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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

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#80026: Jul 8th 2014 at 10:13:39 PM

[up] Oi, between poni and Sailor Moon, you and me both bro.

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#80027: Jul 8th 2014 at 10:31:32 PM

Yeah... well, depends where you go in the fandom, I guess. Here is still nice, after all.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#80028: Jul 8th 2014 at 10:35:36 PM

Just don't go into the whiny parts then.

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
marston Since: Sep, 2011
#80029: Jul 8th 2014 at 10:44:16 PM

I use to like this fandom, but now for the most part I don't. Especially since they have ridiculously high expectations for the show and then whine when they don't get what they want.

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80030: Jul 8th 2014 at 10:51:26 PM

For me it's a balance somewhere in the middle. We aren't the classic love and tolerate happy sunshine gender-redefining group of enlightened pony fans, but neither is it a festering group of creepy obsessive complainers.

There's some good, some bad, a lot of overthinking and nitpicking, and some cool and nice people caught in the maelstrom. Just llike any other fandom.

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#80031: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:01:41 PM

@story: Easier said than done.

But yeah, what dark said. As much as I like to rag on fandom (this one and others), we are just a bunch of human beings that have come together under the flag of miniature horses. We encompass many facets of society; we're not unified under a singular philosophy.

Welcome to the whole of humanity. There are good people and there are assholes. You will run into them everywhere for the rest of your natural life. Enjoy your stay

-edit- I don't know where I was going with that. I should stop typing at two am.

edited 8th Jul '14 11:05:50 PM by PrincessGwenevere

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#80032: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:12:43 PM

Humans are an enigma. Our neverending quest for wanting something will never be quenched, because even we don't know what we truly want. And remember, even the best of us tend to tread into greedy territory. That's why some can't handle the pressure. I can withstand it, but I've been in to rough patches before. Just keep a hold of friends, because if you're willing to cut ties for an easy way out, then that's just asinine.

edited 8th Jul '14 11:15:43 PM by Rinsankajugin

KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
Streamer
#80033: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:20:04 PM

Gwen: Maybe that your statement is the big picture and that fixating on singular fandoms/groups in general is just confirmation bias?

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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!
#80034: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:25:14 PM

[up] Yeah, let's go with that.

Okay, I think it's about time I went to bed.

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#80035: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:25:20 PM

I would also like to add that I hope no one on here thinks they're better than anyone else because they aren't like the creeps and assholes in this or any other fandom. It's good that ya aren't, but shove it like it's a shiny metal, that's just pretentious and I've seen many people across many a fandom act like some super elite. That's why I can't stand a lot of the PC gamers...

I hope none of ya are like that.

edited 8th Jul '14 11:26:37 PM by Rinsankajugin

KuroiTsubasaTenshi Streamer from Twitch Since: May, 2011
Streamer
#80036: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:32:33 PM

Nah. If anything, I've found the sentiment for myself to be the opposite. That is: I find my inability to easily be an asshole to be a hindrance.

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storyyeller More like giant cherries from Appleloosa Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: RelationshipOutOfBoundsException: 1
More like giant cherries
#80037: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:35:38 PM

I'm not sure what fandoms or PC gamers have to do with that.

Blind Final Fantasy 6 Let's Play
Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#80038: Jul 8th 2014 at 11:35:43 PM

[up][up] It's a gift, keep it safely knitted in your soul.

[up] Just a continuation of my previous comment.

edited 8th Jul '14 11:36:17 PM by Rinsankajugin

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#80039: Jul 9th 2014 at 3:43:35 AM

Fascinating news

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Wereael The Agent from Not the moon (I may be lying). Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
The Agent
#80040: Jul 9th 2014 at 5:38:08 AM

It's not morally ambiguous at all. Letting people die so their energy release can stave off the eventual heat death of the universe? I doubt the energy the magical girls release is even influential at all in that respect. What would all of them buy? A few seconds more heat for the UNIVERSE, if that?

And if this isn't following the rule of thermal dynamics, in the fact that magic is exempt from it, there is a far less evil way to save the universe. Kyubey, being a magical being, could just generate the energy himself.

"Moody Stops Bicycle Theft, Takes No Prisoners"- Harry Potter and the Natural 20
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#80041: Jul 9th 2014 at 5:41:13 AM

Well the Incubators don't realise that the universe is meant to end so it can begin anew. He'd make enemies of both Death and the Auditors at the same time.

The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!
Wereael The Agent from Not the moon (I may be lying). Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
The Agent
#80042: Jul 9th 2014 at 5:47:15 AM

Then why do we have incubators? In the manga/anime, letting magical girls turn into witches is apparently the best possible way to stop the heat death of the universe, which they apparently aren't supposed to do anyways.

Kyubey is totally evil, his existence seems to be solely to cause strife in humanity with the magical girls.

"Moody Stops Bicycle Theft, Takes No Prisoners"- Harry Potter and the Natural 20
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#80043: Jul 9th 2014 at 5:48:28 AM

What would all of them buy? A few seconds more heat for the UNIVERSE, if that?
How would you know that?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Wereael The Agent from Not the moon (I may be lying). Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
The Agent
#80044: Jul 9th 2014 at 5:50:30 AM

The sun is tiny in comparison to the vastness of the universe (Just using that as a reference). The amount of energy they would need to release would most likely destroy the earth, before it even DID anything influential.

@Kix: Yeah, the second you posted it. :3 I don't have a tumblr, so I can't reply there. You need to practice with anatomy, you sort of just draw the characters in the form of how you remember them being.

edited 9th Jul '14 6:22:51 AM by Wereael

"Moody Stops Bicycle Theft, Takes No Prisoners"- Harry Potter and the Natural 20
KingKix Typing the internet since '90 from Dante City Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Typing the internet since '90
#80045: Jul 9th 2014 at 6:18:13 AM

[up]did ya catch my response to your post yet?

[up]Anatomy's a bitch for me, especially when others do it so much more sylistic than I, plus that was a quick doodle to answer your response, like a small, little comical style that wasn't even made to look "Wonderful", but to serve as a way of saying "I can do it, but why?"

edited 9th Jul '14 6:44:48 AM by KingKix

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#80046: Jul 9th 2014 at 6:26:12 AM

I actually managed to follow PMMM as it was first airing, and I can definitely say that it's far better when you don't know how things will play out. I'm almost certain I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much if I had known how it went ahead of time. Also, let's not turn this into a "were the Incubators justified?" argument. I was on the thread for the show when it aired and I've seen far too many fights over it to want to do that again.

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#80047: Jul 9th 2014 at 6:49:29 AM

The only reason I watched the show at all was because I learned what the spoilers were. I would not otherwise have given it much thought. So that is also a thing, I guess.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
KingKix Typing the internet since '90 from Dante City Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Typing the internet since '90
#80048: Jul 9th 2014 at 6:51:12 AM

Because of spoilers, you'll watch this show? That takes the fun out of watching it, don't you think?

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KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#80049: Jul 9th 2014 at 6:56:18 AM

If I didn't find out about the spoilers, I would not have watched the show at all, and would have completely missed out on literally everything. Compared to that, I lost nothing.

edited 9th Jul '14 6:56:48 AM by KylerThatch

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Darling.
#80050: Jul 9th 2014 at 6:57:01 AM

Well, you don't have to be completely unspoiled to like something.

Of course, it's easy for us, because every major conflict on this show is resolved by 'Friendship wins the day'. That's not a spoiler at all. tongue

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