WOLFjr Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 ^Cool, cause I was hoping to find some ponies who collected them so we could trade amongst each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 Anyone notice in the USA today story that a comic book is also being made? I so want those! On a side note, anyone collecting the MLP trading cards and mini figures? Are they the TCG kind? Better creator than that General. http://www.hubworld....lpfim-ponymaker Oh look. A randomiz-HOLY HELL WHAT THE UNHOLY HELL IS THIS?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFjr Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 ^Don't think so. They're just those cards that come with folding standee card, holographic card, and those temporary tattoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted November 29, 2012 Share Posted November 29, 2012 I see. Well then, I don't do collectibles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted November 29, 2012 Author Share Posted November 29, 2012 Would probably be hard to trade given the distance. Mail based trading can be hard-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFjr Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 ^Not really. I use to do trade by mail all the time on another forum. Though that was with just cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted November 30, 2012 Author Share Posted November 30, 2012 Well I said hard-ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Ahem Spoilered for size AvP Ponies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 NEW GAME! HIGH SCORE: 40 APPLES! GO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 WOO. That game is fucking hard, man. I got into a semi-groove with it, but then Twilight teleported in and ruined my concentration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 http://kotaku.com/5964739/the-herd-outsiders-guide-to-the-brony-phenomenon The Herd Outsider’s Guide to the Brony Phenomenon Why can't you escape the colorful cartoon ponies? Over the past two years the rising tide of adult male fans of the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic cartoon have invaded the internet, seeding internet forums, Facebook, YouTube and pop culture conventions with proof of their passion for animated equines. Don't understand the appeal? Perhaps I can help. The My Little Pony fan community is beast that's grown far too large to ignore. There are brony conventions that draw in thousands of attendees every year. Equestria Daily, the largest brony community news site, has been visited more than 150 million times since it launched in 2011. The first issue of IDW's comic book treatment of the show garnered more than 100,000 preorders. An informal survey places the U.S. brony population at somewhere between 7 and 12.4 million. That's a substantial chunk of people, and it raises the question... What is a brony? A brony is someone so enamored of the Hub Network animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic that they're willing to identify as a member of a group despised by a large percentage of the internet. "Brony" is a portmanteau of "bro" and "pony". The term is generally used to refer to older male fans of the program. Most female fans identify as "pegasisters", which is incredibly clever. Collectively the community is known as "The Herd." My Little Pony? The pastel-colored girls toy line from the 80s? Sort of. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic represents the fourth generation of the franchise, following the original line released in 1983 by Hasbro and the subsequent cartoon series in the 80s and 90s. Friendship is Magic was developed for Hasbro by Lauren Faust, an animator whose previous work includes The Powerpuff Girls, another girl-focused television show that enjoyed an uncanny adult male fan base. In fact, she's married to Craig McCracken, the creator of The Powerpuff Girls. Good for him. But it's still a show for little girls, right? That's the target audience, sure, but one of Faust's goals in creating the series was to challenge the established "girly" nature of the toy line, creating characters with depth and stories with a real sense of adventure. The underlying educational life lessons lurking beneath the jokes and song and dance numbers are universal ones. As with many modern children's programs (Yo Gabba Gabba, Tiny Toon Adventures — man, remember Tiny Toon Adventures? It was the best), the show was also written with adults in mind, laced with humor and references aimed at keeping parents entertained while watching with their children. While the kids are mesmerized by the bright colors and sounds, the adults are doing double takes — were those ponies from The Big Lebowski? Yes, yes they were. Parents get a pass. How did all of these teenage and older males get hooked on a cartoon about ponies? It was a process. What sort of process? A lengthy one? I'm not getting out of this, am I? Like all great stories, this one began on the infamous internet image sharing site 4chan. In October of 2010 a link to an alarmist article from the site Cartoon Brew appeared on 4chan's comics and cartoons board (/co/). Titled "The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation", the piece centered around My Little Pony and other toy-based cartoons being developed for Hasbro's Hub network. The article led to 4chan users watching the program with the intention of lambasting it. Instead, they became addicts. Ponies invaded 4chan's cute and cuddly /b/ board. Trolls followed, only instead of getting the rise they expected they were either ignored, tolerated or bombarded with pony pictures. You can read about the whole inspiring affair over at Betabeat. Long story short, My Little Ponyconquered 4chan and then infected the rest of the internet. Seriously, what's the appeal? Did I mention The Big Lebowski Ponies? I believe I did. It's different for everyone, I suppose. Some fans are drawn to the sharp and expressive flash animation. Others enjoy watching each episode to catch the pop culture references. A lot of the growing appeal stems from the show creators' reaction to the unexpected adult male fan base, incorporating fan creations and terms into cartoon canon. A grey pegasus pony with a googly-eyed expression that appeared in the show's first episode was named "Derpy Hooves" by fans. After several cameo appearances throughout the first and second season, Derpy was given a speaking role in the episode "The Last Roundup", referred to by her fan-given name (though later airings removed the name and changed the character's voice after it was deemed insensitive to the mentally handicapped). That sort of interaction and integration is something new and exciting. Others (myself included) believe the show's appeal lies in it being a shining example of innocence and purity in an increasingly dark world. The Elements of Harmony — a central plot device — are kindness, loyalty, generosity, laughter, honesty and magic. Turn on CNN and take a drink whenever you see all of those gathered in one place. It's much more effective than AA. Right. They're just watching the show ironically, aren't they? Quite the opposite, actually. The brony phenomenon is considered part of the "new sincerity"movement, which is directly in conflict with the whole irony trend in film, music, literature and the appreciation of things. Instead of irony and cynicism, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magicfans enjoy the show for what it is. It's a difficult concept, engaging in an activity because you enjoy it. It's led to a great deal of hatred and intolerance aimed in the bronies' direction. That the fans generally abstain from lashing out at their detractors is a strong indicator, to me at least, that they're on to something. But it's a show for girls. You keep saying that, but that's not the way the world is anymore. Despite what the Secret deodorant marketing team would have you believe, women and men don't have to like separate things anymore. There was a time when men with a penchant for the color pink and products marketed towards females were the subject of hatred and derision. That still happens to a somewhat lesser extent, but frankly we don't give a shit anymore. Why do people hate bronies? Well, we do tend to paste pictures of ponies everywhere, which is admittedly rather obnoxious, but other than that? For one, we're on the internet, a place where people with hate in their hearts are always looking for something to piss on, and My Little Pony fans have painted a giant pastel-colored target on their chests, just above their cutie marks (the simple icons on the ponies' flanks that are indicative of their personality or purpose). But I think the hate stems from the challenging of the status quo, the blurring of gender lines. This is not the sort of entertainment men traditionally flock to. Men should be out at bars, downing beers and leering at women, not collecting pink toys and making friends on the internet. Why aren't they out making a living and supporting a family? Why can't they just enjoy golf and watch porn? What amazes me is the assumption that all bronies do is sit around the internet talking about fictional characters with names like Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. Don't get me wrong, we do those things. We also have time to go to bars and leer. We play golf. We watch a lot of porn. We raise families. We even create some of the most popular video games in the business. Do bronies want to have sex with horses? What's your favorite hobby? Playing video games? Do you want to fuck a video game? Don't answer that. Researching this article the author discovered he is quoted in the Wikipedia entry for bronies. He couldn't be more proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 OH CRAP! TWILIGHT CAN BREAK THE 4TH WALL NOW TOO! WE'RE DOOMED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Twilight has joined Pinkie Pie beyond the fourth wall. Their armies are beginning to amass. We shall not be safe. And do any of you know what a god damned spoiler is? I swear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Twilight has joined Pinkie Pie beyond the fourth wall. Their armies are beginning to amass. We shall not be safe. *moves doomsday clock forward* Also, BAD TRIXIE! GO BACK TO BEING A VILLAIN! And do any of you know what a god damned spoiler is? I swear. COMIC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlow Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Best GIF I've seen in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 As usual, I shall copypasta my thoughts from where I posted them elsewhere. Spoilered for both length and the fact that it contains spoilers. I am simultaneously pleased and somewhat disappointed with today's episode. Having Trixie come back is something I - and many, many others - have wanted since season 2, so having this episode was absolutely fantastic in that regard. There were a lot of ways that they could have taken Trixie after her Ponyville failure, and I'm not entirely surprised that they went with a simple continuation of the rivalry with Twilight. The inclusion of all these new, powerful magical artifacts within only a couple episodes is pretty cool too, and I think it really shows how the show has evolved. We've gone from ponies not being satisfied with Rarity's free dresses to a superpowered evil tyrant ruling Ponyville with an iron hoof in Celestia's absence. Good show, Hub. One thing I did have beef with, and is really a minor complaint because I understand the reasoning, is Twilight seemed utterly incompetent at magic in this episode. Up until now, she's constantly been shown to do mindblowing feats of magic, and now suddenly it tires her out to catch some flying barrels and melt some snow? The choreographed animal levitation I can buy, since that requires a lot of simultaneous levitation spells and a lot of finesse, but Twilight should not have trouble with brute-force magic. In this very episode it shows her levitating a bear the size of a fucking house. But meh. Small complaint. I absolutely -loved- Fluttershy in this episode. Her freakout on Twilight in the first few minutes, her utter terror at having to go to the Everfree Forest, and best of all, her reaction when Dash said she had to sneak out and see Twilight. I laughed my ass off at her all episode. Sure, they were the same old Fluttergags we've seen before, but they tend to be used sparingly enough and placed in the right spots that even old jokes can still be funny. Trixie did a phenomenal job of being a rated-G tyrant. If I had been reading that episode in fanfiction format written by a brony who didn't have to worry about being kid-friendly, I would likely have been horrified by what I was reading. Even with her kid-friendly limitations, attaching two unicorns at the horn? Fucking with Dash's wing? Removing Pinkie's mouth? THAT HORRIBLE DRESS?! She was pretty fucking awful. Once again, she manages to be a very good minor antagonist. My very favorite part of this episode is a tie, though. First, Celestia was on a trip to Saddle Arabia. Oh my god yes. Not only is that a grade-A horsepun, we actually have some background political action. The princesses are no longer just living deus ex machina. We see that Celestia, at least, has political responsibilities with other nations. Hell, we see that other nations actually exist. That has the overly-obsessed fanboy in me jumping with joy. Learning more about the background of Equestria is so much fun. Second, Zecora got to be a tribal badass. Need help with magic? No worries, Zecora can teach you to stand on fucking water! Between her personal lessons from the physical goddess of the sun, being the physical embodiment of Equestria's OG weapon of mass destruction, and now learning all sorts of magic from Zecora who likely has all sorts of bizarre arcane knowledge from beyond Equestria, Twilight is becoming a force to be reckoned with. And best of all was Zecora's sleight of hoof when refilling her cup. I thought that was a nice touch, and did a good job in hindsight of foreshadowing the solution they came up with to outwit Trixie. The episode wasn't without its flaws. As I said, Twlight seemed to be a hell of a pushover, and Trixie got off way too easily for being a tyrannical bitch, but all in all it was a fine episode. I am very, very happy with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 1, 2012 Share Posted December 1, 2012 Also, MLFW has been taken over by Trixie. EVERYONE DOWN! SHE'S GOT A BOOK! My little SPOILERS! FUTURAMA REFERENCE TIME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Friend of mine made it into Equestria Daily's drawfriend list today. She's #48 on it: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2012/12/drawfriend-stuff-644.html So far, two comments mentioned the picture, lawl, one of them apparently not liking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gestalt Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Maybe there's hope for Gilda yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brorific Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Can someone tell me why people think tumblr is for girls? also i got a tumblr... ne name is "lucusnon". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Feel gland has received a critical hit. Also: Luna is best Princess, Scootaloo is still downright adorable, and Dashie earned herself some kudos. Also, damn nature, you scary. And Dashie's snoring reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ars_I3kzOAw Also, fuck yeah, Scootaloo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I got a comic from PixelKitties 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Orange Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Luna! It's Luna with epic helping dream entering powers. Excuse me while I have an aneurysm because Lord Luna is too awesome and like is waaaaay better than Celestia. I got a comic from PixelKitties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 8, 2012 Author Share Posted December 8, 2012 Dangit lad, spoilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arashikage Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts