Hello and again welcome to your weekly dose of 'onward': '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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Huh looks like I included a sixth. Oh well. Bonus post!
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So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (November 15th, 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!
I remember back when Screwball was such a big deal within the fandom ever since appearing in The Return of Harmony. There were pictures, stories and songs about her (Daddy Discord remains a classic in my mind). But as time went on, she just sorta lost popularity whereas other background characters like Derpy and Dr. Hooves have gotten more and more recognition. I'm beginning to wonder if people forgot that she even existed in the first place. Think about it: aside from DisneyFanatic2364, not a lot of people (that I know of at least) seem to talk about her much. I can't say I blame those who forgot about her considering that she's only appeared in two episodes (there was a minor cameo in The Cutie Remark that I didn't even know about until recently). Maybe throwing her into Chaosville will jog people's memories. What do you think: does Screwball get enough attention from the fandom nowadays or not?
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 ago. Every week these two threads will be posted at alternate times.
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.
This is a weekly event coinciding (mostly) with NPT; off-topic and meta threads will be staggered so this week's off-topic thread is being submitted now and the meta thread was posted 12 hours ago. Next NPT will be the opposite! We do not ask that all off-topic discussion be kept to this submission; it is merely here as a courtesy and you are free to continue off-topic discussion in the comments of other submissions (off-topic submissions, however, are still a no-no). Have you baked a cake, who for and was it a success? Have fun!
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
In addition to her younger brother, Fluttershy has three older sisters: Snootyshy, Hipstershy and Gothshy.
They all live in Ponyville: Snootyshy running a rival boutique, Hipstershy working at a hip coffee shop and Gothshy writing spooky stories for a local publisher.
If Fluttershy's three personas from her time minding Rarity's shop were actually real and her sisters, how would she get along with them?
What would their relationship be like? How would the family dynamic as a whole be different with three additional siblings? How would these new characters interact with the rest of the Mane 7?
So I've been wondering for a little while about Sunset Shimmer's plan to make an army of zombie students to go back through the portal and attack Equestria. It seems like a lot of trouble to go through to recruit an untrained and mindless fighting force. Even if she had gone back through the portal with her army chances were stacked against her prevailing against the Princesses and the Royal Guards.
She had years to prepare but that was her best idea?
Then it occurred to me, the zombie students would just be zombie ponies when they went back through, with no experience with being in pony forms and no knowledge of how to fly or use magic.
But there is a readily available source of troops that's a Sunset could have trained. No magic would have been required to win their loyalty, just a box of treats. Best of all, they wouldn't just be ponies upon crossing over to Equestria... instead they would be dragons.
Imagine if instead of the somewhat convoluted scheme Sunset dreamed up, which relied heavily on chance, Sunset had instead trained a squadron of attack dogs to do her bidding. While it's true the doggies might not have been used to their giant bodies in Equestria, they would be loyal and thinking creatures with the instincts to defend their master and attack their chosen prey.
I gotta admit, there is no proof dogs turn into dragons like how Spike turned into a dog when crossing through the portal, but I think it would be hilarious if it were so.
Likewise I think dragons trained like attack dogs would be an incredibly formidable and destructive force and I kind of hope someone in the Equestria Girls universe thinks of that in the future if it turns out it's possible.
I really needed to see some serious cuteness today. My mom sent these from her farm in Eastern TN where she's building a retirement community for aging horsewomen. Her two Haflingers Sherlock & Watson.
Hello, hello, it's good to see you all again my faithful subjects! /u/torvusil I apologize for putting you on the spot last week but dang those were some nice legs.
Back to matters of business, this week will be a little harder than previous ones. This is a week of Stories! Specifically pictures related to fanfics or pictures that look like there's a backstory. If you're doing the former, please link to the fanfic in question if you can (assuming it's sub friendly).
Or you could just link your favorite fanfics. That works too.
So this week post or repost your favorite Story Art with the tag [Story Week], and as always have a safe and fun Hiatus!
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?
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!!!!
