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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

IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#62601: Apr 1st 2014 at 10:54:59 PM

I imagine that Davenport sounds like that one guy from Left 4 Dead, even though we know what he really sounds like. QUILLS HERE!

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#62602: Apr 1st 2014 at 11:04:03 PM

I just learned that Goat Simulator wasn't made up for the comic. It's a real game. Maybe Marcen would be interested.

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
Swasfewses Hermit from New York Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Staying up all night to get lucky
Hermit
#62603: Apr 1st 2014 at 11:51:38 PM

The only thing is that Goat Simulator isn't a bad game trying to pass itself off as good. Which is what most games he seems to be playing are.

edited 2nd Apr '14 12:42:46 AM by Swasfewses

animal-loving
Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#62604: Apr 2nd 2014 at 2:12:22 AM

Okay. Fine. If Flash is really such an awful character (apparently) and Flash Light is really such an awful ship (apparently) and I'm just not getting it ...

Could someone please explain what's so great about Twi Dash? Because I can't see it ending in anything other than misery. Please explain it to me. Marcen? Or maybe someone else, considering it's popularity?

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#62605: Apr 2nd 2014 at 2:36:03 AM

Flash is generic. He's every bit of a typical "boy" from girl shows, nothing really interesting about him. Add every bit of a turbo-fast Disney romance cliche and you get something that was seriously a bad idea.

Even Twi Dash is a more plausable ship because of common interest in Daring Do.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#62606: Apr 2nd 2014 at 2:39:30 AM

The difference is that Flash Sentry is not a character; he's a prop. He's a generic non-threatening cute guy who exists solely for the purpose of being shipped with Twilight in exactly the kind of crappy subplot typical of the kind of crappy girls' shows we all thought FIM was going to be before we actually watched it. He makes a single contribution to the entire plot of the movie, and it's to resolve a conflict that exists for the sole purpose of giving him a contribution to the plot.

Say what you want about how the relationship dynamics between Rainbow and Twilight would actually work, but at least Rainbow actually has a well established and developed character to base such dynamics off of. Flash is just a blank slate defined only in the broadest strokes of "nice guy."

As for Twidash's popularity... well, there's the nerd/jock and tomboy/girly girl opposite attractions that are always popular with shippers, they're both fan favorites and Little Black Dresses in their own rights, and there's the Les Yay vs Het Is Ew factor when compared directly to Flashlight.

[edit] Oh, I see that trope's been renamed.

edited 2nd Apr '14 2:41:51 AM by Wryte

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#62607: Apr 2nd 2014 at 2:47:27 AM

Hey guys, what's going on in...

Flash Sentry is not a character
I'll... come back later.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#62608: Apr 2nd 2014 at 3:51:58 AM

I've said before that people who make those claims about Flash are talking garbage. Flash had more personality than some of the Mane Six had in the first five episodes!

I've discussed this before in my blog.

Also, Het Is Ew is one of the dumbest things in fandom.

EDIT:

No. I'm being too generous. Make that all the Mane Six for the first five episodes (the show had a rocky start) and some for the first twenty.

Also:

Even Twi Dash is a more plausable ship because of common interest in Daring Do.

First of all, they were shipped long before that.

Secondly: Wow. They share one interest. In a book that's implied to be ludicrously popular and therefore incredibly easy to find other fans of.

edited 2nd Apr '14 4:08:09 AM by Sereg

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#62609: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:25:08 AM

No, all the mane 6 had more personality in their introduction in the pilot then Flash got through the whole movie.

What little he DOES have, is nothing but pure cliche. He's not a character, he's just a vague 'nice guy, teen chick story love interest' who did nothing of note. You could completely and utterly remove him from the story, and other then that one bit, which could have been done by ANYONE, or even had the whole dumbass plot point dropped for how little it matters. Nothing would be changed.

And like Wryte said, most of the hate, is because he is exactly the type of horrible cliche most girl's shows fall back on, and something that we loved MLP for NOT having.

Twisadh makes way more sense, at least you know the two have actually talked to each other for more then, what a grand total of like 15 minutes? Most of that spend just blushing and acting awkward for no damn reason?

Luminosity Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Lovey-Dovey
#62610: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:29:50 AM

[up][up]Okay. What do Flash and Twi share? Nothing.

And the claim that he has more personality than Mane Six ever is even more ludicrous. In the very first two-parter episodes Mane Six got defining traits, showing what is the most notable about them and already shaping them into characters. What did Flash Sentry get in the entire movie? Nothing.

Name ONE thing about Flash Sentry we haven't seen in every "girl" show/movie/anything ever. Just one.

SunsetShimmer Superior Princess from Canterlot High Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Superior Princess
#62611: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:31:20 AM

Flash Sentry bashing? I wholeheartedly approve.

The sparkle is gone, see me shimmer on~
Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#62612: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:33:23 AM

You're not much better Sunset. Sure you at least had character, and backstory and what not, but you were still a complete idiot. Physical cutting and pasting pictures to fake them? An army of brainwashed teenagers, versus three demi-gods, 5 of Equestria's greatest heroes, who have defeated foes far far stronger then you, including an entire army of changelings, AND the entire royal guard? Yeah I know they are rather inept, but even THEY should be able to handle some teenagers.

edited 2nd Apr '14 4:35:34 AM by Seraphem

SunsetShimmer Superior Princess from Canterlot High Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Superior Princess
#62613: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:35:46 AM

You might wanna retract that statement. Why? I shoot fire.

Yes, through your internets.

Honestly, I could have conquered the whole Equestria by myself in my demon form. This is the kingdom that has to rely on six teenagers every time something more threatening than a handicapped fly shows up. The teenage army were more like an afterthought.

You gotta admit, it's not me who's foolish by doing cutout photos, it's the ones that got fooled by them. I guess those hedious "humanized" forms also made the principals more dense than they already were.

edited 2nd Apr '14 4:44:27 AM by SunsetShimmer

The sparkle is gone, see me shimmer on~
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#62614: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:43:22 AM

You can shoot fire over TCP/IP?

TEACH ME YOUR WAYS, MASTER.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
SunsetShimmer Superior Princess from Canterlot High Since: Jan, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Superior Princess
#62615: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:45:17 AM

No. This is my secret magic. No one else is worthy. Not even if you ask nicely. In fact, especially if you ask nicely.

The sparkle is gone, see me shimmer on~
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#62616: Apr 2nd 2014 at 4:49:45 AM

Also, Het is Ew is one of the dumbest things in fandom.

Hey, I said it was a contributing factor to making Twidash more popular than Flashlight, not better.

Speaking of popularity: Sunset, I wanted to thank you for your request last night. It's already become one of my most highly rated pieces on both derpibooru and deviantart. We'll have to do it against sometime. For now though, I'm going to bed.

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
BigDannyC Since: Dec, 2013
#62618: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:54:34 AM

I completely forgot about that human thing. Is it worth watching?

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#62619: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:59:29 AM

Ah brother, there she goes again with her threats, honestly can I come on here without that happening? I guess not.

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Mio Since: Jan, 2001
#62621: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:12:11 AM

've said before that people who make those claims about Flash are talking garbage. Flash had more personality than some of the Mane Six had in the first five episodes! I've discussed this before in my blog. EDIT: No. I'm being too generous. Make that all the Mane Six for the first five episodes (the show had a rocky start) and some for the first twenty.

I decided to look at your blog to see what you meant, but you really didn't explain that at all. All I found was that you were willing to put more effort into analyzing and theorycrafting about Flash then most people are, which is fine but doesn't really prove your point.

[up][up][up]You can give it a watch if you want, but don't expect anything too spectacular.

edited 2nd Apr '14 6:13:20 AM by Mio

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#62622: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:18:35 AM

There's still more clop than EQG r34.

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edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#62624: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:42:26 AM

Post of the Day #699

Oh hod, not Posey, I know so little but still so much about her.

We all gonna miss she and her knitting, but her legend will always be whit us.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#62625: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:42:58 AM

@ Danny, it's worth it for some rather great individual scenes and gags. but the overall story is a freaking mess of idiocy, unexplained crap, and plot holes big enough for Luna to push the moon through.


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