Roleplay / Destination Equestria

Destination: Equestria is the central canon of Ponychan's (A My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic imageboard) /rp/, or roleplay, board. Despite being themed around My Little Pony, it has numerous crossover characters from various media. It is, in essence, a Mega Crossover mess, but an enjoyable one nonetheless.

D:E, as it's abbreviated, was born early on in Ponychan's history when the first crossover character appeared, posting in that character's format. The earliest of these characters not from the MLP show were Karkat, Hitlar, Marceline the Vampire Queen, and Statler and Waldorf, who often acted as Trolls either in pretend or in actuality. One of the earliest semblances of this canon was a Statler and Waldorf vs. Rarity series, which helped to promote the idea of roleplaying non-pony characters and interacting with both pony and other non-pony characters. There eventually became such a saturation of these types of posters, they were moved to the /rp/ board, which was scheduled for deletion at the time. There these posters continued the creation and expansion of their random adventures under a broad, general canon. It was eventually named after several developments on the board to help differentiate other canons (yes they exist) from one another, and was named based on all the immigrant characters.

An archive of Destination: Equestria can be found here. The site was revamped circa 2015 and then again a few years later, causing all of the old D:E threads to be deleted.

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Imported Characters

The following characters have appeared in the canon. Not all are necessarily still present.

• Dragon Ball Z
  • Goku (One of the oldest characters on the board)
  • Gohan (The standard Gohan and the Alternate Continuity Gohan)
  • Vegeta
  • Bardock
  • Broly
  • Kid Buu
• The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
  • Juniper Lee
• American Dragon: Jake Long
  • Fu Dog
• Star Wars
  • Boba Fett
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Qui-Gon Jinn
  • Yoda
• The Legend of Korra
  • Avatar Korra
  • Naga
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
  • Kamina
  • Simon
  • The Anti-Spiral
• Hellsing
  • Alucard
  • Seras Victoria
  • For the record, Walter hasn't actually turned up. There's a pony vampire who just happens to have the same name but is otherwise mostly different.
• Digimon
  • Masaru Daimon and Agumon
  • Norn
  • Various Digimon
• Torchwood
  • Jack Harkness
• Gintama
  • Gintoki
• One Piece
  • Brook
• Megas XLR
  • Coop
  • Kiva
• Static Shock
  • Static Shock
• Castlevania
  • Julius Belmont
  • Soma Cruz
  • Simon Belmont
• Devil May Cry
  • Dante
• Black★Rock Shooter
  • Black★Rock Shooter/Kuroi Mato
• [PROTOTYPE]
  • Alex Mercer
• Super Mario Bros.
  • Bowser
• Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Dr. Robitnik
• Pokémon
  • Black
  • White
  • Mewtwo
  • Rayquaza
  • Lugia
  • Assorted Pokémon
• Other
  • Santa's main eight reindeer (usually seasonally)
  • A Once-Emperess Celestia from another universe, before Nightmare Moon's civil war all but destroying Equestria.

Provides examples of:

• Alternate Dimension: Where some characters come from.

• Big Brother Instinct: Marnax Three is extremely protective of her niece, Kate when it comes to boyfriends, to the point that when Kate and Kamina faked a relationship as a prank, she literally exploded from sheer rage.

• Characterization Marches On: More than a few people create characters with a rough outline of their personalities, then let them develop through roleplay. This can lead to a character's "final" personality being far different from how they were initially.

• Death's Hourglass: When asked by someone how much time the person has left, Mortimer would consult the respective hourglass before giving a (mostly vague) answer.

• Determinator: Nash kept killing the piss out of raiders even after getting blown the fuck up by two nests of landmines. Not to mention all the bullets he'd soaked up beforehand.
• Drama Bomb: Some players are prone to kicking their own characters in the face on a regular basis. Sudden death (either killing off their main character or a close friend or relative), miscarriage, adultery, begging in the streets...you name it.

• Expanded Universe: Heavily fueled by the countless amount of fanon from the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fanbase as well as the expanded universes of all crossover characters.
• Good-Guy Bar: The Crossbones a friendly bar that attracts all sorts of characters.

• Intercontinuity Crossover: And how. There is practically no limit to this, in any direction on any scale.

• The Little Shop That Wasn't There Yesterday: Often done when someone wants a new chill thread or when their character wants to start a shop or store. Pizza Parlours, restaurants, record stores, candy shops, ect. They all randomly come and go.

• Mega Crossover: Just take a look at the list of imported characters.

• Not Afraid to Die: Nash, in his own words:
  Shining Armor: "And as for not fearing death.. there is a difference between not fearing it and actively seeking it..."
  Nash: "True, but I'm more indifferent towards death than anything. If I manage to survive an engagement, sweet! Another victory under my belt. If I get killed, oh well. Valhalla awaits."
• Offscreen Rebuilding: Ponyville town hall gets firebombed? It's fixed in the next thread.

• The Power of Rock: Nash is firm believer in it. He'll often blast heavy metal in battle, and uses the Flying V mentioned above whenever bullets and blades are proving ineffective in battle. Or just when he gets bored.