My Little Pony XIX: I Emptied Your Thread

[Trixie]

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Trixie's Great and Powerful Guide v1.94f
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Brief Introduction

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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, humor, 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" Google Doc. That is all.

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

Whoa, 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. Plus, you might hit the wrong episode. Ask first?

> Iron Hoof/Fan Theories/Shipping/Binding

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. See below for some examples.

> 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, Derpy was deemed important enough to appear in storyboards for Season II.

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

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Ponytar Artists

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Alarra
Alterform
Crown of Thorns
Dirtytabs
Irbis
Kairaven
Khosan
...and a lot more, too many to keep track of, now.

If you do/don't want to be here, make a note in the thread.

Note that we're looking for more as the above are a bit swamped with requests currently.

New: Official PonyPic Request Thread!

General Resources

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Fan Fiction and News: Equestria Daily
FF... Darkly: Equestria after Dark
Discussion Image Forum: Ponychan
Pony Emotes: FiM Emotes
Pony Images: Ponibooru
Know Your Meme: Ponies!
Allspark MLP Discussion Thread

Art Resources

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OC Pony Creation Guide:

>useful link<

Deviant Art Links:

Lauren Faust

14 Bis
ButterSS
Csimadmax
DonKoRR
Irving Zero
Johnjoseco
Kloudmutt
Palestorm

Tutorials:

How to Draw Luna
MLP Art Guides
MLP Colour Guides

Kloud TV

Concepts:

On the Design of the Mane Cast

Concept art by L. Faust:

AJ/AJ
Pinkie/Surprise
Rarity/Sparkler
Twilight/Twinkle
Derpy/Ditzy

Group Shot

5 Best Pictures [IMHO]:

TG&P Trixie 1 2a 2b 3
Twilight Sparkle 1 2 3
Rainbow Dash 1 2 3 3.6
Fluttershy 1 2 3

Pony Games

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The most recent one.
Pacderpy
Two very similar dash based cloud gathering sidescrollers
Pony generator I
Pony generator II
Pony generator III

New: Pinkie licks cupcakes. And a playthrough for it, too.
Collect Cupcakes, Lick Ponies! 2.0

Nice Fanwork



Art Challenges

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MyLP Challenge:

Do you want to try your hand at something fun? Feeling need to draw fanart? How about trying MyLP Challenge?

What it is? Just click on the linked template.

How does that work? Don't be scared, just complete the template to the best of your ability. Have one two three four examples made by other ponies

Starting thread and more examples can be found here.

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ATTENTION EVERYPONY!!!

Great & Powerful Trixie made a bet. A bet I'll procure 12 pictures of Trixie - like the one in my sig, of similar quality - before next weekend. Trixie cosplaying, doing weird stuff, finding herself in unusual situations. So! I need ideas! Sketches of Unicorn ponies (I'm willing to vectorize them for free if they're good enough)! Moments from the show showing ponies with unusual poses and/or designs I could use to inspire myself! Finally, if someone would also like to draw something, I'd be glad to repay in some manner :P

Any takers?

Important GitP Links

Thread I - Because Friendship Is Magic
Thread II - Now About 20% Cooler
Thread III - The Great & Powerful Thread
Thread IV - Friendship is Sufficiently Advanced Technology
Thread V - Art of the Thread
Thread VI - MUFFINS!
Thread VII - The Grand Galloping Thread
Thread VIII - Friendship is Music
Thread IX - The Best Thread Ever
Thread X - We Trot 'til We Drop
Thread XI - "Mmph!"
Thread XII - No One Can Groove Like the Girls with the Hooves
Thread XIII - Fast/Fine/Fierce Thread
Thread XIV - Boots on Hooves / Bikinis on Top
Thread XV - The Greater and Powerful-er Thread
Thread XVI - There's a Pony for That!
Thread XVII - Call Upon the Thread Ponies!
Thread XVIII - Perfect Isn't Easy
Thread XIX - I Emptied Your Thread

Operation: Indiscriminate Friendship
My Little Pony: FiM RP Recruitment
Pony Week Discussion Thread
Pony Crime Pulp Fic/Game Thread

[Capt. Ido Nos]

Excellent thread title :D

Alright everypony, as we were. *resumes building fort*

[Etcetera]

Derpy!

New thread smell.

[Anarion]

Woah, brand new pony thread. And I haven't been following the previous one at all past the first 5 or so pages. You guys move way too fast for me.

Oh well, let's start a new discussion. Spoiler tags because it's based on Snips Snails and Dragon's tails, but I really didn't spoil anything directly, I just want to be extra careful.

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So, if there were an Underdark version of ponies, what would they look like? Would they all resemble Luna or Nightmare Moon? Would they have some kind of modified glow in the dark cutie marks?

[Jahkaivah]

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[Trixie]

Explanatory infodump:

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You're so Derpy :P

More fics to be found in this gallery, page one and two. Anyone wants to make a dump of best pictures?

And a comic that spawned it all:

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Also! Attention, please! I tried to add all missing fics/fanworks, but probably missed some. Can anyone post the links or mail/MSN me with them? :(

[TheAmishPirate]

Dang, I got ninja'd by a new thread. That...that hurts. I'm crying on the inside.

Anyway, reposting from last thread:

Oof. I know I didn't post as much as I lurked, but this sprint was fun. Certainly proved that we could finish off a thread in two days if we were organized and free.

@Esper: My goodness there had better be more creepy where that came from. I'm intrigued.

@LixXAorts: It occurs to me that this pairing...does not have an adorable nickname! For shame! Scandal! Preposterous! GET TO IT PONYTHREAD! In the meanwhile....

*munches popcorn*


@Trixie: When you have the time, do you think you could put my story The New Moon Wanes in the "GitP Fics" section? Thank you!

EDIT: And I got ninja'd, by Trixie, asking for links to fics. This is getting ridicul-wait a minute, what's this?

*removes "ninja me!" sign from back*

[MCerberus]

Ponythread has been classified a Level 5 cuteness hazard. Read at own warning.

Many Moods of Ponythead: Repost

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More ponymotes:

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http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s...agle/ponymote/

[tonberrian]

Ah, that new thread smell.

Smells like alfalfa.

[Gaelbert]

Hey everypony. I haven't been paying too much attention in the off-season, so could someone remind me of when the show starts up again? Do we know yet?

[Titanium Fox]

Yeeeehaw! New Ponythread!

Holy crap, I've been around for five ponythreads. That means I've been a brony for... That's still less than a month. Wow. Time sure flies. And doesn't. At the same time.

[MCerberus]

December I think.

Also, alternate thread title: The Great and Powerful XIXie

[Titanium Fox]

December I think.

Also, alternate thread title: The Great and Powerful XIXie

Save that one for thread 30. More fitting for Trixie's narcissistic tendencies.

You see what I did there, right? Yeah, you saw what I did there.

[MCerberus]

Save that one for thread 30. More fitting for Trixie's narcissistic tendencies.

You see what I did there, right? Yeah, you saw what I did there.

For thread 30 I'd personally like to see XXX: State of the Pony

[Trixie]

@Trixie: When you have the time, do you think you could put my story The New Moon Wanes in the "GitP Fics" section? Thank you!

Added. Anypony else? :P

December I think.

Also, alternate thread title: The Great and Powerful XIXie

You know, that would be excellent name for next one

[Aotrs Commander]

@LixXAorts: It occurs to me that this pairing...does not have an adorable nickname! For shame! Scandal! Preposterous! GET TO IT PONYTHREAD! In the meanwhile....

*munches popcorn*

We don't need one because there isn't a pairing!!!

Also, given Lix's apparent predilictions, I'm not sure "pairing" is the accurate term...

Not that it matters because it isn't an issue, thanks to my brilliant piece of bribery!

I'd call it Ble-

Oh hell, no you don't!!!

*spifflicate*

Aaarrgh!

[Titanium Fox]

@LixXAorts: It occurs to me that this pairing...does not have an adorable nickname! For shame! Scandal! Preposterous! GET TO IT PONYTHREAD! In the meanwhile....

*munches popcorn*

We shall call it...

Commander Lix!

Added. Anypony else? :P



You know, that would be excellent name for next one

EVEN BETTER.

The Great and Powerful LIX for thread 59. (We'll get there eventually, right?)

RIGHT?

EDIT: I just realized I made two Lix puns in one post... Please release me from your mind control! @_@

[Kris Strife]

We shall call it...

Commander Lix!



EVEN BETTER.

The Great and Powerful LIX for thread 59. (We'll get there eventually, right?)

RIGHT?

Lixie Lich.

[Vent Reynolt]

Repost from last thread. (plus an extra response)

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It was dark.

She wasn't afraid.
She shouldn't be afraid.
Her name belonged to the night, therefore she shouldn't be afraid.
She was afraid.

This wasn't the night. The night was a thing of beauty, of stars and moon.

This was dark. So dark she felt like it was infringing on her, overwriting her, parts of herself disappearing into the black.

Her name.
Her name was....
She couldn't remember. She couldn't remember.

Calm down. Think. Remember who she was.

Her name was __________ .
Her parents were ___________ .
Her friends were ____________ .

There was nothing, there was nothing, there was NOTHING!

She was alone. She was so alone, she didn't even have herself.

Somepony.
Somepony help me.
Please.

I don't want to lose myself. I don't want to lose who I am. I don't want to be alone.

A whisper in the darkness. Promising salvation.
She but had to say 'Yes', and everything that she loved would be hers, forever.
Promising salvation in subjugation.
She had but to accept, give in, surrender.

A moment, lingering, fading.

Yes.

Green eyes flashed open in front of her, triumphant and cruel.

She screamed.

Edited: So people don't think it's Lyra.

Alright everypony, we can figure this out. We'll just need to do some detective work. Firstly we'll need to compile a list of every pony that might have a reason to kidnap Midnight. Let's see, it could be a stalker pony that pines for Midnight from afar, or perhaps somepony trying to get a ransom for the daughter of Princess Luna. Maybe somepony wants revenge on Midnight for certain events not necessarily limited to the Midnight Mare incident. All in all, that means that our list of suspects could include...

*looks at sheet, and throws it on the ground*

Everypony! That didn't narrow it down at all! Except Lyra, we know that she didn't do it.

Well, we still have one other important clue. The culprit has green eyes...

Madness of the Pink One forges would like to have a word with you. The fleet has Giggle Shot, you are a Ghostie. Plus it's sooooo random.

edit- I'm hoping insane sock puppets become a thing

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I, too enjoy the sock puppets. It has just the right combination of ponysanity and adorableness.

Oh well, let's start a new discussion. Spoiler tags because it's based on Snips Snails and Dragon's tails, but I really didn't spoil anything directly, I just want to be extra careful.

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So, if there were an Underdark version of ponies, what would they look like? Would they all resemble Luna or Nightmare Moon? Would they have some kind of modified glow in the dark cutie marks?

I'd imagine that Underdark versions of ponies wouldn't have a single set color, but their fur colors might generally range from purple, to dark blue, or black. I'd say that unlike on the surface, where pink and white is extremely common and Black was a unique color, Underdark ponies would be exactly the opposite.

I don't think that they'd have glow in the dark cutie marks, but there would probably be some sort of difference in their eyes because they are much better at seeing in the dark.


Edit: Also, random thought for the name of thread #30: My Little Pony XXX: It's not that kind of thread.

[Aotrs Commander]

We shall call it...

Commander Lix!

*skullpalm*

Lixie Lich.

*skulldesk*

You are not helping!

[Titanium Fox]

*skullpalm*



*skulldesk*

You are not helping!

You expected us to help? Good sir, I do believe you forget where you are!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Welf]

Oh, new thread. That asks for an image dump. But I don't have time, so only one comic.

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[Beacon of Chaos]

*spifflicate*

That's new to me! Spifflicate is an awesome word :O What does it mean? Do I even want to know?

Repost from last thread. (plus an extra response)



Alright everypony, we can figure this out. We'll just need to do some detective work. Firstly we'll need to compile a list of every pony that might have a reason to kidnap Midnight. Let's see, it could be a stalker pony that pines for Midnight from afar, or perhaps somepony trying to get a ransom for the daughter of Princess Luna. Maybe somepony wants revenge on Midnight for certain events not necessarily limited to the Midnight Mare incident. All in all, that means that our list of suspects could include...

*looks at sheet, and throws it on the ground*

Everypony! That didn't narrow it down at all! Except Lyra, we know that she didn't do it.

Well, we still have one other important clue. The culprit has green eyes...

Wait, are you saying that this isn't Luna and Nightmare Moon? 'cos NMM has green eyes and Luna is a pony whose name "belonged to the night".

Edit: Also, random thought for the name of thread #30: My Little Pony XXX: It's not that kind of thread.

Thread #34: My Little Pony XXXIV: There is pony of it. No Exceptions.

[MCerberus]

Oh, new thread. That asks for an image dump. But I don't have time, so only one comic.

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The magazine Spike is reading...

[Titanium Fox]

Oh, new thread. That asks for an image dump. But I don't have time, so only one comic.

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"I'm on the Lickoderm Muffin Patch now!"

It's rare that a comic makes me double over in laughter. Excellent work.

[InkwellPony]

Hey all you ponies! G'morning! Don't mind me... just wanted to...


-(Shakes Esper Derek until he rattles)- Write more Ponytech giant space robot space opera space... spacey... space space-ness! Dangit!

Okay, that's all I wanted to do for now. Now, back to the Lurkatron!

-(Lurks)-

[Nomar]

Oh, new thread. That asks for an image dump. But I don't have time, so only one comic.

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Rarity must be quite distracting for the doctor to overlook the weeping pegasus in the background.

On an unrelated note, the title of thread number XXIII really should contain a reference to the equestrian Illuminati (something about Adam Whitemane perhaps?).

[InkwellPony]

You expected us to help? Good sir, I do believe you forget where you are!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

"But we are helping!"

No, you're making it worse!!

"Worse... or better?"

[TheAmishPirate]

Wait, are you saying that this isn't Luna and Nightmare Moon? 'cos NMM has green eyes and Luna is a pony whose name "belonged to the night".

The pony involved here is Midnight, Esper's OC and current ponytar. Read Esper's Out in the Cold series, Phoe's Shades of Midnight, and then Esper has one more that isn't in the OP whose name escapes me.

Though I thought it was Luna/NMM first too.

[Vent Reynolt]

The magazine Spike is reading...

What? Didn't you hear? Plot Fighter 2 is so popular, they're gonna be releasing a new Turbo edition!

Also, a Dungeon Master's guide is there, and a reference to Harry Potter.