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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!

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

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#25176: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:24:02 PM

And yet Lyra/Bon Bon is so common and focused on the their relationship, while Lyra tends to be portrayed just as excitable and childlike as Pinkie.

It's not about being excitable and childlike, it's that Pinkie wants to be involved in everypony's life.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#25177: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:25:59 PM

@Wryte No matter how bad someone's life is or they just don't want anything to do with Pinkie Pie, she'll find a way somehow.

edited 4th Dec '13 2:26:13 PM by Starscream759

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#25178: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:32:16 PM

Which isn't necessarily a good thing. :P

Nonetheless, the point is that Pinkie loveseverypony, so it's hard to see her in a monogamous relationship. I think that's the main reason for pairings with her being rarer.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#25179: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:35:34 PM

The only Pinkie Pie ship that I can really see working without a lot of development is Pinkie Dash. RD is one of the few cast members who could possibly match Pinkie's energy level.

As for my shipping, I basically tend towards plausible ships that still offer interesting character interaction. Just about any ship can be made interesting, even if the characters involved are fairly stable. I mean, I'm writing a fic about two relatively stable characters (Twilight and Applejack) and I managed to hit the 200K word mark without even having to do stuff like love triangles or drama or anything. You can mine pretty much any character combination for a good story if you work hard enough.

I've never been big on Crack Ship stuff outside of Rule of Funny because in most of them the premise tends to be more interesting than the execution. Most of the time if somebody writes like a Zecora/Discord fic or something it'll be based almost entirely off of the novelty of shipping two otherwise unrelated characters rather than focusing at all on what that relationship might actually look like or how it might come about. They just start with "X and Y are a couple! Lolz ensue!" without really bothering to justify why.

[up]Just because she's ubersocial doesn't necessarily mean that she's incapable of having a committed relationship. If anything she might want some sort of special relationship with someone that she doesn't have to constantly reinforce with FUN FUN FUN. She sort of has that relationship with the mane cast, but even then she has attachment issues. I could easily see her latching onto one significant other that's special to her in that she trusts them to care about her even when she isn't being entertaining.

edited 4th Dec '13 2:38:50 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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marston Since: Sep, 2011
#25180: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:36:07 PM

Hmm, Shipping wars? Well, I think you all know what the best pairing is. But I'm gonna show you it anyway.tongue[down]

http://spirit-cookie.deviantart.com/art/Commission-Rainbow-Dash-and-Twilight-413768028

http://derpibooru.org/489453?scope=scpef86ef7bdbc65548e3a9b710f037f3d0ef3f3128e

edited 4th Dec '13 2:36:50 PM by marston

Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#25181: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:37:20 PM

You know, just because she wants a relationship with everypony doesn't me that we have to assume that she wants them all to be romantic/sexual.

Not that it really matters when shipping is involved since it's mostly about what would make an interesting story and plain old wish fulfillment then anything else.

Bluespade from Fort Worth, Texas Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
#25182: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:39:22 PM

Nonetheless, the point is that Pinkie loveseverypony, so it's hard to see her in a monogamous relationship. I think that's the main reason for pairings with her being rarer.

I don't see why she can't love everyone and still have a special relationship with a particular pony.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#25183: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:39:44 PM

@Wryte But then again it's not like Pinkie's been portrayed in a negative light-oh right....

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#25184: Dec 4th 2013 at 2:40:01 PM

Yeah, you can slot just about any character into any type of relationship and it could work as long as you take the time to justify it. Out of the cast, Pinkie is the most likely to be Poly-amorous, but it hardly precludes her from wanting an exclusive relationship. As pointed out, caring for someone in a platonic sense might not have anything to do with how she feels romantically. I actually think it would be interesting to explore the concept of Pinkie getting into a relationship with a "boring" pony and finding that it's actually good for her to have someone stable to rely on.

edited 4th Dec '13 2:41:12 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#25185: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:00:03 PM

Agreeing with JT here. Any ship can be good, in theory, but you have to be able to explain/justify WHY first.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#25186: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:04:38 PM

Maybe she'd learn that they aren't so boring after all.

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#25187: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:12:06 PM

I'm not saying Pinkie can't work in a monogamous ship, I'm just saying she doesn't fit neatly into one with any of the other Mane 6 without a lot of groundwork needing to be laid outside of the canon material. The only exception is possibly RD, but I see that as strictly platonic, personally. Most popular shipping is based on character pairs that have either lots of on-screen chemistry (ala Appledash or Rarijack), or complimentary archetypes (ala Scratchtavia). Or they just look really good standing next to each other, ala Lyrabon :P . Pinkie doesn't really fall into either of those, since she lives in her own little world, which I think is why she's not an especially popular shipping subject.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#25188: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:17:52 PM

@Wryte Yeah she could be thinking about happy rainbow people rather than a romantic relationship in her head considering how child-like she is.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#25189: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:20:03 PM

[up][up]Honestly, I think any inter-mane six ship requires quite a bit of groundwork to be laid. Case in point, I consider Twijack one of the most plausible pairings, and my fic about it spends like 40,000 words just getting to the point where they agree to start going out romantically.

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#25190: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:26:05 PM

Eh, I need to get back to getting something on paper for my writers' group tonight, so I'm dropping the subject for now. :P

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#25191: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:30:19 PM

Anypony in mind then, outside the Six?

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#25192: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:31:47 PM

Well going by purely canon, that aren't really any solid romantic relationships among the mane 6.

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Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#25193: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:38:38 PM

There aren't any solid romantic relationships in canon for anyone except ponies who are already married.

Turtlebutter Element of Misery from A Marshy Pond Since: Mar, 2012
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#25194: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:49:28 PM

I'd feel guilty shipping Pinkie with anyone. I don't know if she's mentally capable of consent.

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#25196: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:51:28 PM

i feel like shipping anyone with Pinkie is like strapping a man to the back of Lamborghini Murcielago going 90 mph. there are only so many that can keep up with her.

edited 4th Dec '13 3:54:36 PM by crimsonstorm15

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jdj42 Since: Oct, 2012
#25197: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:55:17 PM

Can I do a recap?

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Bluespade from Fort Worth, Texas Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
#25198: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:56:16 PM

I'd feel guilty shipping Pinkie with anyone. I don't know if she's mentally capable of consent.

REALLY? She's not insane.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#25199: Dec 4th 2013 at 3:56:21 PM

@Crimson And only so many that can stand her.

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