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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (Live Reactions & Discussion)

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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

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#62851: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:36:48 PM

Even if people sometimes still think that two characters with nio canon personalities are wrong for one another.

What's that from, My Time Among The Clothes Hangers?

^ Onwards Aioshima! The past is in the future!

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#62852: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:38:25 PM

As far as shipping, I'm still of the "any pairing, excepting blatant Crack Ship pairings, could be made to work when written properly".

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Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#62853: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:38:32 PM

Because I'm at work in the now, I'd rather think of the weekend.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#62854: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:40:36 PM

[up]I second this. Then I can make some progress on my fanfic projects, which I have too many of. I'm hoping to get my latest oneshot done by the weekend so I can post it next week, but I doubt I'll make it. I just hope no one else will jack the idea and post a fic about it before I finish.

edited 2nd Apr '14 5:41:32 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#62855: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:41:11 PM

^^^ I'm not even totally willing to write off crack ships. Not after the shipfic I read last night...

edited 2nd Apr '14 5:41:21 PM by Wryte

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#62856: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:41:43 PM

I actually have to stay late today to do all the crap I was too busy arguing about shipping to finish.tongue

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#62857: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:44:47 PM

And I'm busily writing a novel chapter where my main character and his love interest have a long conversation about evil chancellors, travel plans, and their preferences for engineering versus art.

Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
Are you into... Vinyl?
#62858: Apr 2nd 2014 at 5:58:02 PM

Stands out like some guy in a military parade wearing a Hawaiian shits

Gross. tongue

I put my friend in a coconut! He lives in my hat! Hey, come hang out!
kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#62859: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:00:29 PM

@Story: Yeah. Apparently, despite the pairing being so random you'd think it was obvious how arbitrary it was and that it was picked primarily on visuals, some people are apparently offended by the notion. Go figure.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#62860: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:13:33 PM

I second this. Then I can make some progress on my fanfic projects, which I have too many of. I'm hoping to get my latest oneshot done by the weekend so I can post it next week, but I doubt I'll make it. I just hope no one else will jack the idea and post a fic about it before I finish.

I hope to finish my fanfic some day, but I've become increasingly pessimistic over time.

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IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#62861: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:54:03 PM

No one has anything to say about my desktop setup at all?

http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#62862: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:54:41 PM

@Ike: Well, you asked Sunset about it.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#62863: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:55:07 PM

@Ike No one has commented on your desktop? No one at all? Well then let me be the first then.

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#62864: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:57:30 PM

@Ike Looks awesome man.

My Tumblr "If theirs one thing I'm good at, it's blowing" Jesse Cox 2013
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#62865: Apr 2nd 2014 at 6:58:38 PM

Rarity's the only one who's ever shown interest in dating, and most of the time it's a very idealized version of it.
So she doesn't really want to be in love, she wants to be in love in a movie.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#62866: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:00:35 PM

JT- I asked that after about fifteen minutes of waiting to see if anyone said anything.

Scott, Star- thanks guys.

edited 2nd Apr '14 7:00:51 PM by IkeAndMike

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#62867: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:01:12 PM

@Ike That design is pretty smooth there.

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
Exists for some reason
#62868: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:08:18 PM

I throw these things together every week or two, mostly because I get bored. I'm hoping that one of these days I can be good enough for the Lifehacker featured desktop contest.

http://h0useb0und.tumblr.com/
storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#62869: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:16:11 PM

No one has anything to say about my desktop setup at all?

What is there to say? The picture looks nice.

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OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Constellation
#62870: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:28:19 PM

Evening everypony. What did I miss?

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#62871: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:28:46 PM

A lot of discussion about Flash Sentry and shipping in general.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#62872: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:31:04 PM

I thought it was specifically Mane 6 shipping rather than shipping in general?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN
#62873: Apr 2nd 2014 at 7:55:13 PM

I think it's more interesting and productive to talk about how a story could have been done better, rather than just pointing out that something was subpar. So, in the crazy alternate universe where I was allowed to make extensive revisions to EQG...

Twilight fails utterly at her first attempt to make the humane five reconcile. She becomes convinced that Rainbow Dash is the key and seeks her out. Dash is more than happy to help Twi take Sunset down (after a soccer match that plays out the same as before) but significantly less happy to hear that Twi wants her to talk with AJ first. ("I'll do anything to give Sunset Shimmer her just desserts, but I won't do that.")

This pushes Twi right to the edge of the despair event horizon. Just how messed up is this world when there isn't even harmony between its versions of the element bearers? Unconcerned for the fate of Canterlot High, Twi decides to break into Celestia's office, steal the crown, and hightail back to Equestria that night.

Then she runs into Flash Sentry again. He asks what her plans for that night are and then invites her to come see his band play a show. She says yes, even though she's not terribly interested, because she can't come out and say "I'm busy. Committing burglary."

At the venue, as they wait for an opening act to finish, Twi asks about Flash's band, which leads to Flash talking about the music he likes... and geeking out big time about his favorite bands: The Scarlet Monarch, Affirmative, and Hurry. Twi has no idea what he's talking about, but she finds his enthusiasm interesting all the same. Then Flash asks what kind of music Twi likes. Twi answers that she really doesn't know much about music, just that she likes the jazz and classical that her parents listen to.

Then Flash's band goes up. We only see them play one song, but as the rest of the band think the song's winding down, Flash launches into a prog rock guitar solo. Twilight recognizes that he's incorporating melodies from Neightoven's symphonies into the solo and cheers loudly for him. She's the only one—the rest of the audience is visibly bored.

After the show, Twi walks up to Celly's office door, whips out her set of lock picks (and her Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Lockpicking book) then she hesitates. Spike asks what's the matter. Twi says that she's been thinking, and maybe this strange world of hairless bipeds isn't as bad as she thought. That she should try one more time to get the doubles of her friends to make up.

The next morning, Twi, Spike, and Flash work together to trick the humane five into going into the same room at once. They all start bickering again, until Twi calls for silence. She asks them to explain, once and for all, why they aren't friends any more. Their reconciliation plays out just like it originally did.

And the rest of the story would be pretty much the same as it already is. I guess during the big finale, make a point of showing that Principles Celly and Luna are also under Sunset's control, to make it more plausible that she poses a threat to Equestria.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#62874: Apr 2nd 2014 at 8:19:24 PM

I'm too tired to figure out how I'd overhaul the whole thing, but I can say I'd do the following:

  • Introduce a subplot about Sunset Shimmer trying to undermine Twilight's confidence by reminding her that she was also Celestia's student once, and playing off of Twilight's fears of Academic failure.

  • Bringing up Sunset and Flash Sentry's past to make him conflicted, and possibly have doubts about Twilight due to how Sunset Shimmer turned out.

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#62875: Apr 2nd 2014 at 8:52:58 PM

I think it's more interesting and productive to talk about how a story could have been done better, rather than just pointing out that something was subpar.
This, I think, is part of the reason why most iterations of the Flash Sentry debate drive me up a tree.

There's really two ways to go about revising the plot. One is to cut Flash's role entirely, which theoretically leaves more room to develop the remaining characters, particularly Sunset who needs the characterization badly. The other way is to use Flash's character, making him more involved with the plot, and developing his character alongside Sunset Shimmer (like hitting two birds in one scene).

I understand most people would prefer the first one.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

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