Good evening and welcome to a special edition of 'This Week on the Plounge', where I inform you all about the on-goings and happenings at your sister subreddit, the Plounge, this past week. And now, for some delicious copy pasta.
Wait, what is this Plounge you speak of?
The Plounge, or more formally the MLP Lounge is /r/mylittlepony's sister subreddit. Designed to be a place where you can free of the tyranny of rules 3 and 4. A chill place for bronies or anyone to talk in a SFW chat centric environment. It can be found over at /r/MLPLounge. (most of us browse by /new though). Oh and BPM is nice to have. Even if you're allergic to using emotes yourself you'll miss a lot of extra context without it.
What some casual conversation with a sprinkling of ponies? Come over to this introductions thread and meet some people. Don't worry there's also a topic so it ain't just "hi!" "hi" awkward silence.
News
For the first time in a long time, I didn't have to work weekends and I'm not looking for staff at work. Seriously, it feels great.
England didn't lose on Penalty Kicks! Coming Home Status: Pending
Rollercoaster of Friendship is airing July 6th at 14:00 Eastern Time (2 P.M.)
Regular Threads
Every week there are up to two Plounge member of the 'day' AMAs! You can sign up here. AMAs since last week's TWOTP are...
Character Discussion Thread (every Friday) courtesy of /u/I_Condone_Pone
Sprankton's ongoing saga of Plounge Plays Pokemon, where you can play the game through them (via screenshots), as well as name pokemon you'll never have.
Plounge Rewatch! Fluttershy02 rewatches the series and posts twice weekly discussion threads on it (so you don't have to!)
Top Posts
The Top 5 link and self posts, for you to browse at your leisure.
Self Posts
Turns out, you were Starlight Glimmer all along. What do?
/u/rainbowdashtattoo lands a date! Congrats!
AGfox17 notices something about Quibble Pants that I didn't know about. How about you?
Karthanon landed a new job, thanks to taking luck from the Plounge. Congrats!
Links
Me IRL's take on ice cream and life. (direct)
An Aurora Borealis? At this time of day? At this time of year, located entirely within another meme? Yes, you may see it. (direct)
Dalek_Kolt hasn't drawn ponies in a long time. Looks better than anything I can do. (direct)
Dashie_irl it seems. (direct)
Highlights (chosen by me rather than democracy)
PSA: I do encourage everyone interested to take a look at the Re-Mote Project. It's not Plounge-related, but it is your chance to have fun with the emotes here for a tiny bit, which hasn't been done like this ever.
Also, Happy 68k "Unreformed Villains" from the 12.1K "Plushies" over at Plounge.
Happy Plounging Everyone!
Now, I don't have blunt evidence, this is just me free thinking.
But you know how Celestia always sends Twilight to do things? Like... Idk... SAVE THE WORLD! She is a god after all. We have seen time and time again that Celestia is capable of handling saving the world and even the elements of harmony. So why is Celestia so into just chilling and laying back? Why does she choose Twilight? I believe this-
Celestia may be dying. I know she is immortal- but it's clear she can very well die. I think Celestia knows she doesn't have much time left. So she is training Twilight to be the next god after her. (Reason why she made her a princess in the first place). Celestia might see herself in Twilight and she is preparing her for the responsibilities of being a god. Think about it- there is Night (Luna) and Day (Celestia) while Twilight is in between night and day. Twilight might be the bridge between them. I know this is just me free thinking. But I truly believe Celestia is training Twilight to be the next Celestia.
So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (May 17th, 2018) today, you know what that means...
It's time for the Weekly Fanfic Recommendation LINK-SWAP Game thread to continue!
Anyways, THE RULES (read 'em carefully):
Post a link to a fanfiction you like (can be your own as well - it's okay to self-promote), with or without a short blurb.
Important: Reply to someone else's post with a link to a fanfiction you think they might like, based on their choices.
Put each of your choices in a separate post if you want to make sure to get a recommendation based on each one. You may reply to someone else's reply, either to you or to someone else. Please make long discussion threads, they introduce a healthy bit of exploration and can help us find new interests! And that's it!
PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH STEPS 1 and 2. Don't just show up and ask for recommendations if you're not willing to provide any. I'll start the first few threads myself, and reply with a gentle reminder if you forget.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
Ready? Set? LET"S GO! Also, feel free to self-promote in here!
How would the storyline in the newest issue go if Cadance was actually one of Tempest Shadow's foalhood friends who abandoned her after she lost her horn?
Obviously, this would have been before Cadance was adopted by Celestia, so it was a long time ago (maybe this would explain why Cadance didn't recognize her during the Canterlot siege).
How would Cadance have reacted if Tempest confronted her about it? How would her recollection of events differ from Tempest's?Could they ever patch things up?
Looking back there's some real good music in this some, like winter wrap up, this day aria, a true true friend, but none from the new seasons really stand out. What happened?
Another table down, so another one steps up to the plate.
The rare and elusive emotes of the far-flung C table are now available to remake.
If you have no idea what is going on, please consult the original post to get up to speed on what is happening.
Choose an emote, remake it, then get given another one and so on. Check the original post for the requirements of the remade emotes you need to create (like Grant, they need to be square).
Hey guys I'm a Videographer/ YouTuber. I'm doing an interview project at the moment where I'm trying to interview people of all different backgrounds with all kinds of unique or special interests. I would love the opportunity to interview somebody from this community about their interest in My Little Pony. It would be featured on my YouTube channel and that's all. I have no agenda and would simply like to find out a little bit about the interviewee.
It's extremely unlikely to ever occur, but who do you think would prevail in a five way duel between the current Princesses of Equestria?
In this corner is the head honcho, the golden sun herself, Celestia! Celestia doesn't have many unassisted victories under her belt, and even less that didn't involve the Elements of Harmony some how, but she is widely considered to be a Princess of hidden talents and unplumbed depths of power. Even so, she often hesitated and has lost in solo duels against creatures who should have been much weaker than she was. But with control of the sun itself and thousands of years experience ruling a kingdom, she's an obvious front runner.
But before we declare the older sibling the no contest victor, we have to take the formidable force of her younger sister Luna into account. Strong, smart, confident; while she may have been stripped of her dark powers, Luna has always come off as the more militant and battle ready sister. Guarding the dreaming of her subjects from nightmares on a nightly basis has surely given her plenty of combat training that most of the other Princesses lack. While she has also suffered her share of defeats, her control over the moon and her dream walking abilities would make her a difficult foe to content with.
Then of course we can't forget the pony who defeated Nightmare Moon along with many other threats against Equestria, Twilight Sparkle! As Celestia's star pupil, Twilight was a formidable unicorn, and her powers have only increased in depth and breadth since becoming an Alicorn. While she has shown a lack of combat skill (particularly she is a bad aim) she has a wealth of knowledge that could come in handy in a competition of Princesses. Though she may not have control over any celestial bodies, she does wield the Element of Magic, and thus has a resource of power that the Royal Sisters no longer have any call upon.
Speaking of resources the other Princesses have no call on, we can't forget Princess Cadance. Even before she became an Alicorn, Cadance had the unique talent of helping ponies to fall in love with one another. As the Princess of Love, Cadance has direct influence over matters of the heart and can turn an arguement into a love fest with just a twinkle of her horn and a knowing smile. While she has the least combat experience out of all the adult Princesses, she's had very little need to fight, often relying on her protective shield spells and other magic abilities to see her through. It's also likely she can rely on her husband Shining Armor to defend her, though there is one other family member that could prove a wild card...
The last but not least Princess, Flurry Heart. A natural born Alicorn, baby Flurry Heart is a ball of raw destructive power wrapped up in a diaper. She is capable of incredible feats of levitation, insustantition, power shield spells, and torrents of destructive power. Add to this her sonic scream and penchant for throwing tantrums that threaten the peace and safety of Equestria and Flurry Heart is a formidable foe. She is however still a baby, and loves her mother and her aunt, so it's less likely she will be fighting on her own as she will be supporting one or the other. Having said that, given Flurry Geart's chaotic and mercurial nature, it's possible she can end up hurting the ones she sets out to help, and it wouldn't be hard to imagine her inadvertently coming out on top regardless of her affections.
So, who do ya got!?
Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!
Same as every other time, feel free to discuss whatever it is you'd like regarding our little subreddit good or bad. If you're unhappy we'll try our best to fix whatever problem you're having!
If you want to talk about the MLP fandom in general, that's fine too!
But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.
If you don't know how it's as easy as making an emote:
[It has ponies!](/spoiler)
Becomes: It has ponies!
And if you're not wanting to discuss the subreddit or community specifically you can also check out the weekly off-topic thread here!!!!!
This is the thread for discussing anything pertaining to Fanfiction in general. Like your ideas, thoughts, what you're reading, etc. This differs from my Fanfic Recommendation Link-Swap Thread, as that focuses primarily on recommendations. That will be posted in a few hours.
Although, if you like, you can talk about fics you don't necessarily recommend but found entertaining.
IMPORTANT NOTE. Thanks to /u/BookHorseBot (many thanks to their creator, /u/BitzLeon), you can now use the aforementioned bot to easily post the name, description, views, rating, tags, and a bunch of other information about a fic hosted on Fimfiction.net. All you need to do is include "{NAME OF STORY}" in your comment (without quotes), and the bot will look up the story and respond to your comment with the info. It makes sharing stories really convenient. You can even lookup multiple stories at once.
EQG Forgotten Friendship airs again on DF as Summer Surprise (maybe uncut?) tomorrow friday 2018-07-06 2PM ET
(How it can even be a surprise if it is posted in tv guides?)
It's the time of the week again where we swap pics for words, so let's see some fanfiction.
Write a scene, an idea, or a whole short. Whatever you got. Don't be shy.
Remember, keep it clean for this sub.
Now let's do it to it!
What if it turned out that we haven't seen the Zebra homeland in the show as of yet because it was actually hidden, not by a spell but by advanced technology that allows the nation to flourish inperturbed by the constant monster attacks and wars that plagued pony society?
Indeed, what if the entirely of Zebra society was far more advanced than pony society as a result of this, and Zecora was only an agent sent to monitor Equestria because of the return of Nightmare Moon and the rise of Twilight and her friends as new weilders of the Elements of Harmony?
Would this reveal make up for the almost zero lore development for zebras over the course of the series, or would fans call foul on this being the obvious Wakanda reference that it is?
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPEAlLlzUttTD94ythcwVw
i got a message that they reinstated it.
