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A thread to discuss My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic and the tie-in media.

All of the usual forum rules apply. In addition, please remember that the thread is discussing a kids' show, and it's primarily focused on the work itself, not the fanfic — in particular, we don't want to see lewdness creeping in.

     Original OP text 
I don't know WHAT the Hell happened (I blame shenanigans) but we're going to start from scratch. Post your feels for this awesome show again! Naow!

Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#134351: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:13:56 PM

It's called Life and Death...

It's an entire 442 or so page novel...

We need to mock it more, because the horse ain't dead anymore guys.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
CDRW Since: May, 2016
#134352: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:15:39 PM

Posers only mock when it's popular to mock. Haters always mock. cool

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#134353: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:22:22 PM

and more about the fact that it involves explicit images of characters from a show with a target demographic of young kids.

I would say they must be new to the internet, except that Rule34 is Older Than Dirt. The internet just makes it easier to find.

Yes, but I'm talking about individuals who have behaved in an objectionable manner.

So not to belittle the issues of racism with a false comparison or anything, but it reminds me a lot of the rhetoric surrounding it. Like whenever there's a high profile muslim criminal, people start asking muslims to explicitly distance themselves or whatever.

You shouldn't have to distance yourself from anyone else. If someone's going to stereotype, that's their fault, not yours.

That story was passed down orally(heh) until a relatively-modern writer got her hands on it and re-wrote it into something that was both more appealing to her contemporaries, and more pleasant overall.

The problem with Twilight isn't that it changes how vampires operate, because as you pointed out, everyone is constantly doing that. The problem with Twilight is that it's a crappy story. And I read all four books so I can speak with authority there.

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#134354: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:22:45 PM

Oops, double post due to my internet suddenly dieing for a minute.

edited 26th Oct '15 8:23:08 PM by storyyeller

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#134355: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:31:09 PM

Unofficial for that first one, anyway. Fifty Shades and Twilight fandoms hate each other, hilariously enough.

@Sega. Vectorman is a great game. Very hard, and some might say cheap, but for the most part the difficulty is high but fair, rewarding patience and caution. Plus the graphics are crisp and a real treat, and the music is some of the best Genesis techno this side of Streets of Rage.

When it comes to Phantasy Star, I'd suggest going with a translation patched rom, especially for II. They're great examples of the rpg genre, but have lots of grinding, high difficulty, and require maps when venturing in the later dungeons.

Still, the character designs and general art have a cool science fantasy aesthetic, was one of the first series to throw mages and prophecies in a space opera. There's a strange charm in palling around with your cat-girl sister figure, grab a tank with a laser and rampaging across the overworld, then get stopped at a spaceport because you're a group of teenagers with fake id, so you gotta get a job to board the cool spaceship.

marston Since: Sep, 2011
#134356: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:36:31 PM

[up]I actually grew up with the Vectorman games just as much as I did with Sonic. Hilariously, I was actually able to beat both of them at the young age of 4 or 5.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#134357: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:46:54 PM

I hate having to stay away from the thread until I've caught up on the episode, but I guess that's the price you pay when you try to avoid spoilers.

So what did everybody think of Hearthbreakers?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#134358: Oct 26th 2015 at 8:54:16 PM

I definitely enjoyed it, especially on a rewatch. It's surprisingly sad.

I'm glad the Pies' canon names were proven to be legit.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
YamiVizziniX Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
#134360: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:04:29 PM

Enjoyable enough- as telegraphed as AJ being an insensitive clod was, at least that didn't last too long, and the rest of the bonding was pretty sweet.

Mostly I'm just a little shocked at what seems to be genuine Ship Tease. As in, endgame/Distant Finale material.

There is no beginning. There is no end. There is only... Hooty.
God_of_Awesome Since: Jan, 2001
#134361: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:10:34 PM

Pinkie Pie is a twin.

Them deciding to hook Mac up with a female version of himself nowhere near interests me as much as that a female version of Mac is Pinkie Pie's twin sister!

Blissey1 insert title here from a random Pokècenter Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I know
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#134362: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:13:12 PM

twas a good episode! getting some world building on the rock farm and pinkie's family was great!

although I'm still upset that nothing came of Holder's Dragon Egg Boulder

XP granted for befriending a giant magical spider!
MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#134363: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:15:00 PM

So not to belittle the issues of racism with a false comparison or anything, but it reminds me a lot of the rhetoric surrounding it. Like whenever there's a high profile muslim criminal, people start asking muslims to explicitly distance themselves or whatever.

You shouldn't have to distance yourself from anyone else. If someone's going to stereotype, that's their fault, not yours.

Yeah, isn't "You must distance yourselves from everyone who does X" the same rhetoric internet jerks use to try to silence outspoken feminists? "The only feminists I'll take seriously are the ones who criticize the crazies in the movement", which eventually boils down to "The only feminists I'll take seriously are the ones who spend all their time denouncing other feminists and never actually say anything about women's rights."

It's Guilty Until Proven Innocent crap, is what it is.

DeathsApprentice The Ultimate Lifeform from The Ark Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Is that a kind of food?
The Ultimate Lifeform
#134364: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:16:26 PM

I enjoyed the episode. It was fun meeting the rest of the Pie family. Also, the Applejack and Pinkie Pie cousin moments were hilarious.

When we're done, there won't be anything left.
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#134365: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:16:55 PM

Mostly I'm just a little shocked at what seems to be genuine Ship Tease.
Oh Lord, if that's true, I really hope these two families are NOT related.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#134366: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:20:41 PM

They're like fourth cousins. It's fine. Do you have any idea how many couples there are that are fourth cousins and never realize it because who keeps track that far out? I mean, I don't, but I bet it's a lot.

edited 26th Oct '15 9:21:56 PM by Crowfall

CDRW Since: May, 2016
#134367: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:24:35 PM

They are not related. Even if the family connection turned out to be true, the relation is so distant that it's functionally the same as no relation. Pick one person at random from the same city you live in, and there's a pretty dang good chance that you have a closer relation to that person than Applejack and Pinkie Pie might have with each other.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#134368: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:48:22 PM

Shipping AJ and Pinkie, got it.

It's cute, but I just saw it as another Big Mac gets a tease thing.

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#134369: Oct 26th 2015 at 9:58:21 PM

It's worth noting that their 'official' relation is '4th cousin twice removed by a 5th cousin'. Which is obviously nonsensical, but assuming they were 'merely' 4th cousins twice removed, that would make their closest relative a great-great-great grandparent. It would also separate them by two generations(Ie. AJ is 5 generations distant from the relative, whereas Pinkie is 6).

That's a combined genetic watering-down of a full 10 ponies. Yeah, I really don't think that's a relevant relation. It doesn't even show up on a Consanguinity(blood relation) chart. Most countries don't prohibit anything more distant than a first cousin anyways.

edited 26th Oct '15 9:58:40 PM by kegisak

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#134370: Oct 26th 2015 at 10:54:10 PM

Okay, didn't know about the 4th cousin thing. Pinkie makes such a big deal out of it that I thought the relation was closer than that. (Then again, Pinkie makes a big deal out of a lot of things, so that's not saying much.)

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#134371: Oct 27th 2015 at 12:51:39 AM

"Big Mac gets all the mares" isn't just an expression.

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Mudkipz Nya! Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Nya!
#134372: Oct 27th 2015 at 1:23:49 AM

Something tells me that either Marcen is DShou or has hijacked his tumblr account

[up] You forgot the Stallions too :P

Also, I'm not alone in thinking Marble Pie is the best of Pinkie's sisters, am I? Maud is a very close second (because it is Maud), but Marble is possibly one of the cutest characters in the show imo. Now if only the Shipping Rock will pair her with Big Mac properly.

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#134373: Oct 27th 2015 at 1:53:27 AM

Hey there guys. How are y'all doin' now?

boop I'm more active on here
Mudkipz Nya! Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Hugging my pillow
Nya!
#134374: Oct 27th 2015 at 2:35:49 AM

Doing all right... well apart from the part where I am watching Mr Enter's newest video (on the Drawn Together Movie. By god that movie is bad)

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#134375: Oct 27th 2015 at 5:50:51 AM

I'm at work. Bleh.

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