My Little Pony XXXI: The Great and Powerful XXXie!

[Vorpalbob]

Woohoo, a new thread!

FFA FF RP: Free Raspberries! (Free-for-all Freeform RP)

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Beeskee sets up a small wooden stand in the market area in the middle of the town, with a sign that says "Free Raspberries!" in colorful writing. He stands behind it patiently, smiling. Oddly enough, there do not appear to be any raspberries on display. Or anything else, for that matter.

Free Raspberries

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A blood red pony wanders the market, perusing the items on display. Upon seeing the chipper pony and her little stand, he adjusts the load on his back, loosens his tie, and meanders over.

Leaning a forehoof on the stand, he asks, "So, what's this I hear about raspberries?"

... Vorpalbob remains best pony.

Adding to my sig. I think I sense a theme...

[Thanqol]

This is excellent

Out of curiosity, what story?

Imagine Green Isn't Your Colour, except Rarity is an ugly, fat slob and Fluttershy is his imaginary friend. Now imagine that rather than fashion shows, Rarity is trying to set his imaginary friend up on dates.

I posted the original some months back, the rewrite is much the same structure but just strengthened up a fair bit. If you're super curious, here.

[Eakin]

Hmm, you make a good point, although Applebuck Season kind of suggests AJ's biggest problem is dealing with her own stubbornness. At the same time, that doesn't seem quite to the scale of some of the other complications that her friends have, and it's only really come up in that one episode.

I guess on that note, I would like to see them do something more with AJ, either to go on with the farm potentially needing money or something new; I don't know if I have a preference, but I would like to see some development.

I totally agree that we need a really AJ-centered episode, haven't had one for over a season now, unless you count over a barrel which I don't (not discontinuitied or anything just not AJ-centric enough)

However I can see why Hasbro wouldn't want to go the "AJ needs money or the farm will be foreclosed on" as I imagine that would be tough to write while keeping in mind the 7 year old demographics

[SiuiS]

Rarity approves of this.



I've been searching a (very) little and only found this article. Nothing about actively discouraging bronies, just that they aren't that big a consumer group. To give an example of the accuracy: "The group included four "Pegasisters," as the small minority of female bronies sometimes call themselves". I never heard of 'Pegasisters', and I think I know a bit about the fandom.

It showed up for a one-and-done way back around like, thread 3-6. I remember arguingthat pegasister was cool, but having to factionalize only created inter-fandom conflict. A looooong time ago. Let's see what the Internet has to say!

Magic-wielding ponies generate a low level electrical field that effects their hair the way static impacts our. Twi's generally immune since she's so skilled at controlling it, except when her hold starts to slip a la Lesson Zero.

Pinkie's hair is ALWAYS out of control because she doesn't have any formal experience on how to vent magic the way unicorns do. But since her magic is derived from or controlled by her mental state, it rapidly dissipates whenever she slips into "Pinkemina" mode (this also explains the subtle color shift).

Rarity's special power is always looking good, so her hair defaults to physically implausible but stylish configurations

I'll raise you this crazy theory from the latest episode:

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Rarity's generally pretty dainty, and shouldn't be expected to be nearly as tough as AJ, especially since she'd rely more on her unicorn magic

During the race, she managed some fairly impressive physical feats, and couldn't use her magic without blowing her cover.

Conclusion: Neither AJ or Rarity are especially strong on their own. However, AJ's cowboy hat is a magical artifact that bestows extreme physical competence on any pony who wears it

Everything in this post meets with my behatted approval.

...huh. Behatted is a word. I'm impressed, English. For once you have risen to the occasion!

I remind you that Rarity was completely unhindered and unharmed by the 90º turn at between Mach 1 and 5 (depending on how fast you rate the Sonic Rainboom) and the attendant shocking g-forces which would have turned a human into paste...

Remember:

Ponies have superpowers.

Superpowers.

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I'm so gonna get so much milage out of that image, SiuiS!

I'm glad to see you're gettin-- oh hoho! Words out of my mouth. Good show.

Forgive my ignorance on this, but what is the general accepted level of fan-ness to be considered a "brony"? Is it more towards the "I watched the show with my daughter and it wasn't so bad" level, or is there an element of "I got a tattoo of a cutie mark representing my favourite fanfiction and I'm naming my daughter Scootaloo"?

A fan outside of the target demographic. Of anything G4 pony.
Though that isn't to say I would exclude four-to-six year old girls from being bronies if they wanted.

Speaking of which, anypony seen WJMill?

Reposting from the old thread! I wish I got this in on page 1, hrmpf.

This is in my signature under "Pony IRC" or somesuch, if you need to refer anypony in the future. Though I encourage continuing to add it to the thread. I'd also suggest a link to this post be inserted into the OP under important links.

I was looking for this for a while! Yay saving me digging through old threads to find it again!

If you want any of the art I've posted, just ask. Odds are I have the URL saved (or it's a sure bet if I drew the picture initially). For future reference and all.

Woohoo, a new thread!

FFA FF RP: Free Raspberries! (Free-for-all Freeform RP)

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Beeskee sets up a small wooden stand in the market area in the middle of the town, with a sign that says "Free Raspberries!" in colorful writing. He stands behind it patiently, smiling. Oddly enough, there do not appear to be any raspberries on display. Or anything else, for that matter.

I'm gonna have to ask you to pony up that post, mate.

I'm also gonna have to ask you why you no has raspberries? The sign says they're free. Where are they? Am I too late? Ah well.

Oh man, I hope not 'cause otherwise the brony police are going to be all over me for slacking off.

Also, I'm taking off tomorrow for a trip to New Zealand and Australia. I won't be on the internet much until after Thanksgiving, and probably not on these forums at all. I expect you all you be on thread 35 at least by the time I get back

Try to swing by Canberra! Find Thanqol's pizza shop and see I they're as cool as he says they is.

egads, do you lot go through a lot of these threads. had to jump through about five after google dumped me on a mention of my fic...

so, am i alone in thinking that, in general, each episode's quality keeps improving to the point that, five episodes into season two, the earliest episodes seem rather weak?

I do feel that they had to "get back into the swing of things". I enjoyedthe first few episodes, but they weren't what I liked about season 1; they may as well not have been About My Little ponies at all.

But as they press on they improve. And that's awesome!

*Total brain-block with a story for school*

*Realises that one of the main characters is a Fluttershy*

*Story writes itself*

Interesting. I'm going to have to try that.

Probably a Shrinking Violet with some badass thrown in, to use Troper Terms.

Crouching moron hidden badHorse. Very specific sundere (or berserk button with hairline trigger?)
Though to be fair, a lot o the appeal is that the characters aren't just "the tomboy", "the fashionista", or "the party animal". They defy categorization by trope; they must be disagree and have their specific actions and facets categorized instead. Which is fabulous!

...

Gregory house comes along and I start to spam the word 'neat'. Ponies? 'fabulous'. I'm ok with this. though surprised it isn't 'awesome'...

[Forum Explorer]

Had to post this: Just finished the fic the Best Night Ever which is a Blueblood redemption fic that is really really well done.


Also Rarity invading with style http://zombiezephyr.deviantart.com/a...rams-267407727

[Eakin]

OK, so as long as I'm ranking episodes I decided to sort ALL of them into 5 categories, worst to best. Some of my rankings probably won't be popular (good thing I'm about to flee the country for 3 weeks...) but there you go. The order within a given tier doesn't mean anything.

I found the hardest part was separating T3s from T4s, for what it's worth

Worst:

Feeling Pinkie Keen
Over a Barrell
Griffon the Brush off
Owl's Well That Ends Well
Call of the Cutie
Pilot part 2

Not So Great:

Sisterhooves Social
Look Before you Sleep
Applebuck Season
Dog and Pony Show
Bridle Gossip
Show Stoppers

Average:

Ticket Master
Pilot part 1
Return of Harmony pt. 1
Swarm of the Century
Stare Master
Bird In the Hoof

Pretty Damn Good:

Boast Busters
Fall Weather Friends
Green Isn't Your Color
Lesson Zero
Return of Harmony pt. 2
Best Night Ever
Cutie Mark Chronicles

20% Cooler:

Dragonshy
Winter Wrap Up
Party of One
Suited for Success
Sonic Rainboom
Luna Eclipsed

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What? Why didn't you say so sooner - there's a few Aussie ponythreaders, you could have arranged a meet up!

Doubtful, as it's a group of us and we're packing the time there pretty full already. But maybe someday (preferably after they perfect transportation so it doesn't take 20-odd hours to get there)

[Dexam]

Dave Polsky may be the most underwhelming pony writer, with Feeling Pinkie keen and Over a barrel. I wonder if he will be able to bring a non-controversial episode in season two, if he is still writing for MLP that is.

I've mentioned this before about the Dave Polsky episodes: he seems to write stand-alone scenes that are quite good, but the overall episodes are somewhat lacking. I've noticed there seems to be a fairly strong Looney Tunes/Merry Melodies influence to those two episodes, which is fine for 5 minute or shorter takes, but for a 20+ minute story it doesn't quite carry.

This seems neat. Anyone remember this movie?

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Road to El Dorado. I love that movie - so many great quotes.

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Miguel: "You fight like my sister!"
Tulio: "I've fought your sister - that's a compliment!"

Miguel: "Tulio, did you ever imagine it would end like this?"
Tulio: "The horse is a surprise..."

Chel: "Oh! Oh, no, no, no. The High Priest! What is he gonna think when he sees one of the Gods like this with me?"
Tulio: "Uhh... Lucky god?"

Tulio: "Well, it was nice working with you, partner."
Miguel: "Tulio, I just want you to know... I'm sorry about that girl in Barcelona."

I've watched the behind the scenes extras on the DVD - apparently a fair bit of dialog was ad-libbed by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Brannagh, and the writers just ran with it.

Hooray new thread!

What better time than to tell a nice little story?

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My mind broke.

My drama teacher is on FIRST NAME TERMS with this woman. And the best part?

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SHE MIGHT BE GETTING ME AN AUDITION!

Let me add my congrats and my jealousy to the list.

That said, you should totally name your daughter Scootaloo.

And you should clearly name your daughter Celestia instead

A group of my friends (non-bronies) were discussing what I should name my impending son (3 days and counting... ). One of them suggested Big Macintosh.

Also, I'm taking off tomorrow for a trip to New Zealand and Australia. I won't be on the internet much until after Thanksgiving, and probably not on these forums at all. I expect you all you be on thread 35 at least by the time I get back

What? Why didn't you say so sooner - there's a few Aussie ponythreaders, you could have arranged a meet up!

I've been thinking, does Applejack have a long-term goal that can create conflict? My initial impression was that she needs money for fixing up the farm, but we've never seen the farm cause problems for her. Should they go with this, or think up something new for her to pursue? Dash has her stunt-flying career, Rarity wants to be in high society, Fluttershy is chock full of phobias, Pinkie wants everypony to be happy, and Twilight wants to be a pony archmage. But what does AJ want?

I kind of mentioned this in my initial thoughts on S2E5 - Rarity's "Why are you so good?" line to AJ highlights this. More than any of the other ponies, AJ is already the closest to "living the dream". Her only long-term goals seem to be in making Sweet Apple Acres even more successful than it already is.

Also, AJ is more often than not the voice of reason and the level head; I'd like to see an episode where she loses her level-headed seriousness.

[Kindablue]

Some dramatically crazy guy in that IRC that I still haven't gotten around to using demanded that these be posted:

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Speaking of which, anypony seen WJMill?

Hey gang, just poppin' my hipster head in to see what's going. I started working full time and I'm having a hard time finding time for anything but homework. My head is spinning. Anyhoo. I'm getting excited for the season premier. :D

Hope everything's going well with everyone. Admittedly, I haven't read anything but skimmed this last page or so, so I'm definitely slowpokin' it up.

Gonna be skimming and will probably check in when I see the premier. XD Take it easy, everyone!

I miss her.

[tonberrian]

Woohoo, a new thread!

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Beeskee sets up a small wooden stand in the market area in the middle of the town, with a sign that says "Free Raspberries!" in colorful writing. He stands behind it patiently, smiling. Oddly enough, there do not appear to be any raspberries on display. Or anything else, for that matter.

(Admiral Ackbar) It's a trap!

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A brown pony with a red mane meanders up towards the stand.

"That ain't how ya go 'round sellin' raspberries, mate."

[Gadora]

Hooray new thread!

What better time than to tell a nice little story?

Those of you on the IRC have most likely already heard this.

For those of you who follow the MLP Drawthread, you know that I had two costumes for Nightmare Night, one of which was Derpy.

I walked into my Drama class that day, and my teacher had no idea who I was, so I explained the history of the character, how a fan-created name was accepted as the canonical name. She loved the idea, and said she would look it up.

The next day, I walk into class to see her texting away. I didn't see who she was talking to, but I saw her type in my name, so I asked who was on the other end.

"Oh, just a friend of mine. I'm telling her about your costume and acting and stuff. She thinks you sound really cool!"

I'm rather confused at this point, so I ask, "Who exactly is this person?"

She says, "Does the name Sarah Wall mean anything to you?"

...

My mind broke.

My drama teacher is on FIRST NAME TERMS with this woman. And the best part?

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SHE MIGHT BE GETTING ME AN AUDITION!

I said it in the IRC, but I'll say it again: congratulations!

Annnd it seems that Kindablue beat me to posting the Braenbow Dash while I was futilely looking for more.

[the_druid_droid]

Imagine Green Isn't Your Colour, except Rarity is an ugly, fat slob and Fluttershy is his imaginary friend. Now imagine that rather than fashion shows, Rarity is trying to set his imaginary friend up on dates.

I posted the original some months back, the rewrite is much the same structure but just strengthened up a fair bit. If you're super curious, here.

Ah, I remember reading the original. I'll have to check out your edit!

I totally agree that we need a really AJ-centered episode, haven't had one for over a season now, unless you count over a barrel which I don't (not discontinuitied or anything just not AJ-centric enough)

However I can see why Hasbro wouldn't want to go the "AJ needs money or the farm will be foreclosed on" as I imagine that would be tough to write while keeping in mind the 7 year old demographics

Yeah, though admittedly I don't know if I want it to be super-dramatic "We're gonna lose the farm" as much as, I dunno, something to hark back to Granny Smith's hip or something similarly light-hearted but potentially kind of serious.

Speaking of which, anypony seen WJMill?

My impression was that she was going to go dark for an indeterminate time because of being really busy with stuff. I think that's happened to a lot of us lately...

[Thanqol]

My impression was that she was going to go dark for an indeterminate time because of being really busy with stuff. I think that's happened to a lot of us lately...

Come 22/11 I'll be free until February.

And I'll be bored.

The idealised plan for that boredom right now is to draw for 6+ hours every single day. Gonna be sweet.

[Soras Teva Gee]

I've been thinking, does Applejack have a long-term goal that can create conflict? My initial impression was that she needs money for fixing up the farm, but we've never seen the farm cause problems for her. Should they go with this, or think up something new for her to pursue? Dash has her stunt-flying career, Rarity wants to be in high society, Fluttershy is chock full of phobias, Pinkie wants everypony to be happy, and Twilight wants to be a pony archmage. But what does AJ want?

Its good to have in my opinion to have a contrast with somebody who essentially has what they want in life. You need somebody around to be steadier then the rest. Ultimately giving AJ something new would be a very very big change for the character, given how her cutie mark chronicle went.

Of course depending on how serious the show wants to be there is ample potential for conflict in the struggle to keep a farm open and operational. Work is never done on one after all, and they traditionally don't pay terribly well. The question is can this be done without being too serious for the show. It be a little grim to have an episode centered around how parasprites ate the orchard right after taking out a loan to build a new barn or add some new lands.

And we technically have already seen the farm bring trouble with Applebuck season. Since its obviously a fair bit of ground for (apparently) only two able bodied ponies to work and too much for one pony.

Though she doesn't exactly have a dream to chase there's a lot of potential drama to be wrung from AJ. Like confirming (and thus exploring) that her parents are dead, which makes some serious sense.

[Topaz]

Can I sig this?

Be my guest.

[mikeejimbo]

I feel like there seems to be a pattern to peoples' feelings on episodes. Clearly not everyone ranks the episodes the same way, but it seems like episodes keep grouping up on peoples' likes or dislikes, all sticking together (whether they are like or dislike). And it almost seems like it is being grouped by writer.

More research is needed!

[Kindablue]

Annnd it seems that Kindablue beat me to posting the Braenbow Dash while I was futilely looking for more.

[SiuiS]

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That's it. The deciding factor.

Raz_Fox is Braeburn.

Loom at that last picture. Look at it. No, don't look at me with that smarmy brow, look at it!
That, is a Raz_Fox.

[Kindablue]

That's it. The deciding factor.

Raz_Fox is Braeburn.

Loom at that last picture. Look at it. No, don't look at me with that smarmy brow, look at it!
That, is a Raz_Fox.

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Also:


I really liked that episode.

[Kris Strife]

Loom at that last picture.

Have we mentioned that we love your phone lately?

Also, have some of DisPie!

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[Vorpalbob]

I think I may be getting a little egotistical.

I was discussing poni with a friend, and she asked me who is best pony.

For a response, I directed her to my sig.

I feel like there seems to be a pattern to peoples' feelings on episodes. Clearly not everyone ranks the episodes the same way, but it seems like episodes keep grouping up on peoples' likes or dislikes, all sticking together (whether they are like or dislike). And it almost seems like it is being grouped by writer.

I dunno, I can't really pick favorite and least favorite episodes. Maybe I just haven't watched enough, but to be honest I enjoy them all and don't really see a reason to pick favorites.

[InkwellPony]

Heya Ponies! A new pic for the playground! And it's vaguely pony related! Vaguely. Very.

It's a bit more crawly than a traditional pony.

But it is very cute thing!

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Threadwell Spider nomming on a twinkie!

And if I decide I want to change out my character image thing,


And now, back to work.

[Fortuna]

As a very recent convert, I greet you all.

I also wonder, referring to myself in a rather odd way (while being unsure of exactly why I'm doing so), why there is only one currently recruiting pony game over in the PbP section? Ponies are bestest. Gaming is second bestest. Surely pony gaming is bestester? Is there a flaw in my logic?

[InkwellPony]

And more pictures - I finally finished the pictures of Midnight's daughter, Aurora! The only pony in existance that is lucky enough to have three grandmothers from a single side of her family - and a Great 'Grandmother' that can move the sun at will. Lucky foal!

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And Playground Character Icon Picture solo thingie!

[Kris Strife]

As a very recent convert, I greet you all.

I also wonder, referring to myself in a rather odd way (while being unsure of exactly why I'm doing so), why there is only one currently recruiting pony game over in the PbP section? Ponies are bestest. Gaming is second bestest. Surely pony gaming is bestester? Is there a flaw in my logic?

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And because ponies+violent conflict resolution of most RP games don't mesh well. My character being a Dawn Caste aside.

[Fortuna]

But... pony gaming.

Yeah, it wouldn't work well for, say, D&D. But I have high hopes for Ponyxalted, and Pony FUDGE might work well. What about Ponylords of Creation? Or...

Yeah, I'm out. But still!

EDIT: Also, broken Twilight saddens me. Twilight should not be broken. Broken Twilight is saddening.

On the other hand, John de Lancie snapping his fingers was hilarious. I much prefer the new season to the first thus far.

[RdMarquis]

Heya Ponies! A new pic for the playground! And it's vaguely pony related! Vaguely. Very.

It's a bit more crawly than a traditional pony.

But it is very cute thing!

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Threadwell Spider nomming on a twinkie!

And if I decide I want to change out my character image thing,


And now, back to work.

Argh! More inexplicably cute spider ponies! Why are they adorable?!

And more pictures - I finally finished the pictures of Midnight's daughter, Aurora! The only pony in existance that is lucky enough to have three grandmothers from a single side of her family - and a Great 'Grandmother' that can move the sun at will. Lucky foal!

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And Playground Character Icon Picture solo thingie!

Nice work. The picture looks great.

[Grif]

As a very recent convert, I greet you all.

I also wonder, referring to myself in a rather odd way (while being unsure of exactly why I'm doing so), why there is only one currently recruiting pony game over in the PbP section? Ponies are bestest. Gaming is second bestest. Surely pony gaming is bestester? Is there a flaw in my logic?

Heh pony gaming. Unfortunately the only pony gaming I know of is modding my TF2 to have pony icons. Soldier Spike is always there to greet enemies with rokkits!

And more pictures - I finally finished the pictures of Midnight's daughter, Aurora! The only pony in existance that is lucky enough to have three grandmothers from a single side of her family - and a Great 'Grandmother' that can move the sun at will. Lucky foal!

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And Playground Character Icon Picture solo thingie!

Inkwell, how much Internets do I need to pay you? HNNNGGGHHH. My pancreas!

[Sean Mirrsen]

If you want pony gaming, I could direct you to the My Little Fortress mod for... no, not Team Fortress - Dwarf Fortress. If you ever heard of DF, you can imagine how well this works out.

The best short description of the mod I managed to come up with is "A little like a fantasy Fallout:Equestria, with bits of cupcakes sprinkled all over".

Too bad the author seems intent on overcomplicating it though.

[Grif]

If you want pony gaming, I could direct you to the My Little Fortress mod for... no, not Team Fortress - Dwarf Fortress. If you ever heard of DF, you can imagine how well this works out.

The best short description of the mod I managed to come up with is "A little like a fantasy Fallout:Equestria, with bits of cupcakes sprinkled all over".

Too bad the author seems intent on overcomplicating it though.

You mean where ponies could go insane and go into 'Cupcake' mood on a dime? (Fell mood is really full blown 'Cupcake mode'.) Speaking of which, if nopony wants to take the Pony Fortress turn, then I'll take it myself.

[BlasTech]

As a very recent convert, I greet you all.

I also wonder, referring to myself in a rather odd way (while being unsure of exactly why I'm doing so), why there is only one currently recruiting pony game over in the PbP section? Ponies are bestest. Gaming is second bestest. Surely pony gaming is bestester? Is there a flaw in my logic?

Welcome aboard!

No flaw in your logic that I can detect, although I think what we need is a DM/GM or whatever you call them. (I didn't even know there was a PbP one recruiting, link please ^^)

In their absence, there's a couple of FFRP's that are always open to new ponies. I think Siuis is also percolating away an idea for a new PbP using the Roleplaying Is Magic framework (see my post on page 1 for more details).