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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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Confused101
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Do you weep frosting? If so, that's kinda cool.coldvein said:
Seriously though, it's cool that you disagree. We're not hurting anyone, right? Humanity will be just fine.
Are you into animation at all? If so, what shows are they? (Sorry, I didn't read all of your previous posts) I'm always willing to try new stuff.
Confused101
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I feel bad for you Foxix. The majority of those avatars were animated right? You put a lot of work into all of that and I salute you.Foxix said:
Pandaman said:As someone who was very recently homeless:
thats not very adorable of you.
To be fair I like beating everyone in games, he just happened to brought up Hobos. No offense.
All Hail Foxix, creator of pony avatars, the bestest at making so many for us. We still appreciate you!
Mechanical Snowman
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This is exactly mine, what a coincidence!Myke Greywolf said:
It's been a tie between Twilight and Fluttershy for a while until she took the lead in A Bird In The Hoof. I'm getting a bit bored of Pinkie, not to say she's not great but it's sort of the same-old same-old every single episode. She needs some depth to travel up the list again, until then she's just a joke character.
Foxix said:
forgot about avatars. It looks like most people have already changed, but for anypony who's still avatarless or feels like swapping:http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26458443&postcount=1401
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27045805&postcount=6346
I was looking at the Twilight Sparkle cutie mark, actually. I like my avatars slightly understated, so a full blown pony, while fun, probably isn't my style. I tried to make it transparent, but the white stars blend in with the light gray of GAF's colors. And an avatar that only works in odd numbered posts is a little silly.Mechanical Snowman said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=26458443&postcount=1401
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=27045805&postcount=6346
So I'm just going to use the fully colored one. Thanks!
Thing is, I pretty much think like you. And I like My Little Pony as well. It might seem weird, but I can elaborate, if you want.
I know very well, that once you reach certain age / maturity / education, you simply do not want shows / movies / books / whatever that are just "alright". You want them to be awesome, or else you wouldn't bother with them because your time and patience are quite limited, unlike, say, the one of a children.
I too love demanding, complex, artful entertainement. I love Murakami and Nemirovsky's novels, Cohen's movies, Foreign Affairs is my idea of an interesting lecture, and I just came from a flamenco - jazz fussion suite concert today and it was awesome (no, I didn't made that up).
Thing is, these tastes doesn't deprives me from enjoying the simpler things of life too. I believe that culture and intellectuality doesn't necesarily imply elitism. It doesn't makes your tastes more narrow ("selective", as some people say), but rather it expands them. I do not only like books / movies / shows that appeals to my demographic, but almost every piece of media as long as it has goodd quality, sans a few exceptions (one has personal tastes too).
MLP is a damn good show for kid. Or little girls, if you wish. But it has a lot of talent behind, and it shows. The animation is outstanding, as any animation freak of these boards can confirm you. Fluidity, anticipation, and something that it is sorely missing from most cartoons nowadays: facial expression. The voice talent is inmense (even more so when you consider the singing voices). The plots are simplistic and predictable (it is a show for kids afterall), but the writting qualities resides on the rock - solid character building and comical gags. As, for the personal appeal, one is not always in consant demand of brain - crunching entertainement. Sometimes you feel as if you want just a laugh, something simple, something kind towards you (notice how much of the MLP fandom is composed not only of grown adults, but adults with very stressful, hard lives, or that have passed trough harsh times?). MLP is able to provide these traditionally "childish" qualities, without actually treating you like an idiot. And, such as a man of your intellect may appreciate, that's a very rare thing to see nowadays. So, there it is.
Myke Greywolf
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Great minds think alike. But yeah, I'd do nasty things for an episode that actually deepens Pinkie's character beyond awesome 4th-wall-breaking comic relief, and I hope episode 25 is it. She'll probably have to deal with her socialization addiction.Mechanical Snowman said:
Pandaman said:
I like Spike and Dash and ..honestly maybe Dash a bit more because she's got more time/episodes.
Spike needs more time, and hopefully episode will show it for him the.
Spike's perspective has got to be pretty awesome since he's mostly left out. He's even left out of the Damn group shot!
Ikael said:
thank you for this well thought and nicely typed post. i agree with almost everything there. you seem like a cool and sane cat. what has been misconstrued here (by me, even) is that i can't/won't appreciate simple things in life. simple entertainments. i appreciate the fact that my socks are stained with blood, my shirts stained with brown beer, the shitty coloration of the linoleum floor that i live on. simple things can be good, and, dare i say, holy? so maybe my little pony is that way for you guys. i'm okay with that. just not my jam. again, thank you for the well thought out post. you just jumped to the top of my GAF friends list. which may or may not be good. haha.
Mechanical Snowman
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Cheers man.Foxix said:
Yeah I'm actually really looking forward to this one, I'll be kind of disappointed if they don't humanise her a bit. The only time she's shown even a hint of emotion is the Griffon episode, if i remember correctly.Myke Greywolf said:
I actually dislike Dash quite a bit. I don't think she lives up to her spirit of loyalty, she's actually quite selfish and I imagine that if she ever did catch her big break and joined the Wonderbolts she'd leave Twilight and the rest in a heartbeat.Pandaman said:
In fact, maybe it's her attitude that's actually holding her back. It's been mentioned before that she's possibly the best flyer in Equestria, yet she's still just pulling clouds around in Ponyville; a job that any Pegasus could do.
So yeah, don't like her until her character shows some real humility.
RomanticHeroX
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Just a reminder
Proding a troll along for several pages does no one any good.
Proding a troll along for several pages does no one any good.
Mechanical Snowman
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Twilight isn't concerned with superficiality, she's the most powerful pony in Ponyville and Canterlot, perhaps Equestria and she is friends with a dragon.G-Fex said:
She should be wearing a 'u mad' t-shirt in every episode.
Mechanical Snowman
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G-Fex said:
magic was forbidden. I wonder what Twilight's tears taste like.
Mechanical Snowman
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Hay and flowers?CHEEZMO said:
PillowKnight
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I'm taking the engie one, thanks!Firehead said:
DrForester
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Confused101 said:
Am trying to figure out a way to put RD's cutie mark on the tail of a Cessna in Flight Sim X
Confused101
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That's my boy!DrForester said:
@Nishastra, those are great! Especially Pinkie Pie.
drifter444
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Foxix said:
I'm highly amused by what Mast3rlinkX has set as his channel video in the wake of his account being unsuspended
Confused101
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That couldn't be more perfectNishastra said:I'm highly amused by what Mast3rlinkX has set as his channel video in the wake of his account being unsuspended
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