My Little Pony LX: 60 Ponythreads? That's an Academy record!

[thubby]

Well well well, look at what has recently turned up in a toy magazine. *Kind of-Maybe-Sort of Spoilers?*

they're going to be disappointed when college age men show up to buy that costume >.>

[Soras Teva Gee]

Trixie shouldn't have eaten those beans.

Winner with 9 internets awarded. (And some air freshener)

[Dave Halfbreed]

I will give an award of a to be determined number of internets to the funniest comment in response to this pic:

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[Anarion]

they're going to be disappointed when college age men show up to buy that costume >.>

I don't think they'll be disappointed when they start receiving more cash than expected.

The awkward moment when Discord has a better redemption than you

two words: low blow.

[Thanqol]

Aye. Personally I feel that would be defeating the purpose. If it's not in your name, it's not in your honor.

(I agree; I said that purely to troll people into thinking 'which clopfic have I read that might have been secretly written by Thanqol?')

Should we spoiler discussion and comments about the documentary if we talk about it?

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Ultimately I am slightly saddened by the possibility that the producer and makers of the feature might lose money over the project.
Not that I expect them to be rich off the proceeds. (Nor do I think they should) But I do wish them some rewards and compensation for their efforts.
The reason I think monetary loss is a possibility is because as exciting as the documentary is to us bronies, if seen from a non fandom perspective, it really is not exceptionally entertaining. Not saying it was bad, just rather generic documentary, imo. It serves to inform, but I am uncertain of its power to incite curiosity and interest among people that are not already predisposed towards ponies.*

*: I guess my own come back response would be
"But everyone will join the herd."

Having shown the documentary to my mother and father, who are difficult people to get to sit down and watch an hour and a half of anything, I suspect you're talking out of your hat.

It was a thing I could show my parents, and have them get it and enjoy it. I think the real target audience is 'people who are aware of the fandom but don't understand it', and it's perfect for that role. It's not a tool for conversion and brainwashing, it's a tool to tell our side of the story - and that's exactly what I wanted it to be.

[OracleofWuffing]

(I agree; I said that purely to troll people into thinking 'which clopfic have I read that might have been secretly written by Thanqol?')

Oh, don't be so modest. We know you wrote all of them.

[Pokonic]

(I agree; I said that purely to troll people into thinking 'which clopfic have I read that might have been secretly written by Thanqol?')

So, your the reason Fimfic has a reputation for it's "most popular" bar?

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[Kairaven]

(I agree; I said that purely to troll people into thinking 'which clopfic have I read that might have been secretly written by Thanqol?')



Having shown the documentary to my mother and father, who are difficult people to get to sit down and watch an hour and a half of anything, I suspect you're talking out of your hat.

It was a thing I could show my parents, and have them get it and enjoy it. I think the real target audience is 'people who are aware of the fandom but don't understand it', and it's perfect for that role. It's not a tool for conversion and brainwashing, it's a tool to tell our side of the story - and that's exactly what I wanted it to be.

I didn't say people wouldn't enjoy it, in your example I would ask that would your parents (if they don't already do) have their curiosity piqued enough to watch FiM? If only to check out some episodes.
Also would they have paid money to purchase the documentary (course you have a copy so they don't need to) just from hearing about the fandom? Or purchase it to watch again because it's something interesting enough to own?
Now I am simply taking The JDL letter at face value that some of the Documentary makers still need to be compansated and is hoping to do so through sales. Subtract all the donors, is there enough interest out there to pay for the Digital release (or even physical copies) that would make them say, "hey, this whole project was financially worth it"?


edit: My hat talks very well, for an Aussi Kanga leather thing.

[Darius Kane]

Don't buck with the Sombrero.

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[MCerberus]

I do think Spitfire thought that Dash needed to be motivated with her record from flight school. And that Soarin enjoys manscaping

[Thanqol]

I didn't say people wouldn't enjoy it, in your example I would ask that would your parents (if they don't already do) have their curiosity piqued enough to watch FiM? If only to check out some episodes.

I still don't think that was the point, in the same way that a documentary about Trekkies isn't designed to get people to watch Star Trek. It's just designed to show who these people really are.

Also would they have paid money to purchase the documentary (course you have a copy so they don't need to) just from hearing about the fandom? Or purchase it to watch again because it's something interesting enough to own?

This is very much the realm of business and marketing strategy, not the intrinsic quality of the thing.

Now I am simply taking The JDL letter at face value that some of the Documentary makers still need to be compansated and is hoping to do so through sales. Subtract all the donors, is there enough interest out there to pay for the Digital release (or even physical copies) that would make them say, "hey, this whole project was financially worth it"?

Is there inherent interest from people on the streets who are thinking to themselves, 'gosh, if only somebody made a documentary about those brony people I keep hearing about'?

No. Of course not.

If you told someone on the street, 'hey, did you know that there are grown men who like My Little Pony?' their answer would be, 'what, really?' and they'd want to find out more about these strange people. That might draw them to see the thing and if they like it they write reviews, tell their friends, put it on facebook, and other people start drifting in.

What people want is immaterial. What you can make them want is business.

[BlasTech]

Winner with 9 internets awarded. (And some air freshener)

Wewt!

*stashes them all under his bed*

[Dirtytabs]

Don't buck with the Sombrero.

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Have you seen this?

[Kindablue]

Have you seen this?

What do you think of this?

[Soras Teva Gee]

Don't buck with the Sombrero.

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I doubt Discord would react like that but... yeah pretty much.

Wewt!

*stashes them all under his bed*

Air freshener won't do you any good down there.

[Dirtytabs]

What do you think of this?

I remember that scene! Heh, faces-erupting-into-scary-things doesn't get old.

[t209]

I remember that scene! Heh, faces-erupting-into-scary-things doesn't get old.

Thanks for reminding us since all I remember is the Jamaican song part.

[Thanqol]

OH YEAH

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[SiuiS]

edit: My hat talks very well, for an Aussi Kanga leather thing.

Your hat is awesome.
I need to find this documentary. I'll put it on my short-purchase list.

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Explains it all! Somewhere, a crystal pony remembered a word...

"S... Som... Sombra?"

And as they thought about it, they were sure they Gould remember it, but with fear.

"Sombra? Is that right? Why do I know that name..."

And then all hell broke loose.

"Yes! It is a name! The Sombra is a ——"
*crypt breaks open, Sombra flies out in a black andwhitered tuxedo* CCCRRRYYYSTALLLLLS~!

"——$@%*!"

Air freshener won't do you any good down there.

It would if that's where he keeps his laundry

OH YEAH

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I had a game go bad, once, Nd decided that if I was going to go down I would take the DM's universe with me. So I spent mints crafting the eldritch horror from beyond the stars I would summon if things when south.

The hellbeast known only as "KoolAid Man" is a necromantic horror, a bowl of sentient, possessed diamond- substance which contains its own universe, powered not by physics by but magical processes which require the blood of powerful sorcerers. The 'perspiration' is actually time-looped tears from the tragically forgotten, cooling down the nuclear processes of an entire contained universe through sympathy, where all who feel tragedy touch their lives slowly burn out as this existence-spawning energy radiates through them. The presence of Kool-Aid Man in a universe signals it's eventual demise, as entropy kicks it up three magnitudes, placing the burden of support, the onus of existence of both universes onto the one in which he finds himself.

Kool-Aid Man made a single appearance at the end of the campaign, after finishing the arcane rituals to bind his path and then to set my death as the trigger. The enemy, assuming I was the villain and that I had started "monologuing" cut me down. I handed the full stack of compiled information to the DM – he had agreed to everything, but never seen it all in one place at one time – and narrated that upon my death, the very walls of reality itself buckled and shook, rippling, until a weak point had been found. The last thing Istanvar the Enchanter heard was the sickly noise of existence tearing in painful birth, and a deep, foreboding "Oh, YEAH".


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Hi ponies! I've been away because work sucks and pony thread is effort. I had my first hypnagogic hallucination today! The first that took me by surprise anyway. Scared the horn off my noggin, it did! A bubbly snake of gelatinous form made I the swiftly forming and decaying and femurs of a thousand thousand slain burst from the gutter and chased my truck as we pulled in to my place of occupation.

So I'm goin to be a bit further behind, and try to rest more and post less. I don't like being unable to function.

Have some great ideas for paradox manifestations though, lemme tell you.

[BlasTech]

Air freshener won't do you any good down there.

Of course it will! That's where I keep all the bod---

It would if that's where he keeps his laundry

laundry, yes, laundry with the socks and the shirts and the stuff. (Also, Hi Siuis! *waves*)

[Aotrs Commander]

Don't buck with the Sombrero.

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Bwahahahahahaha!

Hi ponies! I've been away because work sucks and pony thread is effort. I had my first hypnagogic hallucination today! The first that took me by surprise anyway. Scared the horn off my noggin, it did! A bubbly snake of gelatinous form made I the swiftly forming and decaying and femurs of a thousand thousand slain burst from the gutter and chased my truck as we pulled in to my place of occupation.

So I'm goin to be a bit further behind, and try to rest more and post less. I don't like being unable to function.

Have some great ideas for paradox manifestations though, lemme tell you.

Ooer.

I was going to make a snarky emark about your (probably auro-correct-related) typo above, but under the circumstances, I'll waive that one...

[Lix Lorn]

Octavia and hilarious Vinyl Scratch Face. I knew it all along

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Adorable. xD

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....I now ship DiscordChrysalis.

[DigoDragon]

But that all fits perfectly well with her being an egomaniac with sociopathic tendancies.

You know... if the Wonderbolts did kick her out of the academy, Dust has all the trappings of turning into a villain, complete with creating her own team of flyers. Shadowbolts perhaps?
Oh, fanfic fuel...

Trixie shouldn't have eaten those beans.

"Excuse me Miss Trixie, your fan Rip is on line toot."

Topaz is a married pony, Topaz is a married pony...

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Your chant amuses me. It is a very pretty picture, though had it been humanized I'd probably be chanting too.

Octavia and hilarious Vinyl Scratch Face. I knew it all along

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Double points if Octavia was rocking out to rock covers of classical songs. Some of those varients just floor me with awesome.

[DigoDragon]

Well well well, look at what has recently turned up in a toy magazine. *Kind of-Maybe-Sort of Spoilers?*

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Well, I think it's pretty safe to say now that Alicorn Twilight is happening.

Maybe,

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Though someone commented it could also be a badly colored Cadance. I doubt it, but then again I was at the stores last Sunday and one of the newer Luna toys gave her a purple not too far off from Twilight so... *shrug*

The more that time passes, the less bothered I am about the Alicorn Twilight debate because I'm starting to really get into the mindset that this will just be a one-episode deal for the season 3 finale solely to justify the toys.

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Don't buck with the Sombrero.

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What in the name of Pink...

[Aotrs Commander]

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Bonus points for parodying Best Spongebob Episode Ever.

[otakuryoga]

want your mind messed with?
http://i.imgur.com/opNnoOx.gif

[Soras Teva Gee]

Of course it will! That's where I keep all the bod---



laundry, yes, laundry with the socks and the shirts and the stuff. (Also, Hi Siuis! *waves*)

Tried it, doesn't work. Just a head up.

[thubby]

want your mind messed with?
http://i.imgur.com/opNnoOx.gif

<-doesnt get it.

also, what is the deal with hasbro? do they not get that they can mess wiht a very passionate fanbase?

[Kd7sov]

<-doesnt get it.

also, what is the deal with hasbro? do they not get that they can mess wiht a very passionate fanbase?

There's something to get?

It appears to be a double set of cycling images of people whom - based on the three I recognize - I assume to be celebrities. No apparent connection to ponies or mind-messing.

[DigoDragon]

<-doesnt get it.

^I'm with Thubby.


Funny MLP iOS game moment:
I was playing the ball minigame with Pinkie Pie and halfway through it the game glitched and the ball disappeared for a few seconds. Obviously its just a rare "oops" with the game... so why was I shouting "Darn it Pinkie!!" as if she was really there breaking physics?

My wife wishes she got that moment on video.