My Little Pony XVI: There's a Pony for That!

[Titanium Fox]

So, these two from the Comic Con poster...

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Who are they?

There's been a lot of speculation on that. They didn't exist in Season 1, so it might be a shout forward to Season 2.

[EsperDerek]

Something tells me that Twilight wouldn't approve of this behavior.
Luna, on the other hand...

Momma Luna was the one who encouraged me to make that spell in the first place.

So, these two from the Comic Con poster...

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Who are they?

What, don't you know Hatris and Gummy's Dad? Geez, what sort of fan are you? Clearly they're from episode mumblemumble

[Titanium Fox]

Momma Luna was the one who encouraged me to make that spell in the first place.

...Why does that not surprise me in the least?

[Thanqol]

One day I will have children, and when they ask me where rainbows come from, I'll say this: "It's because the storm makes the clouds shake so much that all the ponies in the sky vomit."

I just realized that socks are the opposite of ponies. With socks you start with a pair of two, then one of them gets lost. With ponies you start with one, then you ship them and you have a pair of two.

Between these two comments you've elevated yourself to the role of moustachioed, uncanny valley pony Buddha. Pure wisdom.

Roll: '2'.

But I am a Princess! You know this! I don't deserve to be hauled around on somepony's shoulder like that! I was very uncomfortable and embarrassing. *squeak*

Mask: *Draws a pair of angry eyebrows on her mask to clearly express what she thinks of Midnight complaining of Uncomfortable and Embarrassing in this situation*

This, on the other hand, is the sort of treatment I can go for.

Mask: "You wouldn't care to phrase your three wishes soonish? I've got... important things... to do. Like..."

*Mask visualises her mental checklist:
- Polish Mask
- Mope
- Build global conspiracy of lies
- Escape from moon*

"... Like things, okay?"

Momma Luna was the one who encouraged me to make that spell in the first place.

Mask: "Back in the day respectable mages would research moustache science, grumble grumble..."

What, don't you know Hatris and Gummy's Dad? Geez, what sort of fan are you? Clearly they're from episode mumblemumble

These names are now canon.

[MCerberus]

So, these two from the Comic Con poster...

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Toothy and Shamus O'Maney.

[EsperDerek]

Well, it's official, I'm jealous of how well another fanfic is doing, and it's a bad feeling, I don't usually ever feel something like this about anything, and I don't like how I'm feeling about it at all, especially since I know it's kind of pointless and petty.

[MCerberus]

Well, it's official, I'm jealous of how well another fanfic is doing, and it's a bad feeling and I don't like how I'm feeling about it at all, especially since I know it's kind of pointless and petty.

Just don't trust any of Luna's 'old friends' that can help you deal with the situation.

Unless you like the moon a whole bunch.
Do you like the moon a whole bunch?

[Aotrs Commander]

D'oh! Knew it was too good to last. Boomerang are only showing the first half of season 1 (they started repeating today). I guess they'll show the later half at some other point...

Fragdammit.

(That's one thing the US - and Japan - seem to have over us; when you guys get a new season, you seem to get one a week like traditional "non-children's" (sic) shows. Over here, the children's channels tend more to spam half a season or so daily when they deign to show something, then repeat ad nauseum (and sometimes not even in a coherent order). While we still had Tsumani, they tended to work a bit better, but Cartoon Network UK long since stopped caring about not being completely rubbish...)

[Thanqol]

Well, it's official, I'm jealous of how well another fanfic is doing, and it's a bad feeling, I don't usually ever feel something like this about anything, and I don't like how I'm feeling about it at all, especially since I know it's kind of pointless and petty.

You're jealous?! You've got twice as many reviews and infinity more fanarts than my highest rated piece. You're jealous?!

(I'm kidding - green isn't my colour )

Alright, need sleeps. Nite everypony!

[EsperDerek]

You're jealous?! You've got twice as many reviews and infinity more fanarts than my highest rated piece. You're jealous?!

(I'm kidding - green isn't my colour )

Alright, need sleeps. Nite everypony!

This is part of the reason why I know it's stupid and petty for me to feel jealous at the moment. I'm not usually feeling like this either, so, yeah, a lot of the reason I feel bad is because I know it's bad for me to feel jealous. I know it's stupid.

[Grif]

Remember Berry Punch? While I was pre-reading for another author, he had this interesting interpretation of Berry Punch. Her alcoholic side is just a cover. Her real talent is collecting and disseminating delicious factoids about other ponies. Her cutie mark represents the grape-vine.

It makes the potential for pony shenanigans all the more delicious.


@EsperDerek
I suppose I should be jealous too. I have not got a 6-starred story yet! (obviously joking, but yeah I get that feeling sometimes, I don't deny it. The latest being Past Sins. Gosh darn I wish I can write like them.)

[Thanqol]

This is part of the reason why I know it's stupid and petty for me to feel jealous at the moment. I'm not usually feeling like this either, so, yeah, a lot of the reason I feel bad is because I know it's bad for me to feel jealous. I know it's stupid.

Hey, man, I'm driven by a cocktail of vitriolic hatred and self loathing. It's an incredibly ugly side to my psyche, and everyone has some of that somewhere, but beating yourself up over it is unproductive and unhealthy. Be aware of it and manage how it expresses itself.

Make friends with your dark side. It worked for me and Masky here.

Metal Mask: "I'm a metaphor for internet trolling!"

Shh! Don't tell them that!

[EsperDerek]

@EsperDerek
I suppose I should be jealous too. I have not got a 6-starred story yet! (obviously joking, but yeah I get that feeling sometimes, I don't deny it. The latest being Past Sins. Gosh darn I wish I can write like them.)

That would be the one, just from the sheer amount of attention it's gotten already, and there's already been a couple of comments how they like Nyx over Midnight, including a kind of insulting one, and I know it shouldn't feel that way, but it just causes something to churn in my stomach, and then I feel bad for feeling that way.

[Grif]

That would be the one, just from the sheer amount of attention it's gotten already, and there's already been a couple of comments how they like Nyx over Midnight, including a kind of insulting one, and I know it shouldn't feel that way, but it just causes something to churn in my stomach, and then I feel bad for feeling that way.

Don't worry, Midnight will always be the offspring of LunaxTwilightxTrixie in my fanon.

Fan: I like Nyx.
Lyra: Silly bronies, that's not how you spell Midnight.

[the_druid_droid]

Momma Luna was the one who encouraged me to make that spell in the first place.

I'm starting to notice a theme with Luna's magic here...

[Titanium Fox]

That would be the one, just from the sheer amount of attention it's gotten already, and there's already been a couple of comments how they like Nyx over Midnight, including a kind of insulting one, and I know it shouldn't feel that way, but it just causes something to churn in my stomach, and then I feel bad for feeling that way.

Hey, don't feel bad. Midnight still has an absolute ton of fans, and is an amazing, well written, and well fleshed out character. I like Nyx too, but Midnight is still awesome in my book.

I'm starting to notice a theme with Luna's magic here...

Well she had to do something to occupy herself while she was on the moon, and she was alone...

Oh Celestia someone please get me the jumbo tub of brain bleach

[the_druid_droid]

Go to sleep bobcat; ponies will still be here in the morning. Also, that link goes to page one of this thread. I think you probably meant to link to your story.

I'll read it in the morning since, with us both being in the same state, I should follow that advice I gave you.

I'm going to quote Gadora, because he has the right link for easy reading later, but I'm going to direct my promise to read this at DBC. Things keep happening, and I always see your posts right as work is starting, but I will make time for feedback! I will!

[TheAmishPirate]

That would be the one, just from the sheer amount of attention it's gotten already, and there's already been a couple of comments how they like Nyx over Midnight, including a kind of insulting one, and I know it shouldn't feel that way, but it just causes something to churn in my stomach, and then I feel bad for feeling that way.

This would be the perfect time for the Scootaloo "Disregard Haters, Remain Adorable", but my usual search methods are failing me. Curses!

Don't feel bad about it. Nyx and Midnight are two different beasts entirely and really shouldn't be compared; both are unique concepts done well, but have to do with entirely different themes, characters, etc.

On the note of uniqueness, I'll eat something inedible if anypony did anything closely resembling Midnight's origin story before you did. o.O

[Lix Lorn]

There's been a lot of speculation on that. They didn't exist in Season 1, so it might be a shout forward to Season 2.

WAIT
STOP

This poster is CANON? As in, Hasbro did it or something? I thought it was a fan thing that wasn't official!

[Gadora]

WAIT
STOP

This poster is CANON? As in, Hasbro did it or something? I thought it was a fan thing that wasn't official!

Yep. They're handing out 5,000 of them at Comic-Con.

[Shadowy]

Yep. They're handing out 5,000 of them at Comic-Con.

And I feel very sad that I won't be able to get one. Oh well. Maybe next year.

[Gadora]

For the record, I am horrible at following my own advice.

One day I will have children, and when they ask me where rainbows come from, I'll say this: "It's because the storm makes the clouds shake so much that all the ponies in the sky vomit."

You sound like you'd make a good parent.

if I wasn't already the element of moustache, I'd be challenging you on that.

Sorry to hear that you're in the same boat as me.

I just realized that socks are the opposite of ponies. With socks you start with a pair of two, then one of them gets lost. With ponies you start with one, then you ship them and you have a pair of two.

The next tome I match socks, it ought to be a rather surreal experience. Thanks to your comment and my sleepy brain, I now view that as shipping socks.

With such a long timespan it's not squicky, just weird. Actually, it's normal. Assume that on average every 25 years a new generation is born. Then 1000 years equal 40 generations. 2^40 = 1.099.511.627.776. That means to have your parents not share any ancestors there had to be more than 1 trillion humans alive in the year 1011 AD. (There weren't.)

Well, if all you want is for your parents to not share any ancestors, you don't need every ancestor to be unique; geograpihical isolation would suffice. It's really only if you also want to avoid multiple instances of an ancestor on one side that you need to resort to such a large population.

Funny, I have 3.000 images in my new folder I haven't looked at yet on deviant art and will be lost soon if I don't post them now.



by the way, why is it that you always have the same ideas like me, but post it before me? Like the idea that Soarin's ancestor worked for the Shadowbolts. it makes scrolling down a depressing experience.

And now on to writing about the system of health care before the introduction of the Bismarck's social programs instead of going through my dA account to post pony pictures.

My DeviantWatch currently sits at 4,038. I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually...

Momma Luna was the one who encouraged me to make that spell in the first place.



What, don't you know Hatris and Gummy's Dad? Geez, what sort of fan are you? Clearly they're from episode mumblemumble

Eurgh. I can't for the life of me remember the title of that episode, but isn't that the one that aired on the first of April? I remember the thread exploded with speculation after that one.

And I feel very sad that I won't be able to get one. Oh well. Maybe next year.

I'm with you on this. With the number available being so very low, the price on that is going to skyrocket. Might be interesting to watch e-bay afterwards.

[Kyouhen]

D'oh! Knew it was too good to last. Boomerang are only showing the first half of season 1 (they started repeating today). I guess they'll show the later half at some other point...

Fragdammit.

(That's one thing the US - and Japan - seem to have over us; when you guys get a new season, you seem to get one a week like traditional "non-children's" (sic) shows. Over here, the children's channels tend more to spam half a season or so daily when they deign to show something, then repeat ad nauseum (and sometimes not even in a coherent order). While we still had Tsumani, they tended to work a bit better, but Cartoon Network UK long since stopped caring about not being completely rubbish...)

Look on the bright side! You get to watch the first half of season 1 again!
Note to self: Make a ponymoticon of Pinkie Pie making that face. That's the only way that face could be any more cheerful.

That would be the one, just from the sheer amount of attention it's gotten already, and there's already been a couple of comments how they like Nyx over Midnight, including a kind of insulting one, and I know it shouldn't feel that way, but it just causes something to churn in my stomach, and then I feel bad for feeling that way.

Oh, this Nyx character's from a fanart? I stumbled on some commissioned art of it and wrote it off. If it makes you feel any better I'll always love Midnight more than Nyx. Mostly because my sister's online name is Nyx or a variation of it. I can't see that name without thinking of her, which kinda ruins the whole thing. Hooray for mental association!

Yep. They're handing out 5,000 of them at Comic-Con.

Wait, they are? BLAST! I have a friend who was going to go but her car broke down and ate her money. She could have gotten me one.

Though I don't think those two in the balloon mean anything. From far enough away the gator is easily Twilight. I'm just guessing someone's trolling the internet with them.

[MCerberus]

Boomerang sure is different in the UK than it is in the US. Here it's nothing but a swarm of old Hanna-Barbara cartoons.

[Trixie]

Day Four: I begun to feel more empathy for AJ, specifically, fourth episode.

Except she had been doing that for a day, not two weeks :E

In other words, creative energy at 0.001% level

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Anyway, out of curiosity, anyone knows how popular in fandom Flutterpink ship currently is?

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Also, went to look what kind of merchandise awaits MLP fan in my beloved country :E

Attempt 1:

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Well, that isn't so bad. Small gazette for children printed in pretty big numbers, containing poster and horrible gymnastic band with Twilight-themed handle. Did not buy.

Attempt 2:

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Link.

Yes, these are actual markers. The card reads 'My Beloved Little Horse' and 'Create Pony of your dreams!'. Who cares if you want Rainbow Dash or Rarity, you can make them yourself! :E

And actually, this photo is doctored to look good, I'll try making photo of actual toy (and a few other horrible specimens) tomorrow

Oh, and it costs about 7$.

...So, if anyone else will protest that they don't have access to one pony figure, while his market has all the others, I'll probably start bitterly laughing :P

[Kyouhen]

Someone a while ago had posted a Youtube video of Pinkie Pie's hair inflating and deflating for like 10 minutes or something. I need this video now. But I can't find it. It was the deflation scene from Party of One, but all I can find is the inflation from Best Night Ever.
Though admittedly this one's still amusing to watch...

[MCerberus]

Someone a while ago had posted a Youtube video of Pinkie Pie's hair inflating and deflating for like 10 minutes or something. I need this video now. But I can't find it. It was the deflation scene from Party of One, but all I can find is the inflation from Best Night Ever.
Though admittedly this one's still amusing to watch...

The amazing bi-polar pony

[Gadora]

Someone a while ago had posted a Youtube video of Pinkie Pie's hair inflating and deflating for like 10 minutes or something. I need this video now. But I can't find it. It was the deflation scene from Party of One, but all I can find is the inflation from Best Night Ever.
Though admittedly this one's still amusing to watch...

All I've got handy is this one that runs for a minute forty. Will that suffice?

EDIT: I see that the ninjas are out early today.

EDIT 2: Huh, looking at the stats on the video, we would seem to be responsible for 31 of the views on that one.

[Kyouhen]

That's the one! Thanks! I forgot what it was called and kept doing a search on inflating/deflating hair.

Also! Before I forget, Lex-Kat! Your pony werewolf game! Idea! Instead of Snips/Snails/Diamond Tiara/etc being the villains, have the hydra be the villains. ALL the villains.

[darthbobcat]

@ Esper: Just out of curiosity, what fic is this? And I'll admit, I've been feeling some sour grapes at the sudden upsurge of Midnight fanart lately.

@ Welf: I'm sorry, Welf. I guess we just think a lot alike, but I've had the advantage of not having a job.

@ Blurry Figures: Hatsy and Gator sounds like an old Hanna Barbera cartoon. Hatsy would have the voice of Top Cat and Gator would have Peter Potamus' voice. They travel in their balloon having random adventures.