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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

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#74276: May 26th 2014 at 1:39:37 PM

@Seraphem: Yes, but not exclusively. The whole point of the episode was that he basically broke Twilight without ever having to brainwash her. He did use his powers, but it was more to just expedite the process.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74278: May 26th 2014 at 1:50:48 PM

Yes, but his powers were still needed. So he wouldn't be just as good without them. It's all part of the whole.

And Tirak was still rather smart. Able to manipulate Discord, the whole hostage thing. And all he needed to be told by Discord was that they were her friends, the rest was all him. And given he managed to stay hidden longer, and just how random and well, chaotic Discord is. Discord may be better at fucking with someone's head, but Get the impression Tirek is the better long term planner.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#74279: May 26th 2014 at 2:00:45 PM

Tirek used stealth and precision until he reached a point where it was no longer necessary.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#74280: May 26th 2014 at 2:21:37 PM

Necessicity is the mother of subtlety they might say.

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PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#74281: May 26th 2014 at 2:22:06 PM

And when he dropped that, he stopped being really interesting. Sure, I like Tirek plenty, but most of our villains tend to rely on their raw power. I think Discord has an unfair advantage of being only the second big villain in the show, so we hadn't seen anything like him before, and is the only one to stand out because he had a layer of humor to him. (Speaking of him in terms of his appearance in RoH.)

Ah, fuck it. I vote our next villain be an Earth pony. SHAKE UP THE STATUS QUO!

edited 26th May '14 2:24:02 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#74282: May 26th 2014 at 2:25:12 PM

Next villain: Nightpink Moonpie.

storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
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#74283: May 26th 2014 at 3:01:35 PM

How can a villian be taken seriously with a name like that? Assuming she'd want to be taken seriously.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#74284: May 26th 2014 at 3:02:30 PM

That's exactly why she'd be so terrifying. It would be like The Joker; the fact that she doesn't take the destruction she causes seriously makes her even freakier.

Unrelated: My attempt to make baby back ribs in my oven with homemade rub/barbecue sauce: success!

edited 26th May '14 3:04:49 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
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#74285: May 26th 2014 at 3:03:32 PM

I explicitly remember people commenting on how Discord being like Q drew them in too. So I think he's got that general expy advantage going on.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74286: May 26th 2014 at 3:15:32 PM

Yeah, he was playing pretty much the same character, even the same actor, and given how popular Q is. Or was... well TNG Q at least, let's ignore any non-TNG appearances... please... yeah he had a lot going for him. And definitely the most entertaining villain.

Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#74287: May 26th 2014 at 3:31:27 PM

^^^ High five!

^^ I've always thought Discord was overrated for that reason. I never watched Star Trek, and without the familiarity with Delancie's other character, Discord was just another omnipotent trickster. He got much better in my eyes when he switched sides, but before that he was pretty meh in my opinion.

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
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#74288: May 26th 2014 at 3:34:04 PM

I admit, Discord being an Expy drew me in too. (I watched TNG a lot when I was a kid.) But it's his character development that keeps stringing me along. If he had remained static, I would have lost interest in him.

It also gives me hope that the crew will start developing other secondary characters as well, but I've already tread that ground enough. :P

edited 26th May '14 3:34:26 PM by PrincessGwenevere

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Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#74289: May 26th 2014 at 3:39:18 PM

Unrelated: My attempt to make baby back ribs in my oven with homemade rub/barbecue sauce: success!

\*drools*

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#74290: May 26th 2014 at 3:48:38 PM

@Japanese Teeth Ooh those baby back, baby back, baby back, baby back, baby back ribs sound niiiice.

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#74291: May 26th 2014 at 3:50:04 PM

Now you're making me think of Baby Got Back.

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#74292: May 26th 2014 at 4:05:24 PM

@Story .........

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Sydxelia Are you into... Vinyl? from Cranberry World Since: Nov, 2010
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#74293: May 26th 2014 at 4:08:58 PM

Relevant.

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#74294: May 26th 2014 at 4:28:56 PM

@Syd, Star: Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by how easy it ended up being. I basically just made a rub of brown sugar, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic power, paprika, chili power, and cayenne, put it on the ribs, wrapped them loosely in foil (with some liquid smoke) and let them cook for a few hours. Then when they were cooked, I took some of the rub and made it into a sauce by adding some cider vinegar and olive oil, and put it over the ribs and let it cook in. At first I was afraid that I'd added too much pepper, but they turned out really good.

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Darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#74295: May 26th 2014 at 4:34:08 PM

It's why I enjoy cooking. Fun to play around with recipes and new flavors.

Generally once you know the basics, if it sounds good with a bit extra twisting of the recipe, it just might be.

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#74296: May 26th 2014 at 4:34:53 PM

@Japanese Teeth Ahhh man, if only I had some of those ribs when I was at my relatives BBQ. Oh well, I had two hot dogs and two burgers anyway, good enough for me I guess.

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Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#74297: May 26th 2014 at 4:35:57 PM

I... do not enjoy cooking. Mostly because I suck at it. I will and have ruined just about everything.

Sereg Since: Jun, 2010
#74298: May 26th 2014 at 4:39:45 PM

Ah, fuck it. I vote our next villain be an Earth pony. SHAKE UP THE STATUS QUO!

Been seriously thinking of making an earth pony a villain in my fanverse. I know what I want to do. Just thinking a bit longer about whether or not it's a good idea.

EDIT: Also, I have very little familiarity with Q. Still love Discord.

edited 26th May '14 4:40:53 PM by Sereg

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#74299: May 26th 2014 at 4:42:33 PM

@Seraphem: It's mostly a matter of finding a simple recipe and working your way up, I guess. I'd eventually like to buy a smoker and slow smoke some brisket and pork shoulder, but this was way simpler.

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#74300: May 26th 2014 at 4:49:33 PM

I got a small charcoal grill and some cookbooks for my birthday a few weeks back. Been having a lot of fun cooking burgers and steak and such with it.

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