My Little Pony IV: Friendship is Sufficiently Advanced Technology

[SiuiS]

SIlly kuppy. Fluttershy isn't a tree!

Oh, but she wouldn't mind and would like to be a tree! um, that is. If that's alright?

[Thanqol]

Oh, but she wouldn't mind and would like to be a tree! um, that is. If that's alright?

It is not (Linked for swears)

[EsperDerek]

Just wanted to post my thanks here. Yesterday, things went about as poorly as they possibly could have, to the point where I may actually fail the class if everything hashes out against me in the end. And I have to go back there again today. So getting home late last night, as well as this morning, and reading through all the jokes and pony-related stuff was like a soothing, amusing balm that has helped cheer me up a little.

So, yeah, thank you. I mean it.

[Jahkaivah]

And if we're posting laugh-worthy youtube things

Remind me to do this when I die.

SIlly kuppy. Fluttershy isn't a tree!

Yeah Introbulus, you do realise Fluttershy is not a tree right?

[darthbobcat]

That "I'd like to be a tree" line is sorta weird. I ALMOST wonder if she just was trying to be part of the conversation and that was her idea of a joke.

[Trobby]

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*BIGHUG* :( All girls allowed.

It occurs to me that Granny Smith kind of depresses me as well. I mean, I like that they included an extended family for one of the characters, I quite like that. But her existence means that magical ponies grow old and die.

On the other hand, Granny Smith is an adorable pony, even in her old age.

And presumably, once she gets her hip replaced, she'll be downright chipper.

Sharing is for girls.

I read that book. It's about how clubs like that suck.

Speaking Winter Wrap-up, I can see how you'd clean up winter (remove snow and ice) and fall (get the leaves out off the tree). How do you think they shift from spring to summer?

I have a proposal

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Probably something like that.

Also, if it's physics you neeed to defy, Pinkie Pie's probably the head pony for that shift.

Dear god, 4th thread. Took me forever to catch up, but now that I am finally here the time for lurking is over, now is the time for ACTION!

On to the subject matter at hand, this show is seriously epic. The lack of episode this week makes me sad, but #22 looks quite promising. The iron hoof hypothesis shall finally be put to the ultimate test!

EDIT: In the meantime, do you guys have any fanfics to recommend? The are so many...

X_X ALL OF THE THREADS?! Good god man!

And I recommend this one, even though we were just talking about it a few pages ago.

SIlly kuppy. Fluttershy isn't a tree!

Yeah Introbulus, you do realise Fluttershy is not a tree right?

"I didn't SAY she was a tree!"

[Thanqol]

I read that book. It's about how clubs like that suck.

Are you saying the Bearenstein bears have betrayed me? CURSE YOUUUU BEAAAAAARS

In other news I just got up at 2am to write fanfic. It's about Hoity Toity and Luna. I'll get back to you.

[Etcetera]

So I made a fan art. I'm quite pleased with how RD turned out (except for perhaps the eyes), but I still can't really find a way to show any sort of interaction between the two without redrawing at least one character.

[Kairaven]

On the other hand, Granny Smith is an adorable pony, even in her old age.

And presumably, once she gets her hip replaced, she'll be downright chipper.

She was a looker back in the days

So I made a fan art. I'm quite pleased with how RD turned out (except for perhaps the eyes), but I still can't really find a way to show any sort of interaction between the two without redrawing at least one character.

Yes high five

[Thufir]

X_X ALL OF THE THREADS?! Good god man!

Wait, you mean it's not normal to read through all the previous Pony threads before joining them properly?

[Thanqol]

And I'm done. Give it up for...

Never Going Out Of Style

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“Fillies and gentlecolts, she’s been in the Moon for one thousand years, but tonight she returns to Canterlot a star. It’s time to witness the rebirth of Equestrian fashion with... Princess Luna!”

It was insufferable, these pre-act speeches. He didn’t know who they got to come up with such rubbish, but he did know that they were trying to offend his refined ears so badly that he’d look more kindly on whatever travesty the models came out wearing. The crowd, pedestrian as always, began to cheer and clop before the dress even emerged. How tiresome.

“Isn’t this exciting, Mr. Hoity Toity?” asked one of the bints who was sitting next to him. “It’s Princess Luna!”

“I heard she was sooooo nervous about this,” said a pony who was wearing a dress where she should have been wearing a gag. Hoity endured the banality but did not respond. His expression was unreadable behind his mirrored glasses.

‘I heard she made the dress herself!” said bint #1, which caused Hoity to abruptly turn about.

“Surely not,” he said, “I was informed that there would be Piedmount on display here, not some nopony from the moon!”

There was a brief moment of silence as the bints looked at each other.

“We might of exaggerated,” said gagless in her annoying voice.

“But it’s Princess Luna! How can you not be excited to see Princess Luna!” said irrelevant.

“Oh, it’s like Ponyville all over again,” moaned Hoity Toity. More valuable time, wasted. Some hack from the moon was going to inflict horrors upon his eyes and he’d just have to sit through it...

The curtain raised. The princess stepped out onto the catwalk.

There was a collective gasp from the audience as Luna, as graceful as a ray of moonlight lighting up the night dew, floated onto the stage. And then there was silence.

Absolute. Awestruck. Silence.

Hoity Toity took off his glasses.

“Good lord,” he said, and every eye was immediately upon him. He got unsteadily to his feet and looked up at the Princess who was transfixed with nerves. “Even if there was a time when trashy street walker was a look worth aiming for, you hit somewhere between there and rodeo clown. It’s like I’m looking at the garbage bin of history, oh, for shame!”

He put his glasses on and sat back down, turning his head aside so he didn’t have to look at the abomination any longer. He noticed to his satisfaction that the other ponies were giving him some space at last. It seems they’d finally realized that somepony as important as him needed space to –

Stars exploded along the inside of his glasses. He heard his ruff rip a little as he hit the ground – oh, that would simply not do – and he heard a muffled voice shouting “Take him away!”. He felt some ruffians lay their hooves on him. He would have called Hooves to deal with them but he couldn’t seem to clear his head from all these spinning colours.

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“No way! Is that...”

“What’s HE in for?”

“I heard he got kicked by Princess Luna!”

Hoity Toity got to his feet. Oh, his glasses were cracked, and he couldn’t see anything through them. That, along with his ruined ruff completely ruined the image he was going for. He may as well just give up. “Hooves. Get me my Autumn Array. And my cushion,” he added.

“Uh, sorry Mr. Toity, sir, but I can’t,” said Hooves. Hoity Toity took off his glasses.

He was in a small, cold prison cell with iron bars. A few other ponies were around in the same area. Hooves was in the same cell as him, looking worried.

Hoity Toity put his glasses back on.

“You can still provide a cushion.” He said.

“Yes, Mr. Toity, sir.” Hoity Toity sat down, and sure enough there was a comfortable pony there to take his weight.

“Now, would it break the ambiance of this little grey hole to get some service?” he called aloud.

Trumpets sounded, and Hoity Toity peeked over the rims of his glasses. Some dark blue mare came down the steps, flanked by a squadron of guards. The overall effect was trite, to be honest, obviously meant to evoke the feel of Princess Celestia’s visits but with none of the confidence needed to offset all of the ham.

The mare stopped in front of the cell. He pushed his glasses back up his nose. There was nothing further to see here.

“Well?” She asked, challenging.

“Well you fashion choice was still a garish mishmash that will haunt my dreams longer than anything that could happen in this dungeon,” Hoity Toity said. He didn’t flinch when there was the sound of something slamming into the bars.

“Who do you think you are talking to me like that? Do you know who I am?”

“No,” said Hoity Toity.

“I will not be made a laughingstock,” Luna hissed through clenched teeth.

“Madame, I couldn’t give a fig for what you are or are not,” Hoity Toity said, “My grievance is entirely with your dressmaker. Who is the culprit?”

“I – my sister helped me,” the voice seemed a bit less steady.

“And your sister is...?” Hoity Toity said, waving one hoof.

“Celestia,” Luna almost snarled.

“Then you should have words with her, because if she sent you out onto a stage wearing buttless chaps you would have cut a finer figure. It was like some kind of cruel joke, that.”

“I...” Luna stopped, “You *will* give me your honest opinion, will you not?”

“Why would I give anything different?” asked Hoity Toity, sitting in the dungeon of Canterlot.

“Hm. Come with me.”

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“Sorry about the bruise, by the way,” said Luna as Hoity Toity walked into her room. In the course of the walk up here Hooves had managed to find himself a fixed set of glasses and do some emergency stitching on his ruff. His eye was still black where Luna had kicked him, but it hid well behind the glasses.

“That was a new one,” he said absently, “Normally they just cry.”

Luna laughed. Hooves looked uncomfortable at how funny Luna found that.

Hoity Toity sat down. “Proceed.”

“Well... here’s what I wore when I first rose to the moon,” Luna said, stepping behind a screen and emerging in a spectacular silver and black dress.

Hoity Toity sat in silence for a moment and said, “The designer?”

“Well, it sort of magically appeared.”

“I see. Enchanting, but played out. Celestia has been riding that particular fashion into the dirt.” Hoity Toity said, waving his hoof, “Next.”

Luna twitched with a touch of anger at being dismissed so easily, but went and tried on her next piece. It was a classy black and purple ensemble. “This was what I wore when I was going formal as Nightmare Moon –“

“Oh, no, not unless you want to look like a Goth,” Hoity Toity said, averting his gaze.

“Hey! I was wearing this before it was cool! I MADE this cool!” Luna said, her voice raising.

“And ponies all across Equestria have spent the past thousand years making it uncool. Next!”

Fuming, Luna went behind the screen a third time. Hooves cast Hoity Toity a worried glance, as if to question his commitment to antagonising the Princess. Hoity Toity didn’t pay him any heed.

“Fine! How about this!” Luna said, emerging in a sweeping oceanic gown that raised from darkest green to deepest purple, crashing and flowing like a thunderstorm over a stormy sea.

“And who designed this one?”

“I did. While I was in the moon.” Luna said, raising her head defiantly.

“Ah, so you’re finally showing me something real,” Hoity Toity said, looking at it, “Not your sister’s work. Not you trying to be something you’re not. Not some mysterious magical gift. Something you actually, genuinely put your own emotions and effort to.”

“And?”

“Well, the stitching is clumsy and you obviously aren’t used to having access to a decent sewing shop, but with some adjustments I think we can work with this.” Hoity Toity said, “Hooves! Get me my editing pen and those designs!”

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“Fillies and Gentlecolts, let’s give it up for the new star of the Grand Galloping Gala, the newly returned... Princess Luna!”

Celestia carefully hid her giggle. No matter what Luna came out wearing this time what ponies would remember was the streetwalker clown. That’d teach her to stop playing loud music in the small hours of the morning.

The curtains opened. No one was there.

There was silence for a moment, and the whispering set in.

Belatedly, a unicorn with a silver mane ascended the steps, cleared her throat, threw back her hooves dramatically and announced, “The GREAT and POWERFUL TRIXIE is here to inform you that Princess Luna will not be attending the Grand Galloping Gala because she has found a much cooler party to attend.”

“How can it be cooler than the Grand Galloping Gala?” Asked one pony in the crowd.

“Because it will have the GREAT and POWERFUL TRIXIE in attendance,” Trixie shot back. “Now, Trixie has to get back. She hopes you all enjoy your crummy, Trixie-less party.” Trixie strode confidently off the stage, leaving a crowd of muttering ponies in her wake.

The rest of the Gala just felt kind of hollow after that. Sure, it was grand, and galloping and all that... but what was *Luna’s* party like?

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“This is an almost criminal waste of my time,” Hoity Toity said.

“Would you prefer to go back in the dungeon?” Princess Luna asked.

Hoity Toity considered it. On one hand, he wouldn’t be stuck here dancing with this bint and would be able to sit down. On the other hand, this place wasn’t a total crime against fashion. The silver maned unicorn had a pretty cape, the griffon had an interesting spike thing going, and the grey pegasus was wearing some abomination emblazoned with muffins that was despite all sane reason strangely compelling. There weren’t many others around. It was a small, private affair in the shadow of the mountain.

“Please, if you must do this, let’s at least change the music to something classier,” said Hoity Toity as he was forcibly waltzed by Princess Luna.

“Shut up,” said the Princess, “And dance.”

Disclaimer: This story breaks my "Do not post something you wrote at 1:30 in the morning to the internet" rule, sorry if it's terrible. Feedback is appreciated.

[Kairaven]

did we convert Zefir?
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That story...do I like it? No... I LOVE IT!

[Arcanoi]

I would ship Fem!Taric Pony/Twilight so hard.

[Mystic Muse]

EDIT: Never mind. I have to get going anyway.

[Kairaven]

Does anypony happen to know where I can get a legitimate "Winter wrap up" MP3 file?

what do you mean by "legitimite"? Since there's no official release yet of any songs.

[Irbis]

Well, since no one wants to give me honest feedback in avatar thread, aybe someone here will :P

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Here's quick and rough sketch. Anyone has suggestions for improving?

Edit: facepalm - it wasn't claimed this morning when I grabbed it for practice. Oh, well, wasted work :P

Or maybe it's really so bad. Hmm.

[Etcetera]

Well, since no one wants to give me honest feedback in avatar thread, aybe someone here will :P



Or maybe it's really so bad. Hmm.

Back leg should be shaded, in my opinion. Really, it's fine. Maybe slightly thicker lines?

[Trobby]

And I'm done. Give it up for...

Never Going Out Of Style

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Disclaimer: This story breaks my "Do not post something you wrote at 1:30 in the morning to the internet" rule, sorry if it's terrible. Feedback is appreciated.

*Ahem*

Forgive me if my review is a little sparse. A trojan horse took over my web browser in the middle of trying to write this, and I had to start all over again. -_-; Let the world know that I hate computer viruses, and wish horrible things upon the people who program them.

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Hoity Toity seems just a little off-character in this story. He's always been a massive fashion snob, but this story seems to draw him as some kind of unmovable object in fashion critique, not even affected in the slightest by being imprisoned. And I feel like the use of the word "bint" is at odds with his more refined sensibilities, so it's not as if it's just taking his snootiness up to 11, it just seems like he could be portrayed a little better.

Luna, for her part, shows a side of her that is surprisingly believable. She DID, after all, spite the world with eternal darkness, so showing anger towards being snubbed for her fashion is something that I could actually see happening.

I guess for a more comedic story, exaggerated personalities works, but it just takes me out of the story a bit. Though I suppose if we looked into Luna's inner dialogue, we might see more of her sordid past, and it's possible that Luna's fashion sense really IS just so bad that it's worth getting thrown in prison.

I do love the guest appearance by THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE at the end though.

[PhantomFox]

Speaking of fanfic, the pool of stories that my submission for Equestria Daily's April 1st fanfic competition has its voting tomorrow. Come and vote for the best of the five in pool #3! Hopefully it'll be mine! (Pride Goes Before A Folly)

[Mystic Muse]

what do you mean by "legitimite"? Since there's no official release yet of any songs.

Okay, never mind then.

[Welf]

Well, since no one wants to give me honest feedback in avatar thread, aybe someone here will :P



Or maybe it's really so bad. Hmm.

I've seen the picture, and I don't hate you as a person.

But to be a little more constructive: the cutey mark does not perfectly blend in with the rest. Maybe you should make it more stylized and comic-like as the zebra is.

[darthbobcat]

So I made a fan art. I'm quite pleased with how RD turned out (except for perhaps the eyes), but I still can't really find a way to show any sort of interaction between the two without redrawing at least one character.

I... buh... wha... I am blown away that I got fanart. This is awesome.

I sort of agree with you about the eye thing. I think the iris and pupil need to be a little larger, and there's something ever so slightly off about the perspective.

But... I don't care much about that, because I GOT FANART. WOOOOOOOOO.

Next time I submit a chapter, I'm asking the Equestria Daily guy to put that up, spoilers be damned.

[Etcetera]

I sort of agree with you about the eye thing. I think the iris and pupil need to be a little larger, and there's something ever so slightly off about the perspective.

Probably my fault for basing Rainbow's pose on Derpy. Also, drawing rainbow's armour gave me massive sympathy for the animators. Soooo much detail.

[PhoeKun]

I... buh... wha... I am blown away that I got fanart. This is awesome.

I sort of agree with you about the eye thing. I think the iris and pupil need to be a little larger, and there's something ever so slightly off about the perspective.

But... I don't care much about that, because I GOT FANART. WOOOOOOOOO.

Next time I submit a chapter, I'm asking the Equestria Daily guy to put that up, spoilers be damned.

Congratulations on writing something awesome enough to inspire fanart. If ever you needed validation of the kickassery (sorry to use an industry term in a casual thread) of your ideas, that would be it.

Clap, clap, clap for you!

[darthbobcat]

Probably my fault for basing Rainbow's pose on Derpy. Also, drawing rainbow's armour gave me massive sympathy for the animators. Soooo much detail.

That is the nice thing about flash animation. Once you have something drawn, you can reuse it more than you can with regular animation, as I understand it.

I hope to see this on Equestria Daily's next Art Friend thread.

[Kris Strife]

Clop, clop, clop for you!

Fixed that for you.

[darthbobcat]

Fixed that for you.

... that has a different connotation among the fanfic community... as in clopfic.

[Kris Strife]

... that has a different connotation among the fanfic community... as in clopfic.

I'm not sure I want to know what that is...

[darthbobcat]

I'm not sure I want to know what that is...

You don't. Just... be careful using the word clop online.

[PhoeKun]

Fixed that for you.

I now want to see pony Furude Rika. It would be the cutest and also saddest thing ever.