My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

I wonder if Quibble Pants has a job. His comic book speech bubble Cutie Mark seems to indicate he is a full on pop culture geek.

That doesn't mean he doesn't have a job.

He does a Youtube channel and lives off of Patreon contributions.

...in his parents' basement.

And he had a Twitter breakdown that resulted in him getting fired from TGWTG, getting diagnosed with Type 2 Bipolar disorder, and barely making content anymore while leaching off of Patreon donations.

And then he started making way too many weird videos about feminism.

And then he did some rant about Jontron and made fun of an autistic guy.

Okay I'm lost.

My earlier post was referencing Spoony, then the guy after me made a reference to either The Amazing Atheist or Thunderf00t, then I made some weird reference to something involving someone named Leafy.

I saw him as the pony equivalent of the Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons (personality-wise, not so much in appearance), so my personal guess is that he runs or works at a small bookstore that might specialize in adventure stories, since he knows so much about the common tropes and cliches of those stories. Or to extend the Comic Book Guy comparison, he could have a comic book store, since those do exist in Equestria (shown in Power Ponies).

edited 30th Jul '16 2:52:36 PM by Rainbow

Now that I know that there's comic book stores in Equestria, I'm stuck wondering about the economics of it.

Like, the distribution's gotta be a direct market system but has it always been like that or did something cause it? Is it one big company, like Diamond, or is it a bunch of smaller companies? And is there anything like the Big Two or is it more akin to the Golden Age, when it was just a group of fairly small companies?

Also, was there an equivalent to The Dark Age Of Comic Books?

edited 30th Jul '16 3:04:54 PM by Rosvo1

alright, time to watch the new episode!

Daring Do!
Glowing crystals!
Perilous heights!
Aww, Twi has to miss the convention
yep, that's a fan convention
Hello Vince Offer pony
wait, Quibble Pants?
omg RD is in nerd love
wow, that drink serving mare is so done with everything
Uh oh, he's a series purist
oh gawd, this guy
That front desk pony is not having any of your shit, RD
oh hey AK
not that kind of emergency. I do like that they're acknowledging that Daring takes RD seriously enough to jump to that kind of conclusion, though
wait Daring WTF why do you bring something like that to a fan convention
...that's actually really clever
Oh hey Cabalerowhatever
oh damn, tail slap!
and that guy is obviously not buying any of this
and now shit gets real!
and he's still not buying it
...and the guards are, in fact, crazy
RD, you have wings. what are you doing.
Okay, now he's getting into it!
Finally, he gets it!
super smug dash
SAND GATOR!
I can't tell if this dude is genre savvy or not
I think this is one of the best messages the show has had yet
omg he's talking through the credits

very fun episode overall!

Didn't Patton Oswald have a cameo as the writer of The Crimson Chin or am I thinking of someone else?

edited 30th Jul '16 4:10:03 PM by PrincessGwenevere

Yep that was him. He was also Franz in Gravity Falls.

And Pinky Penguin in BoJack Horseman.

Sup guys, I'm back finally. Was at a friends' house. We streamed the new episode there. It was pretty great. Basically an Affectionate Parody of the fandom. And also this, which might be the greatest faic this season.

I love Derpibooru's snarky tags.

Just to make it clear, I never said Quibble Pants' cutie mark indicated his job.

Patton. Bucking. OSWALT! AT-his Patton Oswaltiest, and it was hilarious.

And DEAR LORD was that convention realistic, vacation salesman, body pillows everywhere, random standees of Japanese cartoon characters, its like I was looking back in time to my own life!

Even if he did it for his daughter, Patton Oswalt is still probably the strangest choice of celebrity cameo yet.

I do like how they made him a whiny, nitpicky nerd, though. It kinda fits.

It's so weird seeing all the gushing because I've never heard of him. Oh well, I'm sure starring in Ratouille counts as a celebrity.

You gotta wonder where people get off questioning the credibility of someone whose stopped ancient chaos gods, parasitic emotion-eaters, and magic-draining monsters and saved Equestria on multiple occasions. I mean, yeah I get it, making them be world-famous celebrities to be gushed over and mobbed by crowds wherever they go would have been detrimental to the narrative, but come on, at least a little recognition. It might have made sense in like, Season 2, but now it's starting to get ridiculous.

Just because someone is a hero doesn't mean they necessarily have good taste in books.

Yes, but when the hero tells you that the dangerous situation you're in is very much real, then you better goddamn believe them if you wanna live. Also, if the expert of pulling off and living through life-threatening stunts is telling you that a stunt depicted in a book is possible, then you should probably take their word on that too.

Rainbow Dash isn't Daring Do and never said she was. She didn't even say Daring Do was real at first. There was no reason to believe her.

IMO, Quibble Pants was completely reasonable. Perhaps he should have realized sooner once the actual adventure started, but it is true that the Daring Do books are outlandish, and the fact that they happen to be true doesn't change that. If you don't know better, there's no reason to believe they are real.

edited 30th Jul '16 7:40:09 PM by storyyeller