Actually I've started flitting around FIMficiton. Working on a story. It crosses a sc-ifi universe of my own design into MLP, titling it Dies Irae (no, not the Titan, the Latin translation, 'Day of Wrath')
I'm going through it's fifth revision for the first few chapters to change main characters and such, make sure everything is in continuity, If possible a proofreader would be nice, but just wondering if you lot want to hear me pitch a kind of teaser or plot idea here before putting it up on FIMfiction.
That was really awesome. King Sombra could have had more screen time, but hey, still a brilliant villain. And so much Dark Magic! Heck, his magic even made Spike cry! Now that's evil.
Fluttershy jousting was utterly adorable.
And another thing. Gak anyone?
^^^^ this :'3 I loved it but it ended far too quickly :( there was so much room for another episode but of well :/
also, anypony notice how grimdark MLP's getting? XD
What!?
Has noone PM'd you a link yet?
General advice: Check out Equestria Daily for links.
Why haven't anyone PM'd you links yet?
.... I guess all thought someone else did it.
.... Or is there some rules i haven't undestood yet?
(Feels confused and unsure, and has therefor not yet PM'd any links.)
Just watched the new one.
It could have used some polishing up. They tried to build tension, but that really didn't work. Shining Armour should have been in some real deep trouble. Some really good jokes were in there (jousting, ftw. Poor Fluttershy). But Royal Wedding is an impossible act to follow.
I'm way too lazy to send links to anyone. Just go to Equestria Daily and they'll have the links posted top of the first page. It really is the best resource for it to my knowledge.
CuddlySquig wrote: Just watched the new one.
It could have used some polishing up. They tried to build tension, but that really didn't work. Shining Armour should have been in some real deep trouble. Some really good jokes were in there (jousting, ftw. Poor Fluttershy). But Royal Wedding is an impossible act to follow.
I thought the tension worked well ...
Any lack in tension i would rather assume is because all the spoilers that has been dropped during the wait ...
Now, i'm looking forward to what i think it was Tara once referred to "The freak-out of Freak-Outs" .....
The tension was too broken up. It didn't work well that, as time is running out, everyone but Twilight and Spike were at the fair. But now I'm asking myself a thousand questions about King Som...however you spell it and where he came from and what he did and stuff.
Speaking of which, my conundrum: I have no cable here, my country has the 2nd slowest internet speed in the world which makes streaming impossible and youtube a nightmare.
Yeah, an 'empire' that's the size of a town. Unless you count unrecognised little countries/principalities like Sealand, the closest you'll get to a real empire being that size would be empires in their final days as they're being taken over by enemies occupying them: like the Byzantine Empire at the Fall of Constantinople.
Also, there was heavy implication that Princess Cadence had some kind of connection to the empire, which was never expanded upon.
All in all, a nice opening story (and its purpose was to set up the arc of Twilight advancing her studies), but could have been a little better.
You asked for it. These won't really make sense because they're out of context and usually are grabbed form the middle of a chapter but they're the best examples of exerpts I could find.
here's an excerpt from the sci fi side.
(notes, the vurkuristar’s name and traits was inspired by Objectivefault’s Varvistar in the vc game in the ‘house, it was an awesome name for a race.)
“Van, launch a superluminal probe, see if there’s even a few asteroids out there.” Said the commander to the bipedal mantid at the controls and the first mate of the thirty-being crew. The vernid routed the command through to astrographer Tenson, on the probe deck, and moments later they heard the ship shudder as the faster-than-light piece of metal shot from their hull, the technology was baffling. The probe had been designed by the Technocracy, and all the races on board the Starry Ice were all citizens of the Galactic Union.
The probe was now data, its internal cores sending messages as it burned itself away within moments. Nothing could survive more than a few hours traveling at lightspeed, and even then it would be impossible to drop out of lightspeed. Hence why the interstellar travel of the ships of the Union was just a hair’s breadth under lightspeed. It took decades or even centuries to get anywhere but it was better than becoming data and vanishing.
“Sir! Something’s coming through! A planet!” The warbled response from the astrographer was shot with static. The commander hardly believed his ears. “Feed it through, feed it through!” he yelled. This was good fortune, he had believed that they were destined to die out here in the void, while this fate might be pleasing to the Technocracy’s space-worshipping zealots, he was rather more rational. The ship shuddered slightly as bits of information spanned distances immeasurable and collided with the transiver node. They comms officer began speaking. He was a middle aged human with brown hair.
“The data we have shows…planet…terrestrial! Inhabitable!...Holy gak.”
The last was almost drowned out by the adulations of half a dozen xenoforms, clicks grunts whoops and hoots as they realized that their fate had been changed, that they were saved a lonely death in the cold of space.
“This is a military vessel, you will observe the chain of command and refrain from speaking out of turn!” demanded the commander. “What was that last?” he asked of the comms officer.
“The sun…it appears to be orbiting this world…”
“Impossible,” grated a voice like wood and rock scraping a hollow tree stump its owner, the large Bo’sun called Ugar was a muscular Vurkuristar and was glaring at the comms officer with all four eyes, though to be fair all any Vurkuristar ever did was glare. They were the most violent race in the Union.
“Excuse me?” Asked the comms officer. “I should know what this says. And it clearly says that this system is geocentric.”
“But-”began a few crewers, the commander raised a hand. “We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it, the news that an inhabitable planet is within reach on impulse drive is....well, it’s a one in a billion chance. And we should capitalize on it. You lot, come with me to wake the cargo, Octavius, Ugar, you have the bridge.”
The comms officer and bo’sun nodded as the others cleared out of the circular room and boarded the tramway to the cryo-bays. When all was silent and the humming of machinery was the only thing that c could be heard, Ugar turned to Octavius. “You can’t be right.” He grated through his arachnoid pedipalps. “It goes against all that we know, it’s the reason we can’t travel faster than light. Do not tell me that the great Union has been spending a thousand years doing something wrong.”
Octavius rolled his eyes at the words “‘great’ union” ‘Say what you like. It’s still there, a sun orbiting a world…could be a faulty reading though.” The Vurkuristar shifted his massive, dark bulk slightly on his station-throne. “I hope so…” Octavius looked at his xeno colleague. “Why?” “You’ll find out soon enough.” He growled cryptically.
And one from the pony side.
“Oh, hey Twilight!” came a slightly raspy voice, accompanied by the flapping of wings. Twilight Sparkle looked up from her purchased food to be greeted by a friend of hers, the athletic pegesus Rainbow Dash. “What’cha reading?” “Oh, nothing.” Said twilight, with forced joviality. No need to bother her friends with doomsday prophecies. “just a letter from the princess.” She lit it with magical fire and let the ashes drift away in the breeze. “So what brings you here, Rainbow?” The Pegasus hovered in the air and looked both ways conspiratorially. “Well-eeelll…Me and fluttershy went to cloudsdale last night to check out that flight museum and stayed at that hotel, y’know, ‘cause it was too late to head back to ponyville. Aaaanyways, when we woke up, fluttershy saw that there was a flock of vultures up on this mountain Reeeeeaaaly high.” Rainbow dash went on about their trip to the vulture flock that was up ‘reeeeeeally high’ and how Fluttershy did something helpful for them but then said something that made Twilight a little nervous.
“So while fluttershy was talking with them, I decided to see how high I could go. Last time I came down when I couldn’t breathe but I figured I could still go higher than that if I went really quickly and Really fast! So anyway I was going up to that space where the giant clouds are below you and the air’s all frosty and it’s hard to breath, right, so I looked up, and I saw this weird speck in the sky, and it was glowing! Cool huh? It was like a star in the daytime! And then I noticed it was getting bigger pretty fast, like, a LOT bigger all of a sudden! Like it just flew towards us! in fact, if you squint you can kind of see it from here.” “What?!?” gasped Twilight. “Where?!” Rainbow, still flapping raised a hoof. “I’m not done yet. I noticed something else about this thing, it wasn’t a star at all! It’s a big solid thing!”
AduroT wrote: I was a little surprised they found an actual crystal heart. I was kind of expecting it to turn out to be Cadence.
I think the implication is that the two are connected. Notice Cadence's cutie mark, a crystal heart itself. Certainly sounds like this particular kingdom might be her hereditary throne from way back, even one of the crystal ponies said something to the effect of "It's the crystal princess!" which if it's true would certainly make Cadence make a lot more sense I think.
Automatically Appended Next Post: And if anyone's looking for ponyfics to read I'd like to submit my own Stormriders
AduroT wrote: I was a little surprised they found an actual crystal heart. I was kind of expecting it to turn out to be Cadence.
I think the implication is that the two are connected. Notice Cadence's cutie mark, a crystal heart itself. Certainly sounds like this particular kingdom might be her hereditary throne from way back, even one of the crystal ponies said something to the effect of "It's the crystal princess!" which if it's true would certainly make Cadence make a lot more sense I think.
Automatically Appended Next Post: And if anyone's looking for ponyfics to read I'd like to submit my own Stormriders
AduroT wrote: I was a little surprised they found an actual crystal heart. I was kind of expecting it to turn out to be Cadence.
I think the implication is that the two are connected. Notice Cadence's cutie mark, a crystal heart itself. Certainly sounds like this particular kingdom might be her hereditary throne from way back, even one of the crystal ponies said something to the effect of "It's the crystal princess!" which if it's true would certainly make Cadence make a lot more sense I think.
Her cutie mark was exactly part of it. They need their "crystal heart" to protect them from evil with it's love and kindness. Cadence was using her love magic to protect them, but she was running out of power. Oh wait, the crystal ponies charge up their crystal heart with their love and kindness! I was fulling expecting a quasi repeat of the royal wedding's ending.
I'm not a brony, but I have a friend who is one and he also plays 40k so I respect you guys. But may I ask why so many of you like 40k and mlp? Like, whats the connection between the two?
Color Sgt. Kell wrote: I'm not a brony, but I have a friend who is one and he also plays 40k so I respect you guys. But may I ask why so many of you like 40k and mlp? Like, whats the connection between the two?
There isn't one. Just like there isn't a connection between jogging and decontructional Biblical studies, even though I have an interest in both.
Color Sgt. Kell wrote: I'm not a brony, but I have a friend who is one and he also plays 40k so I respect you guys. But may I ask why so many of you like 40k and mlp? Like, whats the connection between the two?
Well the connection for me is I like ponies and I like 40k, other then that business as usual.
why are people always trying to understand things when there's nothing to understand :'3 we like ponies and we like toy soldiers XD I like rock and metal but that has nothing to do with ponies or warhammer
just asking but why would there need to be any connection between the two :?
Also, there's a certain appeal in 'tainting' either with the other. On one hand, taining the Grimdarkness of 40K with the Love and Friendship of FiM, and tainting FiM with the Grimdarkness of 40 K.
They both lend themselves easily to crossovers due to the Absolute Monarchy/Diarchy aspect of each of the genres, and the similar cultural aspects of the God/s also being the Monarch/s.
Color Sgt. Kell wrote: I'm not a brony, but I have a friend who is one and he also plays 40k so I respect you guys. But may I ask why so many of you like 40k and mlp? Like, whats the connection between the two?
Color Sgt. Kell wrote: I'm not a brony, but I have a friend who is one and he also plays 40k so I respect you guys. But may I ask why so many of you like 40k and mlp? Like, whats the connection between the two?
I find it a welcome break from all the grimness and darkness. I write a lot about 40k or what have you so it's a nice change of pace to just enjoy something nonviolent occasionally.
Also the mixing or 'tainting' as Anvil said. That's fun too.
Speaking of which, how does on submit a story to FIMficiton? The site is woefully lacking in instructions.
Color Sgt. Kell wrote: I'm not a brony, but I have a friend who is one and he also plays 40k so I respect you guys. But may I ask why so many of you like 40k and mlp? Like, whats the connection between the two?
There is one connection, really, namely that Both Space Marines and Ponies are colourful.
Other than that, as several artists has shown by now, Ponies can look realllllllllllly good in Power Armor ... And Ponygants (tyranid ponies) can look really good, too. Personally, i like both ... and Equino Assassins
Strange... It just seems to be a big coincidence that so many 40k players are bronies/ vice versa. Anyways, I respect you guys both for your 40k love and your brony fandom (even though I don't understand it...)
Peace!
Color Sgt. Kell wrote: Strange... It just seems to be a big coincidence that so many 40k players are bronies/ vice versa. Anyways, I respect you guys both for your 40k love and your brony fandom (even though I don't understand it...)
Peace!
ohhhh, I kinda get what you were getting at now. I guess many people who play warhammer spend a large amount of time on the internet were you're most likely to see other bronies or MLP refrances which will then make them do one of 3 things: ignore it, hate it or find out more about it. the latter might end up with them then becoming bronies and also the other way round. a brony will see some MLP/40K crossover fanwork and then will do one of the same 3 things.
I don't know of any of the local 40k players being Bronies. I know two other Warmachine players who are though, and I met another who was at WMW recently.
Also, I think the Dresses are fine, as they're more like really fancy capes/cloaks. It's the skirts that are a bit weird given they're a perpetual walking upskirt at that point.
I've started turning some of the Ponyhammer sprites i have done into Icons, lately .... or something like that.
Here is a few, followed each by an icon from this site that .... might fit.
Tiina Brown wrote: I've started turning some of the Ponyhammer sprites i have done into Icons, lately .... or something like that.
Here is a few, followed each by an icon from this site that .... might fit.
Tiina Brown wrote: I've started turning some of the Ponyhammer sprites i have done into Icons, lately .... or something like that.
Here is a few, followed each by an icon from this site that .... might fit.
awwww, I love those ^.^
Thank you, They are free if you'd like to use them ... I'll see if i can fix some more of them.
Do you mean mine?
I hope you didn't confuse it with Sombra ....
The Avatar i have is at home both in dark and light and prefers to manipulate fire and lightning ....
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It was Tiina Brown's avatar. It looks like it wants to devour my soul to accompanying chamber music.
Also, I'll have to wait for the next episode to be put on youtube, no ponies here.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Hey, having trouble figuring out a title for this story of mine.
Here's what I got.
Dies Irae,' (Day(s)_ of Wrath)
'Fire and Water'
'Steel and Stone'
'Metal and Magic'
'End of an Era'
'Inter Astra' (From the Stars)
'Blood and Innocence'
'Of War and Wrath'
'Of Falling Stars'
'Falling Stars'
General premise: humans and aliens come to equestria with advanced technology, they end up bringing their wars with them. I was wondering if anyone would mind giving input and which title is 'the best.'
If you want, I can show you the current cover image that the FIMfiction artist Carnelian is working on (great guy.)
Yes, it is, but this is the direct translation, not the RP, with the M on the end. Not really like it at all, I just went on the latin translators, apparently there are in fact three official games titled 'inter astrum' I'm just happy it's not a direct copy. It does make me feel a bit sleazy though, even though the intent is not plagurism-plajuri-plagu-...copying. Honeslty I'm torn on it, it's a good title and all but I can't help think of Inter astrum.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also, can't log into FIMfiction to finalize stuff for some reason. Curses.
It seems like Lauren Faust leaving the show has changed the "feel" of the show a bit. I wasn't a fan of King Somber as a villain, I was hoping for some more back story and info on the kingdom and its ruler. The pinkie episode, she got to... serious? Perhaps my expectations are to high after the improvements from season 1 --> 2.
The brony state live cast argued that it wasn't genocide, magic clones of that style usually are just super shallow imprints of the original, hence why they could only seek out fun, etc. It's almost like a caricature. So no souls, just magical constructs, no murder.
I understand they're magical clones and were just returned to whence they came and all... But damn did they make it look like a really painful way to go.
They were getting a tad bit on my nerves, but I think that was the point. Two pinkies was fun, but when we got to about 6, the extra started getting on my nerves.
But she learned a good lesson that she has to make choices sometimes.
AduroT wrote: I understand they're magical clones and were just returned to whence they came and all... But damn did they make it look like a really painful way to go.
That's the interesting thing actually! My theory is that they're basically balloon animals. That's why one of the clones could produce "fingers" she was just manipulating the "rubber" of the binding spell around the animation magic (air)
The surprising thing about MLP isn't that you have a lot of older people who like kids show. That is quite common. I believe the saying is if I had a nickle. No. the surprising thing is that part is that you have a lot of people watching and liking a girls show. That dosen't happen.
Also, there's the unfortunate tendency of the Western World to view Animation as a medium only used "for the Kiddies and Toddlers", when it really, really isn't. This rigid and outdated mindset is beginning, thankfully, to break thanks to the influence of Anime (coming as it does from a culture that never had an "Animation Age Ghetto [TVTrope it]) and, in fact, shows like MLP:FiM.
Look at it this way. What if we were gushing over a slice-of-life AdventSitDramaDy (adventure, sitcom drama comedy- kinda like if you combined Friends and Fringe- or maybe like Firefly) set in a Fantasy-Lite universe. It starred a nerdy, bookish girl who's talent with magic caught the eye of the local monarch, and she was sent to a local village to study the local populace. She's greeted by a hyperactive Genki Girl, meets a Fashionista, a Farmer, and a couple of local Civil Servants who have quirky hobbies, and goes on adventures both fantastic and mundane.
Does that not sound like something you could pitch to a Network Exec and at least get a Pilot episode for? Remember, and all or nearly all female cast is no real gender barrier in daytime and primetime television (Sex and the City? Charlie's Angels?), modern audiences are starting to look for a little something unusual in their TV and many writers are blending Genres for that (Pseudo-science Buddy Cop drama in Fringe, Cowboys IN SPAAAACE!! in Firefly) and let's not forget the qirky characters doing their surprisingly interesting day jobs (Bones, NCIS)!
So why is the face that the TV show we watch wrapped up in pastel mildy anthropomorphized cartoon animals such a big issue?
nomotog wrote: The surprising thing about MLP isn't that you have a lot of older people who like kids show. That is quite common. I believe the saying is if I had a nickle. No. the surprising thing is that part is that you have a lot of people watching and liking a girls show. That dosen't happen.
Most "kids" shows contain slightly complex jokes and the like specifically to appeal to adults. Animators know who watch this stuff, they want to make adults and by that extent parents be okay with the kids watching the material and even watch with them (advertise to the wallet directly) MLP has accidentally managed to be extremely successful in hitting that side demographic.
That said I find any charge of immaturity inside ANY nerd fandom of any kind to be completely hilarious. I am a grown ass man who collects little toy dolls and paints them, then I take them over to my friend's house to play with them. I've been doing the same gak since I first learned how to walk and got my first giant tub of green army men. There's just more rules now. Playing pretend in the woods? More rules and since I don't LARP, no more running around in the woods, we call it D&D. A rising trend that's spread across the country is anime, and it's hard to find a more ardent fanbase everywhere. Ignoring some of the issues with the genre (rampant oversexualization etc) most of the anime watched and popular in the United States are children's cartoons. That tween demographic that most cartoons these days are designed to appeal to. So here especially, if we need to grow up we probably need to put down our toy soldiers too.
Now I fully admit I watch the show, I'm not a passionate fan of pretty much any property outside of Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly but I have to wonder here about you my good Inquisitor. You've stated your position clearly enough "It's creepy" but why? Is it the challenging of assigned gender norms? Are you making an assumption about a group of several million people world wide? That they're sexual deviants like the first quote listed there?
Bottom line for me, I'm a grown man, a Marine, fairly educated and completely independent, I support normal relationships, and do normal things, I'm opening my own business, and in a world that is depressing and cynical I can appreciate a show that without irony or sarcasm approaches pleasant and happy things, just as a break from the gak that is reality.
nomotog wrote: The surprising thing about MLP isn't that you have a lot of older people who like kids show. That is quite common. I believe the saying is if I had a nickle. No. the surprising thing is that part is that you have a lot of people watching and liking a girls show. That dosen't happen.
Most "kids" shows contain slightly complex jokes and the like specifically to appeal to adults. Animators know who watch this stuff, they want to make adults and by that extent parents be okay with the kids watching the material and even watch with them (advertise to the wallet directly) MLP has accidentally managed to be extremely successful in hitting that side demographic.
That said I find any charge of immaturity inside ANY nerd fandom of any kind to be completely hilarious. I am a grown ass man who collects little toy dolls and paints them, then I take them over to my friend's house to play with them. I've been doing the same gak since I first learned how to walk and got my first giant tub of green army men. There's just more rules now. Playing pretend in the woods? More rules and since I don't LARP, no more running around in the woods, we call it D&D. A rising trend that's spread across the country is anime, and it's hard to find a more ardent fanbase everywhere. Ignoring some of the issues with the genre (rampant oversexualization etc) most of the anime watched and popular in the United States are children's cartoons. That tween demographic that most cartoons these days are designed to appeal to. So here especially, if we need to grow up we probably need to put down our toy soldiers too.
Now I fully admit I watch the show, I'm not a passionate fan of pretty much any property outside of Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly but I have to wonder here about you my good Inquisitor. You've stated your position clearly enough "It's creepy" but why? Is it the challenging of assigned gender norms? Are you making an assumption about a group of several million people world wide? That they're sexual deviants like the first quote listed there?
Bottom line for me, I'm a grown man, a Marine, fairly educated and completely independent, I support normal relationships, and do normal things, I'm opening my own business, and in a world that is depressing and cynical I can appreciate a show that without irony or sarcasm approaches pleasant and happy things, just as a break from the gak that is reality.
Alright, I really agree a lot with the point about Warhammer players calling MLP weird is interesting. However, there are differences between the two, mostly that people don't suspect pedophilia from Warhammer players. I'm not saying that it's right to make that conclusion about bronies, but that's one of the conclusions that people are making. Like anything else, tolerance is good, but also like anything else, people are going to rip on it. I rip on Warhammer, to a point.
Also, please don't get me started on men becoming less masculine. I have strong ideas on that. I realize not everyone does, and I'll tolerate that, but in the Mr. Garrison speech fromDeath Camp of Tolerance sort of a way.
The guy in the video, while making a good point, looked vaguely like a really creepy guy I used to live with. I don't know if you read the story I wrote in German, but he's basically Felix.
Perkustin wrote: Speaking completely seriously your infatuation with a childs toy gravely concerns me, i hope you dont plan on working with, having or stealing any children. Notice the lack of orkmoticons, i am deadly serious mate.
QFT I'm not referring to anyone here, but the whole pony fandom thing is really fething creepy. And I'm only using a profanity substitute because I figure the mods don't want the real thing; I'm totally serious also. I was reading about people modifying pony toys as "art" on Wikipedia. It was very creepy that anyone would be this interested in children's stuff.
You go on and on about a show aimed at 4 year old little girls; you may want to reevaluate. This is not meant as insult, just as advice. You aren't noting it is a well crafted show, you are latched onto it with the zealousness of a convert.
I explained in the same response why I like the show. For me, namely, it's the characters. To me, they seem well developed characters and I honestly care about what happens to them. I've grown to love the characters--and in a slice of life show, that's what makes or breaks it.
Just because I'm starting a thread about a show I like doesn't mean 'I'm latched on with the zealousness of a convert', it just means I'm trying to find other fans of the show on online communities where I already frequent. It's no different than people starting threads asking who likes a particular band or book series. People just tend to think negatively of bronies.
As for why another forum may be inappropriate, it is for the same reason many subjects here aren't approached. It goes over better on sites like 4chan, but they also have threads from grown men obsessing over 8 year old actresses on the Disney Channel. Essentially it is to niche for a broad body like this.
Which would be true if this were come kind of inappropriate topic. It's not inapropriate, as you've said it's a show directed at 8 year olds. It's not like I'm doing anything legally questionable or offensive. It may be a niche show, but what's wrong with seeking out other members of the same niche if I so choose? I see nothing wrong with it, and I never remember any dakka policy that said fans of more niche game/show/books couldn't make threads expressing their fandom.
Of course, if this is a new policy, the mods can lock this thread. I doubt it though.
I'm pretty close to that age, and I can't imagine anyone this age have a totally normal interest in a show like this. Originally I thought that maybe it was like Happy Tree Friends or something, but it's not.
Gaining maturity and independence can be hard for some people, but it's worth it. I mean that as serious advice. I'm not saying that you're definitely someone who needs it, but for anyone who does, maturity is worth it. It might be hard, it might be painful, but it's worth it.
2. Your level of cognitive dissonance due to your love of the show is as such that you don't realize that it comes across as creepy, or worse.
Do I have stories about people related to this!
wow......they say that it's people like us who are what's wrong with society but we do nothing but watch a TV show and enjoy it, maybe start up a page on a forum so likeminded people can talk about the show too and even extended it into our other hobbies such as drawing, modelling and so for. Whereas people like you walk into her with no real knowledge of the show or the brony community other than un-reliable sources from Wikipedia and even 4chan of all places, call us paedophiles, sick, twisted and mentally handicapped. You refuse to acknowledge that the reason that we like the show is because, in our eyes, it's a good show and that there must be an arterial, most likely sexual, motive for enjoying a kids TV show.
You flame threads where people have done nothing other than enjoy a TV show, you create hate groups and hurl abuse at us, telling us to grow up and that you find what we do creepy and even dig up posts that were made over a year ago in an effort to say that you disagree with what we are doing. No one here is latching onto this show with zealous convert, we a merely defending ourselves from people like you who feel that because we enjoy a TV show, we are abnormal and thus worthy of abuse.
I think you’ll find that it’s narrow minded, ignorant people, who can’t tolerate another person’s interests because they differ from the norm, that’s what’s really wrong with society
Note the lack of orkmoticons
Edit: No personal attacks or insults are allowed. -Mannahnin
Inquisitor Ehrenstein wrote: I was replying to the first posts that I saw. I didn't even read the date. It's not usually that old.
I never said that bronies are actually pedophiles, only that it's what people think.
I detect a lot of fanaticism here, and I think it would be best if I tone down the situation. As advice, this can hurt your point. I understand, but a lot of people don't.
All I did was agree that there could be an underlying cause, not that being a brony itself is weird.
I think you’ll find that it’s narrow minded, ignorant people like yourself, who can’t tolerate another person’s interests because they differ from the norm, that’s what’s really wrong with society
Personal attack
Reported
Maybe you should check the date of post's, threads, etc before posting. Even more so when it's from the first page oh a 180 odd page long thread.
For your infomation, most normal, well thinking people don't think such things. Every person who I have met outside of the internet has said something along the lines of "huh, you like MLP. That's fine". Also there is no fanaticism here, if you had have bothered reading the whole thread rather han jumping on the first thing you saw you would know this.
And for the last time there is no underlying cause......it's a TV show....that we like.....because we think it's a good show. Why is this so hard to understand? as with any fandom you'll find that one person who takes things a little bit too far and out of context but the majority of us have no other reason to like the show.
Also the report was very mature of you, good job.
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AduroT wrote: I shall interrupt the weekly "why bronies are creepy" posts to bring you some epic wife tossing.
Insulting other posters or making negative personal comments about them is not permitted. It is a violation of Dakka rule #1- Be Polite.
Entering into a thread where fans of a particular topic are peaceably discussing that topic without violating Dakka's rules, purely to tell them that you do not like what they like, and find them creepy for liking it, is a violation of Dakka rule #1- Be Polite.
nomotog wrote: The surprising thing about MLP isn't that you have a lot of older people who like kids show. That is quite common. I believe the saying is if I had a nickle. No. the surprising thing is that part is that you have a lot of people watching and liking a girls show. That dosen't happen.
Most "kids" shows contain slightly complex jokes and the like specifically to appeal to adults. Animators know who watch this stuff, they want to make adults and by that extent parents be okay with the kids watching the material and even watch with them (advertise to the wallet directly) MLP has accidentally managed to be extremely successful in hitting that side demographic.
That said I find any charge of immaturity inside ANY nerd fandom of any kind to be completely hilarious. I am a grown ass man who collects little toy dolls and paints them, then I take them over to my friend's house to play with them. I've been doing the same gak since I first learned how to walk and got my first giant tub of green army men. There's just more rules now. Playing pretend in the woods? More rules and since I don't LARP, no more running around in the woods, we call it D&D. A rising trend that's spread across the country is anime, and it's hard to find a more ardent fanbase everywhere. Ignoring some of the issues with the genre (rampant oversexualization etc) most of the anime watched and popular in the United States are children's cartoons. That tween demographic that most cartoons these days are designed to appeal to. So here especially, if we need to grow up we probably need to put down our toy soldiers too.
Now I fully admit I watch the show, I'm not a passionate fan of pretty much any property outside of Star Wars, Star Trek and Firefly but I have to wonder here about you my good Inquisitor. You've stated your position clearly enough "It's creepy" but why? Is it the challenging of assigned gender norms? Are you making an assumption about a group of several million people world wide? That they're sexual deviants like the first quote listed there?
Bottom line for me, I'm a grown man, a Marine, fairly educated and completely independent, I support normal relationships, and do normal things, I'm opening my own business, and in a world that is depressing and cynical I can appreciate a show that without irony or sarcasm approaches pleasant and happy things, just as a break from the gak that is reality.
Alright, I really agree a lot with the point about Warhammer players calling MLP weird is interesting. However, there are differences between the two, mostly that people don't suspect pedophilia from Warhammer players. I'm not saying that it's right to make that conclusion about bronies, but that's one of the conclusions that people are making. Like anything else, tolerance is good, but also like anything else, people are going to rip on it. I rip on Warhammer, to a point.
Also, please don't get me started on men becoming less masculine. I have strong ideas on that. I realize not everyone does, and I'll tolerate that, but in the Mr. Garrison speech fromDeath Camp of Tolerance sort of a way.
The guy in the video, while making a good point, looked vaguely like a really creepy guy I used to live with. I don't know if you read the story I wrote in German, but he's basically Felix.
I'd say it's similar fringes that really make the same wild accusations against ALL nerd hobbies of things like pedophilia, being man-children, being Otaku (in the proper Japanese sense of the term), black magic and satanism are STILL leveled against D&D on a semi-regular basis and while individuals within any given hobby might be any of the above and worse besides (murderers who play MtG in Florida/Georgia for example). In fact you can extend this out to all hobbies... and well almost everything in general. I'm a marksman and a gunsmith. I shoot weapons constantly, I love my hobby, and my profession and I'm proud of the military service that's rooted in, but I have met people who have straight up called me a psychopath, a nazi and far worse besides just because I enjoy shooting. For being a Marine I've been labeled murderer, monster and baby killer. These kind of Ad hominem attacks are common in our society against things we either don't like, but can't explain why we dislike them, or just don't feel like actually thinking about because it doesn't fit our world view. It's the weakest form of argument known to man short of just straight up punching someone as your counter point.
It's not the concept of becoming "less masculine" it's the concept of what IS masculine and what sets the social norms on that? The example that the video gives is a great one, pink being considered a masculine color for boys a short couple decades ago, now if you dress a baby boy in pink you'd be accused of trying to make him into a homosexual or some other such nonsense.
Well the guy in the video works for PBS and is a TV show host, so there's that eh? I'd say he's fairly different from any generally creepy guy that I've met. Most of them aren't articulate and charismatic enough to run a decently popular youtube channel.
That game is brutally difficult, it's nigh impossible to catch hearts on the bottom of the screen without hitting the "instant death" line on the bottom there
The $50 would get you both of the Mane6 ponies that cost gems, Rarity and Rainbow Dash, and leave you with 100+ left over. There are a couple other ways to get gems though in addition to just leveling.
1.) You'll get three gems every five days if you play every day.
2.) Rarely you will get a gem from finding Derpy, aka Pony In A Box, but far more likely you'll just get some bits.
3.) You can get gems from the balloon popping game by spending hearts. I've finally started raking those in but not played the heart version of the balloon game yet so I don't know how likely you are to get gems from it.
But yes, that's an obscene price for Rainbow Dash. I saw the 90 gems for Rarity and thought it was bad. There are also quests that require you to spend gems.
The thought that it's structured into the game is more then a little ridiculous to. I'm all for "freemium" games, but the key with those is making the premium content affordable, and "enhancing" but not forcing it on the player.
By the way, I realised something after watching Too Many Pinkie Pies a second time. The clones only have Pinkie's personality, not her memories or knowledge (the first clone didn't know about Ponyville, called Fluttershy 'Fluttershutter', Applejack 'Applejohn' and 'Applesauce', and then the mass of clones had be told the real names and that they were called Pinkie Pie). So to determine the real one, why not just ask them questions only the real Pinkie would know the answer to?
Man, I was trying to go to sleep with Tosh.o on, i heard bronies and i got excited, then i saw the content.
Time to write to comedy central and saw we will stop watching them if they do not issue a retraction.
If anyone thought Daniel Tosh would have anything kind to say about Bronies, you've probably never, ever watched his show. With that said, I haven't seen this episode.
hotsauceman1 wrote: Man, I was trying to go to sleep with Tosh.o on, i heard bronies and i got excited, then i saw the content.
Time to write to comedy central and saw we will stop watching them if they do not issue a retraction.
On a scale of "1" to "Terrible Idea", that rates about a "Terrible Idea". At best, nothing will happen.
The FCC can't fine them as they aren't a broadcast network. You can show literally anything you damn well please on cable TV. All censorship that television stations like Comedy Central implement is self-imposed to avoid offending viewers, but they are under no obligation from any organization, government or private, to do so. Even if the FCC could fine them, I strongly object to this is I am generally opposed to censorship. I'm a big fan of the "Don't like it, don't watch it" approach.
Also, going back to the "write a letter" bit, if you really, really must, Hotsauce, I would approach it from the "I am offended by porn on my TV" route than "Baww, I'm an offended Brony" route. Either way, expect, at best, nothing to happen.
If I have any worries about the Tosh thing, it's that my dad already gets this kind of confused look if I ever mention to brony/pony thing, and that he at least occasionally watches and enjoys Tosh...
this world doesn't have enough pony miniatures, so far I've only ever seen one company to make them (impact miniatures I believe) and they are not available too the mass public right now)...
sure one could use blind bags, but its just not the same...
really :/ see this is what I was talking about when the last guy decided to be an arse on this page. "lol, I'ma moc these people cos they're bad people for watching a cartoon" -.- really am getting sick of this bs
DPBellathrom wrote: really :/ see this is what I was talking about when the last guy decided to be an arse on this page. "lol, I'ma moc these people cos they're bad people for watching a cartoon" -.- really am getting sick of this bs
I think I need a love and tollerance top up :'3
But it's Daniel Tosh, a man whose entire career in Comedy is based on him Belittling other people and complaining about his Upper middle class childhood.
It was only a matter of time before he got to MLP.
Rainbow Dash wrote: Some people gotta learn to laugh at what you love, and not take it so damn seriously
it is just a tv show after all
oh dont get me wrong, I'm more than happy to laugh at MLP. the MOV series is by far one of the funniest things I've seen but the whole "herpderp, you guys are weird gays who touch children and fap to horses" is either just comedy far beyond me or just plain rude
But it's Daniel Tosh, a man whose entire career in Comedy is based on him Belittling other people and complaining about his Upper middle class childhood.
But it's Daniel Tosh, a man whose entire career in Comedy is based on him Belittling other people and complaining about his Upper middle class childhood.
It was only a matter of time before he got to MLP
he sounds charming
Yes but with any hope, he'll fade into obscurity like Carlos Mencia and Dane Cook in another year or so.
Don't get me wrong, I like it when comedians make fun of everyone, but I don't like his "My Family was the only one at the Country Club with less than 5 servants. My childhood sucked" comedy, because I lived in a very poor household growing up and I find him complaining about those kind of things, even as jokes, distasteful.
i think tosh .0 is in like the fifth season or higher. The show is practically a bluescreen and a internet connection. It's got to be the cheapest thing on TV. They also run it all the time. Tosh is not going anywhere for a long time. In fact they just gave him a cartoon to make. (Very first episode ,I kid you not, was a bunch of animals having explicit sex. I guess tosh has a license to show that kind of stuff. *Shrug*)
DPBellathrom wrote: really :/ see this is what I was talking about when the last guy decided to be an arse on this page. "lol, I'ma moc these people cos they're bad people for watching a cartoon" -.- really am getting sick of this bs
I think I need a love and tollerance top up :'3
But it's Daniel Tosh, a man whose entire career in Comedy is based on him Belittling other people and complaining about his Upper middle class childhood.
It was only a matter of time before he got to MLP.
Bah! He's just a Babs Seed. He will never know the magic of friendship.
Just took my weekly dose of ponies. I don't really like CmC episodes, but this one was one of their best. Nice song, good story and a high emotions topic. I also like how the largely stagnant CmC storyline had a little bit of development (now there's 4, sort of). I think development in their group's story is what those three need the most.
For some reason, it takes me FOREEEEVEEER to find the new episodes on Saturdays. Are they just not uploading until after I check? Because I can almost always find Bronycomms or OtakuAscended commentaries on the selfsame episodes before the episode itself.
This is the best CMC episode. It was obvious that Babs Seed was a bit sensitive about her lack of a cutey mark from the start, and I misheard her name up until the song, but other than that, I liked it. It was a really good bullying episode. The song is friggin ear crack and, it showed that taking payback into your own hands isn't the best way to deal with a bully. Had they talked to AJ at the start, the whole thing would have been solved before the first commercial.
So far, this is my favorite episode of the Season.
Anyone else notice timeturner wearing a pear and giggle?
Spoiler:
friggin ear crack. Also, I thought Scoots couldn't sing.
Anvildude wrote: For some reason, it takes me FOREEEEVEEER to find the new episodes on Saturdays. Are they just not uploading until after I check? Because I can almost always find Bronycomms or OtakuAscended commentaries on the selfsame episodes before the episode itself.
Fastest way is to get the links on EQD ya know?
Sigh... CMC episode. Apple Bloom's voice is scientifically designed to drive me up the wall.
I have to say, while I still enjoyed this episode for the first time since I started watching it really did seem like a cartoon geared towards kids :/ it was only this episode mind, but still I think this may have been the token advice for life episode
Erm...
Oh screw it might as well admit.
My friend (a semi-brony) has now actually got me to like mlp.
I still have to watch an episode though... Which doesn't help the fact that I'm writing a goddamn story...
My problem with the elisode is that Babs gets to be a complete female dog nearly the entire episode and gets off scot free with no repercussions while the CMCs learn that standing up for yourself is bad and you should just talk to an adult to fix all your problems for you.
And lastly in my experience the best place to find links for the new episodes is EquestriaDaily.com. I know at one time the guy who was uploading the 1040 versions was given mod access so he could post the links there right away.
AduroT wrote: My problem with the episode is that Babs gets to be a complete female dog nearly the entire episode and gets off scot free with no repercussions while the CMCs learn that standing up for yourself is bad and you should just talk to an adult to fix all your problems for you.
Well the CMC didn't really stand up for themselves, they sunk down to Babs' level with a Rube Goldberg inspired plan to get back at her. Booby trapping a Parade Float and standing up to a bully and telling them No, or whatever is appropriate to the Situation are on opposite sides of the Spectrum. It would have been nice if they stood up to her, but they made it obvious in the song that they weren't going to, and if you aren't going to stand up for yourself, it's best to contact an adult.
Mynameisalie wrote: Erm...
Oh screw it might as well admit.
My friend (a semi-brony) has now actually got me to like mlp.
I still have to watch an episode though... Which doesn't help the fact that I'm writing a goddamn story...
Really? Huh. You know, by virtue of posting here I always assumed you were already part of the show-watching herd.
Mynameisalie wrote: Erm...
Oh screw it might as well admit.
My friend (a semi-brony) has now actually got me to like mlp.
I still have to watch an episode though... Which doesn't help the fact that I'm writing a goddamn story...
Really? Huh. You know, by virtue of posting here I always assumed you were already part of the show-watching herd.
The last time I posted on this thread I believe it was in a slightly condescending tone to show my mild distaste at the fact there are forums for mlp in itself. Ergo, we really did not need a thread for this kind of thing.
My opinion still stands, but I still have to admit I am now semi-brony.
AduroT wrote: My problem with the episode is that Babs gets to be a complete female dog nearly the entire episode and gets off scot free with no repercussions while the CMCs learn that standing up for yourself is bad and you should just talk to an adult to fix all your problems for you.
Well the CMC didn't really stand up for themselves, they sunk down to Babs' level with a Rube Goldberg inspired plan to get back at her. Booby trapping a Parade Float and standing up to a bully and telling them No, or whatever is appropriate to the Situation are on opposite sides of the Spectrum. It would have been nice if they stood up to her, but they made it obvious in the song that they weren't going to, and if you aren't going to stand up for yourself, it's best to contact an adult.
Then how about we should try to understand bullies and why they do it so we can move past it and become friends, except Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon who are obviously just female dogs that should be dumped in the mud?
The last time I posted on this thread I believe it was in a slightly condescending tone to show my mild distaste at the fact there are forums for mlp in itself. Ergo, we really did not need a thread for this kind of thing..
Yeah, but if you went with that as your metric we might as well get rid of the entire Off Topic section.
AduroT wrote: My problem with the episode is that Babs gets to be a complete female dog nearly the entire episode and gets off scot free with no repercussions while the CMCs learn that standing up for yourself is bad and you should just talk to an adult to fix all your problems for you.
Well the CMC didn't really stand up for themselves, they sunk down to Babs' level with a Rube Goldberg inspired plan to get back at her. Booby trapping a Parade Float and standing up to a bully and telling them No, or whatever is appropriate to the Situation are on opposite sides of the Spectrum. It would have been nice if they stood up to her, but they made it obvious in the song that they weren't going to, and if you aren't going to stand up for yourself, it's best to contact an adult.
Then how about we should try to understand bullies and why they do it so we can move past it and become friends, except Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon who are obviously just female dogs that should be dumped in the mud?
Hopefully that will be a later episode, but Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon, Mostly Diamond Tiara, are the CMC Antagonist. She turns to the light, that'll be the last CMC episode until they get their cutey marks.
The last time I posted on this thread I believe it was in a slightly condescending tone to show my mild distaste at the fact there are forums for mlp in itself. Ergo, we really did not need a thread for this kind of thing..
Yeah, but if you went with that as your metric we might as well get rid of the entire Off Topic section.
I am just saying if there's a forum for it elsewhere, go there. I normally do; I don't try to ask around a single forum for like-minded people: I go to a forum that is entirely based on that concept. MLP has, what, 3 or 4 forums all to itself that all have massive amounts of members? If you want like-minded people, you may as well go and look for them. I moved country to look for like-minded people, and had a good amount of success with it.
But don't let this spoil this thread. If you want it running, fine by me.
I think the reason we frequent this one is that it's a sub-forum. Kinda like one of the oval bits on a Venn Diagram, the people who come here are those who have an interest in both MLP:FiM and Tabletop Wargaming, giving more coinciding points of interest for all the topics we discuss. For example, the Pony Mare-ines miniatures that people make, or the artwork of crossovers. We know the people here aren't going to be discussing MLP/Cooking Mama crossovers, and don't mind a little Grimdark in their Saccharine world.
It's like how the Spacebattles forums have sort of evolved into one of the places to find long-form fiction, despite it being a forum first, instead of a blog or repository.
I see your point. But my opinion remains. However, it's just an opinion, and nothing to get riled up over.
Anyway, could anyone give me a tad bit of feedback on this? I know it's amateurish, but really my first actual attempt at making something more than 10,000 words long.
Mynameisalie wrote: I see your point. But my opinion remains. However, it's just an opinion, and nothing to get riled up over.
Anyway, could anyone give me a tad bit of feedback on this? I know it's amateurish, but really my first actual attempt at making something more than 10,000 words long.
Ah, but you see, you started a thread on weapons. There are many forums for that too.
Anyway, I've yet to watch the last two episodes. Not had time.
Mynameisalie wrote: I see your point. But my opinion remains. However, it's just an opinion, and nothing to get riled up over.
Anyway, could anyone give me a tad bit of feedback on this? I know it's amateurish, but really my first actual attempt at making something more than 10,000 words long.
Ah, but you see, you started a thread on weapons. There are many forums for that too.
Anyway, I've yet to watch the last two episodes. Not had time.
The last time she was in Ponyville, Trixie was just a boastful show-off. But now it looks like Trixie has truly fallen. Oh.....! Now I won't be able to get any sleep between now and Saturday!
The last time she was in Ponyville, Trixie was just a boastful show-off. But now it looks like Trixie has truly fallen. Oh.....! Now I won't be able to get any sleep between now and Saturday!
I've come up with a fantastic idea for vampire counts!
Using the dire wolves rules, I will get several dozen of the unbarded horses and paint them like Pinkie Pie
And they will take to the battlefield... and it will be glorious
Dear Princess Celestia
If you are faced with an impossible challenge, you can always deceive your way to victory. And it is now apparently acceptable to say "that was supposed to make you writhe in agony" on a show made for little girls, and now I can break the fourth wall too.
Your faithful student
Twilight Sparkle.
Sucha great episode. Pinkie Pie's mouthlessness, Trixie and Zecora. They said Alicorn. My life is complete.
*dies*
Wait a minute, Dj Pony/Vinyl Scratch hasn't said anything yet.
*comes back to life*
CuddlySquig wrote: Dear Princess Celestia
If you are faced with an impossible challenge, you can always deceive your way to victory. And it is now apparently acceptable to say "that was supposed to make you writhe in agony" on a show made for little girls, and now I can break the fourth wall too.
Your faithful student
Twilight Sparkle.
Sucha great episode. Pinkie Pie's mouthlessness, Trixie and Zecora. They said Alicorn. My life is complete.
*dies*
Wait a minute, Dj Pony/Vinyl Scratch hasn't said anything yet.
*comes back to life*
I'll echo everything said here
also, anyone notice the increasing amount of corrupted ponies
So what did we think of the trictatorship? I watched with my girlfriend, and she thought using 'the six' meant the Elements of Harmony, but I kinda figured out where things were going towards the end. Also, I made this:
Sturmtruppen wrote: So what did we think of the trictatorship? I watched with my girlfriend, and she thought using 'the six' meant the Elements of Harmony, but I kinda figured out where things were going towards the end. Also, I made this:
Merry Christmas!
what made that even better was your avatar dances intime with it XD
and yeah I was hoping for the elements of harmony too but meh, still a good episode
I'm okay skipping the elements of harmony, it's an "Oh gak" button for rogue deities, not a two bit magician with a super powered amulet. Be like swatting a fly with a sledgehammer.
KalashnikovMarine wrote: I'm okay skipping the elements of harmony, it's an "Oh gak" button for rogue deities, not a two bit magician with a super powered amulet. Be like swatting a fly with a sledgehammer.
Agreed. I was afraid the six meant the elements as well, but really liked the whole giant "get my friends to trick the big bad" plan.
I was thinking about last week's Episode while driving to work. And it was truly amazing.
The First Trixie episode accomplished nothing. No real closure at the end (or Pubstomping greatness). This Episode in the end, we saw a change in Trixie after she was bested. Somewhat of a change anyways.
Got caught up on the entire third season last Saturday (fell asleep during episodes 1 and 2, and just haven't sat down to rewatch them).
I usually hate CmC episodes, and this one was really no different. I mean hell they're always helping each other out, the proper way would be to give them a variation on the CmC's logo as a way to show they're helping ponies (namely themselves first lol) get their cutie marks. Why isn't that their true calling?
Too Many Pinkies freaked me out, and it was far too much pinkie pie to handle (sorry Aduro).
And the Great and Powerful Trixie was far too much of a donkey cave, but at the same time, I get that the Alicorn Amulet was the cause... I did like how Twilight bested her, and I thought the Elements of Harmony were going to be employed as well, and I'm kinda glad they didn't.
Also Pinkie Pie is a magical spell simply for being able to play 10 instruments at once.
Pegasi don't have familes. But yeah, it's kind of annoying we get an episode dedicated to Scootaloo, and we still don't know anything about her other than she really likes Rainbow Dash.
AduroT wrote: Pegasi don't have familes. But yeah, it's kind of annoying we get an episode dedicated to Scootaloo, and we still don't know anything about her other than she really likes Rainbow Dash.
I know! I did like that RD took Scoot's under her wing however, but it would have been nice to get more information about Scootaloo.
I hear that a lot, just about this season in general too. But this Fandom has made literal terabytes of fan content in the past 2 years. It's not too outlandish to assume that one of the Writers would see some if it, like it, and pitch it in the next meeting.
KalashnikovMarine wrote:Fluttershy was disowned by her family for her cowardice and love of dirt. Rainbow Dash went with her because she wouldn't abandon her friend.
Truly, Rainbow Dash is the element of Loyalty.
It might just be coincidence that the pegasi's parents haven't been on the show yet. We didn't learn about Twilight's Big Brother until the end of Season two and she's the main character.
Her parents where in season one though. We see apple jacks family in episode 1, twilight and pinky pies in 23. Then rarity's parents show up in season 2 episode 5.
Yeah, AJ's almost certainly parentless given her current family living conditions.
And the fanfic thing comes less from an episode being similar to any given story and more that they're hitting major tropes and very common themes. Now we just need Twilight to screw up a teleportation spell and/or bring a human to Equestria. =P
I could have sworn they where there in episode 23, but it turned out to just be granny smith. So I guess we haven't seen apples parents just her rather large extended family.
AduroT wrote: The coolest part of the episode to me was surprise Luna appearance and her actually Doing something at that.
same here ^.^
also invading dreems is pretty cool
Invading dreams?
Think of it, if the dream realm is Luna's responsibility as well, then she isn't really invading.
And in the story in case, she is clearly not invading.
It was indeed nice to see, though, and it seem to show some development and depth to Luna, as well ....
I think that has already affected some fanfics ...
.....
And all this talk of seen families made me think of that Pinkies cutiemark-story was ... questionable ... That is, until Trixie recently admitted to have been working at a rock farm ... perhaps even for Pinkie Pies parents?
MrBossMan wrote:
Read here! Apparently TLC is hoping to do an episode of My Little Crazy Obsession based on bronies. This show is not known for its very friendly portrayal of its subjects. They will likely completely brutalize brony culture and make us all look like freaks. I know we're not all freaks, so here's what you do:
If someone comes to your house or your forum saying they're from TLC, slam the door in their face before they can even get a word in. Spread the word of this possibility to every brony you know, to every corner of the internet. Do not let them get their hands on a single pony collection. Keep them from airing the episode at all, because if they do, we'll be ruined. There will no longer be any hope of appearing as a "normal" brony.
Sorry if I'm breaking the message board rules of this group, I just think this is really important. I don't want to be labeled as a freak, and I know most of you don't, either. So please help!
AduroT wrote: The coolest part of the episode to me was surprise Luna appearance and her actually Doing something at that.
same here ^.^
also invading dreems is pretty cool
Invading dreams?
Think of it, if the dream realm is Luna's responsibility as well, then she isn't really invading.
And in the story in case, she is clearly not invading.
It was indeed nice to see, though, and it seem to show some development and depth to Luna, as well ....
I think that has already affected some fanfics ...
.....
And all this talk of seen families made me think of that Pinkies cutiemark-story was ... questionable ... That is, until Trixie recently admitted to have been working at a rock farm ... perhaps even for Pinkie Pies parents?
she did, the pony you saw there was Pinkie's father
MrBossMan wrote:
Read here! Apparently TLC is hoping to do an episode of My Little Crazy Obsession based on bronies. This show is not known for its very friendly portrayal of its subjects. They will likely completely brutalize brony culture and make us all look like freaks. I know we're not all freaks, so here's what you do:
If someone comes to your house or your forum saying they're from TLC, slam the door in their face before they can even get a word in. Spread the word of this possibility to every brony you know, to every corner of the internet. Do not let them get their hands on a single pony collection. Keep them from airing the episode at all, because if they do, we'll be ruined. There will no longer be any hope of appearing as a "normal" brony.
Sorry if I'm breaking the message board rules of this group, I just think this is really important. I don't want to be labeled as a freak, and I know most of you don't, either. So please help!
Mynameisalie wrote: You did a double post, and I'm deadly serious about this. Tell every brony you know. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
I did not double post, the server hadn't caught up with my post.
And seriously, I'm probably one of a small population of people that could make bronies look normal. It's my wargaming that would make me look like a freak. I've got a good job, bathe regularly (not saying bronies don't bathe, but why give them that advantage), and there isn't a single MLP thing in my house except for my internet and Netflix history. And even that is only YouTube. I've read my little dashie on a dare, I've seen most of those creepy .MOV videos, and I could probably hold a "decent" conversation about the show with almost anyone, discussing the finer points of this little kid show, but that is mostly falling back on to my English background... gotta be able to bs your way through a book you haven't read . Also I play party with Pinkie at college parties just to mess with people.
MrBossMan wrote:
Read here! Apparently TLC is hoping to do an episode of My Little Crazy Obsession based on bronies. This show is not known for its very friendly portrayal of its subjects. They will likely completely brutalize brony culture and make us all look like freaks. I know we're not all freaks, so here's what you do:
If someone comes to your house or your forum saying they're from TLC, slam the door in their face before they can even get a word in. Spread the word of this possibility to every brony you know, to every corner of the internet. Do not let them get their hands on a single pony collection. Keep them from airing the episode at all, because if they do, we'll be ruined. There will no longer be any hope of appearing as a "normal" brony.
Sorry if I'm breaking the message board rules of this group, I just think this is really important. I don't want to be labeled as a freak, and I know most of you don't, either. So please help!
Mynameisalie wrote: You did a double post, and I'm deadly serious about this. Tell every brony you know. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
I did not double post, the server hadn't caught up with my post.
And seriously, I'm probably one of a small population of people that could make bronies look normal. It's my wargaming that would make me look like a freak. I've got a good job, bathe regularly (not saying bronies don't bathe, but why give them that advantage), and there isn't a single MLP thing in my house except for my internet and Netflix history. And even that is only YouTube. I've read my little dashie on a dare, I've seen most of those creepy .MOV videos, and I could probably hold a "decent" conversation about the show with almost anyone, discussing the finer points of this little kid show, but that is mostly falling back on to my English background... gotta be able to bs your way through a book you haven't read . Also I play party with Pinkie at college parties just to mess with people.
Alternative: just don't give 'em anything. These guys can take anything you say and pervert it.
Seriously, let's just not give them any bait and they'll give up. All they want is good press, and they can't get good press if don't give 'em any. I consider myself a "normal" (if you can say that) brony, I don't love the show, I just like it for it's characters, plots and legit sense of humour. I am not ashamed to say it. But what I don't want is TLC coming in here and messing the whole thing up. People regard me as normal. I want it to stay that way.
And to that end, don't go slamming the door on them, either. Say "I'd rather not comment, thank you" and shut the door softly. They could take any sort of anger 'wrong' as well.
Allow me to state the obvious.
If you walk up to me at a cocktail party and introduce yourself as a brony. "normal" is not the first adjective that leaps to mind, and I play with little plastic men.
Your pleas, on a plastic men forum, and else where to "black out" TLC are a wasted effort. Let's start with the best case scenario.
No one talks to TLC.
TLC: fine we'll just make it up.
Amish Mafia springs to mind.
TLC find some thoroughly stereotypical actor to portray an overweight 29 year old virgin living in his mothers basement.
You don't think TLC has access to basements and Toy R Us to fill them with MLP crap?
Worst case scenario (what will actually happen)
Bronies flock to the TLC producers and they pick the worst of the bunch. And what makes good television? hoarders.
You do the math.
Maybe you should consider the possibility that Bronies will recieve national derision from TLC because it's a vocal fan base made up of men who watch a show made for pre teen girls who discuss the subtleties of the plot line and managed to invent a character named "Derpy".
Star Wars and Star Trek fans got thier moment in the sun, congratulations: you made the cut.
if they want to make a show about "LOOK AT THE FREAK! LOOK ATIT!!!!!!" then fine, what ever. I'm past the point of caring what a bunch of ill informed feth-witts (see my little brony) think about anything that me or any other brony does
AustonT wrote: Allow me to state the obvious.
If you walk up to me at a cocktail party and introduce yourself as a brony. "normal" is not the first adjective that leaps to mind, and I play with little plastic men.
Honestly if someone walks up to you like that and introduces themselves as "X" they probably are a freak no matter what they're into. I don't introduce myself as a gun nut, amateur military historian, wargamer, reader, patron of musical theater or any of the thousand other hobbies I maintain in my spare time.
They do the same thing to Wargamers. Or pretty much anyone that does something that isn't "Cool". They'll find the most stereotypical guy they can, or barring that pay someone to be that guy, and make that group look bad. IIRC they do it about once a year or so on 40k in some British paper. They did the same thing with DnD every year for damn near 40 years.
If someone makes fun of me for my interests, it's better that way. Better they go after me than go after someone who cares about what other people think. Any Brony that worries about this is over reacting and anyone that stops being a brony after that show airs was just someone trying to look trendy. I like Wargaming and MLP, among many other hobbies not relevant to Dakka, but most importantly, I enjoy everything I do. I don't worry about what Society thinks about my various hobbies, because the people that look down at what I do don't matter.
They do the same thing to Wargamers. Or pretty much anyone that does something that isn't "Cool". They'll find the most stereotypical guy they can, or barring that pay someone to be that guy, and make that group look bad. IIRC they do it about once a year or so on 40k in some British paper. They did the same thing with DnD every year for damn near 40 years.
If someone makes fun of me for my interests, it's better that way. Better they go after me than go after someone who cares about what other people think. Any Brony that worries about this is over reacting and anyone that stops being a brony after that show airs was just someone trying to look trendy. I like Wargaming and MLP, among many other hobbies not relevant to Dakka, but most importantly, I enjoy everything I do. I don't worry about what Society thinks about my various hobbies, because the people that look down at what I do don't matter.
Remember that one guy they did interviews with right when "Bronies" broke as a story? The guy who clearly had some issues... that's just underhanded IMHO.
They do the same thing to Wargamers. Or pretty much anyone that does something that isn't "Cool". They'll find the most stereotypical guy they can, or barring that pay someone to be that guy, and make that group look bad. IIRC they do it about once a year or so on 40k in some British paper. They did the same thing with DnD every year for damn near 40 years.
If someone makes fun of me for my interests, it's better that way. Better they go after me than go after someone who cares about what other people think. Any Brony that worries about this is over reacting and anyone that stops being a brony after that show airs was just someone trying to look trendy. I like Wargaming and MLP, among many other hobbies not relevant to Dakka, but most importantly, I enjoy everything I do. I don't worry about what Society thinks about my various hobbies, because the people that look down at what I do don't matter.
Remember that one guy they did interviews with right when "Bronies" broke as a story? The guy who clearly had some issues... that's just underhanded IMHO.
It's not a new thing though. They always pick the one person that best amplifies the stereotype to hurt a fandom that isn't "normal". And we survived that. We'll survived some show on TLC that I've never heard of because I haven't watched TLC since they cancelled Junk Yard Wars. That was a hellacool show.
They do the same thing to Wargamers. Or pretty much anyone that does something that isn't "Cool". They'll find the most stereotypical guy they can, or barring that pay someone to be that guy, and make that group look bad. IIRC they do it about once a year or so on 40k in some British paper. They did the same thing with DnD every year for damn near 40 years.
If someone makes fun of me for my interests, it's better that way. Better they go after me than go after someone who cares about what other people think. Any Brony that worries about this is over reacting and anyone that stops being a brony after that show airs was just someone trying to look trendy. I like Wargaming and MLP, among many other hobbies not relevant to Dakka, but most importantly, I enjoy everything I do. I don't worry about what Society thinks about my various hobbies, because the people that look down at what I do don't matter.
Remember that one guy they did interviews with right when "Bronies" broke as a story? The guy who clearly had some issues... that's just underhanded IMHO.
It's not a new thing though. They always pick the one person that best amplifies the stereotype to hurt a fandom that isn't "normal". And we survived that. We'll survived some show on TLC that I've never heard of because I haven't watched TLC since they cancelled Junk Yard Wars. That was a hellacool show.
oh man I loved junk yard wars, I always wanted to go on there one day, it was so cool ^.^
I liked it. A little predictable, but I like that Dash wasn't the arse this time around. And clearly this ruins our Fanfic theme season as otherwise Dash would have failed the academy and attempted suicide.
I liked it. A little predictable, but I like that Dash wasn't the arse this time around. And clearly this ruins our Fanfic theme season as otherwise Dash would have failed the academy and attempted suicide.
Score, early release from the hub itself?
Spoiler:
Roid rage returns! and one of the twins with what I can only think of as anime hair! Seems Spitfire's VA changed.... and is that a Goose-pony as one of the Wonderbolt instructors? I feel like Pinkie Pie actually Lampshaded the whole "Dash fails the wonderbolt tryouts/gets emo depressed/attempts suicide plotline." The most shocking thing this episode was Dash NOT being completely up her own flank for once. Pinkie needed... to take a chill pill, seriously? Dash was /gone/ for a week. Be interesting to see how many kids can connect this episode to their own older siblings or the siblings of friends going to boot camp. More then if a story like this had run in G3 methinks but then military service is still relatively rare in the States.Wow... that was a random ramble... need coffee.
It's official.
I rank amongst the worst artists in the world. I can't even follow this correctly without messing up...
Is science the only real gift I have? Cause I suck at everything else.
This is to block the actual spoiler from the wossname. They thing that allows you to read part of the newest message in the thread...list...wossname.
Anyways, That was a great episode. I was really glad to see RD got to stay in the Academy and potentially live up to her dream. I read some rumors this morning while DLing the episode and all I heard was she dropped out over her friends and was covered in WTFBBQ.
Thankfully Tunach's image is work blocked for me, and I guess I'll have to wait until this weekend to watch it... I'm too busy to watch it at home until then, and the hub is work blocked for me...
VermGho5t wrote: In my opinion this behavior is quite similar to that of Furries.
It has taken me a few days to think about this comment. I look at this as a good way to look at it.
I am a Furry: I like dress up as a Furry Animal and go at and have fun, just like I did when I was 7 for Halloween.
I am a Gamer: I like to play with little plastic army men, like when I was 7.
I am a Brony: I enjoy watching the new show, as I did back in the 80’s.
I am not all consumed with it like others, but I like the show. I have all three showings a day programmed in so I can see the episodes I have missed. If I have seen the episode and an episode of Avatar the Last Air-Bender, NCIS, Burn Notice, Top Gear or Only in America with Larry The Cable Guy on, I might watch them instead.
Liking a show because it entertains you is not bad. Obsessing over a TV Show is bad most of the time. Everyone I have talked to about the show loves it, but they are not going out and planning on spending the $125 on the Boxed set at Best Buy to watch it inside a darkened room. They are going to get it to show there friends and family and hope they like it to. If they don’t understand it after watching it, so be it.
I think all of us who watch the show has also been very civil. I think everyone should be this way.
Thank you for your time
Anpu42
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We are all a bunch of nerds and there is a saying that I go by: "Dont judge me"
Furries are not my thing but then again mecha anime and wargaming are also niches that most people do not get either.
@Anpu42 Do what you like as long as its not hurting anyone or breaking any laws.
This is how I see it:
Generic example of a conversation:
Me - Yeah, I like MLP. I'm a brony. You have problem with that?
A guy - Yes, I do actually...
Me- Opinions aren't fact. Keep them to yourself.
A guy - But MLP
Me - Do. Not. Care. You like (insert random example here). Who am I to judge you on what you like? You like it; you have the freedom to talk about it to others and to try convincing them to take up (repeat previous instruction). End of discussion.
1) That's four letters...
2) These two separate words are both three letters
3) One ends with y, the other ends with g and they both have an "a" in the middle...
KalashnikovMarine wrote: I've always found it amusing that anime fans give bronies a lot of gak.
"You like cartoons for little girls!"
"So children's cartoons are only legit if they're from Japan?"
"...shut up"
I've been exalting a lot of your posts recently...
To be fair, I've seen some fairly mature (as in aimed for adults, not of sexual or explicit content) anime
*bows*
My pleasure to entertain.
Now anime is a genre so it obviously has some pretty wide outliers, and it's age targets range from the "MLP" target demographic to adulthood but let's face it most of the classics and the stuff everyone loves here in the states especially, Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, DBZ, Sailor Moon, Gundam, etc to a mind boggling degree is aimed squarely at the children and young adult market at the edges (Gundam in particular dealt with some pretty mature themes and took a fairly dark tone.) That said, and I think we just had a thread that brought this up AND a Cracked.com article on the subject and people who are too into anime as adults are judged pretty harshly in Japan as well as the US.
There is a trope about this.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PeripheryDemographic?from=Main.PeripheralDemographic
I think the only real difference with MLP is that it's a girls show. I don't have the fingers to count how often a children's show has attracted adult fans. However they are normally showed aimed at boys. Girls shows, well no one watches them not even little girls sometimes. The impressive thing about MLP is that it managed to attract a rather large demo well still being quite girly.
I just use Transformers as an example to show how they are over reacting.
Someday i hope to write a short paper on the subject of entertainment and gender demographics.
nomotog wrote: There is a trope about this.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PeripheryDemographic?from=Main.PeripheralDemographic
I think the only real difference with MLP is that it's a girls show. I don't have the fingers to count how often a children's show has attracted adult fans. However they are normally showed aimed at boys. Girls shows, well no one watches them not even little girls sometimes. The impressive thing about MLP is that it managed to attract a rather large demo well still being quite girly.
I wouldn't say the Gen 4 incarnation of MLP is excessively girly. That's pretty much the opposite of Lauren Faust's stated goals when she created the show. Strong female themes? Yes absolutely but watch a clip of G3 and try not to vomit. That's girly.
nomotog wrote: There is a trope about this.http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PeripheryDemographic?from=Main.PeripheralDemographic
I think the only real difference with MLP is that it's a girls show. I don't have the fingers to count how often a children's show has attracted adult fans. However they are normally showed aimed at boys. Girls shows, well no one watches them not even little girls sometimes. The impressive thing about MLP is that it managed to attract a rather large demo well still being quite girly.
"A large portion of the periphery demographic also comes since media classifications are very often ignored and media intended for mature audiences (like First-Person Shooter games) also attracts teens and preteen audience."
This explains absurd amount of 12 year old COD fanboys...
Quite accurately.
What I learned from today's episode.
1: Roid Rage can fly like a pro despite his tiny wings
2: Spitfire is also a drill sergeant
3: Fluttershy couldn't fly if her life depended on it
4: Twilight's balloon is destroyed
CuddlySquig wrote: What I learned from today's episode.
1: Roid Rage can fly like a pro despite his tiny wings <----- 2: Spitfire is also a drill sergeant
3: Fluttershy couldn't fly if her life depended on it
4: Twilight's balloon is destroyed
Bees. End of explanation.
On the whole, I thought the episode was slightly illogical, even in the MLP sense.
AduroT wrote: What? Have you people never heard of FlutterMac?
Spoiler:
I would be okay if that became canon... Mac, the strong silent type, and fluttershy, the quiet girl with far too many phobias? Mac would almost literally be her rock in which she can brace against should life in quiet ponyville ever get too rough.
AduroT wrote: What? Have you people never heard of FlutterMac?
Spoiler:
I would be okay if that became canon... Mac, the strong silent type, and fluttershy, the quiet girl with far too many phobias? Mac would almost literally be her rock in which she can brace against should life in quiet ponyville ever get too rough.
Frick >_< I forgot to watch the new episode last night. Stupid video games. I need to assemble some Flames of War stuff, so I'll probably watch it tonight.
Do they make cutie mark decals? I kinda wanna make the historicals players at my store rage at my Rainbow Dash Tank Squadron... Oh man... the Mane 6 played out in my Sherman tanks
it felt like everything rainbow Dash learned over the past couple years made her strong character in the Academy. Lighting Dust was what could have been Rainbow Dash had it not been for lessons she learned from and with her friends.
Hah! That's an actual quote from an episode of Dr Who. Though in context it would be better used on an image of Big Mac. If fact I think I may go do that...
Anyone seen the latest episode yet? I liked how we got to see baby Applejack in a flashback and Babs Seed returned as a goodie, but the song at the end definitely isn't my favourite the show has produced.
The song is catchy, but a little repetitive.
Apparently Dash still gets to hang around Ponyville despite the Wonderbolts training.
I need to watch it again, because apparently there are a pair of shooting stars in one scene. They were thrown in by Sibsey, one of the animators, as a reference to AJ's deceased parents,since Hasbro won't let them actually talk about it in the show.
AduroT wrote: The song is catchy, but a little repetitive.
Apparently Dash still gets to hang around Ponyville despite the Wonderbolts training.
I need to watch it again, because apparently there are a pair of shooting stars in one scene. They were thrown in by Sibsey, one of the animators, as a reference to AJ's deceased parents,since Hasbro won't let them actually talk about it in the show.
wow, if so then dem feels....... :'3
really enjoyed this weeks episode, great to see AJ get an episode for once
This was actually one of the few episodes I haven't bothered to watch all the way through. I'll probably watch a commentary instead. But it was one of the incredibly cliche'd stories that are like watching a slow-motion trainwreck that you just can't stop.
By the way guys, I know it may be a week late, but something my girlfriend just pointed out to me: Bon Bon and Cloudchaser are seen to the right in the opening group shot of Raise This Barn. Are they part of the Apple family?
From a brony buddy who's a window washer in Vegas:
While I was working on the 103rd and 104th floor of the Stratosphere, I'd noticed the rooms up there were heavily decorated with confetti, streamers, party favors, tables and poles with candy and giant lollipops and the like, cotton candy, and balloons. Oh god balloons everywhere.
And all I could think, was that Pinkie Pie had just exploded up there.
Until now, DVDs have only included select episodes rather than continuous volumes. Finally, the complete season 1 is out, but it's only available on Amazon.
. Also I play party with Pinkie at college parties just to mess with people.
