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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

edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
I am now a shiny stone~
#80927: Jul 17th 2014 at 9:02:50 AM

Same here.

We desire an episode with ponies in a tropical biome.

edited 17th Jul '14 9:03:06 AM by AceOfScarabs

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#80928: Jul 17th 2014 at 9:09:52 AM

@Marcen It's so hot that I've literally taken off my shirt?

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#80929: Jul 17th 2014 at 9:12:43 AM

@Star Ah. It's hotter there than in Canada? That's...not...possible?

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
edvedd Darling. from At the boutique, dear. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: We finish each other's sandwiches
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#80931: Jul 17th 2014 at 9:23:18 AM

@Marcen Trust me mate, I feel like a bloody kebab right now.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#80933: Jul 17th 2014 at 9:32:39 AM

@Marcen Also the third issue of the comic series came in the post today so there's some good news I guess.

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#80935: Jul 17th 2014 at 10:14:52 AM

@Ike: Those are actually the reasons I don't like Twilestia. All those dynamics—teacher/student, surrogate mother/daughter, and ruler/governed (though it's diminished slightly since the alicoronation)—all make for a power imbalance that doesn't strike me as healthy.

The only Twilestia portrayal I've liked yet is Ultra Fast Pony, because it actually portrays it as creepy, and plays the whole thing for laughs anyway.

marcen12 Sigh from Under The Floorboards (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#80937: Jul 17th 2014 at 10:18:56 AM

I've always found Twilestia to be a bit creepy as well. There's too much of a parental vibe to their relationship for romance to not have some weirdness to it.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#80938: Jul 17th 2014 at 10:25:41 AM

@Marcen Funny I actually read a fan pairing fanfic involving Twilight and Luna and it took me halfway through the thing to realise that it's a shipping fic and then I stopped reading this after I learnt this fact.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80939: Jul 17th 2014 at 10:26:43 AM

Six Brides for Two Sisters is the only fic where I enjoy the pairing, mostly because it's an over the top comedy wherein part of the premise is everyone knowing they're going to be married, aside from Celestia herself. And Luna thinks it's a great idea to honor the others by courting them as thanks for Nightmare Night.

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Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#80941: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:06:15 AM

@Marcen I think the story was called Aurora cuz it was about a murder and Twilight getting frightened of this because she was involved with helping Princess Luna get used to ruling Canterlot while Celestia is away and for some reason they had a bit of shipping in there which I never really got to be honest.

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Crowfall Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#80942: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:19:34 AM

I tried reading Six Brides for Two Sisters but it bugged me because it was based way too much on characters acting like idiots. There's no real reason for Celestia to not just tell Luna that this was a stupid idea.

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#80943: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:26:43 AM

@Star O I C...

@Crow I'll read that story some time....

edited 17th Jul '14 11:27:03 AM by marcen12

https://youtu.be/_1F5HhUvFbM?si=csgwerqELcG6615q
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#80944: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:26:53 AM

Speaking of stories based on characters acting like idiots, how's the round robin coming?

Wereael The Agent from Not the moon (I may be lying). Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
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#80945: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:45:11 AM

>.> Hasn't started working on it yet.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#80946: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:49:15 AM

In other news, installed a Japanese patch for my screen reader, which now sounds like a vocaloid whenever I enable it. [lol]

Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#80948: Jul 17th 2014 at 11:59:21 AM

@Dark Vocaloids? Did ya just say Vocaloids?

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IkeAndMike Exists for some reason from Earth Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Love is for the living, Sal
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#80949: Jul 17th 2014 at 12:14:43 PM

Evidently I'm a weirdo. No surprise there.

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kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Element of Class
#80950: Jul 17th 2014 at 12:22:50 PM

Eh, lots of people like Twilestia. It's a warm fuzzies ship, really.

I think it's cute, but I'll admit the nature of the relationship makes me think it couldn't really work at the end of the day. That and, to be honest, I kind of have a hard time shipping either of the goddesses. At least with mortals. The divide just seems too large.

Have you ever tried to be with someone who's a bit younger than you, or just enough that there's a bit of a gap in values? IT can be difficult to take their problems seriously, and if they're persistent enough then it can be tiring, I should think. I imagine it must be like that for them a lot... they've been around for so long, and their values are so different(Celestia was, hard as it must have been for her, willing to give Luna a thousand year time-out. That degree of long-term thinking suggests a pretty different mindset than a mortal could muster), that even if they know, intellectually, that someone's problems are valid I think it must be difficult for them to be in a relationship with someone who isn't immortal too.

Which is why I invent other gods to ship amongst themselves. Luna X Tidus OTP.

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