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Haha, true, but bronies are welcome in my guild. I get the usual ribbing, but in the end most people don't care. We already have 50 members and 170 in the alliance, so no jumping ship now : P

Well, this is my 1000th post, and I thought I'd spend it here. Just a few things I want to put out there.

Has anyone else ever stopped and thought "Why am I doing this? It's a bit weird by normal standards; am I just following the crowd? I've felt like this a couple of times and have dismissed it (on the grounds of I don't care what people think), but I was wondering if anyone else felt the same at some point.

I'm also interested in who prefers background ponies to the mane 6 and why. I'm in the mane 6 camp personally, and was wondering why the background ponies are so popular, arguably more so than the main characters.

Alright, I'm going to round this post of by saying you guys have probably single handedly kept me active as a brony, and no doubt have inspired me (particularly DPBellathrom, Bloodaxegit, Tiina Brown (Praying I got the names right)) to do stuff and hang around here. You guys are the best, and I can't wait to see some of you at GD.

Liquidjoshi.

That post made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

As for your questions, I personally like the mane six more, but background characters are interesting because you can explore the depth of their characters in any way you want. The freedom of that allows stuff like Doctor Whooves & Derpy's adventures in time & space, amongst other things.

And as for why I brony, my friends showed me, and I had never seen anything before which was just so brilliant! It sits alongside wargaming as the things that make me enjoy my life, and I'm really happy that it is.

after sifting through the pony stuff on the internet i have found this and i find it rather interesting

http://www.scribd.com/doc/94234033/Survey-of-the-Brony-Subculture

its got alot of pie charts and i like pie but i also like fudge and if i eat too much i cannot budge so thats why i like pie

bloodaxegit wrote:That post made me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

As for your questions, I personally like the mane six more, but background characters are interesting because you can explore the depth of their characters in any way you want. The freedom of that allows stuff like Doctor Whooves & Derpy's adventures in time & space, amongst other things.

And as for why I brony, my friends showed me, and I had never seen anything before which was just so brilliant! It sits alongside wargaming as the things that make me enjoy my life, and I'm really happy that it is.

I try

I think the freedom allowed by background characters is the same reason most of us create OCs too.

I definitely agree about the show being great. It cheers me up, and actually got me through quite a hard time.

liquidjoshi wrote:Well, this is my 1000th post, and I thought I'd spend it here. Just a few things I want to put out there.

Has anyone else ever stopped and thought "Why am I doing this? It's a bit weird by normal standards; am I just following the crowd? I've felt like this a couple of times and have dismissed it (on the grounds of I don't care what people think), but I was wondering if anyone else felt the same at some point.

I'm also interested in who prefers background ponies to the mane 6 and why. I'm in the mane 6 camp personally, and was wondering why the background ponies are so popular, arguably more so than the main characters.

Alright, I'm going to round this post of by saying you guys have probably single handedly kept me active as a brony, and no doubt have inspired me (particularly DPBellathrom, Bloodaxegit, Tiina Brown (Praying I got the names right)) to do stuff and hang around here. You guys are the best, and I can't wait to see some of you at GD.

Liquidjoshi.

aww thanks man ^_^ *hugs*

if I'm honest I question why I watch it every time I hear the intro of an episode sing "my little pony" but then I remember why I love it as soon as the episode starts and those questions get pushed answers. TBH I've never been the type to do things because someone else does it but if myself and a bunch of other people share an interest then I do get much more involved and I have to say that dakka and stuff like EQD (but mostly dakka) have kept me really interested in the fandom ^_^ that and I find myself grinning like an idiot at the end of each episode

as for the back ground ponies, I dont like them as much as the mane six (vinyl, trixie and luna withstanding) as they dont have as much official "fluff" as the mane six do, so I find it hard to get overly excited about them (I would read the fanfics but in my experience they've never been very good :/)

Oddly enough, I never really considered Luna as a background character until now. As far as the show goes, I only watch two TV shows, and this is one of them (The other is Soviet Storm, even though I only watch MLP on Youtube). Background, mainly fandom characters - Octavia, Berry Punch, etc, seem to have a larger following than the main 6 to me. Don't know why though.

Luna isn't exactly a background character, because she's got a fleshed out character, and had an episode focused on her.

huh, I always considdered her to be a background character :/ but thinking about it she has had about 3 episodes so yeah....my bad :3

Luna's not really fleshed out at all. She's only had brief cameos in two episodes plus the one she stared in, but that one had her pretty one dimensional. Hell, Celestia isnt really even fleshed out that much and she's in more episodes. We know more about Granny Smith than either of the Princesses!


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Also...

I can see the argument for Luna being a background character both ways.

That video made me jump, should have expected that really.

Video made me jump too, that's why I love it. Well, that and Best Pony.

Aduro wrote:Video made me jump too, that's why I love it. Well, that and second Best Pony.

Fixed it for you

liquidjoshi wrote:Well, this is my 1000th post, and I thought I'd spend it here. Just a few things I want to put out there.

Has anyone else ever stopped and thought "Why am I doing this? It's a bit weird by normal standards; am I just following the crowd? I've felt like this a couple of times and have dismissed it (on the grounds of I don't care what people think), but I was wondering if anyone else felt the same at some point.

I'm also interested in who prefers background ponies to the mane 6 and why. I'm in the mane 6 camp personally, and was wondering why the background ponies are so popular, arguably more so than the main characters.

Alright, I'm going to round this post of by saying you guys have probably single handedly kept me active as a brony, and no doubt have inspired me (particularly DPBellathrom, Bloodaxegit, Tiina Brown (Praying I got the names right)) to do stuff and hang around here. You guys are the best, and I can't wait to see some of you at GD.

Liquidjoshi.

I'm truly honored to be mentioned, i had no idea i had managed to give such a lasting impression, considering i have a tendency to only show up when i need support myself ... XD.
Which reminds me, i do must thank for all the support i have gotten (thus far?).

"Why am i doing this?"
It is a great question.
Even before i heard of FiM, i thought that there might be a way to redeem MLP, but i probably did not think it would actually happen ...
I have a pretty long time already fancied anthros, so liking FiM once i noticed its quality was no step for me.

"Background Ponies" ...
I think it might be better to divide them into at least 3 categories, that goes into eachother:
* Supporting Characters (Examples: Big Mac, Zecora, Luna)
* Supporting Char through Force of Fandom (Examples: Derpy, Vinyl scratch, Octavia, Lyra)
* Background Pony(any that do not fit as supporting character.)

Even though not much is known about Celestia, i'd say she's a Mane cast, and possibly is Spike that too, by now.
The supporting cast may have a larger following than the Mane 6 due to 2 reasons:
* There are more than 12 of them (Cherilee, Big Mac, Zecora, Luna, Derpy, Trixie, Vinyl Scratch, Octavia, Lyra, Bonbon, Soarin', Spitfire(are the name correct?), Mr & Mrs Cake ...... and so on.)
* As pointed out, they offer greater "fan development possibilities" than any of the Mane 6.

I would definitely class Spike as a main character, he gets enough screentime and development I feel to put him in that category.

I completely agree about the supporting cast, and I think the support from the show itself towards these characters definitely helps their development in terms of showing the community that we are appreciated.

As for the honourable mention, you're making a 40K/FiM game. Bloodaxegit has the painted Arachnaroks and DPBellathrom has the Space Mareines. Those are all pretty damn awesome in my books, and I'm sure more people than myself are envious of those things (in a good way, of course).

I think Luna's not a main character or a background character - Luna's a supporting character. Somewhere between the two. Same with Celestia, and all the other chars that get speaking roles and have some impact on whatever episodes they're in.

Background characters are just that - background.

liquidjoshi wrote:

Aduro wrote:Video made me jump too, that's why I love it. Well, that and Bestest most Awesome Pony.

I am a heretic.

Fixed it for ya. =D

Aduro wrote:

liquidjoshi wrote:

Aduro wrote:Video made me jump too, that's why I love it. Shame it doesn't have bestest and most awesome pony, Twilight Sparkle, in.

I agree, the video would be much better with best pony in.

Best pony is evidently Twilight Sparkle.

Pft, Pinkie Pie is Best Pony. Twilight is merely third, after Rainbow Dash.

Sorry, but I think this would like to argue otherwise.

Sorry folks, I'm all for Rarity myself.



Yup, Generosity...

your all crazy



disclamer, rainbow dash iis best pony. anypony who says otherwiseis wrong

DPBellathrom wrote:your all crazy



disclamer, rainbow dash iis best pony. anypony who says otherwiseis wrong

Octavia is best pony, enough said.

but out of the mane 6 my mind changes every day today it is pinkie but yesterday it was rarity (thats a rarity for me i usualy despise her) however octavia is alltime best ultimate pony of all time ever........ EVER!!

Ahem. Twilight is best pony.

There is clearly only one solution to solve this issue;

hotsauceman1 wrote:Ahem. Twilight is best pony.

Personally I would rank them
1 Twilight
2 Pinkie Pie
3 Rainbow Dash
4 Applejack
5 Fluttershy
6 Rarity.

I don't really know enough about most fan ponies (Octavia, Derpy (oddly), Lyra, etc) to really put them anywhere in specific on the list, though Vinyl is about Rainbow/Pinkie part of the scale.

1.) Pinkie Pie, because she's awesome.
2.) Rainbow Dash, because she makes for the best artistic interpretations and wallpapers.
3.) Twilight, adorkable, and probably the one most like me.
4.) Fluttershy, just cause she's full of d'awwww.
5/6.) Rarity and Applejack, because Meh.

Throw in non-mane six and you'd have Vinyl Scratch up at two with Dash and for the same reasons. She has more of my phone wallpapers than anyone else as I use my phone for music a lot and like the idea of music themed lock screens.

Luna would come in at three with Twi mostly because I like nights and the moon and stars a lot more than days. If I ever met Celestia I'd have to give her a hard time about trying to kill/torture me with her giant flaming ball of death in the sky.

Alright, I'm committing to something. The idea of a codex has been mentioned several times, including words from myself about the subject. However, nothing has come of it.

However, given that tomorrow is my final exam (and that I have three weeks off after it), and that I (rather narcisstically) think that writing is one of my stronger talents, I have chosen to get started on it, with the aim of having it finished in some form by Gamesday. A daunting task? Perhaps, but no more daunting than some of the things I mentioned in my 1000th post.

Now, here's how I want you guys to help: what do you want to see in the codex? Should it be ponies only, or a combined forces kind of deal (read Buffalo mercenaries, etc)? Certain characters as SCs? I look forward to your input and reception.

1.Rarity
2. Everypony else

Normally I don't have a best pony, I love all of them equally. But I think Rarity has one of the most entertaining and deepest characters (that's if I must choose a best pony, It's extremely difficult to pick a favourite from the mane 6, they're all great characters).