A type of pony, a related species, or an unrelated species that only resembles ponies due to convergent evolution?
I've had enough. Since Twilight said "Flanks don't lie" recently, I'm just going to declare it.
The part of a pony's body that the cutie mark goes on is not the flank. As a horse person myself, let me show you a picture from a book I have:
https://i.redd.it/9fnzhmsgy8q11.jpg
The cutie mark of a pony is on its croup, not its flank. If a pony had its CM on its flank, it would look like this:
https://i.redd.it/88uakr9ny8q11.png
Source: https://www.deviantart.com/pilot231/art/Twilight-Sparkle-Vector-344457175
Anyway, if they don't want to be technical, they can just call it the pony's butt or its hip. If they do want to be technical, then flank is the wrong word....
Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of 'Swiggity Swail I ain't going to jail': 'This Week on the Plounge' wherein I inform you, the fine folks of the mane sub, what's been going on at your favourite sister subreddit, the Plounge, this past week.
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.
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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...
Sprankton is doing a classic Plounge thing, a Pokemon playthrough told via screenshots and captions. You can suggest nicknames for pokemans even, wow audience participation!
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So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (October 4th, 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!
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.
The question randomly came to my mind recently, and I was pretty impressed by how difficult it is to come up with definite, unarguable plot holes in MLP considering it has nearly 200 episodes with a ton of writers that don't communicate with each other.
The only one I came up with was in "The Washouts" where Scootaloo had no idea Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust had met before, despite that in "Parental Glideance" Scootaloo talked about Lightning Dust with RD's parents.
What are some others?
There are always things about the show I want to talk about, but I'd rather not always dedicate an entire full blown thread to it or it's never the right time to mention because no one would care. Maybe it's a thought that could be answered quickly enough to end discussion or something insignificant and stupid brewing in the back of your head for awhile! Anything you want to throw out to r/mylittlepony and say your piece!
Is there anything you've wanted to mention lately but never got around to it? Anything you want to speak up about for a bit? Any pony topic at all?
So this latest episode has gotten me thinking, what if we had Kirins introduced earlier in the series? What characters could easily be shifted into the role of a Kirin without seriously overhauling their backstories and characters and would add some flavor to an otherwise bland or forgettable pony?
I was really only able to imagine one serious example myself. King Sombra. Not only would the appearance match more or less but one could easily shift his being an Umbrum pony to that of a Nirik. Still ostrichsized by the Crystal Ponies, sans Radiant Hope, and tortured by the Crystal Heart Sombra would bury his sadness and anger until he that fateful day when he discovers that she is set off for Princess Celestia's school. So when he runs out into the wastes it is not Queen Ravia that contacts him but rather his pent up and buried anger and sadness turning him into a Nirik on an almost permanent basis, giving a good lesson about how buring your emotions is incredibly unhealthy and would add to the whole depression angle he seems to have in the comics, and so the story would continue on as normal.
Only sticking point would be if Kirin/Nirik magic could turn Princess Amore into stone like he was as an Umbrum, but since we don't know and likely won't know that is up to fanon to decide. So for those writers who were unsatisfied with the Queen Ravia Umbrum stuff we now have an easy alternative for those who wish to write and include King Sombra in a story as the new hotness that are the Kirin.
What do the rest of y'all think? Are there any ponies that could have been shifted into being Kirin without too much hassle to make them more interesting or as an alternative to their backstory like my example above? Let me know in the comments below.
There has been a bit of grumbling of late regarding how characters have been getting redeemed, deserved or otherwise, on the show and how they feel that it is a detriment to have them so easily redeemed/forgiven. While I DO disagree with those that disliked Starlight Glimmer and Sunset Shimmer's redemptions, it is a fair point to bring up considering the former's mainly took place over a montage and the latter over several films and shorts, it does make me wonder on what villains in the series not yet redeemed people WOULD have issues with being redeemed. No matter how minor or major; Iron Will, Diamond Dogs . . .I just realized that that is a Bowie reference, Flim Flam, Chrysalis, Show Sombra, excetera. So this thread could be the free chance to grumble and rant about what y'all think was done wrong, what could have gone better, and what could be done with possible redemptions in the future for minor/major villains and antagonists. Let me know what y'all think below. It would be fascinating to here these thoughts and understand how and why y'all feel such a ways.
Someone gave me an old, long-unused saddle that I've only used a couple of times so far. It has a design difference that I haven't quite figured out yet.
So every saddle I've ever dealt with had one large prominent rigging ring. This saddle's ring is small and narrow and separate from where the latigo is attached. Photos here: https://imgur.com/a/1pHZBOn
So I've been tying it off in the ring to the right, because I find once the latigo is through the ring twice, and getting tight, it's tricky to tuck the strap through two more times. Is it OK to do that, or is that second ring designed for something else?
Thanks.
Rest in peace Agano.. I'll always love your cuddles ;w;
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 that will be up at noon Pacific time!!!!
