My Little Pony XIII: Fast/Fine/Fierce Thread

[Trixie]

Trixie's Great and Powerful Guide v1.94b
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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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Phoe In Ropes is now a thing. Wanna draw something? Tie me up. Have a story to write? Work it in as an easter egg. Want it to be the main focus? Wonderful! I want to see enough material by Thread XI for white pegasus ponies bound in ropes or shackles or what have you to make it the official theme of the thread. Got it? Good!

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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

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

[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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[dromer]

This thread feels a bit plaintive.
Also, I'm going to finish a bit of my Cold War!Ponies fanfic. Hopefully I'll have something to show within the next couple of hours.

[erikun]

Sleep well, Trixie, and thanks for the new thread!

[Mindfreak]

Eh, just posting this here for Brazen_Shield.
KH FanFic Chapter One

[Kyouhen]

My Little Pony XIII: Time to Rest Your Sleepy Head?

My Little Pony XIII: Enough Ponies, Go The **** To Sleep?

[RdMarquis]

We finished that last thread fast. It only took 6 days.

[Kyouhen]

No wait! Pony Thread XIII: Can't Sleep, Thread'll Eat Me!

[Thanqol]

No wait! Pony Thread XIII: Can't Sleep, Thread'll Eat Me!

I favour "Can't sleep, Scootaloo will eat me" for some reason.

Hello and welcome, everyone, to pony thread NUMBER THIRTEEEEEEEEEN.

[Welf]

I'm a slow poster.

Also, I wasn't aware how many Celestia images there were in my folder. Time to sort that out. Celestia edition. Biggest image dump so far.

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[tonberrian]

...how is this a pun?

It's a play on words, which I (apparently) foalishly thought was close enough. But close only counts in horseshoes and hoof grenades.

As for ponified California, I'm fond of Gallopfornia. If you say it right, they're almost the same.

[Brazen Shield]

Eh, just posting this here for Brazen_Shield.
KH FanFic Chapter One

I am at work right now but I will read it soon!

[darthbobcat]

The thread is dead, long live the thread.

No problem! I just hope you'll give mine a good look once-



*eyes my in-progress Lunafic *

Look! A distraction!

*casually brushes under carpet*

I wasn't talking about yours. Really. You gave her PERSONALITY. She was trying to rule but wasn't being treated with respect, so she was having to wrestle with her desire to put them in their place Nightmare Moon style.

My frustration is more with the combination of badfics that I have to read and reject for ED and the fact that having Luna in your fic seems like the fastest way to get a 5 star.

Occasionally I seriously consider doing my ultimate pander-fic

"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result."

Just to see how it's received.

[InyutheBeatIs]

*pops in, turns into a pony again*

Okay, I really need to get used to that.

*looks up at thread*

Uh, who's Dinky?

[MCerberus]

"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result."

Let's 'telephone' that premise into the ultimate monster.
"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge."

[darthbobcat]

Let's 'telephone' that premise into the ultimate monster.
"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge."

I can read the glowing reviews now.

[Mindfreak]

I am at work right now but I will read it soon!

Then I'll also leave this here for you too. The beginning to chapter two for your commenting pleasure.

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** --KH FanFic Chapter 2--
** --Part 1 of ?--
Sora felt something licking his cheek. It was warm and moist. He opened his eyes and saw that a dog was licking his cheek. The dog was brown and white with a collar around his neck. Its tag read 'Herds'. Sora opened his mouth and a large key fell out. It seemed familiar. It had a handle and the key part looked like a crown. He gave a wary look at the dog and said, "Where did you come from, boy?"
The dog gave a happy bark and ran off. Sora got up quickly and chased after him.*
"Wait!" he yelled, galloping after him. He galloped through the alley, eventually ending up at a shop. It was labeled 'Cid's Store'. He pushed the door in cautiously, and saw a grumpy looking tan coated pony at the counter. He had spiky blond hair with a pair of goggles. He moved the toothpick in his mouth around impatiently. He noticed Sora at the door and spoke.
"What'cha need, kid?" he asked.
"I'm not a kid, gramps." retorted Sora.
"I am not that old!" said the pony angrily, "If you aren't here to buy something, get out!"
"Where am I?" asked Sora.
"Oh, you're new around here, huh? You're in Traverse Town, kid. It's where most ponies go when their world is destroyed. The currency here is Muney." explained the pony, "And I'm Cid."
"What's Muney?" asked Sora.
CID took out a large golden orb.
"This is a Muney Orb. You press them into your Muney Pouch and they stay safe in there."
"Woah, so you can just pull them out whenever?"
"Yup! All the stores here use Muney. Here, since you just got here you should take this." Cid handed him a bracelet with intricate designs on it. Sora put it on his arm.
"What does it do?" he asked.
"It makes you tougher." replied Cid, "Now get out of my shop!" he pushed Sora out onto the streets. Sora looked at the bracelet and then saw the dog from earlier disappear down an alley. He galloped after him and when he got to the alley the dog was gone. Sora looked around when suddenly, those pitch black ponies with the yellow eyes melted up from the ground. They closed in on him.
You have a weapon that can combat the heartless.....
Light began to meld into form around his mouth. It became that same key sword that he left in that alley before.
....The Keyblade.
Sora took the 'Keyblade' and sliced into the first 'Heartless'. The beast dissipated into darkness and dropped Muney.
"Oooo! Muney!" cries Sora, and he sliced into another Heartless. And another and another. He eventually beat them all and Muney was all over the place. Sora picked it up and put it into his Muney Pouch, he was now 300 Muney richer. He saw the dog walk into another alley and he gave chase once more. He found that the dog had once again managed to disappear on him. But this time, a tan unicorn wearing a leather bomber jacket and with a strange sword on his back came out of nowhere. The strange pony's mane fluttered a bit in the slight breeze, it was quite spiky.*
"Hello, Keybearer." said the strange pony.
"Key-what now?" said Sora.
"Give me the Keyblade, now!" commanded the pony.
"No! It's mine!" cried Sora, drawing the Keyblade that he thought was in his mouth still.
"Fine, then I'll just take it from you." said the pony, drawing his sword. It seemed to be a combination of a gun and a sword.*
Ten minutes later, Sora was uncoincess.

[Thanqol]

Let's 'telephone' that premise into the ultimate monster.
"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge."

"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge. This plan will take place at the DJ-PON3 concert the following evening."

[mikeejimbo]

Some responses from last thread:

Or you're probably right. I suppose I could psychoanalyze things to an unnecessary degree, but it sounds like it mostly boils down to mikeejimbo liking Fluttershy.

I can't deny that.

Not at all! You're just going through the next stage of the bronification process. Your subconscious is experiencing a sort of gag reflex, trying to purge the pony out of your system while you sleep. A futile gesture, but a perfectly natural one. Once they start popping up in your dreams, you've got a few days, a week at the most before the full integration is compleat, and the dreams should become more commonplace as your body reaches stable levels of pony.

Now, if you accidentally OD on pony before stability is reached, you may experience a few hallucinatory side effects. Nothing too bad, it's just the equivalent of your subconscious getting its stomach pumped. Which is to say, it will be bad, and you might start mistaking your friends and (former) colleagues as cast members. Should that happen...well, let's just say you should enjoy your stay in Equestria while it lasts.

Ah darn. I think I may be too late, since I have certainly not slowed down on the pony intake. If I call my boss Princess Celestia, I'll know. Also it'd be awkward because my boss is male.

[ScionoftheVoid]

"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge. This plan will take place at the DJ-PON3 concert the following evening."

"... with a guest duet by Octavia and Lyra. As well as a surprise appearance shaking things up in the form of Rainbow Dash with an electric guitar."

Think that's enough? Or shall we go further just to see if we can?

[MCerberus]

"... with a guest duet by Octavia and Lyra. As well as a surprise appearance shaking things up in the form of Rainbow Dash with an electric guitar."

Think that's enough? Or shall we go further just to see if we can?

I have not yet begun to spin!

"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge. This plan will take place at the DJ-PON3 concert the following evening with a guest duet by Octavia and Lyra. As well as a surprise appearance shaking things up in the form of Rainbow Dash with an electric guitar. But will the plan fall apart when Lyra and Trixie have a fight for the affections of Twilight?"

[Thanqol]

oh my god 0:46

This is my inner Derpy voice now.

[ScionoftheVoid]

I have not yet begun to spin!

"Luna falls in love with Derpy and Dinky is sad as a result, so she hatches a plan with Trixie for revenge. This plan will take place at the DJ-PON3 concert the following evening with a guest duet by Octavia and Lyra. As well as a surprise appearance shaking things up in the form of Rainbow Dash with an electric guitar. But will the plan fall apart when Lyra and Trixie have a fight for the affections of Twilight?"

"This fight becomes awkward when Lyra attempts to woo Twilight by proposing on one knee in highly unnatural fashion (for a pony). Things go from bad to worse when Bon Bon arrives to see this. Then Pinkie arrives with her sister, Purple Pie, and her sister's new beau, Hoity Toity. After that, everything gets weird."

[Alabenson]

oh my god 0:46

This is my inner Derpy voice now.

That. Was. Awesome.

*resumes lurking*

[Lord Raziere]

We finished that last thread fast. It only took 6 days.

6 days? at this rate, it will catch up to the Dominic thread in.....

37- 13.....= 24...

six times 24.....

144 days! approximately five months! it'll be up to thread 37 by Christmas!

[InyutheBeatIs]

"This fight becomes awkward when Lyra attempts to woo Twilight by proposing on one knee in highly unnatural fashion (for a pony). Things go from bad to worse when Bon Bon arrives to see this. Then Pinkie arrives with her sister, Purple Pie, and her sister's new beau, Hoity Toity. After that, everything gets weird."

And the best part?

"At the very end, it turns out it was all part of Princess Celestia's plan to solidify her control over Equestria. Now, her thinly-veiled plan for world domination is complete. So begins her new reign of terror."

[Qaera]

Not if we speed up! Five days, anyone?

[dromer]

My frustration is more with the combination of badfics that I have to read and reject for ED and the fact that having Luna in your fic seems like the fastest way to get a 5 star.

And thus Luna managed to perform the ultimate troll, becoming more popular than even her trollish sister.

[the_druid_droid]

"This fight becomes awkward when Lyra attempts to woo Twilight by proposing on one knee in highly unnatural fashion (for a pony). Things go from bad to worse when Bon Bon arrives to see this. Then Pinkie arrives with her sister, Purple Pie, and her sister's new beau, Hoity Toity. After that, everything gets weird."

I feel like at some point in this, everything would suddenly have to become Scott Pilgrim with ponies...ahhh, even more hipster Lyra to love!

[Shadowy]

I feel like at some point in this, everything would suddenly have to become Scott Pilgrim with ponies...ahhh, even more hipster Lyra to love!

And you say it like it's a BAD thing.