again, me did that enough time already!

Magnus: Nah, I'l pass...

Hotrod: I-

All: NO!

Prowl: How about a random choice?

Grimlock: Why not? It no be worse than last time with Slag1...

*twenty minutes later*

New Autobot Leader: It is about the time, now Wheelie is the Prime!

All: SLAG!

Slag: Huh? Did somebody call me?

*Autobot collective facepalm*



1I once read a "Mr T verses" comic in which they made the same joke with Slagimus Prime...

Soras Teva Gee
2012-02-25, 09:14 AM
Did you remove your avatar? Awww, I liked your avatar. :smallfrown:

I still have it, I'm not deleting ponies off my hardrive, just changing the wallpaper. I'm probably going to keep watching even, but I'm not going to participate for awhile. I'm just as mad as before I went to bed over the matter so my Vinyl edit won't be returning for awhile


RE: Derpy
:smallfrown:
Sad that they decided to change her. I'm going to hold my full judgment on the thing until the episode reruns on the Hub. Why? From where I'm standing it's possible that iTunes decided to take the episode down to avoid potential fallout from the controversy. I'm pretty sure iTunes has the right to take down anything it finds inappropriate. They might have told Hasbro that they wouldn't put it back up until the episode was 'fixed'. The Friendship Express DVD still has her original voice (and Derped eyes), though that might just be because the DVD was too far along to delay it. From where I'm standing the easiest way to find out if it was Hasbro or iTunes that decided to have it taken down is to see if the original is still on the Hub.

Yeah Nooo.

Look I'm not exactly an expert or anything but actually changing an episode's animation and re-doing voice work is way too much effort for the scale of the show. You can buy R-rated material on iTunes and stuff far more controversial and bigger like South Park.



I hope not. :smallfrown:

This isn't a good reason to up and leave friends for. Like Thanqol said, Derpy, and more importantly our friendships, belong to us. They can't retcon that.

Some wounds don't heal. I cannot express how insulted I am and only that I have active RPs on this board I wish to keep going keeps me from posting a rant that will get me banned. The short version though: It is just about everything wrong with modern culture, the enshrinement of compromise and mediocrity.

I am not a particularly friendly guy. I don't go in for a lot of the silly games on this thread, its why I didn't go into chat that often. I don't write fanfics, I don't have the talent to produce art, and wasn't willing (out of general politeness) to open full barrel for critiquing them either so I felt I had nothing to contribute. Ultimately I was always here at the core to talk about ponies.

That said there was something special about it, even as a glorified lurker I felt it. Something different. A weird and unique synergy between show and fans that made me just feel happy, really really happy. I could take Hasbro's apathy, but this is actively slapping the community in the face. And its done something far more serious, something that once it happens isn't likely to come back.

They killed the magic.

Its gone, we've compared pony's to an infection. A hivemind meme of ponies that even begins to effect everypony's language. Well now that's gone for me. Maybe it will come back, but some wounds don't heal. I still like the show, I'm probably still going to watch.... but now its just a show. And I'm just the animation liking otaku geek I was before ponies came along.

So maybe not forever but goodbye, everybody.

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 09:25 AM
Actually, I have to fervently disagree with this point, though I nominally concur with your others.

This is the absolute biggest problem here, and there are NEVER any excuses for lack of communication; no, NEVER; no, not even then. I don't care whether you're a one-man free webshow, a massive corporation, a local shop round the corner or a government; lack of clear communication is incompetance, plain and simple, and there are NO EXCUSES for it whoever the hell you are.

Hasbro knows damn well there is a huge following, and a huge following - who are quite prepared to buy their stuff. (If some people there are somehow claiming they don't, given how the brony fandom has reached so many national newspapers, and given their responses, the individuals claiming that want taking out and shooting as being Too Incompetant At Their Jobs To Live.) It is, at the very least, customer relations suicide not to address such a large and vocal community, especially when the change is for something put in to directly address than community. Hasbro have - until now - been wisely very accomodating; to the point they're actually releasing show-accurate toys, clearly understanding that they're going to be raking in the money from the Brony community; which merely makes this move beggering belief. They should have at the very least, made an official statement somewhere, because it would at least have mollified some of the fanbase (and for a kick off, might at least have avoided focusing ire on the wrong target). The lack of communication makes me far more annoyed than the change itself, because it shows a blatent lack of thought on the part of whoever is responsible for this. I don't tolerate Willful Stupid, ever.

(For the record, I wouldn't have minded merely changing Derpy's voice to be a bit more feminine than intended, given that Tabitha thought she was a boy to start with.)

I 100% agree with all of this. This is the part that upsets me about this whole thing, that Hasbro hasn't told us anything about what's going on. I can live with the fact that they changed Derpy and de-named her, but the fact that we don't know why has got the community in a rage. Everyone's blaming each other when it's entirely possible Hasbro did it for reasons unrelated to the complaints that she was offensive.

That said, I finally got around to watching a clip of the new voice and definitely don't like it. That voice is ditzy. This displeases me. When she asks if Rainbow Dash is okay she doesn't sound sorry at all, she sounds perfectly happy with the string of disasters around her. Derpy's voice (which is what I'm calling it now on the grounds that that straight-eyed mare is never named Derpy) at least sounded like she was aware of what she had done.


im not sure i remember writing that....
i havent slept in a few days....

To sum up what i think i meant:
Let it be. This isnt our show. there are far worse things that could be done.

Edit 2. i cant even remember what we were talking about.
and now ive gone an made a public ass of myself.
great way to start the day.

Hes been having some issues lately, ull have to excuse him.
Hes been in a bit of a rut. Hes not normally like this, something really pushed him over the edge. he doesnt get mad easily, if at all. We will keep him occupied for sometime so he doesnt do something stupid again.

Hugs? Hugs! http://i.imgur.com/jaolo.jpg


man, there's too much bitching and moaning over derpy...
And now, for something completely different
Fan made pony animation (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPrrVoejUkQ&feature=g-vrec&context=G28869c2RVAAAAAAAAAQ) found via youtube

I love how he did Pinkie Pie. She wiggles around like a broken ragdoll. :smalltongue:


IYeah Nooo.

Look I'm not exactly an expert or anything but actually changing an episode's animation and re-doing voice work is way too much effort for the scale of the show. You can buy R-rated material on iTunes and stuff far more controversial and bigger like South Park.


Entirely probable! I'm basing my views pretty much entirely on how much games end up being edited for Australian release and the fact that most companies have to jump through hoops to get anything over there. Maybe iTunes decided that the rating for that episode would be different than the others? I don't know. There's a good chance I'm entirely wrong. I'm mostly just offering alternative possibilities to deflect some of the hatred away from Hasbro until we actually know what happened.



Some wounds don't heal. I cannot express how insulted I am and only that I have active RPs on this board I wish to keep going keeps me from posting a rant that will get me banned. The short version though: It is just about everything wrong with modern culture, the enshrinement of compromise and mediocrity.

I am not a particularly friendly guy. I don't go in for a lot of the silly games on this thread, its why I didn't go into chat that often. I don't write fanfics, I don't have the talent to produce art, and wasn't willing (out of general politeness) to open full barrel for critiquing them either so I felt I had nothing to contribute. Ultimately I was always here at the core to talk about ponies.

That said there was something special about it, even as a glorified lurker I felt it. Something different. A weird and unique synergy between show and fans that made me just feel happy, really really happy. I could take Hasbro's apathy, but this is actively slapping the community in the face. And its done something far more serious, something that once it happens isn't likely to come back.

They killed the magic.

Its gone, we've compared pony's to an infection. A hivemind meme of ponies that even begins to effect everypony's language. Well now that's gone for me. Maybe it will come back, but some wounds don't heal. I still like the show, I'm probably still going to watch.... but now its just a show. And I'm just the animation liking otaku geek I was before ponies came along.

So maybe not forever but goodbye, everybody.

This saddens me. :smallfrown: *Hugs* You'll be missed and I hope you come back soon. If not, that's also fine.

And today's off to a gloriously bad start. I mentioned earlier this week that Phoe had given me an awesome idea. I haven't really had time to get it set up this week, so was going to do so today. I really should have figured that I wouldn't be the only one with this idea (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zNh5svpQU-A#!). So now I'm sad. :smallfrown: I'm going to go watch some happy Pinkie for a bit to cheer me up. Then I'm going to work on my other awesome idea. I may not be able to claim my Smile Chorus, but I can still win that Friendship Express DVD! :smallamused:

Lix Lorn
2012-02-25, 09:48 AM
Orichalcum was only really known for its value, and is likely a gold-copper ore. It might be as good as bronze, but isn't likely to be a very high-grade weapon material.
Well since this train of reasoning won't end til I go into detail...
This is Orichalcum from the Exalted universe. It is one of the six major magical materials, and is created using complex sun focussing mirrors and purest gold. It is incredibly heavy, very hard, and essentially indestructible. More importantly, it resonates with essence, especially that of the Solar exalted. Attuning your essence with it makes it incredibly light, meaning that a sword as tall as you are can feel like a light rapier in your hands, while retaining it's spectacular damaging force. For a solar, the resonance between their essence and the blade actually makes them faster and stronger using the weapon than they would be with a normal, smaller, lighter weapon.


@Derpy Debacle: I'm okay with the voice change, but not the name removal. However, it is hardly anything to boycott the show over.
This.

Tiki Snakes
2012-02-25, 10:12 AM
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/starfox64x/rarity-dramacouch-right1.gif

The fandom sure is prone to drama sometimes.

Anyway, on an entirely unrelated note, Winter Wrap-Up as played on 8 floppy drives. (http://youtu.be/_HhoIku_-yM)

Sean Mirrsen
2012-02-25, 10:22 AM
I propose calling this whole situation "The Derpy Incident". It's accurate, descriptive, and more appropriate than any other name I can think of for anything. One great big derp after another on Hasbro's part.

As for my own thoughts on the matter... well, I've always been rather far distanced from internet culture, and I only found MLP until after Season 2 was underway, so I'm not nearly as attached to the character as most of the people here. That said, I can still see clear reasoning behind the outcries around the fandom. They took what was essentially the icon for the whole fandom, acknowledged its existence, then retroactively erased it from said existence, pushing the character back to the original state, essentially defying the fandom. Now, this may as well not be what they intended to have us see. In fact, it probably isn't, unless a few of the Hasbro higher-ups are anti-bronies at heart. But such careless handling of the show and its fandom can only lead to disaster. It may have already led to disaster, because, as Soras put it "some wounds do not heal", and any further mistakes on the show producers' part that could have been overlooked because the fandom otherwise believed in them, will from here on cause justified negative reactions in those who were thus alienated.

Me, I'll keep watching the show until its end, of course, if only because I want to see where this universe will end. For me, the reason this show is dying is not any one event like the alteration and removal of a character. It's the underlying cause, the lack of giving a damn, that I am currently seeing as the biggest threat. It's not here yet, but it seems like it's creeping in with every passing day. This show is like a magnificent tower built by a genius architect with love and care for a rich contractor, and now left as a feature in a scenic view, weathering the onslaught of the elements. This latest event was a heavy blow, shaking the whole tower from spire to foundation. Only future will tell if there is still enough time left for Hasbro to start caring about what they've created, before the cracks in the foundations widen and everything comes crashing down.

Sorry for slight dramatization there, but sometimes I get the urge to describe my opinion on a given matter in way more detail and with a lot more words than the situation actually calls for. I'm not very good with words usually, so, disclaimer: the above text represents my personal opinion as of this given moment, put into words to the best of my sleep-deprived non-native-english-speaker ability, and was not meant to offend, insult, confuse, or arouse (who knows?) any readers. Apologies in advance. I'm going back to sleep. x_x

Aotrs Commander
2012-02-25, 10:43 AM
Sorry for slight dramatization there, but sometimes I get the urge to describe my opinion on a given matter in way more detail and with a lot more words than the situation actually calls for. I'm not very good with words usually, so, disclaimer: the above text represents my personal opinion as of this given moment, put into words to the best of my sleep-deprived non-native-english-speaker ability, and was not meant to offend, insult, confuse, or arouse (who knows?) any readers. Apologies in advance. I'm going back to sleep. x_x

Pssh, you're not worse - and have greater brevity - than me, so I wouldn't worry too much...



Now if you'll excuse me, I have to dissuade a certain Star-Sergeant from breaking regulations, vis a vis not being allowed to openly invade certain organisations and demand an explanation at muffin-point. Though tempted as I am to allow that, because the fallout would be just hilarious...



To do my own small part to further defuse tensions, here is Applejack wearing a stock Delta-class Heavy Cruiser1 as a rather jaunty hat.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/AotrsCommander/applejackdeltahat.jpg



1In the livalry of the now defunct navy of the minor backwater independant empire of the former Imperator Caesar.

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 10:57 AM
To do my own small part to further defuse tensions, here is Applejack wearing a stock Delta-class Heavy Cruiser1 as a rather jaunty hat.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/AotrsCommander/applejackdeltahat.jpg


Who's a silly pony? You is! http://i.imgur.com/jaolo.jpg

Selpharia
2012-02-25, 11:07 AM
A quick thought on the whole Last Roundup edit issue. Hasbro is a huge, massive, unbelievably gigantic corporation. They tend to think in the long term and choose the safe course at a high level regardless of losses they see as minor in the grand scale of their massive earnings.

Warning: Unsourced Anecdote follows

I recall a tale, concerning a Hasbro executive's visit to Wizards of the Coast HQ. The production leads were very excited to show off the success of Tome of Magic, one of the later D&D 3.5 books, which had sold something like 300,000 copies. The Hasbro executive listened to their presentation about the book and its success, and had only one question, "Why did you bother?" In the context of D&D and pen and paper RPGs, 300,000 was a great success. For an executive used to sales figures in the multi-millions, 300,000 looked like a pointless waste of time.

End Unsourced Anecdote

I suspect that similar high-level logic is at work here. Much as the 18-24 ish MLP:FiM community likes to think of itself as a huge population with "soft power" over the series, and a great cultural presence, I don't think that's really the case, at least from the viewpoint of Hasbro Executive Management. Now, I do think that the HUB and DHX, since they are smaller companies, appreciate us more, because we have a proportionally larger impact on their bottom line. This is where the enthusiasm and embracing of the fans "Hasbro" actually comes from, I think. From interviews and statements I've read when EQD picks them up, I've noticed that the smaller actors involved tend to be more excited about us, while Corporate Hasbro is generally noncommittal. I submit that this is because, in the megacorp view, their fringe fanbase is still small potatoes.

This is one reason why I think people accusing Hasbro of "betrayal" are somewhat mistaken, even though I understand their ire. DHX and studio B have little choice in the matter, as they are contractually bound to Hasbro Inc. They still do care, and love the fans, as most statements suggest; they haven't betrayed anyone or anything, really. As for big corporate Hasbro Inc., as a collective, there was no bond for them to betray, they made a business move that protected themselves from possible large financial loss in the future, incurring what they saw as an acceptable cost in the process.

But ultimately, none of what people think of as the "magic" of My Little Pony came from Hasbro Inc., any more than it came from your cable company or your TV manufacturer. I suggest that Hasbro Inc. be thought of as basically a semi-rational force of nature, because their concerns are so divorced from this community. We can take preventative measures against possible damage, we can predict, broadly, what might happen should they get involved, but ultimately, they will interpret events through a vastly different calculus than we use, and we have very limited recourse to their decisions.

We can, however, try to understand them, and use what we know of how they think in our favor. The new wave of toys coming this fall is a good example of using Hasbro Inc.'s logic well. By buying loads of blindbags that were relatively faithful to the show, we demonstrated to Hasbro Inc. execs that there was profit to be made in more show-accurate toys that wouldn't threaten their existing revenue source, and might actually increase it.

In short, don't blame the show for the way corporations think, and don't expect corporations to think any differently about a joyful, wonderful, clever, brilliant testament to the capabilities of animation as a medium whose quality hand message have attracted an unusual demographic than they do about everything else

For us, the day they changed the Last Roundup was the beginning of a great disquiet and unrest in the fandom. For them, it was Tuesday. But what happened this Tuesday need not happen every Tuesday.

PhantomFox
2012-02-25, 11:20 AM
And now for something a little different... new episode synopsis!


Title: Hurricane Fluttershy
Air Date: March 24, 2012
Synopsis: Fluttershy needs to overcome her self consciousness in order to help Rainbow Dash and the other pegasi with the Rainy Season.

1dominator
2012-02-25, 11:30 AM
*snip*

Hasbro Deus est?


so today two questions of mine were answered
1) I still have the ability to win in a three on one surprise attack
2) Will these idiots ever stop!
Today we were walking and three of the brony hating five jumped us.
I wouldn't call it jumping because they can't sneak within a football field of someone.
True.......anyways they jumped us and learned the true meaning of pain
It wasn't very long.
They aren't very good fighters
Or we are really really good fighters
Strife its too bad you didn't accompany me today or you would have seen a great fight
Yes, this is still happening and no I don't think they will stop,
Unless we teach them a lesson.................

Reminds me of my child hood. If you decide to go against everypony else's advice give them a thwack for me!

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 11:31 AM
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to dissuade a certain Star-Sergeant from breaking regulations, vis a vis not being allowed to openly invade certain organisations and demand an explanation at muffin-point. Though tempted as I am to allow that, because the fallout would be just hilarious...

I don't know, I'm not entirely sure the message of the show entails giving folks a crummy day. :smallamused:



To do my own small part to further defuse tensions, here is Applejack wearing a stock Delta-class Heavy Cruiser1 as a rather jaunty hat.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/AotrsCommander/applejackdeltahat.jpg

This pleases the Amishman. Now if you could just have a jaunty sort of cape...

@Soras: I'm really sorry to hear that. I just hope that you can find that spark again. We'll keep your seat open, and keep the space-lich from booby-trapping it.

Lix Lorn
2012-02-25, 11:34 AM
@Soras: I'm really sorry to hear that. I just hope that you can find that spark again. We'll keep your seat open, and keep the space-lich from booby-trapping it.
Agreed.
Unless the trap is funny.

thubby
2012-02-25, 11:36 AM
except corporations arent beings. "hasbro" doesnt make decisions. some guy, or group made this decision.
I'm sick to death of the idea of corporations as anything other than people.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 11:45 AM
Unless the trap is funny.

Now I'm scared the Lich'll let you design it to give him a few, precious, cuddle-free moments. :smalleek:

Oh gosh the harem pants will be unfathomable...

Lix Lorn
2012-02-25, 11:47 AM
Now I'm scared the Lich'll let you design it to give him a few, precious, cuddle-free moments. :smalleek:

Oh gosh the harem pants will be unfathomable...
Intriguing...

Topaz
2012-02-25, 12:13 PM
Re: The Derpy Incident.

I'm not convinced that this was Hasbro and not Apple, because Hasbro has been pretty cool through this whole thing, and Apple has a long history of being plotholes.

If the episode is changed on the DVD and episode rerun, then I'll blame Hasbro. Until then, it's Apple being Apple.

Anarion
2012-02-25, 12:26 PM
I still have it, I'm not deleting ponies off my hardrive, just changing the wallpaper. I'm probably going to keep watching even, but I'm not going to participate for awhile. I'm just as mad as before I went to bed over the matter so my Vinyl edit won't be returning for awhile



Yeah Nooo.

Look I'm not exactly an expert or anything but actually changing an episode's animation and re-doing voice work is way too much effort for the scale of the show. You can buy R-rated material on iTunes and stuff far more controversial and bigger like South Park.



Some wounds don't heal. I cannot express how insulted I am and only that I have active RPs on this board I wish to keep going keeps me from posting a rant that will get me banned. The short version though: It is just about everything wrong with modern culture, the enshrinement of compromise and mediocrity.

I am not a particularly friendly guy. I don't go in for a lot of the silly games on this thread, its why I didn't go into chat that often. I don't write fanfics, I don't have the talent to produce art, and wasn't willing (out of general politeness) to open full barrel for critiquing them either so I felt I had nothing to contribute. Ultimately I was always here at the core to talk about ponies.

That said there was something special about it, even as a glorified lurker I felt it. Something different. A weird and unique synergy between show and fans that made me just feel happy, really really happy. I could take Hasbro's apathy, but this is actively slapping the community in the face. And its done something far more serious, something that once it happens isn't likely to come back.

They killed the magic.

Its gone, we've compared pony's to an infection. A hivemind meme of ponies that even begins to effect everypony's language. Well now that's gone for me. Maybe it will come back, but some wounds don't heal. I still like the show, I'm probably still going to watch.... but now its just a show. And I'm just the animation liking otaku geek I was before ponies came along.

So maybe not forever but goodbye, everybody.

I'm sorry to hear this. You may be surprised with what wounds heal with time.

Also, let me emphasize again, Hasbro has no power beyond what we give them. They didn't create the magic in Friendship is Magic. That's some combination of the creative team and the community reaction that grew into this unique group of people. Neither one of those has changed. On top of that, I have to ask how much of a role Derpy really played in making the show as amazing as it is. In terms of the actual show, she has a very minor role.

What did happen, which is leading everyone to be so upset, is that Derpy acted as the mascot of the fandom and the greatest sign that the show was acknowledging us, which was important to bronies as a community due to the amount that we went outside of social norms. Because of that setup, having Derpy given to us then taken away seems like a terrible blow, and I understand the pain that some people are feeling. There's an expression that one slap is remembered more than a thousand caresses and it fits here.

However, we're no worse than we were before. And I ask the following question. Would it have been better if the creative team had never tried? If Derpy had just been left as a game of Where's Waldo? Maybe we would have been safe, and avoided getting hurt. But if that all we want out of life? I think it's good to take some risks once in a while, even when they don't pan out, or when someone else comes in and shuts them down. I'm glad that the MLP team was willing to take those risks and it reassures me that they've still got great stuff to make.

I hope you'll still stop by and discuss some of it. We had some good conversations.


except corporations arent beings. "hasbro" doesnt make decisions. some guy, or group made this decision.
I'm sick to death of the idea of corporations as anything other than people.

Those people have obligations that encumber them in a way that normal people are not encumbered. It's hard to act normally when you're under a legal obligation to serve the interests of shareholders beyond the interests of any others. And that if you mess up, hundreds or even thousands of people could lose their jobs.


Intriguing...

I concur.

Tiki Snakes
2012-02-25, 12:40 PM
Re: The Derpy Incident.

I'm not convinced that this was Hasbro and not Apple, because Hasbro has been pretty cool through this whole thing, and Apple has a long history of being plotholes.

If the episode is changed on the DVD and episode rerun, then I'll blame Hasbro. Until then, it's Apple being Apple.

I've heard people claim with utter conviction both ways, to the point where I have less idea what's actually happened than if no-one had said anything. But really, it's not that big a deal. Unless the studio themselves decide it was a bad idea and/or wrong, then I don't really care.

Aotrs Commander - I've been wondering, do you know of any decent free online space/space empire games by any chance? You strike me as the one to ask.

PhoeKun
2012-02-25, 12:51 PM
I've heard people claim with utter conviction both ways, to the point where I have less idea what's actually happened than if no-one had said anything. But really, it's not that big a deal. Unless the studio themselves decide it was a bad idea and/or wrong, then I don't really care.

It was a Hasbro Corporate decision.

It's also not worth putting so much energy or effort into. They can take away her name, but they can't make her not Derpy. She's always been, and she'll stay that way for as long as we have a warm spot on our couches and an extra muffin for a gray pegasus pony to enjoy. The Friendship Express DVD still contains unedited Derpy for at least its initial run. You should all go buy it, by the way. :smalltongue:

Anyway, there's been a lot of spinup to this point, and it's time to wind down. I'd like to thank everypony here for being so calm and reasonable at a time when a huge cry has gone out that makes us all look like we've lost our heads. It's that kind of spirit that makes the FiM community what it is, so thank you for continuing to hold onto that and letting it shine. You're the best.

*Shimmer hoof salutes and flies off to find a cloud somewhere to nap on*

Aotrs Commander
2012-02-25, 12:52 PM
Aotrs Commander - I've been wondering, do you know of any decent free online space/space empire games by any chance? You strike me as the one to ask.

Dunno actually; believe it or not, I don't have that many, and all of which I bought - mostly on sale or something, granted; Moo3, Sins, GalCiv I & II, Swords of the Stars 1, Gratuitous Space Battles (which is exactly what it says on the tin...). There's lots more out there, and you may be able to find some of the older titles now or something, but actually, I don't know, sorry.

thubby
2012-02-25, 12:56 PM
Those people have obligations that encumber them in a way that normal people are not encumbered. It's hard to act normally when you're under a legal obligation to serve the interests of shareholders beyond the interests of any others. And that if you mess up, hundreds or even thousands of people could lose their jobs.

if a course of action is beneficial to their company and is ticking off a significant portion of their audience has some legitimate justification, I'd like to hear it from them.

honestly, i dislike that mentality. or at least what it leads to. the focus should be on making a good product.

Sean Mirrsen
2012-02-25, 12:57 PM
edit: Hm, ninja'd by Phoe, so this probably makes this post somewhat irrelevant. I'll spoiler it away for posterity.

I can't really form a proper opinion right now because there's so little concrete information, but I've got a little running theory here that the original appearance of Derpy could have been an act confined to Studio B. Hasbro being large as it is, I somewhat doubt a lot of attention is given to any specific episode's storyline and character setup. They were unlikely to treat this as anything special. What happened then, was that Studio B acted with good intentions, and made a shout-out to the fandom on their own initiative. When that shout-out got Hasbro itself some heavy flak from loudmouth protesters, calling down the retcon-hammer was the initial reaction. This doesn't change the fact that neither act was made with proper consideration, but to my eyes it ever so slightly softens the blow. Derpy was given to the fandom, in more ways than one, by the staff of Studio B, who have repeatedly shown that they care for the fans. The taking away happened because the dumb behemoth of a media corp that is Hasbro lashed out in blind rage at the small pinprick that caused it an inconvenience. So, nobody was betrayed, and no magic was taken away. The people who created Friendship is Magic for us will continue to do what they always did, and Hasbro will keep being what it is. We can only do our best to weather the storm and keep going. No matter what, no character we like can ever be really taken away from us.

As for whether or not we'd be better off if the move to have Derpy be named and voiced was never made? I'd say yes, considering what it got us in the end. At the time, it likely seemed like a good, fun idea to do, but you know what they say about good intentions. You can argue that it's easy to say this in retrospect - and I'll agree. But we got no word at all about what was happening. We were left to ourselves, wondering what the taking down of the episodes meant, coming to our own conclusions and not understanding a thing of what was actually going on. Like I said earlier, I have no specific attachment to Derpy, or just about anything else, but I absolutely, veritably hate being left in the dark when things are being done that concern me, and so I can relate to that as well. Just telling the fandom what was being done would lessen the negative backlash to this immensely, or at the very least it'd direct it at the actual causes of the change rather than Hasbro itself, who are currently universally perceived as the culprit.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 01:01 PM
It was a Hasbro Corporate decision.

It's also not worth putting so much energy or effort into. They can take away her name, but they can't make her not Derpy. She's always been, and she'll stay that way for as long as we have a warm spot on our couches and an extra muffin for a gray pegasus pony to enjoy. The Friendship Express DVD still contains unedited Derpy for at least its initial run. You should all go buy it, by the way. :smalltongue:

Anyway, there's been a lot of spinup to this point, and it's time to wind down. I'd like to thank everypony here for being so calm and reasonable at a time when a huge cry has gone out that makes us all look like we've lost our heads. It's that kind of spirit that makes the FiM community what it is, so thank you for continuing to hold onto that and letting it shine. You're the best.

*Shimmer hoof salutes and flies off to find a cloud somewhere to nap on*

Shucks, you're not so your bad yourself. Thanks for the definite word, by the by. Uncertainty is the worst. And with that, I think I'll go out, get a nice brunch, and enjoy this blustery day.

*salute-bops himself in the head, then teeters out the door*

Kindablue
2012-02-25, 01:13 PM
I propose calling this whole situation "The Derpy Incident". It's accurate, descriptive, and more appropriate than any other name I can think of for anything. One great big derp after another on Hasbro's part.

Walleyedgate.

EsperDerek
2012-02-25, 01:33 PM
I'm going to admit this: This whole 'Derpy' thing, to me, feels really, really ridiculous, especially the sheer level of hurt feelings that have been going around because of it.

Maybe it's because I've had about eight hours of sleep in the last four days, but yeah.

Of course, I never even /liked/ Derpy or her place in the fandom, it's kind of an insulting nickname, and as soon as I heard it in show, I /knew/ there would be this sort of thing going down.

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 01:39 PM
It was a Hasbro Corporate decision.

It's also not worth putting so much energy or effort into. They can take away her name, but they can't make her not Derpy. She's always been, and she'll stay that way for as long as we have a warm spot on our couches and an extra muffin for a gray pegasus pony to enjoy. The Friendship Express DVD still contains unedited Derpy for at least its initial run. You should all go buy it, by the way. :smalltongue:


They also can't take away the fact that Studio B loved us so much that they actually reached out to us. Derpy may not officially be Derpy anymore, but that doesn't change what Studio B did for us and we should be grateful that they tried.



*Shimmer hoof salutes and flies off to find a cloud somewhere to nap on*

SHE'S GETTING AWAY, STOP HER!

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/050/8/6/rope_by_speccysy-d4q7xtz.png (http://speccysy.deviantart.com/art/ROPE-285905159)
...
Well played Phoe. http://i.imgur.com/dNltC.jpg

otakuryoga
2012-02-25, 02:29 PM
I got mah ponies...I got mah ponies
local Walmart apparently in the last day or 2 got about 4 boxes of the blindbags in....they condensed em down to 2 boxes on the shelf
--saw the plethora of blindbags when i checked pony section out of habit when i ran in to get stuff for dinner and immediately parked myself to start checking #'s :smallsmile:

picked up the mane 6 and the 3 specials


http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/starfox64x/rarity-dramacouch-right1.gif

The fandom sure is prone to drama sometimes.


yes...yes we are




That all said, I think I can identify the key reasons why this got such an emotional reaction:

- Derpy is the icon of the fandom, so de-legitimising her de-legitimises us
- Hasbro has had a spectacular failure of communication on this topic, and this topic's been brewing for a few weeks now. (Honestly, this is the part I shake my head at the most. I took an entire course warning me to avoid this)
- Ponies are 'safe' for a lot of people, warm and comforting and all embracing, a source of stability in a dark and scary world.
- The Internet fears censorship almost violently.

These all folded together created the perfect environment for a true nerdrage storm.



fixed that

Lord Raziere
2012-02-25, 02:33 PM
*sees the Derpy brouhaha*

*scratches head*

*shrugs*

Old voice was alright. New voice is too. But I don't have much emotional investment in Derpy.

I don't really care for the cross-eyed one either.

unrelated:….what episode are we on? 19 or 20? its saturday so the new episode will have to be viewed….

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 02:38 PM
I don't really care for the cross-eyed one either.

unrelated:….what episode are we on? 19 or 20? its saturday so the new episode will have to be viewed….

No new episode this weekend. Truly the saddest part of everything right now. :smallfrown:

Also I will say that at least some good's come out of the whole Derpy thing.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/1/9/identity_crisis_by_karzahnii-d4qwzej.png (http://karzahnii.deviantart.com/art/Identity-Crisis-287073595)
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/056/a/b/keep_calm_by_ohitison-d4qxbxr.png (http://ohitison.deviantart.com/art/Keep-Calm-287089839)


I lol'd a little at both of these. :smalltongue:

Bayonet Priest
2012-02-25, 02:49 PM
I'm going to admit this: This whole 'Derpy' thing, to me, feels really, really ridiculous, especially the sheer level of hurt feelings that have been going around because of it.

Maybe it's because I've had about eight hours of sleep in the last four days, but yeah.

Of course, I never even /liked/ Derpy or her place in the fandom, it's kind of an insulting nickname, and as soon as I heard it in show, I /knew/ there would be this sort of thing going down.

Thing is, I do like Derpy. I liked the silly Derpy pictures and I liked the fanon ideas that she was the town mailmare (hell, I just like that word, mailmare) or that she had a unicorn daughter Dinky. But that's all fanon sillyness, in the show she was just a silly looking pegasus who popped up in the background doing silly things. Kind of like Lyra.

When she showed up in the show I was filled with mixed feelings. Joy at seeing her speak and interact with Rainbow Dash, a bit of disappointment that this lost her some of her background pony charm, and fear of the ****storm that I sensed was going to come from her appearance. Turns out the fan reaction was somehow more positive than I expected while at the sametime turning into a ****storm greater than I could possibly imagine.

It's so dumb, I wish this wasn't a thing so we could all just get back to watching ponies like we enjoy.

And I'm sorry to hear that work is still screwing you over on sleep. Any sign of it improving in the near future?

Zevox
2012-02-25, 02:56 PM
unrelated:….what episode are we on? 19 or 20? its saturday so the new episode will have to be viewed….
No new episode this week. They resume next week.

Re: Derpy - My 2 cents: I don't mind them changing the voice to a more feminine one, since that was known to have been a mistake anyway. I do mind removing her name.

What I think makes the situation rather sad is that the development team went out of their way to include for us, the best shout-out they could have given the fandom. It was a special moment, and a lot of fans loved it - I know I kept Equestria Daily open in a tab most of that day, with their banner changed to "Equestria Derpy" and that big post about Derpy open, and I'm someone who doesn't normally visit Equestria Daily. And now, for some reason, someone in the chain of command over the show has forcibly taken that away, as much so as they could after the episode was already out there. It's hardly "The. Worst. Possible. Thing." or any such drama in my mind, but it is very disappointing that something that gave us so much happiness has been deemed worth taking away by someone with the ability to do it.

And now to offset the serious stuff, some cute Derpy:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f164bbfd78d9e80a135a1ff9466046ec/126738%20-%20artist%3Aesuka%20derpy_hooves%20dinky_hooves.pn g
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/080e876dff64dd5942903f98aa581551/116371%20-%20artist%3Alulubell%20derpy_hooves%20dinky_hooves %20equestria%27s_best_mother.png
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/cb343448d5d472eb134725b9ace9c98d/112586%20-%20another_muffin%20artist%3Aipp%20Banana_Muffin%2 0derpy_family_tree%20derpy_hooves%20diaper%20dinky _hooves%20equestria%27s_best_mother%20foal%20muffi n%20Squirty_Hooves.png
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/7592b2fd266fd3717e9bd40636aa26f3/106640%20-%20artist%3APoppun%20Christmas%20derpy_hooves%20di nky_hooves.jpg
Momma Derpy is still best Derpy. :smallsmile:
Zevox

Pokonic
2012-02-25, 04:24 PM
I'm going to admit this: This whole 'Derpy' thing, to me, feels really, really ridiculous, especially the sheer level of hurt feelings that have been going around because of it.



Yeah, this. Realy, realy dislike the drama about it that has permiated the last few pages of the thread.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 04:39 PM
Yeah, this. Realy, realy dislike the drama about it that has permiated the last few pages of the thread.

Well then it sounds like it's time for a TOPIC:

Everypony in Equestria has hooves, barring Spike. So answer me this, ponythread; why do the doors still have doorknobs?

Additionally, some diabeetus always never hurt nopony:
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/asksurprise/17324919938/3/tumblr_lz512sOUWd1r2ulme

Gamerlord
2012-02-25, 04:41 PM
Well then it sounds like it's time for a TOPIC:

Everypony in Equestria has hooves, barring Spike. So answer me this, ponythread; why do the doors still have doorknobs?
Architects in Equestria have a strange sense of humor.
That, or the whole thing takes place in post-apocalyptic earth.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 04:47 PM
Architects in Equestria have a strange sense of humor.

Well that just leads to another question; if we weren't to use traditional doors as models, what would a door designed for ponies look like? They don't shy away from using their mouths to manipulate objects, so perhaps Equestrian doorknobs would be more like rope pulls on either side of the door? Which then begs the question of how they lock doors, if they do it at all. It seems a peaceful enough society that they might not.

Pokonic
2012-02-25, 04:53 PM
Well then it sounds like it's time for a TOPIC:

Everypony in Equestria has hooves, barring Spike. So answer me this, ponythread; why do the doors still have doorknobs?



Dispite claimes of industrial advancment, equestria relies on other races for manufactured goods. Beyond Cloudsdayle, who naturaly could not make such goods made out of solid substances, they must import most things that would require the use of thumbs.

As such, they trade there gems with the dimond dogs in return for the wonder of things like pens, clockworks, and locks that would normaly take years of study for the average unicorn but are made by the hundereds within there underground factories. Most ponies have since learned to use there mouths to manipulate such objects, but they are still realy made for creatures with thumbs.

thubby
2012-02-25, 05:08 PM
Well then it sounds like it's time for a TOPIC:

Everypony in Equestria has hooves, barring Spike. So answer me this, ponythread; why do the doors still have doorknobs?

Additionally, some diabeetus always never hurt nopony:
http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/asksurprise/17324919938/3/tumblr_lz512sOUWd1r2ulme

because ponies can still somehow grip things to some extent (no, i dont know how, but they've done it "on camera") and doorknobs arent terribly difficult to work.

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-25, 05:35 PM
I've not had much to say recently. But regarding Derpy... eh. So far it's only iTunes, right? The DVD is fine and apparantly the Hub's own on-demand service still has Derpy's original voice. *shrug*

Here, have this to cheer yourselves up: http://dileakstudios.deviantart.com/art/Animated-short-2-The-Derp-Chronicles-286592451


Sorry to hear it :smallfrown:

Also, crud, just realized I missed Bobcat...

Oh, and happy belated birthday to those who had them.

...I am really not on the ball today...
Ah, this, yeah. Come back soon Bobcat! And to everyone who's has a birthday, you know the drill:

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~
Ponies and cake, belated as they may be:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/a7f8c66087969143e006b214437ad546/135309%20-%20cake%20pinkie_pie.jpg

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 05:43 PM
Dispite claimes of industrial advancment, equestria relies on other races for manufactured goods. Beyond Cloudsdayle, who naturaly could not make such goods made out of solid substances, they must import most things that would require the use of thumbs.

As such, they trade there gems with the dimond dogs in return for the wonder of things like pens, clockworks, and locks that would normaly take years of study for the average unicorn but are made by the hundereds within there underground factories. Most ponies have since learned to use there mouths to manipulate such objects, but they are still really made for creatures with thumbs.

That, and the Diamond Dogs get a kick out of seeing ponies try to work their devices without thumbs.

Another picture, because I somehow keep finding pictures of ponies on the internet, it's the darndest thing.
http://chzbronies.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-jamona.jpg

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 05:47 PM
Guys? GUYS?! So I was poking around Ponibooru and a thought occurred to me. Robots can't smile. What will Pinkie do if she ever meets Wall-E? :smalleek:

Thanqol
2012-02-25, 05:58 PM
Guys? GUYS?! So I was poking around Ponibooru and a thought occurred to me. Robots can't smile. What will Pinkie do if she ever meets Wall-E? :smalleek:

Wall-E can smile with his eyes. Alternately, the same thing she did to that non-smiling barn.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-25, 06:04 PM
Guys? GUYS?! So I was poking around Ponibooru and a thought occurred to me. Robots can't smile. What will Pinkie do if she ever meets Wall-E? :smalleek:

Throw him a party!

Two glorious videos for all ya'll: Rainbow Road x Smile (www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=24) and Strive Like Applejack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rT31ZeCNdBw)

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-25, 06:57 PM
Gotta share these:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/9668d6611025127472207d04f5c704f3/137431%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20b arking_mad%20brohoof%20screwball%20Screwloose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/5265db8909c442f956417145092414a2/137985%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20p izza%20screwball%20Screw_Loose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/47a9f801876083ad677d47f945c7eb66/138042%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20s crewball%20Screw_Loose.jpg

Anarion
2012-02-25, 07:03 PM
Well then it sounds like it's time for a TOPIC:

Everypony in Equestria has hooves, barring Spike. So answer me this, ponythread; why do the doors still have doorknobs?


Hmm. Two thoughts occur to me. One, something resembling a doorknob but perhaps with a push rather than a turn is actually exceptionally easy for use with unicorn telekinesis and nopony else really cares.

Or, ponies inexplicably find doorknobs to be aesthetically pleasing, so they building them into the doors even though most doors are just push to open and hinged to swing in both directions.

Also nice stream of art and videos. I approve.

BlasTech
2012-02-25, 07:32 PM
Same reason all the teacups still have handles? :smalltongue:

Anybody know a good picture of ponies around a campfire or out camping? I can't seem to find any.

MCerberus
2012-02-25, 07:37 PM
A young pony musician once mused on the subject of doorknobs. Eventually she released a rather eclectic album based on these musings called 'Hands'. It was the big thing for a while, but this musician tired of all the fame and is spending most of her time being an odd musician in Ponyville.

And that explains Lyra.

Kyouhen
2012-02-25, 07:52 PM
Hmm. Two thoughts occur to me. One, something resembling a doorknob but perhaps with a push rather than a turn is actually exceptionally easy for use with unicorn telekinesis and nopony else really cares.

Or, ponies inexplicably find doorknobs to be aesthetically pleasing, so they building them into the doors even though most doors are just push to open and hinged to swing in both directions.

Also nice stream of art and videos. I approve.

Maybe the doorknobs are shaped in a way that makes it easily fit in hooves. They just put their hoof over it and twist.

Pokonic
2012-02-25, 07:56 PM
A young pony musician once mused on the subject of doorknobs. Eventually she released a rather eclectic album based on these musings called 'Hands'. It was the big thing for a while, but this musician tired of all the fame and is spending most of her time being an odd musician in Ponyville.

And that explains Lyra.

The album was a big insperation to one young Dimond Dog, who later created the persona of Doggi Bonie. :smalltongue:

RobD
2012-02-25, 09:20 PM
Been in a bit of a funk lately, so I attempted to cheer myself up....
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/056/4/f/friendship_is_radical_by_robd2003-d4qzcc0.jpg

I know it's a subject that's been covered before, but I couldn't resist. Had fun drawing it, anyway.

Athaniar
2012-02-25, 09:47 PM
Been in a bit of a funk lately, so I attempted to cheer myself up....
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/056/4/f/friendship_is_radical_by_robd2003-d4qzcc0.jpg

I know it's a subject that's been covered before, but I couldn't resist. Had fun drawing it, anyway.
That is awesome. Nice work.

otakuryoga
2012-02-25, 10:17 PM
Gotta share these:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/9668d6611025127472207d04f5c704f3/137431%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20b arking_mad%20brohoof%20screwball%20Screwloose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/5265db8909c442f956417145092414a2/137985%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20p izza%20screwball%20Screw_Loose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/47a9f801876083ad677d47f945c7eb66/138042%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20s crewball%20Screw_Loose.jpg

Diego! what are you doing?!?! hide those things away before that episode gets censored too!

Anarion
2012-02-25, 10:27 PM
Diego! what are you doing?!?! hide those things away before that episode gets censored too!

That's what you think. They'd have to censor two episodes to get rid of those characters!

By the by, retcon =/= censor


In other news, Rainbow, it was worth your money (http://yudhaikeledai.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Thinking-with-Portals-Rainbow-Highway-287105543).

Pokonic
2012-02-25, 10:31 PM
In other news, Rainbow, it was worth your money (http://yudhaikeledai.deviantart.com/art/MLP-Thinking-with-Portals-Rainbow-Highway-287105543).

Now your thinking with ponies!

Mando Knight
2012-02-26, 01:09 AM
Comic, relating to last decade's smash-hit with the brony demographic...
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/302/f/a/halo__finish_the_friendship_by_flavinbagel-d4eca8t.png (http://flavinbagel.deviantart.com/art/Halo-Finish-the-Friendship-265952477)

RdMarquis
2012-02-26, 03:04 AM
Finally up date with the thread. Again.


It was a Hasbro Corporate decision.

It's also not worth putting so much energy or effort into. They can take away her name, but they can't make her not Derpy. She's always been, and she'll stay that way for as long as we have a warm spot on our couches and an extra muffin for a gray pegasus pony to enjoy. The Friendship Express DVD still contains unedited Derpy for at least its initial run. You should all go buy it, by the way. :smalltongue:

*Shimmer hoof salutes and flies off to find a cloud somewhere to nap on*


They also can't take away the fact that Studio B loved us so much that they actually reached out to us. Derpy may not officially be Derpy anymore, but that doesn't change what Studio B did for us and we should be grateful that they tried.


...Yeah. Well said. I'd have to agree with you guys on both points. They're probably the most important thing to remember.


SHE'S GETTING AWAY, STOP HER!

http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/050/8/6/rope_by_speccysy-d4q7xtz.png (http://speccysy.deviantart.com/art/ROPE-285905159)
...
Well played Phoe. http://i.imgur.com/dNltC.jpg


*Raises bolas* Oh, wait. Wings. Also, not very nice at all.



Also I will say that at least some good's come out of the whole Derpy thing.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/056/1/9/identity_crisis_by_karzahnii-d4qwzej.png (http://karzahnii.deviantart.com/art/Identity-Crisis-287073595)
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/056/a/b/keep_calm_by_ohitison-d4qxbxr.png (http://ohitison.deviantart.com/art/Keep-Calm-287089839)


I lol'd a little at both of these. :smalltongue:

Ok, these were pretty funny. :smallbiggrin:


Architects in Equestria have a strange sense of humor.
That, or the whole thing takes place in post-apocalyptic earth.

Well, I've heard it said that most fantasy settings have a destroyed civilization in their background.


Guys? GUYS?! So I was poking around Ponibooru and a thought occurred to me. Robots can't smile. What will Pinkie do if she ever meets Wall-E? :smalleek:

Her reality warping powers come into play and the little guy somehow gets a mouth? Actually, that's kind of a horrifying thought. Nevermind...


Been in a bit of a funk lately, so I attempted to cheer myself up....
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/056/4/f/friendship_is_radical_by_robd2003-d4qzcc0.jpg

I know it's a subject that's been covered before, but I couldn't resist. Had fun drawing it, anyway.

That's completely awesome.


To do my own small part to further defuse tensions, here is Applejack wearing a stock Delta-class Heavy Cruiser1 as a rather jaunty hat.

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/AotrsCommander/applejackdeltahat.jpg

I like to imagine this is the result of her somehow growing to gargantuan proportions. :smalltongue: If Applejack were a little sillier, I'd say it's part of some wacky plan to buck the whole orchard in one kick.

Draconi Redfir
2012-02-26, 03:47 AM
Some words from Derpy. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aK_L5kTIiXs#!)
warning: Sads.

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-26, 05:15 AM
Wh-wh-

What's going on? Yesterday I went to bed and we were on page 28. I woke up late today and.... we're still on page 28. :smalleek:

Th-this doesn't make any sense! This is Ponythread! I-

I'm scared! :smallfrown:


Diego! what are you doing?!?! hide those things away before that episode gets censored too!
The... images appear to be broken right now.... Maybe it's too late? :smalleek:

No! Never give up! Screw ponies forever!

...

Wait, no! That's not what I meant! Arg, forget it, just look at the damn pictures.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/eda0ac74527fa98b6340482b0f3ef0c1/137585%20-%20screwball%20Screwloose%20Screw_Loose%20sleeping .png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/bed00490fff0acee9bd58dec8b953a9c/137584%20-%20butt_flying%20screwball.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1cb6653bdcd78194308da7d3ebd1abc5/137407%20-%20artist%3Acactusheart%20artist%3Acuteosphere%20d iaper%20doll%20foal%20screwball%20Ursa_Minor.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/9bd61e2cc280e923ed7df155bf744401/134533%20-%20artist%3AArrkhal%20barking_mad%20Lucy_Screw%20m ental_patient%20sad%20Screwloose%20Screw_Loose.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f592b87e7b297e7a877d316f343454bf/132173%20-%20advice_pony%20barking_mad%20Screwloose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/455f10693492ce562374b040b22420b6/132175%20-%20advice_pony%20barking_mad%20Screwloose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/435ca039c68df91fbe98b5fb7f32d858/132176%20-%20advice_pony%20barking_mad%20Screwloose.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d0ca96719d67012c7d55ebf96f20f7ac/132177%20-%20advice_pony%20barking_mad%20Screwloose.jpg

Thanqol
2012-02-26, 05:28 AM
Wh-wh-

What's going on? Yesterday I went to bed and we were on page 28. I woke up late today and.... we're still on page 28. :smalleek:

Th-this doesn't make any sense! This is Ponythread! I-

I'm scared! :smallfrown:

You're scared, I'm bored. Everything today was cancelled. All I got to show for it is Dragonjack.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4757/day284.jpg

RdMarquis
2012-02-26, 06:48 AM
You're scared, I'm bored. Everything today was cancelled. All I got to show for it is Dragonjack.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4757/day284.jpg

Hrm...tiny dragon, or huge tree (maybe she's leaning on Yggdrasil)?

erikun
2012-02-26, 08:07 AM
Re: Derpy

I can't say that I was ever a fan of the name. Actually, I can't say I was ever a big fan of the character. She just seemed silly, and with little else to her. Derpy making an "official" appearance just received a shrug from me; it canonized her name, but didn't make much difference beyond that.

The change somewhat annoyed me, although for completely different reasons. I don't much like modifying or retconning already-created stuff. I realize that it happens, but it still ends up annoying; if you wanted something to be different, there was plenty of time before it was produced to do so. I mean, this isn't like an animation error or them putting the wrong audio into the episode by accident. This is them re-writing the script.

It's not quite clear why the change was made, although I could guess at two possible reasons. One being that a small handful of people wrote in complaining about it, and corporate Hasbro - not familiar with how quickly or well organized the internet can be - assumed this meant a large number of people disliked the name/voice, despite being a rather small portion of the community. The other being that someone at Hasbro is internet-savvy enough to realize what "derp" means, and didn't want the name attached to one of their kid-friendly products.

The second is understandable (it is one of the big problems I had with the name) but the first seems to be a disturbing trend towards trying to please a whole fanbase based on the opinions of a well-organized, vocal very few on the internet. I am somewhat inclined to recommend people write/e-mail Hasbro about the edit if they dislike it, just to highlight that the first group is not necessarily the majority, but I'm not sure that would do much beyond attract negative attention to the people working on the show. Perhaps it would just be better to, if something seems to happen again, recommend everyone send in their opinions so that Hasbro has a good cross-section of the opinions of the fans.

Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

PrinceAquilaDei
2012-02-26, 08:47 AM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

Happy Birthday Erikun! Would you like to make a drawrequest?

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 09:31 AM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

Happy birthday! Pinkie got you a cake!

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8fb7302817c75ab5b9dfc3c3dbc98be2/113294%20-%20animated%20jump%20pinkie_pie%20pound_cake.gif
Or at least she's trying to...

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-26, 09:42 AM
You're scared, I'm bored. Everything today was cancelled. All I got to show for it is Dragonjack.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4757/day284.jpg
Dragonjack looks mighty angry about something. Cool pic though.


Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

~HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~
Pony and cake for you!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/9a9d820c559ef22aab697f3fcc530286/96990%20-%20artist%3Agiantmosquito%20birthday_cake%20Bubble s%20candles%20pinkie_pie%20seapony%20seapony_pinki e_pie%20underwater.jpg


And let's have some masterclass trolling, shall we?
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1aa4f795fec0fc88bb1225cb70b193e4/136388%20-%20super_dupe%20Tara_Strong%20twilight_sparkle.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/2a2c4c91c003057f49622539d9acd073/136439%20-%20meta%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.j pg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6a2edce7fac30956b668c111f2ff4c96/136621%20-%20Not_Sure_if_troll%20omg%20pony_wears_the_saddle %20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/17fe0be2d3f031e1b12850da7d4641a9/136276%20-%20celestia%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter.JPG

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d3a85c09afe1feadf80a64b1feff958f/136665%20-%20intervention%20meta%20moustache%20Tara_Strong%2 0troll%20Twitter.png

And some Daring Do, because Daring Do is best pony this week.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f1b63f8224c541c0e560be608c7f0fee/132715%20-%20artist%3Aethaes%20book%20Daring_Do%20daring_do_ and_the_griffon%27s_goblet%20scootaround.jpeg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/ebedd24c13f83ef34ea10caee1dae2c5/132687%20-%20artist%3AJerinov%20Daring_Do%20Daring_Do_and_th e_Curse_of_the_Yeti%20Indiana_Jones%20parody.jpg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/e60f58847087226e6fe802fd670c887e/133111%20-%20apple_bloom%20artist%3Asolar-slash%20comic%20hearts_and_hooves_day%20rainbow_da sh%20scootaloo%20Sweetie_Belle%20twilight_sparkle. jpg

Bayonet Priest
2012-02-26, 09:54 AM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

Happy birthday dude!


Why are we whispering?



And let's have some masterclass trolling, shall we?
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1aa4f795fec0fc88bb1225cb70b193e4/136388%20-%20super_dupe%20Tara_Strong%20twilight_sparkle.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/2a2c4c91c003057f49622539d9acd073/136439%20-%20meta%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.j pg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6a2edce7fac30956b668c111f2ff4c96/136621%20-%20Not_Sure_if_troll%20omg%20pony_wears_the_saddle %20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/17fe0be2d3f031e1b12850da7d4641a9/136276%20-%20celestia%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter.JPG

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d3a85c09afe1feadf80a64b1feff958f/136665%20-%20intervention%20meta%20moustache%20Tara_Strong%2 0troll%20Twitter.png


Oh god, so much trolling. Tara Strong is best troll.

Also, "pony wears the saddle"? :smalleek: :smalltongue:

Grif
2012-02-26, 10:08 AM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

Birthday!
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/254/7/f/birthday_ponies_by_sinistra_sundown-d49kqq7.png

Re: Derpy. Spoilered because people probably want to move on.
I must say the whole incident leaves a bad taste in my mouth. No, not Hasbro's decision to redub Derpy. That one was a mild annoyance but certainly nothing warranting the unbelievable amount of hate that Hasbro got. I am talking about the reactions of certain section of the fandom in general. Seriously, going into a hissy fit and threatening to burn down Hasbro/leave the fandom forever/writing hate mails to artists is just plain immature at best and makes the whole lot of us look bad.

I don't know. On one had, I respect that this is Hasbro's decision and there is probably a genuine reason behind this, even if it was poorly communicated. I understand it was done rather back-handedly and should have been done better. On the other hoof, *sigh* some comments on Equestria Daily just makes me want to facedesk. Guys, it's not the end of the world if Hasbro decides not to use Derpy's name. The show is still MLP and it will still be good, regardless of whether a minor shout-out to the fans were present or not. It is not cool to slander and flame the one company funding this show and so far, has been cautiously supportive of the community.

I dunno. I'm probably rambling now so I'll stop instead.

PrinceAquilaDei
2012-02-26, 10:16 AM
And let's have some masterclass trolling, shall we?
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1aa4f795fec0fc88bb1225cb70b193e4/136388%20-%20super_dupe%20Tara_Strong%20twilight_sparkle.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/2a2c4c91c003057f49622539d9acd073/136439%20-%20meta%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.j pg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6a2edce7fac30956b668c111f2ff4c96/136621%20-%20Not_Sure_if_troll%20omg%20pony_wears_the_saddle %20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/17fe0be2d3f031e1b12850da7d4641a9/136276%20-%20celestia%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter.JPG

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d3a85c09afe1feadf80a64b1feff958f/136665%20-%20intervention%20meta%20moustache%20Tara_Strong%2 0troll%20Twitter.png

This is Victory so Glorious it even qualifies as Imperial Triumph.

And on the subject of Imperial Triumph, I found a thing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo&feature=player_embedded)

Deadly
2012-02-26, 11:09 AM
Of course things should decide to blow up right when I'm off for a few days with limited Internet access. At least there wasn't a new episode for me to miss too, very convenient.

I haven't exactly gone back to read everything on this whole Derpy thing, but really...


The lack of communication makes me far more annoyed than the change itself, because it shows a blatent lack of thought on the part of whoever is responsible for this. I don't tolerate Willful Stupid, ever.

I'm totally with the Commander here. The lack of communication is quite frankly disrespectful and rude, and by far the greater disappointment here.

Well, except for the apparent lack of love and tolerance in the fandom. That's way more disappointing than anything else and I'm pretty sure it'd make Derpy cry.

I'm very disappointed that they removed her name, and I personally much prefer the old voice. It was a very derpy voice, what with Tabitha mistakenly thinking Derpy was a colt. First an animation error, then a voicing error; very derpy, couldn't fit better in my mind. But that's about it. I'll be sad if this ends up meaning no more canon Derpy Hooves, but I'll be even sadder if the fans use it as an excuse to act like jerks and give us all an ugly image.

See if they'll do anything awesome just for us in the future if we act like a bunch of Gildas.

That's all.

Sean Mirrsen
2012-02-26, 11:10 AM
You're scared, I'm bored. Everything today was cancelled. All I got to show for it is Dragonjack.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4757/day284.jpgOne man's boredom is another man's inspiration.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4152380/Dragonshy.png
edit: later version

MCerberus
2012-02-26, 11:16 AM
Happy birthday!


semi-relevant musings: would dragon!Pinkie have a balloon or a frosting breath weapon?

Athaniar
2012-02-26, 11:19 AM
Comic, relating to last decade's smash-hit with the brony demographic...
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/302/f/a/halo__finish_the_friendship_by_flavinbagel-d4eca8t.png (http://flavinbagel.deviantart.com/art/Halo-Finish-the-Friendship-265952477)
Heh, nice. Pony corrupts enlightens all!


You're scared, I'm bored. Everything today was cancelled. All I got to show for it is Dragonjack.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4757/day284.jpg
Very good. Dragon ponies are cool.



Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?
Happy Birthday!


And let's have some masterclass trolling, shall we?
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1aa4f795fec0fc88bb1225cb70b193e4/136388%20-%20super_dupe%20Tara_Strong%20twilight_sparkle.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/2a2c4c91c003057f49622539d9acd073/136439%20-%20meta%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.j pg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6a2edce7fac30956b668c111f2ff4c96/136621%20-%20Not_Sure_if_troll%20omg%20pony_wears_the_saddle %20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/17fe0be2d3f031e1b12850da7d4641a9/136276%20-%20celestia%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter.JPG

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d3a85c09afe1feadf80a64b1feff958f/136665%20-%20intervention%20meta%20moustache%20Tara_Strong%2 0troll%20Twitter.png
Best human.


One man's boredom is another man's inspiration.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4152380/Dragonshy5.jpg
Dragon ponies are cool. Eexcellent.



semi-relevant musings: would dragon!Pinkie have a balloon or a frosting breath weapon?
The answer is both.

thubby
2012-02-26, 12:02 PM
she would breath hot chocolate.

Kindablue
2012-02-26, 12:04 PM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF032-Todays_My_Birthday.gif

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 12:09 PM
Happy birthday!


semi-relevant musings: would dragon!Pinkie have a balloon or a frosting breath weapon?

Neither. She breathes a cloud of laughing gas.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-26, 12:16 PM
Happy birthday!


semi-relevant musings: would dragon!Pinkie have a balloon or a frosting breath weapon?

Breath Weapon of Otto's Irresistible Dance.

Then she joins the party in a song and dance number.

Tiki Snakes
2012-02-26, 12:18 PM
Neither. She breathes a cloud of laughing gas.


Breath Weapon of Otto's Irresistible Dance.

Then she joins the party in a song and dance number.

These. Very much so.

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 12:27 PM
These. Very much so.

Party Breath: All targets must save against Hideous Laughter and Irresistible Dance, and the area comes under the effects of Glitterdust. (What's a party without confetti?)

I'd have suggested Streamers, but that would result in everyone being very dead.

MCerberus
2012-02-26, 12:30 PM
Party Breath: All targets must save against Hideous Laughter and Irresistible Dance, and the area comes under the effects of Glitterdust. (What's a party without confetti?)

I'd have suggested Streamers, but that would result in everyone being very dead.

And that's not even talking about the party cannon in her lair.

erikun
2012-02-26, 12:45 PM
Happy birthday dude!


Why are we whispering?
Because it isn't really relevant or pony related?


Happy Birthday Erikun! Would you like to make a drawrequest?
Oh, nice. I get one of those? :smallredface: I should do this more often. :smalltongue:
A bit more seriously, I'm a fan of griffins. And MLP is always in need of more griffins.

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f1b63f8224c541c0e560be608c7f0fee/132715%20-%20artist%3Aethaes%20book%20Daring_Do%20daring_do_ and_the_griffon%27s_goblet%20scootaround.jpeg
See? The page is better already. :smallbiggrin:



Happy birthday! Pinkie got you a cake!

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8fb7302817c75ab5b9dfc3c3dbc98be2/113294%20-%20animated%20jump%20pinkie_pie%20pound_cake.gif
Or at least she's trying to...

Aww, thanks Pinkie. Your effort it appreciated.



~HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~
Pony and cake for you!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/9a9d820c559ef22aab697f3fcc530286/96990%20-%20artist%3Agiantmosquito%20birthday_cake%20Bubble s%20candles%20pinkie_pie%20seapony%20seapony_pinki e_pie%20underwater.jpg

Birthday!
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2011/254/7/f/birthday_ponies_by_sinistra_sundown-d49kqq7.png

Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday!

http://pbfcomics.com/archive_b/PBF032-Todays_My_Birthday.gif
Thanks for the birthday well-wishes, everyone. :smallredface:

Mando Knight
2012-02-26, 01:04 PM
And let's have some masterclass trolling, shall we?
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1aa4f795fec0fc88bb1225cb70b193e4/136388%20-%20super_dupe%20Tara_Strong%20twilight_sparkle.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/2a2c4c91c003057f49622539d9acd073/136439%20-%20meta%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.j pg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6a2edce7fac30956b668c111f2ff4c96/136621%20-%20Not_Sure_if_troll%20omg%20pony_wears_the_saddle %20Tara_Strong%20Twitter%20word_of_strong.png

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/17fe0be2d3f031e1b12850da7d4641a9/136276%20-%20celestia%20Tara_Strong%20Twitter.JPG

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d3a85c09afe1feadf80a64b1feff958f/136665%20-%20intervention%20meta%20moustache%20Tara_Strong%2 0troll%20Twitter.png
Vegeta!

What does the scouter say about her trolling level (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik)?!

Deadly
2012-02-26, 01:13 PM
Happy birthday, Erikun! Hope it's filled with fun and ponies and fun ponies! Or griffins (griffuns?)! Or BOTH!

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/185/1/a/happy_birthday_gilda_by_cbrubaker-d3ky95g.jpg (http://cbrubaker.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Birthday-Gilda-216589012)

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-26, 01:17 PM
Happy Birthday, Erikun! I got you diabeetus!

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzziniaKsv1r71sk3o1_500.png

Anarion
2012-02-26, 01:32 PM
Happy Birthday Erikun!

https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGP6G0FIA-yS6WuiNC0vVCbi1bkcmyQd0sOIejc6BehO5rABe98w

Kairaven
2012-02-26, 02:13 PM
that Extended title song....

I cringed at the title drop but then the rest of the song, puns included, assaulted me with Friendship. And now I am punch-drunk with ponies, so pony!



and Happy birthday!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJt7A7y8rjY)

PhantomFox
2012-02-26, 02:15 PM
Not bad for the extended intro. Not sure what I think about it, but it certainly isn't bad.

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 02:43 PM
I think the extended intro's great. I loved all the pony name puns. :smalltongue:

Also! Finished my entry for the EqD Felt Art Competition!

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/057/0/1/eqd_felt_art_pony_cometition_entry_by_bgkyouhen-d4r2bu7.png
They said it needs to be felt and construction paper, they never said it had to be 2-dimensional! :smallwink:

I love that little felt Rainbow Dash~

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-26, 02:51 PM
This is Victory so Glorious it even qualifies as Imperial Triumph.

And on the subject of Imperial Triumph, I found a thing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo&feature=player_embedded)

...

...

...

Ehhhhhh.

It's good but, the puns were just... ugh. And the "friendship is magic" title drop... And they missed out the best part from the original (Big adventure! Tons of fun!...) which I was waiting for the whole time.

Honestly, I think I prefer the TV version.

Alabenson
2012-02-26, 02:54 PM
I think the extended intro's great. I loved all the pony name puns. :smalltongue:

Also! Finished my entry for the EqD Felt Art Competition!

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/057/0/1/eqd_felt_art_pony_cometition_entry_by_bgkyouhen-d4r2bu7.png
They said it needs to be felt and construction paper, they never said it had to be 2-dimensional! :smallwink:

I love that little felt Rainbow Dash~


There is only one possible reaction to this
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/95f0a98ae0f0725ed62e627acfe2ac1a/56633%20-%20brilliant%20brony%20cool%20pinkie_pie%20pleased %20ponies%20pony%20smile.jpgbrilliant

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-26, 02:54 PM
I think the extended intro's great. I loved all the pony name puns. :smalltongue:

Also! Finished my entry for the EqD Felt Art Competition!

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/057/0/1/eqd_felt_art_pony_cometition_entry_by_bgkyouhen-d4r2bu7.png
They said it needs to be felt and construction paper, they never said it had to be 2-dimensional! :smallwink:

I love that little felt Rainbow Dash~


It looks like your competitor's hopes have been...

*dons punglasses* :smallcool:

...Dashed.

Gamerlord
2012-02-26, 03:07 PM
Happy B-day Erikun!
@ Extended Theme: Eh, it's.....okay. 6/10, would watch again if bored.

PhoeKun
2012-02-26, 03:22 PM
...

...

...

Ehhhhhh.

It's good but, the puns were just... ugh. And the "friendship is magic" title drop... And they missed out the best part from the original (Big adventure! Tons of fun!...) which I was waiting for the whole time.

Honestly, I think I prefer the TV version.


Happy B-day Erikun!
@ Extended Theme: Eh, it's.....okay. 6/10, would watch again if bored.

You people are not my friends anymore.

Selpharia
2012-02-26, 03:25 PM
I love puns, because, as they say, a good pun is its own reword.

Extended title Song was cute, really enjoyed the bit of Twilight character that gets left out of the TV version (the beginning) If I get the DVD, that would definitely be why I did so.

Pokonic
2012-02-26, 03:26 PM
You people are not my friends anymore.

Hey now, I like it. Its different, but I like it.

Aotrs Commander
2012-02-26, 03:28 PM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

Happy Birthday!


Also! Finished my entry for the EqD Felt Art Competition!

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/057/0/1/eqd_felt_art_pony_cometition_entry_by_bgkyouhen-d4r2bu7.png
They said it needs to be felt and construction paper, they never said it had to be 2-dimensional! :smallwink:

I love that little felt Rainbow Dash~


Impressive.

Athaniar
2012-02-26, 03:31 PM
I think the extended intro's great. I loved all the pony name puns. :smalltongue:

Also! Finished my entry for the EqD Felt Art Competition!

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/057/0/1/eqd_felt_art_pony_cometition_entry_by_bgkyouhen-d4r2bu7.png
They said it needs to be felt and construction paper, they never said it had to be 2-dimensional! :smallwink:

I love that little felt Rainbow Dash~

That is awesome on so many levels and in all three dimensions.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-26, 03:46 PM
I love puns, because, as they say, a good pun is its own reword.

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/230/569/a08.jpg


This is Victory so Glorious it even qualifies as Imperial Triumph.

And on the subject of Imperial Triumph, I found a thing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo&feature=player_embedded)

Eeeeeeeeee!

It had a bit of a slow start, but daggum if that's not like a Friendship cannon to the face. And the gut. And the pancreas. Now I'm grinning like an idiot and wondering if my roommate thinks I've finally lost it.

MCerberus
2012-02-26, 03:51 PM
You people are not my friends anymore.

Not even for a coupon for 1 (one) free hug swarm?

RdMarquis
2012-02-26, 05:30 PM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

Happy birthday, Erikun! :smallsmile:


And some Daring Do, because Daring Do is best pony this week.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f1b63f8224c541c0e560be608c7f0fee/132715%20-%20artist%3Aethaes%20book%20Daring_Do%20daring_do_ and_the_griffon%27s_goblet%20scootaround.jpeg

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/e60f58847087226e6fe802fd670c887e/133111%20-%20apple_bloom%20artist%3Asolar-slash%20comic%20hearts_and_hooves_day%20rainbow_da sh%20scootaloo%20Sweetie_Belle%20twilight_sparkle. jpg

Love that book cover (also Scootaround's name, if only for the pun). The solar slash pic is adorable, by the way. If there is a Daring Do fan club (or Cons, etc.), Dash has probably signed up.


Oh god, so much trolling. Tara Strong is best troll.

Seconded.


Breath Weapon of Otto's Irresistible Dance.

Then she joins the party in a song and dance number.

"Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" is an acceptable use of the Mass Suggestion spell (anypony get that reference?).

Grif
2012-02-26, 06:12 PM
This is Victory so Glorious it even qualifies as Imperial Triumph.

And on the subject of Imperial Triumph, I found a thing! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo&feature=player_embedded)

The puns all made me cringe. I don't know whether it was intentional or not.

Eh, it wasn't bad. But it sounded like they could have strung the lyrics better had they not decided to go for puns.

Anarion
2012-02-26, 06:19 PM
Sounds like for some people, the extended intro song was quite...punishing.
Yes, I just went there. And there's nothing you can do about it.

Grif
2012-02-26, 06:24 PM
Sounds like for some people, the extended intro song was quite...punishing.
Yes, I just went there. And there's nothing you can do about it.

http://arch.413chan.net/RaritySad-(n1310271671205).png

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-26, 06:25 PM
You people are not my friends anymore.
:smallfrown:

And I knew that was coming, almost word for word, but still :smallfrown:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6ece5b5db67af57e4e46fa055126c147/138322%20-%20Derpy_Drama%20derpy_hooves%20Link%20sad%20Save_ Derpy%20sketch%20sorry%20tears.png

In other news, this is human Daring Do punching a T-Rex in the face.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8911634aca1d28d860be334647b53fa4/138972%20-%20artist%3Ajohn_joseco%20Daring_Do%20dinosaur%20h umanized%20The_Erotic_Adventures_of_Daring_Do.jpg

Hell yeah.

thubby
2012-02-26, 06:33 PM
In other news, this is human Daring Do punching a T-Rex in the face.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8911634aca1d28d860be334647b53fa4/138972%20-%20artist%3Ajohn_joseco%20Daring_Do%20dinosaur%20h umanized%20The_Erotic_Adventures_of_Daring_Do.jpg

Hell yeah.

i find it more than a bit ironic that one of the most clothed characters in the series is 1/2 naked when the others are given normal clothing.

Grif
2012-02-26, 06:37 PM
i find it more than a bit ironic that one of the most clothed characters in the series is 1/2 naked when the others are given normal clothing.

It's JohnJonesco. He draws half-naked characters like these in his sleep. Just sayin'. :smalltongue:

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-26, 06:41 PM
It's JohnJonesco. He draws half-naked characters like these in his sleep. Just sayin'. :smalltongue:

So that explains how he draws so fast. He doesn't sleep, he just enters a trance-like state in front of a tablet. When he returns to full consciousness, the pictures are there on his hard drive.

That, or he is a robot. Both are incredibly scientific theories.

Thanqol
2012-02-26, 06:47 PM
So that explains how he draws so fast. He doesn't sleep, he just enters a trance-like state in front of a tablet. When he returns to full consciousness, the pictures are there on his hard drive.

That, or he is a robot. Both are incredibly scientific theories.

This is not unlike what actually happens.


@ New Song: I swore to myself that I would never say "Applejack of my eye" and they went ahead and did it. Darn it. Otherwise, it was fairly great (though I strangely prefer the Italian version)


TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-26, 06:56 PM
i find it more than a bit ironic that one of the most clothed characters in the series is 1/2 naked when the others are given normal clothing.


It's JohnJonesco. He draws half-naked characters like these in his sleep. Just sayin'. :smalltongue:

John has drawn so many half-naked human Daring Do pics that he has actually created a second tumblr account specifically for her. I'd say about 90% of the images are NSFW and the rest are merely suggestive.

Her last adventure ended with her, Trixie, Derpy and Fleur naked together on a rubber dingy. It was awesome.


TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.
Hmm. For BG ponies: Lyra & Bon Bon as Heavy & Medic, respectively; Derpy as Demoman Demomare; Uh... that's all I got. I'll think about my OCs.

Colonel Fedora
2012-02-26, 06:56 PM
Did you guys see the new music post on EQD? (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/vocal-music-moon-rises-spirit-of-chaos.html#more) I especially liked the Nightmare Moon song.

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 06:58 PM
i find it more than a bit ironic that one of the most clothed characters in the series is 1/2 naked when the others are given normal clothing.

I don't. She's clearly wearing exactly the same outfit she wore in the show. JJ's big on canon, he'd never change a character's outfit beyond what's shown in the show. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v169/Balthasar_Gelt/trollestia2.png



This is not unlike what actually happens.


@ New Song: I swore to myself that I would never say "Applejack of my eye" and they went ahead and did it. Darn it. Otherwise, it was fairly great (though I strangely prefer the Italian version)


TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

Low-Key's absolutely an engineer. You haven't seen me play engineer. I used to have a reputation on the Chocolate Hammer server for slipping past the entire enemy team the instant the game starts and dropping level 1 sentries around their base for the rest of the game. That's totally how Low-Key would play. Spies can be sneaky, but nothing trolls as bad as a ninjaneer.

Grif
2012-02-26, 06:59 PM
TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

My version of Lyra would love being a Pyro. Or a Spy. :smalltongue:

Also,
*points to spoilered signature below.*

Anarion
2012-02-26, 07:28 PM
TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

I See Thanqol's avvie as a pyro for some reason. Mine would be a spy.

Gamerlord
2012-02-26, 07:53 PM
You know that animator who mentioned the disturbing scene? Two days ago he made another tweet on the subject *Kinda sort of maybe a bit spoiler-y?*
http://twilight.ponychan.net/chan/pony/src/133029937552.png That means either something very heartwarming or very sad probably.
Maybe it's some kind of sloppy make out scene between the bride and groom? Or a member of the mane cast performing a heroic sacrifice? No, that's ridiculous. Gah, I'm starting to think all sorts of crazy theories! I'm starting to wish he never mentioned any of this...

Rebelhero
2012-02-26, 08:02 PM
TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

Sniper or Scout.

Demomare!

Spy/Solider

ummm.... maybe medic?

PhoeKun
2012-02-26, 08:06 PM
TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/09ad7f72284b6b9dff5d2e549c893361/123941%20-%20mic_the_microphone%20Phoe%20tf2.png

Shadowy
2012-02-26, 08:19 PM
TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

My response below:
http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e205/dirtytabs/Stuff_drawn/MLPshadowydragon.gif

otakuryoga
2012-02-26, 08:22 PM
Breath Weapon of Otto's Irresistible Dance.

Then she joins the party in a song and dance number.



"Everybody Wang Chung Tonight" is an acceptable use of the Mass Suggestion spell (anypony get that reference?).

or perhapsone of these... http://youtu.be/NNoQ3MGIzXc
http://youtu.be/PKNrrlyuJXY

-----------------------------------




Hmm. For BG ponies: Lyra & Bon Bon as Heavy & Medic, respectively;
choice influenced perhaps by this?
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/011/3/1/covering_fire_by_paper_pony-d4m290k.gif

-------------------------------------

my cat playing fetch (http://youtu.be/ZV68e3Wqevs)

pictures i finally uploaded of the crochet Fluttershy I had made
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/057/2/4/fluttershy_1_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3d4m.jpg
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/2/8/fluttershy_2_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3dkc.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/e/e/fluttershy_3_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3duy.jpg
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/057/a/a/fluttershy_4_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3e40.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/f/c/fluttershy_5_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3egz.jpg
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/0/b/fluttershy_6_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3esb.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/f/b/fluttershy_7_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3f75.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/057/c/f/fluttershy_8_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3fkk.jpg

I know at least one person was interested in getting one or more made but i wanted to post pics up so you could see her work... she is finishing up my Trixie now(and it looks better since she knew what she was doing after making Fluttershy)
--shoot me a PM...i can either give you her email or you can go through me

also pics of me and my pets..
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/057/0/d/me_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3fu2.jpg
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/5/8/chomper_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r39nb.jpg
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/0/e/jaws_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3b1b.jpg
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/057/1/1/sheba_by_fluttershyworshipper-d4r3bhx.jpg




Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

wasnt sure which you would like more so have 2 giftwrapped things
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSiuRcXmirQ/T0qfdWL0VGI/AAAAAAAAgrI/W-ZERK7MzzQ/s1600/139027+-+artist+Jee+bondage+gift+ribbon+twilight_sparkle.p ng

http://th05.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/f/2012/057/c/0/present_pinkie_by_speccysy-d4r1fd0.png

Kairaven
2012-02-26, 08:37 PM
guys? hey hey guys!

What is friendship all about?

--------------

Anyway this (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/pretty-much-this.html) made me wonder to myself if the show is subliminally making us prone to panic to trivial matters, just like ponies.

That's it! The friendship message is just a cover! The true lesson is;

Possible crisis!?! Um....Panic!?!
"That's your answer for everything!"

------------------

and lastly...hey, guys?

What a wonderful wonder friendship brings.

Pokonic
2012-02-26, 08:41 PM
Okay,everyone, I have a pic request. ASoIaF x ponies, to be precise. Hopefully, there are a few out there.

otakuryoga
2012-02-26, 08:47 PM
Okay,everyone, I have a pic request. ASoIaF x ponies, to be precise. Hopefully, there are a few out there.

ASoIaF? would help to know what that is...

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 08:54 PM
Okay,everyone, I have a pic request. ASoIaF x ponies, to be precise. Hopefully, there are a few out there.

Granted!

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/488a6b1718b8f3816a17a954727346ce/117845%20-%20artist%3Anetcyber%20crossover%20game_of_thrones %20ned_stark%20pinkie_pie%20winter_wrap_up.jpg (fav.me/d4nddul)
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/bb2dd5161db0ae5dee3658f6b52c14e5/52121%20-%20crossover%20game_of_thrones%20Lyra%20sitting%20 sitting_lyra%20winter_wrap_up.jpg (http://furaffinity.net/user/finnishfox)
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/4026af78ca1ce1fce992c24a5e56fd79/26243%20-%20a_song_of_fire_and_ice%20brony%20comic%20crosso ver%20figures%20game_of_thrones%20toys.jpg (http://littledigits.tumblr.com/post/5285616928/behbear-said-khal-drogo-with-a-my-little-pony)
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/948638508409049e610d328e71db6e82/92115%20-%20ask_ruby_pinch%20game_of_thrones%20parody%20rub y_pinch%20sword%20weapon.png (http://askrubypinch.tumblr.com/post/13587271426)

Kairaven
2012-02-26, 08:56 PM
Okay,everyone, I have a pic request. ASoIaF x ponies, to be precise. Hopefully, there are a few out there.

quick google search


http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1c36d94b1eafaa769d02da5f9a2387b7/96692%20-%20Brace_Yourself%20meme%20recolor%20ruby_pinch.jp g
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/4/d/winter_is_coming__admins_by_dream_quill-d4ncflv.png
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/282/6/e/mlp__friendship_is_coming_by_pspynett-d4c9wlr.png

http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/incarbonite/8171777867/1/tumblr_lp1sk1LPzh1qhp23u

and one which references I have no clue about. linked Because of Blood.
http://megan-ferguson.blogspot.com/2011/06/mlp-vs-last-dragon.html

Rebelhero
2012-02-26, 10:10 PM
ASoIaF? would help to know what that is...

I believe its "A Song of Ice and Fire"

Pokonic
2012-02-26, 10:28 PM
I believe its "A Song of Ice and Fire"

Indeed. AGoT is somewhat less used, surprisingly.

Dexam
2012-02-26, 10:59 PM
It was a surprisingly busy weekend for me, so I wasn't able to get online at all, and hence missed The Drama as it went down. Still, my thoughts below.

Dear Princess Celestia,
I have a group of friends who very nearly every week give me wonderful gifts that make me very happy. Just recently, they gave me an extra little something that was completely unexpected and it made me very happy indeed. However, that group of friends has decided, for reasons they haven't explained yet, that the 'extra little something' was given by mistake, and have taken it back. This made me very disappointed that I no longer had this extra little gift; and I felt a little bit sad and even a tiny bit angry.
Then I realized that even though the gift was given by mistake, it does not change that it was given in the first place; and even though I no longer have it, the time that I had to enjoy this gift cannot be taken away. I might still feel a little bit disappointed that this group decided to take the gift back, but being angry at them is the fastest way to lose their friendship. If they no longer consider me their friend, then they may decide to stop bringing me their wonderful gifts every week; and that, dear Princess, would be THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!
Your faithful student, Dexam.

Far too much to reply to, and not enough time to do it right now, so I just say "Happy Successful Completion of Solar Orbit Day" to all the birthday ponies for now. :smallcool:

Kyouhen
2012-02-26, 11:04 PM
It was a surprisingly busy weekend for me, so I wasn't able to get online at all, and hence missed The Drama as it went down. Still, my thoughts below.

Dear Princess Celestia,
I have a group of friends who very nearly every week give me wonderful gifts that make me very happy. Just recently, they gave me an extra little something that was completely unexpected and it made me very happy indeed. However, that group of friends has decided, for reasons they haven't explained yet, that the 'extra little something' was given by mistake, and have taken it back. This made me very disappointed that I no longer had this extra little gift; and I felt a little bit sad and even a tiny bit angry.
Then I realized that even though the gift was given by mistake, it does not change that it was given in the first place; and even though I no longer have it, the time that I had to enjoy this gift cannot be taken away. I might still feel a little bit disappointed that this group decided to take the gift back, but being angry at them is the fastest way to lose their friendship. If they no longer consider me their friend, then they may decide to stop bringing me their wonderful gifts every week; and that, dear Princess, would be THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!
Your faithful student, Dexam.

Far too much to reply to, and not enough time to do it right now, so I just say "Happy Successful Completion of Solar Orbit Day" to all the birthday ponies for now. :smallcool:

Just thought I'd point this out, but Studio B gave us the gift and Hasbro took it. It's more like some friends giving you a gift then some other people vaguely aware of your existence took it away. :smalltongue:

Dexam
2012-02-26, 11:16 PM
Just thought I'd point this out, but Studio B gave us the gift and Hasbro took it. It's more like some friends giving you a gift then some other people vaguely aware of your existence took it away. :smalltongue:

Yes, but Hasbro owns and is ultimately responsible for bringing us MLP:FiM. They provide the funding to Studio B to make the show. As unfortunate as it may be, "the buck" for all things official MLP starts and stops with Hasbro. So I feel that my point still stands, even if the reality of the situation is a little more complicated than stated in my "letter".

As always, your mileage may vary (and usually does).

Draconi Redfir
2012-02-26, 11:36 PM
Anyone seen this? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtUN30QaaMI&feature=g-all-u&context=G2e950f0FAAAAAAAAAAA) Should totally add your voice. (Maayy have a need for female voices though, irdrk.)

MCerberus
2012-02-26, 11:55 PM
Get done with project for today, ready for a real job interview tomorrow. Everything looking good when I set at my comp. Then someone asks me why the ground water pumps stopped making their unholy racket. *facepalm*

Good thing I still have my mom's carpet shampooer borrowed

edit- This water-related situation is distressing, who oh who shall I call upon?

Thanqol
2012-02-27, 12:07 AM
edit- This water-related situation is distressing, who oh who shall I call upon?

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj1viyX3KJ1qiam50o1_400.jpg

erikun
2012-02-27, 12:10 AM
Happy birthday, Erikun! Hope it's filled with fun and ponies and fun ponies! Or griffins (griffuns?)! Or BOTH!

Happy Birthday, Erikun! I got you diabeetus!
Happy Birthday Erikun!
and Happy birthday!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJt7A7y8rjY)
Happy B-day Erikun!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, Erikun! :smallsmile:
wasnt sure which you would like more so have 2 giftwrapped things
Yay, birthday gifts!
*goes crazy with all the giftings, and tries to take ALL THE GRIFFINS*
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/361/d/c/a_wild_gilda_appeared_by_dmn666-d4key30.png (http://dmn666.deviantart.com/art/A-Wild-Gilda-Appeared-276154380)

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/049/3/d/aerial_duel_by_lunarapologist-d4q6tkg.jpg (http://lunarapologist.deviantart.com/art/Aerial-Duel-285852976)

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/289/a/0/aerial_skirmish_by_equestria_prevails-d4d1tp3.jpg (http://equestria-prevails.deviantart.com/art/Aerial-Skirmish-263784855)

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/016/d/b/gawdyna_grimfeathers_by_felixattchar-d4mklfq.png (http://felixattchar.deviantart.com/art/Gawdyna-Grimfeathers-279777158)

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/281/d/5/marshall_rhosus_by_equestria_prevails-d4c33z5.jpg (http://equestria-prevails.deviantart.com/art/Marshall-Rhosus-262165217)

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/47d871b874aa972ebc39f8f55da267fc/71271

large
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m3hK_Pz2Fxg/TjefUvLvLnI/AAAAAAAABuc/rIR5ENV3Rg4/s1600/MentarOCgriffin.png

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/043/5/1/mlp_oc___serenity_by_ethaes-d4i9c09.png (http://ethaes.deviantart.com/art/MLP-OC-Serenity-272533257)

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/6/1/sparkler_duel_by_flak_k-d4nmi2s.jpg (http://flak-k.deviantart.com/art/Sparkler-Duel-281545732)

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/022/8/5/a_derp_of_bad_luck_by_csimadmax-d4nalmy.png (http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/a-derp-of-bad-luck-280990474)
*then realizes his birthday has been over for several minutes, and so given them all back* :(

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 12:18 AM
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj1viyX3KJ1qiam50o1_400.jpg

If that weren't the one example of an acceptable Aquaman you'd be in trouble.

the_druid_droid
2012-02-27, 12:35 AM
Hmm, kind of a funk lately so I'm afraid I've skipped a few pages. I do see it was Erikun's birthday, so happy birthday!

Hopefully, I'll get back to being more functional soon...

Rebelhero
2012-02-27, 12:43 AM
So the brains here went and got himself a... "tumblr"? What it is, i have no idea... But hes looking for ask blogs or any sources of awesome pony to follow.

Hes currently following Ask Surprise and Derpy Replies.

Zevox
2012-02-27, 12:52 AM
So the brains here went and got himself a... "tumblr"? What it is, i have no idea... But hes looking for ask blogs or any sources of awesome pony to follow.

Hes currently following Ask Surprise and Derpy Replies.
Ask Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie (http://askfluttershyandpinkiepie.tumblr.com/). It is raw cute. Also, it's the source of the "ponies with juiceboxes" meme.

Zevox

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 01:17 AM
In less Sho-Be-Do (shoo-shoo-be-do) related news, I'm having difficulty imagining if I'm one of ponythread's spies or pyros.

Excession
2012-02-27, 02:22 AM
So the brains here went and got himself a... "tumblr"? What it is, i have no idea... But hes looking for ask blogs or any sources of awesome pony to follow.

Hes currently following Ask Surprise and Derpy Replies.

Ask Octavia (http://askoctavia.tumblr.com/)
Ask the Pie Sisters (http://askthepiesisters.tumblr.com/)
Ask Dr. Adorable (http://ask-dr-adorable.tumblr.com/)

otakuryoga
2012-02-27, 03:01 AM
So the brains here went and got himself a... "tumblr"? What it is, i have no idea... But hes looking for ask blogs or any sources of awesome pony to follow.

Hes currently following Ask Surprise and Derpy Replies.

http://ask-trixie.tumblr.com/

http://askcaptainpipsqueak.tumblr.com/

http://youmightbeabronyif.tumblr.com/

Nameless
2012-02-27, 03:52 AM
Also, I'm a year older today. Yay?

I'm so happy for you! I could just... I could just scream!
http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/6a/FANMADE_fluttershy-yay.jpg

Happy Birthday. :3

~

I haven't had to chance to watch the new episode yet, however, my brother did get me a Rainbow Dash.

http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/6a/FANMADE_fluttershy-yay.jpg

grimbold
2012-02-27, 07:53 AM
I'm so happy for you! I could just... I could just scream!
http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/6a/FANMADE_fluttershy-yay.jpg

Happy Birthday. :3

~

I haven't had to chance to watch the new episode yet, however, my brother did get me a Rainbow Dash.

http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/6/6a/FANMADE_fluttershy-yay.jpg
nameless
you so silly :p

Terry576
2012-02-27, 08:15 AM
Okay so I am here for a singular silly purpose!

Phoe do you know that guy who makes all the prettyful glow wallpapers? I ask because he mentioned your name in his images at one point

AND NOW BACK TO NEVER POSTING HERE EVERRRR

DigoDragon
2012-02-27, 08:31 AM
[color="#660066"]Granted!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/4026af78ca1ce1fce992c24a5e56fd79/26243%20-%20a_song_of_fire_and_ice%20brony%20comic%20crosso ver%20figures%20game_of_thrones%20toys.jpg (http://littledigits.tumblr.com/post/5285616928/behbear-said-khal-drogo-with-a-my-little-pony)


LOL, that is *SO* the reaction my wife gets when she sees me teaching my daughter how to comb the hair on all the MLPs my daughter has (About 14 of them).
Seriously man, it's therapudic. :smallredface:

Grif
2012-02-27, 08:44 AM
http://ask-twilightsparkle.tumblr.com/

Best Twilight tumblr ever. :smallwink:

Mynxae
2012-02-27, 08:51 AM
Remember everyone..

She's an evil ENCHANTRESS! She does evil DANCES! If you look deep into her EYES she will put you in TRANCES! What will she do, she'll mix up an evil BREW, and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty STEW! SOOOOO.. WATCH OUT!

:3 My favourite episode.

erikun
2012-02-27, 12:00 PM
So the brains here went and got himself a... "tumblr"? What it is, i have no idea... But hes looking for ask blogs or any sources of awesome pony to follow.

Hes currently following Ask Surprise and Derpy Replies.
Some of these are no doubt repeats, but I thought I'd make sure to cover all the ones I follow occasionally.
http://ask-thecrusaders.tumblr.com/
http://ask-diane-pie.tumblr.com/
http://ask-dr-adorable.tumblr.com/
http://askthekittens.tumblr.com/
http://askoctavia.tumblr.com/
http://askthepiesisters.tumblr.com/
http://ask-twilightsparkle.tumblr.com/
http://twilightunbound.tumblr.com/


Okay so I am here for a singular silly purpose!

Phoe do you know that guy who makes all the prettyful glow wallpapers? I ask because he mentioned your name in his images at one point

AND NOW BACK TO NEVER POSTING HERE EVERRRR
Welcome to the thread! Even if you won't be staying long.


Remember everyone..

She's an evil ENCHANTRESS! She does evil DANCES! If you look deep into her EYES she will put you in TRANCES! What will she do, she'll mix up an evil BREW, and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty STEW! SOOOOO.. WATCH OUT!

:3 My favourite episode.
This is for you. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtUmIfN9iW8)

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-27, 12:14 PM
Good ask blogs you say? I may know a few:

Ask Surprise (http://asksurprise.tumblr.com/)
Carrot Top's Garden (http://carrot-tops-garden.tumblr.com/)
Ask That Scootaloo (http://thatscootaloo.tumblr.com/)
Ask Chocolate Pony (http://chocolatepony.tumblr.com/)
Ask Doctor Colgate (http://ask-doctorcolgate.tumblr.com/)
Ask Posey (http://ask-posey.tumblr.com/)
Ask Filly Twilight (http://ask-fillytwilight.tumblr.com/)
Ask the Flower Trio (http://asktheflowertrio.tumblr.com/)
Ask Pia Ikea (http://askikeapony.tumblr.com/)
Ask Hotblooded Pinkie (http://askhotbloodedpinkie.tumblr.com/)
Ask Stalkerloo (http://askstalkerloo.tumblr.com/)
Ask a Hobo Pony (http://askahobopony.tumblr.com/)

Terry576
2012-02-27, 12:52 PM
Please I just hardcore lurk and occasionally post terrible fanfiction. :smalltongue:

Like that TTGL/MLP thing I was thinking about for a while. And like a twisted set of morals, I dropped it because I mentioned it elsewhere

Rule Number 1 of writing anything:

Never mention you are writing something to anyone you know. It means you will never finish it ever.

Forum Explorer
2012-02-27, 12:58 PM
Well that was a fun break. Though I fell behind on ponythread and missed 9 pages or so.


By the way, Happy Belated Birthday erikun! :smallbiggrin:

Kairaven
2012-02-27, 01:14 PM
I am saddened that all the tumblr mentions did not include Woona (http://woonastuck.tumblr.com/).

Athaniar
2012-02-27, 01:18 PM
So the brains here went and got himself a... "tumblr"? What it is, i have no idea... But hes looking for ask blogs or any sources of awesome pony to follow.

Hes currently following Ask Surprise and Derpy Replies.
In addition to those already mentioned, there are also Eris Void (http://erisvoid.tumblr.com/) (By SpeccySY, though it hasn't updated lately) and ASK HOTBLOODED PINKIE (http://askhotbloodedpinkie.tumblr.com/) (ALLCAPS required).

(Of the others mentioned I follow Pinkie/Fluttershy and Pia Ikea)

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-27, 01:48 PM
I am saddened that all the tumblr mentions did not include Woona (http://woonastuck.tumblr.com/).

I am equally saddened that I forgot to mention it. Woonastuck will likely be the adorable death of me someday.

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 01:59 PM
I am saddened that all the tumblr mentions did not include Woona (http://woonastuck.tumblr.com/).

My pancreas is plotting to kill you before it dies now.

Anarion
2012-02-27, 02:11 PM
http://youmightbeabronyif.tumblr.com/

And now I want to see if we can pull off an hour-long conversation using nothing by Kyrospawn videos. Although, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paRPLtmbwHY&feature=related


My pancreas is plotting to kill you before it dies now.

I'd be impressed if your pancreas could pull off a murder plot in less than 45 seconds.

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 02:28 PM
I'd be impressed if your pancreas could pull off a murder plot in less than 45 seconds.

Well this is the thread where the joke setup "A chicken, a dictionary, and a pony walk into a statue," ends with the near destruction of civilization.

Pokonic
2012-02-27, 02:54 PM
Well this is the thread where the joke setup "A chicken, a dictionary, and a pony walk into a statue," ends with the near destruction of civilization.

Hey now, that there chicken is deadly.

otakuryoga
2012-02-27, 03:04 PM
Well this is the thread where the joke setup "A chicken, a dictionary, and a pony walk into a statue," ends with the near destruction of civilization.


Hey now, that there chicken is deadly.

you both seem to be forgetting...she was a Dodo, not a chicken at that time

Kairaven
2012-02-27, 03:41 PM
it's not everyday that one has body parts vying for one's death.

Anyway, some important dates:

March 1st - Derpy day
March 19th - Winter Wrap Up day (20th is first day of Spring)
June 20th - Summer Sun Celebration (Stay up all night on the night of the 19th)

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-27, 03:57 PM
choice influenced perhaps by this?
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/011/3/1/covering_fire_by_paper_pony-d4m290k.gif
Actually no, I was thinking more of the fact that Heavy and Medic always seem to team up, but yeah, that works pretty well.


Remember everyone..

She's an evil ENCHANTRESS! She does evil DANCES! If you look deep into her EYES she will put you in TRANCES! What will she do, she'll mix up an evil BREW, and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty STEW! SOOOOO.. WATCH OUT!

:3 My favourite episode.
Hm, I don't recognise you, are you new?

*GASP* http://www.canterlot.com/public/style_emoticons/default/icon_e_surprised.gif

You need welcoming!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/eede1d8f1abe2cf860c902818c54beda/112059%20-%20animated%20pinkie_pie.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/5497d7fa9e7d1e47bfb3f391ea28bb9f/106459%20-%20caption%20fluttershy%20Hubble%20rainbow_dash%20 roflbot%20welcome_to_the_herd.jpg

RdMarquis
2012-02-27, 04:22 PM
And now I want to see if we can pull off an hour-long conversation using nothing by Kyrospawn videos. Although, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paRPLtmbwHY&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz7evYnEA5c&feature=plcp&context=C3c19c56UDOEgsToPDskJxrPiFNpiXb_33O0mkgjyd

Gamerlord
2012-02-27, 04:24 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tz7evYnEA5c&feature=plcp&context=C3c19c56UDOEgsToPDskJxrPiFNpiXb_33O0mkgjyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5UShyDku6g&feature=related

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 04:25 PM
you both seem to be forgetting...she was a Dodo, not a chicken at that time

The mighty shapeshifting chicken is known far and wide. The forests echo with the hunting call, "Scootaloo! Scoot scootaloo!"

RdMarquis
2012-02-27, 04:29 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5UShyDku6g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Azz-6oT08c&feature=plcp&context=C3fc3e8bUDOEgsToPDskLjBbgYYvU306DAtjtuY5vj

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 04:38 PM
A pondering: what did Twilight do to gain such terrible karma?

Studying a natural phenomenon localized in nearby pink pony: 50 broken bones and a concussion

Leave friends unattended for 5 minutes to hang out with idol: Destruction of ballroom

Throw party for surrogate brother: half of town destroyed

Make book recommendation: friend goes off deep end and commits criminal acts

Try to share interest in history with younger generation: Mind-control love potion

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-27, 04:40 PM
Oh, by the way guys, the second My Little Pony Heal/Hurt game (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234226) has now started!

For those of you who missed the end of the last game, Fluttershy was crowned the winner, with Scootaloo in 2nd place and Twilight in 3rd, narrowly beating Rainbow Dash.

And on an unrelated note, it's time for an animated image dump!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8a73249f18de969f5fb8e95fc4910208/138679%20-%20animated%20animated_gif%20artist%3ATooneyD%20as k%20ask_blog%20ask_derpy_hooves%20derpy%20derpy_ho oves%20dexterous_hooves%20gif%20leotard.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1296e466040e3bb0370dce49999a24ea/135178%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttershy%20racc oon%20super_mario_3D_land%20super_mario_bros.%20Su per_Mario_Bros_3%20Super_mario_brothers_3%20tanook i_suit.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/4f872d104e12eaded04afa43472d7c33/139726%20-%20animated%20artist%3Abrisky%20derpy_hooves%20wav e.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/e7cbdc5f61aa9101faee325546dc18dc/133123%20-%20animated%20fluttershy%20pinkie_pie.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/db804b46c84fff1fec48cecf1f9b623b/139304%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttershy.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/121004246e4f5b94ef0b916d9d46022b/138877%20-%20angry%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttersh y.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/11a33e5fbc023d480cb39dd154e00557/136958%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20box%20fluttershy. gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/993098793800ba86d7718a26046939f2/131228%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20crying%20flutters hy%20haruhi_suzumiya%20Mikuru_Asahina%20squee.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d1c378633cd9dd1f858902ce276cac98/134754%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20filly%20fluttersh y.gif

Zevox
2012-02-27, 04:57 PM
Oh, by the way guys, the second My Little Pony Heal/Hurt game (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234226) has now started!

For those of you who missed the end of the last game, Fluttershy was crowned the winner, with Scootaloo in 2nd place and Twilight in 3rd, narrowly beating Rainbow Dash.
Rainbow was in the finals :smallconfused: ? After I left, I figured she was doomed. So very sad that Scootaloo made it that far though. The one target I failed to finish off...

Don't think I'll be rejoining at this point though. I'm better off not giving it the chance to get to me again.

Zevox

Eakin
2012-02-27, 04:58 PM
March 1st - Derpy day
March 19th - Winter Wrap Up day (20th is first day of Spring)
June 20th - Summer Sun Celebration (Stay up all night on the night of the 19th)
Don't forget Hearth's Warming Eve and May 3rd, Pinkie's birthday


And now I want to see if we can pull off an hour-long conversation using nothing by Kyrospawn videos. Although, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paRPLtmbwHY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMjFsPXcezM



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Azz-6oT08c&feature=plcp&context=C3fc3e8bUDOEgsToPDskLjBbgYYvU306DAtjtuY5vj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgYIYCJxrbY

Sean Mirrsen
2012-02-27, 05:00 PM
A pondering: what did Twilight do to gain such terrible karma?

Studying a natural phenomenon localized in nearby pink pony: 50 broken bones and a concussion

Leave friends unattended for 5 minutes to hang out with idol: Destruction of ballroom

Throw party for surrogate brother: half of town destroyed

Make book recommendation: friend goes off deep end and commits criminal acts

Try to share interest in history with younger generation: Mind-control love potionShe's the protagonist. Aka disaster magnet. If nothing interesting happened around the protagonist, it'd be a boring story.

Oh, and Zevox, I do hope you'll rejoin. We no longer be killin' anybody.
(well, I am not. >_>)

Anarion
2012-02-27, 05:03 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Azz-6oT08c&feature=plcp&context=C3fc3e8bUDOEgsToPDskLjBbgYYvU306DAtjtuY5vj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6cC1hWagP4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXt1AylGdFchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXt1AylGdFc


A pondering: what did Twilight do to gain such terrible karma?

Studying a natural phenomenon localized in nearby pink pony: 50 broken bones and a concussion

Leave friends unattended for 5 minutes to hang out with idol: Destruction of ballroom

Throw party for surrogate brother: half of town destroyed

Make book recommendation: friend goes off deep end and commits criminal acts

Try to share interest in history with younger generation: Mind-control love potion

It's because she's funny when she gets annoyed. Basically, if you're in a television program and your personality is such that a constant state of frustration amuses the audience, you're the universe's whipping boy.


Oh, by the way guys, the second My Little Pony Heal/Hurt game (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234226) has now started!

For those of you who missed the end of the last game, Fluttershy was crowned the winner, with Scootaloo in 2nd place and Twilight in 3rd, narrowly beating Rainbow Dash.

And on an unrelated note, it's time for an animated image dump!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8a73249f18de969f5fb8e95fc4910208/138679%20-%20animated%20animated_gif%20artist%3ATooneyD%20as k%20ask_blog%20ask_derpy_hooves%20derpy%20derpy_ho oves%20dexterous_hooves%20gif%20leotard.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1296e466040e3bb0370dce49999a24ea/135178%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttershy%20racc oon%20super_mario_3D_land%20super_mario_bros.%20Su per_Mario_Bros_3%20Super_mario_brothers_3%20tanook i_suit.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/4f872d104e12eaded04afa43472d7c33/139726%20-%20animated%20artist%3Abrisky%20derpy_hooves%20wav e.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/e7cbdc5f61aa9101faee325546dc18dc/133123%20-%20animated%20fluttershy%20pinkie_pie.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/db804b46c84fff1fec48cecf1f9b623b/139304%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttershy.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/121004246e4f5b94ef0b916d9d46022b/138877%20-%20angry%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttersh y.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/11a33e5fbc023d480cb39dd154e00557/136958%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20box%20fluttershy. gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/993098793800ba86d7718a26046939f2/131228%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20crying%20flutters hy%20haruhi_suzumiya%20Mikuru_Asahina%20squee.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/d1c378633cd9dd1f858902ce276cac98/134754%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20filly%20fluttersh y.gif

Fluttershy in a Tanooki suit!
Fluttershy in a Tanooki suit!

BlasTech
2012-02-27, 05:31 PM
Rainbow was in the finals :smallconfused: ? After I left, I figured she was doomed. So very sad that Scootaloo made it that far though. The one target I failed to finish off...

Don't think I'll be rejoining at this point though. I'm better off not giving it the chance to get to me again.

Zevox

Rainbow ended up nuking Pinkie Pie with a rainbomb, ending the main challenger to her spot in the finals.

It was very dramatic ^^

Thanqol
2012-02-27, 05:33 PM
Rule Number 1 of writing anything:

Never mention you are writing something to anyone you know. It means you will never finish it ever.

Oh, good gracious yes. My genius ideas never sound as dumb as when I'm trying to explain them.

Also, if you haven't sent a letter to a stranger (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/derpy-day-means-operation.html#c1865478441184824208) yet and you'd like to, today's pretty much the last day before I get 'em printed. C'mon, I'm five letters off 100, give me a hoof here.

RdMarquis
2012-02-27, 05:53 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgYIYCJxrbY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQQdSffqtQ&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6cC1hWagP4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXt1AylGdFchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXt1AylGdFc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saz6ICOfO1Y&feature=plcp&context=C3fcf72eUDOEgsToPDskLs95bEU4t4gIaVrCtFPb9E


Rule Number 1 of writing anything:

Never mention you are writing something to anyone you know. It means you will never finish it ever.

:smallsigh: I don't know how that works, but it really does.

Kyouhen
2012-02-27, 06:05 PM
Well this is the thread where the joke setup "A chicken, a dictionary, and a pony in a bunny suit walk into a statue," ends with the near destruction of civilization.

I fixed that for you. :smalltongue:

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-27, 06:07 PM
Also, if you haven't sent a letter to a stranger (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/derpy-day-means-operation.html#c1865478441184824208) yet and you'd like to, today's pretty much the last day before I get 'em printed. C'mon, I'm five letters off 100, give me a hoof here.

I should be able to get one written tonight, but I can't promise anything. It's finals week here and...it's been a little rough. Thankfully, less than a week to go.

Telling Story Ideas: A good idea wall, somepony you can bounce stuff off of, is invaluable. They are the ones you explain the idea to, they tell you what they like, what needs improving, new things to maybe add, etc. Without them, I wouldn't have written my first fic, and the one that I'm currently (slowly) working on would be far worse off.

Kairaven
2012-02-27, 06:18 PM
Don't forget Hearth's Warming Eve and May 3rd, Pinkie's birthday


well, Hearth warming is over already and how did we determine Pinkie's Birthday?

Anarion
2012-02-27, 06:23 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQQQdSffqtQ&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saz6ICOfO1Y&feature=plcp&context=C3fcf72eUDOEgsToPDskLs95bEU4t4gIaVrCtFPb9E


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRoO_bera0&feature=related


Oh, good gracious yes. My genius ideas never sound as dumb as when I'm trying to explain them.

Also, if you haven't sent a letter to a stranger (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/derpy-day-means-operation.html#c1865478441184824208) yet and you'd like to, today's pretty much the last day before I get 'em printed. C'mon, I'm five letters off 100, give me a hoof here.

/unabashed ego stroking. Did you like mine? /end unabashed ego stroking


I should be able to get one written tonight, but I can't promise anything. It's finals week here and...it's been a little rough. Thankfully, less than a week to go.

Telling Story Ideas: A good idea wall, somepony you can bounce stuff off of, is invaluable. They are the ones you explain the idea to, they tell you what they like, what needs improving, new things to maybe add, etc. Without them, I wouldn't have written my first fic, and the one that I'm currently (slowly) working on would be far worse off.

I suggest that if you tell someone else that you're writing something, you also puff yourself up and tell them with absolute confidence that you'll have it done by [insert reasonable date here]. Then whenever they ask about it, keep on assuring them that you'll get it done by [reasonable date]. Eventually, social shame will get you to actually write something the night before [reasonable date].

Thanqol
2012-02-27, 06:32 PM
/unabashed ego stroking. Did you like mine? /end unabashed ego stroking

Yes! Though my favourite is unquestionably and undeniably this one:


Hello, stranger. I don't know who you are, where you are, or what species you are. You could even be a human. Or a dragon. But

That's the complete text of the letter. Isn't it beautiful? :smallbiggrin:


I suggest that if you tell someone else that you're writing something, you also puff yourself up and tell them with absolute confidence that you'll have it done by [insert reasonable date here]. Then whenever they ask about it, keep on assuring them that you'll get it done by [reasonable date]. Eventually, social shame will get you to actually write something the night before [reasonable date].

This is truth. Writing's a lot about hypnotising yourself and understanding how to manipulate myself. For me, if I make something public I'm insanely compelled to finish it, which is why I like posting stories in snippets.

Eakin
2012-02-27, 06:57 PM
well, Hearth warming is over already and how did we determine Pinkie's Birthday?

This aired on February 18th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xev0qEy6Xcw)

Rebelhero
2012-02-27, 07:09 PM
Ask Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie (http://askfluttershyandpinkiepie.tumblr.com/). It is raw cute. Also, it's the source of the "ponies with juiceboxes" meme.

Zevox


Ask Octavia (http://askoctavia.tumblr.com/)
Ask the Pie Sisters (http://askthepiesisters.tumblr.com/)
Ask Dr. Adorable (http://ask-dr-adorable.tumblr.com/)


http://ask-twilightsparkle.tumblr.com/

Best Twilight tumblr ever. :smallwink:

oh damn! Thats a lot of ponies....


Remember everyone..

She's an evil ENCHANTRESS! She does evil DANCES! If you look deep into her EYES she will put you in TRANCES! What will she do, she'll mix up an evil BREW, and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty STEW! SOOOOO.. WATCH OUT!

:3 My favourite episode.

One of rebels faves also. Wait a second... i recognize that dress...

ITS ANNIE! STUN HER! STUN HER!


Some of these are no doubt repeats, but I thought I'd make sure to cover all the ones I follow occasionally.
http://ask-thecrusaders.tumblr.com/
http://ask-diane-pie.tumblr.com/
http://ask-dr-adorable.tumblr.com/
http://askthekittens.tumblr.com/
http://askoctavia.tumblr.com/
http://askthepiesisters.tumblr.com/
http://ask-twilightsparkle.tumblr.com/
http://twilightunbound.tumblr.com/





Good ask blogs you say? I may know a few:

Ask Surprise (http://asksurprise.tumblr.com/)
Carrot Top's Garden (http://carrot-tops-garden.tumblr.com/)
Ask That Scootaloo (http://thatscootaloo.tumblr.com/)
Ask Chocolate Pony (http://chocolatepony.tumblr.com/)
Ask Doctor Colgate (http://ask-doctorcolgate.tumblr.com/)
Ask Posey (http://ask-posey.tumblr.com/)
Ask Filly Twilight (http://ask-fillytwilight.tumblr.com/)
Ask the Flower Trio (http://asktheflowertrio.tumblr.com/)
Ask Pia Ikea (http://askikeapony.tumblr.com/)
Ask Hotblooded Pinkie (http://askhotbloodedpinkie.tumblr.com/)
Ask Stalkerloo (http://askstalkerloo.tumblr.com/)
Ask a Hobo Pony (http://askahobopony.tumblr.com/)


In addition to those already mentioned, there are also Eris Void (http://erisvoid.tumblr.com/) (By SpeccySY, though it hasn't updated lately) and ASK HOTBLOODED PINKIE (http://askhotbloodedpinkie.tumblr.com/) (ALLCAPS required).

(Of the others mentioned I follow Pinkie/Fluttershy and Pia Ikea)

So....many...ponies...

Tiki Snakes
2012-02-27, 07:10 PM
A pondering: what did Twilight do to gain such terrible karma?

That sounds like the kind of question that begs to start a fanfic.

Kairaven
2012-02-27, 07:12 PM
This aired on February 18th (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xev0qEy6Xcw)

Party of One - aired 2011-04-29

Feb 18 + 75 days = May 3rd on leap years or May 4th on non-leap years

close enough...

Pinkie's Birthday, between Apr 30th ~ May 4th
Gummy's Birthday, Between Apr 29th ~ May 3rd

Pokonic
2012-02-27, 07:54 PM
That sounds like the kind of question that begs to start a fanfic.

Up there with "Where did Gilda end up after her fall-out with Dash" and "Whats on the other side of the Everfree?"

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 07:59 PM
Up there with "Where did Gilda end up after her fall-out with Dash" and "Whats on the other side of the Everfree?"

Planning revenge and The Land of Ooo respectively.

edit- tomorrow is Tuesday, which means waiting for callbacks YAY
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/murderouseagle/ponymote/omgpony/dashball.gif

Anarion
2012-02-27, 08:04 PM
Up there with "Where did Gilda end up after her fall-out with Dash" and "Whats on the other side of the Everfree?"

Turtles. Turtles all the way down.


Planning revenge and The Land of Ooo respectively.

edit- tomorrow is Tuesday, which means waiting for callbacks YAY
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/murderouseagle/ponymote/omgpony/dashball.gif

I've lived through that one. Make sure your voicemail has a clear, professional message on it.

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 08:09 PM
I've lived through that one. Make sure your voicemail has a clear, professional message on it.

I've got it covered, my email contains my last name and first initial, my voicemail is the default Sprint voicemail thing where you just say your name, and my facebook is scubbed so clean that I don't even log into it to ruin its 'not ruin me' perfectness.

Pokonic
2012-02-27, 08:33 PM
Planning revenge and The Land of Ooo respectively.



The later is untrue. It is apperently Care-A-Lot. The Ursas are there as a warning.

Ooo's another continents , silly!:smalltongue:

RdMarquis
2012-02-27, 09:59 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPRoO_bera0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3wKULMllZw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPAuS3bfOzU&feature=plcp&context=C3fc3e8bUDOEgsToPDskLjBbgYYvU306DAtjtuY5vj

the_druid_droid
2012-02-27, 10:02 PM
Oh, by the way guys, the second My Little Pony Heal/Hurt game (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234226) has now started!

For those of you who missed the end of the last game, Fluttershy was crowned the winner, with Scootaloo in 2nd place and Twilight in 3rd, narrowly beating Rainbow Dash.

And on an unrelated note, it's time for an animated image dump!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8a73249f18de969f5fb8e95fc4910208/138679%20-%20animated%20animated_gif%20artist%3ATooneyD%20as k%20ask_blog%20ask_derpy_hooves%20derpy%20derpy_ho oves%20dexterous_hooves%20gif%20leotard.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/1296e466040e3bb0370dce49999a24ea/135178%20-%20animated%20artist%3Axilefti%20fluttershy%20racc oon%20super_mario_3D_land%20super_mario_bros.%20Su per_Mario_Bros_3%20Super_mario_brothers_3%20tanook i_suit.gif

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Tanooki Fluttershy nearly killed me...

...soooo cute...

Selpharia
2012-02-27, 10:10 PM
edit- tomorrow is Tuesday, which means waiting for callbacks YAY
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s168/murderouseagle/ponymote/omgpony/dashball.gif

Oooh, is it harrowing phone-related story time? I have one!

You see, I speak some Japanese, like some as in, simple conversations, some extra topics and minorly complex sentences are pretty much fine, so long as things don't get too ridiculous or esoteric. Unfortunately, my boss has taken this to mean- "is functionally native Japanese" and I got stuck being on call for problems in our company's Japanese operations last weekend. This means twelve straight hours on both Saturday and Sunday dreading that my phone would ring and I would then be called upon to explain a difficult technical problem that had caused one or more server deaths to a random Japanese man I have never met at 3 in the morning, his time.

It was so horrible, I don't think a day has ever moved so slowly in my entire life. And of course, the one time I did get called, I was so nervous, I threw politeness, the essential glue of social harmony, out the window and, in my haste to get things over with, proceeded to trample this poor man's meticulously perfect Japanese garden of righteous conduct with my muddy rhetorical gaijin shoes of improper manners +5. I get the problem solved, but I felt so bad realizing how boorish and impolite I had been that I wanted to curl up into a ball and cry for the remainder of the weekend.

So...um...yeah

This wasn't really harrowing phone-related story time, was it?

SiuiS
2012-02-27, 11:03 PM
Failure is Awesome has already been mentioned, but I have a small accumulation of tabletop RPGs that have been proposed for FiM:

Pony Tales (http://catspaw-dtp-services.deviantart.com/gallery/32801780), based on Open D6.
The Savage World of MLP:FiM (http://giftkrieg23.deviantart.com/art/Savage-World-of-MLP-FiM-202882708?).
My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic the Roleplaying Game (https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B2zrjqXYhlMcN2Q0M2VmNmMtY2I4Mi00YjA1LTg3NDc tYzQ2ZGZiMDQ3ZGFk&hl=en_US&pli=1), an original system.
Don't Rest Your Hooves (http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Don%27t_Rest_Your_Hooves), which intrigues me mightily.
Friendship is FATE (https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1PX7R81aQyH_HoJ7_tfOMhivgoh5T3tOgzgSXyZMWlQ g).
Ponies for D&D 4e (http://tradwiki.foxxtrot.net/index.php?title=Pony).
And finally, the Friendship is Magic Tabletop RPG (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=192468) thread from these own forums.

Sweet.

This post?
This post is in my bookmarks.


Lixie, you're looking different today... New haircut?

Nah, it's the skirt.
I told you the knife pleats were flattering!



Rewatched new episode today. Fridge Brilliance:

So, obviously Cranky is named after Yankee Doodle Dandy

His true love's name is Matilda.

They met at a gigantic, upper class party and hit it off.

They probably danced. I wouldn't be surprised if they waltzed.

Waltzing Matilda (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwvazMc5EfE) & Yankee Doodle Dandy

BRILLIANT!
[/SPOILER]

*facehoof* how did I miss that?!


10/10 would be trolled again.

Also, met a random brony in English class. Aw yea.

Sweet. Those moments of subtle understanding are always nice.


Re A Friend in Deed
Are the opening 20 seconds of this episode (i.e. up till she says "Let's do this.") the first time we've seen the interior of Pinkie Pie's bedroom?

I thought it was, myself. I was actually worried that they would set Pinkie up to be trying to feel the burn, rather than just acknowledging said burn. Would have done weird things to her presentation for her to need to fight some pudge, so I was distracted by mild confusion and distress.


Wait, what's wrong with using till (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/till) as a preposition/conjunction instead of until?

Oh Celestia thank you.
I've been trying to figure out the proper spelling forEVER. Till looked off; but 'til registered funny in like, every software I've tried it in.


And no for something competly different
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/051/2/a/my_little____what__by_doomy_san-d4qbw3p.png

Wow, Pinkie is blooming perfect! And Spike ain't so bad himself. Some of them though, I ain't buyin' it.


Oh yes, and thank you for this. I'm less unhappy with it than I was on reflection. At some point I'm going to do some long form poetry but uni's started and my workload's just gone up sharply.

Plus, so far, the competition I've read is really weak. Lack of proper spelling and capitalisation weak.

Well, yeah. That's what most folks call "fan fiction". Remember, most of the fan fiction you folks put out so casually, is called art most everywhere else.

I am proud to be able to sit here and watch the bar slowly rise, too. And I'm glad I took the time to actually read one of the links so casually tossed about, or I'd never have started reading fan fiction myself.


Hey everyone!

THIS DONKEY IS REALLY REALLY BALD! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNRW7symN-I)

Jahkaivah! That's just rude!


First, i find your method of judging flawed. But I guess it's not going to get much better since there's not really any other way to look at it.

Second, the CMC's song was SUPPOSED to be awful. That was the point.

Third, I still hate Smile. I hate it with a passion. It was put in awkwardly, it's name is stupid (less important but still), it's a pain to listen to and it tells us nothing we don't already know - Pinkie pie likes to be silly. Pinkie already sang way too much but at least she was usually called out on it. (It was a minor thing but I liked Giggle at the Ghosties in large part because nopony joined in with pinkie until AFTER the first face disappeared)

I'm going to pass this one By, and just say I agree with Phoe on differentiating between giving an opinion, and stating a fact.


relevant....
http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/052/6/4/trixie_consulting_unicorn__a_study_in_pinkie_by_pi xelkitties-d4qffwh.png

Is that... Why does Trixie have that?


a more likely hearts and hooves scenario...
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/049/9/5/what_has_been_seen____by_myminiatureequine-d4q4c30.png

The sweetie belle is adorable.


that argument might work if the rest of the series didnt exist.*

*looks at garrote and baby seal club* i may be crazy regardless.


Happy Meal Report!

Sadly, my sources tell me that they still are on the star wars toys. We must wait just a bit longer yet. Hold strong!

Yeah, that's right. Sources! :p

GRAH! I can't scare the folks at McDonald's if there is nothing to by from them while smiling creepily. You gotta work with me, Micky D!


tank.
he's a helicopter turtle. does more need to be said?

More does not, sir.


Bah, go with Ghouldom. Adventurers dont try to break into your house and steal your stuff if you dont flaunt your spell-levels.

Yeah, they just grind you between important quests :smalltongue:

Actually, that was one of my irrational childhood fears, that something was always going to be better than me and at cross purposes. Reading old D&D books made me panic because a caster four levels higher could always dispel your stuff, and there was always someone at least 4 levels higher out there, and... Well, weirdest reason to hyperventilate I could think of.


And I just got here. :smallfrown:

You did just got here! But more important, you'll stay, right?


Um... hello?

I hear this is the place to go if you like ponies around here. I like ponies, so am I in the right place?

You are! This is the right place for pony liking.

Here! This is for you two;


http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/06c7d0d2105a1314ea928cadd5a55a09/7961%20-%20animated%20jumping%20scootaloo.gif
http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg143/scaled.php?server=143&filename=130690582868.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=480
http://arch.413chan.net/1288640640381.png
http://i1205.photobucket.com/albums/bb426/AwesomeHolzy/Welcome-to-the-Herd.gif
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/LordRyu/bronies/index.php.jpg
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/0da1a106ff7923e0fb2630d06310c636/12549%20-%20macro%20scootaloo.jpg



>> Le watching Mane 6 demo
>> Le roommate appears! "Hey check out this webcomic!"
>> Le Fluttershy preview while tabbed out

FFFFFFffffffffffff--

Well, at least the repost will be more stable/watchable.

DDDD:

I missed fluttershy?! *digs through live stream archives*


Well you might've dislocated his jaw so he couldn't talk.


Or, He knew the endless eternal pain I would have caused him if he opened his damn mouth again
He is very annoying

I get the impression you two know each other? Or am I gonna have to step in for some comical failure?


Aw yea. A Charger commission came in. (From here (http://bamboodog.deviantart.com/art/No-Whistling-While-You-Work-286448889))

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2012/052/6/c/no_whistling_while_you_work_by_bamboodog-d4qjldl.png

Perfect :smallbiggrin:

Yup. That's Charger. Wow.


Pony D&D update: I totally worked Fancypants into the campaign setting, one of the deities of my home country is totally Celestia, and I have gotten "by the sisters divine" used as a swear. I feel accomplished.

Sweet!
Now if only there were some way we could hate in this with you... Possibly in an in-character letters to the mentor format? :smallwink:



Just putting this out there as nobody else seems to recall the character.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/52bd214fe5047974ef3c841c522e9309/125260

Oh wow, Applebloom's bullying must have done a lot of damage. She really let herself go!


I WILL THROW MONEY TILL IM IN DEBT!

http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/052/1/b/standing_rainbow_dash_plush_by_whittykitty-d4qjwhz.jpg

Grand Galloping Gala!

I need sewing skills so hard...



As for the song, I've already given my take. I'll add though, that I think the song was made first and the episode followed. It's of enough length that it reminds me of Winter-Wrap up where they probably gave Daniel Ingram a theme, asked him to write a song, then shaped the episode around that song. So, I think it would be a bit disingenuous to say that they should remove the song and keep the same episode, when it's quite likely that the song was the basis of the episode. On the other hand, if you take issue with Mr. Ingram's execution and nothing else, there's not much the rest of us can do about that, other than Smile Smile Smile

It does seem that way. I find the song itself, with accompanying animations, feels complete. There is something whole about it which appeals to me.

As for the song itself, well. The first couple times I've heard it, I was fighting tears. I couldn't tell you why, but I ound it very touching. And that gives it a lot more relevance than it may otherwise have had.


It's Tuesday, but I'll still say this first image has spoilers. And a great reference.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-badFwTd_kfk/T0WH5lt1_kI/AAAAAAAAgNI/poxpUhFQXAg/s1600/136643+-+artist+blade-zulah+cranky_doodle_donkey+cranky_kong+crossover+d onkey_kong+donkey_kong_country+nostalgia+pinkie_pi e.png

Also, I've kicked everything in the room, and this is still not getting started. I think I'm doing it wrong. Maybe I should try filling the hard drive with quarters again...
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iFzksY4uGfI/T0WIHQgbwhI/AAAAAAAAgO8/1zeTHUcynec/s1600/finn_and_luna_by_miketheuser-d4q5ctn.png

Bwaaaaahahaha! Now go out and collect a bunch of coins! Prove you're better than the plumber or that fairy kid, Pinkie!


Returning fire!
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/f/2012/017/e/1/smarty_pants_playtime_by_omny87-d4mqap3.jpg (http://omny87.deviantart.com/art/Smarty-Pants-Playtime-280043175)

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f79045878721165f8f17faa9fe7466bc/79393

http://th06.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/301/4/1/childhood_by_clk300-d4e2n6v.jpg (http://clk300.deviantart.com/art/Childhood-265502695)

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/044/a/e/smarty_pants_sleepytime_by_omny87-d4plsgf.jpg (http://omny87.deviantart.com/art/Smarty-Pants-Sleepytime-284871759)

http://chzbronies.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-brony-smarty-pants-irl.jpg

That third one there is heart wrenching...


Still perhaps you should have helped the kid he slapped by accident. Wasn't his fault he got involved.

This. This is very important. Compassion, understanding and respect are the difference between being a thug and not. Not only must you lack malice, you must show beneficence where it is needed - like, where a bystander was hit, a bystander who was on friendly terms with you it seems, due to fallout from your issues.


This bring up a point that I have always been curious about. When Winter Wrapup first came out, it was celebrated as being totally amazing. And it absolutely was. It's a wonderful, cute, upbeat and catchy tune that makes you feel good to hear - something very deserving of its accolades.

But as the series has progressed, there have been more and more and more songs put out that, to this pony's ear, exceed WWU in just about every capacity. Art of the Dress, most definitely. At the Gala spent a while as my favorite. The Flim Flam brothers' song is staggeringly good, and Smile is... well, you know how I feel about Smile. Find a Pet, Becoming Popular... really, they're amazing songs, building up toward unheard of levels of awesome that's hit a level so high that I honestly consider WWU one of the lower tier "big number" songs.*

And yet, no matter how many great songs the show puts on, if you poll bronies on which one is best, there is always a huge following for Winter Wrapup. So my question to you is thus: what about it draws you to it so? What makes it stand the test of time and stay there on the throne despite all of the incredible challengers thrown at it?

Winter wrap up is the song of beginnings. Art of the Dress is about loving what you do, even when the chips are down, and that's nice. Evil enchantress is silly fun. Best Night Ever is a vibrant, descending purple which breaks into golden completion; it is culmination.

Winter wrap up however, is timeless. It speaks of stepping into something new, something you dearly want to love and know should be a part of you, and how to tackle everyone else being at ease while you yourself are so gangly and strange in your newness, like a foal. Often the difference between wearing a mask and being a part of something is that self sense of depth, of proficiency. Winter Wrap Up points out that even the greatest are humbled by a shift of direction, but that it's a good thing. It is timeless.


Also, re: What FiM has done for me - Ponies taught me exactly what it is I'm capable of. Not only what I can do creatively, but the power that I have to lead others, to teach, and to be loved. I have become something wholly more than I was before this fandom came into being. I owe ponies an incredible amount, and it's a debt I'll keep on trying to pay back for as long as I'm in the position that I'm in.

For me, it broke me from a rut. I was on my way to violence and depression. Terrible social burn out. And suddenly, across the fathomless depths of Internet hatred, someone says "you know, it's cool to not want to be mean." and as self sustaining as I've tried to be, the years weigh heavy. It's reassuring to find that you're less insane than you thought. That your way may be different, yet still valid.


I, humbly, offer this theory...

Winter wrap up in essence was a song about new beginnings. Both in the thematic imagery of seasonal transition and the dilemma of a new pony attempting to fit in to an established group. Its heart felt rendition as performed by Twilight (best pony!) echoed into the collective consciousness of bronies that are themselves adjusting to the herd, discovering the wonders of ponydom and also facing their self trepidation at the redefinition or reinforcement of their life philosophy, to attempt love and tolerate.

Such raw emotional synchronization carves a deep impression in our hearts, as we find both joy at the preparation for hard work for great rewards, and fear of possible rejection if we did not do our best today. It is a defining moment of joy and longing that aren't matched in any other pony songs. and it ends with such abundance of hope for the coming future. "Cause tomorrow spring is here."

Sure "At The Gala" and "Becoming Popular" represents the culmination of long awaited dreams, "Art of the dress" the hardship of working perfections, "Smiles" represents joy of spreading happiness and "Flim/Flam" "find a pet" and the rest are simply entertaining and fun. But it is Winter Wrap up that best sum up the initial experiences of joining a family/group/friends That we all experience in life and bronydom. And that is why it shall forever be the favorite.

Sounds right to me!



Book forts are insufficient. *I redecorated the family room to build couch and blanket castles.

Hoof bump! /)


ohmygosh ohmygosh ohmygosh Bobcat sighting (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12693438&postcount=77)!

Y U NO join the ponythread BOBCAT!

We do miss you, mate. You were insightful. You gave us perspective.

Still, seeing the recent hullabaloo... I suppose it's better that you dot feel associated with it. Would only make your resentment stronger.


The extended opening is in fact one whole song with a run time of somewhere between 1:30 and 1:50. It might be a little shorter than that, but if it is it's not by much. The basic premise and tune and some of the lines are intact, but it's less accurate to call it an extended opening than a remastered opening. It becomes a song about Twilight exulting in the joy of discovering friendship for the first time, taking a second to dote upon and thank each of her friends with delicious puns.*

It's beautiful, it's catchy, and if it was the opening that played in front of every episode, nopony would care about the Italian intro. The extended intro is worth the ten dollar cost of the DVD by itself. After hearing it, Cereal and I spent the better part of 25 minutes geeking out about it. You're going to love it. =D

Good to know. I found it could have been somewhat more musically cohesive, but upon noticing it was dame Sparkle herself singing, the puns and off-tune-ishness made sense.


...I don't follow. http://i.imgur.com/cUkh2.png

That is because, vulpine o' mine, this is the time to lead, not follow. Whether to take the path offered thereafter is up to him.


And, Ponythread, I'll share some beauty I found elsewhere (might have come up some time earlier, not sure). No spoilers inside.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/255/852/42d.png

That is a dang swell uniform, I tell you what...


Note: not going to check back on this. *Just telling you what I told AOTRS Commander. *

Three reasons. *

1) I've fallen out of love with the Pony fandom and, to a large extent, the show. *You lot are cool, but I just feel like I don't want to spend large amounts of my time talking ponies. *

2) How fast the thread runs. *I was planning to visit, but I'm in the midst of student teaching, among other things. *If I come back for a day, I want a day to really focus on the forum so that I don't just say hi and run... like I did just now. *

3) However, I also wanted to dip my toe back into this forum in ways that wouldn't devour my life, since again, you're all a cool lot. *Also, I wanted to subtly promote my podcast. So I did some posts in interesting topics around the board, just to see what the reaction was. *

So I do intend to, at some point, devote a day to hanging out on the Pony Forum again. *It's just a matter of when.

Life devouring is a thing I understand. In the end, we valued you for what you brought to the table, not for what you applied it to. It sucks you don't like the pony stuff, but you have bigger concerns. Glad to hear about the student teaching bit by the way, it sounds like a step towards your dream.

The fires in the lighthouse still burn. Come ashore when you can, mate.


The screen-money, it does nothing!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64PSR5lWhxQ/T0biFpaNHII/AAAAAAAADPc/41IJQtXId4A/s1600/daring_doplush_by_whitedove_creations-d4qgb48.jpg

Jumpin' Jehosephat! How do these things keep happening?!



Because she's such an awesome friend! http://i.imgur.com/jaolo.jpg
And anyone who wouldn't burn 500-1500xp on me whenever I command them to prove how good of a friend they are aren't welcome in my party. :smallannoyed:

Oh?

Careful what you wish/ you may regret it
Careful what you wish/ you just might get it

I'll be honest though, my fix was to develop a spell to use other folks' experience. Wanna magic sword? Sure, just hold this diamond for a second... That sharp pain you feel will be a small sliver of your soul irrevocably torn away and burned to fuel the petty magics needed in the forging. :smallsmile:


Hmmm, no pony and no D&D this weekend? *I might just get something productive done. *Or I'll mareathon pony. *Either way.

Also I found this.
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/034/f/e/fe4f6dece2202b99cf63012bad95f693-d4oj1fs.png (http://technaro.deviantart.com/art/BFF-283063816)

It's cute, but... What is it?


http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c226/saxcsa/SPIDERSHY.png


Fluttershy stop being a spider and leave poor Angel alone.

Psh no, that's not fluttershy as a spider! That's what we get for shipping Fluttershy X Ungoliant!
Spidershy is Fluttershy's second favorite daughter. She feels so bad about being judgmental, but at least Thistle doesn't actually eat ponies!


Somepony should make a "most infamous ponyfic" poll

of course I can only think of three contenders so far

-cupcakes
-rainbow factory
-spiders

Moon bubbles!


He had a posting rate beyond the ken of mortal ponies, was always helpful and uplifting to aspiring authors, thoughtful in his posts, maintained a firm stance against the dangers of ropes, and was a pretty fantastic author (http://www.equestriadaily.com/search/label/Author%3A%20Bobcat) himself.

And I concur with the Space-Lich; can't wait until the famed day of hangouts happens.

Yeah. Man. There was, like, a two page spread where I was almost as prolific as bobcat. But his stuff was waaaay more insightful. He was - he is - a legend of our times.



To be fair, she likely has a lot of warning before he reaches the door. Or maybe pegasi familiars get cloudwalking?

Maybe she like, let's him out for a walk and to go to the bathroom every two weeks?








... And then let's him back in two weeks after that :smallbiggrin:


Oh you're just mad because you know that the last thing I'd do if going down is use an incomplete summoning method to bring forth the essence and form of The Pink One with the side effect of it being a mad being lashing out on everything.

That would mean you've just made the inevitable unpleasant.
The Party is meant to be enjoyed, my good lich.

Ah, careful friend.
For all parties, there is the grouchy neighbor who calls city hall about the noise violation.*


pretty much...the latest custom compilation over on EQD at the moment has (in addition to the Daring Do) a Pinkie in her 80's workout gear...a triple threat of Big Mac/AJ/Applebloom...a HUGE Scootaloo...a good looking Nurse Redheart...a talking Derpy...a Derpy with mailpouch/muffin/package

i would pay well for any of those


crikey

WHY DO I NOT HAVE PONY EVERYWHERE WITH SUCH PLENTIFUL PREPONDERENCE OF PLUSH PROLIFERATION?!



well i dont understand why you would call them porn the point was if you want to make a list you need to know what you are voting on for the list...and the story i mentioned(which plays out like a pony version of "Saw") blows Cupcakes and Rainbow Factory out of the water...both content wise and being well written

i would add "The Fillycaust" but it is not finished yet

You missed the point, mate. Not violent or gory fics, troll fics. Fiction written with the percievable intent of %*$!ing with the audience.

Cupcakes was written to ruin Pinkie-Dash shipping. Rainbow Factory was written after an ominously awesome song to screw with Scootafans, and SPIDERSES wa-- why is that capitalized? o_O - spiderses was written to screw with Bobcat and Thanqol.


There is an appropriate reaction to this, let's see...

Brohoof! /)

(\ !


while The Last Roundup is back on ITunes...it has been changed

Derpy the grey pegasus with blond mane(Rainbow no longer calls her by name....) now has a much more feminine voice

:smallfrown: *:smallfrown: *:smallfrown: *:smallfrown: *:smallfrown:

now i may have to get the DVD being released since it has the original version

That sucks, but it's understandable.
Was I the only one who found Derpy's voice cute, adorable, and entirely appropriate?


I swear, that face, this entire day.

Sorry mate. Hope things improved for you.


Sorry to hear it :smallfrown:

Also, crud, just realized I missed Bobcat...

Oh, and happy belated birthday to those who had them.

...I am really not on the ball today...

That day was a bad day for being on balls, aye.


Here's what I don't get, and what I've never heard except from secondhand sources. Who complained, what did they actually complain about, and how did they get noticed?

I want to know, myself. That this went down like it did, like it is currently, is a travesty. Anything I can do to fight such in the future would be good.


Not sure you looked at the back of that hoodie :smallsmile:, and if there's one thing I want people to think I like less than ponies it's the Hunger Games. The other one's good, though

Listening to Smile Smile Smile Smile backwards is kinda freaky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMiNIvgTmAo)

That... Wow.


Here you go. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2CRjPO73Dg)

Thanks, friend!



I have been very disappointed in this fandom lately. All this rage over nothing.
Pathetic.

I quite agree. Thanqol voices a legitimate complaint, but he does so from the position of knowing himself and the situation. But a lot of the inferred expectations o the fans are ridiculous.

The rest has been removed since you undid it, but I agree with some of it and disagree with some of it. I'll leave it be for now, but look forward to chatting with you when you come back http://i.imgur.com/jaolo.jpg


I need a really subtle MLP t-shirt so I can identify RL bronies without tipping off any non-fans that I like the show. I like to run, so this one's (http://teenormous.com/t-shirts/Running-of-the-Leaves-by-Rachael-Thomas-by-Redbubble-1134826) a strong contender, anyone else have any others they can suggest?

I like it. Very understated.


Got me to thinkin'.

"A dangerous pastime."

I know.

But when that question 'What does MLP mean to you?' was asked, I echoed Phoe. But while it's true, it's not the extent of my answer. The answer comes in the form of that after this upside-down day I'm still smiling. I barely stopped.

I think I've realised the Emersonian ideal of Self Reliance. There's no one in the entire world I'd rather be than me, as I am now. No one richer, no one more talented, more famous, more lucky, more connected. I'm a self-contained entity. I chose to keep smiling and it happened. No-one and nothing can bring me down because the only opinion I need is my own.

MLP helped me come to terms with my darker and lighter sides, to explore aspects of my character I was denying, and process everything through exposure. Of everything I possess, the ability to love myself is by far the greatest talent. Possibly the greatest talent it's possible to possess.

The external world will let you down. You're not in control of it. Things'll change, and sure, they'll suck, and if you built your mind around those external things when they collapse your mind collapses along with them. You'll be lost in pain and sorrow and rage you can't control. You'll be sane for only as long as the world around you is sane - and any time the world lets you down, it'll destroy you. Partially or totally.

But, thing is, you don't need those things. You can embrace the good and decry the bad, but you don't need it. You don't need good things to happen to be happy. You don't need to be sad if bad things happen. All you need is a smile.

*

That all said, I think I can identify the key reasons why this got such an emotional reaction:

- Derpy is the icon of the fandom, so de-legitimising her de-legitimises us
- Hasbro has had a spectacular failure of communication on this topic, and this topic's been brewing for a few weeks now. (Honestly, this is the part I shake my head at the most. I took an entire course warning me to avoid this)
- Ponies are 'safe' for a lot of people, warm and comforting and all embracing, a source of stability in a dark and scary world.
- The Internet fears censorship almost violently.

These all folded together created the perfect environment for a true rage storm.

Finally, this man (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/look-into-derpy-from-kreoss.html) got it right. I regard it as an inexcusable business failure that something along these lines wasn't released two weeks ago, but y'know.

He does indeed get it right. But... Why?

Why is Derpy the fandom avatar? Why do you take her and her existence so personally? And if she is the random avatar, why does the random make her retarded?

I am less a brony than a ponythreader. The community here takes precedence over the random as a whole for me, and in some ways that has diminished the gains. But in others, such as now, I think it gives me a bit of armor, as it were. You and I are just different brands of pony fan, Thanqol. Entirely different breeds. The old guard of the fandom are those who found it on 4chan, and for them Derpy is the avatar of the fandom. *But for me? It's Luna, and the New Lunar Republic versus the Solar Empire. Midnight and Mask, Starry Notions and Silver Lining, Baron Awesome. These things have always been more to me than Derpy ever was, until they gave her tongue to speak with.

It's like watching MST3K for the audience, not the movies.


*sees the Derpy brouhaha*

*scratches head*

*shrugs*

Old voice was alright. New voice is too. But I don't have much emotional investment in Derpy.

Brouhaha is a fun word~



Reminds me of my child hood. If you decide to go against everypony else's advice give them a thwack for me!

I grudgingly admit to similar sentiment.


Agreed.
Unless the trap is funny.

Oh, yeah that goes without saying.*


except corporations arent beings. "hasbro" doesnt make decisions. some guy, or group made this decision.*
I'm sick to death of the idea of corporations as anything other than people.

Funny wording there. Corporations can't be beings because they're people? :smalltongue:

That said, they are beings in a sense. People do not make the same decisions in groups that they do in singular instances. There is a trend, a personality, composite of all the folks present at any board meeting or the like.

Now, I you're referring to being accountable as individuals for the group decisions, I am 320% with you. A soldier is at fault for following a bad order just as much as a commander is at fault for issuing said order. Appealing to command structure to shirk responsibility is terrible. Accountability and responsibility need to coincide.


I'm going to admit this: This whole 'Derpy' thing, to me, feels really, really ridiculous, especially the sheer level of hurt feelings that have been going around because of it.

Maybe it's because I've had about eight hours of sleep in the last four days, but yeah.

Of course, I never even /liked/ Derpy or her place in the fandom, it's kind of an insulting nickname, and as soon as I heard it in show, I /knew/ there would be this sort of thing going down.

Aye. I figured nothing good could come of her speaking; it closed an era.

Also, Hi! You been getting enough sleep on your off time? *The Stare*


Yeah, this. Realy, realy dislike the drama about it that has permiated the last few pages of the thread.

Meh. Discussion of pony related stuff is why we are here, drama or no. A drama tag and a spoiler box wouldn't have helped much either, as it would still have been all the last pages were about.


because ponies can still somehow grip things to some extent (no, i dont know how, but they've done it "on camera") and doorknobs arent terribly difficult to work.

Possible. With even a slight concavity, the pressure exerted would be enough to grip so the pony could twist and this turn the knob.

Especially since doorknobs might be engineered to work with horseshoes :smallwink:


Been in a bit of a funk lately, so I attempted to cheer myself up....
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/056/4/f/friendship_is_radical_by_robd2003-d4qzcc0.jpg

I know it's a subject that's been covered before, but I couldn't resist. Had fun drawing it, anyway.

Radical! \m/,


Finally up date with the thread. Again.

Hahahahaha! I know that feeling, believe me. Heck, I think ivefallen behind while typing this!



Well, I've heard it said that most fantasy settings have a destroyed civilization in their background.


So does reality! Rome counts, Persia, the Chinese dynasties... South American culture is based on their ancient ways and peoples.


You're scared, I'm bored. Everything today was cancelled. All I got to show for it is Dragonjack.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/4757/day284.jpg

Wow, Thanqol. Just wow.


Also, I'm a year older today. *Yay?

Yay~



Oh god, so much trolling. Tara Strong is best troll.

Oh Celestia yes.


Also, "pony wears the saddle"? :smalleek: :smalltongue:

OR IT GETS THE HOSE!


Happy birthday!
semi-relevant musings: *would dragon!Pinkie have a balloon or a frosting breath weapon?

STREAMERS!


You people are not my friends anymore.

Ouch. :smalleek:


I love puns, because, as they say, a good pun is its own reword..

http://i.imgur.com/jaolo.jpg

Somepony else used my catchphrase!


:smallfrown:

And I knew that was coming, almost word for word, but still :smallfrown:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/6ece5b5db67af57e4e46fa055126c147/138322%20-%20Derpy_Drama%20derpy_hooves%20Link%20sad%20Save_ Derpy%20sketch%20sorry%20tears.png

Aww, it's okay. I'm sure Phoe was just indulging in some hyperbole... Besides, we're still friends!


In other news, this is human Daring Do punching a T-Rex in the face.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/8911634aca1d28d860be334647b53fa4/138972%20-%20artist%3Ajohn_joseco%20Daring_Do%20dinosaur%20h umanized%20The_Erotic_Adventures_of_Daring_Do.jpg

Hell yeah.

That is indeed Human Do punching a T-Rex.


You know that animator who mentioned the disturbing scene? Two days ago he made another tweet on the subject *Kinda sort of maybe a bit spoiler-y?*
http://twilight.ponychan.net/chan/pony/src/133029937552.png That means either something very heartwarming or very sad probably.
Maybe it's some kind of sloppy make out scene between the bride and groom? Or a member of the mane cast performing a heroic sacrifice? No, that's ridiculous. Gah, I'm starting to think all sorts of crazy theories! I'm starting to wish he never mentioned any of this...

... I think you misunderstand, as touchy seems like a purposeful misdirect. My money is on something squick like the grimy diamond dog claws again.


http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/09ad7f72284b6b9dff5d2e549c893361/123941%20-%20mic_the_microphone%20Phoe%20tf2.png

Pffffffffft
It gets cuter every time
How does this happen?

Sadly, I don't know enough about TF2 to respond myself...


wasnt sure which you would like more so have 2 giftwrapped things
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XSiuRcXmirQ/T0qfdWL0VGI/AAAAAAAAgrI/W-ZERK7MzzQ/s1600/139027+-+artist+Jee+bondage+gift+ribbon+twilight_sparkle.p ng



Dat Twilight Sparkle o.o


Okay,everyone, I have a pic request. ASoIaF x ponies, to be precise. Hopefully, there are a few out there.

Couldn't find Em, but luckily everypony else did!
Yay a song of ice and fire!


It was a surprisingly busy weekend for me, so I wasn't able to get online at all, and hence missed The Drama as it went down. Still, my thoughts below.

Dear Princess Celestia,
I have a group of friends who very nearly every week give me wonderful gifts that make me very happy. Just recently, they gave me an extra little something that was completely unexpected and it made me very happy indeed. However, that group of friends has decided, for reasons they haven't explained yet, that the 'extra little something' was given by mistake, and have taken it back. This made me very disappointed that I no longer had this extra little gift; and I felt a little bit sad and even a tiny bit angry.*
Then I realized that even though the gift was given by mistake, it does not change that it was given in the first place; and even though I no longer have it, the time that I had to enjoy this gift cannot be taken away. I might still feel a little bit disappointed that this group decided to take the gift back, but being angry at them is the fastest way to lose their friendship. If they no longer consider me their friend, then they may decide to stop bringing me their wonderful gifts every week; and that, dear Princess, would be THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!*
Your faithful student, Dexam.

Far too much to reply to, and not enough time to do it right now, so I just say "Happy Successful Completion of Solar Orbit Day" to all the birthday ponies for now. :smallcool:

Sounds like a good thing to me. Carry on, mate.


Yay, birthday gifts!
*goes crazy with all the giftings, and tries to take ALL THE GRIFFINS*
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/361/d/c/a_wild_gilda_appeared_by_dmn666-d4key30.png (http://dmn666.deviantart.com/art/A-Wild-Gilda-Appeared-276154380)

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/049/3/d/aerial_duel_by_lunarapologist-d4q6tkg.jpg (http://lunarapologist.deviantart.com/art/Aerial-Duel-285852976)

http://th03.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2011/289/a/0/aerial_skirmish_by_equestria_prevails-d4d1tp3.jpg (http://equestria-prevails.deviantart.com/art/Aerial-Skirmish-263784855)

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/016/d/b/gawdyna_grimfeathers_by_felixattchar-d4mklfq.png (http://felixattchar.deviantart.com/art/Gawdyna-Grimfeathers-279777158)

http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/281/d/5/marshall_rhosus_by_equestria_prevails-d4c33z5.jpg (http://equestria-prevails.deviantart.com/art/Marshall-Rhosus-262165217)

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/47d871b874aa972ebc39f8f55da267fc/71271

large
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-m3hK_Pz2Fxg/TjefUvLvLnI/AAAAAAAABuc/rIR5ENV3Rg4/s1600/MentarOCgriffin.png

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/043/5/1/mlp_oc___serenity_by_ethaes-d4i9c09.png (http://ethaes.deviantart.com/art/MLP-OC-Serenity-272533257)

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/025/6/1/sparkler_duel_by_flak_k-d4nmi2s.jpg (http://flak-k.deviantart.com/art/Sparkler-Duel-281545732)

http://th07.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2012/022/8/5/a_derp_of_bad_luck_by_csimadmax-d4nalmy.png (http://csimadmax.deviantart.com/art/a-derp-of-bad-luck-280990474)
*then realizes his birthday has been over for several minutes, and so given them all back* *:(

Oh sweet, a lot of these are new. *steals*


Remember everyone..

She's an evil ENCHANTRESS! She does evil DANCES! If you look deep into her EYES she will put you in TRANCES! What will she do, she'll mix up an evil BREW, and she'll gobble you up in a big tasty STEW! SOOOOO.. WATCH OUT!*

:3 My favourite episode.

D: oh no I had forgotted! Thank you new pony!


Please I just hardcore lurk and occasionally post terrible fanfiction. :smalltongue:

Like that TTGL/MLP thing I was thinking about for a while. And like a twisted set of morals, I dropped it because I mentioned it elsewhere

Rule Number 1 of writing anything:

Never mention you are writing something to anyone you know. It means you will never finish it ever.

*points at thanqol*

Call.


Well this is the thread where the joke setup "A chicken, a dictionary, and a pony walk into a statue," ends with the near destruction of civilization.

O.o" I never noticed that before... How absurd!


Oh, by the way guys, the second My Little Pony Heal/Hurt game (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234226) has now started!

For those of you who missed the end of the last game, Fluttershy was crowned the winner, with Scootaloo in 2nd place and Twilight in 3rd, narrowly beating Rainbow Dash.

And on an unrelated note, it's time for an animated image dump!

TANUKISHY *dies*


She's the protagonist. Aka disaster magnet. If nothing interesting happened around the protagonist, it'd be a boring story.

Oh, and Zevox, I do hope you'll rejoin. We no longer be killin' anybody.
(well, I am not. >_>)

Can't spell protagonist without agon[y]!



Also, if you haven't sent a letter to a stranger (http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/02/derpy-day-means-operation.html#c1865478441184824208) yet and you'd like to, today's pretty much the last day before I get 'em printed. C'mon, I'm five letters off 100, give me a hoof here.

I'll try, mate.

MCerberus
2012-02-27, 11:25 PM
With Twilight though, a lot of the things her fault she isn't there a lot to twist in the wind because of it. The biggest example of this is the love potion where she gets a 1 second reaction shot.

And who else would you know to have the connections and desire to have a bunch of school children take a tour of the royal statue garden?



Oh, and I think 'agoni' works since the 'i' would make a long 'eee' sound. Although you might run across a problem since a lot of people would want the inflection to be 'a-GONE-ee'. Stupid green text making me question these things.

gooddragon1
2012-02-27, 11:42 PM
Don't forget to bring an octagon. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWPc2U26KYw&feature=related)

Dirtbag
2012-02-28, 12:43 AM
To quote SiuiS, or not to quote SiuiS. That is the question.

Strife Warzeal
2012-02-28, 02:00 AM
TOPIC: We've all seen the mane 6 TF2ized - but this thread's full of OCs and background ponies. What TF2 classes would they play? Feel free to double up, don't need to build a full team out of them.

I'd say Crossings would go Sniper, something about tracking movements and predicting behavior of the opposing team for the right shot seems right to me.



I get the impression you two know each other? Or am I gonna have to step in for some comical failure?


Yeah, they (and a 3rd who has made an account, but not posted yet) are my converts so far. I'm still leading those two through watching all the episodes while Reaper try and plan watching the new episodes as they air.
It feels weird sorting through that entire post for this one small thing I wanted to reply to.

Cool pony-related cake:
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/images/garrusponycake.jpg

Phoe bondage:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/058/3/c/phoe_x_phoe_by_fetchbeer-d4r87kr.png

SiuiS
2012-02-28, 02:51 AM
Well that was a fun break. Though I fell behind on ponythread and missed 9 pages or so.

Know how that goes!


Oooh, is it harrowing phone-related story time? I have one!

You see, I speak some Japanese, like some as in, simple conversations, some extra topics and minorly complex sentences are pretty much fine, so long as things don't get too ridiculous or esoteric. Unfortunately, my boss has taken this to mean- "is functionally native Japanese" and I got stuck being on call for problems in our company's Japanese operations last weekend. This means twelve straight hours on both Saturday and Sunday dreading that my phone would ring and I would then be called upon to explain a difficult technical problem that had caused one or more server deaths to a random Japanese man I have never met at 3 in the morning, his time.

It was so horrible, I don't think a day has ever moved so slowly in my entire life. And of course, the one time I did get called, I was so nervous, I threw politeness, the essential glue of social harmony, out the window and, in my haste to get things over with, proceeded to trample this poor man's meticulously perfect Japanese garden of righteous conduct with my muddy rhetorical gaijin shoes of improper manners +5. I get the problem solved, but I felt so bad realizing how boorish and impolite I had been that I wanted to curl up into a ball and cry for the remainder of the weekend.

So...um...yeah

This wasn't really harrowing phone-related story time, was it?

Sure it was! We share stuff we probably shouldn't all the time 'round these parts. It's what we do. Well, after talking about ponies but at about the level of creating art or works of ponies.


With Twilight though, a lot of the things her fault she isn't there a lot to twist in the wind because of it. The biggest example of this is the love potion where she gets a 1 second reaction shot.

And who else would you know to have the connections and desire to have a bunch of school children take a tour of the royal statue garden?

Remarkably valid point. Twilight...

Season one, you'd swear Celestia was pulling some puppeteer stuff.
Season two, dame Sparkle, knighted by the Sun Queen, happens to 'accidentally' tell a bunch of children the non-human rights violation version of how to poison others, and then gives them the necessary instructions, after they failed to end te world through unleashing disQord...


Oh, and I think 'agoni' works since the 'i' would make a long 'eee' sound. Although you might run across a problem since a lot of people would want the inflection to be 'a-GONE-ee'. Stupid green text making me question these things.

:smallbiggrin:


To quote SiuiS, or not to quote SiuiS. That is the question.

Quote SiuiS. C'moooonnnnnnn~

Strife Warzeal: okie doke! And I'd suggest copy/paste-jutsu, it's much easier. Or so I'm told.

And is that... Garus Vakarian? riding a Pinkie Pie? And is his expression "what's going on in my life?!"

I am so happy right now.

Excession
2012-02-28, 03:36 AM
An update on my Fallout Equestria 4e D&D game. Contains mild spoilers if you're planning on reading:

The players have been introduced to a Star Paladin Andrew Appleton, and the local DJ Vinyl Scratch. I threw them into the Arbu (aka Andale from Fallout 3) story and they have decided to leave the village without slaughtering all the adults, though it was a near thing. Admittedly, I didn't trick them into eating before they found out. A lot of good stealth, bluff, and thievery rolls got them the info without anyone becoming suspicious so now they just have to sneak out. They plan on sending a message to the DJ to tell everyone to stay away.

The downside for my little town of cannibals is that the PCs earlier passed over a plot hook for a Project Horizons style super-raider virus. Eating the flesh of someone infected is a devotion to Yenughu, demon prince of Gnolls, and will eventually turn someone into a Gnoll. It may not end well for the innocent inhabitants, though I'm not sure if I'll use that plot point.

So far I don't think anyone suspects. I shall continue slowly turning up the pony.

A related request, I could use a picture of Pinkie Pie, or any pony really, standing looking out of the screen. Preferably hooves up on the inside of the glass or something. Has anyone seen such a picture?

Edit: found this one, anyone know if there's an original without the background? Found the (massive) original here (http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/112849).

Edit the second: I now realize that images is based off the scene in Baby Cakes. Should be something usable among the images based on that. There's also this one:
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/f712d850b6f7bd6394786dc1e8c5e650/108517%20-%204th_wall%20artist%3Ak14yp920501%20pinkamena%20p inkie_pie%20wallpaper.jpg
Original vector here (http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/37003), but I'm totally using the idea of the cracked glass.

PhoeKun
2012-02-28, 03:56 AM
Phoe bondage:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/058/3/c/phoe_x_phoe_by_fetchbeer-d4r87kr.png

...My friends are weird.

Lix Lorn
2012-02-28, 04:01 AM
Oooh, is it harrowing phone-related story time? I have one!

You see, I speak some Japanese, like some as in, simple conversations, some extra topics and minorly complex sentences are pretty much fine, so long as things don't get too ridiculous or esoteric. Unfortunately, my boss has taken this to mean- "is functionally native Japanese" and I got stuck being on call for problems in our company's Japanese operations last weekend. This means twelve straight hours on both Saturday and Sunday dreading that my phone would ring and I would then be called upon to explain a difficult technical problem that had caused one or more server deaths to a random Japanese man I have never met at 3 in the morning, his time.

It was so horrible, I don't think a day has ever moved so slowly in my entire life. And of course, the one time I did get called, I was so nervous, I threw politeness, the essential glue of social harmony, out the window and, in my haste to get things over with, proceeded to trample this poor man's meticulously perfect Japanese garden of righteous conduct with my muddy rhetorical gaijin shoes of improper manners +5. I get the problem solved, but I felt so bad realizing how boorish and impolite I had been that I wanted to curl up into a ball and cry for the remainder of the weekend.

So...um...yeah

This wasn't really harrowing phone-related story time, was it?
It's ALWAYS tell sad story to invite cuddles time in ponythread.
(HUGS)


Oh wow, Applebloom's bullying must have done a lot of damage. She really let herself go!
But wait!
Her cutie mark has changed.
She is no longer destined to be a spoilt brat to wear a tiara! Applebloom may have hurt her, but she made her a better person by far.


...My friends are weird.
Your friends are BEST friends. xD

Thanqol
2012-02-28, 06:54 AM
...My friends are weird.

Every so often I have one of those moments where I look up and say "Y'know, this is actually really weird. I have deviated so far from the norm I can't even see the way back."

This was one of those moments. Not the picture itself, you understand, but the realisation that I didn't detect the slightest twinge of "This is kinda strange" upon seeing my friend's bondage pony being shipped with herself other than "They forgot the cutie mark".


... I'm not quite sure how I came to this point, yet every step of the way was so natural I'm not sure how I could have taken any other path.

Anyway, on a topic that isn't weird at all, my wardrobe is now really cool:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2986/img0016ot.jpg

DigoDragon
2012-02-28, 07:42 AM
SiuiS, I have no idea why Trixie is packing a handgun. However, "Summon Parade" sounds awesome just the same. :smallbiggrin:

Bayonet Priest
2012-02-28, 08:26 AM
An update on my Fallout Equestria 4e D&D game. Contains mild spoilers if you're planning on reading:

The players have been introduced to a Star Paladin Andrew Appleton, and the local DJ Vinyl Scratch. I threw them into the Arbu (aka Andale from Fallout 3) story and they have decided to leave the village without slaughtering all the adults, though it was a near thing. Admittedly, I didn't trick them into eating before they found out. A lot of good stealth, bluff, and thievery rolls got them the info without anyone becoming suspicious so now they just have to sneak out. They plan on sending a message to the DJ to tell everyone to stay away.

The downside for my little town of cannibals is that the PCs earlier passed over a plot hook for a Project Horizons style super-raider virus. Eating the flesh of someone infected is a devotion to Yenughu, demon prince of Gnolls, and will eventually turn someone into a Gnoll. It may not end well for the innocent inhabitants, though I'm not sure if I'll use that plot point.

So far I don't think anyone suspects. I shall continue slowly turning up the pony.

Sounds pretty cool. Fallout Equestria was an interesting sort of magitech setting. It had enough magic that translating some of it into pure DnD style fantasy shouldn't be too difficult.

Do the players know anything about the pony related origins of the campaign? Cause I see you name dropped Vinyl Scratch right there.

About Arbu, yeah I don't know your players but if you had fed them then I think they might have gone through with the Littlepip rampage. Most of my characters would have reacted similarly to her although they would hold on long enough for some sort of group consensus.

I think Yeenoghu cult stuff could make a good explanation for the nasty Fallout Equestria/Fallout 3 style raiders. In Fallout 3 they were completely unreasonably evil and insane and Fallout Equestria seemed to lampshade that with Velvet Remedy's breakdown at the end. Demonic influence makes a good explanation for such unthinking evil. (I know bad stuff happens in real life but in real life you rarely see splayed torsos dripping blood as a decoration. Definitely demon influence.)

otakuryoga
2012-02-28, 08:29 AM
Oooh, is it harrowing phone-related story time? I have one!

You see, I speak some Japanese, like some as in, simple conversations, some extra topics and minorly complex sentences are pretty much fine, so long as things don't get too ridiculous or esoteric. Unfortunately, my boss has taken this to mean- "is functionally native Japanese" and I got stuck being on call for problems in our company's Japanese operations last weekend. This means twelve straight hours on both Saturday and Sunday dreading that my phone would ring and I would then be called upon to explain a difficult technical problem that had caused one or more server deaths to a random Japanese man I have never met at 3 in the morning, his time.

It was so horrible, I don't think a day has ever moved so slowly in my entire life. And of course, the one time I did get called, I was so nervous, I threw politeness, the essential glue of social harmony, out the window and, in my haste to get things over with, proceeded to trample this poor man's meticulously perfect Japanese garden of righteous conduct with my muddy rhetorical gaijin shoes of improper manners +5. I get the problem solved, but I felt so bad realizing how boorish and impolite I had been that I wanted to curl up into a ball and cry for the remainder of the weekend.

So...um...yeah

This wasn't really harrowing phone-related story time, was it?

i have one

a few years back i am working security at AMD(yes THAT AMD, the one that made the chips in some of your computers) and i am at the front entrance on a Saturday which means the outside phone lines are routed to my station since the operators dont work weekends.
i get a call from a rather angry gentleman
he wants me to give him the home phone # of the CEO......
i explain to him that i do not have that information, and ask if there is anything i can help him with
he says he bought a refrigerator on Monday and it had stopped working and that if i didnt give him the CEO's home phone # he would "get on the internet and put AMD out of business by Monday"
i explain to him that AMD doesnt make refrigerators and that no, i, as a lowly security drone still do not have have the CEO's phone #

well...we went round and round the crazy circle for 15 minutes with him repeatedly asking me if i liked having a job since if i didnt put him through to the CEO he would "own the company come Monday and personally fire me" etc etc and me trying to repeatedly explain to him that AMD makes computer chips..not refrigerators
after the 15 minutes i was allowed to kick it up to my supervisor to deal with...and i did so gladly since i dont think i could have held my laughter in any longer

RdMarquis
2012-02-28, 08:36 AM
Anyway, on a topic that isn't weird at all, my wardrobe is now really cool:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2986/img0016ot.jpg

You're a sentient pile of muffins? That explains...

...absolutely nothing, actually. Watch out for grey pegasi.

Mewtarthio
2012-02-28, 09:22 AM
Season two, dame Sparkle, knighted by the Sun Queen, happens to 'accidentally' tell a bunch of children the non-human rights violation version of how to poison others, and then gives them the necessary instructions, after they failed to end te world through unleashing disQord...

You're exaggerating a bit, aren't you? It was just a history book that happened to contain detailed instructions on the creation of soul-devouring world-ending lobotomy drugs. It's not like the Crusaders had explicitly and clearly expressed interest in the love poison part of it in particular. Besides, you know how kids are, with their tendency towards distraction and all. These conspiracy theories make it sound like one of the kids already had a past history of abusing poorly-researched apocalyptic alchemical concoctions to solve trivial matters or something.

Mynxae
2012-02-28, 09:30 AM
Actually no, I was thinking more of the fact that Heavy and Medic always seem to team up, but yeah, that works pretty well.


Hm, I don't recognise you, are you new?

*GASP* http://www.canterlot.com/public/style_emoticons/default/icon_e_surprised.gif

You need welcoming!
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/eede1d8f1abe2cf860c902818c54beda/112059%20-%20animated%20pinkie_pie.gif

http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/5497d7fa9e7d1e47bfb3f391ea28bb9f/106459%20-%20caption%20fluttershy%20Hubble%20rainbow_dash%20 roflbot%20welcome_to_the_herd.jpg

Thank you kind sir. :)



oh damn! Thats a lot of ponies....



One of rebels faves also. Wait a second... i recognize that dress...

ITS ANNIE! STUN HER! STUN HER!

Ahaha. Like the genderbent version? ;3

Lix Lorn
2012-02-28, 09:55 AM
Ahaha. Like the genderbent version? ;3
:O
I totally didn't notice!

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-28, 12:41 PM
You're a sentient pile of muffins? That explains...

...absolutely nothing, actually. Watch out for grey pegasi.

Incorrect. This explains everything.


Every so often I have one of those moments where I look up and say "Y'know, this is actually really weird. I have deviated so far from the norm I can't even see the way back."

This was one of those moments. Not the picture itself, you understand, but the realisation that I didn't detect the slightest twinge of "This is kinda strange" upon seeing my friend's bondage pony being shipped with herself other than "They forgot the cutie mark".


... I'm not quite sure how I came to this point, yet every step of the way was so natural I'm not sure how I could have taken any other path.

You're not the only one. I often look at the gigabytes of pictures on my hard drive, all the pony sites in my history, and all the time spent thinking and writing about ponies, and it hits me. It's ponies. All this time and effort and it's on friggin' ponies! What is wrong with me?!

And then the ponysanity sets in, and answers, "Nothing at all, little one. Nothing at all..."

@Mynxae: Love the avatar

@Lix: How goes the grand shipping writing/project/thingy?

Lix Lorn
2012-02-28, 01:04 PM
@Lix: How goes the grand shipping writing/project/thingy?
:smalleek:
Ehehe...

I TOTALLY hadn't forgotten it. Honest.

Anarion
2012-02-28, 01:24 PM
Every so often I have one of those moments where I look up and say "Y'know, this is actually really weird. I have deviated so far from the norm I can't even see the way back."

This was one of those moments. Not the picture itself, you understand, but the realisation that I didn't detect the slightest twinge of "This is kinda strange" upon seeing my friend's bondage pony being shipped with herself other than "They forgot the cutie mark".


... I'm not quite sure how I came to this point, yet every step of the way was so natural I'm not sure how I could have taken any other path.

Anyway, on a topic that isn't weird at all, my wardrobe is now really cool:

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2986/img0016ot.jpg

Hey, the first thing I noticed was that the cutie mark was missing too!

More seriously, the cognitive dissonance is actually one of the things that I've really enjoyed about the show, and I think it's a critical reason why some people become so devoted to it. "What, how can you enjoy cognitive dissonance?!" I hear you asking. Well, as I mentioned when I explained what the show meant to me, I greatly enjoy the strong yet simple morals contrasted with my normal world, which consists of extremely heated and complex arguments with no clear right answer. So much of the world today, especially international news, is distressing, frustrating, and incredibly dark. It can be too easy to get lost in a maze of the mind trying to think about all those problems, all the different people and how they can ever work things out. Stopping and mentally going "and also, ponies" is a way of completely stepping out of that maze and re-centering one's perspective.


:smalleek:
Ehehe...

I TOTALLY hadn't forgotten it. Honest.

I completely believe you.


i have one

a few years back i am working security at AMD(yes THAT AMD, the one that made the chips in some of your computers) and i am at the front entrance on a Saturday which means the outside phone lines are routed to my station since the operators dont work weekends.
i get a call from a rather angry gentleman
he wants me to give him the home phone # of the CEO......
i explain to him that i do not have that information, and ask if there is anything i can help him with
he says he bought a refrigerator on Monday and it had stopped working and that if i didnt give him the CEO's home phone # he would "get on the internet and put AMD out of business by Monday"
i explain to him that AMD doesnt make refrigerators and that no, i, as a lowly security drone still do not have have the CEO's phone #

well...we went round and round the crazy circle for 15 minutes with him repeatedly asking me if i liked having a job since if i didnt put him through to the CEO he would "own the company come Monday and personally fire me" etc etc and me trying to repeatedly explain to him that AMD makes computer chips..not refrigerators
after the 15 minutes i was allowed to kick it up to my supervisor to deal with...and i did so gladly since i dont think i could have held my laughter in any longer

Oh boy, fun phone story time. Last summer, I did a job interview over videophone that someone set up in a conference room. It was a pretty long interview, they had me talk to 4 different people, so probably over an hour all together. The problem with this one is that I'm not the tallest person and the setup of the camera was such that I was only visible to the people on the other end if I sat on the far edge of the couch and sat up perfectly straight, just slightly craning my neck. Plus, those video phones have a little bit of lag, so you'd constantly get the situation where someone would start to say something and if you moved or shifted, they would stop, thinking that someone else had come in or that you had begun to say something. Sitting on the very edge of a couch perfectly straight and straining for over an hour is not a pleasant experience.

TheAmishPirate
2012-02-28, 01:24 PM
:smalleek:
Ehehe...

I TOTALLY hadn't forgotten it. Honest.

Here. Think you might be needing this:

http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/343/f/8/liarjack_animated__gif_by_kyrospawn-d4ao49a.gif

And also, a Midnight in socks, from a past thread. Can't forget your minion that you hire to write it for you most trusted and precious student, now can you?

http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/g459/Vent_Reynolt/MidnightSocks.png

(Why this came up when I searched for "Liarjack gif" is beyond me)

EDIT:

I...I don't even...how does this work?! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeRvZvBCRyI)

MCerberus
2012-02-28, 02:00 PM
So let's catalog the insane theories behind what's past the Everfree Forest shall we

Ooo (Adventure Time)
Carealot (Care Bears)
Real-life
A door that leads to Foster's (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Nothing but trees that ponies turn into when they die

Beacon of Chaos
2012-02-28, 02:36 PM
Oh wow, a genuine SiuiS wall of quotes. It's been so long since I've seen one this size! inb4 that's what she said.


Rainbow was in the finals :smallconfused: ? After I left, I figured she was doomed. So very sad that Scootaloo made it that far though. The one target I failed to finish off...

Don't think I'll be rejoining at this point though. I'm better off not giving it the chance to get to me again.

Zevox
That's a pity. I had fighting along side you... and against you. :smallamused:


Fluttershy in a Tanooki suit!
Fluttershy in a Tanooki suit!

Tanooki Fluttershy nearly killed me...

...soooo cute...

TANUKISHY *dies*
I seem to have found some form of ultra concentrated deadly cuteness. Now to harness it as a weapon! MUHAHAHAHA!


Aww, it's okay. I'm sure Phoe was just indulging in some hyperbole... Besides, we're still friends!
I'm sure she is too :smalltongue:

Funny thing is, after she said that I thought "I was Phoe's friend. Awesome."


Besides, we're still friends!
I saw this and straight away thought "You still have Zoidberg!"


That is indeed Human Do punching a T-Rex.
I always deliver on my promises.


Cool pony-related cake:
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/comics/2012-02-27.jpg
...

You might want to recheck that link :smalltongue:


Phoe bondage:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/058/3/c/phoe_x_phoe_by_fetchbeer-d4r87kr.png
Well.... okay then.


EDIT:

I...I don't even...how does this work?!
See this here? This is the reason that this post took me half an hour. I saw that link in the topic review and I was lost in the related links. Posters beware!

Pokonic
2012-02-28, 02:58 PM
So let's catalog the insane theories behind what's past the Everfree Forest shall we

Ooo (Adventure Time)
Carealot (Care Bears)
Real-life
A door that leads to Foster's (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Nothing but trees that ponies turn into when they die

You can presumably add wherever the heck Zecoras from and a portal to Sigil as well.

thubby
2012-02-28, 04:17 PM
i have the most insane theory ever.
it's more of equestria. :smallamused:

seriously, just because its a wild/cursed/whatever area doesnt mean the surrounding land hasnt been settled/developed.

Excession
2012-02-28, 04:40 PM
Sounds pretty cool. Fallout Equestria was an interesting sort of magitech setting. It had enough magic that translating some of it into pure DnD style fantasy shouldn't be too difficult.

Do the players know anything about the pony related origins of the campaign? Cause I see you name dropped Vinyl Scratch right there.

About Arbu, yeah I don't know your players but if you had fed them then I think they might have gone through with the Littlepip rampage. Most of my characters would have reacted similarly to her although they would hold on long enough for some sort of group consensus.

I think Yeenoghu cult stuff could make a good explanation for the nasty Fallout Equestria/Fallout 3 style raiders. In Fallout 3 they were completely unreasonably evil and insane and Fallout Equestria seemed to lampshade that with Velvet Remedy's breakdown at the end. Demonic influence makes a good explanation for such unthinking evil. (I know bad stuff happens in real life but in real life you rarely see splayed torsos dripping blood as a decoration. Definitely demon influence.)

My players do not know it's based on Fallout Equestria, I just told them it's based on Fallout. None of the watch the show, and certainly none of them are involved enough in the fandom to know who Vinyl is. I'm going to use that Pinkie fourth wall pic as the avatar of a self-aware computer virus that Vinyl gave the PCs to get her back into the broadcast towers that Red Eye has control of, similar to P7 out of Fallout Equestria: Pink Eyes. I just have to insert the pink one behind a typical Fallout green screen terminal image.

On Arbu:
My PCs main reson to not kill everyone was the children. They decided that murdering their parents in front of them and then leaving them to fend for themselves in the wasteland was uncool. I'm going to feel bad if I give all the kids demonic raider virus now. :smallfrown:

Fallout 3 did imply in the Arefu and The Family quests that raiders were affected by a disease or mutation to cause their bloodlust. To me a demonic version of mad cow disease was the natural version of that in a 4e inspired world, especially when Gnolls are my favourite monsters.

In Fallout 3 I actually prefered the Arefu plot over Andale. My character and I both freaked out when I realised I was about to put the psychotic but still rational and organised vampire raiders in charge of part of the wasteland. Turning wastelanders into slaves/cattle was never going to end well long term.

Kairaven
2012-02-28, 05:01 PM
oh man, I was too late, someponyelse got to it first...

But still, I think I could do better

ponyhammer:
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/259/103/cc3.jpg

Thanqol
2012-02-28, 05:10 PM
Introductions to the class:

"Hi, I'm Jess, second year commerce."
"I'm Kyle... second year psych and commerce student."
"I'm Daniel, I write pony fanfiction."


Off to a good start.

Pokonic
2012-02-28, 05:17 PM
My players do not know it's based on Fallout Equestria, I just told them it's based on Fallout. None of the watch the show, and certainly none of them are involved enough in the fandom to know who Vinyl is. I'm going to use that Pinkie fourth wall pic as the avatar of a self-aware computer virus that Vinyl gave the PCs to get her back into the broadcast towers that Red Eye has control of, similar to P7 out of Fallout Equestria: Pink Eyes. I just have to insert the pink one behind a typical Fallout green screen terminal image.

On Arbu:
My PCs main reson to not kill everyone was the children. They decided that murdering their parents in front of them and then leaving them to fend for themselves in the wasteland was uncool. I'm going to feel bad if I give all the kids demonic raider virus now. :smallfrown:

Fallout 3 did imply in the Arefu and The Family quests that raiders were affected by a disease or mutation to cause their bloodlust. To me a demonic version of mad cow disease was the natural version of that in a 4e inspired world, especially when Gnolls are my favourite monsters.

In Fallout 3 I actually prefered the Arefu plot over Andale. My character and I both freaked out when I realised I was about to put the psychotic but still rational and organised vampire raiders in charge of part of the wasteland. Turning wastelanders into slaves/cattle was never going to end well long term.

On the demon cult:
Could be that the cult proper was first started by the Dogs/Deathclaws, and there is still a subsect out there that worships it. On the other hand, they might see there oppressers being stuck down by madness to be a sign of the old powers at work. Of course, this could be bunk, but if they ever meet talking deathclaws with a lair with intestines and totems everywhere it should raise alarms.

On another note, that could lead to a twist for a long-time Fallout fan: Deathclaws where actualy around prior to the war, but it's not the traditinal tale in which they where common lizerds. Rather, the originals where mutated by one of the first bomb tests, where they became more inteligent and bipendal, and they where scooped up by the goverment to mine in hostile areas. However, being somewhat intelligent, they where eventualy moved back to the now-barren area they called home. The now-toxic area neverless survived the bombs mostly "unharmed", and the now-heavly mutated geckos left for other pastures.

This could explain two differnt creatures in a single stroke: the ones that did not get moved into the desert managed to survive the bombs and are now known as "Geckos", and there bigger-and-meaner kin decended from the those who went back home became the Deathclaws we all know and love.

OracleofWuffing
2012-02-28, 05:17 PM
So let's catalog the insane theories behind what's past the Everfree Forest shall we

Ooo (Adventure Time)
Carealot (Care Bears)
Real-life
A door that leads to Foster's (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Nothing but trees that ponies turn into when they die
Don't know why we're spoiling this, but I nominate
The end of the universe.

Dirtbag
2012-02-28, 05:18 PM
"I'm Daniel, I write pony fanfiction."

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/026/1/9/my_little_dashie_by_tess_27-d4nq06q.png

MCerberus
2012-02-28, 05:24 PM
Updated list of crazy Everfree speculation:

Ooo (Adventure Time)
Carealot (Care Bears)
Real-life
A door that leads to Foster's (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Nothing but trees that ponies turn into when they die
Sigil (the axis/city upon all planes rotate around in DnD)
Edge of the universe
Zebraland

Pokonic
2012-02-28, 05:29 PM
Alternitly, the thing at the end of the everfree is a gigantic, clear dome. If one goes around it, one can see that the entire world is contained in a massive snowglob-like creation, with the stars being suspended in the air.

Anarion
2012-02-28, 05:31 PM
oh man, I was too late, someponyelse got to it first...

But still, I think I could do better

ponyhammer:
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/259/103/cc3.jpg

Those are well done. What are the implants in the non-unicorn heads though? :smallconfused:


Updated list of crazy Everfree speculation:

Ooo (Adventure Time)
Carealot (Care Bears)
Real-life
A door that leads to Foster's (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Nothing but trees that ponies turn into when they die
Sigil (the axis/city upon all planes rotate around in DnD)
Edge of the universe
Zebraland

You forgot my only semi-joking infinite turtles theory.

I would also suggest a magical barrier put up by Celestia
A magical barrier not put up by Celestia

Gamerlord
2012-02-28, 05:34 PM
Those are well done. What are the implants in the non-unicorn heads though? :smallconfused:

Pretty sure those are the chainsaw sword thingies Space Marines are so fond of.

Pokonic
2012-02-28, 05:53 PM
Pretty sure those are the chainsaw sword thingies Space Marines are so fond of.

While having a pony having a gigantic sword in there mouths is oddly amusing, yeah, this is it.

BlasTech
2012-02-28, 05:53 PM
i have the most insane theory ever.
it's more of equestria. :smallamused:

seriously, just because its a wild/cursed/whatever area doesnt mean the surrounding land hasnt been settled/developed.

This is crazy ... you are crazy. :smallwink:


---

Hi Ponythread, long time no post. I'm still alive if anyone was wondering, just haven't had much to say and have been too busy with work and study lately to do much more than the minimum amount of lurking.

Welcome to the new ponies, and happy belated birthday Erikun (and anyone else I missed)

http://twentypercentcooler.net/data/62/2a/622a24e5286e93d93da9519c92f18ac8.gif?1327970172

Now, on to the reason of this post ... I have a request, or mayhaps it is more of a challenge. You see, the fandom has grown incredibly in the last year. It's really daunting the amount of excellent fanwork, fan music and PMV's that have been produced. In times past, I was able to keep fairly on top of each new item as it was placed on EQD. Now, however, I am beginning to get swamped with Pony ... so ... much ... pony.

And so, without further ado. The first stage of the challenge:


BlasTech's GREAT and POWERFUL PMV Challenge!!

The Goal: To recommend the best examples of PMV's/Fan-Music that are both GREAT and POWERFUL. Please limit your suggestions please to only the very best.

The definition of "Best":


It must be Great ... in that it involves some level of extra creativity on the part of the artist. Simply syncing clips to music does not qualify, doing so in a way that tells a story does.
It must be Powerful, it must move you in a way that is meaningful, and you need to be able to articulate that.


Some examples:

Examples of Great and Powerful include:

The Stars Will Aid in her Escape PMV (www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV_0n5gp1fE) - The music hits the right cues, particularly in the case of Twilight's determination and courage, and the editing ties together several different episodes to put a deeper spin on the events Episodes 1 and 2.

The Moon Rises (www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPjVCIX5Fvs) - Fan vocal piece about Luna's fall, which is of a quality I'd expect from a Disney movie.

PMV - This is War (www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcTM-lRxPbs) - This one is borderline, I just found it extra moving due to having recently read Fallout Equestria when I saw it and due to the themes of War and the cost involved in the song. Would be interested if anyone finds it as moving absent that context, or whether it falls simply into the "lipsync with music" category.

So good luck, and keep on ponying. Hopefully we can pool our experiences and find some really good things that others may have missed.

Yeah, I don't know whether anyone will actually pay attention to this, but I hope some do ^^;; I really need more good pony.

Plus these sort of works, along with great fanfics, are the thing I love most about this fandom.