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My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
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The_Author's_Apprentice
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ivedoneyourmom said:Anyone have the screen cap meme of twilight suggesting building of a new ponyville from Swarm of the Century? I think it might be appropriate for manos' blazing saddles thread.
Here, have a giant picture:
Hope it helps!
It's said that if you read this thread three times over cross eyed Derpy will appear in your monitor.Machado said:
The thread is pretty long and most of the important stuff is in the op. But if you have nothing better to do the thread is pretty awesome with all it's crazy derails and commotion its caused.
KirbYuuYuu
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So what's tomorrow's episode again? Is it the one where we find out the origins of the Main 6's cutie marks or something about land dispute with onion things?
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BY2K said:
Swarm of the Century
The_Author's_Apprentice
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^^^
Eeyup.
You can literally hear something snap in her brain. Great scene, great episode.
Eeyup.
You can literally hear something snap in her brain. Great scene, great episode.
Alright. I'm gonna break down and do it. I need a pony avatar for Fridays at the very least.
Trying to decide between two Spike moments and I don't think either is in the current avatar pool. There's his confused face in Winter Wrap up and his gagging in The Ticket Master. Can somebody make an avatar for each? Maybe once they're giffed it'll be easier for me to decide.
Trying to decide between two Spike moments and I don't think either is in the current avatar pool. There's his confused face in Winter Wrap up and his gagging in The Ticket Master. Can somebody make an avatar for each? Maybe once they're giffed it'll be easier for me to decide.
KirbYuuYuu
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Jintor said:
...I assume that's a play on Jallopy....
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Kirbyguy said:
zmoney said:
Some people are just insucure, here in the US there was/is a long standing myth that people can catch 'gay' by doing things that arent masculine, you know.
Only masculine things such as taking showers with guys and slapping your teammates on the ass after a good game will keep men hetrosexual...
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Deleted member 10571
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1. Pinkie Pie
1. Twilight Sparkle
1. Spike
1. Rainbow Dash
1. Fluttershy
1. Applejack
1. Rarity
1. CMC
2. Celestia OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE
3. Luna
4. Everypony who got any sort of VA so far
5. Everypony else
6. Gilda
1. Twilight Sparkle
1. Spike
1. Rainbow Dash
1. Fluttershy
1. Applejack
1. Rarity
1. CMC
2. Celestia OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE
3. Luna
4. Everypony who got any sort of VA so far
5. Everypony else
6. Gilda
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Deleted member 10571
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Easy!zmoney said:
First everyone thought, MLP:FIM was a big internet meme, for obvious reasons. If you only know the name, it's a girlish cartoon for little kids, but it's been made to awesome avatars and .gifs. That sounds like a perfect meme for everyone.
Then it was noticed it is by all means great, it has nothing to do with a meme, it's a great show and more and more people started liking it after actually watching it. The series never failed to impress with every new episode, and the fans kept liking it more and more, with no "meme" or internet fashion involved - it was just THAT good.
So, now everyone who came in for the meme wondered. They couldn't even make fun of the show, because there was no reason to do so. The big new meme was canceled, and there was no new one in sight. So a few haters started their job on the show, the fans and the ponys, without watching it. Said hate was kinda funny, there was a new victim in town and it was ponys! In the end, the hate became the new thing - "get out here, you and your ponies" spreaded to most nerd boards and everyone on the hip side joined in and started hating ponies for the hell of it, even if they are used to watch Sailor Moon, 80s Cartoons and other stuff clearly aimed for kids. Logic didn't apply, nobody cared and there you go - a new artificial meme was born.
Only two boards that I know of stayed true to themselves - GAF (I love you for that, once again) and the Allspark, a big Transformers forum with at least 2 general Pony threads, a Pony picture thread, episode thread and some other stuff, sharing the love without hate.
Since GAF is way more experienced in quickly adopting to internet memes, the hate will last longer here, but in the end we will have our Pony thread, and life will be normal again
Acerac
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Thanks to this hype thread I've gone through and watched this entire series, and told a good portion of my friends about how awesome it is.
I don't know how to feel about this. About 20% cooler than beforehand, I suppose.
1)Pinkie Pie
2)Fluttershy
3)Rainbow Dash
4)Rarity
5)Twilight Sparkle
6)Applejack
I don't know how to feel about this. About 20% cooler than beforehand, I suppose.
1)Pinkie Pie
2)Fluttershy
3)Rainbow Dash
4)Rarity
5)Twilight Sparkle
6)Applejack
zmoney said:
The whole active hatred/don't bother to understand the show thing, and the fact that people can't handle pony avatars and the occasional meme image that pops up once in a while. Or the fact that we use fan terms in the fan community. I mean, like, who does that.
Seda said:This one?
Oh my god, ultimate troll face
1. Pinkie Pie
2. Rainbow Dash
3. Twilight Sparkle
4. Rarity
5. Apple Jack
6. Fluttershy
Spike is also a boss and Celestia and Trixie are cool secondary characters.
I wouldn't say I disliked the Cutie Mark Crusaders themselves but The Show Stoppers is the only episode that's been outright bad.
2. Rainbow Dash
3. Twilight Sparkle
4. Rarity
5. Apple Jack
6. Fluttershy
Spike is also a boss and Celestia and Trixie are cool secondary characters.
I wouldn't say I disliked the Cutie Mark Crusaders themselves but The Show Stoppers is the only episode that's been outright bad.
Okay, first, let me say that while I'm not a fan -- I've only seen bits and pieces in YouTube clips -- I'm not one of the haters, so I'm working from a neutral point of view here.Bufbaf said:Easy!
First everyone thought, MLP:FIM was a big internet meme, for obvious reasons. If you only know the name, it's a girlish cartoon for little kids, but it's been made to awesome avatars and .gifs. That sounds like a perfect meme for everyone.
Then it was noticed it is by all means great, it has nothing to do with a meme, it's a great show and more and more people started liking it after actually watching it. The series never failed to impress with every new episode, and the fans kept liking it more and more, with no "meme" or internet fashion involved - it was just THAT good.
So, now everyone who came in for the meme wondered. They couldn't even make fun of the show, because there was no reason to do so. The big new meme was canceled, and there was no new one in sight. So a few haters started their job on the show, the fans and the ponys, without watching it. Said hate was kinda funny, there was a new victim in town and it was ponys! In the end, the hate became the new thing - "get out here, you and your ponies" spreaded to most nerd boards and everyone on the hip side joined in and started hating ponies for the hell of it, even if they are used to watch Sailor Moon, 80s Cartoons and other stuff clearly aimed for kids. Logic didn't apply, nobody cared and there you go - a new artificial meme was born.
Only two boards that I know of stayed true to themselves - GAF (I love you for that, once again) and the Allspark, a big Transformers forum with at least 2 general Pony threads, a Pony picture thread, episode thread and some other stuff, sharing the love without hate.
Since GAF is way more experienced in quickly adopting to internet memes, the hate will last longer here, but in the end we will have our Pony thread, and life will be normal again
Now, this part here that I've highlighted is what I think is part of the problem comes from; a vocal minority of the fans of the show acting like it's some infallible paragon of animation. It definitely has great production values, don't get me wrong, but nothing can be perfect, nor can appeal to everyone, so you need to expect some resistance. Just try not to meet that resistance with any sort of lecturing on why MLP is better than whatever show they're currently watching, or imply that they're flawed for not liking it. Either politely ignore them or just explain that you like the show for its animation, humor, and characterization -- not that everyone should like it -- and that that's how it is. Eventually your dissidents will go away and you will be able to enjoy your Equestria in peace.
God, I think that's the remnants of a sociology class I took in college. Anywho, just trying to help establish some peace between Pony-GAF and the rest. Carry on.
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Articalys said:
Oh, that wasn't my intention
MLP is awesome, but I'd never call it the peak of animated tv shows, and I perfectly understand the general "this is for little girls" opinion. I wouldn't watch one episode of the older Ponys either. I'm sorry if you understood that wrong, maybe it's because I'm not that great when it comes to wording complicated things in english I didn't want to imply I'm lecturing anyone to like the show, the bolded part should probably say "they found no reason to make fun of the show's technical execution nor it's comedy or writing, because for what it is, its pretty damn well made in all of these aspects"?
I just think most people hate the show for completely wrong reasons and in this exaggerated scale this hate is only present because "everyone's doing it". Again, sorry if you got me wrong (or maybe I got you wrong).
Yeah, that makes a lot more sense, don't worry about it. A lot of the vitriol does seem to be bandwagoning, so everything should pass in due time.Bufbaf said:Oh, that wasn't my intention
I didn't want to imply I'm lecturing anyone to like the show, the bolded part should probably say "they found no reason to make fun of the show's technical execution nor it's comedy or writing, because for what it is, its pretty damn well made in all of these aspects"?
I just think most people hate the show for completely wrong reasons and in this exaggerated scale this hate is only present because "everyone's doing it". Again, sorry if you got me wrong (or maybe I got you wrong).
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Custom Pony Day macro for today:
(Be sure to read it with Fluttershy's voice on your mind)
With this, I propose to create a weekly event called PONY DAY MACRO MADNESS!
- Grab a screen cap from the previous episode.
- Use Roflbot to make a semi-witty macro about PONY DAY out of it.
- Post it here on Fridays, before watching a new episode.
Lots of fun to be had!
About the hate: I do believe that there can be as many reasons to hate it (most of them idiotic) as to love it, but it all comes down to ponies being the "hate flavor of the week". A few people will keep hating, since this is the Internet and people love to hate. Most will move on as soon as the next incomprehensible craze comes along. And thus we all move along in the great Circle of Life.
(Be sure to read it with Fluttershy's voice on your mind)
With this, I propose to create a weekly event called PONY DAY MACRO MADNESS!
- Grab a screen cap from the previous episode.
- Use Roflbot to make a semi-witty macro about PONY DAY out of it.
- Post it here on Fridays, before watching a new episode.
Lots of fun to be had!
About the hate: I do believe that there can be as many reasons to hate it (most of them idiotic) as to love it, but it all comes down to ponies being the "hate flavor of the week". A few people will keep hating, since this is the Internet and people love to hate. Most will move on as soon as the next incomprehensible craze comes along. And thus we all move along in the great Circle of Life.
For girls though. Girls.zmoney said:
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
Popstar said:
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Anyway, here's a powerful argument terminator for these occasions:
On a only semi-related note, Disney stuff is incredible and I've never been more glad that Youtube exists. I really need to pick up the Blu-Rays of whatever's available from the vault asap.
I comment only because it suddenly struck me that MLP and Disney are on semi-similar 'tiers' of respectability (I say semi because Disney are clearly class acts, have a boatload more cash behind them, and tend towards... well... stories as opposed to slice-of-life), as it were, only Disney gets a lot better press because... well, they invented a lot of it. They have tradition and nostalgia on their side. But when you get down to it, they're both animations aimed at children that happen to be made by people who are incredibly dedicated to their craft.
That said, I could probably say I liked Tangled without getting stares in public, but any mention of ponies and BAM! Judgement!
I comment only because it suddenly struck me that MLP and Disney are on semi-similar 'tiers' of respectability (I say semi because Disney are clearly class acts, have a boatload more cash behind them, and tend towards... well... stories as opposed to slice-of-life), as it were, only Disney gets a lot better press because... well, they invented a lot of it. They have tradition and nostalgia on their side. But when you get down to it, they're both animations aimed at children that happen to be made by people who are incredibly dedicated to their craft.
That said, I could probably say I liked Tangled without getting stares in public, but any mention of ponies and BAM! Judgement!
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heh
Myke Greywolf
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Arrogance is a big character turn-off to me. Rainbow Dash is capable of the best, but most of the time, she contents herself in being a jerk. She really needs a big lesson in humility.Furret said:
Myke Greywolf
Ambassador of Goodwill
I think most people were going for the first angle with the rankings, as shown by the prevalence of Fluttershy on the top spots. Otherwise, Twilight would be first in all rankings, as there wouldn't be a show without her presence.Furret said:
But I can perfectly understand why people might like Dash better than the others, regardless of that. Her excessive cockiness does make for some great comedy.
I actually really like Apple Jack, including her accent. Her character is pretty even-keeled most of the time though. She's the "straight man" even more so than Twilight I think.Furret said:
As for Rainbow Dash, I think I just don't like the voice chosen for her. A lot of young male characters are actually voice acted by women and her voice reminds me of that sort of generic young male character voice.
Myke Greywolf said:
Which is why I like Pinkie Pie. Remember in that one episode where they were pranking on ponies with Dash helping out but when they got to Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie said no because she's sensitive. Only good friends who care and know their friends would do something like that. Some people can handle a joke and some can't, yet some "friends" do it. Good to see Pinkie Pie isn't one of them.
I prefer Dash's arrogance to Fluttershy's shyness myself. With arrogance, at least sometimes gives oppotunities for us to enjoy some air being taken out of their egos, but with shyness, you always get the same reaction.
So far, the only times I've found Fluttershy interesting are when she's being assertive. She's an adorable character yes, but so far not a very interesting one.
So far, the only times I've found Fluttershy interesting are when she's being assertive. She's an adorable character yes, but so far not a very interesting one.
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