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    My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a reboot of the MLP franchise by Powerpuff Girls artist Lauren Faust, currently viewed by (almost) the entire internet, not only the intended audience. Here is a place where we discuss the joy of friendship.

    > My Little Pony? Seriously?

    It's a clever show. It has excellent writing, character dynamics, humour, animation, and generally treats kids seriously rather than condescending to them. It has every right to be a 20 minute corporate committee designed infomercial, but it's not.

    > Isn't this a show for little girls?

    Pixar technically makes shows for little boys, and produce some of the best animation in the world.

    > Okay, fine. I'll give it a try. Where do I start?

    No brony could ask for more. I recommend watching the episodes in order. They're all up on Youtube. Unusually, Hasbro seems fine with having the entire series up in public because they've made no move to bring down any of the episodes. Search for "Friendship is Magic Episode 1" and you should find the series pretty easily... Or search for "Sharing is Magic". That is all.

    > Okay, I'm going to watch it but this had better live up to the hype!

    Woah, calm down there. The show is light hearted, optimistic fun but it's not for everyone. It's good fun, the community is good fun, and everyone can do with a reminder that friendship is magic but if it doesn't gel for you we'll love and tolerate you anyway.

    > Iron Hoof/Fan Theories/Shipping

    All in good fun! If it's not your cup of tea, skim it, but this show has triggered a great creative outpouring from the internet. Pony themed fan-art is abundant and often excellent.

    > Derpy Hooves/Doctor Whoof

    Two minor background characters who were adopted as emblems of 4chan. Derpy Hooves is so named due to an animation error in the first episode that had her eyes facing in different directions; 4chan has assigned her the role of Ponyville's mailpony, and her only line so far has been "Muffins". The show's animators are aware of Derpy's popularity and she's shown up a few times recently with her eyes obviously derped. Currently made canon in Feeling Pinkie Keen and in Faust's picture showcased below.

    Dr. Whoof is a pony with an hourglass cutie mark; he saves time and space very quietly off camera.


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    New pony thread!
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    Ah, that new thread smell. Thanks for staying up for us Trixie!
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    And adorable opening picture! Yay all around.

    Now I just need to think of something to say.
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    Guys, we were supposed to rush the last one

    Plus, so many new faces, so suddenly
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    So, to anypony who missied it: the OP will be now migrating all fics from GDocs links (which are far too long) to ED links. Can everypony check if his/her links are in proper format and if there are any stories missing? I'll edit in the morning.

    *awaits for questions what these two ponies have in common with the name* :P
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    Oh the Grand Galloping Thread is the best place to post!
    Oh the Grand Galloping Thread is the best place to post!

    New threads are wonderful, that's for sure. Wonderful...


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    Oh gods, new thread already? I was avoiding the old one like a plague till I watched the new episode in HD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Grif View Post
    Oh gods, new thread already? I was avoiding the old one like a plague till I watched the new episode in HD.

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    There's a 720p version out. Dunno on the ETA for 1080p, though.

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    There's a 720p version out. Dunno on the ETA for 1080p, though.
    Out since this morning.

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    The thread is dead! Long live the thread!

    Also, MadMax has posted some art... I SOOOOO want to write this fic.

    So bad.

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    This doesn't look like AJ. At all, IMHO. Unless she was crossed with Rarity
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    Default Re: My Little Pony VII: The Grand Galloping Thread

    Right, so. Once again, I might not be able to watch ponies until next Friday. However, thanks to being spoiled...

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    I now know that there are musical numbers in the finale. Or musical number. I'm not quite clear on this. Anyway, the point is, now there will not only be an episode taunting me in my subscriptions, but likely a ponybeat as well. O_O


    Still, I will continue waiting. And scheming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irbis View Post
    This doesn't look like AJ. At all, IMHO. Unless she was crossed with Rarity
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lix Lorn View Post
    Sorry, let me rephrase.

    Let's go back to when we were all rainbows and sparkles to each other, even if we were discussing iron hoof. I Like Iron Hoof. And Trollestia. I ship excessively. I have OCs. I like human-pony pics. But we can all do that and still be nice to each other. Because friendship is ******* magic, gorrammit!
    yes. (/fluttershy)

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    ...you had to stab us with the realization of this, didn't you? :P

    And I'm not convinced they mean actual fall, might be TV/celestial fall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trixie View Post
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    Well, DarthBobCat felt bad about 'his' thread, Friendship is Sufficiently Advanced Technology meeting it's end. I felt a pang of regret at Art of the Thread nearing it's end. He consoled me, saying that as long as it remained unlocked, it would never truly die.

    5 hours later, mods locked the thread. I laughed pretty hard at that, and decided I would be faux-bitter at him for succeeding where I failed; for having a living thread where my own perished.

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    Okay, I've been wondering this for a while: Why do you get so irate over someone going 'That was a good episode' outside of spoiler boxes?
    I hate to be constantly backing Irbis, because it makes me look overly placating. However- I agree with him. This is the Second thing in my life where I've cared ahoy spoilers at all. Ever. So even the tiniest details throw me out of whack. It's irrational, but that doesn't mean I can think it away.

    I guess I'm making up for my usual lack of caring by being over-sensitive.

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    Oh gods, new thread already? I was avoiding the old one like a plague till I watched the new episode in HD.

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    No worries, mate. We have several other people who are holding out for HD versions, so spoilers will still be as hidden as ever. I'm not going to say anything about the episode for another two pages, myself. Just in case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by darthbobcat View Post
    "Ah knew all that froo froo makeup was a bad idea! Ah don't even look like me no more!"
    Seriously speaking - both eyes and hair are wrong for AJ, IMHO. They look halfway between AJ and Rarity. Maybe colours would change that...

    Oh, and I remembered what bugged me the most in new Ep!

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    Eyelashes are artificial!

    It means female ponies, just like male ones, don't have them! And yet, no one commented on it yet! It literally changes the way the concepts should be drawn, hmm...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irbis View Post
    If I say to you 'this episode sucks' you'll either start subconsciously look for any bad elements, to confirm it indeed sucks, or, if you don't like the person who stated it, to look for anything negating this opinion. It's basic human behaviour.

    Then, there's affronting others, not letting them formulate their own opinion, or even opening yourself to slipping more spoilers than that. All IMHO, and all bad. Spoilers cover every information for a reason. Just don't do it.

    To put that in perspective, would you be happy if I slapped similar non-spoiler on your fics, causing you to have less and less happy readers? Because that's what the spoilers do, in the end, kill your audience's enjoyment, bit by bit.
    This is my opinion:

    There's a difference between spoiling someone about what happens in a show or fic, and giving your opinion (IE: This was good/bad.) I agree, spoiling people about actual facts is a pretty bad thing to do, you'll brook no argument from me about this. If you spoil someone who hasn't watched Citizen Kane by revealing
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    you're a jerk. But I do not believe for a second that giving your opinion on something is something that should be hidden for fear of 'spoiling' something.

    You use my fics as an example, and yes, maybe I would be bothered by someone completely spoiling the things that happened, plot point by plot point. But Out In The Cold currently has 150+ comments on it, both with people liking and disliking it. (Mostly liking it, thankfully.) Are you saying that each of those comments should be hidden? There have been opinions given on this thread and others about my stories, should those have been spoiled? Because I have to say, I really don't mind people giving their opinions freely. Even if they're negative. It's part of being in a public space.

    If I tell you (for example, because I'm playing it right now): "Gee, I really think Megaman X is a good game." are you going to get irritated if you haven't played it before? If I tell you "Gee, I think Restaurant X is a really good place to go." are you going to get irate if you haven't eaten there?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irbis View Post
    This doesn't look like AJ. At all, IMHO. Unless she was crossed with Rarity
    I understand your confusion and-slash-or disgruntlement. But, we have to consider that [as we saw in 'Suited for Success,' so it's not a spoiler] her hair has been styled and neatened up for the Gala, there's probably been some make-up work (for the same), and, judging partially from RD's expression, AJ's gettin' all flattered and charmed. There are certain stylistic choices generally made when a girl's being flattered and charmed. That's what I'm seeing here.

    [these are (mild, not even really obnoxious) episode spoilers]
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    Human girls put on false eyelashes, too, sometimes, Irbis. It is a Thing people do.
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    Yippie! New Thread!

    Can't wait for the remaining pony episode holdouts (seriously, why wait for HD? I get my pony fix regardless of the viewing quality because I need my ponies, darn it!) to return so we can figure out what to do about the next several months.
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    Wow, a new thread. I really wish I could participate in discussions with you guys... *sighs*

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoeKun View Post
    Wow, a new thread. I really wish I could participate in discussions with you guys... *sighs*
    You could suggest a topic other than the new episode.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PhoeKun View Post
    Wow, a new thread. I really wish I could participate in discussions with you guys... *sighs*
    Hey, I'm in roughly the same boat as you this time.

    *sighs*

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    Hey, I'm in roughly the same boat as you this time.

    *sighs*

    Anyway, I don't believe I've shown you guys this:



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    Perhaps y'all can help me with my current project then. I'm working on a Zecora fic, but I don't have as firm a grasp on her character as I'd like. Celestia was easy for me, but this one not as much.

    Things I know about her personality:
    Introverted - Does not actively seek out others, but will welcome those that come to her.
    Knowledgeable - Regarding things about the forest.
    Generous / Forgiving - Willing to help those in need, even those who shunned her.

    ...and that's about it.
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    I don't think I can enjoy the show quite as much ever again knowing that somewhere, out there in the multiverse, some lucky alternate reality has My Little Penguin as a franchise. IT'S NOT FAIR!
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    Ooh, new thre-my gosh, that first picture is adorable.

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    So... I guess this thread will mostly be about fan-fiction instead of episode reviews and show analysis...

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    So... I guess this thread will mostly be about fan-fiction instead of episode reviews and show analysis...
    Without any new episodes, it's either that or fanon.
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    Here's the first fanfic I've made. It's also the first fiction I've wrote since... a long time ago. It's just the introduction, but I'd like some commentary if it's not too much to ask.
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    "You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."

    A small filly struggled through Canterlot's sodden fields. Rain poured relentlessly out of the dark sky. While the rain would eventually give way for Canterlot's fabled gardens and many-coloured flowers, this was scarce comfort for a filly caught out in the storm.
    She finally made her way into Canterlot, drenched to the core and shivering. The streets were deserted, nopony in their right mind would be outside in weather like this if they had a choice. *Her mind slowly faded out and made its way back in time, back to half-remembered fires on the hearth and a snug blankets. It felt like so long ago, before... She dozed off, oblivious to the wind and the rain.
    "Dear, you must come inside! You'll catch a cold like that, sweetheart!"
    The filly opened her eyes and stared at the mare before her. She was a deep majestic purple, as beautiful and dark as the night above. The filly opened her mouth to reply, but only a cough came out.
    "Here, follow me inside. I'll get you warmed up, you poor thing."
    The mare led the little pony inside a nearby home. The windows were shut tight against the cold, and the house was lit by candles. The mare pulled a bowl of soup out from over the remnants of a small fire gestured towards the young filly.
    "Here, drink up," she said as she dried the young pony off. "What happened to your parents? Do they know where you are?"
    "No," the filly managed to squeak out through the bowl of soup.
    "Well they need to know where you are dear. Where can I find them?"
    "I wish I knew."
    She let out a small sigh and fell asleep on the table. The mare took the rest of soup, dumped it on the fire's embers, and tossed the bowl to the side.
    "She will do much better than I thought," said the mare before fading out of sight.

    The filly woke up the next morning in a back alleyway. The sky above was light blue and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. She stretched, blinking herself out of sleep.*
    “Where am I? Last night… what happened?” she thought aloud. She wandered out of the alley and into the street, just in time to nearly get ran over by a horse-drawn carriage. She scrambled out of the way in time to see the passenger, a purple unicorn, stare out the window, oblivious to the near-accident.*
    She backed out of the street, only to feel a hoof on her shoulder.
    “Name and residence, please,” said the policepony behind her. “Are you aware of the trouble you could have caused? That carriage right there goes to Princess Celestia’s palace. If I were you, I wouldn’t be wantin’ to make trouble with her Highness now.”
    She stammered. “Trixie, sir, and I’m new here. I don’t have a residence. I’m terribly sorry, I didn’t mean to make trouble with anypony.”
    “New here? What brings you to Canterlot?”
    Trixie sat quietly for a second, trying to put her mind in order. She didn’t rightly know why she had come. She had lost her home, her family, she had no place to go, and then she had a feeling. A feeling that if she went to Canterlot, things would work out. Life would be good. She hesitated, trying to think of a reply the policepony would accept.
    “I heard there were jobs here, I was hoping to live here.”
    The policepony grimaced, “Ya know, I’m under orders to kick out any immigrants. We don’t have housing nor jobs for nopony, and anypony coming here just adds to our trouble. I’m terribly sorry Miss Trixie, but you’ll have to leave here by nightfall.”*
    Trixie started to protest, then reconsidered. She didn’t know why, but she did feel better. She hadn’t expected to come all this way to turn back upon entry, but something made her feel as if things would be okay.
    “I’ll be gone by then, sir. I’m sorry I took up so much of your time.”
    “Okay then. Get a move on,” he said.
    Trixie turned and began to walk away. She was just a little filly, so far away from anypony she knew, but she knew she would be fine. Her guardian angel would protect her.
    Her reminiscing was cut short by the sound of shouting and wailing coming from behind her.
    “But where will I go? This is my only home, I’ve lived here forever! Please, you can’t do this to me. Have you no kindness, sir, have you no kindness?”
    “Ma’am, I’m sorry, but if you don’t have a home you’re going to have to leave the city. We can’t afford to have beggars and street urchins laying about anymore. I don’t care where you used to live, you just have to go,” the policepony said.
    The voice toyed with Trixie’s memory. It sounded familiar, but from a distant past. Who was it? She turned around.
    “Moondancer!” Trixie exclaimed. “I haven’t seen you in forever, how are you doing?”
    Ignoring the policepony, Moondancer looked at Trixie with a face full of scorn. “How does it look like I’m doing, Trixie? I lost my family, my home, and now I’m losing my city.”
    “Forgive me cousin, I didn’t know. Come with me. We may be able to get something sorted out for the both of us.”
    Moondancer looked dubious, but she followed Trixie anyways.
    “I need to leave the city as well. I don’t have any idea where I’m going, but we’ll do better together, won’t we?”
    “I suppose so,” said Moondancer. She turned her head for one last look at her former home and neighbourhood, then set off.

    *The two spent the afternoon sharing their stories of woe. Moondancer had been a pony from a wealthy family. Her father had been a high ranking official in Celestia’s court, and the family had grown wealthy off Celestia’s benevolence. One day, however, disaster struck. Moondancer’s father was tending one of Celestia’s orchards when a bough fell, breaking his back and paralyzing him. He was unable to move, and his calls for help went unanswered. He slowly bled until he passed into unconscious and then to death. When Moondancer’s mother found out, she was devastated. Over the course of the next year she slowly wasted away, then she too passed on. Moondancer was left alone in the family estate. She tried to maintain it, but it was too much for one small pony to handle. Moondancer was kicked out of her own home and forced to live on the streets.*
    As the two ponies slowly walked to the edge of the city and discussed the past, the sun began to fall. Trixie and Moondancer crossed the city gate as the day melted into the twilight.
    “Twilight was always my favourite part of the day. It ends the fires of the day, and brings in the cool, gentle caress of the night. The night makes all equal in her velvet cloak.”
    Moondancer gave Trixie a funny look. “Really? I think I have something to show you then. Follow me.”*
    Moondancer tugged on Trixie’s leg, leading her down the slopes of the rolling hills. They traveled from the boundary of the city in silence. Moondancer stopped at the crest of the last hill before the great and powerful River Danter.
    The ponies gazed at the land before them. “I used to come out here often, at night. I’d stare out at the sky and the stars. They shine so bright, I felt like I could hear them. They were whispering something I couldn’t understand. Trixie…” Moondancer nudged Trixie. “Look. Up in the sky. Look Trixie. I know can see it. Look.”
    Trixie raised her head towards the heavens. There were so many lights, shining, sparkling, twinkling. Trixie’s eyes blurred. “They’re certainly beautiful, but I don’t see it.”
    “I know you can. Focus Trixie. I need you to focus.”
    Trixie wiped her blurry eyes and looked up at the sky again. Her vision blurred, but she held her gaze. The stars… the stars! They were moving! The stars in the night sky shifted and moved until they spelled out a message.
    “What is that? What’s going on?” Trixie shouted.
    Moondancer smiled. “I can’t see anything. Nopony can. You’re the only pony who can read the sky. Tell me Trixie. What does it say?”
    The stars spoke to Trixie, “I am the Ruler of all the Nations of the World. Long have I dwelt in the heavens, but now I shall return to the Earth to right the wrongs of the World. I will restore Equestria to its fabled past. Trixie, prepare the way for me. I will fill you with my power and you will trod your enemies underhoof.”
    A beam of moonlight shone down on Trixie. She could feel herself being lifted into the air, rising higher and higher. The moonlight moved with Trixie, and she could feel the power entering her body from the light. She flew over the land, accelerating faster and faster. Her eyes shut and she remembered no more.

    Blues sat on a stool outside his house. He had played a gig that night, but it didn’t go so well for him. He was out of touch, true, but that shouldn’t have been enough for the audience to throw him out of the bar. Oh well, he thought. At least I got a few bits out of it.
    Blues’ eyes were caught by a shooting star. It looked much closer than most shooting stars, and it was moving rapidly. In fact… it was heading for Phillydelphia. Blues watched as the star flew closer and closer, until it finally crashed into a park a block away from Blues’ house. He trotted over to the wreckage of the crash. To his astonishment, he saw a pale blue unicorn with a cutie mark of a starred wand and moon. Light shone from the unicorn, and she appeared to be unharmed despite the fall.
    “Who are you?” he said in wonder.
    “Who am I?” she repeated groggily. The world was blurry, and she was on the verge of collapse. Suddenly, her eyes slid into focus and she stood up straight.
    *“I am the Great and Powerful Trixie.”
    Hey, whatever happened to this? I remember you asking if you should continue and then... Poof!

    Quote Originally Posted by Thanqol
    Rainbow Dash ships with everypony
    Quote Originally Posted by Lix Lorn View Post
    EXCEPT RARITY?!
    (starts writing)
    so hey, did you ever redouble back on this? Or was the dress making satisfactory? Because I am interested in the Great and Powerful Lixie's take on shipping. And both characters are full of potential, but really it's more for the shipping.

    Quote Originally Posted by Thanqol View Post
    @ This horrible fic I agreed to write for some reason:

    Okay, I've got a roughly coherent (read: Utterly absurd) storyline sketched out, I just need to figure out a writing style that can appropriately communicate the crazy camp mood I'm going for. I know it'd work dramatically better as a comic, but unless there are any spectacularly bored artists swanning around... hmm, perhaps writing it and then doing a dramatic reading would be the best way to communicate the craziness...
    Hm. I'm conflicted. I want you write the story, but until it clicked which story you were talking about (just now, you'll notice other quotes asking about the state of the story. Har) I was willing to give it a comic crack.*

    Quote Originally Posted by Thanqol View Post
    Okay bronies. Had to get in a fight and wreck my telephone for this but I'm finally done.*
    Word.
    I am interested in the how's and why's of this statement.

    Quote Originally Posted by Thanqol View Post
    Perfect. I'm unemployed, I've got nothing better to do than take a shot at this.
    see above

    Quote Originally Posted by PhoeKun View Post
    ...Aw.

    Well, I'd say now you're basically required to request a 'ship from me, but I don't really think that's true. Tell you what. Just give me something fun to write, and I'll be happy. No dramatics necessary.
    I am requesting a 'Ship from you, as required by Pony Law, article three section five; "Brony Ettiquette".
    Flip a coin, heads you can choose who you want, tails I'll make a specific request. I'll even playfully harass you over the next several months without putting any real pressure on you, so you get all the buzz of a published author win none of the bother! :3

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    Wow, a new thread. I really wish I could participate in discussions with you guys... *sighs*
    awwww *hugs*

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    Perhaps y'all can help me with my current project then. *I'm working on a Zecora fic, but I don't have as firm a grasp on her character as I'd like. *Celestia was easy for me, but this one not as much.

    Things I know about her personality:
    Introverted - Does not actively seek out others, but will welcome those that come to her.
    Knowledgeable - Regarding things about the forest.
    Generous / Forgiving - Willing to help those in need, even those who shunned her.

    ...and that's about it.
    Zecora is a Gandalfian mentor figure, who is at their weakest when given direct spotlight and treated like just any character. Be careful with throwing problems at her and having her be unsure like with any of the mane cast; that way lies a trap.

    My two bits, at least.

    -

    Separate topic!
    I have decided to, indeed, get a cutie mark tattoo. Yes, there are valid reasons other than just riding the FiM gravy train, I promise.
    So... What would the cutie mark of a guy like myself even look like? I'm tempted to go with the one my avatar's is based off, but that's technically art theft.

    Help?

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    Quote Originally Posted by PhantomFox View Post
    Perhaps y'all can help me with my current project then. I'm working on a Zecora fic, but I don't have as firm a grasp on her character as I'd like. Celestia was easy for me, but this one not as much.

    Things I know about her personality:
    Introverted - Does not actively seek out others, but will welcome those that come to her.
    Knowledgeable - Regarding things about the forest.
    Generous / Forgiving - Willing to help those in need, even those who shunned her.

    ...and that's about it.
    - From a different culture. Thus, it might be useful to pick a traditional African culture (maybe one that spoke Swahili, since that's what they wanted her to speak in the episode, but they couldn't get a translator) and look at some of their myths and histories for inspiration.
    - Slightly slow on the uptake. She, after all, DIDN'T THINK IT WAS STRANGE THAT EVERYPONY WASN'T AROUND WHENEVER SHE SHOWED UP. Or rather, she thought it was strange, but she didn't put two and two together.
    - Probably finds Ponyville's well regimented control of the natural world creepy, since she prefers the Everfree Forest.
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