I'm game, I'll prepare myself for the double dosage!
I'm game, I'll prepare myself for the double dosage!
I'm supposed to meeting my two best friends saturday to go shooting. The three of us haven't been together in over three years, and have been best friends for something like 15 years. I'm still kinda bummed about having to watch the whole shebang late...
To be fair you probably won't be alone, as I always watch my ponies kind of late as well, so it can be the last thing I do on Saturday (and it's technically Sunday as I stay up past midnight on a Saturday), so I always kind of watch them late, but I may be slightly earlier for the double ponies.
I'm pleased about the Lyra Heartstrings thing too, partly because it should stop the arguing, and mostly because I pretty much said to everyone "Just go with Lyra Heartstrings" when the fighting started anyway.
Also, I know exactly how you feel about the summer - a pony withdrawal :(. However, all is not lost, as we can still watch previous episodes of Season 2 and Season 1. In fact I'm going to do just that, and even alternate between season 1 and 2 episodes, because I love Friendship is Magic so much. Furthermore, I finally rediscovered the old ponies. :love: So I'm going to have a very ponyful life for a long time to come. :cool:
AMAZING.
LEGO® CUUSOO | LEGO My Little Pony - Friendship is magic
This is kinda old news, but apparently he got an e-mail from lego saying they would have to look into licensing if he received 10,000 supporters. The EQD callout has been cast, so this is easily doable. CHECK IT.
I think Big Mac looks a little funky, but other then that they look great in those shots.
^He does look a bit off, now that you mention it. To be honest, I completly missed him.
Don't forget we've also got the group.
CONFIRMED FOR BEST FINALE
VINYL SCRATCH CONFIRMED FOR RED EYES JUST LIKE THE FANART SAID
Here soon we should totally organize that streaming thing we did a while back, only this time for Season 2!~
That was pretty much awesome.
I enjoyed the finale! It was pretty good, but I was a bit miffed with Twilie (best nickname ever) (SPOILER)initially accusing Princess Candence as evil in the first part. The sonic rainboom at the end was pretty awesome too.
I was hoping someone would suggest that, especially as I found the first one we did to be so awesome!
I hope I'm allowed to take part again. One question though, if we do this, will we do all of season 2, or just the ones we didn't show during our last Ponython?
I for one am disappointed at the way the front legs look on the ponies.
How come Hypo?
Also, I realize I'm late as usual, but Oh my God, I totally loved this episode(s), it was so awesome! Honestly, guys - by the end I couldn't stop "awwwwwww"ing!:love::love::love:
Considering Lauren actually came up with the idea for the storyline before she left, I wonder how much of her original concept remained? I know Cadance wasn't meant to be an alicorn, but that's all I know. Either way, it was beautiful.
I just don't think they look right. If a legitimate version is made with bendy knees, I'd be sold.
My only dissapointments were the songs. The first two were kinda... Meh. The one at the reception was pretty awesome though. I am also definitely down for a livestream event too, I can only hope that I'm able to check in on this one. I'm moving to Korea the first week of may and it'll probably be a few weeks before I get settled in and life gets back to normal.
I can't seem to find either ep on youtube. :(((((((((((((
I agree! The songs were fantastic and Twilight singing about (SPOILER)losing her brother gave me a feel. :(
I find these episodes to be corny. So far I am almost done with ep1.
Why to Shining and Twi have different last names?
Ponies don't necessarily need to have a last name to be related. *ahem* Big Macintosh, Applejack, Apple Bloom. Do I see a last names there? Nnnnope.
Ok, I'm not sure how I feel about the episodes. Disappointed?
The only thing I really liked was scratch and the second song.
Shining Armor could be his entire first name, but it seems to me that either the ponies don't have full names (as Proto pointed out) or they just work differently to them than they do to us. "Sparkle" really does seem like a last name because she is sometimes just called "Twilight" giving the impression that, that is her first name. However, if you check out the first generation (or if you don't want to, just do some research on Lauren when she was making Friendship is Magic) you will know why "Sparkle" is sometimes omitted.
Shame you didn't like the episode Hypo, but each to their own. :)
Sparkle has to be a last name, she gets called Ms. Sparkle.
Aunt and Uncle Orange
The Apple Family
The Cakes.
Seems like some families have last names and others don't.
Example:
Rarity _____
Sweetie Belle ________
That's a good point, and yeah, I agree that some families seem to have full names, but others don't. It's especially confusing when a character has a "Double" name, but the character you mentioned are full names in my mind.
Can I participate? I'd love to take part again. :)
I'll write a more detailed post later, but I'll say a few things now.
I do enjoy the finale, but on a whole there was a lot of issues with it. However, there are so many little things throught, much like the Murder Mystery episode, that I just adored.
On a whole kind of a lack luster way to end a season.
Top 3 episodes? Indeed.
So, which of the two seasons would you say had the superior season finale? I would say Season 2 for the following reasons;
1. It felt more like a finale.
2. It had a more engaging storyline.
3. It was a really "awww" and romantic episode.
4. There was actually a threat to the ponies, and possibly Equestria itself, so there was more of an urgency for the mane six to succeed, where as in Season 1 it was just a case of "I've planned this day for so long, and now everything's going wrong". I liked it, but it fealt less of a finale.
The only thing that made Best Night Ever feel like a finale, is ironically the only thing that I thought that episode did better than A Canterlot Wedding; it foreshadowed itself - in Season 1, the ponies were talking about the gala throughout the season, so that made it feel like a finale, but nothing else did.
Season 1 had the way better finale.
There is a few big problems I had with this finale.
The biggeset is the finish. Its ending had next to nothing to do with any of our main six characters, and instead falls fully on two characters we have barely had a chance to get to know. I mean the time we've had with Cadence wasn't even half an episode.
Then there is the issue of the blatently evil Cadence. How the hell did anyone NOT figure this out? The fake clearly didn't do all that much research, she didn't even realize Twilight was Shining's sister.
You could make the argument that perhaps she was using her magic to do so, but why didn't she just do it to Twilight? If it's because of twilights skill in magic it may not have worked on her, then how would it have fooled Celestia?
I'm not bothered by the Idea of the Shapechangers being here to feed on the inhabitants, but more the plan is a bit fuzzy. First off, did the fake get here before or after the barrier was put up? It seems her goal was to go after SA specifically in order to take down the barrier, but then how did she get in to begin with?
And then there was the actual fight with the Changelings, which was great and fun, but ended up not mattering in the slightest.
And I'm bothered by the introduction of Shining too. Not the character or the fact he exists mind you, but it was baddly handled. Twilight was so pissed about this not being told he was getting married? Really? This is a guy who has not come to see her ANY of the times they've been in Canterlot, and the guy she cares SO MUCH about she hasn't mentioned him once in the entirety of these two seasons?
And I'm boggled by thier refusal to get Luna involved in the story. They had the perfect opportunity to do so. That's not really a major complaint, just me wondering what went through their head.
I disagree with you Seifer, because these issues make this finale hard to be engaging for me. All the characters I know and love from the show had little to nothing to do with anything. The only relevant thing they did the whole time was Twilight saving Cadence. That was the extent of our shows main characters relevance.
Compare that to the Season 1 finale. That finale, as you said, it 'foreshadowed itself'. That's probably a bad word to use, as FOreshadowing is used to hint at something that was going to happen, where as we all knew the Canterlot thing was going to happen. :p
Season 1's Finale had a lot of build up, I think is the better word. Everyone involved in it was characters we had connections with, not two new people we have no connection with.
I will say the jokes tend to be spot on in this episode though. And like the mystery episode, there is a rediculous amount of small details that I loved, and just well done scenes. The many Rarity getting overly excited scenes were wonderful, Fluttershy and Pinkie during the Changling battle were hilarious, and one of my favorites was during the wedding when Apple Jack slipped back on the hat when Rarity was sobbing. XD
And I'll note I hated Twilight and Fluttershy's hair at the end. AJ and RD were pretty cool, and I loved how Rarity's was the same as always.
So as I said, good episode on a whole, but there was to much I felt dragged it down to be satisfying as a Finale.
Question, why the heck did the queen TELL everyone in advance she was gonna do this, if she hadn't none of this would have happened.
I'll actually agree with HC on this one.
There are a few explanations I could come up with, but this isn't really based off anything in the episode, and is pure speculation based on next to nothing.
You had a lot to say, so I'll try to counter some of it.
A lot of characters were introduced in the same way throughout the show, so it's not just Cadence and Shining Armor.
The queen kidnapped Cadence and hid her in the underground cavern. She only did this as to overtake Canterlot knowing about the love the Princess had from about everyone. Why would she take the time to study her history? She's not planning to take over Cadence's life. Not everyone noticed because of the stress preparing for the wedding would take, so they didn't think much of it.Quote:
Then there is the issue of the blatently evil Cadence. How the hell did anyone NOT figure this out? The fake clearly didn't do all that much research, she didn't even realize Twilight was Shining's sister.
She used her magic to take over Cadence's body to fool everybody (but Twilight). Again, everyone thought the stress from the wedding preparations was causing Cadence to act moodier than usual.Quote:
You could make the argument that perhaps she was using her magic to do so, but why didn't she just do it to Twilight? If it's because of twilights skill in magic it may not have worked on her, then how would it have fooled Celestia?
I think the queen manage to get inside using Cadence as her cover. She had to kidnap her to trap her inside the underground cavern.Quote:
I'm not bothered by the Idea of the Shapechangers being here to feed on the inhabitants, but more the plan is a bit fuzzy. First off, did the fake get here before or after the barrier was put up? It seems her goal was to go after SA specifically in order to take down the barrier, but then how did she get in to begin with?
He had the excuse of setting up the magic barrier around Canterlot and the wedding preparations, so he used that as his excuse. Just go along with it, not like he could come up with anything better. :pQuote:
And I'm bothered by the introduction of Shining too. Not the character or the fact he exists mind you, but it was baddly handled. Twilight was so pissed about this not being told he was getting married? Really? This is a guy who has not come to see her ANY of the times they've been in Canterlot, and the guy she cares SO MUCH about she hasn't mentioned him once in the entirety of these two seasons?
But she was helpful! In her own little way! http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...ax-d4x9fje.png :pQuote:
And I'm boggled by thier refusal to get Luna involved in the story. They had the perfect opportunity to do so. That's not really a major complaint, just me wondering what went through their head.
Also you forgot to mention the four songs in the finale that make up for the lack of songs in the second half of the season.
I wouldn't expect her to study all of her history, but at least a little bit of it. Knowing he has a sister likely to show up is ever so slightly important. :p
And being stressed over the wedding is hardly an excuse to fail to notice the worlds most obvious fake.
And for your Idea Cadence would had to have left since the raising of the force field.
And she would have to have left alone, during a time Canterlot was considered under threat.
Which would make her and Canterlot guards massive idiots. Your theory requires everyone to be massive idiots.
The fact it's obvious it's a fake 3 seconds into meeting her makes the whole situation difficult to buy into.
And the songs were pleasent enough. A little too cheesy, but still not bad.
Edit: And that image was awesome.
Like I said earlier, she's an idiot. :p
The ponies are too focused on the wedding to notice anything different. Except for Twilight, of course.Quote:
And being stressed over the wedding is hardly an excuse to fail to notice the worlds most obvious fake.
It's still possible, and yes the guards would have been major idiots. Remember how that one guard allowed Twilight inside the library when she was trying to sneak inside during "It's About Time?"Quote:
And for your Idea Cadence would had to have left since the raising of the force field.
And she would have to have left alone, during a time Canterlot was considered under threat.
Which would make her and Canterlot guards massive idiots. Your theory requires everyone to be massive idiots.
Twilight is like the second most important pony, why wouldn't they allow her in, she only was the princess's RIGHT HOOF GIRL for like ever.
Twighlight is probably a celebrity due to her relationship with the princess.
I'm going to interrupt your guys' argument with something awesome.
In "This Day Aria", Queen Chrysalis ends her verses in a deceptive cadence and Cadence ends hers in an authentic cadence.
/music theory nerd
Not quite. I think the deceptive cadence is in the BBBFF song where all but the last periods ends on an authentic cadence with the final one landing on a deceptive cadence and then Twilight doing a little lick from the theme song at the end.
This Day Aria is really interesting though. I've been trying to figure it out for a while and I just don't have all of the tools to do so. I recognize the scale structure as Phrygian dominant (Freygish) but don't know enough about constructing progressions in that mode.
The Intro "Verse" part at the beginning centers around Db (major) rocking mostly to a flat minor seventh (which I guess would be diatonic in Phrygian dominant except for the raised 5th). The two contrasting "chorus" parts center around the Ab (the dominant of Db), but make more sense when viewed in Db minor.
Chrysalis
The progression is Ab, Dbm, Gbm6, Dbm etc. If you think of it in Db that comes to V-i-iv-i. The oddest part is the first chord of the last phrase... an A (or probably more likely B double-flat). It seems to work as the bVI resolving to V then i.
A deceptive cadence would be something like V-vi or maybe V-ii, but that doesn't happen.
Cadance
The first two 4 bar sets are the exact same as above.
But THEN it gets really interesting.
We get a progression in Db major instead of minor and instead of centering on the dominant we center on tonic. Db Ab/C Bbm7 Fm. So in Db major that's I-V-vi-iii. Aside from the V chord being in first inversion, this is the Pachelbel progression that's so overused... but more importantly, Canon in D is used heavily in weddings (this progression happens while Cadance is leaning against the cart). It can't be an accident if you listen to the moving parts that so closely mimic the original.
The final four bars of this section are just a follow up to that line with Ebm7 (ii7), Bbm (vi), Gb(IV), Db(I). There's a lot of extra stuff on that last chord, but it's still clearly the I chord. Not deceptive... actually it's not authentic either. It's plagal (the amen cadence).
The little 4 bar interlude (as they fly through the air) is awesome too. Db, F/C, D/F#, D. It has a little neapolitan chord action going on after a borrowed bit. I-bIV-N-N. The first neapolitan is in first inversion (as per usual) and then resolves to root before the entire chord takes a parallel step down to Db to reprise the Verse section as a sort of outro.
The big difference is that instead of Am-Db as it was the first time, it seems we step completely out of Db, in fact it's probably a series of secondary functions. Em7, F#, Bm. In the key of B minor it makes sense as a plain iv7-V-i cadence, but if we look at it next to Db we think of it as a iv7/vi-V/vi-i.
While not a classically deceptive cadence (where you feel the dominant of your key leading to I and are interrupted by a sudden move to vi or ii or something) it basically uses a series of a chords, secondary subdominant and dominant to cadence the entire piece on B, which is the vi of the main key.
This thing was masterfully crafted and despite not having as much spunk and catchiness as Winter Wrap-Up and Smile, Smile, Smile, it may be one of my favorites. My wife was also hugely impressed with it. I've watched it a dozen times and still almost lose it when Cadance leans against the cart. Right before, Twilight looks afraid, then Cadance rushes in with desperation, Twilight looks shocked, Cadance streams with tears as Pachelbel's Canon rings over and she talks about her love for Shining Armor, Twilight sees her resolve and her pupils respond as she suddenly realizes the depth of Cadances devotion and helps her free the cart.
Oh god... that part is so overwhelming... and the neapolitan chord standing out starkly as they soar over the abyss right before Cadance lets out her wings.
Okay... I'm gonna go now.
NOTE: The hardest part about writing this post was typing cadence and Cadance differently.
Thank you for your reply Uncle Big Hands. I have looked through your review of the episode, and to be honest, I do agree with some points on it.
As much as I loved this episode, for the most part I actually agree to this. I did like how Shining Armor and Cadance were used, and I actually didn't mind them saving the day with their love because I thought that was beautiful. However, it would have been better to have the mane six too.Quote:
The biggeset is the finish. Its ending had next to nothing to do with any of our main six characters, and instead falls fully on two characters we have barely had a chance to get to know. I mean the time we've had with Cadence wasn't even half an episode.
What I think would have been better, is if they'd kept the ending where Shining and Cadance's love is used to defeat the villain, but it doesn't work to its fullest - the changing thing is too strong, after all she's done, and the mane six use their elements to back the love up. That would actually make this beautiful scene even more heart warming, as it would emphasize the stong link between friendship and love (i.e. love needs friendship to be at full strength, if you catch my meaning.)
I'll give you the Celestia/Twilight thing at least for now. I think she probably did use her magic on the others, as we saw her use it on Shining. There is a chance that she managed to fool Celestia with the whole "My wedding is too stressful, so I may be a bitch sometimes", but it still sounds dubious. You're probably right here.Quote:
Then there is the issue of the blatently evil Cadence. How the hell did anyone NOT figure this out? The fake clearly didn't do all that much research, she didn't even realize Twilight was Shining's sister.
You could make the argument that perhaps she was using her magic to do so, but why didn't she just do it to Twilight? If it's because of twilights skill in magic it may not have worked on her, then how would it have fooled Celestia?
I think what Proto said. Also, there's a chance the fight mattered in that the minions could have backed up the Queen, but from the way the "Power of Love" thing happened you may be right. Hence more need for my version.Quote:
I'm not bothered by the Idea of the Shapechangers being here to feed on the inhabitants, but more the plan is a bit fuzzy. First off, did the fake get here before or after the barrier was put up? It seems her goal was to go after SA specifically in order to take down the barrier, but then how did she get in to begin with?
And then there was the actual fight with the Changelings, which was great and fun, but ended up not mattering in the slightest.
For the first part, I can possibly guess that the reason he was never around was because he was part of the Royal Guards and wouldn't be allowed to socialise with anyone, though I could be wrong. The fact that, Twilight knows Celestia makes this seem like a poor excuse though, but it's up there with other coninuity errors this show has produced.Quote:
And I'm bothered by the introduction of Shining too. Not the character or the fact he exists mind you, but it was baddly handled. Twilight was so pissed about this not being told he was getting married? Really? This is a guy who has not come to see her ANY of the times they've been in Canterlot, and the guy she cares SO MUCH about she hasn't mentioned him once in the entirety of these two seasons?
I get your problem with Twilight not mentioning Shining before now, especially after hearing a song about how close they were when they were younger. It didn't bother me that much that we'd never heard that Twilight had a brother before now, as a lot of shows introduce family members without an prior refferences to them, annoying, I grant you, but that's how it works in writing. You probably didn't notice this, seeing as you hate the CMC, but there was never at any point even the slightest indication that Rarity had a sister either, and then all of a sudden "boom" - there she was. I would have forgiven them more if they had at least covered their tracks with Shining Armor though, like contained a piece of dialogue in which Twilight mentions that they usually write to each other or something, it's just we don't see it. It would be a passable cover up.
I do wonder though, if Lauren knew when she created Shining that he was going to be Twilight's brother? Lauren created both Shining Armor and Cadance, as well as the basis for the storyline before she left the show, but certain things were changed in her absense (Cadance wasn't an alicorn originally), so that could account for it too.
This actually one of the complaints I already had. The more I think of it, the more I think they included Luna purely because they knew that the fans wanted to see her again, but since they had no purpose for her they didn't use her. It was like they were saying "Okay bronies, we included Luna, now shut up about her already!"Quote:
And I'm boggled by thier refusal to get Luna involved in the story. They had the perfect opportunity to do so. That's not really a major complaint, just me wondering what went through their head.
For some reason, the bad guys just love explaining their plans in full detail. It happens all the time, in everything - I wouldn't be suprised if there's a trope for it...Quote:
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Hope no one minds my late response there. I will read through and analyze the music stuff tomorrow, as it looks really interesting. :)
Merged your double posts- ~pike
Also Lyra had a speaking line.
I actually wasn't bothered by them bringing up that Sweetie Belle was Rarities sister. It was introduced quite cleanly I thought, and more importantly she wasn't brought up out of the blue to be involved in some pretty big contrivances like Shining Knight did.
Just between you and me, there's something mentioned about this early on in the Evil Overlord List.
And one more thing she did wrong, unrelated to revealing her plans but also listed on the EOL...Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil Overlord List
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Yeah that's kind of a good point to be honest. I still need to find out whether Shining being Twilight's brother was planned back when this storyline was first drafted (around season 1), or that was another thing Hasbro changed on their own.
She sure did! :D And Minute, and some other pony did too, let's just hope they're not given over 9000 different voices like Bon-Bon has, huh?
To Værn: Thanks for linking the trope, and explaining it. I had a feeling there was one.
Which episode will convert him to brony? Hurry!
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I'm putting your question in the MLP thread, HC. :greenie:
Aw come on....
We would need to know more about your room mate.
he's african american, doesn't want to watch ponies.
he likes sports, he likes cars, he likes video games.
Don't bother if he doesn't want to watch. Unless he has an open mind and wouldn't mind watching a single episode. If that's the case, try watching any of the two-parters. I'd recommend the opening episodes of Season 2. If you manage to finish the first episode and he wants to check out the following episode, you successfully changed his mind about ponies and made him one step closer to bronyhood.
I loved the last episode It reminded me of Disney, Bitches love Disney :D
It was pretty awesome but now I don't know what to do on Sunday afternoons anymore.
To Pike: Did you draw that? It's good :)
To Hypo: It's best to let your roommate decide on his own of he wants to be a brony or not. I mean look at how I discovered the show; completly by accident. It's best to decide on things on your own, that way you know you're a true fan. Not that I'm saying the people who joined due to the popularity aren't true fans, it's just that non-bronies may feel that way if you "force" them to join. No offence, just trying to advise.
It's not forced, He told me if I watched one episode of his show, he would watch one episode of ponies
What show is he gonna show you?
I watched drawn together.
Drawn Together is a cool show. I've seen a couple episodes of that. Pretty crude humor, but that's expected from a cartoon that premiers on Comedy Central. I think he might enjoy MLP if he can look past the "pony cuteness". Good luck.
My apologies. I'm afraid I can't really thing of an episode to start with because some people may like some episodes better, I mean, I started with Show Stoppers and loved it, but others might not. I like to think that the first episode (I count both parts as one) is a good way to start off, but some may dissagree. Sorry I'm not much help.
That reminds me. I did a couple pony art on MSPaint, so I'm going to share them with you guys. :)
Ponies!
http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/f/20...to-d4gzask.png I didn't originally draw this picture, I just added the suit and tie. :P The picture was originally done by Sketchy Twilight Sparkle :P
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This one is based around that nyoro~n comic. :shobon:
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Dashie = Best Pony :colbert:
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I might do some more while waiting for Season 3 to come around.
Whats this? Pony related art showcasing? Hokay.
I recently snagged a new wacom tablet, and decided to get a feel for it by tracing some stuff. Ended up with a desktop image for the fanfic Rorschach in Equestria. Yes, its what it sounds like. No, it doesn't make any sense. It IS a far better read than it has any right to be.
Don't get me wrong, that picture is awesome, but I think it ends with Rorschach snapping AJ's neck.
I like that AJ shot, because it's from one of my favorite scenes of hers; "I didn't learn anything!" :p
At this point in the fic, that is highly unlikely. He's got major beef with both princesses, whom he deems to be naive, shallow, egomaniacal tyrants but he has struck up some manner of friendship with the Apples. Bribed with pie, typical Apple Family maneuver.
However, suffice to say that the Diamond Dog population neither fared well after Rorschach heard about their kidnapping of Rarity, nor are unique in their ability to bury things in shallow holes.
Best commercial of MLP yet.
Oh man, that was awesome. :cool:
Why can't the UK have channels like The Hub? I miss channels that are clever with how shows are advertised...:(
That commercial was great. Love the happy little elevator music they've got going on at the beginning and end. xD
Dat Pokeman reference. Dat G Gundam reference.
Pony Battle
Can we all agree that the only thing better than this show would be this show plus will smith, batman, and a full derpy episode where derpy helps dr whooves?
No, because that wouldn't be very good at all.
You don't want a mare do well teams up with bat pony to defeat will smith episode?
Take away Will Smith and Batman and we have ourselves a good spin-off show of Doctor Whooves. That I can get behind! :D
Fine, one out of three is still good.
(can't beleive you guys don't want to see batpony. He could run around saying I AM BATPONY!. You are right about the will smith though. I was thinking him circa I am legend or MIB, but he wouldn't match at any point.)
As for D and D
Doctor Whooves and Assistant ep.1 (High Quality) - YouTube
X2 awesome.
1)There is apparently a complete, show quality fan eisode being produced as a Senior project for a guy Studying animation. He's got written permission from the hub in hand to use the characters, provided its all non-profit. Double Rainboom
2)A group of bronies is taking donations to run a commercial on the hub that will serve as a thank you and extension of goodwill towards the people who create the show. They've already raised enough to air it, and they are still collecting money to air it multiiple times. The Brony Thank You Project -- Indiegogo
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Some Vinyl Action going on.
Warning, contains every episode yet released.
That Vynl movie was awesomly put together so thanks for showing us it. :)
I also like the Doctor and Derpy animation too, as I may or may not have said. It's also well acted, and Derpy is actually kind of "awww" in that for some reason. I really wish that they'ed update it and put up a new episode (yeah, I know the audio is up, but I'd like the animated version).
Steampunk ponies are so much win.
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Neat! I like the applejack one.
I think fluttershy looks a bit strange though.
Yeah, she doesn't look "awww" enough...
The other are awesome though. :)
All of my d'awwww
Shining Armor
cute
Oh man... I had to suppress my tears.
Awwww, that's so beautiful - I went straight to the Deviant version and faved it. :love:
Why can't I stop faving ponies?!:eek:
That was so awesome, I'm not even sure awesome describes it. :eek:
the new defacto brony sampler. show it to friends and see if it interests them.
This is going to be both on topic and off topic at the same time, but could any of you please put my mind at rest? My love of Friendship is Magic coupled with the fact I kept remembering that one tiny event from the first Generation of My Little Pony that I saw as a kid (which I may never have even remembered had Friendship is Magic not inspired me to think back to whether I'd have liked either FIM ponies, or even the older ponies as kid) have lead me to finding out as much as I can about the previous generations as I can.
While doing so, I saw an episode with this song towards the end. Now, I know for a fact that I only saw the start of a completely different episode as a kid, and that's it. Between then and Friendship is Magic I was under the delusion that as a boy, I should hate ponies, so I never saw this episode as a kid. So how come it feels like I've heard the song before?!
Is this song used in something else other than My Little Pony? Or is this song based on another song as homage, the same way Art of the Dress is based on another song? Bronies and Pegasisters of EoFF, I'd appreciate you setting me straight on this one.
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Thought you guys might appreciate this. :kakapo:
Sorry to repeat my self, but I'd really like to know if it was either used in something else, is based on something else, or just sounds like something else. I just know I heard a song exactly like this when I was a kid.
Also I've been thinking a lot about something, will be putting it in words when done.
I listened and it didn't really sound like anything I've heard recently. In fact, having that sugary-sweet melody interrupted by that strange modal sounding v-bVII-I gave it a very 80s vibe. The bVII-I progression by itself isn't that dd. You can hear it in one of the Lord of the Rings themes though I'm not sure if it's functioning the same way there.
Having watched most of FiM eps 2-3 times, I don't really remember anything from this song sticking out to me in any of those. It's all standard fare except for that one lick and I'm pretty sure that strange modal dive would've caught my ear at some point if it had shown up in FiM, but I might just missed it. Outside of that, it might just be that you're hearing other bits that are familiar because the rest of the song is pretty cookie-cutter in terms pop or folk music.
I mentioned in a random chat room the other day that I needed a random character concept for a random D&D campaign I was thinking of joining. This came up.
Hmmm, that could be it, I'll keep researching it though, thanks for the sugestion. It was litterally the very second they started singing that I thought "I know this!!!"
however.
Oh yeah, that! I actually came across that ages ago, somewhere I can't remember (most likley Equestria Daily?) I'd forgotten about it up until now, so thanks for linking to it. :)
I find the ponies to be...smashing.
http://img.ponibooru.org/_images/a29...e%20vector.png
Just feel I may warn you all, I am in the process of something. It will lead to a wall of text though. I just felt I'd warn you. I would like to request that if you respond that you do so respectfully. I don't know if things like "cool story" is a meme or just a joke, but I am working hard on what I am writing. Sorry to request this, but I just feel the need to. Hope that's okay.
It had better not be a clopfic
Of course not! :eek:
These links, they are doubly relevant.
"My Little Chocobo" T-Shirts & Hoodies by Kari Fry | RedBubble
http://www.pony-fantasy-6.com/default.aspx
AH, crossovers.
I am so downloading that when I get to main computer.
That is both absurd and awesome.
Also, was I seriously the only one who thought of Final Fantasy when Twilight was explaining to Luna who had what element in episode 1? The whole thing had an echo of classic Final Fantasies when, just before the final battle all the characters would one by one have dialogue which was basically "My entire storyline in this game was actually about..." it just made me instantly think of it.
EDIT: Never mind guys, it's all down loaded thanks to PM advice. (I wish I knew how to write in really small letters so I could type a tiny "yay!" :love:).
Star Wars Re-enacted by Ponies - YouTube
There isn't an emoticon that could express the laughter this gave me.
Final Fantasy VI? Imagine if 1000 years ago the War of the Magi happened. It was also when Luna was banned. Hmmmm...
http://www.pony-fantasy-6.com/default.aspx
You have to click the credit links before it lets you download the rom.
I wonder what Season 3's gonna be like, I'm sure it will still be awesome. However one thing that does concern me is that this will be the first season where Lauren isn't involved at all, so I hope her influance doesn't dissapear along with her. Now, I realize Friendship is Magic was a team effort, and everyone involved deserves praise and respect, but they mostly followed Lauren's lead in Season 1, and she had a lot to do with the episodes in Season 2 as well (though not as much as Season 1, though the show still had her influance to it.)
Obviously, everyone else did brilliantly, but I hope that while she's gone, they keep her image of the show. I hope that while they're free to write the own scripts without showing them to her first, or without being given her concept first they keep thing within her concept. I also hope they continue to pay homage to previous generations of the My Little Pony franchise - hopefully someone other than Lauren is a fan of the previous generations in the writing team.
4 day weekend, nothing to do? Teach yourself vectors.
Derpy Hooves - Last Roundup Vector by ~Siegfried-Lindsay on deviantART
Any of y'all have any talent? This was the first full vector graphic I've attempted since a single semester of middle school graphic arts. Vicious critiques are appreciated.
I have little in the way of computer art skills, but I think I'm one of the best pencil artists to ever grace EoFF, I'll draw you something, then you can use the computer to color and enhance. Sound good?
Sounds like good practice to me. I will note however, that after your gloating over your PS3 Trophy takeover I'm also taking this as an underhanded tactic to preserve your lead....
I joined Playstation Plus, so now I have even more to play! Mwahahah. Besides, this will take my time too. And probably more of my time.
Playstation plus is RIDICULOUS. I joined up for totally different reasons, I really just wanted the auto-updates and the online storage for game saves. I've got my PS3 in Korea and the one my wife is using back in VA. Man, the free games though! I can't even keep up with them all.
I know, there are like too many. I probably will play most of them like once then delete them. Rock of ages looks pretty fun though, and I'm always up for some streets of rage.
Hang on I'll make a Playstation Plus thread.
On topic: You know how most people who read My little dashie were like, wow, do you really think there will be 8 seasons? I was like, what!?!? Only 8 seasons?
I hesitate to post this, as it is bad juju to speak it. Right now, last i checked we were only guaranteed 13 more episodes (meeting the bare minimum for syndication.) Its still open, but not guaranteed, to extend for more.
That said, seeing the rolling freight train of love, friendship and flying wads of fanboy cash, hasbro would be utterly retarded not to continue this show. Its almost inconcievable that they would drop something with this rabid a fanbase. I must note however, they've totally ignored the call for plushies and the shocking prices show accurate customs, plushies and background pony recolors have been going for on ebay while continuing to pump "glimmer shine star berry" random toys onto the market. This seems ridiculously stupid, as putting out a Lyra or Bon Bon would attract just as many little girls who just wanted a pony as a random recolor would, but it would attract FAR more bronies to the register. Why cut half the market? Why the hideous plush baby spikes and mutant pinkies? Why pink celestia? Why no nightmare moon/luna?
Long story short, my logic says the guys in charge would have to be brain dead to stop the show 13 eps into season 3. My cynicism tells me to look at the mind boggling oversights already and realize its a definite possibility they're that dumb.
Bronies officially labelled as THE most awesome fandom ever by me!
I already suspected it would happen, but recent events have made it so; Guys this FFVI/Friendship is Magic game is awesome. I really love how it's been done, and the fact that FIM inspires it's fans to do such creative things is one of the things that makes me love this fandom so much.
Another thing that makes me love this fandom is how kind and warm it is to its members. I recently typed a heartfelt comment on a YouTube video which makes me feel really emotional, and I had been putting off doing so for ages. The bronies were so nice about it, and told me that I had nothing to be ashamed of. I'm so honored if I am to be considered part of this fandom. Thank you, everyone. I'm so pleased to have found you. :)
Upon finding this fandom...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...Conandance.gif
edit: the dude on the left would be the confused anti-brony that just don't know what he's missing.
DOUBLE EDIT OF AWESOME: The Lyra and Trixie toys have popped up for preorder. Behold. http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/0...ilabel-on.html As of this edit, they have sold out their stock of singles, but they do still have a set available with Trixie, Lyra, and two recolors. The site also popped in and said that they are trying to get more from the distributor for singles and will have an answer monday. Apparently the singles sold out in under an hour after the EQD stampede.
They're starting to do better with the toys, as far as making them look like the characters is concerned. The Lyra one is a bit better of the two though.
So, today I bought all the supplies I need. For my sisters birthday I am making her a Pinkie Pie Plushie.
Of course. If I do a good job I might even be willing to make you guys some.
Awesome, look forward to seeing them :)
What in the world? All the threads are reversed?
Never mind. So yesterday, shortly after posting that I was going to make a pinkie Pie, I went by walmart and was walking around the parking lot bakc to my car, and I came across an unopened Pinki PIe toy (pinkie goes on vacation) I quickly put it in my car before I was seen. So, do you think it was a sign from "Celestia" or was it just a coincidence?
Also this morning my dog got sprayed by a skunk.
Pinkie's "senses" told her that you were making one so she left it there for you. :jess:
Okay, I have something for you guys, but before you download the games and then try to murder me, READ THE DESCRIPTIONS. Okay?
Ready?
http://www.lunagame.net/games.html
So Camp Humphreys, South Korea is about to get a face full of love and tolerance. I somehow got roped into taking the swimming leg of a Team Triathlon by a buddy of mine. My longtime buddy, while not a Brony himself, decided if we were going to do this we should have a recognizable team name. Most people only use their unit designation (501st Military Intelligence Team 3, etc.) and upon checking the signup list after he had written our names down, I noticed he had signed us up as 4-2 ATTACK, Team Brony. We're getting three jerseys made up for our team this weekend with cutie marks on them. I consider this quite awesome, and will do my damnedest to win this thing for Brony pride. Jeff (biking) is also working his ass off, because he thinks it would be hilarious to beat several teams of gung-ho soldiers while rocking ponies. Our third team member is apparently clueless. Jeff finds this hilarious as well and has made me promise to not tell him, so we can blindside him the morning of the event.
Sounds great. Make sure and tell us the results
this show is pretty decent.
<3
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Also, to anyone out there who hasn't played Pony Fantasy VI yet, but wants to, here's some advice; Do not read the page on what pony is playing what character. It's so much more fun finding out for yourself!
I admitidly did look, but I have forgotten most of it because I had to go visit family before I could play it.
I am currently in the process of compiling a list of all the allusions towards previous generations of My Little Pony that show up in FIM. I'm having a lot of fun doing it, but if you notice anything I may have missed feel free to tell me. The list is not finished at all and I have a lot more to add, but I haven't had much time to work on it.
I just got back from a convention hosting a pony panel. It was a roaring success and it was awesome.
A guy at my work has the greatest desk ever. Loads of Jack Skelington Pictures, a Jack doll, a little coffin thing on top of his computer, and sitting atop all the Jack Paraphernalia was Rarity. <3
And another person, not sure who it is, I think they work mornings, but their desk has a giant hand drawn Pinkie Pie picture.
I'll be doing one next year at AnimeBlues in Memphis if you're interested.
I would if I'm still in America. Would I simply be a visitor or would I get to help you set up or what?
For anyone who doesn't know yet;
Saw it yesterday, objected to her calling herself sompony else
Her name is Ditzy Doo, but Derpy is just a nickname the other ponies call her.
Is that really how dr hooves derpy goes?
Yeah, he calls her Ditzy or Assistant.
Also considering this is only episode two, there's a chance that they may use the name Derpy at some point (perhaps as a nickname).
Actually you can hear one of the jock ponies call her Derpy in the fourth episode, and Doctor Whooves makes a comment about how cute it sounds, but he sticks with Ditzy.
I see. Have the third and fourth episodes been animated yet? I know they do the audio first.
Oh, looks like there's a fifth audio episode! And they just only finished the second episode not too long ago. :P
I see. I did a quick check on the sound of one of them, but I will mostly wait for the animated version.
Why does everyone choose Derpy to be the assistant anyway? Is it simply because she was the first background pony to become famous?
Derpy needs a strait man to reach full comedic critical mass IMO. It's not a fault, I just think her character works better playing off someone.\
In other news, the 4/2 Aviation Brony Triathlon team took 2nd. We got hustled hard by some borderline-pros trying to get publicity for their triathlon-specific clothing company. We stomped the third place team by 17 minutes though, so I'm cool with losing to the pros.
REPRESENT.
my pinkie pie plushie attempt #1 was a disaster.
Note to self: Pinkie has 2 eyes.
Update: after 3 attempts, I ended up making a Pinkie Pie Pillow. It is pink on one side and darker pink on the other with Pinkie pie on the regular pink side. I would upload a pic, but the camera on my vita is acting all screwy.
Plushies are hard. I feel your pain my friend.
In other news, FML for being stuck in Korea during BroNYCon. Would have so been there. Also, according to reports, would have had John De Lancie take me out to lunch. I guess they did some lunch interview for the Brony documentary for any active duty military guys that showed up.
Ah well, later years. Maybe I'll be back in time for the next one.
Congrats MLP Thread, we now have more posts than the "Last movie you watched and your critique of it" thread. You know, the one that has been going on for the last three years.
:cheers:
Well, to be honest, I haven't posted in that thread in the last three years.
We rule.
So like, no-one posted Anthology II yet? (The first was a bowl full of awesome, too)
82 minutes WELL spent
And there's FF6 in it ;)
So I'm just gonna drop my two cents on this and then bugger off.
I'm not much of a brony at all. I lost interest in the show sometime during season 2 when the "hurr-hurr I'm not really supposed to like this but I actually kinda do so that's well funneh" appeal of it wore off and I realised I wasn't watching anything special. That and Derpy fanservice.
But I wish to say: bronies don't get on my nerves very much. It can be a bit annoying to go somewhere and see ponies posted all over it, but honestly? It's the hardcore haters of this franchise that really get on my nerves... because they're the ones who accidentally shove My Little Pony down my throat in a big way. Ironic really.
Hey, they actually put a cactuar in the anthology like I asked. I didn't think they read the comments. (they probably just did it coincidentlly)
Psi, thank you, that made me happy to hear
Indeed, I don't really know that many fellow bronies who really shove it in anyone's faces, it's just the impression that people get from it being so popular (it's funny in a way, dA seems almost exclusively pony now). Just what happens with something being popular. Now everyone knows how I feel with soccer :) Can't hold it against anyone.
Looks like bronies have an ally within CNN.
Presenting Erin Bro-nett to the herd.
Where I live, liking soccer (well, football) is treated like a legal requirement. You can't imagine how loathing that makes me of it when people will not leave me the hell alone about my lack of interest in it.
Guess I've made a liar of myself by coming back to this thread :P
Yeah you're not far from me (Cumbria) and treated like a legal requirement is pretty true! (I call it soccer on the internet to save time with the inevitable American terminology issue hehe)
I think the worst is in the pub when everyone is talking (i.e. arguing) about it and you're sat bored thinking "well that's nice". I suppose it'd be the same for non-bronies in an internet full of them hehe.
In response to what ReloadPsi said; I agree that Brony haters are more in your face than bronies themselves. I must say it's really reffreshing to see someone who doesn't care for the show to say that. I never understood the whole "The ponies are everywhere" thing - I found the show by dumb luck, and when I go on searching for something that isn't MLP, I may see the odd "ponyfied" version of what I am searching for, but that's about it.
Thanks.
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http://images5.fanpop.com/image/phot...18-598-344.jpg
In other news, Luna's mysterious decision to do absolutely nothing to stop the changeling invasion has finally been explained.
Nightmare Moon - Dark Messenger by *Raikoh-illust on deviantART
Apparently she had Enc-None Active.
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I bought this at Target today
.... they sell official ones now.....
Can you take a better pic of the hair please?
It's still not exactly the level of show accurate most pony fans I know are going for, but it's much better than the abominations of Baby Pinkie and Baby Spike. Those still haunt my dreams. They are the landmines of the Pink Aisle, impossible to unsee...
This is more win than I can possibly handle. The smile on my face, it hurts.
Hubworld.com
If it asks you for it, the code is HUBMLP8BIT
Prepare to lose your evening.
Thanks GhandiOwnsYou (man, your username is awkward to type)
So today my see through rainbow dash and 4 foot wide mlp poster should arrive, so I'm excited for that.
This game is amazing.
That game was pretty amazing. :)
Speaking of games, I have been playing Drawception and every so often I would get a prompt that My Little Pony based, so I collected all the drawings I have done for those prompts into one big collage! So take a look!
My Little Pony!!!!
http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...to-d571e4i.png
:3
Proto those are great <3
I think the typical abbreviation is Ghandi, but hey, whatever floats your boat bushka.
Props to Derpy for owning the hell out of Comic Con's toy exclusives. It's ALREADY sold out. Here's hoping that the guy posting pre-orders on eBay actually managed to snag one for me.
I haven't been keeping up with this thread so I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet. Apparently Hasbro paraded some collectibles at Comic-con.
Finally... these look like the sort of merch I'll want to buy. NO COMBABLE HAIR!!
My Little Pony, Comic-Con Ponies
Stupid four chan archiving... those were great pics