My Little Pony VII: The Grand Galloping Thread

[darthbobcat]

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I must say, I rather enjoy Morning Glory being That Sex Pony. It makes me uncomfortable to think about her underhoof dealings juxtaposed against an otherwise "sunshine and rainbows" sort of world. Less in an "Ew, really?" sort of way than in a "Hmm, I suppose such tactics would work in Equestria as well..." sort of way.

Plus, if I understood her background correctly, she really clawed her way up from nothing to insert her earth-pony self into a rather-segregated, classist society where the (primarily unicorn?) nobles do their best to keep the lower classes under their hooves. It's ... gratifying, I suppose I would say.

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It helps that the fic quickly established that it was less innocent than Friendship is Magic. It makes it weird to me, rather than completely unfitting. And I suppose if the mores of 1000 BFIM (Before Friendship is Magic) resemble the series proper, that's how everpony else would react to her too.

[DeadManSleeping]

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I must say, I rather enjoy Morning Glory being That Sex Pony. It makes me uncomfortable to think about her underhoof dealings juxtaposed against an otherwise "sunshine and rainbows" sort of world. Less in an "Ew, really?" sort of way than in a "Hmm, I suppose such tactics would work in Equestria as well..." sort of way.

Plus, if I understood her background correctly, she really clawed her way up from nothing to insert her earth-pony self into a rather-segregated, classist society where the (primarily unicorn?) nobles do their best to keep the lower classes under their hooves. It's ... gratifying, I suppose I would say.

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I'm glad that came across! She doesn't brag about it (much), but MG jumping across class boundaries like she does is essentially unheard of in the Equestria of her day.

And, yes, the story will deal with some more "adult" themes. By that, I do not mean that I will describe graphic sex acts (honestly, flank-brushing is the sexiest it's gonna get, and that's only hot if you're into ponies, which I must say, I'm not). I mean that I will not shy away from using sexuality, war, and politics as storytelling tools. This isn't Grimdark, but it's worth noting that just because we're talking about a land where winged ponies paint rainbows across the sky and magical unicorns live in grand mansions doesn't mean that everything is all happy.

Also, fun fact that you don't need to know but that I intend to keep consistent: the aristocracy is about 1/2 unicorns, 1/3 pegasi, and 1/6 earth ponies. The commoners are almost 1:1:1, favoring earth ponies slightly. These numbers both vary in some locations outside Everfree.

[Grif]

And....... Equestria Daily has 6 million views.

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SPPPAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE!

[SaintRidley]

My fiancee has just got Sims: Medieval and is hard at work creating Equestria.

She already has Princess Celestia with personality traits including jokester and her faithful student, Twilight Sparkle, who is scholarly but a drunkard (confound these ponies...)

[the_druid_droid]

Grenade Fluttershy is my new favorite Fluttershy

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[darthbobcat]

I love the 6,000,000 hit banner.

Keep on Truckin', Sweetie Belle!

[Mando Knight]

You poor poor soul. You missed out on one of the best educational shows of all time. (IMO)

It's right up there with Bill Nye the Science Guy. (PBS used to be fantastic for kid's SCIENCE shows)

...Now we not only need Ms. Frizzle and the Friendship is Magic Ponies Bus, but Bill Nye the Science Pony.

[Raistlin1040]

So I've written a few pages of my Dr. Whooves fanfiction, but I'm not sure whether to keep going, since I'm feeling a bit spent. Is anyone actually interested in reading it when I have a chapter finished, because if not, I'll probably just scrap it.

[Grif]

Grenade Fluttershy is my new favorite Fluttershy

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Fluttershy: Um, fire in the hole... *chucks grenade*
RD: What's that, Fluttershy?

*explosion*

AJ: What in tarnation?! Fluttershy, warn us before y'all start chuckin' those things.
Fluttershy: Okay

[AlterForm]

Grenade Fluttershy is my new favorite Fluttershy

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The best part is Derpy off to the left.

[Kyouhen]

Fluttershy: Um, fire in the hole... *chucks grenade*
RD: What's that, Fluttershy?

*explosion*

AJ: What in tarnation?! Fluttershy, warn us before y'all start chuckin' those things.
Fluttershy: Okay

What, no apology?

Also I think I'm finally done my ponytar. Should be up in a minute or two.

[Grif]

The best part is Derpy off to the left.

Oh wait. PINKIE IS IN HER SAD FORM. THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL.

[darthbobcat]

RE: Doctor Whooves fic: Sure, post it up.

Also, notice that Derpy isn't actually infected. She's such a follower.

[Kyouhen]

RE: Doctor Whooves fic: Sure, post it up.

Also, notice that Derpy isn't actually infected. She's such a follower.

Alternatively she's just the smartest pony there, realizing that the zombies lack the intelligence to figure out if the pony standing beside them is actually dead.

[darthbobcat]

Braaaaains
Braaaaaains
Muffin!

[the_druid_droid]

Also if you look closely, you'll see that Fluttershy is the only armed pony. Clearly when she's not caring for small woodland creatures, she's building her stockpile for the zombie apocalypse.

EDIT: Aaaand I think I just found my topic for the Random fanfic summer achievement at EqD...

[SiuiS]

So I've written a few pages of my Dr. Whooves fanfiction, but I'm not sure whether to keep going, since I'm feeling a bit spent. Is anyone actually interested in reading it when I have a chapter finished, because if not, I'll probably just scrap it.

Don't do that! Finish! Finish finish! No art mustbe censored, for we are Pony. We Tollerate and Love until you excrete.

And by excrete we mean make more art.

Fluttershy: Um, fire in the hole... *chucks grenade*
RD: What's that, Fluttershy?

*explosion*

AJ: What in tarnation?! Fluttershy, warn us before y'all start chuckin' those things.
Fluttershy: Okay

Best left 4 dead mod EVER. Pinkamena is obviously about to winthe game for everypony.

And poor Fluttershy. She tries so hard.

What, no apology?

Also I think I'm finally done my ponytar. Should be up in a minute or two.

Nice. Really well put together,and the white trim pulls it together.

[Hawkflight]

Right, finals are over, so I can finally get back to this thread.

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[SiuiS]

Right, finals are over, so I can finally get back to this thread.

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HAWKFLIGHT! hi, Hawkflight! How are ya? Here, have a cupcake. I saved a couple for folks who couldn't make it during all the weird stuff.

It's kidney shaped, but I'm pretty positive it's appendix flavored. Appendix and cherries Of course, all the good chapters were taken. Appendix and glossary are left because they are smaller. I don't understand cook-books; such horrible ingredients.

[RdMarquis]

Right, finals are over, so I can finally get back to this thread.

I envy you. School here isn't going to be over for a few more weeks.

By the way, check out what I found the other day.

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[Hawkflight]

HAWKFLIGHT! hi, Hawkflight! How are ya? Here, have a cupcake. I saved a couple for folks who couldn't make it during all the weird stuff.

It's kidney shaped, but I'm pretty positive it's appendix flavored. Appendix and cherries Of course, all the good chapters were taken. Appendix and glossary are left because they are smaller. I don't understand cook-books; such horrible ingredients.

Oh, can I have the index one then?

I envy you. School here isn't going to be over for a few more weeks.

By the way, check out what I found the other day.

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Awesome!

[Sanguine]

Never read any of these threads before. However I thought I would throw in this piece of awesome fan art by Dan Shive.

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[Lix Lorn]

Grenade Fluttershy is my new favorite Fluttershy

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The best part is Derpy off to the left.

Also, notice that Derpy isn't actually infected. She's such a follower.

Alternatively she's just the smartest pony there, realizing that the zombies lack the intelligence to figure out if the pony standing beside them is actually dead.

Don't you know the TRUTH?

Derpy caused the invasion.

[Welf]

I like that picture. It always interests me when a member of the cast, as a human, is portrayed as something other that white. Like, in this case, it's the opposite of the normal expectation (light = white, dark = black). So they get points for good artwork and creativity in the presentation.

Huh. Wouldn't have thought of giving human Celestia dark skin, but considering her normal colour scheme it actually makes a lot of sense.

DEM HIPS

Rarity is drawn with dark skin in a couple instances. I think I've seen a dark-skinned Pinkie Pie.

Indeed. Makes sense, too. Celestia just doesn't come off as standard English speaking Caucasian, to me. Luna very much does, though.

Dear Princess Celestia,

today I learned that when you want attention you need to play the race card.

Your faithful student
Raintalker Groundsplit

I see Celestia's darker skin tone more in line with her association with the sun. The sun enables plant growth, and for that brown, the colour of earth, is suggests itself. Especially in contrast to pale colour of the moon.

So far I haven't seen a non-Caucasian Rarity, and I look carefully. The cast member mostly drawn darker is Twilight, i.e.

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boxdrink

It would be interesting to see an all non-Caucasian humanized cast

And SuiS reminded me once again why I regret not being able to assign different English dialects. I guess I miss a lot that way. I can't really see any difference in how Celestia speaks.

[Grif]

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[Etcetera]

Pony related.

[the_druid_droid]

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Tagline: "Let's party!"

[Aotrs Commander]

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I am so getting the Aotrs weapons division to build me one of those.

[Kyouhen]

Don't you know the TRUTH?

Derpy caused the invasion.

Derpy, why have you betrayed us?

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The one weapon guaranteed for maximum destruction and satisfaction.

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Oh ye gods that's awesome. Not entirely sure how much damage it'll cause, but at least it'll be lots of fun!

[Irbis]

Aww, Twilight, you really should have stuck to your cautiousness and disbelieve these too-good-to-be-true stories

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