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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

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#78626: Jun 30th 2014 at 1:55:38 PM

I really wish I had more time to get back into drawing. It was fun, but ultimately trying to do any coloring without a tablet was just way too much of a pain.

EDIT: Uh oh.

edited 30th Jun '14 1:56:22 PM by JapaneseTeeth

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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
Ooh, sparkly!
#78627: Jun 30th 2014 at 1:56:12 PM

@ zombie: we've been had! Time to initiate lethal corn force!

[up] it does take a while to get used to, but it's better for my wrist than a mouse.

Also, Tia honey, I think it's time to take a vacation.

edited 30th Jun '14 1:59:31 PM by PrincessGwenevere

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#78628: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:00:30 PM

Yeah, coloring with a mouse takes forever.

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MetaFour AXTE INCAL AXTUCE MUN from A Place (Old Master)
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#78629: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:00:32 PM

As far as the less savory aspects of the brony scene, I particularly liked Ultra Fast Pony's satire of those fans. Specifically in the episodes "A Library with No Twilight" (mocking the people who get creepy about Rule 34) and "How Not To Train Your Dragon" (which reimagines the dragon teenagers as "love and tolerance" hypocrites).

crimsonstorm15 shine on from A parallel universe Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#78631: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:13:22 PM

I got a Wacom Bamboo, but I'm still using good old pencil and paper anyway [lol] Did a number of fanarts on the Splatoon thread recently (also visible on my Pixiv, Photobucket, and KYM archive).

Anyways they rebranded all the Bamboo tablets and folded them onto the bottom rung of the Intuos tablet lineup around here.

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#78632: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:16:08 PM

I've had a Bamboo tablet for awhile now that works pretty well. Wish I had more time to use it though.

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#78633: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:17:47 PM

I don't see what's wrong about that banana. It's yellow, you have to peel it, it's sweet-tasting...

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kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#78634: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:20:20 PM

Technically, you have to husk it. Or shuck, for varying definitions. But you don't peel it, per se.

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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
Ooh, sparkly!
#78635: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:26:20 PM

@Meta: I haven't seen any of Ultra Fast Pony, but those two episode do sound kinda amusing.

But I think this fandom in general takes itself too seriously sometimes. Emotional invest in a work is fine, but we're talking about miniature, multicolored equines. The world is not going to end when Sparkle-butt gets wings.

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#78636: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:35:30 PM

Well you can't just bite right into a cob of corn the same way you can a banana. Or you could, but it wouldn't taste that great.

[up]This is an understatement. Seriously, there are way more important things to argue about. Like shipping.tongue

KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
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#78637: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:35:38 PM

Gwen: But every fandom has that issue. Our fandom's issues are just less focused, because canon ships of the main six are too scarce for everyone to fight over. tongue

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#78638: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:39:05 PM

It's funny that in a fandom like this, shipping is one of our least sources of drama.

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#78639: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:40:39 PM

Because the harem option is 100% valid.

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#78640: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:43:22 PM

Sharing is caring, after all.

Also Twilight is a princess now, so I mean,pony princesses may very well have access to Harems. It's unlikely, given the way actual horse mating and social structure works, but hey, this is fantasy.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#78641: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:47:20 PM

Well, if they accept her as an alpha...

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#78642: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:48:19 PM

@crow: Well obviously. Shipping is serious business, after all.

@Kuroi: True. I guess it's the brony fandoms' size that makes me see drama in more places than I'm used to. My last fandom, the Invader Zim fandom, was on a much smaller scale, so I didn't see as much "Stop Having Fun" Guys guys.

@dark: It's funny you say that, because I've been watching two shipping wars go on for awhile now. Fluttercord vs. Dislestia and Somlestia vs. Dislestia. [lol] I could care less what people ship, just ship and let ship, I say.

Plus polygamy is the answer to all of life's shipping problems.

edited 30th Jun '14 2:52:31 PM by PrincessGwenevere

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#78643: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:52:04 PM

[up]Man, I don't like any of those three ships. That Dislestia nod in the last episode sort of bugged me because dude, seriously not the time. You just got done stabbing everyone in the back, maybe hold off on the flirting a bit.

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#78644: Jun 30th 2014 at 2:52:34 PM

I prefer to ship at random, and without bias. It's more fun that way.

Granted I usually restrict myself to background characters to avoid major shipping conflicts with crazy people. Not that that always stops people.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#78645: Jun 30th 2014 at 3:00:39 PM

@ crow: I ship them like Fedex, but I feel like the only person in the world that saw them as apology flowers. :/ I guess I'm bad at shipping.

[up] Wha?? That' s a thing?

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
marston Since: Sep, 2011
#78646: Jun 30th 2014 at 3:02:24 PM

I'm usually not biased on shipping, but overall my favorite pairings are Twidash and Rarijack.

Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#78647: Jun 30th 2014 at 3:03:14 PM

I didn't realize Pokey Pace was a popular enough ship to warrant anti-ship stamps. Or that it was a ship to begin with.

I think I've been pretty open about my ship of choice, so here's me every time they interact, as interpreted by Rarity.

[up][up]You claim to ship them, but didn't take a scene of them interacting in any fashion whatsoever as fuel? I'm sorry, but I'm going to need you to hand over your badge and your gun.tongue

edited 30th Jun '14 3:05:22 PM by Crowfall

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#78648: Jun 30th 2014 at 3:04:37 PM

I wrote a story based on that ship. Pairing them completely at random because I happened to like how their aesthetics matched up. The story was extremely well-received, largely due to it mainly dealing with Pokey coming to terms with his sexuality, and so far as I know it is the proginator of the ship, and one of the only pieces that actually exhibits it. I've seen maybe three pictures that pair them up, and a passing mention in another fic.

And yet apparently, it's offensive enough to get an anti-ship tag. I've looked at the 'artist's' Deviant Art page; s/he appears to be fairly homophobic in general.

Birthright: an original web novel about Dragons, the Burdens of Leadership, and Mangoes.
Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#78649: Jun 30th 2014 at 3:07:24 PM

[up]Oh. That stamp was for a ship so ridiculously obscure I assumed it was just a joke. Poe's Law strikes again.

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#78650: Jun 30th 2014 at 3:16:56 PM

@crow: Shipping Fuel/ Ship Tease, yes. OMG IT'S CANON!!!1 Not like some claim. I need slightly more concrete evidence than that. tongue Plus, I don't have a badge or gun. I do however, have hand puppets. Should I hand those over?

@kegi: I had no idea that pairing had enough support to warrant an anti-stamp, but apparently so. Also, way to keep it classy artist. =_=

edited 30th Jun '14 3:18:13 PM by PrincessGwenevere

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark

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