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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

PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#82727: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:02:51 PM

Celestia's spirit animal is cake. tongue

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Blissey1 insert title here from a random Pokècenter Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I know
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#82729: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:17:49 PM

Shadow Alpaca. Sweet.

On a not-actually-related note:

For me I still go by dark is anything the show won't touch, regardless of quantity as long as there's still a positive outcome and the dark aspects are used to build the story and not for it's own sake.
My definition of dark is kind of like this. For me, it's when you take the world presented in the show and look at it from the perspective it refuses to explore, from an angle that's almost painful to watch.

For example, Applejack's parents are dead, or at least missing. We usually gloss over that, we don't question it. The family seems to be doing fine, all the chores are getting done, the business is holding up reasonably well, they have a matriarch in the form of Granny Smith. But the parents had to exist at some point, obviously. Which means that at some point, they had to have disappeared. The family may be relatively fine now, but there had to be a transition period at some point, and it wouldn't be unreasonable to imagine that there was a point when things were not okay. It may be even possible that off-camera, in the moments that we're not shown in any of the episodes, ghosts of the past come back to haunt certain members of the Apple family all these years later.

And yet, despite these moments, you don't deny that there are times that things are okay, when everything in their lives is going right. We know that side of the story exists because we see it, and just because a fic explores the darker side doesn't mean this side suddenly doesn't exist. In fact, a good fic will even come back home, so to speak, after venturing into the darkness. It reminds us that the night doesn't last forever.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#82730: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:18:19 PM

@Blissey Damn you Diamond Tiara!

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#82731: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:25:45 PM

The issue is the ones that seem to go out of their way to make that good side meaningless.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#82732: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:32:22 PM

Badly-written dark fics are only as much of an "issue" as badly-written fics in general are.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#82733: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:33:19 PM

Not badly written, ones where the story goes out of it's way to make things dark as possible just because things need to be overly dark.

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#82734: Jul 29th 2014 at 4:34:52 PM

In my opinion, that's either a badly-written dark fic, or not even a dark fic anymore. Possibly grimdark.

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Rainbow Pomeranian Lover from Central Illinois (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
Pomeranian Lover
#82735: Jul 29th 2014 at 5:12:54 PM

@spirit animal thing: I got "mist giraffe," which translates to "kiri no kirin" in Japanese. The pun lover in me is pleased. smile

That also sounds like a type of creature that would be in Equestria. Kind of like the "timber wolves" which are wolves made out of wood, it's a giraffe made out of mist and clouds that lives in places like Cloudsdale. They would interact with pegasi the most, since pegasi can actually touch them; other ponies' hooves go right through the bodies of the mist giraffes.

Seraphem Since: Oct, 2009
#82736: Jul 29th 2014 at 5:41:44 PM

What is the point of hose stupid 'birthday "Why the fucking hell does anyone call it a game'? it's just someone using a RNG at best to slab some words together with no meaning. It's not like there is any choice, anything you can do, pick a number, nothing except look at some random list someone made up.

It's not like having the two charts means anything either. it's just a list of things RNG'd onto a date and... seriously why do people bother?

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#82737: Jul 29th 2014 at 5:50:17 PM

It's a good way of knowing what people's birthdays are without having to ask them. tongue

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
PrincessGwenevere Ooh, sparkly! from Coat Mountain Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Ooh, sparkly!
#82738: Jul 29th 2014 at 5:53:25 PM

[up][up]Because it's fun to see what silly results we get?? Kyler got a shadow alpaca, for Pete's sake.

"I feel like I'm on a raft and surrounding me is an ocean of dumb."- Mr. Sark
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#82739: Jul 29th 2014 at 5:56:39 PM

^^^ Sheesh, man, they're just dumb little amusements, not like anyone takes 'em seriously. No need to get bent out of shape. :/

I only posted that one because it popped up on my tumblr dashboard this morning and I was amused that I was only a day off from "moon horse," which immediately made me think of Luna.

edited 29th Jul '14 5:56:58 PM by Wryte

darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#82740: Jul 29th 2014 at 5:59:22 PM

Yeah Sera takes things a little too seriously sometimes.

Fleetfoot ...of the Wonderbolts from wherever my job takes me Since: Sep, 2013
...of the Wonderbolts
#82741: Jul 29th 2014 at 6:02:11 PM

"Wood Sheep"?

Celestia damn it.

kegisak Element of Class Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Starscream759 Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: In denial
#82743: Jul 29th 2014 at 6:07:53 PM

@Fleetfoot Could be worse, you could've had mine...

"Transform and Roll out!" Optimus Prime
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#82744: Jul 29th 2014 at 6:13:04 PM

Because it's fun to see what silly results we get?? Kyler got a shadow alpaca, for Pete's sake.
Oi, what are you calling silly? My shadow alpaca is awesome! (It probably spits, like, void stuff or something.)

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#82746: Jul 29th 2014 at 6:37:34 PM

A shadow alpaca does sound pretty awesome.

Now all we need is a flaming lama, a crystal pig, and a chalk lobster and we'll be able to set up a zoo that'll earn us thousands of bits.

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#82747: Jul 29th 2014 at 7:56:16 PM

@Kyler: My take on it is similar, but I'd wouldn't take it quite as far. Stuff like referencing AJ's parents isn't something I'd necessarily consider dark, because while the show never really directly references it, it's quite obviously something that did, in fact, happen. Death is a thing in this world, and the show acknowledges it (see: SB crashing a funeral). What I think pushes a fic or art into dark territory is when it starts explicitly dealing with elements that show never really acknowledges. I.e. a fic involving death wouldn't necessarily be dark if it was handled in a way consistent with the tone of the show. A fic involving crimes like murder or rape probably would, because the show has never even touched on those subjects or referenced them as occurring in-universe.

Grimdark only comes into play when you have that "complete loss of hope" mentioned earlier.

Granted, there are still some gray areas. War is a good example; wars are mentioned in the show, but at the same time, we've never actually heard of or seen a real war happening (the subject is only ever mentioned as a hypothetical; there's no historical reference that I can think of), and the closest thing to a traditional battle that we've seen (i.e. one that wasn't ended instantly via magical artifact) consisted of throwing pies. So in that case it would come down to the tone of the individual fic to decide whether "war" is a dark subject.

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darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#82748: Jul 29th 2014 at 8:21:23 PM

Then there's This Platinum Crown, which did a middle ground of sorts in that it's a dark fic, but technically it complies with what we visually see with a fight decided with pastries, though they're baked with poisons. Still dark, but it's somewhat of a middle ground.

ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
Why aren't you laughing?
#82749: Jul 29th 2014 at 8:32:29 PM

Just came back from a local fair and I am beat!

Also,apparently my spirit animal is "wood eagle". That sounds like a code name.

My Tumblr "If theirs one thing I'm good at, it's blowing" Jesse Cox 2013
darkabomination Since: Mar, 2012
#82750: Jul 29th 2014 at 8:32:40 PM

Or, on the other hoof, I do wonder if you could make a battle of sorts.

Pastries, deserts, and food, but inside are mild components to make you sick later. Nothing big, stomach aches, some sneezing, maybe a 24 hour stomach virus at most. Would that work?


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