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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

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#53326: Feb 28th 2014 at 4:56:36 AM

I don't think he meant authors will do that, rather that all of those features are there if an author wants to use them for one reason or another.

For example Mike Mignola, while writing Hellboy, will often use cultural or historical features and figures even when they don't feature hugely into the story itself, and the story itself is wholly unique. For example, there's a story in Hellboy where Hellboy is wandering around the Mexican Desert hunting a posse of monsters, and he winds up teaming up with a trio of Luchadors of all things - Luchadors who had been told by god to fight the monsters, but Luchadors nonetheless.

In many other stories, small time historical figures - mostly saints and tyrants, the kinds of people with nasty histories you could expect to leave behind ghosts - are used to lend a sense of realism. The stories are fantastic, but they take place in real places and are centred among real people, which makes the whole affair feel a bit different then if it was entirely fabricated.

EDIT: Ninjad by the man himself.

edited 28th Feb '14 4:58:23 AM by kegisak

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#53327: Feb 28th 2014 at 5:22:11 AM

History is awesome, particularly ancient and middle history. medeiville China is full of revolutions, decodant backstabbing courts, and clockpunk technology that almost started an industrial revolution in the 12th century.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#53329: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:04:23 AM

Duck Tales, woohoo!

Ah, the 90s great cartoons.

LightningDust Let's do this! from Cloudsdale Since: Dec, 2012
Let's do this!
#53330: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:04:56 AM

This is an outrage! I would NEVER wear a boring old WHITE sports bra!

"The pony thread attracts some rather ... juvenile ... personalities. Maybe that's just its nature; who knows." ~ Fighteer
kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#53332: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:18:13 AM

I'm sure star is more than happy to see them. evil grin

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#53334: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:36:26 AM

Trick misfire

human!Trixie

Fluttershy

Hugs :3

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#53335: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:39:14 AM

Post of the Day #666

Looking at the race, I had competiton in my mind.

Every other Pony represensts casual racers.

Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash, however, represents hardcore racers.

Well, that's what I thought.

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japaneseteeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#53336: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:56:06 AM

And now I have "Duck Tales" stuck in my head again. Great.

But yeah, history is pretty awesome, and it's really useful for learning how humans think, at least once you dig into understanding why things actually happen the way that they did.

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NESgamer190 Since: Sep, 2012
#53337: Feb 28th 2014 at 6:59:44 AM

-lurches in, oblivious to the changeling on back- I'm up.

@Kyler's pic dump: I appreciate ya providing the batch of images.

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More like giant cherries
#53338: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:00:41 AM

Wow, people have started making fan music for Twitch Plays Pokemon. Also YES, Whirlwind replaced with Sky Attack! And Focus Energy has been replaced by Strength!

Also, I agree history is useful, even if I'm not particularly interested in it myself.

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japaneseteeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#53340: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:02:08 AM

[up][up]That's pretty much how I feel about math. It's obviously useful, but I don't find it very interesting.

edited 28th Feb '14 7:09:36 AM by japaneseteeth

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#53343: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:10:52 AM

I wish today was Saturday.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
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#53344: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:12:45 AM

Saturday is New Pony Episode Day! Sunday is Complaining about New Pony Episode Day! tongue

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#53345: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:13:07 AM

If it were Saturday, I would have been at work this morning.

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
NESgamer190 Since: Sep, 2012
#53346: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:13:18 AM

@Marcen: Not a lot is up with me, aside from awakening recently.

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#53347: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:16:38 AM

@NES Just finished Disc 1 of the 2nd season of Adventure Time. I'm going to try and watch the rest of the 3rd season of Regular Show.

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
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#53348: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:18:30 AM

I'm working on Saturday so I'll be lucky if I can see the episode before I start at 10.

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More like giant cherries
#53349: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:24:30 AM

That's pretty much how I feel about math. It's obviously useful, but I don't find it very interesting.

Sometimes I wonder whether that just comes from not being introduced to math properly. Then again, I suppose a similar argument could be made for history.

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marcen12 Sigh from Under The Floorboards (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#53350: Feb 28th 2014 at 7:24:54 AM

Usually, after work, I go to the library and get the new episode off youtube.

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q

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