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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.

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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!

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#196901: Jan 13th 2020 at 6:51:00 AM

Post of the Day #2757

My S4 DVD should be coming in shortly. Other than that I'd like plushies of the other cast members (I have Twilight already), but I have other things I'd rather spend the money on. In other news, Smash 4 is so much fun.

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#196902: Jan 13th 2020 at 6:58:49 AM

I haven't really talked about it here because it's extremely grimdark and the Conversion Bureau isn't something that's very popular around these parts (I did talk about previous iterations about it here though), but one of the biggest themes in the Deconstruction Crossover of the Conversion Bureau and Warhammer 40000 I've been writing is deconstructing the whole "Pastel Mare's Burden" and the pseudo-colonial mentality behind it. (I'm going to put it in a folder so you don't have to read it if you don't want to)

    The premise 

Equestria's appearance on an Imperial agri-world was accidental, (with an inpenetrable barrier impervious to human weapons) and the planet in question being a Crapsack World on the level of The Draka, Twilight decides to send out Spike, Lustre Dawn and the latter's friends on a mission to teach humans about the magic of friendship and Pony ways, which ends better than you'd think it end. Twilight goes into full Heroic BSoD mode and decides that if humans can't be taught friendship, they can be turned into a species that can.

Long story short, Conversion Bureaus open, the Imperium declares open war with Equestria, and Equestria is turned into a country of jaded fanatics who can do absolutely anything they want to humans simply because they're better than those friendship-less apes. (Not that newfoalsnote  get off much better: they retain their free will and minds, but aren't considered "true Ponies" and form a class of oppressed cheap labour and conscripts in the war against the Imperium)

Edited by SantosLHalper on Jan 13th 2020 at 10:00:33 AM

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#196903: Jan 13th 2020 at 7:12:49 AM

I have a couple of plushies, butI only bought one (a butteryellow) for my sister when she was still into the show. She bought me a Gamer "Sailor Moon" plushie (complete with gaming headset), I won a Twilicorn, and I won a Sweetie Belle (ironically bigger than Twiggles), both from convention game shows.

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#196904: Jan 13th 2020 at 7:21:10 AM

I've got a basket full of plushies from a couple years ago, when my friends and I first started getting into the show.

My friend who some of you may remember as Viking once got a Princess Twilight tiara at a McDonalds on a lark. We were in another state helping a friend move.

On our way out of town, we passed by a group of teenagers walking the other way. My window was rolled down, and one of the kids took the opportunity to throw a lit cigarette through it. I hit the brakes and scrambled to find the cigarette and get it back out of the vehicle. When I looked up, she was gone.

When I had stopped, she took the opportunity to throw open the car door, leap out of the vehicle, chase this guy down, and pulverize him. If he'd been trying to look cool in front of his friends, it backfired; the kid was on the ground and his friends were fleeing. She returned to the vehicle and we drove home.

It was only after she returned to the vehicle that we both realized she was still wearing her Princess Twilight tiara. She beat this kid's ass as a Pretty Pony Princess.

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MrSeyker Since: Apr, 2011
#196905: Jan 13th 2020 at 7:55:45 AM

I got a pack at a con of the small pony figures that had The Manes and The Princesses. Those are the size of the Blind Bag line-up.

And I bought a collection of kids books, each of which came with a different pony on a larger scale. The paint job could be better (Cadance doesn't come with gradients, and they got lazy on Zecora's stripe pattern), but the molds are really nice.

And a bunch of coloring books.

I wanted to buy a set of Equestria Girls Minis at the con, but I waited too long and Sunset and Fluttershy got sold, so I ended up not getting any.

I hate myself.

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#196906: Jan 13th 2020 at 9:15:51 AM

>_> I never got a plushy. Never been brave enough to advertise it.

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RE: Redmess Oh, you studied post-colonialism? Cool.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#196907: Jan 13th 2020 at 10:11:40 AM

Well, among other things. It was certainly one of the more challenging subjects. Try reading a paper on postcolonialism someday and you'll see. It's the kind of paper even uni professors struggle with.

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#196908: Jan 13th 2020 at 12:17:41 PM

On the topic of plush dolls, I have all 6 of the Mane 6 as well as Celestia, Luna, and Cadance as plush dolls, and I have many more of the brushable figures from multiple generations of MLP.

I recently had a thought about something shown in the season 9 finale (unrelated to the conversations about plush dolls or colonialism), but before I mention it, do I need to put it in spoiler tags, since there are still posters here who haven't seen the finale yet?

Edited by Rainbow on Jan 13th 2020 at 2:23:19 PM

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#196909: Jan 13th 2020 at 12:20:16 PM

[up]It's best to put it in spoilers.

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#196910: Jan 13th 2020 at 12:30:14 PM

Okay, here's my thought about the finale:

Thinking about Rainbow Dash marrying Applejack made me wonder if one specific conflict they would have is that Rainbow Dash might want to get first dibs on the cider, potentially risking the sales from it. That could be a lesson for her, where she learns and realizes that being part of the Apple family now means that if the cider sells well, then she will also share in the rewards of that money. Thus, she has to choose between her eagerness to drink the cider herself versus possibly getting to use part of the money from the sales for something else she wants later. (and also the sense of pride and accomplishment since she'd likely participate in making and selling it, especially if she did a flying stunt show for the ponies who come to buy cider) I also thought that Rainbow Dash would also be a great mascot for their Zap Apple Jam!

Edited by Rainbow on Jan 13th 2020 at 2:40:16 PM

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#196911: Jan 13th 2020 at 1:53:14 PM

This coincidence amuses me.

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#196912: Jan 14th 2020 at 6:25:42 AM

Post of the Day #2758

I didn't care for Trixie and I have no desire to see her return (sorry Ginger). Gilda, on the other hand, showed promise. I'd like to see her redeemed. BTW: I'm highly amused at how there is currently a debate over who is the best pony going on in the MSPA thread.

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#196913: Jan 14th 2020 at 6:36:20 AM

[up]Hello, 911. The Post of the Day is stalking us again.

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#196914: Jan 14th 2020 at 6:44:32 AM

I mean, if you think about it, by marrying Applejack, RBD gets access to all the cider she wants. Only... y'know...

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#196915: Jan 14th 2020 at 7:18:33 AM

I think the being obsessed about cider thing is something she'd quickly grow out of. Especially after the first few times once it's no longer special or hard to get.

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#196916: Jan 14th 2020 at 7:21:52 AM

then she discovers all the other alcohol to obsess over

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#196917: Jan 14th 2020 at 9:08:10 PM

I think the only piece of MLP merch I own is a Discord figure. I keep it on my shelf alongside a can of Duff beer.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#196918: Jan 15th 2020 at 12:59:24 AM

I have a Twilight plushie. And that's about it.

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#196919: Jan 15th 2020 at 6:02:01 AM

Post of the Day #2759

That's not the part you should have been keen on adapting. D&D is very hack-n-slash, overwhelmingly so. Equestria is as far from hack n slash as a setting could ever be. Have you tried D Ming a detective story in D&D ruleset?

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#196920: Jan 15th 2020 at 7:21:19 AM

IIRC there's now an MLP tabletop game. I think it's about friendship but don't quote me on that.

Could be wrong.

Kinda going out on a limb with that one.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Jan 15th 2020 at 8:21:51 AM

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fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
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#196921: Jan 15th 2020 at 7:51:34 AM

There is: Tails of Equestria.

https://geekandsundry.com/bring-the-land-of-equestria-to-the-tabletop-with-this-mlp-rpg/

https://thetrove.net/Books/_Collections/Cartoon%20Games/MLP/Tales%20of%20Equestria/index.html

Edited by fredhot16 on Jan 15th 2020 at 7:55:34 AM

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drac0blade Since: Jan, 2015
#196922: Jan 15th 2020 at 11:37:32 AM

Besides that, there's tabletop RP Gs that are clearly based off of MLP.

Ponyfinder, for example.

Edit: damn, I know there's a way to make words like "RP Gs" not a link, but I don't remember what it is, and the markup help doesn't mention it.

Edited by drac0blade on Jan 15th 2020 at 11:48:49 AM

SantosLHalper Since: Aug, 2009
#196923: Jan 15th 2020 at 12:03:24 PM

I'm building a homebrewed Equestrian army in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar based off the 19th century.

Edited by SantosLHalper on Jan 15th 2020 at 3:04:21 PM

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#196924: Jan 15th 2020 at 6:11:18 PM

[up]You got any design docs you could share with us?

By the way, watching "Gauntlet of Fire" right now and after the opening credits, Celestia and Luna are visiting Sparkles's castle so they can relax.

Hello, there. Glad to see you finally grace her abode with your presence. Did you know she had this thing before you came today?

Edit: "He [Garble] would have burned us to a crisp if you [Rarity]] weren't there." No, he would have burned you to a crisp if Sparkles didn't teleport you out of there.

Edited by fredhot16 on Jan 15th 2020 at 6:22:05 AM

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#196925: Jan 15th 2020 at 6:32:32 PM

Besides that, there's tabletop RP Gs that are clearly based off of MLP.

It's a shame Sereg's forum RPG died.

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