My Little Pony XLIIV: Season II Ruined My Fanon!

[Alabenson]

When are we going to have the Love bomb from the wedding special added to this arsonel?

Unfortunately, research into weaponizing love has stalled due to the persistent confusion regarding generation methods.

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[thubby]

Try the Archie V remix

Also, maybe this has been mentioned in the last couple pages but you DO know that "3" in roman numerals is III and not IIV right?

sweet thor this fandom works fast.

Unfortunately, research into weaponizing love has stalled due to the persistent confusion regarding generation methods.

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*float into the bar upside down*
i was making progress before the incident. you're welcome to my research. just stay away from the folder marked "thanqol"
that's what lead to.... OH PANCAKES

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[Mewtarthio]

Ah yes, that brings up another question. Does Celestia's defeat imply that her love for her subjects is somehow less than Shining Armor's love for Cadence?

More evidence for my fanon that Celestia is so very, very alone.

I'm also going to assume season 1 happened before season 2. And as for sorting, all it takes is watching it and noticing events that make more sense if a future episode was put before it.

I will note that I once heard the fanon that "Putting Your Hoof Down" takes place before S1E1, and that all the confidence she'd shown before That Episode was based on the lessons she learned therein. Makes the episode much more palatable. I still wouldn't say it's palatable at all, but it's better than taking the chronology at face value.

[Pokonic]

Sir, I am shocked and appalled at your insinuation that I am unconcerned about the effects of repeated low-orbit discharge of energized friendship on the environment. I would like to assure everypony that I am absolutely not conducting experiments on the long-term effects of residual, high-energy friendship exposure on ponythread, and I most certainly have not modified my fleet of OFCs to ensure maximum atmospheric fallout.
Furthermore, I would like to take this opportunity to dispel the ludicrous rumors that I have been kidnapping ponies to use in my experi…Igor! Get back to the lab with that this instant!

Ook.
*walks off with a struggling potato sack*

Wait a moment, you have been kidnapping ponies? Why, my good stallion, I have a idea: how about criminals and scum sent to you personaly, little cost to you, if you can mearly find a alternitive to the currant PONE-emitting death beams you are already using? I can supply you with the most potent of solidfied necrotic energy harvested from the darkest bowls of the outer planes as a show of good will if we can mearly come to a agreement. Is alternitive energy not the new thing nowadays?

[Luka]

Something like this then?

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I was actually expecting something like this

[RdMarquis]

I don't know if that was suggested before, but it fits neatly into previous Gens of MLP

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This will present some problems when the Schmooze rears its ugly head again. Especially if they lost the ability to get rid of it. Or worse, they could hold Equestria ransom.

Current standings for Best Twilight Moment:

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Twilight & Future Twilight: 5
Starswirl Costume: 1
This is MY BOOK! And I'm gonna READ IT!!: 2
Disaster proof Equestria!: 1
Do it for Equestria! Do it for Rainbow Dash! Do it for yourself!
I'm going to do what I do best; Lecture her!: 2
Twilight's Awkward Dance: 1
Necklace, Necklace, Necklace, Necklace, and Big Crown Thingy!: 1
Twilight Loves Smarty Pants: 1
Sleep Deprived Crazy Twilight: 2
Congratulations, you're the new Rainbow Dash: 1
Clock is ticking Twilight. CLOCK. IS. TICKING!: 1
Gollumn Twilight: 1
Twilight Rereads Friendship Reports: 1

Nominations will continue until people stop nominating.

I'd like to toss my vote in for This is MY BOOK! please.

re imagining time!

Kungfu/Wuxia ponies!

Young mare Twilight Sparkle, top student of Master Celestia, Undefeated of the Heavens, creator of the Friendship Style school of kungfu. Directed by her master to seek the better understanding of the final technique of The Friendship Style kungfu, The Harmonic Six Hooves Strike. She travels into the perilous realm of Pony jianghu and on her path to Pony kungfu mastery.

Rarity! traveling silk merchant but also the young inheritor of the Dazzling Gem sword style.

Applejack of the Ponyville Apple Clan, masters of the Immovable Apple Bucking technique.

Pinkie Pie, the Laughing Hoof, freedom loving master of the Giggling Touch.

Fluttershy, master acupuncture healer and practitioner of the Gentle Path style of Deflecting Defense.

Rainbow Dash, Young brash prodigy of the Wonderbolt school of Thundering Wing, said to have mastered several techniques already including, The lighting Wing Slash, and the legendary Seven Hued Rainboom Strike.

The delicate balance of harmony is shattered when news comes of Master Celestia's rumored defeat at the hoof of "The Nightmare of the Darkened Moon" A fearsome pugilist of legend.

Will Twilight master the Friendship style before pony jianghu descents into choas? Will she be able to defeat The Nightmare and avenge her tearcher?

Heck, yes. Especially considering how much I like Return of the Condor Heroes.

[otakuryoga]

dear sweet ponysanity!

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Dude has WAY too much time on his hands..but BRAVO!

[SiuiS]

So, why is it that the week my internet goes out, ponythread shoots along like Derpy after muffins and the moment I get it back, everypony disappears...?

(Wait, it's just the typical Friday slowdown, isn't it? Ah, I dunno whether I'm coming or going at the moment...)

I dunno. It's frustrating sometimes though...

For me there's a few reasons. First, and probably best, is that she's easily the most evil of the three villains we've seen. Nightmare Moon was acting entirely out of jealousy. Discord's too obsessed with having his fun. Chrysalis? She's a creature who feeds on love. It's in her nature to kidnap those you love and replace them. Her motivation for being evil is that it's an inherent trait of changelings, which the other two were more just their personality.

Second, as has already been mentioned, is her character design. This is closer to the type of villain everyone thought Discord was going to be when we first heard about him. Pony insects are just creepy. I also loved the way they handled her movement, she's like Rainbow Dash in that she rarely walks. Instead she keeps buzzing around every few feet, and even when she's walking if her wings are out they're flapping.

Third is her appearance. I went into this episode expecting something closer to Best Night Ever. Instead I got a new villain who commands her own army. That and the big reveal for her was SO. AWESOME.

So, wait

Lions are inherently more evil than cannibal murderers because killing is in their nature?

[Alabenson]

Wait a moment, you have been kidnapping ponies? Why, my good stallion, I have a idea: how about criminals and scum sent to you personaly, little cost to you, if you can mearly find a alternitive to the currant PONE-emitting death beams you are already using? I can supply you with the most potent of solidfied necrotic energy harvested from the darkest bowls of the outer planes as a show of good will if we can mearly come to a agreement. Is alternitive energy not the new thing nowadays?

What? As I just explained I am absolutely not, nor have I ever been, involved in the kidnapping of ponies for use in scientific experimentation.
*A pony-shaped potato sack runs by, being chased by a mallet-brandishing Igor*
...That was...a rat. Yes, definitely a rat. I sure have a serious rat problem...here on my airship. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to help Igor. Deal with the rat problem. That I have.

[thubby]

dear sweet ponysanity!

mosaic made with screencaps..every episode represented..no screencap reused

Dude has WAY too much time on his hands..but BRAVO!

actually, the sky is made up of a shot of discord when we first see him repeated more than a few times.

still really impressive though.

[Pokonic]

What? As I just explained I am absolutely not, nor have I ever been, involved in the kidnapping of ponies for use in scientific experimentation.
*A pony-shaped potato sack runs by, being chased by a mallet-brandishing Igor*
...That was...a rat. Yes, definitely a rat. I sure have a serious rat problem...here on my airship. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to help Igor. Deal with the rat problem. That I have.

Silly, there not ponies. There horses. No one can say they are not, after all, if they have no actual way of disputing the paperwork on them that was collected by the Cult. There animals, after all. I am simply sending them to a farm in order to help a pony to set a new, cost efficant energy supply for there own benifit.

[Soras Teva Gee]

Celestia wasn't powerless beforehand either. Both have some power to begin with, so you're saying only Chrysalis can tap into the power of Love?

Turn it around why would you think for a moment Celestia can? Its never stated anywhere and Love is not among the EoH which is the only "external" magical source she is known for her. So why does Celestia get a power boost from the Power of Love?

When you assume a requirement into existence then the problem isn't in the show if it isn't upheld.

I don't know, seems perhaps mildly insulting to Celestia's love to say it's not as great as some other kind of love.

To get deeply philosophical for a moment that's getting it backwards. Love is a deep connection between two people. While I've know doubt Celestia intellectually cares for her subjects she can only even know a fraction of them, much less have any kind of personal bond that can be called love. Because she can't even know them. To push beyond that is well frankly just beyond her.

It requires her to not merely be, but to be omnipresent. To be not even merely goddess... but God. To borrow the Dresden File's distinction.

That's not a requirement she can meet by concept. I've no doubt Celestia loves Luna as a sister and Twilight as mentor/mother figure, but that covers characters we know who have any kind of personal connection with her. We can infer though that any Shining Armor to her Cadence either didn't work out or is long over. Which is the price being an ageless sorceress queen incurs, its lonely at the top, etc...

(To supplement this are you familiar with the idea of the Four Loves?)

When are we going to have the Love bomb from the wedding special added to this arsonel?

We haven't already:

The Hooves of ours are Burning Red!
Their loud cry tells us...
...to grasp happiness!

Current standings for Best Twilight Moment:

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Twilight & Future Twilight: 5
Starswirl Costume: 1
This is MY BOOK! And I'm gonna READ IT!!: 2
Disaster proof Equestria!: 1
Do it for Equestria! Do it for Rainbow Dash! Do it for yourself!
I'm going to do what I do best; Lecture her!: 2
Twilight's Awkward Dance: 1
Necklace, Necklace, Necklace, Necklace, and Big Crown Thingy!: 1
Twilight Loves Smarty Pants: 1
Sleep Deprived Crazy Twilight: 2
Congratulations, you're the new Rainbow Dash: 1
Clock is ticking Twilight. CLOCK. IS. TICKING!: 1
Gollumn Twilight: 1
Twilight Rereads Friendship Reports: 1

Nominations will continue until people stop nominating.

Hmm needs more serious scenes (this isn't funniest Twilight moment)

So let me throw out Twilight's BBBFF w/ or w/o the song its still one of her major development scenes for the seaon.

(If you feel nessecary deduct one from Future Twilight)

I was actually expecting something like this

Don't see much difference honestly... except why'd they censor Mistress Nanoha in your pic?

[Kyouhen]

So, wait

Lions are inherently more evil than cannibal murderers because killing is in their nature?

Nope, because lions tend to leave very little waste. If they only ate the legs of their prey then it would be somewhat more evil, but I'm reluctant to put anything with animal intelligence in the 'evil' category anyway.

Feeding on emotions like the Windigos is one thing. Though they're extremely dangerous, they're still largely just animals doing what they do. The changelings have the inherently unpleasant (I'll avoid calling it 'evil' to avoid any more animal comparisons ) trait of feeding on love. They've evolved to be quite effective at stealing love from others to feed on. On top of that, they're more intelligent than animals and bring those oh-so-wonderful traits like gluttony and a thirst for power with this ability. They're smart, they could probably find a way to feed without hurting anypony. They could just change into some unique pony and live peacefully among the ponies. Do they? No. They go and invade the capital so they can just take whatever love they want. (I have no idea how they would do this, or how Chrysalis expected to get love after revealing herself to the world. Unless she was planning on completely replacing all of Canterlot and using it as a base of operations to infiltrate and feed off the other cities.)

[PhantomFox]

I was actually expecting something like this

Y'know, I'm tempted to just invite you down to one of my Synchtube pony-watching parties, cue up a few favorites, and let you decide one way or another.

[Alabenson]

Silly, there not ponies. There horses. No one can say they are not, after all, if they have no actual way of disputing the paperwork on them that was collected by the Cult. There animals, after all. I am simply sending them to a farm in order to help a pony to set a new, cost efficant energy supply for there own benifit.

I'm sorry, but I can't in good conscience accept your proposal. It would be wrong to experiment on ponies against their will.
...Celestia cut off your funding for the mutant superpony project, didn't she?
*sob* They would have been able to breath concentrated beams of friendship energy! It would have been glorious!

[Noctemwolf]

So, as I never know what's going on =P


I'm trying out for a part in this little project by Bowserkid9 and Philsterman10:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kjzk5jSwfo

I think I'll do pretty well... It's my first time auditioning for something like this though.

[SiuiS]

Unfortunately, research into weaponizing love has stalled due to the persistent confusion regarding generation methods.

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Intend to write this...

What do you say ponythread? My resume includes Apple family cannibalism, Blueblood as a key member of Celestia's special tasks Group, a unicorn selling his soul for resolve, and intentionally disturbing vignettes from a xenomorph's love life.

Am I qualified to write Celestia receiving the most awkward friendship letters from around the world?

Keep in mind my terrible pace of production, mind. And that I don't think Satire as a tag would protect me from the board rules.

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SISTERS ABOVE! NOCTEMWOLF!?
Thought you were off to basic? Good to see you mate! Pull up a chair, regale us with your adventures!

[Noctemwolf]

Intend to write this...

What do you say ponythread? My resume includes Apple family cannibalism, Blueblood as a key member of Celestia's special tasks Group, a unicorn selling his soul for resolve, and intentionally disturbing vignettes from a xenomorph's love life.

DO IT! I WANT TO READ!

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SISTERS ABOVE! NOCTEMWOLF!?
Thought you were off to basic? Good to see you mate! Pull up a chair, regale us with your adventures!

I came out of basic about a week ago. It was.... an Interesting experience, to be honest. X)


First things, first, I suppose...

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The first day we got there, the first things said to us:

"Get off the damn bus."

Already, things were horrible.

Quickly we were rushed upstairs and had to shower, shave, and brush our teeth all within about the space of two minutes. While we were unpacking, we were all forced to stop due to one pair giggling in the back. We stood around for half an hour while the MTI (Military Training Instructor) waited for him to tell a joke that made him laugh.

We met our actual MTI sometime after that night. Man, he was an interesting character, let me tell you.
He didn't swear at us. No, no no. He didn't have to. the time we spent pushing on our faces was more than enough.

We learned drill, we learned customs and courtesies, we had to take our hats off as we entered a building and put them on as we left.

We had books to study on a lot of basic military subjects, and pretty much had to study them whenever we got the chance, which wasn't very often.

The most difficult part, though, was just how detailed and neat we had to keep everything. and I mean EVERYTHING. T-shirts had to bee rolled PERFECTLY. completely flush, flat, and grounded. the top facing the rear of the wall locker. Towels flush and folded just so. NO strings on our uniforms (And trust me, they checked every inch of those things). No dust bunnies on the floors, hospital corners at 90 degrees... and you had to insure you did NOT, and I mean DID NOT, screw up on Entry Controller duty. no one was allowed to enter your dormitory unless they were authorized first.

Anyways... X)

I was so afraid the whole time of getting recycled (The term used for sending you back in weeks if you weren't up to standard). I broke down about halfway through 2nd week. I was dribbling like a little baby!

WE got to go through a program called BEAST, which was a simulated combat environment. the best of that was sleeping in Tents. during a tornado. =)

There was a tornado that touched down near our campsite while we were in the tents. those winds were howling like crazy. and you know what? I only woke up once. Because I had to pee.

We had to do anything we could to keep ourselves sane. When the MTI wasn't there after we finished details, we would play baseball with a paper ball and a mop handle. I taught everyone silly riddle games like Green Glass Door, and we would constantly joke about our MTI and the silly things he and our Brother flight MTI would say.

Our favorites were probably "Get outta the way!" and "NO!" it was the way he said it, more than what he said.

We also had another phrase we had borrowed from a different MTI:
"I'm a Honey Badger. I do what I want".

all in all, our flight did average. we weren't the best, but we were fairly decent at everything, Our marching, our PT, our tests.

Boy, the MTI's could be scary, especially when you did something wrong. and you could not LAUGH at all if they did or said something funny. you would be drilled for that. Hard. They had so much fun testing us on our knowledge of your studies right after dinner.

some of the funnier things they did and/or said:

I heard one sing the Mario theme song AT somebody. It was weird as anything.
And another hum circus clown music whenever a Trainee did something wrong.

I ended up failing on of my final locker inspections and nearly lost what little time I would have been able to spend on the town... but, luckily, I was able to work things out so I could. and San Antonio was AMAZING. I'm glad I was able to go and explore it. =)

I met a few people I might consider friends... but i barely see any of the ones that made it to the same tech school as me.

Speaking of which, I am currently sitting here writing in Mississippi. and it's the weekend. AWWWW Yeah!

[Admiral Squish]

Ahh, yes, basic. Really, it amazes me what humans can get used to when given no other option. I was in the navy for a few years, and it was... quite the experience.

[Rebelhero]

*kicks door down and combat rolls into thread.*
FIRE IN THE HOLE!
*jumps out window*

[otakuryoga]

actually, the sky is made up of a shot of discord when we first see him repeated more than a few times.

still really impressive though.

i was just going by what the claim was on eqd
but even so...multi second shot of disqord..2 screen caps a second..that is at least ten "same" shots that aren't

[Sean Mirrsen]

i was just going by what the claim was on eqd
but even so...multi second shot of disqord..2 screen caps a second..that is at least ten "same" shots that aren't

Yeah, there's a lot of "technically different" shots that are more or less the same. Still, it's rather impressive.

[darthbobcat]

Unfortunately, research into weaponizing love has stalled due to the persistent confusion regarding generation methods.

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Right. Unicorns produce love from the appendix. (I wonder how many people around here remember THAT reference?)

Also, because self promotion is the best promotion, my co-host Burkion and I reviewed an anime that had giant robots, ghosts, conspiracies, Vatican demon hunters and the demons they hunt.

[Tvtyrant]

Unfortunately, research into weaponizing love has stalled due to the persistent confusion regarding generation methods.

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He looks so disappointed at the end. Although who wouldn't, that would be the best assignment ever. Effectively "write the Karma Sutra please."

[Welf]

Right. Unicorns produce love from the appendix. (I wonder how many people around here remember THAT reference?)

Ah, the good old times when we knew lions were evil and cannibalism wasn't.

[Emperordaniel]

Alright, I think its time sort out the episodes in the proper order. I just watched the Supersqueezy 6000 and realized the Apple family is indeed preparing for the winter, yet this episode appears after the Christmas special episode.

Any pony want to help me sort out season 2 as well as season 1 for the chronological order?

I did that weeks ago; might have to revise it slightly (i.e. add the last few episodes to the list), but otherwise, I think I might've got it.

[Thanqol]

Right. Unicorns produce love from the appendix. (I wonder how many people around here remember THAT reference?)

I made the video of that reference.



POKONIC (or whoever it was who got that contest drawrequest off me?), you asked for the FULL PONYTHREAD ELEMENTS OF HARMONY to be drawn by me.

WELL LET NO ONE SAY I HALF-ASS CONTEST REWARDS

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"What is it, SiuiS?"
"You see, Mask, a long time ago a bunch of friends decided they, too, could wield the elements of harmony. However, the group of friends was closer to forty than six. After a while, the elements started getting very silly."

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I USED MY FULL ASS

[Sean Mirrsen]

I made the video of that reference.



POKONIC (or whoever it was who got that contest drawrequest off me?), you asked for the FULL PONYTHREAD ELEMENTS OF HARMONY to be drawn by me.

WELL LET NO ONE SAY I HALF-ASS CONTEST REWARDS

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"What is it, SiuiS?"
"You see, Mask, a long time ago a bunch of friends decided they, too, could wield the elements of harmony. However, the group of friends was closer to forty than six. After a while, the elements started getting very silly."

Fullview here

I USED MY FULL ASS

Heheh. You may as well have drawn a pool table, I think it'd fit just perfectly. You might want to label some of those though.

Also, I like how the cracks spread through the air.

[Soras Teva Gee]

I made the video of that reference.



POKONIC (or whoever it was who got that contest drawrequest off me?), you asked for the FULL PONYTHREAD ELEMENTS OF HARMONY to be drawn by me.

WELL LET NO ONE SAY I HALF-ASS CONTEST REWARDS

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"What is it, SiuiS?"
"You see, Mask, a long time ago a bunch of friends decided they, too, could wield the elements of harmony. However, the group of friends was closer to forty than six. After a while, the elements started getting very silly."

Fullview here

I USED MY FULL ASS

So any particular hidden meaning in what Element of Ponythread is where?

[Thanqol]

Heheh. You may as well have drawn a pool table, I think it'd fit just perfectly. You might want to label some of those though.

Also, I like how the cracks spread through the air.

Those are vines, not cracks.

So any particular hidden meaning in what Element of Ponythread is where?

I don't know. I was never so glad for the element of bacon because it was at least easy to represent with a symbol. You guys figure it out.